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The controversial 1922 Federal Baseball Supreme Court ruling held that the "business of base ball" was not subject to the Sherman Antitrust Act because it did not constitute interstate commerce. In Baseball on Trial, legal scholar Nathaniel Grow defies...

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In this introduction to Marxism and the law, Hugh Collins presents a unified and coherent view of Marxism, which he uses to examine the specific characteristics of legal institutions, rules, and ideals. He pays particular attention to the place of...

Currently, the dominant enforcement paradigm is based on the idea that states deal with 'bad people' - or those pursuing their own self-interests - with laws that exact a price for misbehavior through sanctions and punishment. At the same time, by...

Today's police agencies are in a period of both crisis and reform as they try to improve their ability to deliver public safety to citizens in ways that are effective, legitimate, and sustainable. Evidence-based policing offers one such solution - an...

This book explores the relevance of David Bowie's life and music for contemporary legal and cultural theory. Focusing on the artist and artworks of David Bowie, this book brings to life, in essay form, particular theoretical ideas, creative methodologies...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781644190234Author UcadiaFormat PaperbackPage Count 534Imprint Ucadia Books CompanyPublisher Ucadia Books CompanyWeight(grams) 1225gDimensions(mm) 279mm *...

This book is exceptional in the sense that it provides an introduction to law in general rather than the law of one specific jurisdiction, and it presents a unique way of looking at legal education. It is crucial for lawyers to be aware of the different...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780244557263Author John Munro WrightFormat PaperbackPage Count 506Imprint Lulu.comPublisher Lulu.com

Forensic Fables appeared first in the Law Journal and then in book form between 1926 and 1932. They were published anonymously, but their authorship was quickly guessed. The literary style and the pictorial delineation were alike unmistakable. They were...

John Sorabji examines the theoretical underpinnings of the Woolf and Jackson reforms to the English and Welsh civil justice system. He discusses how the Woolf reforms attempted, and failed, to effect a revolutionary change to the theory of justice that...

Governments need rules, institutions, and processes to translate the will of the people into functioning democracies. Election laws are the rules that make that happen. Yet across the world various countries have crafted different rules regarding how...

Private use is full of uncertainty both in theory and in application. Given the fact that the copying itself, whether in a private use context or a piracy context, is physically the same, it is very easy to confuse private copying with piracy. However,...

This short guide cuts through the confusing mass of legislation to provide a concise and jargon-free explanation of current community care practice and the law.In clear and simple language, it explains the legislation directly relevant to practitioners,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781907095252Author Charles OmoleFormat PaperbackPage Count 178Imprint Winning FaithPublisher Winning FaithWeight(grams) 193gDimensions(mm) 203mm * 133mm *...

This book presents the first detailed history of the modern passport and why it became so important for controlling movement in the modern world. It explores the history of passport laws, the parliamentary debates about those laws, and the social...

The Optimize series is designed to show you how to apply your knowledge in assessment. These concise revision guides cover the most commonly taught topics, and provide you with the tools to: Understand the law and remember the details using diagrams and...

The Optimize series is designed to show you how to apply your knowledge in assessment. These concise revision guides cover the most commonly taught topics, and provide you with the tools to: Understand the law and remember the details using diagrams and...

In Aristotle and Law, George Duke argues that Aristotle's seemingly dispersed statements on law and legislation are unified by a commitment to law's status as an achievement of practical reason. This book provides a systematic exposition of the...

The law of armed conflict is a key element of the global legal order yet it finds itself in a state of flux created by the changing nature of warfare and the influences of other branches of international law. The Routledge Handbook of the Law of Armed...

This book sets out the relevant legislation and regulations, alongside practical guidance on how to embed the requirements in your firm. Sample policies, procedures, guidance and risk registers help with their effective implementation.Book...

How is justice conceptualized? Does it appear as a distinct, guiding norma tive principle in Indian intellectual traditions? How does it relate to other concepts like equality, and responsibility? What are the ground realities of justice in India? Are...

Bridging disparate literatures on courts and the legal profession in China, Jonathan J. Kinkel introduces an innovative cross-disciplinary framework to understand the reality of Chinese politics and society. Fusing a variety of perspectives from social...

The Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) of the U.S. Department of Justice is one of the smallest of the U.S. principal statistical agencies but shoulders one of the most expansive and detailed legal mandates among those agencies. Ensuring the Quality,...

This book defends an original and pluralist theory of when and why discrimination wrongs people. Starting from actual legal cases in which claimants have alleged wrongful discrimination by other people or by the state, Sophia Moreau argues that we can...

This book analyzes laws relating to biotechnology from the perspectives of USA, Europe, UK and India. Consisting of nine chapters, the book covers scientific aspects, commercial applications, policy aspects, intellectual property, trade, environmental,...

This book brings together contributions from leading figures in legal studies on analogy and related forms of reasoning in the law. Analogical reasoning-which relies on the concept of two different things being in some way like each other-is hugely...

Reconceptualizes the relationship between participatory democracy, technology, and spaceThe Internet has been billed by some proponents as an "electronic agora" ushering in a "new Athenian age of democracy." That assertion assumes that cyberspace's...

This book examines Canadian experiences of social control, moralregulation, and governmentality during the late nineteenth and earlytwentieth centuries. Informed by the wealth of theoretical andhistorical writings that have recently emerged on these...

In Visions of Shari'a Bhojani, De Rooij and Bohlander present the first broad examination of ways in which legal theory (usul al-fiqh) within Twelver Shi'i thought continues to be a forum for vibrant debates regarding the assumptions, epistemology and...

Leslie Green is a leading figure in late-20th and early-21st century legal philosophy. He has made important contributions on topics as varied as legal positivism, political obligation, the limits of government, and the regulation of pornography. Green's...

This book helps mental health clinicians anticipate, recognize, and respond to elder abuse. As the baby boom generation reaches retirement age, mental health clinicians will increasingly be working with older adults, some of whom will have experienced...

A significant revision of a classroom mainstay for the twenty-first centuryA significant revision of a classroom mainstay for the twenty-first centuryAbout the AuthorRichard Delgado, University Professor of Law at Seattle University, is one of the...

Devolution in Context (2002) is a work of comparative law that studies Western Europe's revolution in regional governance. It weaves history, politics and law into a coherent examination of the various structures of regional government, as well as...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780231049528Author Gordon TullockFormat HardbackPage Count 255Imprint Columbia University PressPublisher Columbia University Press

The 2nd edition of Great Debates on the European Convention on Human Rights encourages deep and critical engagement with the Convention, the Court, and the European system for human rights protection.The European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) is...

This timely and controversial book presents powerful theoretical and empirical arguments for the repeal of the anti-discrimination laws within the workplace. Richard Epstein demonstrates that these laws set one group against another, impose limits on...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781805021704Author BrowneFormat PaperbackPage Count 518Imprint The University of Law Publishing LimitedPublisher The University of Law Publishing Limited

First published in 1986, Jewish Jurisprudence is the second volume of an important series analysing and setting forth the substantive principles of Jewish jurisprudence. It encompasses the applicable sources of Jewish law from the original transmission...

First published in 1980, Jewish Jurisprudence is the first volume of an important series analysing and setting forth the substantive principles of Jewish jurisprudence. It encompasses the applicable sources of Jewish law from the original transmission to...