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Paperback. Rule of law has vanished in America's criminal justice system. Prosecutors decide whom to punish; most accused never face a jury; policing is inconsistent; plea bargaining is rampant; and draconian sentencing fills prisons with mostly minority defendants. The author looks to history for the roots of these problems - and solutions. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; LAZ; LNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 156 x 29. Weight in Grams: 480.
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Number of pages
432
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674725874
ISBN
9780674725874
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 25.82

Paperback. A gripping account of the three infamous trials which forged the enduring legacy of the world's greatest and most controversial defence lawyer. Num Pages: 432 pages, 8pp b-w. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; BG; LAZ; LNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 134 x 29. Weight in Grams: 328.
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781471135354
ISBN
9781471135354
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.41

Hardcover. Num Pages: 672 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPHC; JPHL; LAZ; LND. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 167 x 241 x 56. Weight in Grams: 1262.
Publisher
NYU Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781479839902
ISBN
9781479839902
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 50.99
€ 47.69

Paperback. An entertaining diversion for lawyers and others, Twenty Famous Lawyers focuses on household names and high profile cases. Contains valuable insights into legal ways and means and looks at the challenges of advocacy, persuasion and the finest traditions of the law. Num Pages: 212 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: LAZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 161 x 12. Weight in Grams: 338.
Publisher
Waterside Press
Number of pages
216
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781904380986
ISBN
9781904380986
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 28.35

Hardback. By examining the relationship between international law and empire from early modernity to the present, this volume improves current understandings of the way international legal institutions, practices, and narratives have shaped imperial ideas about and structures of world governance. Editor(s): Koskenniemi, Martti; Rech, Walter; Jimenez Fonseca, Manuel. Series: The History and Theory of International Law. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: HBTQ; LAB; LAZ; LBB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 165 x 34. Weight in Grams: 804.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198795575
ISBN
9780198795575
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 192.02

Paperback. Num Pages: 392 pages. BIC Classification: HBTZ1; JPVH; LAZ; LBBR; LBBZ. Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780190664039
ISBN
9780190664039
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 84.01

Hardback. The constitutional theorist Owen Fiss explores the purpose and possibilities of life in the law through a moving account of thirteen lawyers who shaped the legal world during the past half century. He tries to identify the unique qualities of mind and character that made these individuals so important to the institutions and principles they served. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: LAZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 20 x 13. .
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674971868
ISBN
9780674971868
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 40.36

Paperback. Num Pages: 802 pages. BIC Classification: LAFC; LAZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 154 x 54. Weight in Grams: 1336.
Publisher
Liberty Fund Inc United States
Number of pages
802
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780865978072
ISBN
9780865978072
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.47

Paperback. Some see the internet as a Wild West where those who venture online must be thick-skinned enough to ensure verbal attacks in the name of free speech protection. Danielle Keats Citron rejects this view. Cyber-harassment is a matter of civil rights law, and legal precedents as well as social norms of decency and civility must be leveraged to stop it. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: JFFE2; L; LAZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140. .
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674659902
ISBN
9780674659902
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 29.97

Paperback. Editor(s): Sutherland, Elaine E.; Davidson, Professor Fraser P.; Little, Gavin F. M.; Goodall, Kay Eileen. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBJD1; LAZ; LND. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 32. Weight in Grams: 688.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748696765
ISBN
9780748696765
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 36.51

paperback. Deals with a murder trial in the insular Bukharan-Jewish community of Forest Hills, Queens, that captured national attention. The defendant, Mozoltuv Barukhova, a beautiful young physician, is accused of hiring an assassin to kill her estranged husband, Daniel Malakov, a respected orthodontist, in the presence of their four-year old child. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; BTC; LAZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 127 x 195 x 12. Weight in Grams: 200.
Publisher
Yale University Press
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300181708
ISBN
9780300181708
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.88

Paperback. .
Publisher
Amberley Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781445664040
ISBN
9781445664040
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.00

Paperback. Num Pages: 552 pages, 17 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1DBK; LAQ; LAZ; LND. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 158 x 235 x 34. Weight in Grams: 838.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781138910676
ISBN
9781138910676
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.92

Hardback. An amusing look at all manner of ludicrous laws that used to govern London and in a surprising number of cases, still do Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; LAZ; WH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 117 x 387 x 27. Weight in Grams: 270.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781472137463
ISBN
9781472137463
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.10

Paperback. Num Pages: 672 pages, 40 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KB; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJK; LAZ; LNDC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 236 x 158 x 38. Weight in Grams: 1002.
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
672
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195310184
ISBN
9780195310184
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.04

Hardcover. The 'whores' and 'highwaymen' of the title are just some of the dubious characters met within this absorbing work, including thief-takers, trading justices, an upstart legal profession whose lower orders developed various ways to line their own pockets and magistrates and clerks who often preferred dealing with those cases which attracted fees. Num Pages: 672 pages, 8 page section. BIC Classification: 3JH; HBLL; JKV; LAZ. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 237 x 166 x 41. Weight in Grams: 1176.
Publisher
Waterside Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
672
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781904380757
ISBN
9781904380757
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.39

Paperback. Series: Psychology and the Law. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: LAZ; LNV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 230 x 24. Weight in Grams: 524.
Publisher
New York University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781479814183
ISBN
9781479814183
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 38.78

Paperback. Eric Berkowitz evokes the entire sweep of Western sex law, from the savage impalement of an Ancient Mesopotamian adulteress to the imprisonment of Oscar Wilde in 1895 for 'gross indecency'. Num Pages: 476 pages. BIC Classification: HBTB; JHBK5; LAZ; LNFJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 134 x 199 x 36. Weight in Grams: 452.
Publisher
The Westbourne Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
476
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781908906106
ISBN
9781908906106
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 15.46

Hardcover. After Union forces captured New Orleans in 1862, Rose Herera's owners fled to Havana, taking her three children with them. Adam Rothman tells the story of Herera's quest to rescue her children from bondage after the war. As the kidnapping case made its way through the courts, it revealed the prospects and limits of justice during Reconstruction. Num Pages: 263 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTS; HBWJ; LAZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 219 x 151 x 30. Weight in Grams: 436.
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674368125
ISBN
9780674368125
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 40.36

Hardcover. Offers a collection of essays on legal history from the career of John W Cairns. This title deals with broad themes in Legal History, such as the development of Scots Law, essays on Roman law and miscellaneous essays on the literary and philosophical traditions within law. Editor(s): Reid, Elspeth. Series: Edinburgh Studies in Law. Num Pages: 592 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; LAFR; LAZ; LN. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 169 x 241 x 45. Weight in Grams: 900.
Publisher
EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY PRESS
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748682133
ISBN
9780748682133
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 128.76
€ 126.03

Hardback. Series: History and Theory of International Law. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: JPS; LAM; LAZ; LBB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156. .
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780190622343
ISBN
9780190622343
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 176.92

Paperback. The only variorum edition of Blackstone's seminal treatise on the common law, tracing the evolution of Blackstone's thought from the first to the ninth edition. The third volume focuses on civil remedies, and courts and procedure, including equity. Editor(s): Gallanis, Thomas. Num Pages: 408 pages. BIC Classification: LAFC; LAZ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 173 x 246 x 24. Weight in Grams: 722.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199601011
ISBN
9780199601011
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.50

Hardcover. The Latin text of Magna Carta (the 1217 issue of Henry III) is reproduced, together with a modern translation and an introduction which traces the background to the making of the charter and its subsequent revisions through the centuries. It also explains how this text has become an enduring symbol of freedom in Britain and throughout the world. Editor(s): Bodleian Library. Num Pages: 64 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3H; HBJD1; HBLC1; LAZ; LND. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 100. .
Publisher
Bodleian Library, University of Oxford
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Translation, Bilingual
Condition
New
SKU
V9781851244522
ISBN
9781851244522
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 9.99
€ 9.22

Hardback. Cass and Hylton explain how technological advances strengthen the case for intellectual property laws, and argue convincingly that IP laws help create a wealthier, more successful, more innovative society than alternative legal systems. Ignoring the social value of IP rights and making what others create "free" would be a costly mistake indeed. Num Pages: 288 pages, 1 graph, 1 table. BIC Classification: LAZ; LNR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 163 x 24. Weight in Grams: 574.
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Number of pages
288
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674066458
ISBN
9780674066458
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.83
€ 62.32

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