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Impossible Subjects by Mae M. Ngai Publisher Comments "While vernacular discussion of the so-called 'illegal alien' in the United States has generally fixed on the alien side of the equation, Mae Ngai's luminous new book focuses rather on the illegal--the bureaucratic and ideological machinery within... (read more) List Price $30.95 Your price: $24.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Litigation Paralegal : a Systems Approach - Text Only (5TH 08 Edition) by James W. H. Mccord Publisher Comments The Litigation Paralegal: A Systems Approach, fifth edition provides students and faculty with a learning resource written specifically for them. It is a resource combining the theories and principles of law with practical paralegal skills, paralegal... (read more) List Price $189.10 Your price: $152.00 Used - Hardcover
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Plunkitt of Tammany Hall: A Series of Very Plain Talks on Very Practical Politics (Signet Classics) by William L Riordon Publisher Comments This classic work offers the unblushing, unvarnished wit and wisdom of one of the most fascinating figures ever to play the American political game and win. George Washington Plunkitt rose from impoverished beginnings to become ward boss of the Fifteenth... (read more) List Price $5.95 Your price: $3.95 Used - Mass Market
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Matter of Interpretation : Federal Courts and the Law (97 Edition) by Antonin Scalia Publisher Comments We are all familiar with the image of the immensely clever judge who discerns the best rule of common law for the case at hand. According to U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, a judge like this can maneuver through earlier cases to achieve the... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $19.00 Used - Trade Paper
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America's Courts and the Criminal Justice System (10TH 11 - Old Edition) by David W. Neubauer Publisher Comments Open this book and step into America's court system! With Neubauer and Fradella's best-selling text, you will see for yourself what it is like to be a judge, a prosecutor, a defense attorney, and more. This fascinating and well-researched text gives you... (read more) List Price $203.15 Your price: $135.00 Used - Hardcover
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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 lifeand deathin 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,... (read more) List Price $34.95 Your price: $15.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Assembling California by John Mcphee Publisher Comments At various times in a span of fifteen years, John McPhee made geological field surveys in the company of Eldridge Moores, a tectonicist at the University of California at Davis. The result of these trips is Assembling California, a cross-section in human... (read more) List Price $17.00 Your price: $7.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Human Rights : Very Short Introduction (07 Edition) by Andrew Clapham Publisher Comments From the controversial incarceration of prisoners at Guantanamo Bay, to the brutal ethnic cleansing being practiced in Darfur, to the widespread denial of equal rights to women in many areas of the world, human rights violations are a constant presence... (read more) List Price $11.95 Your price: $7.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Law and Justice : Introduction To the American Legal System (6TH 08 Edition) by Howard Abadinsky Publisher Comments Law and Justice: An Introduction to the American Legal System, Sixth Edition offers a thorough examination of the system of justice used in the United States: civil and criminal, juvenile, and therapeutic. This new edition continues its... (read more) List Price $124.50 Your price: $100.00 Used - Hardcover
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Understanding International Law (10 Edition) by Conway W. Henderson Publisher Comments Understanding International Law introduces students to the various aspects of international law and especially its relationship with global politics. Utilizing an approach that carefully balances politics and law, the book reflects on their... (read more) List Price $71.75 Your price: $53.35 New - Trade Paper
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Mediators Handbook 3RD Edition Rev & Expanded by Jennifer E Beer Publisher Comments The field of mediation has expanded dramatically since Friends Conflict Resolution Programs published the original MediatorÌs Handbook in 1982, the first "how-to" mediation manual available to the public. Since then, mediation has evolved from... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $13.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Courage of Their Convictions : Sixteen Americans Who Fought Their Way To the Supreme Court (88 Edition) by Peter Irons Publisher Comments An "extraordinary book reveal[ing] the live faces behind the masks of constitutional law; to read it is to understand the inner dynamics of law's outward development."Laurence H. Tribe.... (read more) List Price $18.00 Your price: $10.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Fundamentals of Litigation for Paralegals - With CD (7TH 12 Edition) by Marlene A. Maerowitz Book News Annotation This textbook for paralegal students provides a comprehensive introduction to the roles of the legal support professional and explores, in detail, the processes of litigation. The volume is divided into three sections covering investigation and... (read more) List Price $182.95 Your price: $138.00 Used - Hardcover
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Plessy VS. Ferguson : a Brief History With Documents (97 Edition) by Brook (ed.) Thomas Publisher Comments In 1896, The Supreme Court's Plessy v. Ferguson decision made legal a system of "separate but equal" racial segregation not overruled until 1954. Using the full text of the Court's opinion, along with a selection of responses to the ruling, Brook Thomas... (read more) List Price $17.50 Your price: $15.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Plain English for Lawyers by Richard C. Wydick Book News Annotation Emphasizing the elements of plain English style, this concise guide helps law students and attorneys to simplify and improve their legal writing. Sample topics include omitting surplus words; putting modifying words close to what they modify; and... (read more) List Price $20.00 Your price: $8.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Making of a Mediator : Developing Artistry in Practice (00 Edition) by Michael D. Lang Publisher Comments MICHAEL D. LANG, editor of Mediation Quarterly and former president of the Academy of Family Mediators, has been a practicing mediator for over twenty years. He is professor and special advisor in the Master of Arts in Conflict Analysis and Management... (read more) List Price $48.00 Your price: $46.00 New - Hardcover
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Drug Crazy : How We Got Into This Mess and How We Can Get Out (98 Edition) by Mike Gray Publisher Comments Over the last fifteen years, American taxpayers have spent over $300 billion to wage the war on drugs--three times what it cost to put a man on the moon. In Drug Crazy, journalist Mike Gray offers a scathing indictment of this financial fiasco... (read more) List Price $44.95 Your price: $34.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Immigrant America (3RD 07 Edition) by Alejandro Portes Publisher Comments This third edition of the widely acclaimed classic has been thoroughly expanded and updated to reflect current demographic, economic, and political realities. Drawing on recent census data and other primary sources, Portes and Rumbaut have infused the... (read more) List Price $33.95 Your price: $26.00 Used - Trade Paper
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American Courts: Process and Policy by Lawrence Baum Publisher Comments Scholar Lawrence Baum presents thorough descriptions of the courts and their activities with clear, engaging prose to foster student interest. Comprehensive and current, the text offers explanations of what the courts do, how officers of the court... (read more) List Price $125.35 Your price: $40.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Scopes Trial : a Brief History With Documents (02 Edition) by Jeffrey P. Moran Publisher Comments The Scopes trial shocked America. Tennessee schoolteacher John Scopes brought the question of teaching evolution in schools to every dinner table, and it remains an essential topic in any course on American History, the History of Education, and... (read more) List Price $23.25 Your price: $15.00 Used - Trade Paper
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