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  • Law and the Management of Disasters

    The Challenge of Resilience

    Edited by Alexia Herwig, Marta Simoncini ...
    Series series Law, Science and Society
    Disasters raise serious challenges for contemporary legal orders: they demand significant management, but usually amidst massive disruption to the normal functioning of state authority and society. When dealing with disasters, law has traditionally focused on contingency planning and recovery. More recently, however, ‘resilience’ has emerged as a key concept in effective disaster management ... Read more

    $65.99 USD

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  • Scalia

    A Court of One

    by Bruce Allen Murphy ...
    “[Murphy’s] biography of Justice Scalia is patient and thorough, alive both intellectually and morally….Functions as an MRI scan of one of the most influential conservative thinkers of the twentieth century.” (The New York Times): An authoritative, incisive and deeply researched book about of the most controversial Supreme Court justice of our time.Scalia: A Court of One is the compelling story of ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Still Think Robots Can't Do Your Job?

    Essays on Automation and Technological Unemployment

    by Riccardo Campa ...
    Is Artificial Intelligence qualitatively different from other means of economizing the use of labor? Are we on the edge of a jobless society? If yes, are we ready for it? These are a few of the questions discussed in this collection of academic works. This book traces a brief history of the concept of technological unemployment; proposes a short-term scenario analysis concerning the relations ... Read more

    $5.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Privacy Rights

    Cases Lost and Causes Won Before the Supreme Court

    by Alice Fleetwood Bartee ...
    Privacy Rights: Cases Lost and Causes Won Before the Supreme Court is a unique and timely study of the judicial process as it confronts four privacy issues: birth control, gay rights, abortion, and the right to die. The moral questions surrounding these subjects create intense and enduring debates about the scope and limits of the right to privacy. In four historic cases the right to privacy was ... Read more

    $55.09 USD

  • The English Parliaments of Henry VII 1485-1504

    by P.R. Cavill ...
    Series series Oxford Historical Monographs
    P.R. Cavill offers a major reinterpretation of early Tudor constitutional history. In the grand 'Whig' tradition, the parliaments of Henry VII were a disappointing retreat from the onward march towards parliamentary democracy. The king was at best indifferent and at worst hostile to parliament; its meetings were cowed and quiescent, subservient to the royal will. Yet little research has tested ... Read more

    $119.69 USD

  • Why Are Chemicals Not Named John? Naming Chemical Compounds 6th Grade | Children's Chemistry Books

    by Baby Professor ...
    Who came up with chemical names and why were they not named like you and me? Naming chemical compounds is the work of the chemists who discovered them. This 6th grade chemistry book provides a refreshing insight into the subject, with well-placed texts and matching images. Use this book today! ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

  • Digital Legacy and Interaction

    Post-Mortem Issues

    Edited by Cristiano Maciel, Vinícius Carvalho Pereira ...
    Series series Computer Science (R0)
    The views of leading researchers on the emerging topic of post-mortem digital legacy and posthumous interaction are explored in this book which combines the technical, cultural and legal aspects associated with this new branch of HCI.The technical aspects of emerging technologies, both for the web and mobile platforms, are analysed and useful information is provided for system development, ... Read more

    $49.49 USD

  • Commentaries on the Laws of England

    Book III: On Private Wrongs

    by Sir William Blackstone ...
    The Commentaries were long regarded as the leading work on the development of English law and played a role in the development of the American legal system. They were in fact the first methodical treatise on the common law suitable for a lay readership since at least the Middle Ages. This is book three out of four, including more than 1900 footnotes and annotations. ... Read more

    $1.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Smooth, Bumpy or Rough? | Sense & Sensation Books for Kids

    by Baby Professor ...
    While sensory play is the most recommended means of learning, you first have to prepare your child for it. Mind conditioning before touching surfaces that are smooth, bumpy or rough will help in the proper labeling of experiences. This educational book will make a great introduction to sense and sensation for kids. Go ahead and grab a copy now. ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

  • New Technologies and the Law of Armed Conflict

    Edited by Robert McLaughlin, Hitoshi Nasu ...
    Series series Law and Criminology (R0)
    Modern technological development has been both rapid and fundamentally transformative of the means and methods of warfare, and of the broader environment in which warfare is conducted. In many cases, technological development has been stimulated by, and dedicated to, addressing military requirements. On other occasions, technological developments outside the military sphere affect or inform the ... Read more

    $143.09 USD

  • The Sexual Constitution of Political Authority

    The 'Trials' of Same-Sex Desire

    by Aleardo Zanghellini ...
    Series series Social Justice
    While there is no shortage of studies addressing the state’s regulation of the sexual, research into the ways in which the sexual governs the state and its attributes is still in its infancy. The Sexual Constitution of Political Authority argues that there are good reasons to suppose that our understandings of state power quiver with erotic undercurrents. The book maintains, more specifically, ... Read more

    $47.99 USD

  • The Amicus Brief

    Answering the Ten Most Important Questions About Amicus Practice, 4th Edition

    by Reagan William Simpson, Mary R. Vasaly ...
    The number of amicus briefs has increased dramatically over the years, filed not only with the Supreme Court but also with regularity in federal courts of appeals, state supreme courts, and state intermediate appellate courts. This updated edition ofThe Amicus Brief answers these questions, among others:What are the functions of an amicus brief?When and how do you seek amicus support?How do you ... Read more

    $100.79 USD