New Arrivals
There are 125 books in this aisle.
 New: $12.95 Trade Paper 
add to wish list |
|
The Supreme Court Phalanx: The Court's New Right-Wing Bloc
by Ronald Dworkin  Publisher Comments George W. Bush's nominations of John Roberts and Samuel Alito to the Supreme Court in 2005 were widely expected to turn it sharply to the right. But no one foresaw the rapidity or the revolutionary zeal with which, as Ronald Dworkin writes, the Court...
|
||||||
New: $24.95 Hardcover
add to wish list |
|
How Can You Defend Those People?
by Mickey Sherman Publisher Comments Praise for Mickey Sherman’s How Can Your Defend Those People? “I’m not popular with defense attorneys, especially in matters of murder. I’m one of those people who actually says to them, ‘How can you defend such a...
|
||||||
Used: $17.95 Hardcover List Price $27.00
add to wish list |
|
Convictions: A Prosecutor's Battles against Mafia Killers, Drug Kingpins, and Enron Thieves
by John Kroger Publisher Comments Convictions is a spellbinding story from the front lines of the fight against crime. Most Americans know little about the work of assistant United States attorneys, the federal prosecutors who possess sweeping authority to investigate and prosecute the...
|
||||||
New: $23.00 Hardcover
add to wish list |
|
Justice Denied: What America Must Do to Protect Its Children
by Marci A. Hamilton Publisher Comments Recent events such as the clergy abuse scandal in the Catholic Church have brought the once-taboo subject of childhood sexual abuse to the forefront. But despite increasing awareness of the problem, the United States has not succeeded in establishing...
|
||||||
New: $30.00 Trade Paper
add to wish list |
|
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...
|
||||||
Used: $7.95 Trade Paper List Price $11.95
add to wish list |
|
The Buffalo Creek Disaster: The Story of the Surviviors' Unprecedented Lawsuit (Vintage)
by Gerald M Stern Publisher Comments One Saturday morning in February 1972, an impoundment dam owned by the Pittston Coal Company burst, sending a 130 million gallon, 25 foot tidal wave of water, sludge, and debris crashing into southern West Virginia's Buffalo Creek hollow. It was one of...
|
||||||
New: $24.95 Trade Paper
add to wish list |
|
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...
|
||||||
New: $34.95 Trade Paper List Price $36.75
add to wish list |
|
Confronting Global Terrorism: The Framework of a Liberal Grand Strategy
by Tom Farer Publisher Comments Confronting Global Terrorism and American Neo-Conservatism brings together and subjects to critical scrutiny the core controversies connected to the so-called "War on Terror" such as: When is it legitimate and prudent to use force? Is torture ever...
|
||||||
New: $327.25 Hardcover List Price $343.25
add to wish list |
|
The Cambridge History of Law in America 3 Volume Set (Cambridge History of Law in America)
by Michael (edt) Grossberg Publisher Comments Law stands at the center of modern American life. Since the 1950s, American historians have produced an extraordinarily rich and diverse account of law and legal institutions in American history. But even though our knowledge has increased enormously...
|
||||||
New: $83.25 Hardcover List Price $88.95
add to wish list |
|
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...
|
||||||
New: $125.75 Hardcover List Price $129.00
add to wish list |
|
Legitimacy in International Law
by Rudiger (edt) Wolfrum Publisher Comments In recent years the question of the legitimacy of international law has been discussed quite intensively. Such questions are, for example, whether international law lacks legitimacy in general; whether international law or a part of it has yielded to the...
|
||||||
New: $24.25 Trade Paper
add to wish list |
|
The Judge in a Democracy Judge in a Democracy
by Aharon Barak Publisher Comments Whether examining election outcomes, the legal status of terrorism suspects, or if (or how) people can be sentenced to death, a judge in a modern democracy assumes a role that raises some of the most contentious political issues of our day. But do judges...
|
||||||
New: $19.95 Trade Paper
add to wish list |
|
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...
|
||||||
New: $48.00 Trade Paper
add to wish list |
|
The Econometric Modelling of Financial Time Series
by Terence C Mills Publisher Comments Terence Mills' best-selling graduate textbook provides detailed coverage of the latest research techniques and findings relating to the empirical analysis of financial markets. In its previous editions it has become required reading for many graduate...
|
||||||
New: $21.95 Hardcover
add to wish list |
|
Homeowners Association Manual 5th Ed.
by Peter Dunbar Synopsis - The only complete and practical guide for the operations of homeowners associations, including single-family subdivisions, townhouse and cluster developments, mobile homeowners associations, and master community associations - This manual is a guide to...
|
||||||
New: $78.75 Trade Paper List Price $83.25
add to wish list |
|
Litigation Services Handbook, 2008 Supplement: The Role of the Financial Expert
by Roman L. Weil Publisher Comments The 2008 Supplement contains the following updates: Chapter 15. The authors of our chapter on Punitive Damages review the Supreme Court's decision in Philip Morris USA v. Williams and the implications of that decision for punitive damage claims going...
|
||||||
New: $138.95 Hardcover List Price $144.75
add to wish list |
|
Implementing Eu Pollution Control: Law and Integration (Cambridge Studies in European Law and Policy)
by Bettina Lange Publisher Comments Through a detailed analysis this book examines the role of law in European Union integration processes through the implementation of the EU Directive on Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control at European Level and in the UK and Germany. The book...
|
||||||
New: $29.95 Hardcover
add to wish list |
|
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...
|
||||||
New: $11.95 Trade Paper
add to wish list |
|
Nuclear Weapons: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions)
by Joseph M. Siracusa Publisher Comments Despite not having been used in anger since Hiroshima and Nagasaki, nuclear weapons are still the biggest threat that faces us in the 21st century. Indeed, for all the effort to reduce nuclear stockpiles to zero and to keep other nations (such as Iran...
|
||||||
New: $46.75 Hardcover List Price $49.25
add to wish list |
|
Releasing Prisoners, Redeeming Communities: Reentry, Race, and Politics
by Anthony C. Thompson Publisher Comments "Accessible and comprehensive, Releasing Prisoners, Redeeming Communities deleves into the most pressing legal issue of prisoner reentry. . . . Thompson provides a much needed look at this dire social issue through an expert legal lens. This is an...
|
||||||
