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Book SynopsisHear about the judge who got busted for selling crack? What about the judge who released from jail a felon who then promptly killed a rookie cop? Or the one who ordered a prison to supply its inmates with hot pots?In Out of Order: Arrogance, Corruption, and Incompetence on the Bench , investigative reporter Max Boot documents dozens of stories like these as he blows the whistle on the least publicized, the most destructive, branch of the government,the compelling statistics to support his belief that judges have greatly damaged both the criminal and civil justice systems.Boot criticizes well-known judges like Lance Ito, who presided over the O.J. Simpson follies, and Harold Baer, the New York judge who initially decided to exclude from evidence eighty pounds of drugs because he found nothing unusual about a courier fleeing from the cops. He reveals judges who have taken advantage of their office not only for personal gain, but also to gain greater political power.The juristocracy, aTable of Contents* Introduction * The Injudicious Judiciary: Judges Who Are Incompetent and Out of Control * Perverse Failures: Judges Who Dont Put Criminals Where They Belong * Criminal Exoneration: Judges Who Let Lawbreakers off the Hook * Juristocracy: The Unelected Legislature * Juristocracy II: Government by Decree * The Civil Injustice System: Judges Who Allow Outrageous Liability Awards * Justice for Rent: Judges Who Are Ethically Challenged * Dethroning the Juristocracy: How to Deal with Judges Who Are Too Activistand with Those Not Activist Enough

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Book SynopsisExplores Thomas Hardy's engagement with Victorian legal debates in his prose fiction. This book demonstrates that throughout his prose fiction Hardy engages with contentious legal issues that were debated by legal professionals and literary figures of his day.

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Book SynopsisThis is the first book of its kind to address the crucial issue of why people choose to make Convention refugee claims. It represents a substantial and original contribution primarily to the field of refugee studies but also applicable for a broader readership of political science, international studies, sociology, law, history and womenâs studies. Furthermore, it theorizes the problems that face refugees by discussing the perception of the possible host countries. The conclusions of the book bear directly upon contemporary issues in refugee studies that suggest refugees move on the basis of (generally) extreme levels of persecution.Trade Review’This is a most original piece of work, impossible to pigeonhole by genre. It is everywhere touched by passion and a kind of ethical anger that can make even the most difficult research data seductive...Informing Barsky’s argument throughout is his wide reading in social, linguistic and literary theory. He draws on Marc Angenot, Chomsky and Bakhtin, especially, to make a powerful argument for the role of narrative construction in the hearings he describes. He articulates a discourse theory that will be of interest not only to those directly involved with refugee issues, but to those pursuing literary theory, sociolinguistics, postcolonial studies, as well as those working in law and literature.’ Michael Holquist, Yale University, USA ’...identifies some key and quite disturbing policy concerns in the field of refugee studies.’ Ethnic and Racial Studies 'Barksy's approach in general is refreshingly eclectic. He blends legal thought, literary criticism and discourse analysis, with a powerful moral outrage...The book will be of interest to a wide range of scholars and professionals working with asylum issues...' Journal of Refugee Studies 'Barsky's book offers radical and efficient critique of the legal structures which lock refugees into a state of vulnerability and powerlessness...Breaking inter-disciplinary barriers, Barsky opens the way to new and profitable research directions...the refugees' narratives...are lively and informative. An extensive bibliography by topics, as well as a list of refugee organizations and documentation centers around the world bring added value to an already interesting work.' Asian and Pacific Migration JournalTable of ContentsContents: Introduction; Interpreting refugee discourse: from discourse analysis to inter-cultural communication; Claimants from the former Soviet Union: from European standards to the American dream; Claimants from Israel: a threat to the Jewish Identity?; Claimants from Peru: persecution in America and flight to Canada; Claimants from Pakistan: the constraints of state intervention; Conclusion: theorizing the obstacles to female claims; Bibliography; Appendices; Index.

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Book SynopsisCriminology assumes the position of an established discipline, yet its influence is limited by its primary focus on the West for both theoretical and empirical substance. But the growing interest in comparative criminology now means that countries compare notes, thereby broadening the parameters of criminology. Still relatively ignored in the literature, however, are issues of crime and justice as they affect people of African descent around the globe. Drawing upon materials from countries in Africa, the Caribbean, North and South America, and Europe, this stimulating book reflects on the experiences of people of African descent to offer a convergence of criminologies in and outside the West. Simultaneously, it acknowledges Western criminology as a significant angle from which to comprehend crime and justice as they are conceptualized outside the West. The volume also investigates whether Western criminological accounts are relevant to the comprehension of crime, criminality and systems of justice in Africa, the Caribbean and South America.Trade Review’Pan-African Issues in Crime and Justice is a powerful and, in every sense, radical contribution to the criminological literature. It tackles neglected crime problems, unearths injustice, develops progressive lines of inquiry and offers radical proposals for the future. This collection is essential reading for students, academics and activists concerned with criminal justice in Africa and for communities of the diaspora.’ Professor Ben Bowling, King's College London, UK and University of the West Indies, Barbados ’...[a] timely collection of essays about the criminological crisis facing people of African descent...Pan-African Issues in Crime and Justice deserves a wide readership.’ Criminal JusticeTable of ContentsContents: Introduction, Anita Kalunta-Crumpton and Biko Agozino; Criminology and orientalism, Anita Kalunta-Crumpton; Human rights, gender and traditional practices: the Trokosi system in West Africa, Robert Kwame Ameh; Crime, justice and social control in Egypt, Jon Alexander and Camy Pector; Crime, social change and social control in Namibia: an exploratory study of Namibian prisons, Annelie Odendaal; Criminal fraud and developing countries, Udo C. Osisiogu; Transnational crimes: the case of advanced fee fraud in Nigeria, Ihekwoaba D. Onwudiwe; Women faced with violence: a view on skin colour in Brazil, Alice Itani and Wagner Volpe; Working from the inside/out: drama as activism in Westville female prison, Miranda Young-Jahangeer; Women and (African) indigenous justice systems, Ogbonnaya Oko Elechi; Crossing the wrong boundaries: the dilemma of women's drug trade participation in Jamaica, Marlyn J. Jones; Gunboat criminology and the colonization of Africa, Emmanuel C. Onyeozili; Reparative justice: a Pan-African criminology primer, Biko Agozino; Index.

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Book SynopsisAs new medical technologies and treatments develop with increasing momentum, the legal and ethical implications of medicine are being called into question as never before. Martin Levine''s collection brings together the seminal papers written on the nexus between mental illness, its treatment and its relationship to the law. The volume also provides an informative introduction, summarizing the area and the relevance of the articles chosen.Trade Review'...an asset in any institutional library' Journal of Mental Health Law 'This tremendously important collection of international papers on the subject of mental illness, medicine and the law has never been so urgently needed.' Criminal Law News '...willl be a valuable resource in any mental health library, and a useful resource for students and clinicians from a range of disciplines.' Metapsychology Online ReviewsTable of ContentsContents: Part I The Seriously Ill: Involuntary Short-Term Treatment: Ethical benefits and costs of coercion in short-term inpatient psychiatric care, Lars Kjellin, Kristina Andersson, Inga-Lill Candefjord, Tom Palmstierna and Tuula Wallstein; Involuntary outpatient commitment, Elyn R. Saks; Treatment Rights: Ethics in community mental health care. The legislative tenets of client’s right to treatment in the least restrictive environment and freedom from harm: Implications for care providers, Douglas A. Marty and Rosemary Chapin; Privacy in psychiatric treatment: threats and responses, Paul S. Applebaum; Patient Autonomy: The right to refuse mental health treatment: a therapeutic jurisprudence analysis, Bruce J. Winick; Advance directives in psychiatry resolving issues of autonomy and competence, Janet Ritchie, Ron Sklar and Warren Steiner; Advocacy: Protection and advocacy: an ethics practice in mental health, D.P.Olsen; Ethical conflicts at the interface of advocacy and psychiatry, Martin L. Levine and Martha Lyon-Levine; The Social Construction of Madness: Psychiatry and the control of dangerousness: on the apotropaic function of the term 'mental illness', Thomas Szasz; Dangerousness, mental disorder, and responsibility, J.R. McMillan; Sanism, social science, and the development of mental disability law jurisprudence, Michael L. Perlin and Deborah A. Dorfman; Deinstitutionalization: The success of deinstitutionalization: empirical findings from case studies on state hospital closures, Aileen B. Rothbard and Eri Kuno; Build a better state hospital: deinstitutionalization has failed, Alexander Gralnick; Keeping the mentally ill out of jail, Richard Lamb; Cross-Cultural Psychiatry: Depression, somatization and the 'new cross-cultural psychiatry', Arthur M. Kleinman; Mental health law and ethics in transition: a report from Japan, Paul S. Applebaum; Psychiatric diagnosis and racial bias: empirical and interpretative approaches, Roland Littlewood; Providing cultu

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Book SynopsisThe regulation of environmental pollution has long been a serious subject of study for scholars of economic analysis of law. This two volume collection explores central issues in the relationship between these two topics. It includes material on private law and property rights, presenting a critique of market failure and asking questions about the role of tort law remedies in regulating the environment. It is concerned not only with the remedies as such, but also with the impact of the common law in shaping the behaviour of actors in the market. It then moves on to issues of public law and interventions in market arrangements, looking at events of market failure, the idea of pollution as an externality, modes of regulation and instances of regulatory failure. These volumes contain the classic law and economics literature relating to environmental regulation, creating an indispensable source of reference.Table of ContentsContents: Volume I: Introduction; Part I Private Law and Property Rights: Critique of Market Failure: The problem of social cost, R.H. Coase; Social cost and public policy, Ronald H. Coase; When does the rule of liability matter?, Harold Demsetz. Does the Law of Nuisance Create a Property Right?:Property rules, liability rules and inalienability: one view of the Cathedral, Guido Calabresi and A. Douglas Melamed; Resolving nuisance disputes: the simple economics of injunctive and damage remedies, A. Mitchell Polinsky; A clear view of The Cathedral: the dominance of property rules, Richard A. Epstein; Property rules and liability rules: the Cathedral in another light, James E. Krier and Stewart J. Schwab. Strict Liability: A theory of strict liability, Richard A. Epstein; Of Coase and corn: a (sort of) defence of private nuisance, David Campbell; Motor-cars and the rule in Rylands V. Fletcher: a chapter of accidents in the history of law and motoring, J.R. Spencer. Tort Law and Technological Development I: Facilitating the Industrial Revolution: Some thoughts on risk distribution and the law of torts, Guido Calabresi; Nuisance law and the industrial revolution, Joel Franklin Brenner; Nuisance law and the industrial revolution - some lessons from social history, John P.S. McLaren. Bargaining in the Shadow of the Law of Nuisance: Injunction negotiations: an economic, moral, and legal analysis, Barton H. Thompson Jr; Nuisance law: rethinking fundamental assumptions, Edward Rabin; Of Coase and cattle: dispute resolution among neighbours in Shasta County, Robert C. Ellickson. Name index. Volume II: Tort Law and Technological Development 2: Current Policy: Trespass to negligence to absolute liability, Charles O. Gregory; The common law nuisance actions and the environmental battle - well-tempered swords or broken reeds, John P.S. McLaren; Governing science: public risks and private remedies, Barry R. Furrow. Part II Pollution, Property and Public Law: Allocation of Pr

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Book SynopsisWhilst immigration policy is a highly controversial topic in the West, states continue to receive people who settle, whether as asylum-seekers or refugees, or as family members of existing migrants or labour migrants. Many who move violate the immigration rules either in entering a country or staying beyond the time allowed. The problems illegality entails for migrants shape much of the law and society scholarship in this area and this volume brings together the key articles which shape current thinking. The main topics covered include illegality, mercy and the language of deservingness; transnationality; family and identity; refugees and asylum-seekers.Trade Review'...succeeds in gathering together some of the best scholarly articles on law, society and migration...providing a thorough and thematically wide-ranging discussion of major issues in the study of migration regulation and law.. It represents an excellent place for students or academics seeking an overview of these issues to begin and should therefore be seen as a valuable contribution to research on both law and migration studies.' The Maghreb ReviewTable of ContentsContents: Series preface; Introduction. Part I Illegality, Mercy and the Language of Deservingness: Opposing Prop. 187: undocumented immigrants and the national imagination, Linda Bosniak; Immigration, law and marginalization in a global economy: notes from Spain, Kitty Calavita; Implications of 'third party' involvement in enforcement: the INS, illegal travelers and international airlines, Janet A. Gilboy; Inside illegality: migration policing in South Africa after apartheid, Jonathan Klaaren and Jaya Ramji ; US immigration reform and the meaning of responsibility, Kathleen M. Moore; The strange career of the illegal alien: immigration restriction and deportation policy in the United States 1921-1965, Mae M. Ngai; When states prefer non-citizens over citizens: conflict over illegal immigration into Malaysia, Kamal Sadiq. Part II Transnationality: Between national and post-national: membership in the United states, T. Alexander Aleinikoff; Cultural logics of belonging and movement: transnationalism, naturalization and US immigration politics, Susan Bibler Coutin); The constitution of a European immigration policy domain: a political sociology approach, Virginie Giraudon. Part III Family and Identity: Who is a homosexual?: the consolidation of sexual identities in mid-20th century American immigration law, Margot Canaday; The limits of citizenship: migration, sex discrimination and same-sex partners in EU law, R. Amy Elman; Inequality near and far: adoption as seen from the Brazilian favelas, Claudia Fonseca; Tender ties: husbands' rights and racial exclusion in Chinese marriage cases 1882-1924, Todd Stevens; Placing the 'gift child' in transnational adoption, Barbara Yngvesson. Part IV Refugees and Asylum-Seekers: Minors or aliens? Inconsistent state intervention and separated child asylum-seekers, Jacqueline Bhabha; Dissident voices: refugees, human rights and asylum in Europe, Colin J. Harvey; Reflections on the Tampa 'crisis', Robert Manne; The complexity of

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Book SynopsisContemporary law and government are increasingly characterized by a focus on risk. Fields such as health, psychiatry, criminal justice, vehicle safety, urban design and environmental governance all provide examples of settings in which problems are dealt with as risks. While risk has become more prominent, there have also been changes in the nature of risk techniques deployed. Whereas welfare states provided many services through socialized risk - such as social insurances covering health, employment and old age - increasing emphasis is now placed on individual risk management arrangements such as private insurance. In this environment, the positive side of risk has also been made more salient. Enterprise, innovation and risk-taking have become qualities valued, or even required, of current governance. In this volume, the most influential examinations and interpretations of this major trend have been brought together, in order to make clear the range and diversity, the spread and penetration of risk in contemporary societies.Table of ContentsContents: Series preface; Introduction. Risk, Politics and Inequality: Risks and rights in the history of American governments, Theodore J. Lowi ; At risk in the welfare state, Deborah A. Stone; Liberal governance and prenatal care: risk and regulation in pregnancy, Lealle Ruhl ; The ideological effects of actuarial practices, Jonathan Simon. Risk, Private Law and Justice: Social change and the law of industrial accidents, Lawrence M. Friedman and Jack Ladinsky); Private insurance, social insurance, and tort reform: toward a new vision of compensation for illness and injury, Kenneth S. Abraham and Lance Liebman; The new legal structure of risk control, George L. Priest; Tort, insurance and ideology, Jane Stapleton. Risk, Criminal Law and Justice: Risk, power and crime prevention, Pat O'Malley; Managing the monstrous: sex offenders and the new penology, Jonathan Simon; Moral agent or actuarial subject: risk and Canadian women's imprisonment, Kelly Hannah-Moffat; Public protection, 'partnership' and risk penalty, Hazel Kemshall and Mike Maguire. Risk, Uncertainty and Economic Life: Uncertain subjects: risks liberalism and contract, Pat O'Malley; Business, state and community: 'responsible risk takers', new labour and the governance of corporate business, Gary Wilson; Calculations of risk: towards an understanding of insurance as a moral and political technology, D. Knights and T. Vurdubakis; Speculations of contract, or how contract law stopped worrying and learned to love risk, Roy Kreitner. Risk, Health and Technology: Governing risky individuals: the role of psychiatry in new regimes of control, Nikolas Rose; The biology of culpability, pathological identity and crime control in a biological culture, Nikolas Rose; The return of the crafty genius: an outline of a philosophy of precaution, François Ewald ; Name index.

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Book SynopsisOrgan transplantation has been one of the miracles of modern-day medicine but, in addition to presenting enormous technical and clinical challenges, it throws up major ethical and legal issues principally from the perspective of the donor. Evolving capabilities in the spheres of both organ and tissue transplantation, coupled with rapidly-escalating demand, assert consistent and critical pressure on our ethical and legal principles and frameworks, including the expansion of the potential donor pool beyond the conventional categories of donor. This volume brings together seminal papers analyzing such matters in the context of an ever-increasingly important area of clinical practice.Trade Review'Organ and tissue transplantation continues to generate heated debate within the broad disciplines of medical law and medical ethics. For the first time here is a volume which will help to provoke, stimulate and promote ongoing debate by bringing together a wide selection of key sources and cutting edge materials within this important and developing area.' R.D. Mackay, De Montfort University, UK 'David Price is one of the leading international experts in the ethics and law of organ and tissue transplantation. This collection is a reflection of that expertise; timely, comprehensive and balanced yet simultaneously thought-provoking. It is an essential read for anyone interested in the issues or working in the field.' Heather Draper, University of Birmingham, UKTable of ContentsContents: Series preface; Introduction. Part I Meaning of Death: Is it time to abandon brain death?, R. Truog; The importance of being dead: non-heart-beating organ donation, J. Menikoff. Part II The Body as Property: An alternative to property rights in human tissue, R. Marusyk and M.S. Swain; Living tissue and organ donors and property law: more on Moore, B.M. Dickens. Part III Commerce in Organ Procurement: Nephrarious goings on: kidney sales and moral arguments, J. Radcliffe-Richards; Why liberals should accept financial incentives for organ procurement, R.M. Veatch; Increasing the supply of transplant organs: the virtues of a futures market, L.R. Cohen; Money talks, money kills - the economics of transplantation in Japan and China, C. Becker. Part IV Cadaveric Organ and Tissue Donation: Freedom to choose and freedom to lose: the procurement of cadaver organs for transplantation, B. Hoffmaster; The moral duty to contribute and its implications for organ procurement policy, P.T. Menzel; The case for presumed consent to transplant human organs after death, C. Cohen; Presumed consent or contracting out, C.A. Erin and J. Harris; The failure to give: reducing barriers to organ donation, J.F. Childress; 2 steps to 3 choices: a new approach to mandated choice, S.E. Herz; Ethical issues in limb transplants, D. Dickenson and G. Widdershoven; On the ethics of facial transplantation, O. Wiggins, J. Barker, S. Martinez, M. Vossen, C. Maldonado, F. Grossi, C. François, M. Cunningham, G. Perez-Abadia, M. Kon, J. Banis. Part V Living Donor Transplantation: Autonomy's limits: living donation and health-related harm, R. Sauder and L.S. Parker; Moral agency and the family; the case of living related organ transplantation, R.A. Crouch and C. Elliott; Organ donations by incompetents and the substituted judgment doctrine, J.A. Robertson. Part VI Specific Classes of Donors: Taking the camel by the nose: the anencephalic as a source for pediatric organ transplants, J.A. Friedman; A

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Book SynopsisThis book is a selection of articles and chapters published over Martin Golding''s academic career. Golding''s approach to the philosophy of law is that it contains conceptual and normative issues and in this volume logical issues in legal reasoning are examined, and various theories of law are critically discussed. Normative questions are dealt with regarding the rule of law and criminal law defenses, and the concept of rights and the terminology of rights are analyzed. Much of Golding''s work is critical-historical as well as constructive. This volume will prove an informative and useful collection for scholars and students of the philosophy of law.Table of ContentsContents: Introduction; My philosophy of law; Part 1 Legal Reasoning: Principled decision-making and the Supreme Court; A note on discovery and justification in science and law; The logical force of arguments by analogy in common law reasoning; Aesthetics and legal reasoning: a strand in American legal thought; Preliminaries to the study of procedural justice; Substantive interpretation and common law elaboration; The legal analog of the principle of bivalence. Part 2 Legal Theories; Jurisprudence and legal philosophy in 20th century America - major themes and developments; Kelsen and the concept of 'legal system'; Holmes's jurisprudence: aspects of its development and continuity; Retroactive legislation and restoration of the rule of law; The cultural defense; Responsibility; Faux pas. Part 3 Rights: Towards a theory of human rights; Obligations to future generations; The significance of rights language; The primacy of welfare rights; Rights, performatives, and promises in Karl Olivecrona's legal theory; Name index.

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Book SynopsisOver the last 300 years public international law has developed from a set of principles, ultimately grounded in natural law, into an extremely complex web of norms, supporting and sustained by an array of international institutions which, in combination, present a system for the realisation of global public order. These volumes, arranged into five parts, bring together key writings which both illustrate and exemplify ideas that have informed the historical development of the discipline. The first part outlines three approaches, based on systems of natural laws, positivist systems and finally the system of 'public' international order. Parts two to four reflect aspects of the issues raised in this introduction in the context of a number of key areas of substantive law, these being sources, personality and jurisdiction and immunity. The final part then takes a look into the potential futures of international law and the international legal system from a variety of perspectives, including global administrative law, transgovernmentalism and public law conceptions of international order.

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Book SynopsisThis volume deals with questions of political and constitutional principle and theory that affect the law and regulation of content in new media that are based on digital technology. In the light of convergence between different forms of communication, it examines whether the justifications for government intervention in traditional analogue broadcasting and programme delivery continue to be persuasive. The essays examine in general whether new approaches to freedom of expression are required in the digital era and whether there is a continued role for public service broadcasting or its equivalent. They also explore content standards in more detail, discussing arguments for and against regulation in the areas of beliefs, indecency and advertising and whether there is a case for the European Union''s measures to secure Television without Frontiers.Trade Review'This collection provides an insight into how the logic of the new media will ultimately compel the law.' Law Society JournalTable of ContentsContents: Introduction; Part I Free Speech and Converged Media: Freedom of the press and public access: toward a theory of partial regulation of the mass media, Lee C. Bollinger; Broadcasting and speech, Jonathan Weinberg; Converging 1st Amendment principles for converging communications media, Thomas G. Krattenmaker and L.A. Powe Jr; Digital speech and democratic culture: a theory of freedom of expression for the information society, Jack M. Balkin; Media freedom and political debate in the digital era, Jacob Rowbottom. Part II Public Service Broadcasting: Culture and consumerism: citizenship, public service broadcasting and the BBC's fair trading obligations, Georgina Born and Tony Prosser; European controls on member state promotion and regulation of public service broadcasting and broadcasting standards, Mike Varney; A marketplace approach to broadcast regulation, Mark S. Fowler and Daniel L. Brenner. Part III Content Standards: a) Beliefs: You can't say 'God' on the radio: freedom of expression, religious advertising and the broadcast media after Murphy v. Ireland, Andrew Geddis; 'A monstrous and unjustifiable infringement'? Political expression and the broadcasting ban on advocacy advertising, Andrew Scott; b) Indecency: The newness of new technology, Monroe E. Price; Beyond Madison? The US Supreme Court and the regulation of sexually explicit expression, Ian Cram; c) Content Regulation in the European Community: The revised television without frontiers directive: is it fit for the next century?, Berend Jan Drijber; Media convergence and the regulation of audiovisual content: is the European Community's Audio visual Media Services Directive fit for purpose? Rachel Craufurd Smith; d) Advertising: The value of commercial speech, Colin R. Munro; Name index.

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Book SynopsisHealth Rights is a multidisciplinary collection of seminal papers examining ethical, legal, and empirical questions regarding the human right to health or health care. The volume discusses what obligations health rights entail for governments and other actors, how they relate to and potentially conflict with other rights and values, and how cultural diversity bears on the formulation and implementation of health rights. The paramount importance of such questions is illustrated, among other things, by the catastrophic health situation in developing countries and current debates about the TRIPS Agreement and health care reform in the United States. The volume is divided into five main parts which focus on philosophical questions about the bases for the right to health or health care; links between health and human rights; global bioethics and public health ethics; intellectual property rights in pharmaceuticals; and finally health rights issues arising in specific contexts such as HIV/Trade Review'Selgelid’s and Pogge’s collection leads a well structured path through the complex matter of the foundations of health rights and the practical complexities that are encountered in their realization. Health Rights offers a useful and balanced insight into a debate that is philosophically and politically challenging, and ethically indispensable.' Medicine, Health Care and PhilosophyTable of ContentsContents: Introduction; Part I Philosophical Bases for the Right to Health and/or Healthcare: Equality and rights in medical care, Charles Fried; The right to health and the right to health care, Tom L. Beauchamp and Ruth R. Faden; Rights to health care and distributive justice: programmatic worries, Norman Daniels; The right to a decent minimum of health care, Allen E. Buchanan; Broadening the bioethics agenda, Dan W. Brock; The dark side of human rights, Onora O'Neill; Exploring the philosophical foundations of the human rights approach to international public health ethics, Kristen Hessler. Part II Links Between Health and Human Rights: Health and human rights, Jonathan M. Mann, Lawrence Gostin, Sofia Gruskin, Troyen Brennan, Zita Lazzarini and Harvey Fineberg; Health and human rights, Sofia Gruskin and Daniel Tarantola. Part III Global Bioethics and Public Health Ethics: Human rights, Stephen P. Marks; Medicine and public health, ethics and human rights, Jonathan M. Mann; Bioethics and international human rights, David C. Thomasma; Global disparities in health and human rights: a critical commentary, Solomon R. Benatar; The lingua franca of human rights and the rise of a global bioethic, Lori P. Knowles; New malaise: bioethics and human rights in the global era, Paul Farmer and Nicole Gastineau Campos; Improving global health: counting reasons why, Michael J. Selgelid. Part IV Intellectual Property Rights in Pharmaceuticals: Patents and medicines: the relationship between TRIPS and the human right to health, Philippe Cullet; Affordable access to essential medication in developing countries: conflicts between ethical and economic imperatives, Udo Schüklenk and Richard E. Ashcroft; Patents and access to drugs in developing countries: an ethical analysis, Sigrid Sterckx; Medicines for the world: boosting innovation without obstructing free access, Thomas Pogge. Part V Health Rights in Context: HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Gender: Human rights and public health ethics: responding to the global HIV/AIDS pandemic, Jonathan Cohen, Nancy Kass and Chris Beyrer; Structural barriers and human rights related to HIV prevention and treatment in Zimbabwe, J.J. Amon and T. Kasambala; Tuberculosis control and directly observed therapy from the public health/human rights perspective, A.K. Hurtig, J.D.H. Porter and J.A. Ogden; Gender, health and human rights, Rebecca J. Cook; The incompatibility of the United Nations' goals and conventionalist ethical relativism, Loretta M. Kopelman; Name index.

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Book SynopsisThis volume reproduces writings, social teachings, testimonies and reports of figures as diverse as Karl Marx, Victor Hugo, Charles Dickens and Mark Twain, and bodies such as the US Congress. Extracted material charts the development of an international system of copyright regulation, and the growth, in the 20th century, of copyright industries benefitting from new copyright laws. In the second half of the 19th century, many writers and thinkers, like Marx, attacked capital, and its corollary, property rights. Some writers, such as Victor Hugo, while exposing the horrors of poverty and social alienation, demanded for authors rights of property. The modern system of copyright substantially originates from the efforts of Hugo and others. Articles by leading US copyright scholars such as Jessica Litman and Tim Wu explain the development of copyright law in the 20th century, and are complemented by reproduction of key copyright cases in the US and UK, as well the primary copyright legiTable of ContentsContents: Introduction: internationalization, technology and the march of property; Part I Literary Landmarks in the 19th Century Debate Over Property: Manifesto of the Communist Party 1848, Parts I and II, Karl Marx and Frederick Engels; Effects in the bank, Charles Dickens; Address of Victor Hugo to the International Literary Congress, Paris, 17 June 1878, Victor Hugo; Rerum Novarum: Encyclical of Pope Leo XIII on Capital and Labor, St Peter’s, Rome, 1891, Pope Leo XIII ; The White Man's Burden, Rudyard Kipling. Part II Mark Twain on Copyright: Statement of Mr Samuel L. Clemens (1906); Mark Twain, lobbyist. He cuts loose from artists and musicians on Copyright Bill (1906); Remarks on copyright (1886 and 1900); Mark Twain and his book: The Humorist and the copyright question (1889); Mark Twain on copyright law (1883); Aphorism in notebooks (1902-1903); Concerning copyright. An open letter to the Register of Copyrights (1905). Part III The Compulsory Recording Licence (UK): Correspondence to the Editor of The Times (1911-1949): The Copyright Bill, James Dundas White; The Copyright Bill. Attitude of the Labour Party, William Boosey; The Copyright Bill. A reply to Mr Boosey, J. Drummond Robertson; Mr John Murray's views, John Murray; The Copyright Bill. Composes and compensation, G. Bernard Shaw; The Copyright Bill. Musical and mechanical instruments, Charles V. Standford; The gramophone and its claims, William Boosey; Copyright Bill. The 'phonographic industry', J. Drummond Robertson; Copyright a privilege conferred, H. Whorlow; Composers and their property. The new Copyright Bill, G. Bernard Shaw; The author's gamble. Mr Bernard Shaw on Taxation, G. Bernard Shaw. Part IV Government and Diplomatic Documents: Report of the Royal Commission on Copyright 1878; Separate report by Sir Louis Mallet, 1878; Berne Convention (1886), Convention Creating an International Union for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works, as amended at Berlin Conference, November 13, 1

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Book SynopsisThis volume shows how, since 1950, the growth of copyright regulation has followed, and enabled, the extraordinary economic growth of the entertainment, broadcasting, software and communications industries. It reproduces articles written by an extensive list of leading thinkers. US scholars represented in readings include James Boyle, Lawrence Lessig, Pamela Samuelson, Mark Lemley, Alfred Yen, Julie Cohen, Peter Jaszi and Eben Moglen. Leading non-US contributors include Alan Story, Brian Fitzgerald and Peter Drahos. These and other authors explain copyright origins, the development of the law, the theory of enclosure, international trends, recent developments, and current and future directions. Today, the copyright system is often portrayed as an engine of growth, and effective regulation as a predictor of economic development. However, critics see dangers in the expansion of intellectual property rights. The articles in this volume focus principally on the digital age, examininTable of ContentsContents: Introduction: development of copyright law after 1950; Part I International Developments: Burn Berne: why the leading international copyright convention must be repealed, Alan Story; Global law reform and rent-seeking: the case of intellectual property, Peter Drahos. Part II Enclosure: The second enclosure movement and the construction of the public domain, James Boyle; 'Culture wars': getting to peace, Lawrence Lessig. Part III Key Directions: Software as discourse: the power of intellectual property in digital architecture, Brian F. Fitzgerald; Fair use as innovation policy, Fred von Lohmann; The creative destruction of copyright: Napster and the new economics of digital technology, Raymond Shih Ray Ku; A First Amendment perspective on the construction of 3rd-party copyright liability, Alfred C. Yen; Rationalizing internet safe harbors, Mark A. Lemley; This town ain't big enough for the both of us - or is it? Reflections on copyright, the First Amendment and Google's use of others' content, David Kohler; The creative commons, Lawrence Lessig; Rethinking copyright: property through the lenses of unjust enrichment and unfair competition, Shyamkrishna Balganesh; Enabling open access to public sector information with creative commons licences: the Australian experience, Anne Fitzgerald, Neale Hooper and Brian Fitzgerald. Part IV Copyright, Culture and Meaning: Is there such a thing as postmodern copyright?, Peter Jaszi; Pirates, parasites, reapers, sowers, fruits, foxes... the metaphors of intellectual property, Patricia Loughlan; Copyright as myth, Jessica Litman; Creativity and culture in copyright theory, Julie E. Cohen. Part V Thinking of the Future: Preliminary thoughts on copyright reform, Pamela Samuelson; The dotCommunist Manifesto, Eben Moglen; A politics of intellectual property: environmentalism for the net?, James Boyle; Universal access to information, Hal R. Varian; Name index.

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Book SynopsisThis volume concerns the rights and obligations of the individual in three critically important contexts: employment relations, family relations and the ownership of immovable property. The development of these legal institutions has helped to transform economic and social relations in contemporary China. In this volume, the articles illustrate firstly a shift away from close state control towards greater freedom for enterprises to use human and natural resources to achieve economic growth and for citizens to pursue their personal lives. More recently, the government has responded to public demands for greater security in employment, home ownership and agricultural land rights with new primary legislation, including the Employment Contract Law and Property Rights Law. Yet, as this volume also shows, the Communist Party has been reluctant to allow empowerment of the individual to threaten other public policy goals, such as the state''s ultimate control over the conditions of employment Table of ContentsContents: Introduction; The latest developments in the codification of Chinese civil law, Zhang Lihong; Making Chinese labor law work: the prospects for regulatory innovation in the People's Republic of China, Sean Cooney; Measuring progress under China's labor law: goals, processes, outcomes, Hilary K. Josephs; China's new labour contract law: responding to the growing complexity of labour relations in the PRC, Sean Cooney, Sarah Biddulph, Li Kungang and Ying Zhu; From contracts to compliance? An early look at implementation under China's new labor legislation, Virginia E. Harper Ho; Re-examining the impact of the 1950 marriage law: state improvisation, local initiative and rural family change, Neil J. Diamant; Shaping citizenship: Chinese family law and women, Margaret Y.K. Woo; Law, development, and the rights of Chinese women: a snapshot from the field, Margaret Y.K. Woo; Transforming family law in post-Deng China: marriage, divorce and reproduction, Michael Palmer; Routinization of divorce law practice in China: institutional constraints' influence on judicial behaviour, Xin He; Land disputes, rights assertion, and social unrest in China: a case from Sichuan, Eva Pils; Securing land rights for Chinese farmers: a leap forward for stability and growth, Zhu Keliang and Roy Prosterman; China's (post-)socialist property rights regime: assessing the impact of the property law on illegal land takings, Matthew S. Erie; Chinese property law as an image of PRC history, Eva Pils; The new Chinese property rights law: an evaluation from a continental perspective, Gebhard M. Rehm and Hinrich Julius; Name Index.

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Book SynopsisOne of the oldest and most extensive forms of criminology falls within what is referred to, among other names, as social ecology. Beginning with the work of Guerry and Quetelet, this theory became the dominate paradigm in explaining crime with the work of the Chicago School in the early 1900s, social disorganization theory, and neighborhood research attempting to deal with crime in deteriorating cities. Social ecology is also the basis for the research being conducted in environmental criminology. This volume offers a selection of the most influential works in social ecology and environmental criminology. It begins with research from human ecology and the Chicago School, extending through some of the research in social disorganization theory. It encompasses some of the major journal articles from the 1980s and 1990s in neighborhoods and crime, and then addresses some of the quintessential works in environmental criminology. It ends with groundbreaking work in this area that may indicatTable of ContentsContents: Introduction; Part I The Early Days - Human Ecology: The study of the delinquent as a person, Ernest W. Burgess; The ecological approach to the study of the human community, R. D. McKenzie; Human ecology, Robert Ezra Park; Ecology and human ecology, Amos H. Hawley. Part II Social Disorganization and Beyond: The neighborhood and child conduct, Henry D. McKay; Rejoinder, Clifford R. Shaw; The conflict of values in delinquency areas, Solomon Kobrin; Community structure and crime: testing social-disorganization theory, Robert J. Sampson and W. Byron Groves. Part III The Focus on Deteriorating Neighbourhoods: Dangerous places: crime and residential environment, Dennis W. Roncek; Community change and patterns of delinquency, Robert J. Bursik Jr and Jim Webb; The police and neighborhood safety: broken windows, James Q. Wilson and George L. Kelling; Neighborhood and delinquency: an assessment of contextual effects, Ora Simcha-Fagan and Joseph E. Schwartz; Neighborhood social capital as differential social organization: resident and leadership dimensions, Robert J. Sampson and Corina Graif . Part IV The Rise of Environmental Criminology: Crime prevention and control through environmental engineering, C. Ray Jeffery; The spatial patterning of burglary, Paul J. Brantingham and Patricia L. Brantingham; Some effects of being female on criminal spatial behavior, George F. Rengert; Crime seen through a cone of resolution, Paul J. Brantingham, Delmar A. Dyreson and Patricia L. Brantingham; Cities and crime: a geographic model, Keith D. Harries; The effects of building size on personal crime and fear of crime, Oscar Newman and Karen A. Franck; The methods and measures of centrography and the spatial dynamics of rape, James L. LeBeau; Nodes, paths and edges: considerations on the complexity of crime and the physical environment, Patricia L. Brantingham and Paul J. Brantingham. Part V Recent Works in Social, Ecological and Environmental Criminology: Crime measures and the

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Book SynopsisAntitrust is fast becoming a 'trending topic', with over 120 countries having already adopted some form of competition legislation. This volume brings together carefully selected articles which reflect the evolution and progression of the regulation of joint conduct under competition law on both sides of the Atlantic, and which discuss principles of fundamental importance for antitrust law. The articles focus on various kinds of joint conduct between companies which might bear negative effects on competition, in particular on horizontal cartels and collusion between competitors. Attention is also paid to the debate surrounding the most adequate approach for vertical agreements, which take place between firms operating at different levels of production. Their effects on competition have traditionally been one of the most disputed issues in modern antitrust, and tend to divide the principal schools of thought that have influenced the evolution of competition policy around the world. The Table of ContentsContents: Introduction; Part I Elements of the Prohibition in the US and the EU: Goals of Antitrust: The antitrust consumer welfare paradox, Barak Y. Orbach; The Limits of the Prohibition: From mobile phones to cattle: how the Court of Justice is reframing the approach to Article 101 (formerly 81 EC Treaty) of the EU Treaty, Arianna Andreangeli; The journey toward an effects-based approach under 101 TFEU - the case of hardcore restraints, Alison Jones; Should the European Union embrace or exorcise Leegin's 'rule of reason'?, Craig Callery; The relevant market: an acceptable limit to competition analysis?, Chris Townley. Part II Horizontal Agreements: Cartels: The firm as cartel manager, Herbert Hovenkamp and Christopher R. Leslie; The consequences of the European cartel-busting revolution, Alan Riley; Oligopoly: A proposed solution to the problem of parallel pricing in oligopolistic markets, Alan Devlin. Part III Vertical Agreements: Distribution and Competition: The competitive dynamics of distribution restraints: the efficiency hypothesis versus the rent seeking, strategic alternatives, Peter C. Carstensen; The reform of European distribution law, Romano Subiotto and Camille Dautricourt; The new EU vertical restraints regulation: navigating the vast seas beyond safe harbours and hardcore restrictions, Gianni De Stefano; Resale Price Maintenance: The future of resale price maintenance now that Doctor Miles is dead, Thomas B. Leary and Erica S. Mintzer; Resale price maintenance and Article 101: developing a more sensible analytical approach, Andreas P. Reindl. Part IV Procedural Framework for Fighting Cartels: Procedural Guarantees: A challenge for Europe's judges: the review of fines in competition cases, Ian S. Forrester; Criminal Enforcement: Antitrust violations, Bob Nichols and Eric Schmitt; Name index.

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Book SynopsisMergers and acquisitions occur for many legitimate reasons and should be encouraged as a matter of general policy, yet the resulting increase in the level of market concentration and market strength can lead to concerns that certain âdealsâ may irreparably damage the market structure and create anti-competitive effects. This volume explores the competition concerns arising out of mergers and acquisitions, the reasons for merger control and the fundamental options that face all jurisdictions intent on implementing an effective merger control regime. The volume acts as a guide through the development of merger control law, policy and scholarly thought and includes commentary on each of the key stages of any effective merger control regime. The articles consider the objectives of merger control and the broader political landscape within which mergers take place; the procedural issues in merger control, including jurisdictional matters and due process; the different substantive legal standards incorporated into merger control; the relevant theories of harm and the appropriate treatment of efficiencies; and the use of remedies in merger control. The chosen articles mainly, but not exclusively, focus on the US and EU, and several adopt a cross-disciplinary approach encompassing law, political science and economics.Table of ContentsContents: Introduction; Part I The Objectives of Merger Control: The political economy of merger regulation, Aditi Bagchi; Discretion and politicization in EU competition policy: the case of merger control, Lee McGowan and Michelle Cini; Afterword - did the Canadian Parliament really permit mergers that exploit Canadian consumers so the world can be more efficient?, Stephen F. Ross. Part II Procedural Issues in Merger Review: Extraterritoriality, Conflict and Convergence: Transatlantic turbulence: the Boeing-McDonnell Douglas merger and international competition policy, William E. Kovacic; A role for the WTO in international merger control, Andre Fiebig; Merger control in the European Union and the United States: just the facts, Mats A. Bergman, Malcolm B. Coate, Maria Jakobsson and Shawn W. Ulrick; Notification: Reflections on 20 years of merger enforcement under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act, William J. Baer; Due Process and Standard of Proof: Good governance in European merger control: due process and checks and balances under review, Herwig C.H. Hofmann; Standard of proof in EC merger proceedings: a common law perspective, David Bailey. Part III Substantive Review: Standard of Review: A new substantive test for EU merger control, Kyriakos Fountoukakos and Stephen Ryan; Goodbye to 'the dominance test'? Substantive appraisal under the new UK and EC merger regimes, Rhodri Thompson; Theories of Harm: Conglomerate mergers and range effects: it's a long way from Chicago to Brussels, William J. Kolasky; A legal and economic consensus? The theory and practice of coordinated effects in EC merger control, Simon Bishop and Andrea Lofaro; Efficiency Considerations: Merger control policy: how to give meaningful consideration to efficiency claims?, Damien Gerard; Demand-side efficiencies in merger control, David S. Evans and A. Jorge Padilla. Part IV Remedies: Behavioural remedies in EC merger control - scope and limitations, Ariel Ezrachi; UK merger remedies under scrutiny, Michael Harker; Name index.

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Book SynopsisAntitrust and competition law is a fast moving area of law and the subject of extensive academic research. The aim of this volume is to select articles as tools for understanding how antitrust and competition law is applied to unilateral conduct which is harmful to the consumer and to the competitiveness of the market. The articles examine the meaning of dominance and monopolisation and show that although legal and economic rules have been developed to establish whether undertakings hold such strong market positions, it is often difficult to determine with certainty that the undertaking being investigated meets the threshold. The various debates on pricing and non-pricing conduct are also represented as are the conflicts that have arisen regarding the exercise of intellectual property rights by powerful undertakings, particularly in the context of the new economies. The volume includes scholarly articles published on both sides of the Atlantic and enables a greater understanding of the application of antitrust and competition law from the point of view of economics and politics.Table of ContentsContents: Introduction; Part I The Meaning of Dominance and Monopolization: Monopolization and abuse of dominance in Canada, the United States, and the European Union: a survey, Brian A. Facey and Danny H. Assaf; The abuse of Hoffman-La Roche: the meaning of dominance under EC competition law, Frances Dethmers and Ninette Dodoo; Market Power: Market definition: an analytical overview, Jonathan B. Baker; Markets without substitutes: substitution versus constraints as the key to market definition, Cento Veljanovski; Assigning market shares, Gregory J. Werden; Application of the concept of barriers to entry under Article 82 of the EC Treaty: is there a case for review?, Oluseye Arowolo; Joint Dominance/Oligopoly: Oligopoly and the antitrust laws: a suggested approach, Richard A. Posner; Considering the oligopoly problem, Craig Callery; Interpreting the boundaries of collective dominance in Article 102 TFEU, Félix E. Mezzanotte. Part II Abuse and Violation: Pricing Practices: Predatory pricing and related practices under Section 2 of the Sherman Act, Phillip Areeda and Donald F. Turner; Exclusionary pricing and price discrimination abuses under Article 82 - an economic analysis, Derek Ridyard; Excessive prices within EU competition law, Liyang Hou; Refusal to Supply: The essential facilities doctrine under US antitrust law, Robert Pitofsky, Donna Patterson and Jonathan Hooks; Harmonizing essential facilities, Spencer Weber Waller and William Tasch; The rise and fall of the essential facility doctrine, Ulf Müller and Anselm Rodenhausen; Margin Squeeze: Margin squeeze abuse, Liam Colley and Sebastian Burnside. Part III Dominance/Monopolization and Intellectual Property Rights: Unilateral refusals to deal in intellectual and other property, Howard A. Shelanski; Challenges of the new economy: issues at the intersection of antitrust and intellectual property, Robert Pitofsky; Antitrust in the new economy, Robert A. Posner; Limiting the scope of Article 82 EC: what can the EU learn from the US Supreme Court's judgment in Trinko in the wake of Microsoft, IMS and Deutsche Telekom?, Damien Geradin; Name index.

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Book SynopsisAnomie, strain and subcultural theories are among the leading theories of crime. Anomie theories state that crime results from the failure of society to regulate adequately the behavior of individuals, particularly the efforts of individuals to achieve monetary success. Strain theories focus on the impact of strains or stressors on crime, including the inability to achieve monetary success through legal channels. And subcultural theories argue that some individuals turn to crime because they belong to groups that excuse, justify or approve of crime. This volume presents the leading selections on each theory, including the original statements of the theories, key efforts to revise the theories, and the latest statements of each theory. The coeditors, Robert Agnew and Joanne Kaufman, are prominent strain theorists; and their introductory essay provides an overview of the theories, discusses the relationship between them, and introduces each of the selections.Table of ContentsContents: Introduction; Part I The Origins of Strain, Anomie, and Subcultural Theory: Classic Statements; Anomic suicide, Emile Durkheim; Social structure and anomie, Robert K. Merton; Illegitimate means, anomie, and deviant behavior, Richard A. Cloward; The sociology of the deviant act: anomie theory and beyond, Albert K. Cohen. Part II The Development of Strain Theory: Control criticisms of strain theories: an assessment of theoretical and empirical adequacy, Thomas J. Bernard; Delinquency and the age structure of society, David F. Greenberg. Part III General Strain Theory: Foundation for a general strain theory of crime and delinquency, Robert Agnew; Gender and crime: a general strain theory perspective, Lisa M. Broidy and Robert Agnew; Building on the foundation of general strain theory: specifying the types of strain most likely to lead to crime and delinquency, Robert Agnew. Part IV The Development of Subcultural Theory: Delinquent subcultures: sociological interpretations of gang delinquency, David J. Bordua; Sub-cultural theory: virtues and vices, Jock Young. Part V Contemporary Subcultural Theories: Angry aggression among the 'truly disadvantaged', Thomas J. Bernard; The code of the streets, Elijah Anderson; Up it up: gender and the accomplishment of street robbery, Jody Miller. Part VI The Development of Anomie Theory: Merton's Social Structure and Anomie: the road not taken, Steven F. Messner; Global anomie, dysnomie, and economic crime: hidden consequences of neoliberalism and globalization in Russia and around the world, Nikos Passas. Part VII Institutional-Anomie Theory: Political restraint of the market and levels of criminal homicide: a cross-national application of institutional-anomie theory, Steven F. Messner and Richard Rosenfeld; Social organization and instrumental crime: assessing the empirical validity of classic and contemporary anomie theories, Eric P. Baumer and Regan Gustafson; Institutions, anomie, and violent crime: clarifying and elaborating institutional-anomie theory, Steven F. Messner, Helmut Thome and Richard Rosenfeld; Name Index.

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Book SynopsisThis volume presents the rich and provocative historical, theoretical, methodological, and applied developments within affirmative postmodern and post-structural criminology. This includes the evolution of thought that embraces the linguistic turn in crime, law justice, and social change. Previously-published articles authored by key thinkers are included throughout the book's five substantive sections. Collectively, they represent important reflections on the current criminological landscape in which symbolic, linguistic, material, and cultural realms of analyses are featured.Table of ContentsContents: Introduction; Part I Theoretical Developments and Integrations: Constitutive criminology: the maturation of critical theory, Stuart Henry and Dragan Milovanovic; The peripheral core of law and criminology: on postmodern social theory and conceptual integration, Bruce A. Arrigo; Post modern criminology: mapping the terrain, Dragan Milovanovic; The French connection: implications for law, crime and social justice, Bruce A. Arrigo, Dragan Milovanovic and Robert C. Schehr. Part II Critical Applications in Law, Crime, Justice and Social Change: Nome law: Deleuze and Guattari on the emergence of law, Jamie Murray; Advancing science and research in criminal justice/criminology: complex systems theory and non-linear analyses, Jeffery T. Walker; The power of community mediation: government and formation of self-identity, George Pavlich; Chaos theory and human agency: humanist sociology in a postmodern era, T.R. Young. Part III Transformational Analyses and Marginalized Identities: From restoration to transformation: victim-offender mediation as transformative justice, Robert Carl Schehr; Determinate sentencing: a feminist and postmodern story, Nancy A. Wonders; The abrogation of subjectivity in the psychiatric courtroom: toward a psychoanalytic semiotic analysis, Christopher R. Williams; Creating the responsible prisoner: federal admission and orientation packs, Mary Bosworth; Against 'green' criminology, Mark Halsey. Part IV International, Transnational and Post-National Directions: 'Let them eat cake': globalization, postmodern colonialism, and the possibilities of justice, Susan S. Silbey; Alternatives to what kind of suffering? Towards a border-crossing criminology, Ronnie Lippens; Doing newsmaking criminology from within the academy, Gregg Barak. Part V Postmodern and Post-Structural Criminology and its Interlocutors: Postmodernism, protest, and the new social movement, Joel F. Handler; Postmodern thought and criminological discontent: new metaphors for understanding violence, Martin D. Schwartz and David O. Friedrichs; Name Index.

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Book SynopsisCultural criminology has now emerged as a distinct theoretical perspective, and as a notable intellectual alternative to certain aspects of contemporary criminology. Cultural criminology attempts to theorize the interplay of cultural processes, media practices, and crime; the emotional and embodied dimensions of crime and victimization; the particular characteristics of crime within late modern/late capitalist culture; and the role of criminology itself in constructing the reality of crime. In this sense cultural criminology not only offers innovative theoretical models for making sense of crime, criminality, and crime control, but presents as well a critical theory of criminology as a field of study. This collection is designed to highlight each of these dimensions of cultural criminology - its theoretical foundations, its current theoretical trajectories, and its broader theoretical critiques-by presenting the best of cultural criminological work from the United States, Europe, AustrTable of ContentsAcknowledgements, Series Preface, Introduction, PART I. THEORETICAL FOUNDATIONS, 1. 'Juvenile Delinquency and Subterranean Values', American Sociological Review, 26, pp. 712-19, 2. 'Moral Entrepreneurs', in Outsiders:Studies in the Sociology of Deviance, New York: The Free Press, pp. 147--63, 3. 'Deviance and Moral Panics', in Folk Devils and Moral Panics, London: Routledge, pp. 1-15; 178-80. (First published 1972 by MacGibbon and Kee Ltd), 4. 'Subcultures, Cultures and Class', in Stuart Hall and Tony Jefferson (eds), Resistance through Rituals: Youth Subcultures in Post-war Britain, London: Hutchinson, pp. 9-74, 5. 'Introduction', in Seductions of Crime, New York: Basic Books, pp. 3-11, PART II. MODELS OF INQUIRY AND CRITIQUE, 6. 'Cultural Criminology', Annual Review of Sociology, 25, pp. 395-418, 7. 'Merton with Energy, Katz with Structure: The Sociology of Vindictiveness and the Criminology of Transgression', Theoretical Criminology, 7, pp. 389-414, 8. 'Boredom, Crime, and Criminology', Theoretical Criminology, 8, pp. 287-302, 9. 'Reversing the Ethnographic Gaze: Experiments in Cultural Criminology', in Jeff Ferrell and MarkS. Hamm (eds), Ethnography at the Edge, Boston: Northeastern University Press, pp. 132-45, PART III. CRIME, MEDIA, AND THE IMAGE, 10. 'Media, Representation, and Meaning: Inside the Hall of Mirrors', in Cultural Criminology: An Invitation, London: Sage, pp. 123-57, 11. 'The Scene ofthe Crime: Is There Such a Thing as Just Looking?', in Keith Hayward and Mike Presdee (eds), Framing Crime: Cultural Criminology and the Image, London: Routledge, pp. 83-97, 12. 'Mapping Discursive Closings in the War on Drugs', Crime, Media, Culture, 3, pp. 11-29, PART IV. THEORIZING CRIME AND THE CITY, 13. 'Fortress Los Angeles: The Militarization of Urban Space', in Michael Sorkin, (ed.), Variations on a Theme Park, New York: Hill and Wang, pp. 154-80; 245, 14. 'Remapping the City: Public Identity, Cultural Space, and Social Justice', Contemporary Justice Review, 4, pp. 161-80, 15. 'Crime Space vs. Cool Space: Breaking Down Broken Windows', in Graffiti Lives, New York: New York University Press, pp. 47-56; 209, PART V. EMOTION, EDGEWORK, AND THE BODY, 16. 'Edgework: A Social Psychological Analysis of Voluntary Risk Taking', American Journal of Sociology, 95, pp. 851-86, 17. 'From Carnival to the Carnival of Crime', in Cultural Criminology and the Carnival of Crime, London: Routledge, pp. 31-56, 18. 'The Body Does Not Lie: Identity, Risk and Trust in Technoculture', Crime, Media, Culture, 2, pp. 143-58, PART VI. MARKETS, CONSUMPTION, AND CRIME, 19. 'Crime, Consumer Culture, and the Urban Experience', in City Limits: Crime, Consumer Culture and the Urban Experience, London: GlassHouse, pp. 147-95, 20. 'Squaring the One Percent: Biker Style and the Selling of Cultural Resistance', in Jeff Ferrell and Clinton Sanders, (eds), Cultural Criminology, Boston: Northeastern University Press, pp. 235-76, 21. 'The Chav Phenomenon: Consumption, Media and the Construction of a New Underclass', Crime, Media, Culture, 2, pp. 9-28, 22. 'Cultural Criminology and Primitive Accumulation' versus Jeff Ferrell, 'For a Ruthless Cultural Criticism of Everything Existing', Crime, Media, Culture, 3, pp. 82-100, Name Index

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Book SynopsisControl theories have dominated criminological theory and research since the 1969 publication of Hirschi's seminal work on the social bond. Social control and self-control theorists are unique in suggesting that patterns in criminal behaviors are better explained by variations in social constraints rather than by individual motivational impulses, thus indicating that their main concerns are the explication and clarification of the techniques, processes, and institutions of informal social control. The four major sections of this volume focus on: the similarities and differences among the major contributors to the early developmental stage of social control theory; the central importance of parents, peers, and schools in the creation of informal control mechanisms and their link to crime and delinquency; the theoretical underpinnings of self-control theory, including empirical tests and criticisms; and theoretical integrations of social control and self-control theories with various moTable of ContentsContents: Introduction; Part I Early Developments in Social Control Theory: Delinquency as the failure of personal and social controls, Albert J. Reiss; Social disorganization and stake in conformity: complementary factors in the predatory behavior of hoodlums, Jackson Toby; Techniques of neutralization: a theory of delinquency, Gresham M. Sykes and David Matza; A new theory of delinquency and crime, Walter C. Reckless; Delinquency, situational inducements, and commitment to conformity, Scott Briar and Irving Piliavin. Part II Sources of Social Control: Parental attachments and delinquency, Joseph H. Rankin and Roger Kern; Direct parental controls and delinquency, L. Edward Wells and Joseph H. Rankin; Parental monitoring: a reinterpretation, HÃ¥kan Stattin and Margaret Kerr; Parents, peers and delinquency, Mark Warr; A multilevel analysis of the relationships among communal school organization, student bonding, and delinquency, Allison Ann Payne. Part III Self-Control Theory: The empirical status of Gottfredson and Hirschi's General Theory of Crime: a meta-analysis, Travis C. Pratt and Francis T. Cullen; An empirical test of a General Theory of Crime: a four-nation comparative study of self-control and the prediction of deviance, Alexander T. Vazsonyi, Lloyd E. Pickering, Marianne Junger and Dick Hessing; Testing the core empirical implications of Gottfredson and Hirschi's General Theory of Crime, Harold G. Grasmick, Charles R. Tittle, Robert J. Bursik Jr and Bruce J. Arneklev; Self-control as an executive function: reformulating Gottfredson and Hirschi's parental socialization thesis, Kevin M. Beaver, John Paul Wright and Matt Delisi; A longitudinal test of the effects of parenting and the stability of self-control: negative evidence for the General Theory of Crime, Callie Harbin Burt, Ronald L. Simons and Leslie G. Simons; On the absence of self-control as the basis for a General Theory of Crime: a critique, Gilbert Geis; In defense of self-control, Travis Hirschi and Michael Gottfredson. Part IV Theory Integration: Substantive positivism and the idea of crime, Travis Hirschi and Michael Gottfredson; Toward an interactional theory of delinquency, Terence P. Thornberry; Self-control and social bonds: a combined control perspective on deviance, Douglas Longshore, Eunice Chang, Shih-chao Hsieh and Nena Messina; Crime and deviance over the life course: the salience of adult social bonds, Robert J. Sampson and John H. Laub; Enduring individual differences and rational choice theories of crime, Daniel S. Nagin and Raymond Paternoster; The class structure of gender and delinquency: toward a power-control theory of common delinquent behavior, John Hagan, A.R. Gillis and John Simpson; Name index.

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Book SynopsisOpportunity theories of crime seek to explain the occurrence of crime rather than simply the existence of criminal dispositions. They emphasize the fundamental element in the criminal act of opportunity: how this arises, how it is perceived, evaluated and acted on by those with criminal dispositions. This volume brings together influential research articles on opportunity theories of crime by leading theorists such as Cohen and Felson on routine activity theory and Clarke and Cornish on the bounded rational choice perspective. The articles also include more recent theoretical developments and studies of situational crime prevention of specific twenty-first century crimes. These articles attest to the sheer volume as well to as the richness and the variety of work designed to reduce crime that has forever changed the face of criminology and criminal justice.Table of ContentsAcknowledgements, Series Preface, Introduction, PART I. THEORIZING SITUATIONAL DETERMINANTS OF CRIME, 1. 'Delinquency, Environment and Intervention', Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 26, pp. 505-23, 2. 'The Situational Analysis of Crime and Deviance', Annual Review of Sociology, 19, pp. 113-37, 3. 'Routine Activities and Individual Deviant Behavior', American Sociological Review, 4, pp. 635-55, PART II. THE PRODUCTION OF CRIMINAL OPPORTUNITIES: ROUTINE ACTIVITY THEORY, 4. 'Human Ecology and Crime: A Routine Activity Approach', Human Ecology, 8, pp. 389-406, 5. 'Routine Activities and Crime Prevention in the Developing Metropolis', Criminology, 25, pp. 911-31, 6. 'Routine Activities and Involvement in Violence as Actor, Witness, or Target', Violence and Victims, 12, pp. 209-21, 7. 'The Demand and Supply of Criminal Opportunities', in M. Tonry and N. Morris (eds), Crime and Justice, 7, Chicago: University of Chicago Press, pp. 1-27, PART III. DECIDING TO COMMIT CRIME: THE RATIONAL CHOICE PERSPECTIVE, 8. 'Modeling Offenders' Decisions: A Framework for Research and Policy', in M. Tonry and N. Morris (eds), Crime and Justice, 6, Chicago: University of Chicago Press, pp. 147-85, 9. 'Understanding Crime Displacement: An Application of Rational Choice Theory', Criminology, 25, pp. 933-47, 10. 'A Descriptive Model of the Hunting Process of Serial Sex Offenders: A Rational Choice Perspective', Journal ofF amily Violence, 22, pp. 449-63, 11. 'Serendipity in Robbery Target Selection', The British Journal a/Criminology, 50, pp. 514-29, 12. 'Organized Fraud and Organizing Frauds: Unpacking Research on Networks and Organization', Criminology and Criminal Justice, 8, pp. 389--419, 13. 'Parameters for Software Piracy Research', The Information Society, 24, pp. 199-218, PART IV. 'BOUNDED' RATIONAL CHOICE: GOOD ENOUGH OR NOT ENOUGH, 14. 'Rational Choice, Deterrence, and Social Learning Theory in Criminology: The Path Not Taken', Journal a/Criminal Law and Criminology, 81, pp. 653-76, 15. 'Situational Crime Prevention and Its Discontents: Rational Choice Theory versus the Culture of Now', Social Policy and Administration, 41, pp. 232-50, 16. 'Situational Crime Prevention and Its Discontents: Rational Choice and Hann Reduction versus Cultural Criminology', Social Policy and Administration, 44, pp. 40--66, 17. 'Karl Popper: A Philosopher for Ronald Clarke's Situational Crime Prevention?', Israeli Studies in Criminology, 8, pp. 39-56, PART V. VARIANTS BEYOND RATIONAL CHOICE AND ROUTINE ACTIVITY, 18. 'Activity Fields and the Dynamics of Crime: Advancing Knowledge about the Role of the Environment in Crime Causation', Journal of Quantitative Criminology, 25, pp. 55-87, 19. 'A Classification of Techniques for Controlling Situational Precipitators of Crime', Security Journal, 14, pp. 63-82, 20. 'Going Equipped: Criminology, Situational Crime Prevention and the Resourceful Offender', British Journal of Criminology, 40, pp. 376-98, PART VI. IMPLICATIONS FOR CRIME PREVENTION, 21. 'Situational Crime Prevention: Theory and Practice', British Journal of Criminology, 20, pp. 136--47, 22. 'Routine Activities and Crime Prevention: Armchair Concepts and Practical Action', Studies on Crime and Crime Prevention, 1, pp. 30-34, 23. 'Minimising Corruption: Applying Lessons from the Crime Prevention Literature', Crime, Law & Social Change, 30, pp. 67-87, 24. 'Subway Slugs: Tracking Displacement on the London Underground', British Journal of Criminology, 34, pp. 122-38, 25. 'Assessing the Extent of Crime Displacement and Diffusion of Benefits: A Review of Situational Crime Prevention Evaluations', Criminology, 47, pp. 1331-68, Name Index

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Book SynopsisHuman rights is one of the most important geopolitical issues in the modern world. Jesus Christ is the centre of Christianity. Yet there exists almost no analysis of the significance of Christology for human rights. This book focuses on the connections. Examination of rights reveals tensions, ambiguities and conflicts. This book constructs a Christology which centres on a Christ of the vulnerable and the margins. It explores the interface between religion, law, politics and violence, East and West, North and South. The history of the use of sacred texts as ''texts of terror'' is examined, and theological links to legal and political dimensions explored. Criteria are developed for action to make an effective difference to human rights enforcement and resolution between cultures and religions on rights.Trade Review'There is no one who writes with such incision, perceptiveness and constructive irony. This is a book which will speak to readers across both the disciplines and the professions, from academic theologian to Lieutenant-General.' Iain Torrance, Princeton Theological Seminary, New Jersey 'In this engaging and lively study, George Newlands seeks to connect distinctive christological claims with the more universal moral discourse of human rights. In doing so, he outlines important ways in which Christian theological ethics may appropriate secular claims while remaining faithful to its central theme.' David Fergusson, University of Edinburgh ’... fascinating work ... breaks new ground in demonstrating how rich a source for political reflection Christology can be. ...contains a very useful survey of a wide range of literature. The selection of citations is very judicious and the footnotes are often quite as interesting as the main body of the text. This scholarly and enjoyable work will prove an invaluable resource for anyone with a serious interest in human rights.’ Times Literary Supplement ’Newlands provides an excellent summary of the various, sometimes contending, theories and practices that have emerged in political and social thinking in the last four centuries... one can only recommend a book the strength of which lies in its capacity to demonstrate so ably that in the twenty-first century a Christology constructed without recognition of the issue of human rights will be a deficient Christology.’ Journal of Theological Studies ’... an engaging and informed defence of human rights which should interest a wide readership...’ The TabletTable of ContentsContents: Preface; The centrality of rights - introduction; Jesus Christ and the hope of rights; Rights, cultures and transcendence; Rights in the Christological tradition; The hermeneutics of rights in the history of interpretation; Christology in human rights focus - towards a humane Christology; Marginality, Memory and solidarity; Rights reconsidered: building a postfoundational pathway; Christology FOR human rights; Making rights stick; Index.

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Book SynopsisAcquaints legal and other professionals, students, and interested general readers, with the basic tenets of public international law. This title combines the features of both a brief encyclopedic dictionary, and a textbook in a language understandable to the lay person.Trade Review...a very useful work....provides a wealth of information about international law, including the assumptions and rationales on which it is based and the rules and principles that are used in interpreting and administering the law....useful for a wide readership. * s *Boczek (emeritus, Kent State) offers a commendable achievement and worthy successor in this heir apparent to his outdated The International Law Dictionary...This is an invaluable resource for law and academic libraries with international relations collections. Highly recommended. General readers, undergraduates, graduate students, faculty, professionals. * CHOICE *...a well-organized and thorough treatment of the burgeoning area of international law....Many libraries will find International Law to be an excellent addition to their collections. It is a natural choice for academic and law libraries as well as government and nonprofit libraries in agencies and organizations that deal with international issues. It may also fill an important need in public libraries, particularly with the heightened interest that citizens now have about international matters. * American Reference Books Annual *It provides an impressive array of scholarly entries on all basic tenets of Public International Law - thus combining the best features of both an encyclopedic dictionary and a textbook....This is a fabulous resource for students, scholars, and all legal professionals. * American Society of International Law *Boczek (Case Western Reserve University School of Law) combines the features of a brief encyclopedic dictionary and a textbook in this reference. In the first chapter he introduces general topics related to international law, including its sources and the relationship between international and national law. Subsequent chapters cover the law of peace as it governs states, individuals, spatial context and interaction. Boczek concludes with a chapter on the law of war as it is manifested in international humanitarian law. The volume contains a list of acronyms and abbreviations; a glossary of Latin phrases; a chronology of major developments in international law; a table of cases; and a list of the 373 entries. * Reference and Research Book News *Table of ContentsPart 1 Editor's Foreword Part 2 Introduction Part 3 List of Acronyms and Abbreviations Part 4 Glossary Part 5 Chronology Part 6 Table of Cases Part 7 List of Entries Chapter 8 I General Problems: Nature and Enforcement of International Law, Sources, Relationship between International and National Law Chapter 9 II International Legal Personality, States: Recognition, Jurisdiction, Responsibility, Succession Chapter 10 III Individuals, Human Rights Chapter 11 IV The Geophysical Context I: Land, Air, Outer SPace, International Environmental Law Chapter 12 V The Geophysical Context II: The Law of the Sea Chapter 13 VI The Law of Treaties Chapter 14 VII Peaceful Settlement of Disputes Chapter 15 VIII The Use of Force Chapter 16 IX International Human Law Part 17 Annex: Bibliography Part 18 About the Author

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Book SynopsisDisarmament is integral to the safeguarding and promotion of security, development, and human rights. Hundreds of millions of dollars are spent each year on disarmament operations, yet no comprehensive guide exists to explain clearly the international rules governing disarmament. This book seeks to fill that gap. It describes the international legal rules that govern disarmament and the operational, political, and technical considerations that govern their implementation. This book aims to support compliance, implementation, and further development of international disarmament law.Traditionally, disarmament focused on weapons of mass destruction. This remains a critically important area of work. In recent decades, the scope of disarmament has broadened to encompass also conventional weapons, including through the adoption of rules and regulations to govern arms transfers and measures to eliminate specific munitions from stockpiles and to destroy explosive remnants of war. TheTable of ContentsIntroduction1. The core concepts of international disarmament law2. The core elements of disarmament treaties 3. Disarmament, arms control, and security4. Use and threat of use5. Development and testing6. Transfer7. Stockpile destruction8. Addressing the effects of weapons9. Reporting, verification, and compliance10. Disarmament, demobilisation, and reintegration (DDR)Outlook

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Book SynopsisCommunication problems between science and the courts are widely deplored and sometimes exploited by a variety of groups. The U.S. Supreme Court has twice tightened the law of evidence to control the flow of information, but amazingly little has been written to analyze the nature of the problem and reduce the barriers. Expert Witnesses: Explaining and Understanding Science results from the first-hand experience of the contributors-who include scientists, expert witnesses, litigators, and a judge-that the cultural and interdisciplinary communications barriers between science and the law can be greatly reduced to everybody's advantage if the parties understand and respect each other's needs and positions.Trade Review"This book will be of interest to any professionals who have been called upon to serve as an expert witness, whether it is the first or 100th litigation they have been involved in."-Journal of Environmental QualityTable of ContentsWhat Judges, Scientists, Physicians and Attorneys Ought to Know about Each Other, C. MeyerAre Jurors Smart Enough to Understand Scientific Evidence? P.M. Ayd and M.M. TroegerThe Fundamental Differences between Science and Law, R.A. BohrerThe End of Splendid Isolation: Tensions between Science and Clinical Practice, A.L. GreerExpert Testimony Involving Chemists and Chemistry, R. Bjur and J.T. RichardsonThe Role of Experts in German Environmental Law, C-P. MartensDistinguishing Good Science, Bad Science, and Junk Science, C. MeyerThe Five Dimensions of Scientific Testimony, K.M. VerdealPresenting Sophisticated Scientific Evidence Persuasively: The Role of the Scientific Expert and the Attorney at Trial, P.M Ayd and M.M. TroegerForensic Techniques for Establishing the Origin and Timing of a Contaminant Release, R.D. MorrisonUsing Epidemiology to Explain Disease Causation to Judges and Juries, L. ErdreichMedical and Scientific Evidence of Causation: Guidelines for Evaluating Medical Opinion Evidence, S.R. PoulterExplaining Toxic Chemical Risk in the Courtroom Authority, Storytelling, and Science, W. Roth-NelsonThe Role of Technical Expert Witnesses in Patent Litigation, M. Kaminski

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Book SynopsisThe first wave of methamphetamine use began in the late 1980s and its prevalence has continued to rise across the United States and throughout the world. As with any harmful substance, its abuse has far-reaching ramifications that go beyond the destruction it causes to the human body. Written by a multidisciplinary team of experts, Methamphetamine Use: Clinical and Forensic Aspects, Second Edition examines meth use and abuse from clinical, forensic, and criminal justice perspectives. Updated and expanded to reflect changes in recent years, this volume covers virtually every aspect of this dangerous drug.The book begins with a history of drug control in America, then provides global perspectives on methamphetamine use. It explores biochemical aspects and includes a chapter on the methamphetamine analogue ecstasy. The text examines the effects of meth use on human behavior, with a special focus on empirical evidence of amphetamine use as a contributing fTable of ContentsBackground and Scope. Biology, Behavior, and Law. Forensics. Treatment. Epilogue: Methamphetamine as Forensic Challenge. Glossary. Appendix. Index.

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Book SynopsisTable of Contents1: Introduction to Worker’s Compensation and Personal Injury in ICD-10 2: Structure Overview of the "2015 ICD-10-CM" Code structure basics Using ICD-10 Overview 3: Components of ICD-10 and Their Usage ‘Z’ codes and their importance in Worker’s Compensation/Personal Injury A basic 7-Step process for Diagnostic coding A basic 7-step process case example 6-category process for injury coding 4: Provider Requirements Combination codes 7th character codes Greater level of detail required External cause codes External causes of morbidity (transport and other) 5: Worker’s Compensation, Personal Injury and Drug or Chemically Induced Diabetes Diabetes Mellitus discussion Use of flow charts for diabetes Diabetes flow charts 2015 ICD-10-CM draft release expert edition – diabetes mellitus section 6: Worker’s Compensation and Personal Injury Billing Guide Personal injury example – case #1 Worker’s compensation example – case #2 Worker’s compensation example – case #3 Billing for physical therapy Billing for injections Billing for x-rays Billing for minor surgical procedures 7: Commonly Used Diagnosis Codes Abdominal pain – ICD-10 category R10 Carpal Tunnel Syndrome in Worker’s Compensation and Personal Injury Psychosocial discussion 8: Complex Examples and Worksheet section Example of whiplash case Example on pain management Example on carpal tunnel syndrome with multiple other injuries Example on Agreed Medical re-evaluation from an Internal Medical or Cardiovascular standpoint Example on medical sleep disorder evaluation Example on Orthopaedic Agreed Medical evaluation – complicated by Straph Infection following surgery Example on Psychiatric Agreed Medical re-examination 9: Causation and Apportionment in Worker’s Compensation and Personal Injury 10: Dilemma of the Independent Medical Evaluator The Law of Unintended Consequences Overview for Independent Medical Evaluators Appendices: Appendix 1: Medicare coverage, diagnosis requirements and coding edits Correct Coding Initiative (CCI) Edits ICD-9 Diagnosis Codes are used in Current LCD’s Appendix 2: Worker’s Compensation and Medicare Set asides Appendix 3: Implementation Guide for ICD-10 Appendix 4: Discussion of ICD-10 Crosswalks Appendix 5: Crosswalk from ICD-9 to ICD-10 of common diagnosis codes used in Worker’s Compensation and Personal Injury with notes on potential problem areas Appendix 6: Glossary Appendix 7: General Sample Fee Slip Appendix 8: New California Worker’s Compensation Forms Appendix 9: Web Links for additional information

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Book SynopsisThis book covers wreck law as an integrated whole, going beyond the question of removal to include issues such as the ownership of wreck and how the law deals with the many commercial law problems arising after ships have been wrecked during the maritime commercial adventure. The book offers authoritative guidance on the genesis and meaning of the Nairobi Wreck Removal Convention 2007, and the interpretation of its often-complex provisions as they apply both to States trying to use its powers and to shipowners and liability insurers faced by its obligations. The authors explain the increasingly complex inter-relationship between linked areas of maritime law, including salvage, intervention and the overlapping international regimes which deal with pollution from oil, bunkers or hazardous and noxious substances. The book examines how a salvage operation transitions to wreck removal and links the liability provisions with the standard form international commercial contracts actuTable of ContentsPart I Wreck in National and International Law; 1 Introduction to Wreck Casualties 2. Wreck and the Maritime Commercial Adventure 3. Rights in Relation to Wreck 4. State Rights and Wreck 5. Law of the Sea and Wreck 6. Underwater Cultural Heritage Part II Wreck Removal Convention 2007; 7. Wreck Removal Convention 2007: Creation 8. Wreck Removal Convention 2007: Scope 9. Wreck Removal Convention 2007: States’ Rights and Duties 10. Wreck Removal Convention 2007: Shipowners’ and Insurers’ Liabilities 11. National Wreck Removal Law and the MSA 1995 Part 9A Part III Wreck Removal Contracts; 12. Transition To Wreck Removal: Salvage and SCOPIC 13. Wreck Removal Operations and Contracts Part IV Wreck Disposal 14. Wreck Disposal

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Book SynopsisNow it its second edition, The Law of Yachts and Yachting is a comprehensive treatise on the law relating to yachts and provides its readers with a thorough analysis of maritime law as relevant to the superyacht sector. Written by a team of leading yachting practitioners and researchers, it covers the legal issues arising during the life of a yacht. The book is written for the legal practitioner, yacht-broker and manager concerned with the operation of professionally crewed yachts including financing, registration, chartering, insurance, compliance and casualty management.Key Features -The only practitioners' book on the area It covers all major aspects of yachting law in a single book The Law of Yachts and Yachting is highly comprehensive - despite its main focus on contract and tort law, it contains references to public law and international law and practice References to case law, English, foreign and internationalAppendicTrade Review'...an important contribution to the understanding of how English law is applied to this industry sector, and indeed should be on the shelf of every solicitor, every barrister and every arbitrator who purports to advise or adjudicate on disputes arising out of the construction, the ownership, the design or the operation of yachts.'John Leonida, The Journal of International Maritime LawTable of Contents1. Yacht-Building Contracts 2. Yacht Registration 3. Value Added Tax and Yachts 4. Yacht Finance 5. Insurance Legislation and Contracts 6. Employment and Manning 7. Yacht-Brokers 8. Yacht Chartering and the MYBA Form 9. Mooring 10. Sale and Purchase under the MYBA Form 11. Yacht Codes: Safety and Compliance for Superyachts 12. Accidents at Sea 13. The Recycling of Yachts

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Book SynopsisNow it its second edition, this book is an authoritative and comprehensive review on all aspects of the law that relate to liability insurance contracts. It aims to cover the all the major types of liability insurance, not just professional indemnity insurance, and presents the issues according to the general principles of contract law. Updated to include the impact of the Insurance Act 2015, the book takes a comparative view of the law, tailored to those professionals operating in a global economy, as well as academics and post-graduate students.Table of ContentsChapter One: IntroductionChapter Two: Contract FormationChapter Three: Contract LegalityChapter Four: MisrepresentationChapter Five: NondisclosureChapter Six: Policy InterpretationChapter Seven: Good FaithChapter Eight: Cover: The Insuring ClausesChapter Nine: DefendingChapter Ten: ExclusionsChapter Eleven: ConditionsChapter Twelve: Insurance Claims

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Book SynopsisTransnational Construction Arbitration addresses topical issues in the field of dispute resolution in construction contracts from an international perspective. The book covers the role of arbitral institutions, arbitration and dispute resolution clauses, expert evidence, dispute adjudication boards and emergency arbitrator procedures, investment arbitration and the enforcement of arbitral awards. These topics are addressed by leading experts in the field, thus providing an insightful analysis that should be of interest for practitioners and academics alike.Table of Contents Introduction The law governing the arbitration agreement: a transnational solution? Multi-tier dispute resolution clauses in construction contracts The rise of arbitral institutions and their role in private dispute resolution Arbitration and the expanding circle of consenting parties: joinder of additional parties and consolidation of related claims Multi-party arbitration under institutional rules Role of expert witnesses in construction arbitration: delay and disruption and quantum issues Construction contracts as ‘investments’ for the purposes of investment treaty arbitrations Expropriation of contractual rights in investment treaty arbitration The enforcement of foreign arbitral awards: main recent developments and prospectives Recognition and enforcement of domestic and foreign arbitral awards in the Middle East Remedies at the seat and enforcement of international arbitral awards: res judicata, issue estoppel and abuse of process in English law Dispute boards Enforcement of DAB decisions under the FIDIC 1999 Forms of Contract Emergency arbitration and the interplay with other pre-arbitral mechanisms

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Book SynopsisWritten from the perspective of the Average Adjuster, and updated to include a detailed analysis of the new rules adopted in 2016, this book is an essential read for practitioners in maritime law and marine insurance.The book contains: historical references regarding the establishment of General Average from Roman Law onwards; details of the establishment of International rules to achieve uniformity in the adjustment of General Average and their development: the Glasgow Resolutions of 1860; the York rules of 1864; and the York-Antwerp Rules 1877, 1890, 1924, 1950, 1974, 1994, 2004 and 2016; a detailed analysis of the York-Antwerp Rules 2016; CMI Guidelines relating to General Average; general average security; general average absorption clauses; and new to this edition: iTrade Review'...thanks to its systematic and practical approach, [this book] is and remains an essential read for practitioners in maritime law and marine insurance.' Peter Laurijssen, The Journal of International Maritime Law Table of ContentsForeword by Michael Harvey About the authors Preface to the fourth edition Glossary Bibliography Table of cases Table of materials Part I Background 1 General Average – Ancient and Modern 2 The York-Antwerp Rules – A Vehicle for Uniformity Part II The 2016 Rules 3 Introduction to the York-Antwerp Rules 2016 4 Rule of Interpretation 5 Rule Paramount 6 Rule A 7 Rule B 8 Rule C 9 Rule D 10 Rule E 11 Rule F 12 Rule G 13 Rule I: Jettison of Cargo 14 Rule II: Loss or Damage by Sacrifices for the Common Safety 15 Rule III: Extinguishing Fire on Shipboard 16 Rule IV: Cutting Away Wreck 17 Rule V: Voluntary Stranding 18 Rule VI: Salvage 19 Rule VII: Damage to Machinery and Boilers 20 Rule VIII: Expenses Lightening a Ship when Ashore, and Consequent Damage 21 Rule IX: Cargo, Ship’s Materials and Stores Used For Fuel 22 Rule XX Expenses at Port of Refuge, Etc. 23 Rule XI: Wages and Maintenance of Crew and Other Expenses Bearing Up For and in a Port of Refuge, Etc. 24 Rule XII: Damage to Cargo in Discharging, Etc. 25 Rule XIII: Deductions from Cost of Repairs 26 Rule XIV: Temporary Repairs 27 Rule XV: Loss of Freight 28 Rule XVI: Amount to be Made Good for Cargo Lost or Damaged by Sacrifice 29 Rule XVII: Contributory Values 30 Rule XVIII Damage to Ship 31 Rule XIX: Undeclared or Wrongfully Declared Cargo 32 Rule XX: Provision of Funds 33 Rule XXI: Interest on Losses Made Good in General Average 34 Rule XXII: Treatment of Cash Deposits 35 Rule XXIII: Time Bar for Contributing to General Average 36 CMI Guidelines Relating to General Average Part III Practical Issues 37 General Average and Salvage Security 38 General Average Absorption Clauses 39 The Insurance of Average Disbursements Part IV Appendices Index

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Book SynopsisNow in its third edition, Merchant Shipping Legislation is a useful tool tool for those wishing to refer to the UK and Commonwealth merchant shipping statutes. Organized in subject areas and regularly updated, this complete annotation and commentary on the UK and Commonwealth merchant shipping legislation will be of use to the work of maritime lawyers in the UK and overseas. All the provisions of the various merchant shipping acts are contained in a single easy-to-use volume organized in subject areas. Divided into twenty chapters, the work addresses all the most important areas including: registration; collisions; salvage; pilotage; environmental protection; oil pollution and carriage of goods.Table of Contents1. Introduction 2. Literature on "excellence in construction" 3. Analysis of common characteristics of the contracts used in projects discussed in chapter 2 4. The "Communication Gap" 5. Risk 6. Collaboration 7. Tools 8. Summary

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Book SynopsisThe Nicholas J. Healy Lectures on Admiralty Law takes place annually at New York University School. They commenced in 1992 with the aim of providing a forum for the scholarly consideration of maritime law and, delivered by expert academics and practitioners in the field, provide great insight into the development of admiralty law since then. This volume collects the seventh to thirteenth lectures, which were given from 2005 to 2015.Trade Review"If you are a maritime lawyer, this new publication from Informa Law from Routledge will make a distinguished contribution to your law library, providing as it does, a source of further enlightenment on some of the grand themes of maritime law and their application to specific cases." - Phillip Taylor MBE and Elizabeth Taylor, Richmond Green Chambers, United KingdomTable of Contents1. Applying Jus Gentium to the Salvage of the R.M.S. Titanic in International Waters2. Romero v. International Terminal Operating Company, 358 U.S. 354 (1959)3. Panama Railroad Co. v. Johnson4. Mcdermott v. Amclyde: The Quiet Achiever5. The New Jersey Steam Navigation Co. v. Merchants’ Bank of Boston, 47 U.S. (6 How.) 344 (1848)6. Marine Pollution and the "Polluter Pays" Principle: Should the Polluter also Pay Punitive Damages?7. Celebrating Women on the High Seas – In Admiralty Law and Otherwise8. To Port or Starboard? Why the Supreme Court Might Provide Direction to Those Navigating Choice-of-Law Questions in Maritime-Lien Cases9. What I Wish the Supreme Court Would Decide: Review by a US Court of a Foreign Arbitration Award Issued in a Dispute to which COGSA Applies- What Standard Applies?10. Wish List: Maritime Matters Our Government Might Profitable Address

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Book SynopsisThe new edition of this British Insurance Law Association (BILA)-award winning text is the definitive reference source for marine cargo insurance law. Written by an author who was closely involved with the revisions to the Institute Cargo Clauses 2009, the work expertly examines marine cargo insurance by reference to important English and foreign legal cases as well as the Marine Insurance Act 1906. Logically arranged to reflect the structure of the Institute Cargo Clauses, the most widely used standard form of cover, this text offers easy to find solutions for today's busy practitioner. New to this edition: Completely revised to include the Insurance Act 2015 (duty of fair presentation; warranties, fraudulent claims) Brand new chapter on the revised Institute Ancillary and Trade Clauses, including those to be introduced on 1 November 2015 Increased coverage of jurisdictionTable of Contents1. History and Definition of Marine Cargo Insurance 2. Law and Jurisdiction Clauses 3. Open Covers, Policies and Certificates of Insurance 4. Insurable Interest and the Indemnity Principle 5. Good Faith, Non-Disclosure and Misrepresentation and the Duty of Fair Presentation 6. Warranties, Conditions and Exclusions 7. Causation 8. All Risks and Exclusions 9. Named Perils Cover and Insurance for Specific Trades, Commodities and Transits 10. War, Strikes, Terrorism and Rejection Risks 11. Duration of the Insurance 1: The Transit Clause 12. Duration of the Insurance 2: Termination of Carriage and Change of Voyage 13. Claims and Losses 14. Recoverable Expenses and Liabilities: Sue and Labour, Salvage, General Average and Collision Liabilities 15. Measure of Indemnity 16. Subrogation, Double Insurance and Rights of Contribution

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Book SynopsisApproximately 40 per cent of value of international trade comes from goods carried by air, and the consequences of goods being damaged, destroyed or delayed can be serious, substantial, and perhaps unforeseen. This exciting new book is the only one on the market that deals exclusively with air cargo insurance, and will therefore, be a vital addition to the collection of any practitioner, professional or academic working in the field. Air Cargo Insurance analyses the model policies and standard terms and conditions on the London markets. The authors also provide readers with an invaluable perspective on cases in other jurisdictions, and the book discusses freight forwarders' relations with airlines and addresses the possibility of recovery from third parties. This book, written by two of the leading experts in the field, provides invaluable guidance to practitioners, arbitrators and cargo-claims professionals. It will help to ensure that air cargo insurance contracts arTable of Contents1: General Principles2: Air Cargo Insurance: General Principles3: Insurance Claims by Cargo Interests4: Liability Insurance5: Air Cargo Liability Insurance Claims6: Air Cargo Property Claims

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Book SynopsisNow in its second edition, Construction Law is the standard work of reference for busy construction law practitioners, and it will support lawyers in their contentious and non-contentious practices worldwide. Published in three volumes, it is the most comprehensive text on this subject, and provides a unique and invaluable comparative, multi-jurisdictional approach. This book has been described by Lord Justice Jackson as a tour de force, and by His Honour Humphrey LLoyd QC as seminal and definitive. This new edition builds on that strong foundation and has been fully updated to include extensive references to very latest case law, as well as changes to statutes and regulations. The laws of Hong Kong and Singapore are also now covered in detail, in addition to those of England and Australia.Practitioners, as well as interested academics and post-graduate students, will all find this book to be an invaluable guide to the many facets of construction

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