×


 x 

Shopping cart

Legal system: general

Results 361 - 384 of 460

Legal system: general

Paperback. An analysis of the major issues surrounding judicial elections. It presents evidence on a range of important topics, including the history of judicial elections; an understanding of the types of judicial elections; and electoral competition during races. Editor(s): Streb, Matthew J. Num Pages: 253 pages, 53 illustrations 35 tables and 18 charts. BIC Classification: 1KBB; LNAA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 363.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
253
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780814740972
ISBN
9780814740972
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.90

Paperback. Discusses why the US legal system makes so many mistakes Editor(s): Ogletree, Charles J., Jr. Series: When Law Fails. Num Pages: 359 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; LNAA; LNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 228 x 151 x 21. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
359
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814740521
ISBN
9780814740521
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 31.02

Hardcover. Provides a sustained examination and analysis of the factors that lead juries to find defendants "not guilty" Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JKVP; LNAA; LNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 24. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814732175
ISBN
9780814732175
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 43.93

Paperback. Goldfarb argues for cameras in the courtroom. He is aware of the problems but believes that the more open a courtroom, the more open and free our society. The challenge is to balance the demanding technology against our dedication to democracy. Num Pages: 264 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFD; LNAA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 203 x 132 x 20. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814731314
ISBN
9780814731314
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 31.02

Paperback. Includes the Supreme Court decisions. This title provides an overview of the judiciary in general and the Supreme Court in particular. It combines theory and practice of the judicial process with civil rights and liberties. Editor(s): Abraham, Henry J. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPHC; LNAA; LNB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Edition
10th Edition
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814706534
ISBN
9780814706534
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.90

Hardback. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: LA; LNAA1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804792905
ISBN
9780804792905
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 71.97

Hardback. This volume examines how the American states have sought to ensure judicial independence and judicial accountability, both over time and in the current era of politicized judicial selection, and proposes mechanisms for doing so. Series: Stanford Studies in Law and Politics. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; LNAC; LNK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804760393
ISBN
9780804760393
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 150.96

Paperback. Focusing on U.S. Supreme Court decisions in the area of capital punishment, Dead Certainty examines the challenge of judging matters of public concern without a common sense of the good or other shared criteria to validate final decisions. Series: Cultural Memory in the Present. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: JKVP; LAB; LNAA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 13. Weight in Grams: 327.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804757461
ISBN
9780804757461
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.56

Paperback. Comparing law to the American practice of common courtesy, this book explains how our courts not only survive under conditions of suspected hypocrisy, but actually depend on these conditions to function. Series: The Cultural Lives of Law. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: LNAA1; LNJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 407. Weight in Grams: 259.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804753128
ISBN
9780804753128
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 22.10

Paperback. As the first comprehensive effort to view the modern class action through the lenses of American constitutional and political theory, this book contends that the procedural device needs to be substantially modified to prevent it from violating key constitutional and democratic precepts. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPHV; LNAC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 226 x 150 x 18. Weight in Grams: 431.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804752756
ISBN
9780804752756
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.36

Hardback. As the first comprehensive effort to view the modern class action through the lenses of American constitutional and political theory, this book contends that the procedural device needs to be substantially modified to prevent it from violating key constitutional and democratic precepts. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPHV; LNAC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804752749
ISBN
9780804752749
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 150.96

Hardback. Num Pages: 344 pages, 7 photographs, 1 illustration. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; 3JJP; BGH; LAT; LNAA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 24. Weight in Grams: 662.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780803255753
ISBN
9780803255753
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.09

Hardback. A bold analysis of what happened when Canada attempted to extend group rights to Aboriginal people in the early 1980s and why it went wrong. Series: Law and Society. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; JFSL9; LNAA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 15. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780774832380
ISBN
9780774832380
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 102.55

Hardback. Governing from the Bench is a comprehensive and illuminating examination of the Supreme Court of Canada that draws on in-depth interviews to reveal the inner workings of this often-misunderstood institution at the heart of Canada's justice system. Series: Law and Society. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: LNAA. 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
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780774823500
ISBN
9780774823500
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 107.64

Hardback. This timely, evocative book showcases Bertha Wilson's contributions to the Canadian legal landscape and explores the issues that this controversial personality grappled with in her life and career. Editor(s): Brooks, Kim. Series: Law and Society. Num Pages: 368 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBC; LAT; LNAA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 6147 x 4039. Weight in Grams: 635.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780774817325
ISBN
9780774817325
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 114.01

Paperback. Examining recent developments in the judicial review of federalism through detailed surveys of the United States, Australia, and Canada, this book urges political scientists to take courts and judicial reasoning more seriously in their accounts of federal government. Series: Law and Society. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KBC; 1MBF; JPA; LNAA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5969 x 4039 x 14. Weight in Grams: 336.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780774812368
ISBN
9780774812368
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.36

Paperback. Drawing from systematically collected information on the process, applications, and lawyers that has never before been used in studies of Canada's Supreme Court, this book offers both a qualitatively and quantitatively-based explanation of how Canada's justices grant judicial review. Series: Law and Society. Num Pages: 144 pages, 20 tables, 6 figures. BIC Classification: 1KBC; LNAA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 11. Weight in Grams: 281.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Number of pages
144
Condition
New
Edition
Revised ed.
SKU
V9780774810838
ISBN
9780774810838
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 36.59

Hardback. Drawing from systematically collected information on the process, applications, and lawyers that has never before been used in studies of Canada's Supreme Court, this book offers both a qualitatively and quantitatively-based explanation of how Canada's justices grant judicial review. Series: Law and Society. Num Pages: 144 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBC; LNAA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887. Weight in Grams: 318.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Number of pages
144
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780774810821
ISBN
9780774810821
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 114.01

Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 336 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; LNAC; LNTJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 457.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691608877
ISBN
9780691608877
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.47
€ 42.58

Hardback. Offers an exploration of the Supreme Court's approach to religion, offering a close look at various cases. This book traces the history of the way the Court has rendered important decisions involving religious liberty. It offers a fresh analysis of some of the Court's most important decisions in constitutional doctrine. Series: New Forum Books. Num Pages: 232 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HRA; JHM; LNAA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 485.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691116969
ISBN
9780691116969
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 77.23
€ 60.10

Hardback. Editors of v. 3-5: J. Goebel, Jr. and J.H. Smith. Editor(s): Goebel, Julius, Jr. Num Pages: 957 pages, Fr. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BG; LNAA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 150 x 59. Weight in Grams: 1362.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1969
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
957
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231089456
ISBN
9780231089456
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 198.43
€ 149.45

Paperback. Arguing that lawyers need to share more power with the judge and jury, this study recommends ways in which the basic adversarial system can be retained and improved. It examines the power the attorneys had over the court in the O.J. Simpson case and sheds light on the trial system's weaknesses. Num Pages: 328 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; LNAA. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 150 x 21. Weight in Grams: 430.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226777184
ISBN
9780226777184
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 29.91

Hardback. Congress and the president are not the only branches that deal with fiscal issues in times of war. This book focuses on the role of federal courts in fiscal matters during warfare and high-cost national defense emergencies. It sheds light on environmental factors in judicial decision making. Series: Chicago Series on International and Domestic Institutions. Num Pages: 216 pages, 10 line drawings, 16 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPHC; JW; LNAA2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780226771120
ISBN
9780226771120
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 114.07
€ 94.89

Paperback. Num Pages: 312 pages, , black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: LNAA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 181 x 20. Weight in Grams: 432.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226448633
ISBN
9780226448633
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 28.00

Subscribe to our newsletter

News on special offers, signed editions & more!