For most of its existence, the US Supreme Court has sustained slavery, racial discrimination, segregation, racial inequality, and white preference through constitutional interpretation and legal doctrine.
National security decisions pose a paradox: they are among the most consequential a government can make, but are generally the least transparent to the democratic public.
As pauperism and begging dramatically increased throughout Europe in the sixteenth century, poverty began to be treated as the object of governmental regulation rather than of individual benevolence.
Refugee Literature and the Politics of Displacement: Beyond Borders develops a sustained interdisciplinary dialogue between contemporary refugee literature, human rights discourse, immigration policy, and international refugee law.
No American religion has had a more contentious and complex relationship with the law than Mormonism (the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints).
No American religion has had a more contentious and complex relationship with the law than Mormonism (the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints).
Refugee Literature and the Politics of Displacement: Beyond Borders develops a sustained interdisciplinary dialogue between contemporary refugee literature, human rights discourse, immigration policy, and international refugee law.
Cet ouvrage s'articule autour du droit constitutionnel general, traite dans les deuxpremieres parties, et du droit constitutionnel guineen, etudie de maniere specifique etchronologique dans la troisieme et derniere partie.
This book examines the serious dysfunction of the nation's family courts--a dysfunction that too often results in the courts' failure to protect the people they were designed to help.
Succinct and eloquent, On Privacy and Technology is an essential primer on how to face the threats to privacy in today's age of digital technologies and AI.
Succinct and eloquent, On Privacy and Technology is an essential primer on how to face the threats to privacy in today's age of digital technologies and AI.
This book explains how "e;natural wine"e; was made and not discovered by Spanish lawmakers, chemists, merchants, and theologians, showing how Spain consolidated a legal construct that normalized specific technical interventions while preserving the label natural.
This book explains how "e;natural wine"e; was made and not discovered by Spanish lawmakers, chemists, merchants, and theologians, showing how Spain consolidated a legal construct that normalized specific technical interventions while preserving the label natural.
In a nation whose Constitution purports to speak for "e;We the People,"e; too many of the stories that powerful Americans tell about law and society include only We the Men.
How can we teach health professionals, who are among the most privileged in American society, to best serve those who are the least privileged in American society?
Intermarriages, uniting partners from diverse social, ethnic, religious, or racial backgrounds, play a pivotal and perhaps conflictual role in shaping group identities.
An authoritative, even-handed, and accessible history of the Supreme Court of the United States, the most powerful court in the world and the final arbiter of the world's oldest constitution.
Lawyers take pride in a professional tradition of representing unpopular clients, understanding it as a contribution to the rule of law and the practice of toleration in a polarized society.
As community corrections gains popularity and importance-due to the decarceration trend and the economics of seeking incarceration alternatives-it is becoming ever more essential for students preparing for careers in the field to have an understanding of current politics and practices in this area.
Lawyers take pride in a professional tradition of representing unpopular clients, understanding it as a contribution to the rule of law and the practice of toleration in a polarized society.
For most of its existence, the US Supreme Court has sustained slavery, racial discrimination, segregation, racial inequality, and white preference through constitutional interpretation and legal doctrine.
A riveting expose of medical debt collection in America - and the profound financial and physical costs eroding patient trust in medicineFor the crime of falling sick without wealth, Americans today face lawsuits, wage garnishment, home foreclosure, and even jail time.
A riveting expose of medical debt collection in America - and the profound financial and physical costs eroding patient trust in medicineFor the crime of falling sick without wealth, Americans today face lawsuits, wage garnishment, home foreclosure, and even jail time.
The Judicial System of Russia paints a portrait of the courts of the Russian Federation under Putin, how they work in practice, and what shapes the behaviour of its judges.
Financial Times Best Books of 2023 in Economics The global battle among the three dominant digital powers the United States, China, and the European Union is intensifying.
Financial Times Best Books of 2023 in Economics The global battle among the three dominant digital powers the United States, China, and the European Union is intensifying.
The Judicial System of Russia paints a portrait of the courts of the Russian Federation under Putin, how they work in practice, and what shapes the behaviour of its judges.
Engineered Living Materials (ELMs) have emerged as one of the most promising and conceptually disruptive technological developments at the intersection of biotechnology, materials science, and engineering.
A master storyteller presents a riveting drama of America's first "e;crime of the century"e;--from murder investigation to a church sex scandal to celebrity trial--and its aftermath.
A master storyteller presents a riveting drama of America's first "e;crime of the century"e;--from murder investigation to a church sex scandal to celebrity trial--and its aftermath.
Examining the theory behind the headlines and engaging with current debates, this new edition provides thoughtful, impartial, and unbiased coverage of sentencing and punishment in the UK.
Many scholars of American government believe representative democracy is failing more systematically than even the recent spectacle of political extremism suggests.
Enriching the balance and meaning of life by better understanding stress and creating your own self-care protocol, Bounce shows you how to live life to the fullest.
Enriching the balance and meaning of life by better understanding stress and creating your own self-care protocol, Bounce shows you how to live life to the fullest.
