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  • Truth and Transparency

    Undercover Investigations in the Twenty-First Century

    Undercover investigators have been celebrated as critical conduits of political speech and essential protectors of transparency. They have also been derided as intrusive and spy-like, inconsistent with private property rights, and morally or ethically questionable. In Truth and Transparency, Alan K. Chen and Justin Marceau rigorously examine this duality and seek to provide a socio-legal context ... Read more

    $30.39 USD

  • Free Speech Beyond Words

    The Surprising Reach of the First Amendment

    A look at First Amendment coverage of music, non-representational art, and nonsenseThe Supreme Court has unanimously held that Jackson Pollock’s paintings, Arnold Schöenberg’s music, and Lewis Carroll’s poem “Jabberwocky” are “unquestionably shielded” by the First Amendment. Nonrepresentational art, instrumental music, and nonsense: all receive constitutional coverage under an amendment protecting ... Read more

    $17.09 USD

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  • Only Words

    When is rape not a crime? When it's pornography--or so First Amendment law seems to say: in film, a rape becomes "free speech." Pornography, Catharine MacKinnon contends, is neither speech nor free. Pornography, racial and sexual harassment, and hate speech are acts of intimidation, subordination, terrorism, and discrimination, and should be legally treated as such. Only Words is a powerful ... Read more

    $26.29 USD

  • The Copyright Pentalogy

    How the Supreme Court of Canada Shook the Foundations of Canadian Copyright Law

    Edited by Michael Geist ...
    Series series Law, Technology and Society
    In the summer of 2012, the Supreme Court of Canada issued rulings on five copyright cases in a single day. The cases represent a seismic shift in Canadian copyright law, with the Court providing an unequivocal affirmation that copyright exceptions such as fair dealing should be treated as users’ rights, while emphasizing the need for a technology neutral approach to copyright law. The Court’s ... Read more

    $30.29 USD

  • The Separation of Powers in the Contemporary Constitution

    Judicial Competence and Independence in the United Kingdom

    In this 2010 book, Roger Masterman examines the dividing lines between the powers of the judicial branch of government and those of the executive and legislative branches in the light of two of the most significant constitutional reforms of recent years: the Human Rights Act (1998) and Constitutional Reform Act (2005). Both statutes have implications for the separation of powers within the United ... Read more

    $118.89 USD

  • Inherent Vice

    Bootleg Histories of Videotape and Copyright

    In an age of digital technology and renewed anxiety about media piracy, Inherent Vice revisits the recent analog past with an eye-opening exploration of the aesthetic and legal innovations of home video. Analog videotape was introduced to consumers as a blank format, essentially as a bootleg technology, for recording television without permission. The studios initially resisted VCRs and began ... Read more

    $28.79 USD

  • America's Forgotten Constitutions

    Robert Tsai's history invites readers into the circle of defiant groups who refused to accept the Constitution's definition of who "We the People" are and how their authority should be exercised. It is the story of America as told by dissenters: squatters, Native Americans, abolitionists, socialists, internationalists, and racial nationalists. ... Read more

    $28.69 USD

  • Harvard Law Review: Volume 124, Number 7 - May 2011

    Contents of Volume 124, Number 7 (May 2011) of the Harvard Law Review include:Article, "Article III and the Scottish Judiciary," by James E. Pfander and Daniel D. BirkBook Review, "Constitutional Alarmism," by Trevor W. MorrisonNote, "A Justification for Allowing Fragmentation in Copyright"Note, "Taxing Partnership Profits Interests: The Carried Interest Problem"Recent Case, "Corporate Law — ... Read more

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  • EU Law after Lisbon

    Many of the most controversial areas of reform initiated by the Lisbon Treaty were not negotiated in the Treaty itself, but left to be resolved during its implementation. Since the Treaty's entry into force, the implementation process has already had a profound impact on many areas of EU law and policy, and consolidated new areas of power, such as over foreign investment. This collection gathers ... Read more

    $124.99 USD

  • From Maimonides to Microsoft

    The Jewish Law of Copyright Since the Birth of Print

    Jewish copyright law is a rich body of jurisprudence that developed in parallel with modern copyright laws and the book privileges that preceded them. Jewish copyright law owes its origins to a reprinting ban that the Rome rabbinic court issued for three books of Hebrew grammar in 1518. It continues to be applied today, notably in a rabbinic ruling outlawing pirated software, issued at Microsoft's ... Read more

    $34.19 USD

  • Kadi on Trial

    A Multifaceted Analysis of the Kadi Trial

    Series series Routledge Research in EU Law
    Thejudgment of the European Court of Justice concerning the Kadi case has raised substantive and procedural issues that have caught the attention of scholars from many disciplines including EU law, constitutional law, international law and jurisprudence. This book offers a comprehensive view of the Kadi case, and explores specific issues that are anticipated to resonate beyond the immediate case ... Read more

    $42.99 USD

  • The Israeli Supreme Court and the Human Rights Revolution

    Courts as Agenda Setters

    by Assaf Meydani ...
    This book explains the reciprocal relations between the Supreme Court and the Israeli political system. It is based on a unique approach that contends that the non-governability of the political system and an alternative political culture are two key formal and informal variables affecting the behavior of several political players within the Israeli arena. The analysis illustrates the usefulness ... Read more

    $45.99 USD