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When You Come at the King

Inside DOJ's Pursuit of the President, From Nixon to Trump

by Elie Honig ...

"[A] deeply researched, keenly analytical, and frequently provocative chronicle of this singular judicial entity. . . . A senior legal analyst for CNN and former assistant U.S. attorney, Honig is well-suited to the task of providing a historical overview of the special counsel's function with the ever-evolving context of politics, partisanship and political skepticism." —Booklist (STARRED review) ... Read more

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"[A] deeply researched, keenly analytical, and frequently provocative chronicle of this singular judicial entity. . . . A senior legal analyst for CNN and former assistant U.S. attorney, Honig is well-suited to the task of providing a historical overview of the special counsel's function with the ever-evolving context of politics, partisanship and political skepticism." —Booklist (STARRED review)
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Over Ruled

The Human Toll of Too Much Law

by Neil Gorsuch, Janie Nitze ...

A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERAmerica has always been a nation of laws. But today our laws have grown so vast and reach so deeply into our lives that it’s worth asking: In our reverence for law, have we gone too far?Over just the last few decades, laws in this nation have exploded in number; they are increasingly complex; and the punishments they carry are increasingly severe. Some of these laws come ... Read more

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A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERAmerica has always been a nation of laws. But today our laws have grown so vast and reach so deeply into our lives that it’s worth asking: In our reverence for law, have we gone too far?Over just the last few decades, laws in this nation have exploded in number; they are increasingly complex; and the punishments they carry are increasingly severe. Some of these laws come
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Disability, Sexuality, and Gender in Asia

Intersectionality, Human Rights, and the Law

Edited by Wanhong Zhang, Peng Ding, Wei Gao, Hanxu Liu, Yijun Liu, Elisabeth Bjørnstøl ...

This book introduces experiential knowledge of the intersectionality of disability, sexuality, and gender equality issues. Scholars and disabled persons’ organizations in different Asian countries such as China, Vietnam, Myanmar, Nepal, and Japan have contributed to the book. It is a preliminary introduction of the frontline practice of Asian disability activism and the experience of women and ... Read more

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This book introduces experiential knowledge of the intersectionality of disability, sexuality, and gender equality issues. Scholars and disabled persons’ organizations in different Asian countries such as China, Vietnam, Myanmar, Nepal, and Japan have contributed to the book. It is a preliminary introduction of the frontline practice of Asian disability activism and the experience of women and
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Law and Revolution

Past Experiences, Future Challenges

Edited by Matej Accetto, Katja Škrubej, Joseph H. H. Weiler ...

The last one hundred years have seen a number of events that could be perceived as disruptive challenges to the normal operation of the legal order. Some have been disruptive innovations of technologies or business practices, others social changes or constitutional transformations, further buttressed by the impact of globalisation and interdependence affecting the development of international, ... Read more

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The last one hundred years have seen a number of events that could be perceived as disruptive challenges to the normal operation of the legal order. Some have been disruptive innovations of technologies or business practices, others social changes or constitutional transformations, further buttressed by the impact of globalisation and interdependence affecting the development of international,
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Underground Warfare

by Daphné Richemond-Barak ...

Underground warfare, a tactic of yesteryear, has re-emerged as a global and rapidly diffusing threat. This book is the first of its kind to examine tunnel warfare in a systematic and comprehensive way, addressing the legal issues while keeping in mind operational and strategic challenges. Like many other aspects of contemporary warfare, the renewed use of the subterranean in armed conflict ... Read more

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Underground warfare, a tactic of yesteryear, has re-emerged as a global and rapidly diffusing threat. This book is the first of its kind to examine tunnel warfare in a systematic and comprehensive way, addressing the legal issues while keeping in mind operational and strategic challenges. Like many other aspects of contemporary warfare, the renewed use of the subterranean in armed conflict
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Seven Pillars of Wisdom

by T.E. Lawrence ...

Seven Pillars of Wisdom is a memoir of the soldier known as 'Lawrence of Arabia.' Lawrence is a fascinating and controversial figure and his talent as a vivid and imaginative writer shines through on every page of his masterpiece. 'Seven Pillars of Wisdom' written between 1919 and 1926, is an extraordinary tale of action, politics and adventure. The story describes heroism through instances of war ... Read more

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Seven Pillars of Wisdom is a memoir of the soldier known as 'Lawrence of Arabia.' Lawrence is a fascinating and controversial figure and his talent as a vivid and imaginative writer shines through on every page of his masterpiece. 'Seven Pillars of Wisdom' written between 1919 and 1926, is an extraordinary tale of action, politics and adventure. The story describes heroism through instances of war
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Children, Human Rights and Temporary Labour Migration

Protecting the Child-Parent Relationship

by Rasika Jayasuriya ...

Series series Routledge Research in Asylum, Migration and Refugee Law
This book focuses on the neglected yet critical issue of how the global migration of millions of parents as low-waged migrant workers impacts the rights of their children under international human rights law.The work provides a systematic analysis and critique of how the restrictive features of policies governing temporary labour migration interfere with provisions of the Convention on the Rights ... Read more

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This book focuses on the neglected yet critical issue of how the global migration of millions of parents as low-waged migrant workers impacts the rights of their children under international human rights law.The work provides a systematic analysis and critique of how the restrictive features of policies governing temporary labour migration interfere with provisions of the Convention on the Rights
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Technology and Legal Systems

by Noel Cox ...

The advent of the knowledge economy and society has made it increasingly necessary for law reformers and policy makers to take account of the effects of technology upon the law and upon legal and political processes. This book explores aspects of technology's relationship with law and government, and in particular the effects changing technology has had on constitutional structures and upon ... Read more

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The advent of the knowledge economy and society has made it increasingly necessary for law reformers and policy makers to take account of the effects of technology upon the law and upon legal and political processes. This book explores aspects of technology's relationship with law and government, and in particular the effects changing technology has had on constitutional structures and upon
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Digital Constitutionalism

The Role of Internet Bills of Rights

by Edoardo Celeste ...

Series series Routledge Research in the Law of Emerging Technologies
Investigating the impact of digital technology on contemporary constitutionalism, this book offers an overview of the transformations that are currently occurring at constitutional level, highlighting their link with ongoing societal changes. It reconstructs the multiple ways in which constitutional law is reacting to these challenges and explores the role of one original response to this ... Read more

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Investigating the impact of digital technology on contemporary constitutionalism, this book offers an overview of the transformations that are currently occurring at constitutional level, highlighting their link with ongoing societal changes. It reconstructs the multiple ways in which constitutional law is reacting to these challenges and explores the role of one original response to this
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Compendio de derecho penal económico

Parte general

by José Hurtado Pozo ...

En este libro se presentan datos estadísticos sobre la delincuencia económica y sus relaciones con el crimen organizado y la corrupción, así como sobre las reacciones nacionales e internacionales frente a estas graves formas de delincuencia. Además, describe el contexto constitucional que delimita sus ámbitos, funciones, características y vinculaciones con el derecho penal administrativo y el ... Read more

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En este libro se presentan datos estadísticos sobre la delincuencia económica y sus relaciones con el crimen organizado y la corrupción, así como sobre las reacciones nacionales e internacionales frente a estas graves formas de delincuencia. Además, describe el contexto constitucional que delimita sus ámbitos, funciones, características y vinculaciones con el derecho penal administrativo y el
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Convictions

A Prosecutor's Battles Against Mafia Killers, Drug Kingpins, and Enron Thieves

by John Kroger ...

Convictions is a spellbinding story from the front lines of the fight against crime. Most Americans know little about the work of assistant United States attorneys, the federal prosecutors who possess sweeping authority to investigate and prosecute the nation's most dangerous criminals. John Kroger pursued high-profile cases against Mafia killers, drug kingpins, and Enron executives. Starting from ... Read more

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Convictions is a spellbinding story from the front lines of the fight against crime. Most Americans know little about the work of assistant United States attorneys, the federal prosecutors who possess sweeping authority to investigate and prosecute the nation's most dangerous criminals. John Kroger pursued high-profile cases against Mafia killers, drug kingpins, and Enron executives. Starting from
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Business and Human Rights

From Principles to Practice

by Dorothée Baumann-Pauly, Justine Nolan ...

In a global economy, multinational companies often operate in jurisdictions where governments are either unable or unwilling to uphold even the basic human rights of their citizens. The expectation that companies respect human rights in their own operations and in their business relationships is now a business reality that corporations need to respond to. Business and Human Rights: From Principles ... Read more

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In a global economy, multinational companies often operate in jurisdictions where governments are either unable or unwilling to uphold even the basic human rights of their citizens. The expectation that companies respect human rights in their own operations and in their business relationships is now a business reality that corporations need to respond to. Business and Human Rights: From Principles
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The Concept of Genocide in International Criminal Law

Developments after Lemkin

Edited by Marco Odello, Piotr Łubiński ...

This book presents a review of historical and emerging legal issues that concern the interpretation of the international crime of genocide.The Polish legal expert Raphael Lemkin formulated the concept of genocide during the Nazi occupation of Europe, and it was then incorporated into the 1948 Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide. This volume looks at the issues that ... Read more

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This book presents a review of historical and emerging legal issues that concern the interpretation of the international crime of genocide.The Polish legal expert Raphael Lemkin formulated the concept of genocide during the Nazi occupation of Europe, and it was then incorporated into the 1948 Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide. This volume looks at the issues that
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The Policy State

An American Predicament

by Karen Orren, Stephen Skowronek ...

The steady accretion of public policies over the decades has fundamentally changed how America is governed. The formulation and delivery of policy have emerged as the government’s entire raison d’être, redefining rights and reconfiguring institutional structures. The Policy State looks closely at this massive unnoticed fact of modern politics and addresses the controversies swirling around it. ... Read more

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The steady accretion of public policies over the decades has fundamentally changed how America is governed. The formulation and delivery of policy have emerged as the government’s entire raison d’être, redefining rights and reconfiguring institutional structures. The Policy State looks closely at this massive unnoticed fact of modern politics and addresses the controversies swirling around it.
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Judicial Law-Making in European Constitutional Courts

Edited by Monika Florczak-Wątor ...

This book analyses the speciﬁcity of the law-making activity of European constitutional courts. The main hypothesis is that currently constitutional courts are positive legislators whose position in the system of State organs needs to be redeﬁned.The book covers the analysis of the law-making activity of four constitutional courts in Western countries: Germany, Italy, Spain, and France; and six ... Read more

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This book analyses the speciﬁcity of the law-making activity of European constitutional courts. The main hypothesis is that currently constitutional courts are positive legislators whose position in the system of State organs needs to be redeﬁned.The book covers the analysis of the law-making activity of four constitutional courts in Western countries: Germany, Italy, Spain, and France; and six
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Many Nations under Many Gods

Public Land Management and American Indian Sacred Sites

by Todd Allin Morman ...

The lands the United States claims sovereignty over by right of the Doctrine of Discovery are home to more than five hundred Indian nations, each with its own distinct culture, religion, language, and history. Yet these Indians, and federal Indian law, rarely factor into the decisions of the country’s governing class—as recent battles over national monuments on tribal sites have made painfully ... Read more

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The lands the United States claims sovereignty over by right of the Doctrine of Discovery are home to more than five hundred Indian nations, each with its own distinct culture, religion, language, and history. Yet these Indians, and federal Indian law, rarely factor into the decisions of the country’s governing class—as recent battles over national monuments on tribal sites have made painfully
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Politics of Parking

Rights, Identity, and Property

by Sarah Marusek ...

There is more to parking law than just parking penalties. Considering the ways in which law works in everyday life, and in familiar places of common experience where the presence of law is not obvious, this book explores the various notions of the right to park, which jurisprudentially is enacted between individuals in everyday parking. From parking areas to the courtroom, parking engenders ... Read more

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There is more to parking law than just parking penalties. Considering the ways in which law works in everyday life, and in familiar places of common experience where the presence of law is not obvious, this book explores the various notions of the right to park, which jurisprudentially is enacted between individuals in everyday parking. From parking areas to the courtroom, parking engenders
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Religion, Law and the Constitution

Balancing Beliefs in Britain

by Javier García Oliva, Helen Hall ...

Series series Law and Religion
This book examines the existing constitutional and legal system in England, Wales and Scotland, through the prism of its treatment of religion and belief. The study encompasses questions of Church/state relations, but pushes far beyond these. It asks whether the approach to religion which has spread out from establishment to permeate the whole legal framework is a cause of concern or celebration ... Read more

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This book examines the existing constitutional and legal system in England, Wales and Scotland, through the prism of its treatment of religion and belief. The study encompasses questions of Church/state relations, but pushes far beyond these. It asks whether the approach to religion which has spread out from establishment to permeate the whole legal framework is a cause of concern or celebration
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Offend, Shock, or Disturb

Free Speech under the Indian Constitution

by Gautam Bhatia ...

Offend, Shock, or Disturb is a comprehensive examination of free speech under the Indian Constitution. It explores Indian free speech jurisprudence from a doctrinal, comparative, and philosophical perspective. Taking as its point of departure the constitutional guarantee of the freedom of speech and expression—Articles 19(1)(a) and 19(2) of the Constitution of India—the book discusses, clause by ... Read more

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Offend, Shock, or Disturb is a comprehensive examination of free speech under the Indian Constitution. It explores Indian free speech jurisprudence from a doctrinal, comparative, and philosophical perspective. Taking as its point of departure the constitutional guarantee of the freedom of speech and expression—Articles 19(1)(a) and 19(2) of the Constitution of India—the book discusses, clause by
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Le règlement local de publicité

Régime juridique Contenu Élaboration Gestion

by Jean-Philippe Strebler ...

Le règlement local de publicité (RLP) a pour objet d’assurer la protection et la mise en valeur de l’environnement et du cadre de vie à l’égard des nuisances et pollutions publicitaires. Outil permettant aux maires de réglementer l’installation de publicités et d’enseignes dans une ville, il permet l’adoption de restrictions locales par rapport à la réglementation nationale en vigueur : conditions ... Read more

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Le règlement local de publicité (RLP) a pour objet d’assurer la protection et la mise en valeur de l’environnement et du cadre de vie à l’égard des nuisances et pollutions publicitaires. Outil permettant aux maires de réglementer l’installation de publicités et d’enseignes dans une ville, il permet l’adoption de restrictions locales par rapport à la réglementation nationale en vigueur : conditions
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Citizen Participation in Local Governance

An Urban-Rural Perspective

Edited by Karl Kössler, Erika Schläppi ...

Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
This is an Open access book. It provides a comparative and multidisciplinary analysis of public participation in local governance. The volume stands out with three essential features. First, the comparative research reflected in the volume has a global geographical scope because it is the outcome of a Horizon 2020 project involving 18 partners from six continents. Therefore, it includes highly ... Read more

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This is an Open access book. It provides a comparative and multidisciplinary analysis of public participation in local governance. The volume stands out with three essential features. First, the comparative research reflected in the volume has a global geographical scope because it is the outcome of a Horizon 2020 project involving 18 partners from six continents. Therefore, it includes highly
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La costituzione per tutti

Gli articoli, i principi e la storia italiana raccontati in modo semplice

by Angelo Greco ...

Angelo Greco, da anni impegnato a portare la legge – e soprattutto la sua corretta interpretazione – in ogni casa, racconta in questo libro la nostra Costituzione. Ogni articolo è letto e spiegato attraverso la doppia lente di cui l'autore dispone: quella dell'avvocato e quella del divulgatore capace di parlare a tutti grazie a un linguaggio sempre chiaro e comprensibile, lontano dal famigerato ... Read more

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Angelo Greco, da anni impegnato a portare la legge – e soprattutto la sua corretta interpretazione – in ogni casa, racconta in questo libro la nostra Costituzione. Ogni articolo è letto e spiegato attraverso la doppia lente di cui l'autore dispone: quella dell'avvocato e quella del divulgatore capace di parlare a tutti grazie a un linguaggio sempre chiaro e comprensibile, lontano dal famigerato
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Derecho Internacional Público, Derecho Internacional de la inversión extranjera

Reflexiones y diálogos

by Ricardo Abello-Galvis ...

Este libro refleja la profunda preocupación de la Facultad de Jurisprudencia de la Universidad del Rosario por fortalecer y dar a conocer el derecho internacional en América Latina, precisamente porque en las últimas décadas del siglo XX se fue debilitando la fuerte presencia de la región en los escenarios internacionales, por los conflictos limítrofes, lo cual ha llevado a una mayor investigación ... Read more

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Este libro refleja la profunda preocupación de la Facultad de Jurisprudencia de la Universidad del Rosario por fortalecer y dar a conocer el derecho internacional en América Latina, precisamente porque en las últimas décadas del siglo XX se fue debilitando la fuerte presencia de la región en los escenarios internacionales, por los conflictos limítrofes, lo cual ha llevado a una mayor investigación
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Organised Crime, Criminal Procedure, and Prisons

Prosecuting and Punishing Organised Criminal Groups

Edited by Andreas Schloenhardt, Bettina Weißer, Monika Stempkowski, Gian Ege ...

Series series Transnational Criminal Justice
This book explores a range of topics relating to the prosecution and trial of organised crime and the punishment, especially imprisonment, of members of organised criminal groups. Organised crime poses particular challenges to the criminal justice system. While much of the attention of policy-makers, legislators, law enforcement, and the media is on criminalisation and investigation, much less ... Read more

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This book explores a range of topics relating to the prosecution and trial of organised crime and the punishment, especially imprisonment, of members of organised criminal groups. Organised crime poses particular challenges to the criminal justice system. While much of the attention of policy-makers, legislators, law enforcement, and the media is on criminalisation and investigation, much less
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