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Cambridge University Press The Jurisprudential Foundations of Corporate and Commercial Law
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Cambridge University Press The Gentle Civilizer of Nations The Rise and Fall of International Law 18701960 14 Hersch Lauterpacht Memorial Lectures Series Number 14
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Cambridge University Press The Making of Gratians Decretum 49 Cambridge Studies in Medieval Life and Thought Fourth Series Series Number 49
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Cambridge University Press The Moral World of the Law
Book SynopsisThe dominant and deceptively simple theme of this book is the relationship between the moral environment of the courtroom and that of the society in which the court is situated. Like previous Past and Present edited volumes, the volume ranges widely across time and space, from ancient Greece to twentieth-century Africa.Table of ContentsList of contributors; Preface; 1. Introduction Peter Coss; 2. The language of law in classical Athens S. C. Todd; 3. The autonomy of Roman law Andrew D. E. Lewis; 4. Local participation and legal ritual in early medieval law courts Wendy Davies; 5. Due process versus the maintenance of order in European law: the contribution of the ius commune Paul Hyams; 6. Inside the courtroom: lawyers, litigants and justices in England in the later middle ages Paul Brand; 7. 'Nemo mortalis cognitus vivit in evo': moral and legal conflicts in a Florentine inheritance case of 1442 Thomas Kuehn; 8. Law, litigants and the construction of 'honour': slander suits in early modern England Martin Ingram; 9. Story-telling and the social imagery of religious conflict in nineteenth-century French law courts Caroline Ford; 10. 'Their idea of justice is so peculiar': Southern Rhodesia 1890–1910 Diana Jeater; 11. Kenyatta's trials: breaking and making an African nationalist John Lonsdale; 12. Conclusion Chris Wickham; Index.
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Cambridge University Press Moral Combat
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Cambridge University Press The Moral World of the Law
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Cambridge University Press War and the Law of Nations
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Cambridge University Press The Sovereignty of Law The European Way The Hamlyn Lectures
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Cambridge University Press Modernism and the Grounds of Law
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Cambridge University Press Restorative Justice and Civil Society
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Cambridge University Press Native Title in Australia
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Cambridge University Press Pursuing Equal Opportunities
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Cambridge University Press The Spirit of Hindu Law
The Spirit of Hindu Law by Donald R.
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Cambridge University Press Writing Greek Law
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Cambridge University Press Seeking Supremacy
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Cambridge University Press Wrongful Convictions and the DNA Revolution
Book SynopsisFor centuries, most people believed the criminal justice system worked - that only guilty defendants were convicted. DNA technology shattered that belief. DNA has now freed more than three hundred innocent prisoners in the United States. This book examines the lessons learned from twenty-five years of DNA exonerations and identifies lingering challenges.Trade Review'This thoughtful collection of essays on one of the most important scientific and legal advances of the past century is a must read for anyone who wants to understand American criminal justice. Exonerations have so much to teach us about what goes wrong in police encounters, prosecutors' offices, and courtrooms around the country, and this book serves as a much needed guide.' Rachel E. Barkow, Segal Family Professor of Regulatory Law and Policy and Faculty Director, Center on the Administration of Criminal Law, New York University School of Law'This excellent and timely collection examines the revolutionary impact of DNA identification on American criminal justice. It explores the major changes triggered by DNA exonerations, starting in 1989 - in criminal investigation, trial procedure, the use of the death penalty - and it discusses the challenges we still face and reforms that may yet happen.' Samuel R. Gross, Thomas and Mabel Long Professor of Law, University of Michigan'Wrongful Convictions and the DNA Revolution should be required reading for prosecutors, defense attorneys, judges, and jurors alike. The book magnificently lays bare the painful but critical lessons from twenty-five years of struggle for exoneration of the innocent.' Jeannie Suk Gersen, John H. Watson, Jr Professor of Law, Harvard Law School'The chapters of Wrongful Convictions and the DNA Revolution summarize remarkable strides achieved by the Innocence Movement, provide insight into the movement's legal and institutional elements, and point to future challenges. Every criminal law scholar in law schools and criminal justice departments would benefit by reading the volume. It is an excellent high-level entry point for criminologists new to wrongful conviction research. Instructors could assign individual chapters in advanced wrongful conviction courses. In sum, Daniel S. Medwed's volume deserves a central place in the growing library of wrongful conviction scholarship.' Marvin Zalman, Criminal Law and Criminal Justice Books (www.clcjbooks.rutgers.edu)Table of ContentsForeword Barry Scheck and Peter Neufeld; Introduction. Talking about a revolution: a quarter century of DNA exonerations Daniel S. Medwed; Innocence before DNA Michael Meltsner; Part I. A Look Back - What Have We Learned from 25 Years of DNA Exonerations?; Section 1. The Big Picture: 1. Convicting the innocent redux Brandon L. Garrett; 2. Has the innocence movement become an exoneration movement? The risks and rewards of redefining innocence Richard A. Leo; Section 2. A Closer Look at Specific Lessons: 3. Negotiating accuracy - DNA in the age of plea bargaining Alexandra Natapoff; 4. Reacting to recantations Rob Warden; 5. A tale of two innocence clinics - client representation and legislative advocacy Jacqueline McMurtrie; Section 3. The DNA Era and Changing Views of the Death Penalty: 6. How DNA has changed contemporary death penalty debates Michael L. Radelet; 7. What does innocence have to do with cruel and unusual punishment? Robert J. Smith, G. Ben Cohen and Zoe Robinson; Part II. A Glance Ahead - What Can Be Done to Avoid Wrongful Convictions in the Future?; Section 4. Substantive Reforms: 8. Flawed science and the new wave of innocents Keith A. Findley; 9. Prosecutors - the thin last line protecting the innocent George C. Thomas, III; 10. Ineffective assistance of counsel and the innocence revolution - a standards-based approach Adele Bernhard; Section 5. Procedural Changes: 11. Post-conviction procedure - the next frontier in innocence reform Stephanie Roberts Hartung; 12. Can we protect the innocent without freeing the guilty? Thoughts on innocence reforms that avoid harmful tradeoffs Paul G. Cassell; 13. Retrospective justice in the age of innocence - the hard case of rape executions Margaret Burnham; 14. Outbreaks of injustice - responding to systemic irregularities in the criminal justice system Sandra Guerra Thompson and Robert Wicoff; 15. Exonerating the innocent - habeas for nonhuman animals Justin F. Marceau and Steven Wise; Section 6. The International Arena: 16. The global innocence movement Mark Godsey; 17. Innocence at war Erik Luna.
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Cambridge University Press The Law of Collaborative Defence Procurement in the European Union
Book SynopsisThe book examines and makes proposals for improving the law and management of collaborative defence procurement programmes and provides practical examples to enhance efficiency of cooperation between states. Covering a broad scope of legal issues, it contains invaluable information for practitioners, policy-makers and academics aiming to analyse or improve these projects.Table of ContentsPart I. Analysis of Collaborative Defence Procurement in the EU: 1. The need for collaborative defence procurement; 2. Organisation of collaborative defence procurement programmes; 3. Procurement process of collaborative defence procurement programmes; 4. Initiatives to improve collaborative defence procurement in Europe; Part II. Legal Framework of Defence Procurement in the EU: 5. The Matryoshka doll of four legal relationships; 6. The EU treaties and defence procurement; 7. The EU public procurement directives and defence procurement; 8. The EU legislation on trade in defence goods; 9. Institutional law of international organisations; Part III. Examples of Collaborative Defence Procurement Structures: 10. International organisation performing collaborative defence procurement in Europe; 11. State-to-state defence procurement cooperation; Part IV. First Matryoshka Doll: The Decision to Participate in a Collaborative Programme: 12. Applicability of the public contracts directive; 13. Applicability of the defence and security directive; 14. Applicability of the EU treaties principles; Part V. Second Matryoshka Doll: The Relationship between the Participating States: 15. International agreements and EU law; 16. Obligation to implement directives; Part VI. Third Matryoshka Doll: The Procurement Rules of the Programme Management Entity: 17. Procurement rules of programmes managed by an international organisation; 18. Procurement rules of programmes managed by a lead nation; Part VII. Actual Compliance with Applicable Law: 19. Rules for OCCAR programmes; 20. Rules for EDA projects and programmes; 21. Rules of NSPO; Part VIII. How to Improve Collaborative Defence Procurement in the EU: 22. Increasing efficiency of collaborative defence procurement programmes; 23. Legal improvements of collaborative defence procurement.
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Cambridge University Press The Unwritten Law in Albania
Book SynopsisOriginally published posthumously in 1954, this book presents a study of the unwritten law of the Albanian mountain tribes by the renowned Scottish anthropologist, classical scholar and ethnographer Margaret Hasluck (18851948). In recording the legal aspects of tribal life, Hasluck also provides detailed information on the everyday existence of the tribes.Table of ContentsPreface J. E. Alderson; Introduction J. H. Hutton; 1. The geographical framework; 2. The unwritten law in outline; 3. The Albanian house; 4. The Albanian household; 5. The master of the house; 6. The separation of brothers; 7. The law of the dog; 8. Roads; 9. Boundaries; 10. Pasturage; 11. Bajraktars; 12. Elders; 13. The administration of justice; 14. General assemblies; 15. Assemblies and their work; 16. The oath. I. Oath-taker and compurgators; 17. The oath. II. The oath-taking; 18. The oath. III. Verdict and penalties; 19. Witness (Këpucar); 20. Theft as a crime; 21. Murder within the family; 22. Blood feud. I. Family vengeance and collective vengeance; 23. Blood feud. II. Course of the feud; 24. Blood feud. III. Expiator and expiation; 25. Blood feud. IV. Peace-making; Appendix. Laws passed at general assemblies, translated from the original Albanian; Index.
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Cambridge University Press Properties of Law
Book SynopsisThe book is a study of legal theory, written in a style which makes it accessible to both academics and the general reader. The book offers a view of modern law alternative to prevalent legal positivism, dominated by the towering figures of Hans Kelsen and H. L. A. Hart.Table of ContentsPart I. Sociality: 1. Return of the repressed; 2. Social practices; 3. Socio-legal practices; 4. Specialized legal practices; 5. Legal discourse; Part II. Normativity: 6. Specificities of legal normativity; 7. Layers of law; 8. Orders of law; 9. Morality of law; 10. Constitution; Part III. Plurality: 11. The black-box view; 12. Non-state law; 13. From simple diversity to interlegality and pluralism; 14. Unity under post-national plurality; Epilogue: Incertitude.
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Oxford University Press Inc The Normalization of Saudi Law
Book SynopsisSaudi Arabia has never commanded more attention and yet it remains one of the world's least understood countries. In The Normalization of Saudi Law, Chibli Mallat dives into the heart of Saudi society, politics, and business by exploring the workings of its courts.Trade Review<"Chibli Mallat is the leading theoretician, indeed the founder, of a field of study on Middle East law. In The Normalization of Saudi Law, Professor Mallat turns his attention, with great erudition and brilliance, to the evolution of law in Saudi Arabia and finds, within a multitude of recent judicial rulings on contracts, property, the family, and the prosecution of crimes, the beginnings of a system of law. Always clear-eyed, Mallat fully appreciates that the absolutism of the Saudi monarchy and its failure to empower a national legislative assembly compromise whatever commitment to the rule of law that country possesses.>" -Owen Fiss, Sterling Professor Emeritus of Law at Yale University<"The Normalization of Saudi Law contains an illuminating discussion of the laws of Saudi Arabia. There is a masterly treatment of the fields of substantive Saudi law drawing from an analysis of civil, criminal, family, real property and commercial law. One novel feature is that Chibli Mallat discusses how Saudi judges apply the law in practice by reference to reported cases. It is of significance to legal scholars and practitioners alike and a welcome first of its kind.>" -Michael Crystal QC<"The Normalization of Saudi Law reveals an unprecedented field of work, that of Saudi law, based on the study of thousands of judgments. It facilitates an understanding of the current developments towards a <"normalization>" of Saudi law and shows, through the courts' application of justice, how Saudi society actually functions. It is an essential book, not only for the study of law, but for understanding present-day Saudi Arabia.>" -Professor Henry Laurens, College de FranceTable of ContentsMap, Charts, Figures Preface Acknowledgments Table of Authorities Map Chapter 1. Introduction PART ONE NORMS AND SOURCES Chapter 2. The Epiphany of Saudi Law Chapter 3. Blackletter Law. A Primer on Courts, Format, Evidence, Sources PART TWO NORMS AS COMMON LAW Chapter 4. Civil Law I Contracts Chapter 5. Civil Law II Torts Chapter 6. Criminal Law I Procedure and Hadd Chapter 7. Criminal Law II: Ta'zir and "Everything Else" Chapter 8. Family Law: The Saudi Hanbali Exception PART THREE NORMALIZATION BY STATUTE Chapter 9. Real Property Chapter 10. Diwan Al- Mazalem: A Court for All Seasons Chapter 11. From Diwan Al- Mazalem to Commercial Courts: A Unified Theory of Remedies Chapter 12. Companies and Corporate Governance Chapter 13. Insolvency, Banking, the Stock Market PART FOUR THE LIMITS OF NORMALIZATION Chapter 14. Constitutional Law Chapter 15. Human Rights Chapter 16. Epilogue Bibliography
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Hoover Institution Press,U.S. Conserving Liberty Hoover Institution Press
Book SynopsisProvides a defense of the principles of American conservatism, clarifying many of the narrow or mistaken views that have arisen from both its friends and its foes. Mark Blitz asserts that individual liberty is the most powerful, reliable, and true standpoint from which to clarify and secure conservatism - but that individual freedom alone cannot produce happiness.Table of Contents Foreword by John Raisian Preface Introduction: The Importance of Conservatism Chapter One: Conserving Natural Rights Chapter Two: Conserving Virtue Chapter Three: Conserving Excellence Chapter Four: Conserving Self-Government Notes Bibliography About the Author About the Hoover Institution's Boyd and Jill Smith Task Force on Virtues of a Free Society Index
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Hoover Institution Press,U.S. Liberty and Equality Studiopaperback
Book SynopsisTakes an unflinching look at the difficult, often emotional issues that arise when egalitarianism collies with individual liberties, ultimately showing why the kind of egalitarianism preached by socialists and other sentimentalists is not an option in a free society.
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Lynne Rienner Publishers Inc Understanding Revolution
Book SynopsisUnderstanding Revolution concisely, but thoroughly, explains one of the most fundamental sources of political change in the modern world. Designed to be accessible to undergraduate students, the book systematically explores such questions as: What should be defined as a revolution?; Is there a "typical" pattern to the course of a revolution?; What are the roles of ideologies, structures (e.g., the state, class structures in the international system), and individuals in shaping revolutions?; What causes groups to mobilize behind revolutionary leaders?; What happens after a revolutionary group assumes power, or fails?. The discussion highlights points of agreement and debate within the social science literature, and brief case studies of revolutions and revolutionary movements bring concepts to life.Trade ReviewAn excellent primer.... Highly recommended. All undergraduate, graduate, and research collections. One of the best teaching texts I have seen for undergraduate courses on revolution and political violence.One of the best teaching texts I have seen for undergraduate courses on revolution and political violence.Table of Contents Understanding Revolution. The "Life Course" of a Revolution. The Structural Causes of Revolution. The Role of Ideology, Part 1: Liberalism and Nationalism. The Role of Ideology, Part 2: Marxism and Religious Thought. The Sources of Revolutionary Leadership. Mobilizing the Masses. The Outcomes of Revolution. The Study of Revolution. Appendix: Case Studies, 1776-2008.
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