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Paperback. Sustained growth depends on innovation, whether it's cutting-edge software from Silicon Valley, an improved assembly line in Sichuan, or a new export market for Swaziland's leather. This title proposes a legal theory of economic growth that details how effective property, contract, and business laws help to unite capital and ideas. Series: The Kauffman Foundation Series on Innovation and Entrepreneurship. Num Pages: 344 pages, 21 line illus. 29 tables. BIC Classification: KCG; LAQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 166 x 21. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691159713
- ISBN
- 9780691159713
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Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 21.86
€ 29.99
€ 21.86
Hardback. Lawyers in the US are frequently described as "hired guns," willing to fight for any client or advance any interest. But there are others, those the authors call cause lawyers, who refuse to put aside their own convictions while they do their legal work. This book explores their work and the role of moral and political commitment in their practice Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: LAB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 413.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804749473
- ISBN
- 9780804749473
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 33.60
€ 42.99
€ 33.60
Paperback. Based on Supreme Court archives, the personal papers of justices and other figures at the Supreme Court, and interviews and written surveys with 150 former clerks, this title offers a behind-the-scenes look at the life of a law clerk, and how it has evolved since its nineteenth-century beginnings. Num Pages: 352 pages, 19 figures, 31 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; LAZ; LNAA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 21. Weight in Grams: 467.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814794203
- ISBN
- 9780814794203
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 33.63
€ 33.99
€ 33.63
Paperback. Equality is the endangered species of political ideals. Even left-of-centre politicians reject equality as an ideal. In this text, Ronald Dworkin insists, to the contrary, that equality is the indispensable virtue of democratic sovereignty. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: JPA; LAB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 34. Weight in Grams: 604.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Number of pages
- 528
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- Trade Paperback Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674008106
- ISBN
- 9780674008106
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 35.60
€ 42.99
€ 35.60
Hardcover. Large law firms have become a dominant feature of the legal landscape in the United States and elsewhere. This volume of Studies in Law, Politics, and Society examines the situation of large law firms. Editor(s): Sarat, Austin. Series Editor(s): Sarat, Austin. Series: Studies in Law, Politics, and Society. Num Pages: 248 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white line drawings, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: LAT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Emerald Publishing Limited United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780857243577
- ISBN
- 9780857243577
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Condition: New
€ 124.75
€ 124.75
Hardback. This special issue of SLPS examines the relationship between law and disasters. The papers come from members of the Collaborative Research Network on the Jurisprudence of Disasters within the Law and Society Association. The volume addresses the 'myths' of contemporary disaster law and policy, such as that of society's "invincibility". Editor(s): Sarat, Austin. Series: Studies in Law, Politics, and Society. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: JFFC; LAQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 160 x 236 x 24. Weight in Grams: 486.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Emerald Publishing Limited
- Edition
- Special
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781785602993
- ISBN
- 9781785602993
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Condition: New
€ 125.90
€ 125.90
Hardback. This volume carefully examines the relationship between gender, equality, and power across an array of realms: sex, reproduction, pleasure, work, money. It identifies social, political, economic, developmental, and psychological and somatic forces, operating both internally and externally, that complicate the expression and constraint of power. Series: Studies in Law, Politics, and Society. Num Pages: 250 pages. BIC Classification: JFFK; LAQG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publisher
- Emerald Publishing Limited United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 250
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Special
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781785607837
- ISBN
- 9781785607837
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Condition: New
€ 118.83
€ 118.83
Hardback. Presents advanced scholarship on human rights. This work examines both the theoretical dimensions and dilemmas of human rights in the modern world and particular cases in which the problems and possibilities of human rights are examined. Editor(s): Sarat, Austin. Series Editor(s): Sarat, Austin. Series: Studies in Law, Politics, and Society. Num Pages: 243 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JPVH; LAQ; LBBR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 161 x 25. Weight in Grams: 508.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Emerald Publishing Limited United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 243
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780522524
- ISBN
- 9781780522524
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Condition: New
€ 123.43
€ 123.43
Hardcover. This special issue of Studies in Law, Politics and Society focuses on law and the liberal state; presenting an interdisciplinary and multifaceted approach to analysis of law and liberty. The first chapters focus on law's relationship with the American liberal state, while the remaining papers consider specific applications of the law within society Editor(s): Sarat, Austin. Series: Studies in Law, Politics, and Society. Num Pages: 168 pages. BIC Classification: JPVH; LAQ; LNA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 169 x 17. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Emerald Group Publishing Limited
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784412395
- ISBN
- 9781784412395
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Condition: New
€ 132.03
€ 132.03
Hardback. The scholars who contribute to this issue utilize diverse research methods to examine the lived experiences of people engaged in prostitution and the people and institutions that process them. Series: Studies in Law, Politics, and Society. Num Pages: 168 pages. BIC Classification: JFMX; JPV; LAQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 162 x 242 x 15. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Publisher
- Emerald Publishing Limited
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781786350404
- ISBN
- 9781786350404
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 113.00
€ 113.00
Hardcover. Social movements provide the engine of legal change and law itself spurs social movement activity. This issue includes articles on social movements in several different nations, including France, South Africa and Canada, asking us to consider the way context is reflected in movement activities. Editor(s): Sarat, Austin. Series Editor(s): Sarat, Austin. Series: Studies in Law, Politics, and Society. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white tables. BIC Classification: LAQ; LNA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 153 x 26. Weight in Grams: 542.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Emerald Publishing Limited United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780857248251
- ISBN
- 9780857248251
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Condition: New
€ 131.18
€ 131.18
Hardback. In The Beautiful Prison incarcerated Americans and prison critics seek to imagine the prison as something better than a machinery of suffering. From personal testimony to theoretical meditation these writers explore and confront the practical and cultural limits the prison places on its transformation into a socially constructive institution. Series: Studies in Law, Politics, and Society. Num Pages: 112 pages, black & white halftones. BIC Classification: JKVP1; LAQ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 230 x 148 x 14. Weight in Grams: 306.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Emerald Publishing Limited
- Edition
- n
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781783509676
- ISBN
- 9781783509676
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Condition: New
€ 131.85
€ 131.85
Hardback. This special issue of Studies in Law, Politics, and Society focuses on the discourse of judging and the "language of judging" within many diverse legal scenarios. The volume features chapters specifically on: the "language of rights" within the context of abortion and same-sex marriage cases; discourses within the European Court of Justice; the mod Editor(s): Sarat, Austin. Series: Studies in Law, Politics, and Society. Num Pages: 157 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JP; LAQ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 238 x 150 x 19. Weight in Grams: 392.
- Publisher
- Emerald Publishing Limited United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 157
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780528700
- ISBN
- 9781780528700
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 134.85
€ 134.85
Hardback. This special issue is dedicated to the life and work of beloved legal scholar Stuart Scheingold. The articles brought together in this volume articulate the inspiring contribution Scheingold has made to the field of political science. The final chapter on Rights, Community, and Democracy is a work authored by Stuart Scheingold which has been comple Editor(s): Sarat, Austin. Series: Studies in Law, Politics, and Society. Num Pages: 263 pages. BIC Classification: JP; LAQ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 18. .
- Publisher
- Emerald Publishing Limited United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 263
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781781903438
- ISBN
- 9781781903438
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 133.36
€ 133.36
- Publisher
- United States
- Number of pages
- 684
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781573929493
- ISBN
- 9781573929493
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Condition: New
€ 24.81
€ 24.81
Paperback. Reassesses the place of feminism in the law and politics of sexuality. This book argues that sexuality involves deeply contested and clashing realities and interests, and that feminism helps us understand only some of them. Num Pages: 424 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFK; JHBK5; LAQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 231 x 155 x 26. Weight in Grams: 646.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 424
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691136325
- ISBN
- 9780691136325
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Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 30.65
€ 42.99
€ 30.65
St. George Tucker's Law Reports and Selected Papers, 1782-1825
. Ed(S): Hobson, Charles F.; Lovelace, Joan S...
"Sponsored by The College of William and Mary, The William and Mary School of Law, and The Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture." Editor(s): Hobson, Charles F.; Lovelace, Joan S. Series: Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture. Num Pages: 2064 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; LAZ; LNAC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 135. Weight in Grams: 3289.
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- The University of North Carolina Press United States
- Edition
- 1 New ed
- Number of pages
- 2064
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780807837214
- ISBN
- 9780807837214
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 459.58
€ 459.58
Hardback. Still Dying for a Living investigates the state's (in)ability to develop effective legal strategies for holding corporations accountable for serious injury and death in the workplace. Series: Law and Society. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: JKVK; LAR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780774823593
- ISBN
- 9780774823593
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Condition: New
€ 113.73
€ 113.73
Hardback. An exploration of the role of storytelling in community and nation building that disrupts the assumption in many works that indigenous and immigrant identities fall into two separate streams of analysis. Editor(s): Lessard, Hester; Johnson, Rebecca; Webber, Jeremy. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; JPA; LAQ; LND. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887. Weight in Grams: 680.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780774818797
- ISBN
- 9780774818797
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Condition: New
€ 119.52
€ 119.52
Hardcover. Series: Constitutionalism and Democracy. Num Pages: 256 pages, tables, figures. BIC Classification: LAZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813933740
- ISBN
- 9780813933740
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.76
€ 53.76
Paperback. Reveals the ambiguous, often contested nature of marital law, showing that husbands' superior status and wives' dependence were fluid and negotiable Num Pages: 171 pages, tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBTB; LAZ; LNM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 225 x 153 x 13. Weight in Grams: 259.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 171
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814740651
- ISBN
- 9780814740651
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.09
€ 27.09
Paperback. Law school can be a joyous, soul-transforming challenge that leads to a rewarding career. As a recent graduate and an appellate lawyer, the author knows how high the stakes are - he's been there, and he graduated first in his class. In this book, he shares critical insights about how to make a law school journey successful. Series: Chicago Guides to Academic Life. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JNZ; LA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 299.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226067056
- ISBN
- 9780226067056
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 19.93
€ 24.99
€ 19.93
Hardback. The articles in this 63rd volume of Studies in Law, Politics and Society cover cutting edge issues of major interest to policy makers, activists and interdisciplinary law scholars: family law, the way law deals with children, international human rights, and the way law deals with injury and damages claims. Editor(s): Sarat, Austin. Series: Studies in Law, Politics, and Society. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: LAQ; LNMK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 231 x 159 x 21. Weight in Grams: 488.
- Publisher
- Emerald Publishing Limited United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 250
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781783507856
- ISBN
- 9781783507856
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 132.03
€ 132.03
Hardcover. Contains articles that consider the ways in which history has shaped law and how we make sense of past events. This volume also includes articles that explore pressing legal issues such as the prison boom, First Amendment controversies, and the work of cause lawyers. It illustrates the vibrancy of interdisciplinary legal scholarship throughout. Editor(s): Sarat, Austin. Series Editor(s): Sarat, Austin. Series: Studies in Law, Politics, and Society. Num Pages: 172 pages, ill. BIC Classification: LAQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 158 x 18. Weight in Grams: 392.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Emerald Publishing Limited United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 172
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857246158
- ISBN
- 9780857246158
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 116.82
€ 116.82