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  • The Making of the Modern Chinese State

    Cement, Legal Personality and Industry

    by Humphrey Ko ...
    Series series History (R0)
    This text addresses the corporate causes of the collapse of the Qing Dynasty and the emergence of modern Republican China. Weaving together political, legal and business histories, it focuses on the key relationship between China, cement and corporations, and demonstrates how the particular circumstances of cement manufacturing in nineteenth- and early twentieth-century China serve to illuminate ... Read more

    $98.09 USD

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  • The dream of the red chamber

    by Xueqin Cao ...
    As the author details in the first chapter, it is intended to be a memorial to the damsels he knew in his youth: friends, relatives and servants. The novel is remarkable not only for its huge cast of characters and psychological scope, but also for its precise and detailed observation of the life and social structures typical of 18th-century Chinese society. ... Read more

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  • Ladies And Gentlemen Of The Jury

    Greatest Closing Arguments In Modern Law

    by Michael S Lief, H. Mitchell Caldwell, Ben Bycel ...
    The closing arguments from ten noteworthy cases—“lawyers and nonlawyers will enjoy the passion and eloquence of these counselors; practitioners of law will find much to learn from them” (Los Angeles Times Book Review).Until now, only the twelve jurors who sat in judgment were able to appreciate these virtuoso performances, where weeks of testimony were boiled down and presented with flair, wit, ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

  • Watching Out

    reflections on justice and injustice

    by Julian Burnside ...
    ‘When put to the test, most people have difficulty identifying what justice is, especially when there is tension between proper process and a desired result. Due process is inherent in our conception of justice. But bad process can yield the right result, just as good process can produce the wrong result. The legal system is designed to produce justice. We call it the justice system — sometimes un ... Read more

    $26.29 USD

  • Division to Unification in Imperial China

    The Three Kingdoms to the Tang Dynasty (220907)

    by Jing Liu ...
    Series Book 2 - Understanding China Through Comics
    The second volume in this fun, comic-style series that explores China's transition from the Three Kingdoms to the Tang Dynasty.Who founded China? Are Chinese people religious? What is Chinese culture and how has it changed over time? The Understanding China Through Comics series answers these questions and more.Division to Unification in Imperial China is series volume two. It explores one of ... Read more

    $8.69 USD

  • Empirical Legal Analysis

    Assessing the performance of legal institutions

    Edited by Yun-chien Chang ...
    Series series The Economics of Legal Relationships
    This innovative volume explores empirical legal issues around the world. While legal studies have traditionally been worked on and of letters and with a normative bent, in recent years quantitative methods have gained traction by offering a brand new perspective of understanding law. That is, legal scholars have started to crunch numbers, not letters, to tease out the effects of law on the ... Read more

    $70.99 USD

  • At the Origins of Modernity

    Francisco de Vitoria and the Discovery of International Law

    Edited by José María Beneyto, Justo Corti Varela ...
    Series series Law and Criminology (R0)
    This book is based on an international project conducted by the Institute for European Studies of the University CEU San Pablo in Madrid and a seminar on Vitoria and International Law which took place on July 2nd 2015 in the convent of San Esteban, the place where Vitoria spent his most productive years as Chair of Theology at the University of Salamanca. It argues that Vitoria not only lived at a ... Read more

    $170.09 USD

  • A History of the Application of Islamic Law in Nigeria

    by Yushau Sodiq ...
    Series series Philosophy and Religion (R0)
    This work analyzes the history of the application of Islamic law (Shari`ah) in Nigeria. It analyzes how Islamic law emerged in Nigeria toward the beginning of the 19th century and remained applicable until the arrival of the British Colonial regime in Northern Nigeria in 1903. It sheds light on how the law survived colonial rule and continues until today.Dr. Yushau Sodiq analyzes progressive ... Read more

    $80.09 USD

  • Toward Kantian Cosmopolitanism

    by Lorena Cebolla Sanahuja ...
    Series series Philosophy and Religion (R0)
    This book examines the history of cosmopolitanism from its origins in the ancient world up to its use in Kantian political philosophy. Taking the idea of ‘common property of the land’ as a starting point, the author makes the original case that attention to this concept is needed to properly understand the notion of cosmopolitan citizenship.Offering a reconstruction of cosmopolitanism from an ... Read more

    $80.09 USD

  • The Dynamics of Judicial Independence

    A Comparative Study of Courts in Malaysia and Pakistan

    by Lorne Neudorf ...
    Series series Law and Criminology (R0)
    This book examines the legal principle of judicial independence in comparative perspective with the goal of advancing a better understanding of the idea of an independent judiciary more generally. From an initial survey of judicial systems in different countries, it is clear that the understanding and practice of judicial independence take a variety of forms. Scholarly literature likewise provides ... Read more

    $80.09 USD

  • The Ethics of Tax Evasion

    Perspectives in Theory and Practice

    Edited by Robert W. McGee ...
    Series series Business and Management (R0)
    Why do people evade paying taxes? This is the central question addressed in this volume by Robert McGee and a multidisciplinary group of contributors from around the world. Applying insights from economics, public finance, political science, law, philosophy, theology and sociology, the authors consider the complex motivations for not paying taxes and the conditions under which this behavior might ... Read more

    $332.09 USD

  • Beijing - A Concise History

    by Stephen G. Haw ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in the Modern History of Asia
    Stephen Haw sets out the history of the city of Beijing, charting the course of its development from its early roots before 2000 BC to its contemporary position as capital of the People’s Republic of China.Stephen Haw, a well-established author on China, outlines the establishment of the earliest cities in the years before 1000 BC, its status as regional capital during most of the long Zhou ... Read more

    $61.99 USD