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  • Law's Allure

    How Law Shapes, Constrains, Saves, and Kills Politics

    by Gordon Silverstein ...
    Judicial and political power are inextricably linked in America, but by the time John Roberts and Samuel Alito joined the Supreme Court, that link seemed more important, more significant, and more pervasive than ever before. From war powers to abortion, from tobacco to integration, from the environment to campaign finance, Americans increasingly turn away from the political tools of negotiation, ... Read more

    $30.39 USD

  • Consequential Courts

    Judicial Roles in Global Perspective

    Edited by Diana Kapiszewski, Gordon Silverstein, Robert A. Kagan ...
    Series series Comparative Constitutional Law and Policy
    In the early twenty-first century, courts have become versatile actors in the governance of many constitutional democracies, and judges play a variety of roles in politics and policy making. Assembling papers penned by academic specialists on high courts around the world, and presented during a year-long Andrew W. Mellon Foundation John E. Sawyer Seminar at the University of California, Berkeley, ... Read more

    $38.59 USD

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  • The Case for Impeachment

    by Allan J. Lichtman ...
    NATIONAL BESTSELLER"Lichtman has written what may be the most important book of the year." — The HillWhat are the ranges and limitations of presidential authority? What are the standards of truthfulness that a president must uphold? What will it take to impeach Donald J. Trump? Professor Allan J. Lichtman, who has correctly forecasted thirty years of presidential outcomes, answers these questions, ... Read more

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  • Order and Dispute: An Introduction to Legal Anthropology

    by Simon Roberts ...
    Classic resource in the modern study of legal anthropology, this acclaimed book is now available in an updated, expanded Second Edition. There are many societies that survive in a remarkably orderly fashion without the aid of judges, courts and police. Roberts contends that legal theory has become too closely identified with our own arrangements to be of use in understanding other legal systems. ... Read more

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  • The Oxford Handbook of Comparative Constitutional Law

    Edited by Michel Rosenfeld, András Sajó ...
    Series series Oxford Handbooks
    The field of comparative constitutional law has grown immensely over the past couple of decades. Once a minor and obscure adjunct to the field of domestic constitutional law, comparative constitutional law has now moved front and centre. Driven by the global spread of democratic government and the expansion of international human rights law, the prominence and visibility of the field, among judges ... Read more

    $71.99 USD

  • The Regulation of the Legal Profession in Ireland

    by Maeve Hosier ...
    'The Regulation of the Legal Profession in Ireland' is a new and insightful exploration of history, controversy and reform relating to the Irish legal system. During recent legislative debate over a professional reform bill, Alan Shatter--then the Minister of Justice in Ireland--publicly called this study, in its earlier form as a PhD dissertation, "marvellous" and stated that it "should be ... Read more

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  • The Constitution Today

    Timeless Lessons for the Issues of Our Era

    by Akhil Reed Amar ...
    In this “desperately needed” (Time.com) book, a leading legal scholar addresses the most important constitutional controversies of the twenty-first century and illuminates the Constitution's ongoing relevanceIn The Constitution Today, Akhil Reed Amar, America’s preeminent constitutional scholar, considers the biggest and most bitterly contested debates of the twenty-first century—from gun control ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

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  • Human Rights, Natural Resource and Investment Law in a Globalised World

    Shades of Grey in the Shadow of the Law

    by Lorenzo Cotula ...
    Series series Routledge Research in International Economic Law
    In the world’s developing countries, foreign investment in natural resources brings into contact competing interests that are often characterised by unequal balances of negotiating power – from multinational corporations and host governments, through to the local people affected by the influx of foreign investment.The growing integration of the world economy has been accompanied by rapid and ... Read more

    $65.99 USD

  • Access to Justice as a Human Right

    Edited by Francesco Francioni ...
    Series series Collected Courses of the Academy of European Law
    In international law, as in any other legal system, respect and protection of human rights can be guaranteed only by the availability of effective judicial remedies. When a right is violated or damage is caused, access to justice is of fundamental importance for the injured individual and it is an essential component of the rule of law. Yet, access to justice as a human right remains problematic ... Read more

    $59.99 USD

  • Private International Law in Commonwealth Africa

    by Richard Frimpong Oppong ...
    This book provides a comprehensive and comparative examination of private international law in Commonwealth Africa. It offers an unrivalled breadth of coverage in its examination of the law in Botswana, the Gambia, Ghana, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Namibia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe. The book is clearly and logically structured - it is ... Read more

    $57.39 USD

  • Citizens Divided

    Campaign Finance Reform and the Constitution

    by Robert C. Post, Pamela S. Karlan, Lawrence Lessig, Frank Michelman, Nadia Urbinati ...
    Series Book 8 - The Tanner Lectures on Human Values
    The Supreme Court’s 5–4 decision in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, which struck down a federal prohibition on independent corporate campaign expenditures, is one of the most controversial opinions in recent memory. Defenders of the First Amendment greeted the ruling with enthusiasm, while advocates of electoral reform recoiled in disbelief. Robert C. Post offers a new ... Read more

    $28.79 USD

  • Human Dignity and Law

    Legal and Philosophical Investigations

    by Stephen Riley ...
    This book argues that human dignity and law stand in a privileged relationship with one another. Law must be understood as limited by the demands made by human dignity. Conversely, human dignity cannot be properly understood without clarifying its interaction with legal institutions and legal practices. This is not, then, a survey of the uses of human dignity in law; it is a rethinking of human ... Read more

    $62.99 USD