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"Law Never Here": A Social History of African Amer...
$27.57
Review"A valuable piece of work that is long overdue. All levels." -- ChoiceProduct DescriptionShared racial and cultural experiences and the collective memory of those experiences play important roles in determining the responses of African Americans to issues of crime and violence. By examining Am..
"They Take Our Jobs!": And 20 Other Myths about Im...
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Claims that immigrants take Americans' jobs, are a drain on the American economy, contribute to poverty and inequality, destroy the social fabric, challenge American identity, and contribute to a host of social ills by their very existence are openly discussed and debated at all levels of society. C..
1986 Magruder's American Government
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1986 Magruder's American Government Author: McClenaghan, William A. Publisher: Allyn & Bacon Binding: Hardcover Language: English ISBN-10: 0205087817 ISBN-13: 9780205087815..
1L of a Ride: A Well-Traveled Professor's Roadmap ...
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1L of a Ride provides a candid step-by-step roadmap to both academic and emotional success in law school's crucial first year. Told in an accessible first-person voice, covered topics include top student fears, the first-year curriculum, effective class participation, types of students and professor..
A Book of Legal Lists: The Best and Worst in Ameri...
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Who are the top ten greatest Supreme Court Justices of all time Who are the worst ten Which Supreme Court decision helped lead to the Civil War What are the ten greatest and worst Supreme Court decisions What are the ten best courtroom movies Who was the last to use the Supreme Court spittoon ..
A Century of Juvenile Justice
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Since its inception in Illinois in 1899, the juvenile court has become a remarkable legal and social institution all over the developed world, one that plays a singular role in modern government. At its founding, the juvenile court was intended to reverse longstanding legal traditions, and place the..
A Companion to the United States Constitution and ...
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A Companion to the United States Constitution and Its Amendments is designed to show students just how revolutionary the Constitution was and how relevant it remains today. The Companion begins by revisiting the key events leading to the Constitution's ratification, including the writing of the Decl..
A Court Divided: The Rehnquist Court and the Futur...
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"An incisive consideration of the Supremes, offering erudite yet accessible clues to legal thinking on the most important level."--Kirkus Reviews In this authoritative reckoning with the eighteen-year record of the Rehnquist Court, Georgetown law professor Mark Tushnet reveals how the decisions of n..
A Dictionary of Modern Legal Usage
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Garner's Dictionary of Modern Legal Usage gives authoritative guidance on all the vexing questions that legal writers face, from correcting grammatical errors to framing legal issues to distinguishing between similar but distinct legal terms. With great detail and care, Garner explains whatlegalese ..
A Law of Her Own: The Reasonable Woman as a Measur...
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Despite the apparent progress in women's legal status, the law retains a profoundly male bias, and as such contributes to the pervasive violence and injustice against women.In A Law of Her Own, the authors propose to radically change law's fundamental paradigm by introducing a "reasonable woman stan..
A Legal Guide for Student Affairs Professionals
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The student affairs market has experienced a great boom in the last decade. Based on the fourth edition of the indispensable guide to the laws that bear on the conduct of higher education, this updated student affairs edition provides a reference and guide for student affairs practitioners and gradu..
A Life and Death Decision: A Jury Weighs the Death...
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A gripping exploration of a jury's members' perspectives on the most wrenching decision: the death sentenceWith a life in the balance, a jury convicts a man of murder and now has to decide whether he should be put to death. Twelve people now face a momentous choice.Bringing drama to life, A Life and..
A Matter of Interpretation
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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 desired aim--"distinguishing one prior case on h..
A Matter of Interpretation: Federal Courts and the...
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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 desired aim--"distinguishing one prior case on h..
A Matter of Principle
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Essays examine the political basis of law, legal interpretation, economic factors in law, reverse discrimination, and censorship Author: Dworkin, Ronald Publisher: Harvard University Press Binding: Hardcover Language: English ISBN-10: 0674554604 ISBN-13: 9780674554603..
A Matter of Principle
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This is a book about the interplay of urgent political issues and hotly debated questions of moral philosophy. The controversies it joins are old; but history has given them fresh shape. For example, whether judges should and do make law is now of more practical importance than ever before, as recen..
A Murder in Wartime: The Untold Spy Story That Cha...
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A look at the greatest unsolved mystery and political coverup of the Vietnam War describes how, in 1969, eight Green Berets in Vietnam were arrested for the murder of a Vietnamese agent working for the Vietcong, even though it had been ordered by the CIA. Author: Stein, Jeff Publisher: St Martins Pr..
A New Species of Trouble: Explorations in Disaster...
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Looks at the trauma caused by chemical disasters, such as a mercury spill, underground gasoline leakage, Three Mile Island, and nuclear waste dumps, and describes how communities have attempted to respond Author: Erikson, Kai Publisher: W W Norton & Co Inc Binding: Hardcover Language: English ISBN-1..
A New World Order
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Global governance is here--but not where most people think. This book presents the far-reaching argument that not only should we have a new world order but that we already do. Anne-Marie Slaughter asks us to completely rethink how we view the political world. It's not a collection of nation states t..
A Philosophy Of International Law (New Perspective...
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Why should sovereign states obey international law In this groundbreaking study Fernando Tesón argues that an overlapping respect for human rights has created a moral common ground among the countries of the world. It is this common set of values rather than self-interest that ultimately provides l..
A Place on the Team: The Triumph and Tragedy of Ti...
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A Place on the Team is the inside story of how Title IX revolutionized American sports. The federal law guaranteeing women's rights in education, Title IX opened gymnasiums and playing fields to millions of young women previously locked out. Journalist Welch Suggs chronicles both the law's successes..
A Political Theory of Rights
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Rights are basic building blocks of the contemporary state, yet their rigorous justification is difficult. This book provides a thorough analysis of this central topic, and challenges the orthodox view that rights are a type of property claim in one's body. Drawing on the tradition of the social con..
A Practical Approach to Civil Procedure
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Product DescriptionTrusted by generations of students and litigators, A Practical Approach to Civil Procedure is the perfect tool to guide you through the maze of procedural requirements employed in the civil courts. Written by an expert in the field, the book provides a wide-ranging and detailed ov..
A Practical Guide To Appellate Advocacy 3e
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Mary Beth Beazley s highly regarded A Practical Guide to Appellate Advocacy, Third Edition, is a comprehensive student-focused guide to writing appellate briefs. Written in an understandable, direct writing style, this concise paperback s effective structure centers on a four-point approach to writi..
A Practical Guide To Legal Writing & Legal Method ...
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A Practical Guide to Legal Writing and Legal Method, now in its Fourth Edition, continues to provide complete, timely coverage with the clarity and precision that have made this text so popular with students and teachers.A Practical Guide to Legal Writing and Legal Method, Fourth Edition, features: ..