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Cambridge University Press Comparative Constitutional Reasoning
Book SynopsisExamining reasoning practices of constitutional judges across eighteen legal systems globally, this book focuses on leading cases in order to compare processes, using a combination of qualitative and quantitative analysis. Contributors offer the most comprehensive and systematic account of constitutional reasoning to date, in the first ever study of this scale.Trade Review'Despite substantial academic attention to the rise of judicial power, we know fairly little about how newly empowered courts interpret their constitutions and justify their decisions. This timely and impressive edited collection fills this gap by presenting qualitative and quantitative data from 18 courts and over 700 cases. The volume is a must-read for those interested in comparative constitutional interpretation.' Mila Versteeg, University of Virginia School of Law'This volume is the mature product of a very thorough, innovative, and reasonably large research project. It is impossible to do justice to the richness of its findings …' Katalin Capannini-Kelemen, I-CONnect (www.iconnectblog.com)Table of Contents1. Introduction: comparing constitutional reasoning with quantitative and qualitative methods András Jakab, Arthur Dyevre and Giulio Itzcovic; 2. The High Court of Australia Cheryl Saunders and Adrienne Stone; 3. The Austrian Constitutional Court Konrad Lachmayer; 4. The Supreme Federal Court of Brazil Conrado Hübner Mendes; 5. The Supreme Court of Canada Hugo Cyr and Monica Popescu; 6. The Constitutional Court of the Czech Republic Zdeněk Kühn; 7. The European Court of Human Rights Janneke Gerards; 8. The European Court of Justice Giulio Itzcovich; 9. The French Constitutional Council Arthur Dyevre; 10. German Federal Constitutional Court Michaela Hailbronner and Stefan Martini; 11. The Constitutional Court of Hungary András Jakab and Johanna Fröhlich; 12. The Supreme Court of Ireland Eoin Carolan; 13. The Israeli Supreme Court Suzie Navot; 14. The Constitutional Court of Italy Tania Groppi and Irene Spigno; 15. The Constitutional Court of South Africa Christa Rautenbach and Lorens du Plessis; 16. The Spanish Constitutional Court Marian Ahumada Ruiz; 17. The Constitutional Court of Taiwan Wen-Chen Chang; 18. The Supreme Court (House of Lords) of the United Kingdom Tamas Gyorfi; 19. The Supreme Court of the United States Howard Schweber and Jennifer L. Brookhart; 20. Conclusion András Jakab, Arthur Dyevre and Giulio Itzcovich.
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Cambridge University Press Diversity in Practice
Book SynopsisFor firm leaders; diversity professionals; aspiring professionals; and scholars of inequality, organizations, and the professions; in short, anyone interested in diversity in professional work, this book is an indispensable resource. It reveals the mechanisms that perpetuate inequality even as professional organizations pay lip service to creating more diverse workforces.Trade Review'[Headworth, Nelson, Dinovittzer and Wilkins] find that while many professional labor markets manifest patterns of demographic inequality, these patterns are particularly pronounced in the law and elite segments of other professions. Contributors to their volume analyze the disconnect between expressed commitments to diversity and practical achievements, identifying the often obscure systemic causes that drive persistent professional inequalities.' Law and Social InquiryTable of Contents1. Introduction Spencer Headworth and Robert L. Nelson; Part I. Rhetoric and Realities: 2. The action after the call: what general counsels say about the value of diversity in legal purchasing decisions in the years following the 'Call to Action' David B. Wilkins and Young-Kyu Kim; 3. Diversity and talent at the top: lessons from the boardroom Kimberly D. Krawiec, John M. Conley and Lissa L. Broome; 4. Explaining social exclusion and the 'war for talent' in the UK's elite professional service firms Louise Ashley and Laura Empson; Part II. Entering Professional Careers: Barriers, Ladders, and Basement Doors: 5. Typecast socialization: race, gender, and competing expectations in law school Yung-Yi Diana Pan; 6. Rethinking the intersectionality of race, gender, and class identity: educating underrepresented minority women for elite careers in science, technology, math, and engineering Carroll Seron; 7. Access to a career in the legal profession in England and Wales: race, class, and the role of educational background Lisa Webley, Jennifer Tomlinson, Daniel Muzio, Hilary Sommerlad and Liz Duff; 8. The new 'professionalism' in England and Wales: talent, diversity, and a legal precariat Hilary Sommerlad; Part III. Inequality and Opportunity in the Careers of Diverse Attorneys: 9. Which kinds of law firms have the most minority lawyers? Organizational context and the representation of African-Americans, Latinos, and Asian-Americans Fiona M. Kay and Elizabeth H. Gorman; 10. Gendered pathways: choice, constraint, and women's job movements in the legal profession Juliet R. Aiken and Milton C. Regan, Jr; 11. The effectiveness of inheritance vs rainmaking strategies in building books of business for female and minority partners Forrest Briscoe and Andrew von Nordenflycht; 12. Career mobility and racial diversity in law firms Christopher I. Rider, Adina D. Sterling and David Tan; 13. Immigrant offspring in the legal profession: exploring the effects of immigrant status on earnings among American lawyers Meghan Dawe and Ronit Dinovitzer.
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Cambridge University Press Wrongful Convictions and the DNA Revolution
Book SynopsisFor centuries, most people believed the criminal justice system worked - that only guilty defendants were convicted. DNA technology shattered that belief. DNA has now freed more than three hundred innocent prisoners in the United States. This book examines the lessons learned from twenty-five years of DNA exonerations and identifies lingering challenges.Trade Review'This thoughtful collection of essays on one of the most important scientific and legal advances of the past century is a must read for anyone who wants to understand American criminal justice. Exonerations have so much to teach us about what goes wrong in police encounters, prosecutors' offices, and courtrooms around the country, and this book serves as a much needed guide.' Rachel E. Barkow, Segal Family Professor of Regulatory Law and Policy and Faculty Director, Center on the Administration of Criminal Law, New York University School of Law'This excellent and timely collection examines the revolutionary impact of DNA identification on American criminal justice. It explores the major changes triggered by DNA exonerations, starting in 1989 - in criminal investigation, trial procedure, the use of the death penalty - and it discusses the challenges we still face and reforms that may yet happen.' Samuel R. Gross, Thomas and Mabel Long Professor of Law, University of Michigan'Wrongful Convictions and the DNA Revolution should be required reading for prosecutors, defense attorneys, judges, and jurors alike. The book magnificently lays bare the painful but critical lessons from twenty-five years of struggle for exoneration of the innocent.' Jeannie Suk Gersen, John H. Watson, Jr Professor of Law, Harvard Law School'The chapters of Wrongful Convictions and the DNA Revolution summarize remarkable strides achieved by the Innocence Movement, provide insight into the movement's legal and institutional elements, and point to future challenges. Every criminal law scholar in law schools and criminal justice departments would benefit by reading the volume. It is an excellent high-level entry point for criminologists new to wrongful conviction research. Instructors could assign individual chapters in advanced wrongful conviction courses. In sum, Daniel S. Medwed's volume deserves a central place in the growing library of wrongful conviction scholarship.' Marvin Zalman, Criminal Law and Criminal Justice Books (www.clcjbooks.rutgers.edu)Table of ContentsForeword Barry Scheck and Peter Neufeld; Introduction. Talking about a revolution: a quarter century of DNA exonerations Daniel S. Medwed; Innocence before DNA Michael Meltsner; Part I. A Look Back - What Have We Learned from 25 Years of DNA Exonerations?; Section 1. The Big Picture: 1. Convicting the innocent redux Brandon L. Garrett; 2. Has the innocence movement become an exoneration movement? The risks and rewards of redefining innocence Richard A. Leo; Section 2. A Closer Look at Specific Lessons: 3. Negotiating accuracy - DNA in the age of plea bargaining Alexandra Natapoff; 4. Reacting to recantations Rob Warden; 5. A tale of two innocence clinics - client representation and legislative advocacy Jacqueline McMurtrie; Section 3. The DNA Era and Changing Views of the Death Penalty: 6. How DNA has changed contemporary death penalty debates Michael L. Radelet; 7. What does innocence have to do with cruel and unusual punishment? Robert J. Smith, G. Ben Cohen and Zoe Robinson; Part II. A Glance Ahead - What Can Be Done to Avoid Wrongful Convictions in the Future?; Section 4. Substantive Reforms: 8. Flawed science and the new wave of innocents Keith A. Findley; 9. Prosecutors - the thin last line protecting the innocent George C. Thomas, III; 10. Ineffective assistance of counsel and the innocence revolution - a standards-based approach Adele Bernhard; Section 5. Procedural Changes: 11. Post-conviction procedure - the next frontier in innocence reform Stephanie Roberts Hartung; 12. Can we protect the innocent without freeing the guilty? Thoughts on innocence reforms that avoid harmful tradeoffs Paul G. Cassell; 13. Retrospective justice in the age of innocence - the hard case of rape executions Margaret Burnham; 14. Outbreaks of injustice - responding to systemic irregularities in the criminal justice system Sandra Guerra Thompson and Robert Wicoff; 15. Exonerating the innocent - habeas for nonhuman animals Justin F. Marceau and Steven Wise; Section 6. The International Arena: 16. The global innocence movement Mark Godsey; 17. Innocence at war Erik Luna.
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Cambridge University Press Science Colonialism and Indigenous Peoples The Cultural Politics Of Law And Knowledge
Book SynopsisAt the intersection of indigenous studies, science studies, and legal studies lies a tense web of political issues of vital concern for the survival of indigenous nations. Numerous historians of science have documented the vital role of late-eighteenth- and nineteenth-century science as a part of statecraft, a means of extending empire. This book follows imperialism into the present, demonstrating how pursuit of knowledge of the natural world impacts, and is impacted by, indigenous peoples rather than nation-states. In extractive biocolonialism, the valued genetic resources, and associated agricultural and medicinal knowledge, of indigenous peoples are sought, legally converted into private intellectual property, transformed into commodities, and then placed for sale in genetic marketplaces. Science, Colonialism, and Indigenous Peoples critically examines these developments, demonstrating how contemporary relations between indigenous and Western knowledge systems continue to be shaped Table of ContentsPart I. Biocolonialism as Imperial Science: 1. Imperialism then and now; 2. Indigenous knowledge, power and responsibilities; 3. Value-neutrality and value-bifurcation: the cultural politics of science; Part II. The Human Genome Diversity Project: A Case Study: 4. The rhetoric of research justification; 5. Indigenist critiques of biocolonialism; Part III. Legitimation: The Rule and Role of Law: 6. The commodification of knowledge; 7. Intellectual property rights as means and mechanism of imperialism; 8. Transforming sovereignties; Conclusions: the politics of knowledge: resistance and recovery.
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Cambridge University Press Human Rights Democracy and Legitimacy in a World of Disorder
Book SynopsisThis book is for philosophers, legal scholars, and every reader who is interested in knowing more about the key concepts that help to stabilize states and the international order: human rights, democracy, and legitimacy. This volume shows the new challenges they will face in the conditions of disorder brought by the twenty-first century.Table of ContentsIntroduction; Part I. General Aspects of Human Rights, Democracy, and Legitimacy: 1. Human rights as membership rights in the world society Mathias Risse; 2. Human rights, treaties, and international legitimacy Gerald L. Neuman; 3. Human rights and constitutional rights: a proceduralizing function for substantive constitutional law? Frank I. Michelman; 4. Expectation-based legitimacy Wilfried Hinsch; 5. The second bill of rights: a reconsideration Samuel Moyn; Part II. Current Problems of Human Rights, Democracy, and Legitimacy: 6. Human rights and the legitimate governance of existential and global catastrophic risks Silja Voeneky; 7. On the human right to health: statistical lives, contingent persons, and other difficult questions I. Glenn Cohen; 8. Democracy, health systems, and the right to health: narratives of charity, markets, and citizenship Alicia Ely Yamin; 9. Political legitimacy and private governance of human rights: community-business social contracts and constitutional moments Tyler Giannini; 10. Human rights and legitimacy in the implementation of EU asylum and migration law Iris Goldner Lang; 11. On uses and misuses of human rights in European constitutionalism Vlad Perju.
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Cambridge University Press The Immortal Commonwealth
Book SynopsisIn the midst of intense religious conflict in the late sixteenth and early seventeenth century, theological and political concepts converged in remarkable ways. Incited by the slaughter of French Protestants in the Saint Bartholomew''s Day Massacre, Reformed theologians and lawyers began to marshal arguments for political resistance. These theological arguments were grounded in uniquely religious conceptions of the covenant, community, and popular sovereignty. While other works of historical scholarship have focused on the political and legal sources of this strain of early modern resistance literature, The Immortal Commonwealth examines the frequently overlooked theological sources of these writings. It reveals how Reformed thinkers such as Heinrich Bullinger, John Calvin, Theodore Beza, and Johannes Althusius used traditional theological conceptions of covenant and community for surprisingly radical political ends.Trade Review'In The Immortal Commonwealth, David P. Henreckson navigates the oft-inordinately voluminous literature on Calvinist covenant theologies with the requisite dexterity, interpretive savvy and skills, not to mention much-needed patience to plow through these mostly forgotten and putatively esoteric treatises from an era, again, allegedly known for arid and atrophying Protestant scholastic discourses. Henreckson shows how the central theo-political idea of God as the covenanter has contributed to and ushered in the transformations of political theologies that pertain to Self, Society, and Savior in a refreshing way. It is truly worthy of the Augustinian dictum tolle lege!' Paul C. H. Lim, Vanderbilt University, author of Mystery Unveiled: The Crisis of the Trinity in Early Modern England'The Immortal Commonwealth is a sophisticated and powerful history of the impact of reformed Protestant theology on the politics of early modern Europe … The bibliography is a treasure trove of early modern theological and legal thought. This volume is required reading for understanding early modern European theology or politics.' J. J. Butt, Choice'The Immortal Commonwealth is an impressive debut from a fine scholar. It skilfully combines theology, political thought, and social ethics in one volume. Henreckson creates a compelling historical narrative, before concluding with a chapter on contemporary ethical ramifications in relation to political resistance to tyranny. The application of historical ideas is sometimes a fraught exercise. However, the historical work in the volume is of a high standard and the author does not overstep the line in attempting to retrieve the ideas for today. This is an erudite contribution that deserves commendation.' Simon P. Kennedy, Journal of Religious History'Henreckson's work is especially valuable in three ways. First, on a prima facie reading, he has done solid historical and theological spadework in bringing together these largely forgotten figures to establish their significance as a theological tradition existing across Europe offering a coherent theology of covenant and community … Secondly, in his innovative reading of these sources, in which he interrogates them in both theological and political terms, Henreckson demonstrates the intellectual benefits which can be obtained by going beyond the more common disciplionarly narrow readings of medieval and early modern sources … Finally, his work is valuable, not only as an example of historical retrieval and interdisciplionary analysis, but also as constructive theology.' Elisabeth Rain Kincaid, Political Theology'The Immortal Commonwealth is highly recommended, especially for those interested in Reformed political theology and ethics.' Timothy Baylor, Studies in Christian EthicsTable of ContentsIntroduction; 1. The covenanting God; 2. The law of the covenant; 3. Breaking covenant; 4. The unaccountable sovereign; 5. Consociational politics; 6. Resisting the devil.
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Cambridge University Press Citizenship and Residence Sales
Book SynopsisThe first multi-disciplinary exploration of citizenship and residence by investment on a global scale with an informative and empirically-grounded assessment of the origins, operation, and main causes of the global investment migration trend. It addresses key issues in belonging, exclusion and inequality that define the world today.Trade Review'Rigorous and sparklingly innovative interdisciplinary volume on emergent global commodification of citizenship status, offering a robust set of stringent empirical and historical analyses, framed by a resolutely non-romanticist conceptual approach to citizenship as status and practice, this collection lays indispensable groundwork for a new generation of 'citizenship studies'. Essential reading for the field going forward.' Linda Bosniak, Rutgers Law School'Passports by investment may be the ultimate political turn of globalization. Such programs recognize the demand for alternative citizenship or residence and supply these to the elite of the world. This deeply researched and well-written volume provides all the analytical tools and empirics for scholars and policymakers to study these arrangements and contemplate the longer term implications.' Miguel A. Centeno, Princeton University'The prospect of 'selling citizenship' provokes indignation from those who cling to a romantic idea of what citizenship should mean, be or do. The authors of this volume proceed from the reality of what citizenship as legal status actually is and does, and raise important questions about the normative and pragmatic implications for regulating how citizenship is distributed.' Audrey Macklin, University of TorontoTable of ContentsIntroduction: learning from investment migration Dimitry Kochenov and Kristin Surak; Part I. Mapping Investment Migration Law and Practice: 1. Investment migration: empirical developments in the field and methodological issues in its study Kristin Surak; 2. Victims of citizenship: feudal statuses for sale in the hypocrisy republic Dimitry Kochenov; 3. Investort citizenship and state sovereignty in international law Luuk van der Baaren; 4. Investment citizenship and the long leash of international law Peter J. Spiro; 5. Relevant links: investment migration as an expression of national autonomy in matters of nationality Petra Weingerl and Matjaž Tratnik; 6. EU competence and investor migration Daniel Sarmiento and Martijn van den Brink; Part II. Explanations and Contextualizations: 7. Citizenship for sale in pre-modern Europe Maarten Prak; 8. Unseemly, perhaps, but…: should citizenship be for sale? John Torpey; 9. Citizenship by investment: a case of instrumental citizenship Christian Joppke; 10. The colonial institution of citizenship and global capitalist dynamics Manuela Boatcă; 11. Citizenship and residence rights as vehicles of global inequality Yossi Harpaz; 12. The 'Streetlight Effect' in commentary on citizenship by investment Suryapratim Roy; 13. A blocked exchange? Investment citizenship and the limits of the commodification objection Lior Erez; 14. Why do wealthy individuals migrate internationally: some economic considerations Andrés Solimano; Part III. Case Studies and Implications: 15. Can investor residence and citizenship programmes be a policy success? Madeleine Sumption; 16. Citizenship revocation and the normalisation of ex-post conditionality in investment migration law Daniel Christopher Twomey; 17. In the shadow of the Euro crisis: foreign direct investment and investment migration programmes in the European Union Justin Lindeboom and Sophie Meunier; 18. Investment migration and corruption: state capture and the Hungarian residency bond program 2012–2017 Boldizsár Nagy; 19. Investment migration and the importance of due diligence: examples of Canada, Saint-Kitts and Nevis, and the EU Mark Corrado and Kim Marsh; 20. Investment migration and subnational jurisdictions Godfrey Baldacchino and Elena Basheska.
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Cambridge University Press Thai Legal History
Provides a broad coverage of Thai legal history in the English Language. As a major contribution to Thai studies, it introduces readers to Thai law, Thailand's legal system and its constitutional development. Of great interest to comparative lawyers, especially those interested in the diffusion of the civil law.
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Cambridge University Press The Net and the Nation State
Book SynopsisThis book should be of interest to anyone investigating the debate on internet governance from a legal or social science perspective, including politics, media studies and human geography. The book connects ideas about internet jurisdiction with issues of censorship and freedom of expression, as well as free trade.Table of Contents1. Introduction. Internet governance and the resilience of the nation state Uta Kohl and Carrie Fox; Part I. Competing Narratives: 2. The universal norm of freedom of expression - towards an unfragmented internet: interview with Guy Berger; 3. Which limits on freedom of expression are legitimate? Divergence of free speech values in Europe and the US Jan Oster; 4. Nation branding and internet governance: framing debates over freedom and sovereignty Melissa Aronczyk and Stanislav Budnitsky; Part II. Solid and Porous Cyberborders: 5. Gatekeeping practices in the Chinese social media and the legitimacy challenge Lulu Wei; 6. Protecting gamblers or protecting gambling? The economic dimension of borderless online 'speech' Christine Hurt; 7. Where East meets West: censorship and cyberborders through EU data protection law Uta Kohl and Diane Rowland; 8. Cyberborders through 'code': an all or nothing affair? Dan Jerker B. Svantesson; 9. Cyberborders and the right to travel in cyberspace Graham Smith; Part III. Unpacking Internet Jurisdiction: 10. Alternative geographies of cyberspace Barney Warf; 11. Polycentrism and democracy in internet governance Jan Aart Scholte; 12. The end of territory? The re-emergence of community as a principle of jurisdictional order in the internet era Cedric Ryngaert and Mark Zoetekouw; 13. A space (partially) apart? Religious asylum and its lessons for online governance Philippe Ségur; 14. Geoinformation, cartographic (re)presentation and the nation state: a co-constitutive relation and its transformation in the digital age Georg Glasze.
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Cambridge University Press Law and Jewish Difference
Book SynopsisThe book explores the lasting legacy of Christian ambivalence towards Jews in Western secular law and engages with broader questions about the cultural foundations of Western secular law, the politics of religious freedom, the racialisation of religion, and the ambivalent nature of legal progress.
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Oxford University Press Inc The Oxford Handbook of Administrative Justice
Book SynopsisThe Oxford Handbook of Administrative Justice examines the wide range of scholarship exploring the administrative decisions made by public authorities that affect individual citizens and the mechanisms available for the provision of redress. The Handbook identifies and provides a survey of key transnational themes in administrative justice research, considers theoretical and methodological approaches to administrative justice, and provides a view of the future of administrative justice research. One aspect of administrative justice, namely the study of law and administration, is a core component of law school syllabuses and scholarly research around the world. For many public lawyers, this area of study has been focused heavily on legalistic redress systems (e.g. judicial review). Justice against administrations, however, is delivered through a much broader range of mechanisms than legalistic processes alone: fair initial decision-making procedures, internal review systems, ombuds, administrative tribunals/adjudication, and other institutions play a vital role. Despite their importance to modern governance across the globe (and to the lives of individual citizens), these broader aspects of administrative justice have been left relatively neglected and under-researched, and the Handbook represents a groundbreaking achievement in establishing administrative justice research as a vital and discrete area of study. The Oxford Handbook of Administrative Justice will be an essential resource for legal scholars and social scientists wishing to understand the complexity of this important field.Table of ContentsPreface Administrative Justice as a Field of Study Marc Hertogh, Richard Kirkham, Robert Thomas, and Joe Tomlinson Part I Institutions 1. Administrative Decision-Making on the Frontline Richard Martin 2. Internal Review Systems and Administrative Justice Tom Mullen 3. Administrative Adjudication: The United States is the Outlier Jeffrey S. Lubbers 4. Judicial Review and Administrative Justice T.T. Arvind, Simon Halliday, and Lindsay Stirton 5. The Ombud as a Chameleon: A Story of Adaptation to Different Administrative Cultures Richard Kirkham 6. Government Watchdog Agencies and Administrative Justice Anita Stuhmcke 7. Public Inquiries and Administrative Justice Fiona Donson and Darren O'Donovan 8. Oversight of the Administrative Justice System Sarah Nason 9. Delivering Administrative Justice: Implications for System Design Christopher Hodges Part II Social and Political Ideas 10. The Interactions of Administrative Justice and Constitutionalism Aziz Z. Huq 11. The Individual and Administrative Justice Naomi Creutzfeldt 12. Social Justice and Administrative Justice Jackie Gulland 13. Administrative Justice in Authoritarian States Eric C. Ip 14. Administrative Justice in the Transitional States Dacian C. Dragos 15. Rule of Law and Administrative Justice Yseult Marique Part III Socio-Legal Methods and Approaches 16. Historical Approaches to Administrative Justice Mark Hickford 17. Administrative Justice and Empirical Legal Research: Debunking the Ordinary Religion of Legal Instrumentalism Marc Hertogh 18. Models of Administrative Justice Jerry L. Mashaw 19. Administrative Justice in Street-Level Decision-Making: Equal Treatment and Responsiveness Nadine Raaphorst 20. Administrative Justice and Cultures of Rule Application Robert A. Kagan 21. Legal Consciousness and Administrative Justice David Cowan and Rosie Harding Part IV Digitalisation 22. Administrative Justice in a Digital World: Challenges and Solutions Paul Henman 23. Algorithmic Administrative Justice Steven M. Appel and Cary Coglianese 24. Digitalisation and Administrative Justice: An Access to Justice Perspective Lorne Sossin and Darin Thompson 25. Implementing Digitalisation in an Administrative Justice Context Jennifer Raso Part V Frontiers 26. Administrative Justice in the Private Sector Avishai Benish and Jérôme Pélisse 27. Administrative Justice and Codification Cora Hoexter 28. Collective Decision-Making and Administrative Justice Michael Sant'Ambrogio and Adam S. Zimmerman 29. Administrative Justice and Globalisation Giacinto della Cananea 30. The Future of Administrative Justice Michael Adler 31. Directions for Future Research on Administrative Justice Maurice Sunkin and Lee Marsons
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The University of Chicago Press The Perils of Global Legalism
Book SynopsisDemonstrates that the weaknesses of international rule of law confound legalist ambitions - and that whatever their professed commitments, all nations stand ready to dispense with international agreements when it suits their short- or long-term interests.Trade Review"Posner has provided an intellectual history of a concept, 'legalism,' as well as what could be considered the sociology of a profession." (Journal of International Law and Politics) "A spirited attack on 'excessive faith in the efficiency of international law.' " (Foreign Affairs)"
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The University of Chicago Press Lawyers of the Right Professionalizing the
Book SynopsisA portrait of the lawyers who serve the diverse constituencies of the conservative movement. It explains what unites and divides lawyers for the three major groups - social conservatives, libertarians, and business advocates - that have coalesced in decades behind the Republican Party.Trade Review"Presenting her subjects straightforwardly, without making judgments about the issues that they and their organizations support, Ann Southworth rejects the notion that the lawyers for the right are less deserving than lawyers for the left of the 'cause lawyer' title. The topic is fascinating. Southworth's portraits and analyses of the various parties, especially the mediators of the Federalist Society and the Heritage Foundation, are illuminating. And the tone is just right." - Bryant Garth, Southwestern Law School"
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University of Chicago Press Failing Law Schools
Book SynopsisOn the surface, law schools today are thriving. Enrollments are on the rise, and their resources are often the envy of every other university department. Yet behind the flourishing facade, law schools are failing abjectly. This resource is suitable for assessing what's wrong with law schools and figuring out how to fix them.Trade Review"Even those who disagree with Brian Z. Tamanaha and challenge his analyses will be participating in a conversation shaped by his contentions. Failing Law Schools presents a comprehensive case for the negative side of the legal education debate, and I am sure that many legal academics and every law school dean will be talking about it." (Stanley Fish, Florida International University College of Law)"
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WW Norton & Co Life Without Lawyers
Book SynopsisHow to restore the can-do spirit that made America great, from the author of the best-selling The Death of Common Sense.Trade Review"Surely will be 2009's most needed book on public affairs."
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University of British Columbia Press Otters Journey through Indigenous Language and
Book SynopsisTold in contemporary Anishinaabe storytelling style, Otter’s Journey takes us across the globe to explore how the work in Indigenous language revitalization can inform the emerging field of Indigenous legal revitalization.Trade Review[T]he evocative language which Borrows offers in her telling of the creation story in her introduction, in her enmeshing of the realities of language revitalization in Canada and New Zealand in Chapter Three, and especially, I find, in her experiences in the Salish Sea in Chapter Five, talking with Raven, serves to make real for me as a reader the power of the stories as conduits to ecologically, linguistically, and legally precise truths. -- Jasmine Spencer, postdoctoral fellow in linguistics, University of Victoria * Canadian Literature *Table of ContentsPrefaceIntroduction1 Place Where the Land Narrows / Neyaashiinigmiing2 Our Land / Nunavut3 Land of the Long White Cloud / Aotearoa4 Place of Learning / Gabe-gikendaasoowigamig5 The Salish Sea / Mayagi-Anishinaabe Kichi-Gaming6 Sky-Tinted Waters / Minnesota7 Return Home / GiiweEpilogueGlossary; Notes; Index
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HarperCollins Publishers Inc How Rights Went Wrong Why Our Obsession with
Book SynopsisAn eminent constitutional scholar reveals how the explosion of rights is dividing America, and shows how we can build a better system of justice.Trade Review“Essential and fresh and vital . . . It is the argument of this important book that until Americans can reimagine rights, there is no path forward, and there is, especially, no way to get race right. No peace, no justice.”—from the foreword by Jill Lepore, New York Times best-selling author of These Truths: A History of the United States “When Americans talk about rights, we think in absolutist terms: my right prohibits or preempts your action. But as Jamal Greene observes in this deftly argued book, that notion betrays how our rights were originally conceived. Paying special attention to the issues that most vex us, Greene offers an attractive alternative to one of the most troubling aspects of our constitutional jurisprudence.”—Jack Rakove, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Original Meanings: Politics and Ideas in the Making of the Constitution “Fastidiously researched and immensely readable, How Rights Went Wrong offers important strategies for advancing human rights in an era when the Supreme Court cannot be counted on to do so. Jamal Greene has written a superb, important book—and a well-timed one, in its plea that we not vest so much power in courts, and that we secure fundamental rights through the political process rather than through constitutional litigation.”—Nadine Strossen, past president, American Civil Liberties Union “A provocative argument for more humility and listening, and less arrogance and dogmatism. Greene urges that we litigate too much and discuss too little—and that ‘rightsism’ is the problem. Perfectly timed and passionately presented, his argument deserves widespread attention.”—Cass R. Sunstein, author of How Change Happens “Greene delves deeply into the legal, cultural, and political matters behind rights conflicts, and laces his account with feisty legal opinions and colorful character sketches. This incisive account persuades.”—Publishers Weekly —
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Johns Hopkins University Press Comics and Conquest
Book SynopsisTable of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction1. The Beginning: Interdependence and Independence in the Four Corners Region, 1540-18682. Divide and Conquer: Misinformation and Manipulation across Dinétah and Hopituskwa3. Fourth World Activism: Editorial Cartoons in the Navajo Times and Qua'Töqti, 1964-19734. Discourse and Discord: The Conversation between the Navajo Times and Qua'Töqti, 19745. Activism in the Aftermath: Protest and Politics, 1974-1998ConclusionAppendix. Drawing Humor: A Conversation with Jack AhasteenNotesBibliographyIndex
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University of Massachusetts Press A Kiss from Thermopylae: Emily Dickinson and Law
Book SynopsisBorn into a family of attorneys, Dickinson absorbed law at home. She employed legal terms and concepts regularly in her writings, and her metaphors grounded in law derive much of their expressive power from a comparatively sophisticated lay knowledge of the various legal and political issues that were roiling nineteenth-century America. Dickinson displays interest in such areas as criminal law, contracts, equity, property, estate law, and bankruptcy. She also held in high regard the role of law in resolving disputes and maintaining civic order. Toward the end of her life, Dickinson cited the Spartans’ defense at Thermopylae as an object lesson demonstrating why societies should uphold the rule of law.Yet Dickinson was also capable of criticizing, even satirizing, law and lawyers. Her poetic personae inhabit various legal roles including those of jurymen, judges, and attorneys, and some poems simulate courtroom contests pitting the rights of individuals against the power of the state. She was keenly interested in legal matters pertaining to women, such as breach of promise, dower, and trusts. With her tone ranging from subservient to domineering, from reverential to ridiculing, Dickinson’s writings reflect an abiding concern with philosophic and political principles underpinning the law, as well as an identification with the plight of individuals who dared confront authority.A Kiss from Thermopylae reveals a new dimension of Dickinson’s writing and thinking, one indicating that she was thoroughly familiar with the legal community’s idiomatic language, actively engaged with contemporary political and ethical questions, and skilled at deploying a poetic register ranging from high romanticism to low humor.
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Four Courts Press Ltd The Politics of Judicial Selection in Ireland
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Otago University Press A City Possessed: The Christchurch Civic Crèche
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Mohr Siebeck GmbH & Co. K Das kommunikativ ermächtigte Individuum
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Duncker & Humblot Das Scheininstitut Der Unmittelbaren
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V&R Unipress Ehe Imperial
Book SynopsisEheschließung, Scheidung, Zugang zu Vermögen während und nach der Ehe: All dies war über die Jahrhunderte durch kirchliche und zivile Ordnungen strukturiert. Das Recht nahm damit sehr direkt Einfluss auf die persönliche Lebenspraxis. Obwohl das 19. Jahrhundert von zunehmender Rechtsvereinheitlichung gekennzeichnet war, bestanden vor allem in größeren territorialen Zusammenhängen partikulare Rechte weiter fort. Dies konnte Handlungsoptionen eröffnen in zahlreichen Fällen führte jedoch nur ein Wechsel in einen anderen Rechtsraum zum erwünschten Ziel, zum Beispiel einer Scheidung oder einer Wiederverheiratung. Differente Zugehörigkeiten konnten umgekehrt heiratswillige Paare vor große Herausforderungen stellen. An den Schnittstellen zwischen verschiedenen Rechtslogiken fragen die Beiträge nach Handlungsräumen von Männern und Frauen und nach den damit verbundenen Geschlechternormen.Aus dem Inhalt: Familienrecht(e) in der Habsburgermonarchie als Herausforderung des Empire / State, Church and Divorce from the Ottoman Empire to the Early Modern Greek State / French Basque Women's Adaptation to Legal Systems across Spaces, Times and Places / Eine Rechts- und Gesellschaftsgeschichte deutsch-russischer Eheschließungen von 18751926 / Schariagerichtsakten aus dem habsburgischen Bosnien-Herzegowina (18781918) / Verwandtschaftshandeln in einer ökonomisch auseinanderdriftenden Gesellschaft: Eine Hochzeit in Benin. Marriage, divorce, access to property during and after marriage, all this was structured over the centuries by ecclesiastical and civil provisions. Law thus had a very direct influence on personal life. The nineteenth century in particular was characterized by increasing legal unification, but particular rights continued to exist in larger territorial contexts. This legal heterogeneity as well as migration between different jurisdictional spaces could open up new possibilities to act. Conversely, different affiliations in regard to confession or ethnicity could pose great challenges for couples willing to marry. The aim of this issue is to ask at the interfaces between different legal logics about the spheres of action of men and women and the associated gender norms.
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Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft Methodology of Criminal Law Theory: Art, Politics
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