In the tradition of true crime bestsellers by Alan Dershowitz and Dominick Dunne, Mickey Sherman delivers a powerful and extraordinarily candid account of his legal career that gives the readers an all-access backstage pass to not only the sausage factory that is the criminal justice system but the ';big cases' we have all lived with on TV.
Very Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring Law is at the heart of every society, protecting rights, imposing duties, and establishing a framework for the conduct of almost all social, political, and economic activity.
Published in 1821, Outlines of the Philosophy of Right is considered the definitive articulation of the legal, moral, social, and political philosophy of G.
Published in 1821, Outlines of the Philosophy of Right is considered the definitive articulation of the legal, moral, social, and political philosophy of G.
Recent financial crisis and the global financial impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic have brought renewed interest to the regulation and practice of corporate insolvency and restructuring.
Although legal innovation is critical for law firms, with clients pushing for more efficient, cost-effective, and automated services, very little has been written about how to drive successful enterprise-wide transformation efforts.
This book provides a detailed examination of the life and legal legacy of Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall, including a discussion of the many legal cases in which he was involved.
This volume reviews and takes stock of legal ethics, at a time when the legal profession globally is experiencing considerable change and challenges, through a re-evaluation of writings that are in some way foundational to the field.
This edited book addresses contemporary challenges in clinical legal education (CLE), considering its role in legal education and in the broader community it serves.
This volume reviews and takes stock of legal ethics, at a time when the legal profession globally is experiencing considerable change and challenges, through a re-evaluation of writings that are in some way foundational to the field.
An indispensable source of reference for practitioners and tribunal members, Hamer's Professional Conduct Casebook is the only book to provide comprehensive coverage of case law in the field of professional regulation and discipline.
This edited book addresses contemporary challenges in clinical legal education (CLE), considering its role in legal education and in the broader community it serves.
An indispensable source of reference for practitioners and tribunal members, Hamer's Professional Conduct Casebook is the only book to provide comprehensive coverage of case law in the field of professional regulation and discipline.
Although legal innovation is critical for law firms, with clients pushing for more efficient, cost-effective, and automated services, very little has been written about how to drive successful enterprise-wide transformation efforts.
This book offers both a biography of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, only the second-ever woman appointed to the Supreme Court, and a historical analysis of her impact.
Following the highly regarded first edition, this second edition of Turnaround Management covers important legislative changes since 2018 and their significant effect on turnaround practice, particularly EU Directive 2019/1023 and the UK's Corporate Insolvency and Governance Act 2020.
Even lawyers who obey the law often seem to act unethically--interfering with the discovery of truth, subverting justice, and inflicting harm on innocent people.
In his memoir, Alvin Ziontz reflects on his more than thirty years representing Indian tribes, from a time when Indian law was little known through landmark battles that upheld tribal sovereignty.
This is the first-and the only authorized-biography of Elbert Parr Tuttle (1897-1996), the judge who led the federal court with jurisdiction over most of the Deep South through the most tumultuous years of the civil rights revolution.
El derecho internacional de los derechos humanos se ha incrustado en los sistemas jurídicos nacionales de los Estados en forma destacada e inusitada para regímenes que por mucho tiempo habían permanecido cerrados de manera férrea a las influencias del exterior bajo el escudo de la idea de la soberanía decimonónica y anacrónica.
La concepción actual de nuestra sociedad, en gran parte del mundo (desde la Revolución Francesa y las guerras de independencia en América), se sustenta en cuatro principios fundamentales: la igualdad, la justicia, la propiedad privada y la libertad.
El libro se propone abordar un instrumento que suscita gran interés en el derecho contractual contemporáneo: el otorgamiento de facultades de ejercicio unilateral, en cuanto atiende la necesidad de hacer más ágil la contratación, de adaptar el negocio a circunstancias sobrevenidas que alteren el equilibrio del contrato originalmente convenido, de administrar los riesgos, de flexibilizar en general las condiciones del negocio acercándolo con mayor precisión a las necesidades de las partes y de los mercados en los que estos se desarrollan, e incluso a las características del tipo negocial elegido, cuya plena realización puede comportar la necesidad de cierta libertad en el manejo de los elementos estructurales del mismo.
La obra que el lector tiene en sus manos es el fruto de un esfuerzo colectivo de más de cuatro (4) años, realizado por un equipo conformado por treinta y dos (32) abogados expertos en temas de Derecho del Mercado de Valores.
Los ensayos que reúne Derecho y poder parten del supuesto de que en algún momento histórico el problema de lo jurídico quedó vinculado al del poder y a partir de lecturas juiciosas, proponen preguntas ‒o dan respuestas‒ sobre las maneras en las que distintos autores del canon transnacional de teoría jurídica han presentado la relación entre derecho y poder.
