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Legal system: general
Paperback. Featuring a foreword by Anthony Lewis, this book evaluates the role of the court system in our democracy and considers the claims that it has become too powerful. Num Pages: 293 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPFM; LNAA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 19. Weight in Grams: 399.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 293
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814747957
- ISBN
- 9780814747957
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 31.02
€ 33.99
€ 31.02
paperback. Shows how two well-established, traditional criminal law defenses - the doctrines of provocation and self-defense - enable certain defendants to more easily justify their acts of violence than others. This work suggests three tentative legal reforms to address problems of bias and undue leniency. Series: Critical America. Num Pages: 371 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JKV; LNAA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 371
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814751169
- ISBN
- 9780814751169
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 31.02
€ 33.99
€ 31.02
paperback. A study of the US criminal-justice system which argues that it places far too great an emphasis on winning and not nearly enough on truth. The author focuses on ways in which lawyers are permitted to dominate trials, the system's preference for weak judges, and the absurdities of plea bargaining. Num Pages: 257 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; LNAA; LNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 15. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 257
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- SKU
- V9780814766507
- ISBN
- 9780814766507
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.90
€ 32.99
€ 29.90
Paperback. What's going on with the rise of tv law programs - both fictional and documentary, and how does that affect our lives and real court rooms. Num Pages: 309 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APT; JFD; LNAA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 442.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 309
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814775615
- ISBN
- 9780814775615
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 31.02
€ 33.99
€ 31.02
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€ 31.02
€ 33.99
€ 31.02
Paperback. The extraordinary story of a man who bestrode his era like a colossus, Hugo Black is the first and only comprehensive biography of the Supreme Court Justice of thirty four years, (1886-1971). Num Pages: 741 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BG; JPQ; LAT; LNAA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 150 x 38. Weight in Grams: 1050.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 741
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780823217861
- ISBN
- 9780823217861
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Condition: New
€ 53.47€ 53.33
€ 53.47
€ 53.33
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
€ 134.46
€ 134.46
Hardcover. Focuses on generally unknown events and policies to demonstrate judicial dependence and legislative supremacy over the judiciary. This book disproves the validity of that assumption for state constitutionalism by concentrating on the law of New Hampshire - representative of the law in other jurisdictions - between the years 1789 and 1818. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBEH; LAZ; LNAA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 250 x 150 x 15. Weight in Grams: 666.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Northern Illinois University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780875803876
- ISBN
- 9780875803876
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Condition: New
€ 37.54
€ 37.54
Hardcover. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; LNAA; LNTJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 21. Weight in Grams: 577.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781479876938
- ISBN
- 9781479876938
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Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 43.93
€ 43.99
€ 43.93
Hardback. The first history of the eight Jewish men and women who have served or who currently serve as justices of the Supreme Court. Num Pages: 384 pages, 24 illus. BIC Classification: LAT; LNAA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Brandeis University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9781611682380
- ISBN
- 9781611682380
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 33.73
€ 43.99
€ 33.73
Hardback. This volume Studies in Law, Politics and Society contains a symposium on indigenous peoples in Latin America. It examines the ways rights are negotiated between those groups and the states in which they live. Editor(s): Sarat, Austin. Series: Studies in Law, Politics, and Society. Num Pages: 216 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: LAQ; LNA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 160 x 21. Weight in Grams: 462.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Emerald Publishing Limited United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780520803
- ISBN
- 9781780520803
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 126.34
€ 126.34
Hardback. Contains an international and interdisciplinary array of legal scholarship. This work illuminates the law's response to its social context as well as the way law shapes that context. It shows how legal scholars contribute to public debate about contemporary issues as well as how they articulate the nature of rights and the limits of law. Editor(s): Sarat, Austin. Series Editor(s): Sarat, Austin. Series: Studies in Law, Politics, and Society. Num Pages: 277 pages, ill. BIC Classification: LAQ; LNA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 168 x 25. Weight in Grams: 496.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Emerald Publishing Limited United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 277
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780526225
- ISBN
- 9781780526225
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Condition: New
€ 137.16
€ 137.16
Hardback. Trials are well known as paradigmatic legal events. Some attract wide attention; others mostly escape notice. This title brings together the work of some of the leading scholars to think about the nature, utility, and limits of trials. Series: Studies in Law, Politics, and Society. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: LAQ; LNAA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Emerald Publishing Limited United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849506151
- ISBN
- 9781849506151
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 114.16
€ 114.16
Hardback. Brings together research on law's cultural life and on institutions and actors who translate interests, preferences, and values into legal policy. This work offers perspectives from an interdisciplinary and international community and contains contributions from scholars of theology, political science, criminology, bio-ethics, and law. Editor(s): Sarat, Austin. Series: Studies in Law, Politics, and Society. Num Pages: 216 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: LAQ; LNAA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 448.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Emerald Publishing Limited United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849506960
- ISBN
- 9781849506960
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Condition: New
€ 114.16
€ 114.16
Hardback. This volume of Studies in Law, Politics, and Society contains a sampling of work from some of the most promising junior scholars in the next generation of the law and society community. Nominated by their advisors or mentors, their work explores some of the newest areas of law and society research as well as brings fresh insight to bear on enduring Editor(s): Sarat, Austin. Series Editor(s): Sarat, Austin. Series: Studies in Law, Politics, and Society. Num Pages: 268 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: LAQ; LNAA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 162 x 21. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Emerald Publishing Limited United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 268
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9781849507509
- ISBN
- 9781849507509
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.69
€ 127.69
Hardcover. Series: Psychology and the Law. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: LAZ; LNAC3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 22. Weight in Grams: 635.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781479880041
- ISBN
- 9781479880041
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 107.64
€ 107.64
Paperback. Makes an impassioned case for reversing the rapid decline of the trial before we lose one of our public culture's greatest achievements. This title lays out the catastrophic consequences of losing an institution that so perfectly embodies democratic governance. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; LNAA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 249.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226081274
- ISBN
- 9780226081274
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 26.09
€ 32.99
€ 26.09
Paperback. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; LNAA; LND. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 299.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Pennsylvania State University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780271032818
- ISBN
- 9780271032818
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Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 30.82
€ 38.99
€ 30.82
Hardback. By examining the Cold War court-martial, this book opens a window on conflicts that divided America at the time, such as the competing demands of work and family and the tension between individual rights and social conformity. Using military justice records, it demonstrates the criminal consequences of the military's violent mission. Series: Politics and Society in Modern America. Num Pages: 256 pages, 6 line illus. 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; LNAA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 243 x 165 x 22. Weight in Grams: 498.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691118048
- ISBN
- 9780691118048
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Condition: New
€ 71.29€ 55.72
€ 71.29
€ 55.72
Hardcover. Lauded for providing discussion of the Courts' significant decisions, this volume keeps at the forefront of the reforms and interpretations of American law. It considers issues such as post-9/11 security, the 2000 presidential election, cross burning, federalism and state sovereignty, failed Supreme Court nominations, and more. Editor(s): Hutchinson, Dennis J.; Strauss, David A.; Stone, Geoffrey R. Series: Supreme Court Review. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; LNAA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 658.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226269061
- ISBN
- 9780226269061
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.13€ 57.15
€ 67.13
€ 57.15