Legal profession / practice of law: general

This book answers two basic but under-appreciated questions: first, how does the American criminal justice system address a defendant's family status?

"e;Sticks and stones may break my bones but words will never hurt me.

This collection of original essays by leading and emerging scholars in the field examines the history, conditions, organization, and strategies of pro bono lawyering.

The power and influence of the federal judiciary has been widely discussed and understood.

For more than a decade, American lawyers have bewailed the ethical crisis in their profession, wringing their hands about its bad image.

This is an open access title.

Creon's Ghost examines the enduring problem of the relationship between man's law and a "e;higher"e; law from the perspective of core humanities texts and through discussion of hotly debated contemporary legal conundrums.

Lawyers' ethics have been condemned for centuries, but they received little scholarly scrutiny until the last few decades.

"e;Equal Justice Under Law"e; is one of America's most proudly proclaimed and widely violated legal principles.

Given that persons typically have a right not to be subjected to the hard treatment of punishment, it would seem natural to conclude that the permissibility of punishment is centrally a question of rights.

What is it to be morally responsible for something?

The studies in this volume use ethnographic, ethnomethodological, and sociolinguistic research to demonstrate how legal agents conduct their practices and exercise their authority in relation to non-expert participants and broader publics.

A rigorous treatment of a thought experiment that has become notorious within and outside of philosophy - The Trolley Problem - by one of the most influential moral philosophers alive todaySuppose you can stop a trolley from killing five people, but only by turning it onto a side track where it will kill one.

A rigorous treatment of a thought experiment that has become notorious within and outside of philosophy - The Trolley Problem - by one of the most influential moral philosophers alive todaySuppose you can stop a trolley from killing five people, but only by turning it onto a side track where it will kill one.

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By any measure, the law as a profession is in serious trouble.

By any measure, the law as a profession is in serious trouble.

The studies in this volume use ethnographic, ethnomethodological, and sociolinguistic research to demonstrate how legal agents conduct their practices and exercise their authority in relation to non-expert participants and broader publics.

This compact and innovative book tackles one of the central issues in drug policy: the lack of a coherent conceptual structure for thinking about drugs.

The hits keep coming for the American legal profession.

The hits keep coming for the American legal profession.

When people pay bribes to foreign public officials, how should the law respond?

When people pay bribes to foreign public officials, how should the law respond?

NOW A MAJOR BBC COMEDY "e;As a criminal barrister, you work with the material you get: a junkie shoplifter with thirty-five previous convictions and four packs of Lidl's frozen chicken stuffed down his trousers is heading only one way .

A CLASSIC COLLECTION OF JOHN MORTIMER'S ICONIC CHARACTER, DISCOVER THE FIRST RUMPOLE OMNIBUS!

Can harsh interrogation techniques and torture ever be morally justified for a nation at war or under the threat of imminent attack?

Amid the halls of Harvard Law, a professor of legend, James Bradley Thayer, shaped generations of students from 1874 to 1902.

The entity that became the Yale Law School started life early in the nineteenth century as a proprietary school, operated as a sideline by a couple of New Haven lawyers.

Whether dealing with contracts, tort actions, or government regulations, lawyers are more likely to be successful if they are conversant in economics.

In this sweeping and revealing insider study, Seth Stern and Stephen Wermiel shine a bright light on the life, career, and thought of William Brennan (1906-1997), widely considered the Supreme Courts most influential twentieth-century justice, as well as its greatest liberal and preeminent strategist.

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The seaworthiness of merchant ships plays a critical role in ensuring the safety of life and property and the prevention of marine pollution.

Not many Americans think of the legal profession as a monopoly, but it is.

'Step-by-step guidance to crack the SQE.

Throughout his glittering career, Ross Harper was a major figure in Scottish law, politics, journalism and business.

You arrive at university to embark upon your journey to 'think like a lawyer', but is simply knowing the law enough to gain you the best marks?

Client Interview, Attendance Note and Legal Analysis for SQE2 is the latest title in a new series of books aimed at those preparing for SQE2, providing a comprehensive overview of everything you need to successfully pass the SQE2 advocacy assessment.