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This guide was developed to assist students, professors, executives of local criminal justice systems, and appointed and elected officials of general government to have a better understanding on how the criminal justice system should function.

The updated third edition of Employment Law is a clear and practical guide to understanding the complex, important system that regulates the relationship between employers and employees in the UK.

Educators working with Palestini's textbook Law and American Education: a Case Brief Approach will find this comprehensive pedagogical tool useful.

When it was ratified in 1791, the First Amendment to the Constitution of the United States sought to protect against two distinct types of government actions that interfere with religious liberty: the establishment of a national religion and interference with individual rights to practice religion.

This guide was developed to assist students, professors, executives of local criminal justice systems, and appointed and elected officials of general government to have a better understanding on how the criminal justice system should function.

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The law should be accessible to every professional, which is the philosophy behind The Law of Libraries and Archives.

In this indispensable book, distinguished activist lawyer Francis A.

The establishment of the International Criminal Court (ICC) in July 1998 has attracted growing interest in the evolving role of politics in international law.

Piety, Politics, and Pluralism skillfully confronts the question: Is liberal democracy hostile to religion or is it compatible with the rights of believers?

Justice in the U.

A staunch advocate for the Adirondack Park, activist and writer Paul Schaefer deeply influenced conservation policy in New York State.

Strategies in Workers' Compensation, written with the healthcare medical professional in mind, describes the nuts and bolts of workers compensation.

The EU is one of the most notoriously complex international organisations.

As climate change makes the Arctic a region of key political interest, so questions of sovereignty are once more drawing international attention.

The end of the post-World War II 'long boom' in the mid-1970s proved the beginning of a process of political-economic change that has fundamentally transformed labour law, both in Australia and across the developed world more generally.

In today's society, the public perception of crime has been skewed by how the media depicts it.

When compared to terrorism, drugs and violent crimes that occupy the news today art is not considered as important.

In Private Military and Security Contractors (PMSCs) a multinational team of scholars and experts address a developing phenomenon: controlling the use of privatized force by states in international politics.

Naomi Zack pioneers a new theory of justice starting from a correction of current injustices.

This unique collection explores the complex issue of vigilantism, how it is represented in popular culture, and what is its impact on behavior and the implications for the rule of law.

Born to a Jewish immigrant shopkeeper in a small Alabama town, Morris Ernst used aggressive self-promotion and exaggeration-what he called "e;exhibitionism"e;-to transcend his insecurities and his part-time legal training to become one of America's most famous lawyers.

Completely updated for 2008, this new book brings together all of the environmental laws and regulations that affect businesses in Virginia and examines changes to such programs as the Virginia Pollution Discharge Elimination System, the Chesapeake Bay initiatives, and the Virginia Water Protection Permit program.

Building on a careful analysis of Southeast Asia's recent history, politics, economics, and place within the Asia Pacific, this report looks forward two decades to anticipate the development of trends in the region and how they will impact the U.

Following the passage and implementation of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), librarians are more frequently called upon to provide assistance with navigating the Health Insurance Marketplace and understanding health insurance terminology and forms.

When an individual is accused of a crime he is provided, at least in theory, with numerous constitutional rights throughout the legal process.

Alcohol, opiates, cocaine and marijuana, among other drugs, have been used and abused for millennia.

Child identity theft is the fastest growing type of identity theft, a crime that affects some 10 million people annually.

The Writing and Ratification of the U.

Becoming Enemies brings the unique methods of critical oral history, developed to study flashpoints from the Cold War such as the Cuban Missile Crisis, to understand U.

To maintain public confidence in the judiciary, judges are governed by the strictest of ethical codes.

This vital resource is devoted to providing nonpartisan, objective analysis of the national debt, including leading drivers of the debt, the budgetary process, and claims and counter-claims about national debt benefits and drawbacks.

This wide-ranging resource uses evidence-based documentation to examine claims and beliefs - and provide the facts - about sexual assault and harassment and other forms of sexual violence in the United States.

This volume provides an authoritative, evenhanded overview of the Trump administration's family separation and child detention policies at the U.

A one-stop resource for understanding the crisis of homelessness in the United States, this book covers risk factors for homelessness, societal attitudes about the homeless, and public and private resources designed to prevent homelessness and help those in need.

America's foster care system has a noble goal - to care for children that for various reasons can no longer be cared for by their families - but years of inattention and inadequate funding have left many foster youth in a precarious state.

An authoritative and accessible one-stop resource for understanding the U.

Food additives have been used since the beginning of time to enhance the quality and quantity of food products.

This up-to-date guide provides informational professionals and their clients with much-needed assistance in navigating the immense field of government information.

Ronald Reagan's presidency marked a pivotal shift in American politics, culture, and global relations.

This select volume of historical documents is organized chronologically, spanning from 1914 to the present.

This engaging and accessible book is a must-read for every economics student.

This engaging and accessible book is a must-read for every taxpayer, young and old.

This book responds to a previously unmet need: unlocking the mysteries of Social Security disability programs and providing medical and mental health clinicians, as well as advocates, with the information necessary to act in the best interests of their clients.

Telling the crucial and under-studied story of the U.

Thoroughly revised and updated, this edition of the classic casebook on police ethics explores the moral complexities of situations faced by law enforcement officers every day across the United States.

This extensively updated third edition of the classic casebook Marine and Coastal Law provides readers with an authoritative, comprehensive, and up-to-date guide to landmark laws, regulations, and legal decisions governing the United States' vast marine and coastal resources.

Elections in America provides a thorough and objective explanation of American elections at the local, state, and national levels.

Learn how to assist library patrons, including self-represented litigants, through legal research instruction, programming, and outreach.

This work provides readers with an authoritative resource for understanding the true extent and nature of gun violence in America, examining the veracity of claims and counterclaims about mass shootings, gun laws, and public attitudes about gun control.