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Book SynopsisWinner of the Ramnath Goenka Award 2020On 26th January 1950 India became a republic, shedding its last links with its colonial past and inaugurating a new era of liberty and freedom. With fundamental rights and civil liberties guaranteed by the state, the new constitution was universally acclaimed as the world's greatest experiment in liberal government'. This idealistic birth of a new republic meant a clean break with a repressive past. And yet, barely twelve months later, the very makers of the constitution were denouncing their own creation. Passed in June 1951, the First Amendment to the Constitution was a pivotal moment in Indian constitutional history. Sixteen Stormy Days explores the contentious legacy of this First Amendment which drastically curbed freedom of speech, restricted freedom against discrimination and circumscribed the right to property. It follows the sixteen days of debate that led up to it, the people that created it, the great battle waged against it andTrade Review‘A page-turner’ * Soutik Biswas, India Correspondent, BBC *‘Exhaustively researched… very readable…’ * Open Magazine *‘A compelling read’ * Firstpost *‘History written as thriller… exceptional’ * LiveMint *‘A scintillating examination of the First Amendment… Brings the legacies of Nehru and Modi uncomfortably close…’ * The Telegraph *‘Extremely well researched, beautifully written and qualitatively brilliant’ * Comparative Constitutional Law and Administrative Law Journal *‘…simply written, yet riveting account will appeal to legal and academic scholars, as well as a wide readership of interested citizens’ * South Asia Research *This riveting book highlights Nehru’s role in post-colonial India’s first constitutional crisis. Singh’s nuanced perspectives comprehensively capture the historical and legal contexts that defined the event. It is masterfully written—a book for anyone who wants to look behind the veil of the world’s largest constitutional democracy. -- Adeel Hussain, Associate Professor of Legal Studies, New York University, USAThis book is dynamite. It will shock those who take a rosy view of the Constitution and the freedoms it grants to Indian citizens. This story, so far untold, should lead to a serious re-examination of the history and contents of the Constitution. -- Lord Meghnad Desai, Emeritus Professor, London School of Economics, UKA long overdue study of the way in which the liberties guaranteed by India’s constitution were sabotaged by the very government that had promulgated it, thus returning the newly independent state to its colonial origins. -- Professor Faisal Devji, University of Oxford, UKThis blow-by-blow account of the first amendment of the Indian Constitution—arguably the most far-reaching—upends many a comforting myth about the Indian republic. Singh’s gripping account of this hitherto understudied and high-stakes political battle is at its provocative best when it challenges efforts at understanding the past through the lens of one-dimensional heroes and villains. -- Mrinalini Sinha, author of Spectres of Mother India: The Global Restructuring of an EmpireTable of ContentsIntroduction 1. The Build Up 2. Will the People Wait 3. The Deepening Crisis 4. The Gathering Storm 5. The Clouds Burst 6. The Battle Rages 7. The Aftermath Notes Index

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Book SynopsisThere are few figures and leaders of recent American history of greater social and political consequence than Jesse Jackson, and few more relevant for America's current political climate. In the 1960s, Jackson served as a close aide to Dr. Martin Luther King, meeting him on the notorious march to legitimate the American democratic system in Selma. He was there on the day of King's assassination, and continued his political legacy, inspiring a generation of Black and Latino politicians and activists, founding the Rainbow/PUSH Coalition, and helping to make the Democratic Party more multicultural and progressive with his historic runs for the presidency in the 1980s. In I Am Somebody, David Masciotra argues that Jackson's legacy must be rehabilitated in the history of American politics. Masciotra has had personal access to Jackson for several years, conducting over one hundred interviews with the man himself, as well as interviews with a wide variety of elected officials and activTrade ReviewJesse Jackson is one of the most influential American leaders of the last half century, and historically one of the giants of the African American freedom struggle. In his paean to Jackson, I Am Somebody, David Masciotra, based on research, and extensive first-hand observations and multiple interviews with Jackson, presents a sprightly analysis of why Jackson matters in the African American freedom movement, human rights and the quest for a more just, equalitarian and inclusive American democracy. Although a sympathetic portrayal, Masciotra carefully balances admiration and detachment in his assessment of the strengths and weaknesses of the man and his work. The book is an important addition to the literature on Post-Civil Era American politics. * Robert C. Smith, Emeritus Professor of Political Science, San Francisco State University, USA *I Am Somebody is a book for anyone interested in presidential politics, Black American political history, and the link between the civil rights movement and modern political uprisings. Jesse Jackson has served as a consistent voice for economic freedom and racial equality, and David Masciotra intricately lays out the contributions of Jackson as we continue to fight for democracy, religious and economic freedom, racial equity, and the promise of the American dream. His analysis introduces us to a multifaceted and holistic Jackson, not a hagiographic retelling of Jackson’s life and accomplishments. Jackson’s concern was for the liberation and emancipation of people, at home and abroad, Black and non-Black, and it is this lifelong work that has solidified Jackson and his work into the moral fabric of this country. There is no Barack Obama, Black Lives Matter, or modern day poor people’s movement without Jesse Jackson. A must read for anyone interested in race, protest politics, electoral politics, the Civil Rights Movement, leadership, and the power of one man to continue a civil rights legacy across generations to change the course of electoral history in America. * Christina M. Greer, PhD, Associate Professor of Political Science at Fordham University, New York, USA. Author of Black Ethnics: Race, Immigration, and the Pursuit of the American Dream *My relationship with Jesse Jackson began in high school when he played quarterback at Sterling High School in Greenville, SC and I played quarterback at Lincoln High School in Sumter, SC. He attended A & T State University where he played quarterback and I quarterbacked at Clark Atlanta University. We both pledged Omega Psi Phi Fraternity and served on its national board of directors. We were born to teenage mothers and both of them became beauticians and good friends. I know Jesse Jackson. I spent two years, 1980-82, as his executive vice president of Operation PUSH and served as the chief negotiator for signing covenants with major corporations. I know Jesse Jackson. Many books and articles have been written about “the Country Preacher”, however, in this book, David Masciotra, has written the most comprehensive and balanced work on the life of this civil rights icon. It should be in every home, library and public place. Jesse Jackson is a citizen of the world. * James L. Felder, Author and Former Member of the South Carolina House of Representatives, USA *Table of ContentsForeword by Michael Eric Dyson Introduction: Eyes on the Prize Chapter 1: Remove Not Your Ancient Landmarks Chapter 2: Apostle of Economics Chapter 3: David and Goliath Chapter 4: How Ya Like Me Now? Chapter 5: Unofficial Ambassador Chapter 6: An American Bluesman Chapter 7: The Sign of Democracy Conclusion: Christian Social Work Index

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Book SynopsisHaben grew up spending summers with her family in the enchanting Eritrean city of Asmara. There, she discovered courage as she faced off against a bull she couldn't see, and found in herself an abiding strength as she absorbed her parents' harrowing experiences during Eritrea's thirty-year war with Ethiopia. Their refugee story inspired her to embark on a quest for knowledge, traveling the world in search of the secret to belonging. She explored numerous fascinating places, including Mali, where she helped build a school under the scorching Saharan sun. Her many adventures over the years range from the hair-raising to the hilarious.Haben defines disability as an opportunity for innovation. She learned non-visual techniques for everything from dancing salsa to handling an electric saw. She developed a text-to-braille communication system that created an exciting new way to connect with people. Haben pioneered her way through obstacles, graduated from Harvard Law, and now uses her talents to advocate for people with disabilities.HABEN takes readers through a thrilling game of blind hide-and-seek in Louisiana, a treacherous climb up an iceberg in Alaska, and a magical moment with President Obama at The White House. Warm, funny, thoughtful, and uplifting, this captivating memoir is a testament to one woman's determination to find the keys to connection.

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Book SynopsisIn Autonomous Weapons Systems and International Norms Ingvild Bode and Hendrik Huelss present an innovative analysis of how testing, developing, and using weapons systems with autonomous features shapes ethical and legal norms, arguing that they have already established standards for what counts as meaningful human control.Trade Review"This timely book offers a novel and important contribution to the emerging debate on autonomous weapons systems. Ingvild Bode and Hendrik Huelss’s study presents a fresh and original perspective. The authors skilfully analyse and depict the political, legal, and ethical challenges generated by human-machine interaction and the weaponisation of artificial intelligence." Birgit Schippers, St Mary’s University College Belfast and editor of The Routledge Handbook to Rethinking Ethics in International Relations“Ainsi que le soulignent Ingvild Bode et Hendrik Huelss, l’autonomisation des systèmes d’armes n’est pasune préoccupation futuriste mais unphénomène déjà à l’œuvre. Certaines fonctions autonomes sont déjà utilisées depuis des décennies, par exemple dansles systèmes de défense aérienne. Leur déploiement a progressivement transformé les normes d’usage de la force et de contrôle humain. Cet ouvrage est donc très pertinent pour saisir les enjeux liés à la militarisation de l’Intelligence artificielle et ses implicationspour les relations internationales engénéral.” Politique étrangère“The authors present a comprehensive analytical study of AWS and its context in an innovative, pathbreaking academic work of exemplary quality that displays outstanding knowledge of military operations and their political implications.” H-War, H-Net“Using the concept of procedural norms, the authors demonstrate that standards of appropriateness relating to the use of AWS have already emerged, despite the relative novelty of AI-powered weapons.” International Journal

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Book SynopsisDavid K. Johnson tells the story of the physique magazine produced by and for gay men to show how gay commerce was not a byproduct of the gay-rights movement but an important catalyst for it. He offers a vivid look into the lives of physique entrepreneurs and their customers, presenting a wealth of illustrations.Trade ReviewNamed one of the 20 best LGBTQ reads of 2019. * Attitude *Named one of 'The best queer(ish) non-fiction tomes we read in 2019' * Advocate *Named a top ten book by the 2020 Over the Rainbow committee of the American Library Association * Over the Rainbow committee of the American Library Association *This deeply researched book expands our understanding of pre-Stonewall gay male activism by describing a bold group of physique photographers, magazine publishers, and booksellers who were more militant than the Mattachine Society and built a far larger constituency through their explicit portrayal and defense of homoerotic desire. A revelatory and compelling history. -- George Chauncey, author of Gay New YorkWhat do 1950s muscle magazines, gay booksellers, and pen-pal networks have to do with the LGBTQ movement? A great deal more than you might think. In this compelling book, David Johnson unearths stories of shrewd businessmen and hungry consumers who, through asserting their right to sell and buy and read what the law tried to ban, challenged repression, fostered gay community, and helped to build a movement. -- Leila J. Rupp, author of A Desired Past: A Short History of Same-Sex Love in AmericaJohnson’s convincing fleshy history challenges conventional wisdom, arguing that what we have called the ‘homophile era’ (defined by 1950s and 1960s gay rights social movements) was actually ‘the physique era’—when the market of homoerotic fitness magazines and mail-order commerce produced a much larger imagined community and had arguably more significant legal impact. -- Lucas Hilderbrand, author of Paris is Burning: A Queer Film ClassicDavid K. Johnson’s Buying Gay is a groundbreaking work that reshapes how we think about queer history and its political movements. Johnson explores the barely underground world of pre-Stonewall publishing that shaped LGBT life, politics, and promotion of a gay identity. Johnson’s lucid writing and enthralling story startlingly remaps and complicates movement history, suggesting that an army of consumers cannot lose. -- Michael Bronski, author of A Queer History of the United StatesOffering a deeply researched, panoramic view of a world that had not yet received a serious scholarly treatment, Johnson persuasively shows that gay consumer culture developed earlier than we imagined. A landmark intervention in LGBTQ history. -- Timothy Stewart-Winter, author of Queer Clout: Chicago and the Rise of Gay PoliticsFilling unfortunate gaps in the historiographies of business, capitalism, and consumption, Buying Gay is an exciting, innovative, original, and groundbreaking new study of gay consumer culture in the 1950s and 1960s. -- Marc Stein, author of The Stonewall Riots: A Documentary HistoryIn this intelligent work, historian Johnson . . . makes a compelling case that, in contrast to the academic tendency to dismiss physique magazines as mere artifacts of closeted life, physique entrepreneurs went on to found other businesses and ultimately created ‘a gay market.’ . . . Johnson draws on archival evidence and original interviews in prose that remains accessible even as it demonstrates his scholarly chops. This excellent history brings to light a little-known subject with a well-supported, unusual argument. * Publishers Weekly (starred review) *Through a finely tuned narrative, Johnson traces the arc of physique magazines, offering an inside look at the stories and personalities of the courageous publishers of gay magazines and books. . . . It is clear from Johnson’s excellent study that physique magazines had more than historical significance; they were central to gay culture in the 1960s, representing a way for gay men to celebrate their own sexuality and find commonality with others. * Foreword Reviews *An accessible, detailed and riveting journey into the pioneering early gay physique zine industry. . . . David K Johnson reveals how the trade — more than just producing iconic, epic images — was an important catalyst for the gay rights movement. This is an indispensable and fascinating addition to the library of anyone interested in gay culture. -- Uli Lenart * Attitude *Johnson shows how physique entrepreneurs consolidated the power of the gay community in the United States, allowing them to resist the persecution from the U.S. Postal Service amidst the anti-communism of the Cold War. -- Johnny Fulfer and Catherine Cueto * The Economic Historian *Buying Gay challenges prevailing gay historiography, which has long been dominated by leftist and even socialist 'queer' analyses averse to capitalism and American society itself. . . . Even taking Stonewall into consideration, gay activists have achieved their greatest victories not in trying to overturn society, but rather by broadening it. And as Buying Gay shows, they were most effective when using the tools of bourgeois capitalism. -- James Kirchick * Times Literary Supplement *Buying Gay is a thorough, and extremely entertaining read that delights in several ways, and especially in terms of David K. Johnson’s analysis of the tropes of physique magazines. * Hyperallergic *In this richly documented, groundbreaking volume, Johnson retrieves the genre of physique magazines as an unrecognized source of historical information on the gradual development of a homosexual community. * Choice *Exciting. . . . Riveting. . . . Fabulous. . . . Compelling. -- Eric Gonzaba * Journal of Social History *Bodies politic and visual are at the heart of David K. Johnson’s well-written and extensively researched book. . . . Johnson documents the birth and decline of the physique industries with a deep dive into original and secondary sources, crafting a creative and challenging rethinking of the prologue to the explosion of the LGBTQ movements. -- Marc J. Stern * Business History Review *David Johnson's Buying Gay: How Physique Entrepreneurs Sparked a Movement is an important contribution to several fields: American cultural history, queer history and histories of capitalism and consumerism to name just a few. Buying Gay breaks down binaries between capitalist and entrepreneur on the one hand and queer subject and activist on the other, arguing that commercial activity by gay entrepreneurs contributed to community building and progressive change. -- Justin Bengry * Advertising & Society Quarterly *Buying Gay is meticulously researched, well written, and, like the best scholarship, demands that we rethink ideas we have taken for granted in the light of compelling new data. -- Katherine Sender * Advertising & Society Quarterly *Johnson successfully rewrites the physique era into gay political history in this well‐argued and engaging work. -- Emma M. Broder * Journal of the History of the Behavioral Sciences *An accessible, detailed and riveting journey into the pioneering early gay physique zine industry. * Attitude *A deeply researched, beautifully written work that deserves the broadest possible readership. * New England Quarterly *What is most useful and original in Johnson’s work is that he offers a new genealogy of the LGBTQ movement in the United States. * The Point *An excellent reminder of just how much the early gay political movement was tied to markets and consumer capitalism. * Marginal Revolution *The business of producing and disseminating homoerotic images helped forge a movement. Case well made. * Harvard Gay and Lesbian Review *Table of ContentsPrefaceList of IllustrationsIntroduction1. Emerging from the Muscle Magazines: Bob Mizer’s Athletic Model Guild2. Selling Gay Books: Donald Webster Cory’s “Business with a Conscience”3. The Grecian Guild: Imagining a Gay Past, and Future4. “I Want a Pen Pal!”: Postmaster General Arthur Summerfield and the Adonis Male Club5. Defending a Naked Boy: Lynn Womack at the Supreme Court6. Consolidating the Market: DSI of Minneapolis7. The Physique LegacyAcknowledgmentsAbbreviationsNotesIndex

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"Examining Wollstonecraft’s philosophical writings on sex, sexuality, and motherhood—as a lens through which to view the history of feminism in the United States—Bachiochi argues that between the 19th and 21st centuries, too many American women abandoned Wollstonecraftian ideals of virtue and fairness, replacing them with the self-defeating ideology (and various waves) of progressive feminism." —National Review"The Rights of Women: Reclaiming a Lost Vision . . . portrays women as increasingly disadvantaged by principles that became prominent in the 20th century's conception of liberty. Rather than merely liberating, [Bachiochi] argues, the industrial and sexual revolutions have disrupted longstanding dynamics that allow the sexes to pursue authentic freedom; that is, the freedom to pursue virtue in familial and social relationships." —FoxNews“Part history, part legal theory, and part political philosophy, The Rights of Women provides a compelling contribution to feminist dialogue, both applauding the gains and critiquing the missteps made during women’s quest for advancement. . . . Bachiochi offers a judicious analysis of women’s history that informs her refreshing portrait of dignitarian feminism.” —Law & Liberty"Along with the maternal accompaniment of Our Lady, the Wollstonecraft-Glendon understanding of women’s rights—a truly ennobling and liberating moral vision—reimagines feminism, and Bachiochi’s book brilliantly explains how that understanding evolved." —National Catholic Register"Bachiochi offers us a cohesive historical lens through which to adopt Wollstonecraft’s program of virtue today, even as we already see it bearing fruit in households that we admire. 'Without that intentional human development properly prioritized in the life of the home,' Bachiochi asserts, 'persons (and markets) [will] do little good outside of it.'" —The Interim"The purpose of freedom is for human flourishing, not flouting the virtues, as this excellent work so clearly demonstrates." —Catholic Medical Quarterly"Bachiochi’s work is a call to reimagine feminism. What if men and women pursued equality, not as self-destructive license, but as freedom for the sake of human excellence? " —National Catholic Register"At the heart of Erika Bachiochi’s The Rights of Women: Reclaiming a Lost Vision is the assertion that human beings are not defined by autonomy but rather by relations of dependency and obligation." —The Catholic World Report"Bachiochi takes her readers on a thorough and scholarly examination of leading feminist thought as it developed through the past 200-plus years, through the lens of early feminist author Mary Wollstonecraft. . . . Let us hope that Bachiochi’s vision is realizable, for it would certainly be the beginning of a more humane world, for both sexes." —The University Bookman"In Bachiochi’s book, we see Wollstonecraft’s legacy percolate through the 19th-century American women’s movement—in which the tension between individualism and life in common hums." —UnHerd"Erika Bachiochi, in her book The Rights of Women: Reclaiming a Lost Vision, offers a memorial to Wollstonecraft, an effort to reclaim the moral vision of this early feminist for our time. . . . I earnestly commend Bachiochi’s book to a wide audience and to feminists of every stripe." —Marginalia"Rights of Women doesn’t claim to be a conservative book, but it renews a challenge that cuts to the heart of the conservative movement." —The American Conservative"Erika Bachiochi’s The Rights of Women is the most impressive anti-abortion book to appear in years." —First Things"Now and then a book comes along that changes the way one thinks about the world. Erika Bachiochi's The Rights of Women is one of these books." —Modern Age"Women’s (and men’s) freedom is linked to the response to the question, what are freedoms for? According to Bachiochi’s account, freedoms are rooted neither in the market, nor in power clashes or gender antagonism, but in a heritage that celebrates everyday human flourishing." —Church, Communication, and Culture"Just as Wollstonecraft challenged prevalent mistakes in thinking about the rights of women, so too Bachiochi is uprooting mainstream myths about what women’s wellbeing and success require today. The effort of students and teachers to read her work carefully will be well-rewarded." —American Journal of JurisprudenceTable of ContentsIntroduction 1. Mary Wollstonecraft’s Moral Vision 2. Men, Marriage, Law, and Government 3. The Young Republic and the Unequal Virtues of the Agrarian Home 4. Women’s Suffrage, Rational Souls, Sexed Bodies, And the Ties that Bind 5. The Industrial Revolution and the Debate Between Abstract Rights and Concrete Duties 6. The “Feminine Mystique” and Human Work 7. Sex Role Stereotypes and the Successful Quest for Equal Citizenship Status 8. Caring for Dependency in the Logic of the Market 9. Sexual Asymmetry, American Law, and the Call for a Renewed Family Ecology 10. Reimagining Feminism Today in Search of Human Excellence

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"van Zeben and Rowell have provided an accessible interdisciplinary resource that helps readers to understand three major environmental issues and the laws intended to regulate their causes and effects. . . . With or without a background in law, readers can quickly and easily engage with the book content." * Technical Communication *Table of ContentsList of Illustrations List of Spotlight Boxes Preface Part One. Building Blocks of EU Environmental Law 1. Regulating Environmental Impacts 2. Key Actors 3. Types of Law 4. Regulatory Instruments Part Two. EU Environmental Law 5. Contextualizing EU Environmental Law 6. Pollution Control Air Pollution Water Pollution Soil Pollution Chemical Substances Waste Management 7. Ecosystem Management Biodiversity WildlifeSpecial Ecosystems Management: Habitats Agriculture 8. Climate Change Mitigation Adaptation and Natural Hazards Conclusions Acknowledgments Appendix 1. Time Line of EU Environmental Law Appendix 2. Membership of the EU Additional Resources Glossary Index

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Book SynopsisHow hundreds of lawyers mobilized to challenge the illegal treatment of prisoners captured in the war on terror and helped force an end to the US government's most odious policies. In The War in Court, sociologist LisaHajjartraces the fight against the US torture policy by lawyers who brought the war on terror into the courts. Their victories, though few and far between, forced the government to change the way prisoners were treated and focused attention on state crimes perpetrated in the shadows. If not for these lawyers and their allies, US torture would have gone unchallenged because elected officials and the American public, with a few exceptions, did nothing to oppose it. This war in court has been fought to defend the principle that there is no legal right to torture. Told as a suspenseful, high-stakes story, The War in Court clearly outlines why challenges to the torture policy had to be waged on the legal terrain and why hundreds of lawyers joined the fight. Drawing on eTrade Review"Hajjar...revisits the subject of US torture of detainees after the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. Her focus is the group of lawyers who tried to use law, national and international, to stop and redress abusive US policies. . . . [S]he does an excellent job of systematically examining the political and legal dimensions of the subject, bringing everything up to date." * CHOICE *"A suspenseful, high-stakes story." * Law & Social Inquiry *"A riveting account of the legal challenges to the George W. Bush administration’s torture policies, with a particularly insightful focus on the military commission proceedings at Guantánamo Bay Naval Base. . . . Hajjar extracts some hope from what is often a dispiriting narrative." * Criminal Law and Criminal Justice Books *"Hajjar’s masterful account of how the United States has descended into a pro-torture nation will benefit sociologists and historians for generations to come." * Social Forces * "The War in Court brings the dark story of U.S. torture in the “war on terror” to light, the utter bankruptcy of the endeavor from its origin, and the heroism of those who resisted." * Against the Current: A Socialist Journal *Table of ContentsList of Illustrations List of Abbreviations Preface Introduction: Why Torture Matters 1 • Taking the "War on Terror" to Court 2 • Enter the Warriors 3 • Mapping the Lines of Battle 4 • The War in Court Takes Off 5 • Winning Some, Losing Some 6 • Fighting for Justice at Home and Abroad 7 • Trying Guantánamo 8 • New Battles, Same War 9 • Obama's Guantánamo 10 • The Last Front Conclusion: The Afterlives of Torture Acknowledgments Sources and Further Readings Index

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Book SynopsisHow the legalization of assisted dying is changing our lives. Over the past five years, medical aid-in-dying (also known as assisted suicide) has expanded rapidly in the United States and is now legally available to one in five Americans. This growing social and political movement heralds the possibility of a new era of choice in dying. Yet very little is publicly known about how medical aid-in-dying laws affect ordinary citizens once they are put into practice. Sociological studies of new health policies have repeatedly demonstrated that the realities often fall short of advocacy visions, raising questions about how much choice and control aid-in-dying actually affords. Scripting Death chronicles two years of ethnographic research documenting the implementation of Vermont's 2013 Patient Choice and Control at End of Life Act. Author Mara Buchbinder weaves together stories collected from patients, caregivers, health care providers, activists, and legislators to illustrate how theyTrade Review"A beautifully written, thought-provoking ethnography that traces how patients, family caregivers, health care providers, activists, and legislators navigate this new world in which MAID is a legal option. . . . This book is essential reading for courses on death and dying, health care, and bioethics and will be eye-opening for those caring for terminally ill loved ones or grappling with their own life-or-death decisions. . . . Highly recommended." * CHOICE *“Buchbinder offers a compelling introduction to the complexity and inconsistency of ethical stances around life and death decision-making. In addition, she calls attention to the danger of reducing the forms of personhood and sociality produced through impending death to individual autonomy. And she shows the heart-wrenching consequences of unequal access to information and care in the United States. Scripting Death is a wonderful introduction to a pressing social issue.” * Medical Anthropology Quarterly *“​"Buchbinder’s work is the latest of several highly accessible health related ethnographies that represent a resurgence of anthropology in which real people talk rather than ‘discourse,’ questions are asked rather than ‘interrogated,’ and the term ‘reinscribe’ does not appear. A welcome development." * The Hastings Center Report *"Scripting Death provides a rich collection of Vermont stories about the challenges of organizing medical aid in dying, which serve as a microcosm of the broader problems faced by Americans in gaining access to health care." * Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law *Table of ContentsIntroduction 1. Scripting Choice into Law 2. Making Death 3. Starting the Conversation 4. Reconciling Assistance with the Physician's Professional Role 5. Access and the Power to Choose 6. Choreographing Death Conclusion Coda Acknowledgments Appendix: About the Research Notes References Index

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Book SynopsisLegal scholar Peter M. Shane confronts U.S. presidential entitlement and offers a more reasonable way of conceptualizing our constitutional presidency in the twenty-first century. In the eyes of modern-day presidentialists, the United States Constitution's vesting of executive power means today what it meant in 1787. For them, what it meant in 1787 was the creation of a largely unilateral presidency, and in their view, a unilateral presidency still best serves our national interest. Democracy's Chief Executive challenges each of these premises, while showing how their influence on constitutional interpretation for more than forty years has set the stage for a presidency ripe for authoritarianism. Democracy's Chief Executive explains how dogmatic ideas about expansive executive authority can create within the government a psychology of presidential entitlement that threatens American democracy and the rule of law. Tracing today's aggressive presidentialism to a steady consolidatiTrade Review"[A] useful and timely book." * Survival: Global Politics and Strategy *Table of ContentsContents Prologue: Toward a Pro-Democracy Constitutional Presidency Part One Aggressive Presidentialism: Originalism Done Badly 1 • From the “Unitary” to the “Entitled” Executive 2 • The “Chief Prosecutor” Myth 3 • Politicizing the “Deep State”: Presidents and the Bureaucracy Part Two Constitutional Interpretation for Democracy 4 • The Originalist Mirage of Presidential Power 5 • Interpreting Democracy’s Constitution Part Three Democracy’s Chief Executive 6 • Democracy’s Presidency 7 • Breaking the Grip of Presidentialism Acknowledgments Notes Suggested Further Reading Index

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Book SynopsisA meticulous and exhaustive accounting of the total economic devastation wreaked on Black communities by mass incarceration with an action guide for vital reparations. Stolen Wealth, Hidden Power is a staggering account of the destruction wrought by mass incarceration. Finding that the economic value of the damages to Black individuals, families, and communities totals $7.16 trillionroughly 86 percent of the current BlackWhite wealth gapthis compelling and exhaustive analysis puts unprecedented empirical heft behind an urgent call for reparations. Much of the damage of mass incarceration, Tasseli McKay finds, has been silently absorbed by families and communities of the incarceratedwhere it is often compensated for by women's invisible labor. Four decades of state-sponsored violence have destroyed the health, economic potential, and political power of Black Americans across generations. Grounded in principles of transitional justice that have guided other nations in moving past erTrade Review"An eloquent and impressively detailed argument for repairing a grave injustice." * Publishers Weekly *"The case for reparations is not about guilt or blame but a shared morality about justice for the sins and harms the US inflicted through government actions, including enslavement, redlining, eminent domain, and racial discrimination. McKay makes a convincing case." * CHOICE *"A phenomenal read for those in privilege and those in peril." * Criminal Law and Criminal Justice Books *Table of ContentsContents Preface Acknowledgments 1. Disremembered and Unaccounted For 2. “Institutionalized”: The Hyperregulation of Childhood Challenges 3. “More than a Shell”: Perpetual Imprisonment 4. “I Always Put the Burden on Her Shoulders”:The Invisible Weight of Mass Incarceration 5. “They Needed Me There”: The Mass Removal of Parents 6. “Systematic Deconstruction”: The Collective Effects of Mass Incarceration 7. Dreaming an America beyond Mass Incarceration Appendix: Research Methods Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisDworkin argues that equality, freedom, and individual responsibility are not in conflict, but flow from and into one another as facets of the same humanist conception of life and politics. He applies his principles to contemporary controversies such as the distribution of health care, affirmative action, assisted suicide, and genetic engineering.Trade ReviewMany philosophers would not be offended by the charge that philosophy is not a practical pursuit. Dworkin, a professor at New York University and University College in London, is deeply offended. He insists that philosophers can clarify the foundations of law to build a better world...In Sovereign Virtue, Dworkin attempts...first to establish principles and then apply them to today's vexing issues, including health care, campaign finance and affirmative action. -- Mitchell Goodman * Raleigh News & Observer *There is much that is brilliant in Dworkin's development of [his] themes. He reconceptualizes egalitarianism so...it corrects only inequalities for which people are not responsible...[Dworkin] presents an original and comprehensive political theory that claims to unite equality not only with freedom but also with other allegedly competing values, such as democracy, community and the good life. And he repeatedly connects his abstract speculations to specific controversies from contemporary political life. This is what political philosophy should do, and Dworkin does it better than anyone else now writing. -- Thomas Hurka * Toronto Globe and Mail *Dworkin's aim in Sovereign Virtue is to rescue the 'endangered' value of equality and to accommodate it to personal responsibility...[His] position is what he calls an 'ethical individualism' embodying two principles: it is equally important, for each human life, that it be successful; and every person has a special responsibility for the success of his own life. If you take both these ideas seriously, you will be driven, so Dworkin argues, to demand equality of resources. This ideal is the core of the book, and he defends it in impressive detail against its main rivals--equality of welfare and equality of opportunity. * The Economist *This is a work of the first importance, by an outstanding philosopher of politics and law who is the most eloquent, thoughtful and judicious spokesman of the new centre-left-liberal position which in recent years has come to be called 'the third way'--a label conferred and expounded by lesser minds, but here given what is not only the deepest and most compelling statement it has yet received, but a statement which is, in addition, genuinely deep and compelling. -- A.C. Grayling * Financial Times *Dworkin is that rare creature, a public intellectual. He writes with clarity and economy, and while he is not hard to understand, he demands maximum concentration from his readers…He sets out not just to persuade us to think differently, but also to act differently. He wants to change not just our beliefs but our behavior too…Sovereign Virtue is a book rich in arguments. Every objection is debated into submission; every alternative is pondered until its inadequacy becomes clear to the author. -- Anthony Julius * Sunday Telegraph *Sovereign Virtue…is…extraordinarily impressive: supple, suave and enviably deft, like all his work, and in its cumulative effect quite exceptionally illuminating…[Dworkin] has been in many ways the most systematic moral, political and legal thinker of the past three decades in the Anglophone world. He may lack the personal authority or the singularity of mind of John Rawls. But on this evidence he has a substantially broader range of ambition, a set of forceful moral intuitions, a speed and boldness of intellectual manoeuvre, and a combination of energy and sheer pertinacity that are all his own. -- John Dunn * Times Higher Education Supplement *For Dworkin fans, indeed for any analytical political philosopher who rejects the 'new pragmatism' linguistic turn and relishes a complex argumentative structure, this book will provide many hours of intellectual stimulation. Just as we who are not ourselves great chess players or mathematicians can admire the minds of great chess players or mathematicians, so even skeptical readers may admire Dworkin's elegant and complex sense of how philosophers can do their work. -- Lief Carter * Law and Politics Review *For the last two decades, Ronald Dworkin has been developing answers to...questions [of public policy] as part of a powerful and surprising response to the larger question of how we should reconcile liberty with equality. Unlike many partisans of equality, he thinks conservatives are right to hold individuals largely responsible for their own fates. But unlike many partisans of liberty, he nevertheless believes in substantial governmental intervention to bring about more equality. And, unlike both, he argues that, in the deepest sense, equality and liberty are never truly at odds. In Sovereign Virtue, Dworkin has brought together this surprising theory and some of its applications...If we care about having a rational public discourse about the many contests that seem to pit liberty against equality, we owe his book a careful reading. -- K. Anthony Appiah * New York Review of Books *With Sovereign Virtue, Ronald Dworkin finally presents his political theory in a form convenient for the general reader, stripped of the specialized arguments about jurisprudence on which he has built his reputation. The issue in Sovereign Virtue is not how judges should decide cases, but what kind of equality between individuals government should secure and maintain. -- Daniel Choi * Independent Review *[Dworkin] explodes the platitudes that have traditionally been used to determine whether someone's views on equality were "sound" and he manages to map out a terrain on which [an] honest and respectable argument about equality can be conducted. These are major achievements, and the papers collected in Sovereign Virtue must be regarded now as classics in political philosophy. -- Jeremy Waldron * London Review of Books *Dworkin's prolific scholarly and journalistic writings have defined the intellectual agenda for academic liberals in law schools as well as philosophy and political-science departments for a quarter of a century…Ronal Dworkin is a powerful and persuasive advocate of the view that law and politics do indeed at crucial junctures depend on moral philosophy's services. -- Peter Berkowitz * National Review *Dworkin has been a leading contributor to the egalitarian literature for 20 years. This volume collects and develops his most important work in the area and would be of immense interest for this reason alone. In addition, Dworkin labors tirelessly to connect his theoretical analysis to concrete policy prescriptions. The second half of the book provides one of the most impressive extended examples of applied political theory in the egalitarian literature…Dworkin's defense of resourcist theory is quite persuasive on its own terms, and it forces the reader to confront Dworkin's account of responsibility for preferences and the related implications for egalitarian justice. -- Alexander Kaufman * Social Service Review *Dworkin's procedure is bolder, his ambition to build theory stronger, and the range of application of his views much wider…But what is perhaps most philosophically striking about Dworkin is how insistently systematic his vision is. It is not merely that he builds interesting, and sometimes compelling, connections between the book's first seven chapters on theory and the last seven…It is, rather, in his almost platonic argument for a kind of unity of the virtues that the deepest aspirations of his thought can be seen. -- James Lindemann Nelson * Second Opinion *The first half contains a veritable flood of novel and inspired theoretical ideas; the second half applies these exciting ideas in surprisingly conventional ways. -- Will Kymlicka * ISUMA *He offers a powerful defense of the market, along Mesesian lines…Dworkin is not the only writer to raise these issues, but he does so in a particularly effective way: At many points, Dworkin's book proves a valuable quarry for those aiming to defend the market. * The Mises Review *This is an important book whose appearance might very well fuel the "Fourth Great Awakening." Arguably it is far more fundamental than the narrow "morality" that concerns Himmelfarb. * Future Survey *Dworkin argues that equality is the "sovereign virtue" in the sense that it is the "special and indispensable" value that political authority must promote…This work will be frequently cited because of the importance of the papers and the convenience of having them collected in one volume; it is an essential text for academic libraries. -- J. D. Moon * CHOICE *Table of ContentsIntroduction: Does Equality Matter? I. Theory 1. Equality of Welfare 2. Equality of Resources 3. The Place of Liberty 4. Political Equality 5. Liberal Community 6. Equality and the Good Life 7. Equality and Capability II. Practice 8. Justice and the High Cost of Health 9. Justice, Insurance, and Luck 10. Free Speech, Politics, and the Dimensions of Democracy 11. Affirmative Action: Does It Work? 12. Affirmative Action: Is It Fair? 13. Playing God: Genes, Clones, and Luck 14. Sex, Death, and the Courts Sources Notes Index

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Book SynopsisBerman’s masterwork narrates the interaction of evolution and revolution in the development of Western law. This volume explores two successive transformations of the Western legal tradition under the impact of the 16th-century German Reformation and the 17th-century English Revolution, with particular emphasis on Lutheran and Calvinist influences.Trade ReviewTaken together, Berman’s two volumes offer a sweeping panorama of the rise of modern law in the West, from its medieval beginnings to the start of the eighteenth century. In scope, learning, and ambition there is nothing else quite like them, and they constitute one of the deepest contributions to scholarship to have emerged from the legal academy in decades. In calling attention to these neglected episodes in the history of Western law, Berman has raised a host of difficult questions for historical and philosophical investigation, and one can only hope that others will follow his footsteps and explore the territory he has charted. -- William B. Ewald * Constitutional Commentary *Berman is at his best when illustrating the effect that a judicious study of law has on our appreciation of Western history. His meticulous and impassioned parsing of the theological and philosophical roots of the German legal academy or of the English adversarial system is instructive to a degree surpassed only by his previous work in Law and Revolution. His prescient call for an ‘integrative jurisprudence’ will surely be heeded, and is arguably already the norm in legal practice, though perhaps not in legal theory. -- Victor M. Muñiz-Fraticelli * Foundations of Political Theory *In the second volume of his magnum opus, Harold Berman intends to rescue from neglect Lutheran legal teachings, and does so by expanding his attention beyond Luther to include the works of the humanist theologian Philip Melanchthon, and the lesser-known Lutheran jurists, Johann Apel, Konrad Lagus, and Johann Oldendorp. His close reading of these jurists makes the most significant contribution to the study of early modern continental legal philosophy and its possible ramifications… Not only Europeans, but heirs of legal institutions and ways of thinking about states, rights, and religion that flowed from the European experience, need to heed the call to a more self-conscious and deliberate questioning of whether a narrative that traces the law’s liberating trajectory from confessionalism and beyond nationalism is persuasive at all. Berman…provides provocative and rewarding investigations of where and how our current dilemmas with that narrative began. -- A. G. Rieber * Law and Social Inquiry *It is not necessary to share Berman’s belief in order to appreciate much in this book. -- Michael D. Gordon * American Historical Review *Berman repeatedly [shows] the interrelationship between history, religion, and law. -- Henry Cohen * Federal Lawyer *The present volume…will be of interest mainly to the general reader seriously concerned about the moral direction of our troubled time. For such a reader there is much to learn and ponder in this compendious book. Berman gives close attention to the efforts of Lutheran theologians, jurists, and politicians to reconcile divine law and natural law, the former revealed in Scripture, the latter accessed by reason. -- Gerald Strauss * Law and History Review *For those interested in the ongoing debates about the social consequences of the Protestant Reformation for subsequent Western history, this book of great learning is a welcome contribution to the literature. [It] has also been a much anticipated book, coming now twenty years after Harold Berman’s path-breaking first installment, Law and Revolution: The Formation of the Western Legal Tradition. In the present volume, Berman continues his provocative analysis of theological and ecclesiastical roots of the legal tradition that has been developing in the West for nearly a millennium, but that he fears is presently in crisis… This second volume of Law and Revolution is a work of vast erudition that few other scholars would be capable of producing. The synthesis of legal and theological scholarship, as well as the integration of intellectual, ecclesiastical, and political developments, are crucial to the claims of this book and are impressive throughout. The author’s claims are persuasively argued and one can confidently conclude that scholars working on related issues in the future cannot safely ignore his conclusions. -- David VanDrunen * Westminster Theological Journal *A unique contribution to the history of the Western legal tradition. Harold Berman is a master at integrating detail with larger themes, presenting the material in a way that the point is never lost. A great deal will be almost entirely new to English-speaking readers. The treatment of the development of jurisprudence within Protestant Germany is especially valuable. The role of ‘revolutions’ in shaping but still preserving the essence of the Western legal tradition is one that Berman has made his own. This is a substantial achievement. -- R. H. Helmholz, University of Chicago Law SchoolA careful reading of this relevant volume, Law and Revolution, II, provides much food for thought. The author, Harold J. Berman, examines the present dilemma by looking at the past… This volume and its valuable footnotes contain a wealth of information… This volume is relevant for today. -- Byron Snapp, The Chalcedon FoundationA wonderfully stimulating work that highlights a very important aspect of the development of European law that has so far been largely neglected. Well written and lucidly presented, it maintains a good balance between the general and the specific, and is based throughout on original research of sources that are neither easily accessible nor easy to interpret. With this book, Harold Berman offers another distinguished contribution to legal scholarship. -- Reinhard Zimmerman, Max Planck Institute, HamburgTable of ContentsPreface Introduction I. The German Revolution and the Transformation of German Law in the Sixteenth Century 1. The Reformation of the Church and of the State, 1517-1555 2. Lutheran Legal Philosophy 3. The Transformation of German Legal Science 4. The Transformation of German Criminal Law 5. The Transformation of German Civil and Economic Law 6. The Transformation of German Social Law Ii. The English Revolution and the Transformation of English Law in the Seventeenth Century 7. The English Revolution, 1640-1689 8. The Transformation of English Legal Philosophy 9. The Transformation of English Legal Science 10. The Transformation of English Criminal Law 11. The Transformation of English Civil and Economic Law 12. The Transformation of English Social Law Conclusion Notes Acknowledgments Index

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Book SynopsisDoes globalization help everyone or just the rich? Is it the enemy of sustainability or the only hope against climate change? Rival camps are dug in, but Anthea Roberts and Nicolas Lamp find points of agreement. Isolating the value conflicts that drive the globalization debate, they show where consensus lies and argue for achievable policy change.Trade ReviewSix Faces of Globalization is a very smart book, and not just for people interested in globalization. The authors manage to help readers understand the many faces of globalization by identifying multiple narratives that fuel different political movements and perspectives of the punditocracy. Ultimately, however, this is a book not just about globalization, but also about the power and importance of narrative: how it is constructed and how it can contribute to a far more nuanced and complex understanding of the forces of change. Highly recommended. -- Anne-Marie Slaughter, CEO, New AmericaAt a time when many of us have only one view of the world, so much so that we only read the books and watch the media that support our vision, Roberts and Lamp present us with a real challenge: they lay out convincingly and comprehensively many different narratives of globalization and its political and economic effects. The book thus implicitly challenges the narrative that each of us finds most compelling. Like in a movie by Kurosawa, our view of events depends on our position. This book compels us to change our position, move out of our comfort zone, and see the world differently and more broadly. -- Branko Milanovic, author of Capitalism, AloneAnthea Roberts and Nicolas Lamp have written a brilliant and extremely valuable book. They process an enormous amount of information but also, crucially, narratives and storylines about economic globalization and offer us a new way to sort and evaluate the various claims that circulate. The debates about ‘winners and losers’ explored in Six Faces of Globalization will be with us for years and will be the stuff of headlines for the foreseeable future. -- Quinn Slobodian, author of Globalists: The End of Empire and the Birth of NeoliberalismAs in the proverbial story of five blind men trying to make sense of an elephant, globalization presents itself in different forms to its proponents and opponents. This immensely useful book clarifies the debates around globalization by developing six narratives rooted in contending values and perceptions of reality. It helps us not only understand the best version of other sides’ narratives, but also move beyond our own conceptual straitjackets. -- Dani Rodrik, Harvard UniversitySix Faces of Globalization is not one more big-think, grand-vision book on the world’s problems and how to solve them. Instead, it is an indispensable guide to how and why many people have abandoned the old, time-tested ways of thinking about politics and the economy. This is the book the world needs to read now. It deserves a spot on every shelf of books about globalization. -- Richard Baldwin, Graduate Institute, GenevaRoberts and Lamp give their readers a useful framing to understand today’s—and tomorrow’s—fights about the world economy. * Fortune *Policymakers and business leaders will appreciate this levelheaded and wide-ranging look at a hot-button issue. * Publishers Weekly *Roberts and Lamp set out to disrupt our intellectual inertia, first by mapping out the six major Western narratives of globalization, then exploring how those narratives drive policies, for better or worse. -- James Herndon * Asian Review of Books *This book is highly informative and will certainly appeal to a wide audience interested in identifying the main themes driving the US attitude towards free trade and confrontation with China. -- Enrico Colombatto * Journal of Economics *

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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewA fascinating examination of how the automobile reconfigured American life, not just in terms of suburbanization and infrastructure but with regard to deeply ingrained notions of freedom and personal identity…This is what makes Seo’s book so engrossing: it is filled with riveting, deeply researched accounts of interactions between drivers and cops back when the rules governing such incidents were still hazy. At times, it feels like an underground history—of closeted gay men testing the limits of privacy; of African-Americans, like Jack Johnson or Martin Luther King, Jr., simply trying to get from one place to another. -- Hua Hsu * New Yorker *Remarkable…Seo’s idea is that the problem of policing cars, far from being a remote corner of the law, is central to how the jurisprudence of the Fourth Amendment (searches and seizures) took shape during the past hundred years. -- Nathan Heller * New Yorker *From traffic stops to parking tickets, Seo traces the history of cars alongside the history of crime and discovers that the two are inextricably linked. * Smithsonian *Seo uses motor vehicle search and seizure cases to show how the rise of the automobile dramatically expanded the role of police in American society. But what began as simple traffic law enforcement evolved into a crime-control strategy that disproportionately targeted black motorists…An important revisionist history of the due process revolution. -- Jackson Smith * Public Books *Among the book’s distinctly valuable contributions, readers learn of several of the ancestors of the better-publicized violent police stops of recent decades…An indispensable work of unique importance. -- Peter Norton * Technology and Culture *How have we gone without this book for so long? Seo’s momentous Policing the Open Road is the revelatory story of how the automobile fueled a new kind of freedom while propelling new forms of police power. Things that seemed like standard features of the world in which we live—everything from the pervasiveness of law-breaking, to the ubiquity of the patrol car, to the reproduction of race and class on the highways—turn out in Seo’s brilliant legal history to arise out of the ambiguities of the automobile revolution. Reader-drivers beware: you’ll never speed the same way again. -- John Fabian Witt, author of Lincoln’s CodePolicing the Open Road is a highly readable account of how the automobile changed everything. With insights ranging from the joy of the open road to the indignities—and worse—of ‘driving while black,’ Sarah Seo makes the case that the 'law of the car’ has eroded our rights to privacy and equal justice. Careful scholarship is rarely so absorbing and so essential. -- Paul Butler, author of ChokeholdAt the heart of Sarah Seo’s Policing the Open Road stands a paradox: that even as the rise of the automobile promised unbridled freedom, it also subjected Americans to a level of policing previously unimaginable. With this sweeping, smart, and stimulating account, Seo has accomplished that most coveted of historian’s aspirations: enabling her readers to see through a new lens not only the past but the present and future as well. -- Risa Goluboff, author of Vagrant NationSeo’s great insight is that twentieth-century law enforcement and the modern law of criminal procedure developed hand in hand with cars and the radically increased mobility they provided; the automotive revolution shaped ideas and expectations about law enforcement and changed the very meaning of freedom. Policing the Open Road is a fresh and revelatory work of cultural history as well as a major contribution to scholarship on policing and criminal procedure. -- David Alan Sklansky, Stanford UniversityA brilliant and groundbreaking book that will fundamentally reshape the way we think about the police, criminal procedure, and American freedom. Seo takes us from the Model T to the twenty-first century to show how policing cars, unexpectedly, made possible both the democratization of law enforcement and the systematic racialized policing of minorities. -- Bernard E. Harcourt, author of The CounterrevolutionWith vivid prose and a lovely sense of detail and personalities, Seo tells how, from the dawn of the automotive age to the 2015 death of Sandra Bland, cars and interactions with drivers shaped the rules governing policing—not just on the road but everywhere. How judicial commitment to the rule of law led to an embrace of massive discretion, with all its pathologies, is a story anyone interested in current criminal justice realities ought to read. -- Daniel Richman, Columbia Law SchoolBrilliantly connects the history of modern policing with the history of the car. Policing the Open Road is an important book for this moment. * 99% Invisible *

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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewThe Rule of Five is the gripping story of the most important environmental law case ever decided by the US Supreme Court. Richard Lazarus’s compelling narrative is enlivened by colorful characters, a canny dissection of courtroom strategy, and a case where the stakes are, literally, as big as the world. -- Scott Turow, author of Presumed InnocentIn the tradition of A Civil Action, this book makes a compelling story of the court fight that paved the way for regulating the emissions now overheating the planet. It offers a poignant reminder of how far we’ve come—and how far we still must go. -- Bill McKibben, author of The End of NatureWonderful…The inside story of how this case came to be, how its lawyers struggled and fought over theories and roles, and how the late Justice John Paul Stevens patched together the five votes needed to secure a majority…Lazarus walks readers through all of the procedural steps and legal theories that surrounded this case, using lucid prose that is easy for nonlawyers to follow. The book is a master class in how the Supreme Court works and, more broadly, how major cases navigate through the legal system. -- Michael B. Gerrard * Science *Gripping…Weaves the tale of how Mendelson’s petition led to the landmark decision, how he brought along the other environmental advocates despite bitter infighting, and how missteps by their opponents gave the lawsuit wings. Lazarus, who interviewed participants in the case, from lawyers to Supreme Court justices, writes like a novelist. -- Caroline Fredrickson * Washington Monthly *In vivid detail, with every sentence clear to a nonlawyer, Lazarus traces the story of the case through eight years of ups and downs…A riveting story, beautifully told. -- Jessica T. Mathews * Foreign Affairs *[A] masterpiece…Offers a behind-the-scenes look at every aspect of the case, from the Bush administration’s fierce opposition to the internecine conflicts among the petitioners to the razor-thin 5-4 victory. * E *The Rule of Five is the definitive inside account of one of the key court decisions of our time. It’s also more than that. Richard Lazarus makes vivid the culture of the Supreme Court and the sheer unlikeliness of history. There’s no better book if you want to understand the past, present, and future of environmental litigation. -- Elizabeth Kolbert, author of The Sixth ExtinctionA character-driven thriller about how climate change came to the fore of U.S. politics and legal action…An exciting, tension-filled analysis of an improbable environmental triumph and an influential federal ruling whose effects have rippled out to the other branches of government, the states, and the private sector ever since. -- Rachel Jagareski * Foreword Reviews *The Rule of Five is a compelling read on a critical and timely topic. It mixes storytelling with a soup-to-nuts view of a pivotal case contested across all three branches of government. The focus on the six Carbon Dioxide Warriors adds to the richness of the story and demonstrates how the often-abstract nature of the law can actually be very personality-driven. Lazarus also does an excellent job illuminating the inner workings of the Supreme Court and of the second most important court in the land—the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. -- Dan Reicher, former US Assistant Secretary of EnergyAs legal drama, The Rule of Five is a tour de force. It offers a look into the inner workings of the nation’s highest court, and a history of its most important environmental decision. With impressive research, including interviews with the key players, and succinct explanations of relevant law and Supreme Court practice, the narrative makes the story accessible to anyone interested in this case, the Court, and the future of the planet. -- Jonathan Z. Cannon, author of Environment in the Balance: The Green Movement and the Supreme CourtThe author weaves details from justices’ biographies, court lore, personal familiarity, and anonymous sources into a vivid account of how the nine justices’ post-argument private conference in Massachusetts v. EPA would have played out. -- Michael Nordskog * Westlaw Journal Environmental *Lazarus takes the reader through the long and laborious journey toward that landmark decision, which required the EPA to regulate auto emissions and other gases under the Clean Air Act…[A] timely book. * Choice *

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Book SynopsisIncisively and stylishly written, this book constitutes an open challenge to reconsider the fundamental question of the relationship of law to society.Trade ReviewAn excellent study… [Shklar] presents a skillful analysis and criticism of what legal scholar-philosophers…have written… Provocative—due to the author’s directness, confidence, and clarity—for she offers more intellectual excitement than can be found in textbooks on jurisprudence. * American Political Science Review *[Shklar] has written a startling and original essay criticizing most of contemporary legal philosophy… [This book] is written with a masterful style and a force and conviction rare in legal scholarship. The broad questions presented on its pages are fundamental to a proper conception of the tasks of legal philosophy… In particular, her analysis of legalism is a fully convincing explanation of the connection between law, and ethics and politics; and a demonstration of the need for law to come forth from its not-so-splendid solitude… The abundance of issues which Professor Shklar raises and examines brilliantly from her point of view make her book a constant pleasure to read. From any point of view, Legalism is a highly original and rewarding contribution to legal philosophy. -- Lloyd L. Weinreb * Harvard Law Review *Table of ContentsIntroduction: Law and Ideology PART I: Law and Morals Definitions and Ideologies The Differential Characteristics: Sin, Immorality, and Crime Natural Law and Legal Ideology The Ideology of Agreement PART II: Law and Politics Introduction Justice: the Policy of Legalism Law and International Politics Political Trials: Politics What? The Spirit of Political Judgment A War on Trial A National Ideology as Law: Tokyo Justice and the Remote Past Trying the Remote Future Domestic Political Trials Epilogue Conclusion Notes Index

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Book SynopsisOne day they’ll be like us. That was once the West’s complacent assumption about countries emerging from poverty, imperial rule, or communism. But many have hardened into something very different from liberal democracy: what eminent political thinker John Keane describes as a new form of despotism. And one day, he warns, we may be more like them.Trade ReviewKeane insists that only by dissecting the new despotism’s supple, but no less shady, political techniques can we understand how it renders its subjects compliant and seemingly grateful…Rich and insightful…stands out as a major contribution to contemporary debates about democracy’s prospects. He paints an unnerving portrait of a possible global future in which democracy, in any defensible sense of the term, has been demoted and marginalized. -- William E. Scheuerman * Boston Review *A brilliant re-interpretation of tyranny…There’s scarcely a reader anywhere in the Western world who won’t read Keane’s description of this new form of tyranny without a cold chill of recognition and perhaps the fear that all this insight comes too late to help…Stands out at once as a vital book for the times. -- Steve Donoghue * Open Letters Review *Keane…has long been one of the world’s most erudite, original, astute, and passionate students of democratic politics. With this latest offering he injects one hell of a scary book into an already frenzied world…Keane’s core message is clear: we democrats may abhor these new despotisms, but we cannot afford to underestimate them…Demand[s] us to stop and take a good look at what is going on around us. -- Paul ’t Hart * Inside Story *If you ever held the assumption that despotic regimes are old-fashioned, technologically ‘backwards’ countries, where old men rule over poor and uneducated people, you are in for a ride…This book will undoubtedly shift the analytical lens through which we view despotic regimes…The new despotism is less prone to implosions reminiscent of the Soviet Union or breakdowns as witnessed in Latin America. If it is that durable, it constitutes an attractive alternative to liberal democracy. This means that the self-regard, the feeling of invincibility and the arguable complacency of such democracies are misplaced. You have been warned. -- Gergana Dimova * LSE Review of Books *[A] dire and sweeping assessment…Despotism, [Keane] warns, could be the future of democracy if people don’t wake up and confront the threat. -- Colin Woodward * Washington Monthly *Important because it brings an acute understanding of democracy to focus on its potential fate…[Keane] makes a strong case in The New Despotism for the urgent need to understand this global trend…Offers not just a lively argument with numerous examples, and a rich assembly of sources through detailed endnotes, but also a writing style that commands attention. -- Glyn Davis * Australian Book Review *This new political world is brilliantly described…His definition of the changing contours of democracy is so startling…Keane teases out the way despots—although they call themselves leaders—subvert democracy to seize power and then subvert the structures of the state to hold it. They rule not as ruthless autocrats but rather by co-opting ‘the people’ to buttress and strengthen their power. -- Nicholas Stuart * Canberra Times *An original and incisive analysis of the rise of demagogue-style leaders across large parts of the world today. New-style despotism, the author shows, is distinctive to our age—less openly violent than that of the past, but more insidious, posing a threat not just in less-developed parts of the world but to the established democracies. -- Anthony Giddens, Member of the House of Lords, United Kingdom, and Fellow of King’s College, CambridgeKeane’s short book The New Despotism—drily filleting the new threats to liberal democracy—is essential. * Australian Book Review *In these dark times for democracy, the books of John Keane bring new light, refreshing perspectives, and what we need most: hope. -- Enrique Krauze, author of Mexico: Biography of Power and Redeemers: Ideas and Power in Latin AmericaJohn Keane is right to see his book as Machiavelli’s Prince for our times. His thesis that ‘despotisms are top-down pyramids of power that defy political gravity by nurturing the willing subservience and docility of their subjects’ is a caution for all times. -- Patricia Springborg, Centre for British Studies, Humboldt University, BerlinIn his new book, John Keane, one of the world’s prominent political theorists, forcefully argues that what we witness today is not simply a crisis of democracy or the return of authoritarianism but the emergence of a new type of despotism that is more effective, more subtle, and less crazy than the despotic regimes we know—and because of this, more dangerous. -- Ivan Krastev, Permanent Fellow, Institute for Human Sciences (IWM), ViennaKeane’s key point is that today’s despotic states aren’t some kind of hybrid regime on the way to democracy, or in transition or fragile. They are a new type of political rule that’s here to stay and may even live on after the collapse of Western democracies. -- Ditte Maria Brasso Sørensen * Dagbladet Information *Explores how populist leaders across the globe are holding sway on their ‘subjects,’ and offers ideas for challenging the new despots…A seminal analysis of the aberrations of democracy and the rise of what he calls ‘the new despotism.’…Drawing on his sustained engagement with democratic institutions, Keane delineates the contours of contemporary changes in a compelling manner…The linchpin of this novel form of despotism, Keane maintains, is voluntary servitude. -- Badrinath Rao * The Wire *

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Book SynopsisIt is commonly believed that international law originated in respectful relations among free and equal European states. But as Jennifer Pitts shows, international law was forged as much through Europeans’ domineering relations with non-European states and empires, leaving a legacy visible in the unequal structures of today’s international order.Trade ReviewIlluminat[es] the ways in which international law was an artifact of empire, a system for organizing the world so as to perpetuate Western dominance. -- G. John Ikenberry * Foreign Affairs *Boundaries of the International adds much nuance to existing literature, and challenges some of the past analytics through which the history of international legal thought has been written. A first-class book by a recognized leader in the field of history of international political and legal thought. -- Martti Koskenniemi, University of HelsinkiAn outstanding history of international law and its entanglement with empire from one of the leading historians of political thought in the world today. -- Andrew Fitzmaurice, University of SydneyIn this masterful study, Jennifer Pitts examines universalist claims about the law of nations alongside rising European global power, uncovering a set of linked contradictions within eighteenth- and nineteenth-century political thought. A tour de force of interpretation and historical analysis, this subtle and persuasive book places the problem of empire at the very center of the history of international law—where it will now surely stay. -- Lauren Benton, Vanderbilt University

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"[We] are lucky to have, in book form, an essay on legal interpretation by Justice Scalia...[He] projects a sanguine humor through a robust prose enlivened by sly sallies against what he sees as the gaps in logic of the opposing camp. He is anything but the angry justice of popular myth."--John O. McGinnis, Wall Street Journal "[T]he Supreme Court's highest-profile conservative ... Suggest[s] we ought to junk judicial review as we have known it... The reason, I think, is that Scalia objects not merely to certain decisions of this or prior Courts but to judicial review, American-style, in its entirety. His central aim as a jurist has been to get the federal courts out of the business of adjudicating individual rights."--Garrett Epps, The Nation "As this ... book makes clear, Scalia deserves respect for having redefined the mainstream of constitutional discourse, and in a substantially useful way."--Jeffrey Rosen, New Republic "Justice Scalia merits praise for the clarity with which he writes and for the careful thought that underlies his writing."--Walter Barthold, New York Law Journal "Love him or hate him (it's hard to imagine a neutral opinion), Scalia is a brilliant and engaging writer. This tantalizing short debate with his equally brilliant critics shows just how radical our most conservative justice is."--Kathleen Kahn, San Francisco Chronicle "Justice Scalia's well-written and patiently explained theory, augmented and challenged by the commentaries of four scholars, will fascinate and enlighten even those readers, and they are many, whom it does not convince... Justice Scalia merits praise for the clarity with which he writes and for the careful thought that underlies his writing."--Walter Barthold, The Lawyer's Bookshelf "Antonin Scalia... confronts four high-powered critics in a short book for the general public--perhaps the first time a sitting justice of the Supreme Court has done so. This is a book for anyone with a serious interest in law and the Constitution."--Carl M. Dibble, Detroit News "As the most intellectually consistent and stylistically gifted member of the Supreme Court, Scalia has never hidden his enthusiasm for the American tradition of mistrusting courts and lawyers. The basics of his judicial philosophy are now usefully collated into this volume... Scalia's arguments have shaped the debate in our time; he has gone a long way toward changing how judges interpret the letter of the law."--David Franklin, Slate "[Scalia] is formidably persuasive, by turns seductive, fierce, funny, charming--and always brilliant."--Paul Reidinger, American Bar Association Journal "A Matter of Interpretation demonstrates both the attraction of Scalia's 'textualist' theory and his qualities as a judicial statesman... [His] elegant essay, the most concise and accessible presentation of his views, argues eloquently that judicial authority can only be based on the statutory or constitutional text."--Michael Greve, Reason "An essential volume."--Noah Feldman, Bloomberg View "Whether you agree with [Scalia's] views or not, it is hard to think of any other recent Supreme Court justice who has made a comparably great contribution to debates over both statutory interpretation and constitutional theory."--Ilya Somin, Washington Post "Scalia was a transformative jurist, one worthy of great admiration... Suffice it to say that in spite of our disagreements, I invariably found Justice Scalia's thinking and prodding to be brilliantly generative of important insights into the way law and legal interpretation ought to proceed."--Laurence H. Tribe, Globe and Mail "A Matter of Interpretation is a must read... It was [Scalia's] overall approach to judicial decision-making that inspired a generation of young lawyers and will serve as his most lasting legacy."--Kevin P. Martin, New Boston Post

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"Winner of the Richard E. Neustadt Award, Presidents and Executive Politics Section of the American Political Science Association""Winner of the Louis Brownlow Book Award, National Academy of Public Administration"

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"Timely. . . . [China and the WTO] provides an excellent account of the legal rules with a firm grounding in economic analysis."---Henry Gao, Journal of Political Science

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Book SynopsisTraces the growth of Lee v. Macon County from a case to desegregate a single school district in rural Alabama to a decision that paved the way for ending state-imposed racial segregation of the schools in the Deep South.Table of Contents Preface Introduction: Tuskegee, Alabama, September 9, 1963 1. The Ratchet Principle:Truman Sets Federal Civil Rights Policy for His Successors in Office 2. Macon County and Alabama's Racial Caste System 3. The School Desegregation Case Begins 4. New Year, New Schools, New Law 5. The Case Goes Statewide 6. Aftermath: Response to the Statewide Decree 7. "Watch What We Do" Conclusion Notes Bibliographic Essay Index

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Book SynopsisJeremy Stranks is a Fellow of both the CIEH and IOSH and a Registered Safety Practitioner. He is a freelance trainer, consultant and expert witness, in addition to being the author of many books on health and safety.Table of Contents Section - 01: Health and Safety Management and Administration; Chapter - 01: Principal Legal Requirements; Chapter - 02: Health and Safety Management; Chapter - 03: Reporting, Recording and Investigation of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences ; Chapter - 04: Principles of Accident Prevention; Section - 02: People at Work; Chapter - 05: Human Factors; Chapter - 06: Ergonomics; Chapter - 07: Stress at Work; Section - 03: Occupational Health; Chapter - 08: Occupational Diseases and Conditions; Chapter - 09: First Aid; Chapter - 10: Dangerous Substances; Section - 04: Safety Technology; Chapter - 11: Engineering Safety; Chapter - 12: Fire Prevention; Chapter - 13: Electrical Safety; Chapter - 14: Structural Safety; Chapter - 15: Construction and Contractors; Chapter - 16: Mechanical Handling; Chapter - 17: The Working Environment; Chapter - 18: Safety in Offices, Workshops and in Catering Operations

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Book Synopsis, bring together experts to address the importance of caring, the reasons why it has eroded, and measures that can strengthen caring as provided by health professionals, families, communities, and society.Trade ReviewThe text is chock full of the thoughts of some of America's leading experts on the caring side of health care. This book should be read by any health care professional with an interest in this dimension of health care and is a must read for the medical community. A marvelous text. -- Joseph A. LiebermanIII, M.D.M.P.H. Journal of the American Medical Association On the whole, this volume deepens our understanding and appreciation of the importance of caring for all who are in need of personal attention and assistance when ill and disabled. The contributors seem to have given much thought to their chapters, weaving together personal stories, clinical experiences, research findings, and proposals for change. -- Else M. Kiefer Health Progress A remarkable broad and well-integrated package of philosophy and fact, a valuable and compact resource for health care professionals, as well as legislators and social scientists. -- John A. Benson, Jr., M.D. PharosTable of ContentsContents: I Caring and the Populations in Need of It Our Need for Caring: Vulnerability and Illness Who Needs Caring? Caring and Mental Illness II The Provision of Caring A History of Caring in Medicine Forces Affecting Caring by Physicians Caring and Medical Education Caring in Institutional Settings Home and Community-Based Care: Toward a Caring Paradigm Caring and Community-Based Voluntary Organizations III Assessments of Caring Appraising the Success of Caring The Politics of Caring

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"Human dignity has a long history. It has been recognized in various religions and has served as the basis for a variety of philosophical outlooks. The essential nature of the concept is sharply debated. Some see it as a paramount constitutional value and a central constitutional right. Others see it as a concept void of any content and having no constitutional use. Against the background of these sharp disputes, Erin Daly's book comes as a breath of fresh air. It sets before the reader the broad comparative base; points out the key problems that arise; and outlines the principal lines of thought and their development. . . . It treats all of these matters comprehensively and clearly, making an important and original contribution." * From the Foreword by Aharon Barak *"Readers interested in how ideas of dignity have evolved in court cases will find this book illuminating. Erin Daly admirably succeeds in showing how courts have given concrete meaning to this unbounded concept in particular cases." * Rebecca Cook, University of Toronto *Table of ContentsForeword —Aharon Barak Introduction Chapter 1. "Of All Members of the Human Family" Chapter 2. "Not . . . a Mere Plaything" Chapter 3. "The Minimum Necessities of Life" Chapter 4. "Master of One's Fate" Chapter 5. "What Respect Is Due" Chapter 6. "The Beginning and the End of the State" Notes Index Acknowledgments

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Book SynopsisSetting forth a politic that goes beyond the quest for the legal inclusion of trans populations, this revised and expanded edition of Normal Life is an urgent call for justice and trans liberation, and the radical transformations it will require.Trade Review"With Normal Life, Spade has succeeded in reframing the terms of LGBT politics by building a far-reaching vision for queer and trans politics that is rooted in community work that has already begun. . . . [It] lay[s] out a road map for queer and trans activists that leads neither to the altar nor to war, but guides us to resist state power by building community and returning to our radical roots." -- Wendy Elisheva Somerson * Bitch *"Dean Spade’s much-anticipated book is a rich tapestry of critical inquiry, interventions into legal and transgender studies, and strategies for transformative resistance. . . . The strength of Normal Life lies in Spade’s commitment to accessibility as a matter of political and ethical principle. This principle is evident in the way Spade skillfully articulates theoretical concepts in common parlance, enabling critical trans politics to inform political struggles beyond the academy. Moreover, his concrete discussions of administrative governance and transformative political interventions position radical change within our reach rather than demarcate it to the realm of speculative futures." -- Dan Irving * GLQ *"[Normal Life] makes an important contribution to a new and emerging critical trans politic. It is provocative, comprehensive, and engaging. It should be widely discussed as an important strategic framework for work within the LGBTQ movement." -- Jennifer Levi and Giovanna Shay * Women's Review of Books *"Spade's book is personal, practical, and theoretical. It lays out a framework for a critical trans politics, and gives fresh analyses of immigration, legal reform, wealth distribution, and lesbian and gay politics—all buoyantly and optimistically aimed at a repaired world." -- Kate Clinton * Progressive *"[Spade] provides an eminently teachable text for courses on power in society, social movements, and community organizing—in the university, and outside. . . .We will have to take Spade's proposals very seriously to build a movement centered on those most affected by administrative violence." -- Marcia Ochoa * Social Justice *Table of ContentsPreface ix Introduction: Rights, Movements, and Critical Trans Politics 1 1. Trans Law and Politics on a Neoliberal Landscape 21 2. What's Wrong with Rights 38 3. Rethinking Transphobia and Power—Beyond a Rights Framework 50 4. Administering Gender 73 5. Law Reform and Movement Building 94 Conclusion: "This Is a Protest, Not a Parade" 117 Afterword 139 Acknowledgments 163 Notes 167 Index 207

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Book SynopsisThe story of Wilhelmina Yazzie and her son’s effort to seek adequate education in New Mexico schools revealed an educational system with poor policy implementation, inadequate funding, and piecemeal reform. In this collection of essays, contributors cover the background and significance of the lawsuit and its impact on racial and social politics.Trade ReviewAn unchanged education effectuated by systems and institutions not designed for us will continue to marginalize our Indigenous people and children. The heart of this continuing fight is for justice and equity. It is about the right to exist as we choose. Wilhelmina Yazzie personalizes the heartbreaking story of generations of parents in this struggle. She eloquently speaks of her love of her language and culture and the value of a balanced education, treating both as equally valuable for the health of our children and the future well-being of our people."The Yazzie Case is an extraordinarily and profoundly compelling call to action. It should be read by policymakers and educators at all levels. The book provides a history that should be required reading for us to realize what we are doing to ourselves in a state where 80 percent of our children come from linguistic and culturally different backgrounds. That is what enriches our diversity. We must act to do the right thing for the right reasons at the right time. This is the time!"—Regis Pecos, former governor of Cochiti Pueblo"A critically important collection. . . . The text offers high-quality educational and Indigenous education research, and it proposes recommendations and insights for practitioners in the field. Practitioners, lawyers, educators, parents, undergraduate and graduate students, policymakers, and white, non-Native public school teachers--all those who are invested in the education of our Native children will benefit."—John P. Hopkins, author of Indian Education for All: Decolonizing Indigenous Education in Public Schools "A superb collection of essays analyzing the issues involved in the Martinez/Yazzie lawsuit and what needs to be done to fully implement the judge's decision supporting the plaintiffs."—Jon Allan Reyhner, coauthor of American Indian Education: A HistoryTable of Contents List of Illustrations List of Tables Preface Wilhelmina Yazzie Introduction. An Examination of the Yazzie Side of the Martinez/Yazzie Lawsuit Wendy S. Greyeyes, Lloyd L. Lee, and Glenabah MartinezPart I. The Case Chapter One. The Legal Significance and Background of the Yazzie/Martinez Lawsuit Preston Sanchez Chapter Two. Post-Summit Report on the Yazzie/Martinez Ruling: Action Report Glenabah Martinez, Terri Flowerday, Lloyd L. Lee, Leola Paquin, Wendy S. Greyeyes, Nathaniel Charley, and Carlotta Penny Bird Chapter Three. Witness Perspective from a Mother and Academic Georgina Badoni Chapter Four. The Significance of the New Mexico Indian Education Act in the Yazzie/Martinez Case Carlotta Penny BirdPart II. The Response Chapter Five. The New Mexico Public Education Department Response: An Analysis of the 2021 Strategic Plan to Resolve the Yazzie/Martinez Case Wendy S. Greyeyes Chapter Six. Navajo Nation's Response to the Yazzie/Martinez Case: Implications for Navajo Nation's Educational Sovereignty Alexandra Bray Kinsella, Navajo Nation Department of Justice Attorney (2018-2021) Chapter Seven. Narratives and Responses to Yazzie/Martinez: Tribal Consultation and Community Engagement Natalie Martinez Chapter Eight. The Department of Native American Studies at the University of New Mexico: Role and Responsibilities with the Yazzie v. New Mexico Education Ruling Lloyd L. LeePart III. The Future Chapter Nine. The Yazzie/Martinez Ruling: The Politics of Culturally Relevant Curriculum Glenabah Martinez Chapter Ten. The Complexities of Language Learning for New Mexico's Indigenous Students Christine Sims and Rebecca Blum Martínez Chapter Eleven. Diné Language Teacher Institute and Language Immersion Education Tiffany S. Lee, Vincent Werito, and Melvatha R. Chee Chapter Twelve. Lessons from the Past: Fifty Years after Sinajini v. Board of Education of San Juan School District Cynthia Benally and Donna Deyhle Chapter Thirteen. Promoting Solidarity for Social Justice and Indigenous Educational Sovereignty in the Cuba Independent School District Leola Tsinnajinnie Paquin, Shiv R. Desai, Vincent Werito, Nancy López, and Karen Sanchez-Griego Conclusion. Constructing Critically Conscious Race Policy for Our State: The Case for a Re-racialization and Indigenizing of Our Education Policies Wendy S. Greyeyes and Navajo Nation president Jonathan NezAppendix A. Teaching Recommendations for this Book Appendix B. Martinez/Yazzie v. State of New Mexico Lawsuit Timeline Bibliography Contributors Index

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Book SynopsisSherry Madera is a prominent thought leader on sustainability, with a focus on sustainable finance, environmental data and public policy. She is the CEO of CDP, a non-profit that runs the world's environmental disclosure system for companies, cities, states and regions. Prior to joining CDP, Madera was Founder and Chair of the Future of Sustainable Data Alliance (FoSDA) and held senior global roles at Mastercard, the London Stock Exchange Group, and the City of London. She speaks regularly in global forums on topics including sustainable finance, FinTech, international trade, data policy and geopolitics.Trade Review"Sherry Madera poses the simple questions that many directors are too nervous to ask. Navigating Sustainability Data proceeds to answer them in plain English without condescension. A remarkable achievement in a complex area." * Sir Douglas Flint, Chairman, Abrdn, Previous Group Chairman, HSBC *"By demonstrating the potential for ESG data to improve organisational performance, Navigating Sustainability Data will help companies become more resilient in an era pregnant with a plethora of cascading and non-linear risks. Sherry Madera takes the reader systematically and critically through the key challenges and opportunities associated with ESG data and where it will go next" * Dr. Ben Caldecott, Professor, Oxford University, Founder Director of the Oxford Sustainable Finance Group at the University of Oxford Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment *"The future of our planet is under threat, yet too often business leaders do not know how to respond. Navigating Sustainability Data explores the urgency of this dilemma and why sustainability and responsibility go hand in hand. Sherry Madera makes a compelling case for the benefits of understanding the complex sustainability data landscape and why it matters, offering practical steps through which leaders can demonstrate stewardship of our precious planet today, whilst also building relevant organisations for tomorrow." * Katherine Garrett-Cox, CBE, Chair of Board of Trustees, CDP *"I strongly recommend Navigating Sustainability Data, an enlightening work written by an expert practitioner and entrepreneur. Data outlining sustainability should be simple, clear and actionable. This book is." * Paul Dickinson, Founder, CDP, Chair of the Trustees of ShareAction *"Navigating Sustainability Data provides real organizational boards with essential information on how sustainability will soon be the primary driver of business model transition within their firms. Sherry Madera delivers a sharp breakdown of complex climate issues such as Net Zero, carbon markets, regulations and disclosures confronting all business great and small." * Michael Sheren, Former Senior Advisor at the Bank of England and Co-Chairman of the G20 Sustainable Finance Study Group *"As companies across the world drive towards business models that are in harmony with nature, the companies who can access and analyse trustworthy, accurate sustainability data will be the companies who succeed. Navigating Sustainability Data shows how this can be achieved and is essential reading for management teams and boards." * David Craig, Former CEO Thomson Reuters Risk and Compliance, Former CEO Refinitiv, co-chair TNFD, Executive Fellow London Business School *"Navigating Sustainability Data should be priority reading for business leaders globally. ESG data is core to any business success and should not be sat at the periphery." * Dr. Ma Jun, President of Institute of Finance and Sustainability (Beijing) and Chairman of Green Finance Committee of China Society for Finance and Banking *Table of Contents Chapter - 01: Why sustainability data matters to organizational leaders; Chapter - 02: The ABCs of sustainability data use cases; Chapter - 03: What is ESG data?; Chapter - 04: How to map your organization’s ESG maturity; Chapter - 05: Prioritizing sustainability data use cases; Chapter - 06: Determine your sustainability data ambitions; Chapter - 07: Sustainability regulations – Europe’s biggest export?; Chapter - 08: International sustainability data trends; Chapter - 09: Identifying greenwashing; Chapter - 10: Sustainability data in the modern board; Chapter - 11: Conclusion – future-proofing with sustainability data;

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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewInspectors for Peace is a tour de force about the IAEA's history and evolution and thus a must-read for understanding the strengths and weaknesses of the agency's role in preventing proliferation.—Arms Control TodayTable of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Nuclear Inspectors1. One World or None2. Atoms for Peace3. Cold War Vienna4. Science, Safeguards, and Bureaucracy5. The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty6. Gaps in the System7. North-South Tensions8. Chernobyl9. The Nuclear WatchdogConclusion: The Last Man StandingAbbreviationsGlossaryNotesIndex

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Book SynopsisHow prisons around the world shape the social lives of their inhabitantsPrison Life offers a fresh appreciation of how people in prison organize their lives, drawing on case studies from Africa, Europe and the US. The book describes how order is maintained, how power is exercised, how days are spent, and how meaning is found in a variety of environments that all have the same function incarceration but discharge it very differently. It is based on an unusually diverse range of sources including photographs, drawings, court cases, official reports, memoirs, and site visits. Ian O'Donnell contrasts the soul-destroying isolation of the federal supermax in Florence, Colorado with the crowded conviviality of an Ethiopian prison where men and women cook their own meals, seek opportunities to generate an income, elect a leadership team, and live according to a code of conduct that they devised and enforce. He explores life on wings controlled by the Irish Republican Army in Northern IrelaTrade ReviewPrison Life is a monumental contribution. It is a searing look at the interior life of persons whom the state has consigned to its darkest, cruelest corners. I hesitate to characterize a book about such a somber and sobering topic as ‘beautifully written,’ but here the description truly applies. Ian O’Donnell conveys the painful complexity of prison life with eloquence, grace, and even wit, without in any way detracting from the seriousness of his subject. His insights are both broad and deep, astutely capturing many profound truths, not just about prison life but human nature itself. * Craig Haney, author of Criminality in Context: The Psychological Foundations of Criminal Justice Reform *O’Donnell’s engaging comparative analysis challenges classical views of the prison as a carceral institution that manifests in similar ways across places and purposes. Through a rich description of the structures and functions of four prisons designed to serve divergent purposes in unique settings, punctuated by vivid biographical narratives of selected inmates, Prison Life illuminates the theoretical and pragmatic utility of embracing variability in how social organization emerges and is maintained within prisons. O’Donnell’s Prison Life is a must-read for those who wish to gain a deeper understanding of how the organization of social life in prisons differs across contexts and the implications this may have for legitimacy, security, and order within prisons. * Eric P. Baumer, Professor of Sociology and Criminology, Pennsylvania State University *In this well-researched and compelling set of case studies, O’Donnell explores how organizational and institutional factors influence the ways that incarcerated men experience, resist, and navigate prison regimes. Global comparative analyses of prison life remain relatively rare. Rarer still are those that include African prisons among their case studies. For these reasons and many more, Prison Life is a must-read! * Jill McCorkel, author of Breaking Women: Gender, Race, and the New Politics of Imprisonment *Prison Life combines O’Donnell’s experience, knowledge and compassion in an ambitious, highly original and beautifully written book. Ian takes us inside the notorious H-Blocks in Northern Ireland, the vibrant, bustling prison communities of Ethiopia, the racially unjust melancholy of the Eastham Unit in Texas, and the supermax Hell of ADX Florence in Colorado, twisting the penal kaleidoscope to offer new perspectives on the multifarious pains of imprisonment. Bringing his customary warmth and wit to the stories he tells about people usually hidden from view, O’Donnell offers rare insight into the human condition and what it takes to resist others’ attempts to break the human spirit. A tour de force. * Yvonne Jewkes, co-editor of Handbook on Prisons *...a fine book that illuminates essential relational dimensions of human dignity ... an outstanding work from a mature and sensitive scholar who understands the complexities and rewards of writing about prisons (Derek S. Jeffreys, University of Wisconsin, Green Bay). ...elegantly written and sophisticated analysis (Cormac Behan, Technological University of Dublin, Ireland). ... a tour de force. By shifting the lens through which we see prisons, Prison Life makes a significant contribution to criminology. It should also be required reading for anyone setting out to run a prison (Kimmett Edgar, Prison Reform Trust, London, UK). ...raises critical questions about penal variations in legitimacy, order, and the experience of punishment, and does well to confront Eurocentric notions of ‘good governance' (Bethany E. Schmidt, University of Cambridge, UK). A gem in contemporary penological literature (Gorazd Mesko, University of Maribor, Slovenia). ... a welcome and overdue contribution ... moves beyond Sykes to a new way of describing prisons and locating them within a matrix of possibilities. In an overpopulated field, this is an impressive contribution (Ashley T. Rubin, University of Hawaii, Honolulu). -- The Prison Journal * The Prison Journal *One of the best books on prison life I have ever read … an outstanding contribution to the cumulative knowledge on prison social order … a powerful and touching narrative … beautifully written … monumental research. -- Libardo José Ariza, Universidad de los Andes, Bogota, Colombia * International Criminal Justice Review *Although all prisons are different, O'Donnell (criminology, Univ. College Dublin, Ireland) uses a novel but entirely rational and fascinating way of comparatively analyzing four penal institutions. * R. D. McCrie, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, CUNY *

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Book SynopsisThe trial of former SS lieutenant and Gestapo chief Klaus Barbie was France’s first trial for crimes against humanity. Known as the Butcher of Lyon during the Nazi occupation of that city from 1942 to 1944, Barbie tortured, deported, and murdered thousands of Jews and Resistance fighters. Following a lengthy investigation and the overcoming of numerous legal and other obstacles, the trial began in 1987 and attracted global attention. Justice in Lyon is the first comprehensive history of the Barbie trial, including the investigation leading up to it, the legal background to the case, and the hurdles the prosecution had to clear in order to bring Barbie to justice. Richard J. Golsan examines the strategies used by the defence, the prosecution, and the lawyers who represented Barbie’s many victims at the trial. The book draws from press coverage, articles, and books about Barbie and the trial published at the time, as well as recently released archival sourcTrade Review“[Justice in Lyon] is a judicious, clearly written, and well-researched study which will now become the standard work on the subject.” -- Julian Jackson, Queen Mary University of London * H-France Review *Table of ContentsIntroduction 1. Klaus Barbie: Nazi “Idealist” 2. The Historical Judicial Backdrop: From Nuremberg to the 1980 Cologne Trial of Kurt Lischka, Herbert Hagen, and Ernst Heinrichson 3. The Investigation: War Crimes, Crimes against Humanity, and the Long Road to Compromise 4. The Barbie Trial Begins: Opening Rituals and the Departure of the Accused 5. The Witnesses 6. The Civil Parties and Prosecution Make Their Case 7. Barbie’s Defence Takes Centre Stage Conclusion

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Book SynopsisMigrant Work by Another Name explores the complexities of Canada's evolving international migration and employment policy landscape. It critically examines the shift towards “mobility” programs under the recently inaugurated International Mobility Program (IMP). This shift occurs alongside the contraction of certain streams within Canada’s long-standing Temporary Foreign Worker Program (TFWP). The book investigates the implications of policy changes, influenced at once by public outcry over migrant worker exploitation and persistent demands for labour in the face of qualitative labour shortages in high-income countries like Canada. Grounded in a decolonial feminist political economy approach, Leah F. Vosko employs a mixed methods analysis to contrast the narrative of “mobility” with the persistent realities of precarity among transnational workers.The book features in-depth case studies of the three largest IMP subprograms – Workin

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Book SynopsisArgues that African American literature has profound and deliberate legal roots. Tracing this throughline from the eighteenth century to the present, Christopher Brown demonstrates that engaging with legal culture in its many forms - including its conventions, paradoxes, and contradictions - is paramount to understanding Black writing.

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Book SynopsisAn unprecedented new international moral and legal rule forbids one state from hosting money stolen by the leaders of another state. The aim is to counter grand corruption or kleptocracy (rule by thieves), when leaders of poorer countriessuch as Marcos in the Philippines, Mobutu in the Congo, and more recently those overthrown in revolutions in the Arab world and Ukraineloot billions of dollars at the expense of their own citizens. This money tends to end up hosted in rich countries. These host states now have a duty to block, trace, freeze, and seize these illicit funds and hand them back to the countries from which they were stolen. In The Despot''s Guide to Wealth Management, J. C. Sharman asks how this anti-kleptocracy regime came about, how well it is working, and how it could work better. Although there have been some real achievements, the international campaign against grand corruption has run into major obstacles. The vested interests of banks, lawyers, and even law Trade ReviewThis book deals capably with government efforts to combat local scams, such as the massive Petrobras "car wash" affair in Brazil, and their contamination of global finance. It deals sequentially with efforts in the US, Switzerland, the UK, and Australia to combat kleptocracy—sometimes effective and sometimes not—often stymied by middlemen who like things the way they are. The book is well written and concise. -- I. Walter, New York University * Choice *A major and important exercise in scrupulously-researched, brilliantly-documented and eloquently-expressed scholarship.... This is an extremely important book. For those who worry about "globalisation from above," it provides plenty of empirical evidence and analysis to show that the whole global financial structure desperately needs root and branch cleaning. * Australian Institute of International Affairs *Sharman... is particularly interested in 'grand corruption': the theft of national wealth by kleptocratic leaders and their cronies, often in poor (albeit resource-rich) countries. It is a subject he knows well. * The Economist *The book’s strength derives from its avoidance of the common error of reading history backwards; looking for the particular characteristics of the present in the past. [Sharman] shows that, contrary to what many might assume, international corruption was not always a pressing concern. On the contrary, it was only in the 1990s that western leaders started discussing it in earnest. * Financial Times *The book introduces the global anti-corruption regime - which has emerged from new international norms - and specifically focuses on combating kleptocracy.... Sharman's thinking prompts a discussion where 'liberalism' (the belief that economic prosperity promotes the rule of law, democratic values and social justice) is both the architect and victim of corruption. * RUSI Journal *Table of ContentsIntroduction: Power and Money1: The Rise of the Anti-Kleptocracy Regime2: The United States: A Superpower Stirs3: Switzerland: The Unlikely Crusader4: The United Kingdom: Development, or Sleaze and the City?5: Australia: In DenialConclusion: Making Them Pay

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Book SynopsisHypocrisy and Human Rights examines what human rights pressure does when it does not work. Repressive states with absolutely no intention of complying with their human rights obligations often change course dramatically in response to international pressure. They create toothless commissions, permit but then obstruct international observers'' visits, and pass showpiece legislation while simultaneously bolstering their repressive capacity. Covering debates over transitional justice in Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Cambodia, Democratic Republic of the Congo, and other countries, Kate Cronin-Furman investigates the diverse ways in which repressive states respond to calls for justice from human rights advocates, UN officials, and Western governments who add their voices to the victims of mass atrocities to demand accountability. She argues that although international pressure cannot elicit compliance in the absence of domestic motivations to comply, the complexity of tTrade ReviewNonetheless, the book is otherwise a concise yet comprehensive account of how states respond to international pressure when creating justice mechanisms. CroninFurman's analysis is an essential read for anyone wanting to understand both how human rights advocacy works and how civil society organizations should engage on the international stage when they seek to pressure governments to restore and preserve human rights. * International Affairs Book Reviews *Table of ContentsIntroduction 1. The Politics of Pressure 2. The Obligation to Seek Justice 3. Victims and Perpetrators 4. What Happens after Mass Atrocities 5. Doing Just Enough? 6. Choosing your Audience Conclusion

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Book SynopsisContemporary feminist advocacy in human rights, international criminal law, and peace and security is gripped by the issue of sexual violence in conflict. But it hasn't always been this way. Analyzing feminist international legal and political work over the past three decades, Karen Engle argues that it was not inevitable that sexual violence in conflict would become such a prominent issue. Engle reveals that as feminists from around the world began to pay an enormous amount of attention to sexual violence in conflict, they often did so at the cost of attention to other issues, including the anti-militarism of the women's peace movement; critiques of economic maldistribution, imperialism, and cultural essentialism by feminists from the global South; and the sex-positive positions of many feminists involved in debates about sex work and pornography. The Grip of Sexual Violence in Conflict offers a detailed examination of how these feminist commitments were not merely deprioritized, but undermined, by efforts to address the issue of sexual violence in conflict. Engle's analysis reinvigorates vital debates about feminist goals and priorities, and spurs readers to question much of today's common sense about the causes, effects, and proper responses to sexual violence in conflict. Trade Review"The Grip of Sexual Violence is required reading for understanding how some powerful feminist approaches to international criminal law have produced more problems than solutions. Engle's brilliant and nuanced critique asks us to urgently reconsider the colonial, racial, and cultural assumptions and erasures of such feminism and offers a different path for feminist legal internationalism."—Inderpal Grewal, Yale University"Karen Engle provides a masterful critical account of the politics of 'common sense' that informs feminist interventions in international law. Her incisive analysis of how the discourse on sexual violence in conflict has come to be based on negative images of sex and sexuality and troubling assumptions about gender, war, and peace marks an invaluable and timely contribution to the field."—Ratna Kapur, Queen Mary University of London, School of Law"Engle's brilliant book shows how concern with sexual violence displaced and undermined feminist movements for geopolitical peace and equality, risking a regulatory vision for female bodies instead of a 'sex positive' one. Engle reopens fateful choices and closes with an inspiring vision of a different feminism and a different international law."—Samuel Moyn, author of Not Enough: Human Rights in an Unequal World"Karen Engle has long been a perceptive critic of the ways in which feminists call on international institutions to support feminist causes. Here, she offers a remarkable case study of how ideas and concepts travel and transform, making a powerful argument for a more nuanced account of gender, sex and conflict, which takes the complexity of human experience into account."—Hilary Charlesworth, Melbourne Law School and The Australian National University"Engle critiques the pattern of focusing on wartime sexual violence in order to call for more violence through military intervention.[This] book is well researched, creative, and provocative. Recommended."—D. P. Forsythe, CHOICE"Karen Engle is one of the most remarkable scholars of human rights movements today. Her work has long questioned what are generally perceived [as] some of the greatest successes of human rights and international law, not least in relation to indigenous rights, feminist advocacy and international criminal law....For its potential to inspire new activism and fresh research, The Grip of Sexual Violence in Conflict is doubtless a pivotal contribution to critical scholarship on human rights and feminism."—Mattia Pinto, London Review of International Law"Engle's work is an inspiring and groundbreaking analysis that deserves further in-depth discussions... [The Grip of Sexual Violence in Conflict] is a provocative analysis of the most controversial issues related to feminism, gender, and war that have preoccupied feminist scholars and legal practitioners alike over the past three decades. Engle touches sensitive issues relating to the essence of the book's central argument, and provides convincing answers to many questions, while sometimes leaving the door ajar on issues that were, and still are, under discussion."—Hilmi M. Zawati, Journal of International Criminal Justice

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Book SynopsisIn our digital world, data is power. Information hoarding businesses reign supreme, using intimidation, aggression, and force to maintain influence and control. Sarah Lamdan brings us into the unregulated underworld of these "data cartels", demonstrating how the entities mining, commodifying, and selling our data and informational resources perpetuate social inequalities and threaten the democratic sharing of knowledge. Just a few companies dominate most of our critical informational resources. Often self-identifying as "data analytics" or "business solutions" operations, they supply the digital lifeblood that flows through the circulatory system of the internet. With their control over data, they can prevent the free flow of information, masterfully exploiting outdated information and privacy laws and curating online information in a way that amplifies digital racism and targets marginalized communities. They can also distribute private information to predatory entities. Alarmingly, everything they're doing is perfectly legal. In this book, Lamdan contends that privatization and tech exceptionalism have prevented us from creating effective legal regulation. This in turn has allowed oversized information oligopolies to coalesce. In addition to specific legal and market-based solutions, Lamdan calls for treating information like a public good and creating digital infrastructure that supports our democratic ideals. Trade Review"Lamdan offers a timely, ambitious, and original contribution about a set of issues that are of vital importance to the study of technology, law, and society."—Anil Kalhan, Drexel University Thomas R. Kline School of Law"Powerful and a great read! This book definitely stirs the pot."—Nicole Dyszlewski, Roger Williams University School of Law"From scientific information to legal information to massive dossiers on each and every one of us and more, Sarah Lamdan's beautifully researched book delves into the shadowy world of big data. A fascinating read!"—Carl Malamud, Public.resource.org"Lamdan's research is solid. Her book would be a nice addition to both large academic and legal libraries."—Michael Sawyer, Library Journal"Having been involved in efforts to raise awareness of the impacts of data brokers over the past decade, I appreciate Lamdan's hopeful stance that it is not too late to reverse course and create a better world. Her rhetoric is powerful, her writing colourful and her critique vigorous."—Lisa Janicke Hinchliffe, Nature"Lamdan's seminal work on the legal information market and the companies that own them is integral to how we work with these products, teach them to our students, and demo them to our patrons."—Mari Cheney, AALL Spectrum"Lamdan's work is groundbreaking yet intimately familiar to us in the librarian profession.... Her bold approach breaks down the barrier and serves as a metaphorical lighthouse to our work. It gives us a reason to recommend her book to library advocates so that they can realize how these companies are operating in the informational capitalism age. This book should be required reading for all librarians who advocate that information is power."—Edward Junhao Lim, Journal of Business & Finance Librarianship"This book needs to be adopted as part of the canon of the profession. It brings clear evidence to bear and articulates the conundrums we face daily in an almost matter of fact way. If you have spent any time working in a library, academic or otherwise, you will have certainly seen the slow and steady drift toward monopolisation of all the content that we lease. What is refreshing is that this is written in such a way that those outside of librarianship will be compelled by the stories that it tells. Next time a friend says 'it must be nice to read all day' lend them your dog-eared copy of this book so that they understand first-hand where the war is being fought."—Tim Ribaric, Canadian Journal of Academic Librarianship"It is sometimes crudely assumed that whoever owns our data can control us. Sarah Lamdan's Data Cartels brings a rather more subtle perspective."—Times Literary Supplement"This book—including the footnotes—is an engaging and insightful read. This spotlight on big data will hopefully bring these companies out of the shadows and into the public eye. Highly recommended."—R. I. Saltz, CHOICETable of Contents1. The Data Cartels: An Overview 2. Data Brokering 3. Academic Research 4. Legal Information 5. Financial Information 6. News Conclusion: Envisioning Public Information as a Public Good

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