Law

Fighting for Africa captures the commitment and contributions of two men who dedicated their lives to the fight to free Africa from colonialism and racism.

The Scalping of the Great Sioux Nation recalls Davis' early upbringing and education on two Indian reservations.

Social justice has long been an aspect of the human experience.

In the 1970's, sociologists found that mentally disordered patients were routinely committed to state hospitals.

Since Europeans first colonized Arab lands in the 19th century, they have been pressing to have the area's indigenous laws and legal systems accord with Western models.

Tribal Criminal Law and Procedure is the second in a unique series of comprehensive studies of tribal law in the United States.

Legal Anthropology: An Introduction offers an initial overview of the challenging debates surrounding the cross-cultural analysis of legal systems.

Immigration remains one of the most pressing and polarizing issues in the United States.

Deregulating the legal profession will benefit society by improving access to legal services and the efficacy of public policies.

Endorsed by the Chartered Banker Institute as core reading for its professional qualifications, Culture, Conduct and Ethics in Banking emphasizes the importance of professionalism for banks, and explores how all staff play a key role in putting customers at the heart of their business.

Your Health at Work is your fully researched and up-to-date guide to the most common health risks at work in the UK and how you can tackle them.

This practical guide for employers in the UK continues to provide managers with the essential advice on how to establish health and safety procedures in organizations.

The Employer's Handbook 2017-18 has established itself as a source of reliable, unambiguous guidance for all small- to medium-sized employers in the UK, clearly identifying the legal essentials and best-practice guidelines for effective people management.

The pressure on professional service firms and their professionals has never been higher.

The rise of corporate social responsibility (CSR) is creating a paradigm shift in contemporary corporate culture and organizational behaviour with shareholder and stakeholder activism on the rise as international banking crises and global corporate scandals dominate the headlines.

Most transport operators have little experience of the regulations surrounding the carriage of dangerous goods.

Exploring a new agenda to improve outcomes for American workersAs the United States continues to struggle with the impact of the devastating COVID-19 recession, policymakers have an opportunity to redress the competition problems in our labor markets.

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This is the first full biography of Justice Leah Ward Sears.

In these absorbing accounts of five court cases, Jason A.

The Dred Scott suit for freedom, argues Kelly M.

Why cities often cope better than nations with today's lightning-fast changesThe British Empire declined decades ago, but London remains one of the world's preeminent centers of finance, commerce, and political discourse.

In deciding the abortion and physician assisted suicide cases, a majority of the Justices of the United States Supreme Court drew on medical knowledge to inform their opinions while dismissing the distinctively different knowledge offered by patients.

Taking the long view of conflicts between truth and political powerWhat role does truth play in government?

Assessing the legal and practical questions posed by the use of artificial intelligence in national security mattersThe increasing use of artificial intelligence poses challenges and opportunities for nearly all aspects of society, including the military and other elements of the national security establishment.

In 1808 the legislature of the Louisiana territory appointed two men to translate the Digest of the Laws in Force in the Territory of Orleans (or, as it was called at the time, simply the Code) from the original French into English.

Exploring a new agenda to improve outcomes for American workersAs the United States continues to struggle with the impact of the devastating COVID-19 recession, policymakers have an opportunity to redress the competition problems in our labor markets.

Why cities often cope better than nations with today's lightning-fast changesThe British Empire declined decades ago, but London remains one of the world's preeminent centers of finance, commerce, and political discourse.

Deregulating the legal profession will benefit society by improving access to legal services and the efficacy of public policies.

How multinationals contribute, or don't, to global prosperityGlobalization and multinational corporations have long seemed partners in the enterprise of economic growth: globalization-led prosperity was the goal, and giant corporations spanning the globe would help achieve it.

How globalized information networks can be used for strategic advantageUntil recently, globalization was viewed, on balance, as an inherently good thing that would benefit people and societies nearly everywhere.

International trade, and its financing, is now a key component of many undergraduate and postgraduate qualifications.

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Africa welcomes business investment and offers some of the world's highest returns and impactsAfrica has tremendous economic potential and offers rewarding opportunities for global businesses looking for new markets and long-term investments with favorable returns.

'A brilliant book' Alastair Campbell, The Rest is Politics'The essential, must-read insider account of the West's cat and mouse economic warfare against Russia and how it is changing the face of global trade.

“America First” is “America Alone”Foreign policy is like physics: vacuums quickly fill.

This comparative study looks at the laws concerning the murder of slaves by their masters and at how these laws were implemented.

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On December 12, 2000, a controversial decision by the Supreme Court of the United States effectively ended the disputed presidential contest between George W.

In Pragmatism in Islamic Law, Ibrahim presents a detailed history of Sunni legal pluralism and the ways in which it was employed to accommodate the changing needs of society.

In 1910, when Khedive Abbas II married a second wife surreptitiously, the contrast with his openly polygamous grandfather, Ismail, whose multiple wives and concubines signified his grandeur and masculinity, could not have been greater.

The Iranian Constitutional Revolution was the twentieth century's first such political movement in the Middle East.

The Freedom of Information Law allows any person to request and obtain, without explanation or justification, existing, identifiable, and unpublished governmental records, including documents, data, and video.

In 1876, a recently dethroned sultan, Abdulaziz, was found dead in his cham- bers, the veins in his arm slashed.

In this volume, Brownson sheds new light on Palestinian Muslim women's agency in shari'a courts from the British Mandate period to the present.

Referendums have become an undeniably important, and perhaps inescapable, peacemaking tool in contemporary peace processes.

Poetry, Politics, and the Law in Modern Ireland is a richly detailed exploration of how modern Irish poetry has been shaped by, and responded to, the laws, judgments, and constitutions of both of the island's jurisdictions.