Law

Terrorism, Identity, and Legitimacy

by Jean Rosenfeld

This book argues that the application of an interdisciplinary, evidence-based explanation of terrorism, national identity, and political legitimacy may be the most effective method of understanding and combating...

Reading Native American Literature

by Joseph L Coulombe

In this volume, Joseph Coulombe argues that Native American writers use diverse narrative strategies to engage with readers and are 'writing for connection' with both Native and non-Native audiences.

Youth in Crisis?

by Barry Goldson

Few issues attract greater concern and censure thatn those that surround youth 'gangs'. Comprising a series of essays from leading national and international researchers, this book subjects such claims to rigorous...

Philosophical Delusion and its Therapy

by Eugen Fischer

Philosophical Delusion and its Therapy provides new foundations and methods for the revolutionary project of philosophical therapy pioneered by Ludwig Wittgenstein. The book vindicates this currently much-discussed...

Diversity in Europe

by Gideon Calder & Emanuela Ceva

This book examines how European institutions address the plurality of religious faiths and ethical beliefs in a multicultural society, featuring case studies on Germany, Italy, Turkey, Spain, the Czech Republic...

Parody and Taste in Postwar American Television Culture

by Ethan Thompson

In this original study, Thompson explores the complicated relationships between Americans and television during the 1950s, as seen and effected through popular humor. Parody and Taste in Postwar American Television...

The Sins of Brother Curtis: A Story of Betrayal, Conviction, and the Mormon Church

by Lisa Davis

This brilliantly reported, unforgettable true story reveals how one of the most monstrous sexual criminals in the history of the Mormon church preyed on his victims even as he was protected by the church elders...

The Household

by Robert C. Ellickson

Some people dwell alone, many in family-based households, and an adventuresome few in communes. The Household is the first book to systematically lay bare the internal dynamics of these and other home arrangements....

Schools for Misrule: Legal Academia and an Overlawyered America

by Walter Olson

From Barack Obama (Harvard and Chicago) to Bill and Hillary Clinton (Yale), many of our current national leaders emerged from the rarefied air of the nation's top law schools. The ideas taught there in one generation...

Never Too Late: A Prosecutor's Story of Justice in the Medgar Evars Case

by Bobby Delaughter

In June 12, 1963, Mississippi's fast-rising NAACP leader Medgar Evers was gunned down by a white supremacist named Byron De La Beckwith. Beckwith escaped conviction twice at the hands of all-white Southern juries,...

The Devil's Advocates: Greatest Closing Arguments in Criminal Law

by Michael S Lief & H. Mitchell Caldwell

From the authors of the acclaimed Ladies and Gentlemen of the Jury, and featuring some of the most important cases in criminal law, The Devil's Advocates is the final volume of a must-have trilogy of the best...

Law in the Health and Human Services

by Donald T. Dickson

Professor Dickson provides students with examples of a legal way of thinking about significant issues in social policy.  This book can be used in policy and practice courses in the fields of mental health,...

Revenge of the Pequots: How a Small Native-American Tribe Created the World's Most Profitable Casino

by Kim Isaac Eisler

In the mid-1970s, the Mashantucket Pequot tribe had only one member -- an elderly woman who pleaded with her grandson to come live on the impoverished reservation and save it from falling into government hands...

A History of American Law, Revised Edition

by Lawrence M. Friedman

A History of American Law has become a classic for students of law, American history and sociology across the country. In this brilliant and immensely readable book, Lawrence M. Friedman tells the whole fascinating...

Child Mental and the Law

by Barry Nurcombe

A Simon & Schuster eBook. Simon & Schuster has a great book for every reader.

Anatomy of a Fraud Investigation

by Stephen Pedneault

A one-of-a-kind resource walking you through one complete fraud investigation, from the original tip to conviction in court

Anatomy of a Fraud Investigation is an engrossing read and a valuable resource for fraud...

A History of American Law: Third Edition

by Lawrence M. Friedman

In this brilliant and immensely readable book, Lawrence M. Friedman tells the whole fascinating story of American law from its beginnings in the colonies to the present day. By showing how close the life of...

And the Walls Came Tumbling Down: Greatest Closing Arguments Protecting Civil Libertie

by Michael S Lief & H. Mitchell Caldwell

The second volume in a must-have trilogy of the best closing arguments in American legal history

Every day, Americans enjoy the freedom to decide what we do with our property, our bodies, our speech, and our...

Justice for All: Earl Warren and the Nation He Made

by Jim Newton

In Justice for All, Jim Newton, an award-winning journalist for the Los Angeles Times, brings readers the first truly comprehensive consideration of Earl Warren, the politician-turned-Chief Justice who refashioned...

Intellectual Property: The Tough New Realities That Could Make or Break Your Business

by Paul Goldstein

The definitive guide to intellectual property for business managers 

How can a product of the mind—an innovation, a song, a logo, a business secret—become the subject of precise property rights? No idea...