Jurisprudence and general issues

This innovative book tells the fascinating tale of the long histories of violence, punishment, and the human body, and how they are all connected.

"e;Institutions matter"e; is a common refrain among all economists-including many who have proposed progressive alternatives to free market fundamentalism.

In June 12, 1963, Mississippi's fast-rising NAACP leader Medgar Evers was gunned down by a white supremacist named Byron De La Beckwith.

In this gracefully written, accessible and entertaining volume, John Semonche surveys censorship for reasons of sex from the nineteenth century up to the present.

A fascinating account of the growing Yes in My Backyard urban movement The exorbitant costs of urban housing and the widening gap in income inequality are fueling a combative new movement in cities around the world.

A fascinating account of the growing Yes in My Backyard urban movement The exorbitant costs of urban housing and the widening gap in income inequality are fueling a combative new movement in cities around the world.

A behind-the-scenes look at how the rich and powerful use offshore shell corporations to conceal their wealth and make themselves richerIn 2015, the anonymous leak of the Panama Papers brought to light millions of financial and legal documents exposing how the superrich hide their money using complex webs of offshore vehicles.

From the perspective of young lawyers in three key New Deal agencies, this book traces the path of crucial constitutional test cases during the years from 1933 to 1937.

The ways that social advocates organize to fight unaffordable housing and homelessness in Los Angeles, illuminated by a new conceptual framework for studying collective actionHow Civic Action Works renews the tradition of inquiry into collective, social problem solving.

A novel interpretation of architecture, ugliness, and the social consequences of aesthetic judgmentWhen buildings are deemed ugly, what are the consequences?

'A man, now, well sure enough, one of those you can forget; but a child is forever.

Why there should be a larger role for the judiciary in American foreign relationsIn the past several decades, there has been a growing chorus of voices contending that the Supreme Court and federal judiciary should stay out of foreign affairs and leave the field to Congress and the president.

This book is an inquiry into how contingency fees distort our civil justice system, influence our political system and endanger democratic governance.

Examining the historical and political conditions that shaped death penalty practice from the end of World War II to today.

This book argues for a change in our understanding of how nineteenth-century Americans conceived the relationships among law, politics and history.

This book presents a sustained critique of ''rule of law promotion'', revealing the myths and contradictions that pervade the field.

This book is an inquiry into how contingency fees distort our civil justice system, influence our political system and endanger democratic governance.

Examining the historical and political conditions that shaped death penalty practice from the end of World War II to today.

This book argues for a change in our understanding of how nineteenth-century Americans conceived the relationships among law, politics and history.

This book presents a sustained critique of ''rule of law promotion'', revealing the myths and contradictions that pervade the field.

This book examines how human rights came to define the bounds of universal morality during the political crises and conflicts of the twentieth century.

A new understanding of the rule of law that explains the catastrophic underperformance of the West in Afghanistan.

This book explores the consequences of eight exemplary cases around which the common law developed to reveal the diverse and uncoordinated attempts by the courts to adapt the law to changing conditions.

An innovative, inter-disciplinary, critical exploration of the relationships between regulatory theory and criminal justice practice and scholarship.

This work of applied moral philosophy develops a comprehensive account of how adults as moral agents ascribe moral status to beings.

Phil Clark explores the impact of the Gacaca community courts, the centrepiece of Rwanda''s justice and reconciliation programme.

In this book, Andrew Riggsby surveys the main areas of Roman law, and their place in Roman life.

Argues that the Founders intended the Constitution to be interpreted according to the text''s meaning and its framers'' original intentions.

A multidisciplinary analysis of cosmopolitanism brings together political philosophers and international lawyers to discuss international law and politics issues.

This book explains why contemporary liberal democracies are based on historical templates rather than revolutionary reforms.

From early Sanskrit rulebooks to the modern codification of ''Hindu law'', the authors examine interactions between Hinduism and law.

A theoretical analysis of the issues that arise at the intersection of women, tax policy and the law.

Douglas Brodie examines how the common law has evolved to address concerns about corporate social responsibility.

This book is an ambitious attempt to recast the debate on Hans J.

A critical overview of the application of the precautionary principle.

This book provides a critical analysis of the philosophy of human death.

This book explores the constitutional issues at the heart of the conflict between Britain and its American colonies in the eighteenth century.

A detailed examination of the principle of vicarious liability in tort in both common and civil law legal systems.

This comparative appraisal of competition law and policy draws on examples from both the developed and the developing worlds.

This 2003 text examines comparative law''s intellectual traditions, the strengths and failings of its methodologies and its future directions.

This book presents an argument that intelligent design is a well-designed marketing plan aimed at imposing a theistic naturalism in schools and scientific discourse.

Examines due process as center stage in international law, especially in connection with legal black holes such as Guantanamo.

Ronald Niezen examines the impact of public opinion on the processes by which human rights are defended in international law.

Examines due process as center stage in international law, especially in connection with legal black holes such as Guantanamo.

This book presents an argument that intelligent design is a well-designed marketing plan aimed at imposing a theistic naturalism in schools and scientific discourse.

Ronald Niezen examines the impact of public opinion on the processes by which human rights are defended in international law.

This book examines how human rights came to define the bounds of universal morality during the political crises and conflicts of the twentieth century.

A new understanding of the rule of law that explains the catastrophic underperformance of the West in Afghanistan.

This book explores the consequences of eight exemplary cases around which the common law developed to reveal the diverse and uncoordinated attempts by the courts to adapt the law to changing conditions.

An innovative, inter-disciplinary, critical exploration of the relationships between regulatory theory and criminal justice practice and scholarship.