Law

Briefs of Leading Cases in Corrections

by Rolando V. del Carmen, Susan E. Ritter & Betsy A. Witt

The briefs in this edition provide accurate and concise coverage of topics of vital importance to criminal justice personnel - prison law, probation, parole, the death penalty, juvenile justice, and sentencing....

A Thousand Times More Fair: What Shakespeare's Plays Teach Us About Justice

by Kenji Yoshino

A provocative exploration of justice in our time through fresh readings of Shakespeare's greatest plays

Celebrated legal scholar Kenji Yoshino's first book, Covering, was acclaimed–from the New York Times Book...

Know Your Rights!

by Richard M. Alderman

Richard Alderman, The People's Lawyer,T cuts through the legal jargon and helps you protect yourself, your family, and your property. This latest, updated edition gives you practical, easy-to-understand answers...

Forensic Science in Court: Challenges in the Twenty First Century

by Donald Shelton

Forensic Science in Court explores the legal implications of forensic science-an increasingly important and complex part of the legal system. Judge Donald Shelton provides an accessible overview of the legal...

Constitutional Sentiments

by Andras Sajo

The Constitution was written to shape human behavior and affairs, and it does so by appealing to people';s hearts, not only their minds. An interdisciplinary analysis sheds new light on the emotions that underlie...

The Law Is a White Dog: How Legal Rituals Make and Unmake Persons

by Colin Dayan

Abused dogs, prisoners tortured in Guantánamo and supermax facilities, or slaves killed by the state--all are deprived of personhood through legal acts. Such deprivations have recurred throughout history, and...

Unequal Opportunity

by Leah P. Hollis

It is the job of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission to address private sector job bias complaints alleging discrimination based on disability, religion, and/or national origin and weed them out of the...

Foreign Competition in Japan

by Robert J Ballon

Using case studies and covering topics such as the labour market, corporate organization, decision making and business transactions, this book outlines the way the Japanese organize their companies; it analyzes...

Japan and a New World Economic Order

by Kyoshi Kojima

The book tackles two major issues in international economics: Firstly, traditional international trade theory aims only at static maximization in the use of world human and material resources, but, the author...

The Netherlands, Indies and Japan

by H J van Mook

This volume chronicles the facts concerning the relations between the Netherlands in Asia and Japan during the last two years before the outbreak of war in the Pacific and concentrates on political and economic...

Israeli Nationalism

by Uri Ram

This study of the construction of Jewish-Israeli nationalism combines a sociological study of a national culture with an analysis of the national discourse, exploring the categories of thought that constitute...

The Delivery of Human Rights

by Geoff Gilbert

The Delivery of Human Rights reflects on two overlapping issues in international human rights law: how can existing norms be better implemented and effected, and how can other branches of international law or...

Strategic Visions for Human Rights

by Geoff Gilbert & Francoise Hampson

Strategic Visions for Human Rights takes a multi-disciplinary approach to future directions for human rights. It looks beyond what international human rights treaties have so far established and considers the...

The Land is the Source of the Law

by CF Black

The Land is the Source of Law brings an inter-jurisdictional dimension to the field of indigenous jurisprudence: comparing Indigenous legal regimes in New Zealand, the USA and Australia, it offers a 'dialogical...

Drugs, Crime and Public Health

by Alex Stevens

Drugs, Crime and Public Health provides an accessible but critical discussion of recent policy on illicit drugs. Using a comparative approach - centred on the UK, but with insights and complementary data gathered...

Crime, Political Economy and Genetically Modified Food

by Reece Walters

This book aims to bring the debates about GM food into the social and criminological arena. It highlights the criminal actions of state and corporate officials including the illegal production and sale of GM...

Unwrapping Japan

by Eyal Ben-Ari & Brian Moeran

As well as exploring issues relating to advertising, tourism, women, festivals and the art world, the book depicts how the study of Japanese society contributes to anthropological theory and understanding. The...

Human Rights and the Protection of Privacy in Tort Law

by Hans-Joachim Cremer

This book considers how English courts could use and adapt structures adopted by the German legal order in response to rulings from the European Court of Human Rights on Article 8 of the European Convention...

Turkey's Accession to the European Union

by Edel Hughes

This book critically engages with the contentious questions that continue to separate Turkey from EU integration. The book considers whether the concerns which raise debates regarding Turkish membership are...

Wolf and Stanley on Environmental Law

by Susan Wolf & Neil Stanley

Wolf and Stanley on Environmental Law is a lively and accessible account of pollution control law in England and Wales. Written with real clarity and supported by a range of learning features, this text offers...