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The Nine: Inside the Secret World of the Supreme Court
by Jeffrey Toobin  
Publisher Comments Bestselling author Jeffrey Toobin takes you into the chambers of the most important — and secret — legal body in our country, the Supreme Court, and reveals the complex dynamic among the nine people who decide the law of the land. Just in...
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Blacks Law Dictionary 8TH Edition
by Bryan A Garner Publisher Comments For the first time since the original 1891 edition, this classic legal resource has enjoyed a complete cover-to-cover revision. Last updated in 1990, more than 30,000 definitions have been honed, sharpened and made more concise. Over 4,500 terms appear...
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Water War in the Klamath Basin: Macho Law, Combat Biology, and Dirty Politics
by Holly Doremus and A. Dan Tarlock Publisher Comments In the drought summer of 2001, a simmering conflict between agricultural and environmental interests in southern Oregon’s Upper Klamath Basin turned into a guerrilla war of protests, vandalism, and apocalyptic rhetoric when the federal Bureau of...
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Discrimination by Default: How Racism Becomes Routine
by Lu-in Wang Publisher Comments "It is worth noting that one of the many positive things that this book has to recommend for itself is a very clear writing style that makes complex legal and social science concepts accessible to a wide array of audiences." —The Law and Politics...
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The Cost of Counterterrorism: Power, Politics, and Liberty
by Laura Donohue Publisher Comments In the aftermath of a terrorist attack political stakes are high: legislators fear being seen as lenient or indifferent and often grant the executive broader authorities without thorough debate. The judiciary's role, too, is restricted: constitutional...
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Tort Wars
by Joel Levin Publisher Comments Tort Wars brings together the diverse and usually insufficiently related strands of tort law and treats the moral, economic, and systemic problems running through those strands with a single analysis and theory. In that tort law employs theory at all, it...
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Land Law
by Diane Chappelle Publisher Comments This is an accessible consideration of the main legal principles, estates and interests in land law. The book is clearly structured to encourage application of legal principles throughout with detailed coverage of key topics....
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Basic Legal Research
by Amy E. Sloan Synopsis For clear, step-by-step instruction on the basics of legal research, count on this popular revision of Basic Legal Research: Tools and Strategies, Third Edition. Updated sample pages and examples of research sources throughout the book make this must...
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Crime Mapping Case Studies: Practice and Research
by Spencer (edt) Chainey Publisher Comments Crime Mapping Case Studies: From Research to Practice provides a series of key examples from practice and research that demonstrate applications of crime mapping and its effect in many areas of policing and crime reduction. This book brings together case...
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40 Days and 40 Nights: Darwin, Intelligent Design, God, Oxycontin, and Other Oddities on Trial in Pennsylvania
by Matthew Chapman Publisher Comments In this fascinating story of evolution, religion, politics, and personalities, Matthew Chapman captures the story behind the headlines in the debate over God and science in America. Kitzmiller v. Dover Board of Education, decided in late 2005, pitted the...
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Busted!: Drug War Survival Skills: From the Buy to the Bust to Begging for Mercy
by Max Fabricant Publisher Comments Busted! is a funny, smart, subversive worst-case scenario guide for casual drug users and their tolerant friends.It's the Bible on how not to get busted and what to do if you are. Using celebrity busts, outrageous everyman busts, and the author's...
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A Civil Action
by Jonathan Harr
Publisher Comments In this true story of an epic courtroom showdown, two of the nation's largest corporations stand accused of causing the deaths of children. Representing the bereaved parents, the unlikeliest of heroes emerges: a young, flamboyant, Porsche-driving lawyer...
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Dictionary of Law: Over 8,000 Terms Clearly Defined
by A&c Black Publisher Comments A fully updated new edition, this book contains expanded topics, including juvenile crime, immigration, antiterrorism measures, e-crime, family law, police procedure, and forensics. Examples and encyclopedic comments help to explain complex terms from...
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Perfectly Legal: The Covert Campaign to Rig Our Tax System to Benefit the Super Rich -- and Cheat Everybody Else
by David Cay Johnston Publisher Comments One of the country's top investigative reporters reveals how the richest people within the top 1 percent of the country has rigged the tax code and other laws in its favor. Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter David Cay Johnston has been...
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Water War in the Klamath Basin: Macho Law, Combat Biology, and Dirty Politics
by Holly D. Doremus Publisher Comments In the drought summer of 2001, a simmering conflict between agricultural and environmental interests in southern Oregon’s Upper Klamath Basin turned into a guerrilla war of protests, vandalism, and apocalyptic rhetoric when the federal Bureau of...
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Incorporating Your Business for Dummies
by Carl R. J. Sniffen Publisher Comments If you're a business owner, incorporation can help you protect your personal assets and cut down your tax bill. But all the paperwork and legalese can make incorporation seem like more trouble than it's worth. Incorporating Your Business For Dummies...
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How Judges Think
by Richard A Posner Publisher Comments A distinguished and experienced appellate court judge, Richard A. Posner offers in this new book a unique and, to orthodox legal thinkers, a startling perspective on how judges and justices decide cases. When conventional legal materials enable judges to...
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Arrest-Proof Yourself: An Ex-Cop Reveals How Easy It Is for Anyone to Get Arrested, How Even a Single Arrest Could Ruin Your Life, and What t
by Dale C Carson Publisher Comments This essential “how not to” guide explains how to act and what to say in the presence of police to minimize the chances of being arrested and to avoid add-on charges—which can often lead to permanent disqualification from jobs...
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Patent It Yourself 12TH Edition
by David Pressman Publisher Comments Step by step, Patent It Yourself takes inventors through the entire process of obtaining a patent, explaining how to: - file a patent application- respond to examiners' objections- conduct a patent search- understand international patent protection...
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The Bramble Bush: The Classic Lectures to Law and Law Schools
by Karl N. Llewelly Publisher Comments For over seventy years, there has been one book that law students have read to prepare for what they were about to encounter. That book is The Bramble Bush .After all these years and many imitators, The Bramble Bush remains one of the most popular...
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