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Dead Man Walking: An Eyewitness Account of the Death Penalty in the United States by Helen Prejean Publisher Comments In 1982, Sister Helen Prejean became the spiritual advisor to Patrick Sonnier, the convicted killer of two teenagers who was sentenced to die in the electric chair of Louisiana's Angola State Prison. In the months before Sonnier's death, the Roman... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $3.50 Used - Trade Paper 
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Laughing at the Gods: Great Judges and How They Made the Common Law by Allan C Hutchinson Publisher Comments Any effort to understand how law works has to take seriously its main players judges. Like any performance, judging should be evaluated by reference to those who are its best exponents. Not surprisingly, the debate about what makes a 'great judge' is as... (read more) List Price $29.99 Your price: $21.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Betrayal of America: How the Supreme Court Undermined the Constitution and Chose Our President by Vincent Bugliosi Publisher Comments Instead of being impartial arbiters of the law, the five conservative U.S. Supreme Court justices knowingly, blatantly, gave the Presidency of the United States to their man, George W. Bush. Bugliosi sets out the arguments, citing chapter and verse, on... (read more) List Price $13.95 Your price: $3.95 Used - Trade Paper
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A Quantitative Approach to Commercial Damages: Applying Statistics to the Measurement of Lost Profits by Mark G. Filler Publisher Comments A step-by-step approach to estimating and computing business interruption losses Accurately estimating damages in business interruption cases is a make- or-break formula for companies who need to be compensated for their loss of income. Make a mistake... (read more) Your price: $125.00 New - Hardcover
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Litigation Paralegal: a Systems Approach -with Workbook (5TH 08 Edition) by James W.h. Mccord Publisher Comments The Litigation Paralegal: A Systems Approach, 4th Edition, is a completely updated guide to the litigation process, identifying the paralegal's role in each step. It covers numerous developments in the electronic practice of law, including e-mail... (read more) List Price $199.95 Your price: $148.00 Used - Hardcover
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Climate Change, Forced Migration, and International Law by Jane Mcadam Publisher Comments Displacement caused by climate change is an area of growing concern. With current rises in sea levels and changes to the global climate, it is an issue of fundamental importance to the future of many parts of the world. This book critically examines... (read more) Your price: $159.25 New - Hardcover
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Criminological Theory : Brief Introduction (3RD 11 Edition) by J. Mitchell Miller Publisher Comments Criminological Theory: A Brief Introduction, Third Edition, offers an accessible discussion of the major theories of crime, delinquency, social deviance, and social control with an objective and neutral approach. The text provides students with an... (read more) List Price $58.40 Your price: $44.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Narratives of Islamic Legal Theory by Rumee Ahmed Publisher Comments In the critical period when Islamic law first developed, a new breed of jurists developed a genre of legal theory treatises to explore how the fundamental moral teachings of Islam might operate as a legal system. Seemingly rhetorical and formulaic, these... (read more) Your price: $115.95 New - Hardcover
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Power and Precedent: The Role of Law in the United States by Jan G. Deutsch Publisher Comments This book defines law as applied politics and examines United States politics, a government created by Founders who did not believe political parties to be necessary. The book is a course whose lectures set out a jurisprudence applicable to civil and... (read more) Your price: $42.25 New - Trade Paper
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Pathologies of Power: Health, Human Rights, and the New War on the Poor by Paul Farmer Publisher Comments Pathologies of Power uses harrowing stories of life--and death--in extreme situations to interrogate our understanding of human rights. Paul Farmer, a physician and anthropologist with twenty years of experience working in Haiti, Peru, and Russia, argues... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $13.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Impossible Subjects by Mae M. Ngai Publisher Comments This book traces the origins of the "illegal alien" in American law and society, explaining why and how illegal migration became the central problem in U.S. immigration policy--a process that profoundly shaped ideas and practices about citizenship, race,... (read more) List Price $29.95 Your price: $23.00 Used - Trade Paper
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The Declaration of Independence and the Constitution of the United States by Pauline Maier Publisher Comments Just in time for Independence Day, here is a pocket-sized edition of the United States' most important documents. Featuring a lively Introduction by Pauline Maier, the author of "American Scripture", a "New York Times" Top Ten Book of 1997, this pairing... (read more) List Price $3.99 Your price: $2.95 Used - Mass Market
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Realizing Utopia: The Future of International Law by Antonio Cassese Publisher Comments Realizing Utopia is a collection of essays by a group of innovative international jurists. Its contributors reflect on some of the major legal problems facing the international community and analyse the inconsistencies or inadequacies of current law... (read more) Your price: $81.50 New - Trade Paper 
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The Nine: Inside the Secret World of the Supreme Court by Jeffrey Toobin Publisher Comments In The Nine, acclaimed journalist Jeffrey Toobin takes us into the chambers of the most importantand secretlegal body in our country, the Supreme Court, revealing the complex dynamic among the nine people who decide the law of the land. An institution at... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $8.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Criminal Justice Today: An Introductory Text for the 21st Century (Mycrimekit) by Frank Schmalleger Publisher Comments The BEST-SELLING introduction to criminal justice text of all time, Criminal Justice Today 11/e, continues to lead the way as the standard of the most current and popular text in the market. Now fully equipped with a new media option, Criminal... (read more) List Price $162.00 Your price: $14.95 Used - Hardcover
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Convictions: A Prosecutor's Battles Against Mafia Killers, Drug Kingpins, and Enron Thieves by John Kroger Publisher Comments As an Assistant United States Attorney, John Kroger pursued high-profile cases against mafia killers, drug kingpins, and Enron executives. In Convictions, Kroger reveals how to flip a perp, how to conduct a cross, how to work an informant, how to placate... (read more) List Price $17.00 Your price: $7.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Cosmic Constitutional Theory: Why Americans Are Losing Their Inalienable Right to Self-Governance (Inalienable Rights) by J Harvie Wilkinson Publisher Comments American constitutional law has undergone a transformation. Issues once left to the people have increasingly become the province of the courts. Subjects as diverse as abortion rights and firearms regulations, health care reform and counterterrorism... (read more) Your price: $21.95 New - Hardcover
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Hierarchy in International Law: The Place of Human Rights by Erika (edt) De Wet Publisher Comments This book takes an inductive approach to the question of whether there is a hierarchy in international law, with human rights obligations trumping other duties. It assesses the extent to which such a hierarchy can be said to exist through an analysis of... (read more) Your price: $159.25 New - Hardcover
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Felony Murder (Critical Perspectives on Crime and Law) by Guyora Binder Publisher Comments The felony murder doctrine is one of the most widely criticized features of American criminal law. Legal scholars almost unanimously condemn it as irrational, concluding that it imposes punishment without fault and presumes guilt without proof. Despite... (read more) Your price: $104.25 New - Hardcover
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Juvenile Justice in America (6TH 11 Edition) by Clemens F. Bartollas Publisher Comments Unique in approach, JUVENILE JUSTICE IN AMERICA, 6/e gives students an intimate look at the fascinating and sometimes tragic world of the juvenile offender and the juvenile justice system. Its comprehensive approach progresses from the history of... (read more) List Price $110.85 Your price: $89.00 Used - Hardcover
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