Law

In this groundbreaking history of the modern American metropolis, Richard Rothstein, a leading authority on housing policy, explodes the myth that America's cities came to be racially divided through de facto segregation-that is, through individual...

This concise yet comprehensive textbook introduces the reader to the law and practice of international arbitration. Arbitration is a complex field due to the variety of disciplines involved and necessitates an approach that takes nothing for granted...

Children and young people with complex mental health needs are increasingly being cared for within specialist mental health care settings, either in the community or in in-patient facilities. With rapid social developments, it can be difficult for carers...

The relationship between law and religion is evident throughout history. They have never been completely independent from each other. There is no doubt that religion has played an important role in providing the underlying values of modern laws, in...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780993478857Author Patrick O'KaneFormat PaperbackPage Count 138Imprint Brentham House Publishing Company LimitedPublisher Brentham House Publishing Company...

For millions of people across the world, lighting up a joint is no more controversial than having a cup of tea. But in Hash Wensley Clarkson explores the dark and sinister side of this multi-billion pound business: one fuelled by a brutal underworld...

Studying Scots Law provides a highly readable account of the educational and training requirements for entry into the Scottish legal profession and provides essential information on law courses throughout Scotland as well as giving useful advice on study...

"Compelling, dazzling, breathless ... a vivid, fascinating account of a richly diverse life, full of interest, charm and wit." Lord Brown of Eaton-under-Heywood Michael Beloff, previously QC, once described as 'the Bar's Renaissance Man', has had a...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781854315168Author Tim KayeFormat PaperbackPage Count 212Imprint Blackstone Press LtdPublisher Oxford University PressWeight(grams) 331gDimensions(mm) 235mm...

This is a fully revised fourth edition of the successful Blackstone's Preparing for Police Duty, the invaluable introduction to the police service for new recruits or those considering a policing career. This highly practical guide informs those...

Conflict is inevitable, in both deals and disputes. Yet when clients call in the lawyers to haggle over who gets how much of the pie, traditional hard-bargaining tactics can lead to ruin. Too often, deals blow up, cases don't settle, relationships fall...

'Outstanding' THE SECRET BARRISTER 'It's brilliant, it's comprehensive, buy it' EVENING STANDARD 'A powerful, illuminating, enraging and inspiring read' JESS PHILLIPS MP 'Precise, heartfelt and anti-pompous' THE TIMES ...

Making Gifts of Assets is an essential yet user-friendly guide for private client, company commercial and conveyancing solicitors that pulls together all the key considerations when advising on making gifts into one concise volume. Areas covered include...

Colm Tóibín’s personal account of encountering James Baldwin’s work, published in Baldwin’s centenary year. Acclaimed Irish novelist Colm Tóibín first read James Baldwin just after turning eighteen. He had completed his first year at an Irish university...

Our court system is struggling. It is too costly to deliver justice for all but the few, too slow to satisfy those who can access it. Yet the values implicit in disputes being resolved in person, and in public, are fundamental to how we have imagined the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781905536580Author Allison KenneallyFormat PaperbackImprint Clarus Press LtdPublisher Clarus Press Ltd

The Junior Lawyers' Handbook is the comprehensive career guide for every new lawyer making the transition from student to legal professional. Filled with practical guidance, exercises and actionable advice, this new book is essential reading for those...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781916243101Author Ed JohnstonFormat PaperbackPage Count 200Imprint Hall and Stott Publishing LtdPublisher Hall and Stott Publishing LtdDimensions(mm) 246mm...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781944904036Author Musa FurberFormat PaperbackPage Count 132Imprint IslamosaicPublisher IslamosaicWeight(grams) 204gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 8mm

Initially created as afterthoughts to competitive electricity markets, capacity markets were intended to enhance system reliability. They have evolved into massive, highly controversial, and poorly understood billion-dollar institutions. Electricity...

Modern scholars of most major religious traditions, who seek gender egalitarian interpretations of their scriptural texts, confront a common dilemma: how can they produce interpretations that are at once egalitarian and authoritative, within traditions...

A New York Times Bestseller! For viewers of the hit Series I Am the Night and fans of the Root of Evil Podcast, the book that finally revealed the shocking identity of the Black Dahlia Killer-and the Police Corruption That Concealed It for So LongIn...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780999554524Author Jay HarringtonFormat PaperbackPage Count 244Imprint Harrington CommunicationsPublisher Harrington CommunicationsWeight(grams)...

***** 'So deeply gripping and inspiring...It will stay with me, always.' - Annie MacmanusIn 2008, 21-year-old Lady Unchained got involved in a fight in a club while trying to protect her sister.Serving 11 months of her prison sentence, her life changed...

While feminist legal scholarship has thrived within universities and in some sectors of legal practice, it has yet to have much impact within the judiciary or on judicial thinking. Thus, while feminist legal scholarship has generated comprehensive...

The role of General Counsel has never been more demanding: cuts on spending and doing more for less; a demanding board and Executive Committee; and a plethora of law and regulation. This Special Report, by Ian White and Simon McCall, seeks to help...

The police force in Ireland - known as the Gardai - are required to combine technical and legal proficiency in the prevention and detection of crime. Expected to intervene in every kind of emergency, Gardai investigate a diverse array of offenses,...

In the countries of the global North, workplace democracy may be thought of as a thing of the past. Increasingly, working relations are regulated primarily by contract; workforces are fissured and fragmented. What are the consequences of this? How should...

Chosen as one of the best books of 2022 by the Financial Times and the Telegraph.Longlisted for the Moore Prize for Human Rights Writing'Compelling, powerful and necessary.' Shoshana Zuboff, author of The Age of Surveillance Capitalism'Fascinating'...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780414103795Author Professor Charles Mitchell, QC (Hon)Format PaperbackImprint Sweet & MaxwellPublisher Sweet & Maxwell Ltd

The compelling personal story of human rights lawyer Yap Thiam Hien (1913-1989) brings decades of modern Indonesian history to life. No Concessions is a penetrating analysis of the trajectory of the Chinese minority in Indonesia over close to a century...

Very Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring Comparative Law: A Very Short Introduction aims to offer a concise introduction to Comparative Law-its objectives, methods, concepts and uses. After an overview of the fundamental definitions, key...

Always the serious student's choice for a Trusts Law textbook, the new seventh edition of Moffat's Trusts Law once again provides a clear examination of the rules of Trusts, retaining its hallmark combination of a contextualised approach and a commercial...

This book examines 200 contractual problems which regularly arise on building and engineering projects and provides a detailed explanation of their solutions, citing standard contract conditions and key parts of legal judgements as authority. A succinct...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781915080202Author Craig HughesFormat PaperbackPage Count 150Imprint Critical Publishing LtdPublisher Taylor & Francis LtdWeight(grams) 300g

The most student-focused approach, providing ideal coverage for short, foundational courses at European law schools. International Law presents a student-focused approach to the subject; clearly written with non-native English-speaking students in...

The fifth edition of the popular and highly acclaimed The Politics of the Police has been completely revised, expanded, and updated to take in recent changes in the law, policy, and organization of policing. Benjamin Bowling, Robert Reiner, and James...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781544512518Author Michael MogillFormat PaperbackPage Count 292Imprint Lioncrest PublishingPublisher Lioncrest PublishingWeight(grams) 386gDimensions(mm)...

The Oxford Handbook of Criminal Law reflects the continued transformation of criminal law into a global discipline, providing scholars with a comprehensive international resource, a common point of entry into cutting edge contemporary research and a...

Widely heralded as a "masterful" (The Washington Post) and "essential" (Slate) history of the modern American metropolis, Richard Rothstein's The Color of Law offers "the most forceful argument ever published on how federal, state, and local governments...