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Law's Hermeneutics
Other Investigations
Language: English
Release Date: February 17, 2017
Bringing together leading academics hailing from different cultural and scholarly horizons, this book revisits legal hermeneutics by making particular reference to philosophy, sociology and linguistics. On the assumption that theory has much to teach law, that theory motivates and enables, the writings...
by Charles Herring, Jr, Jason Panzer
Language: English
Release Date: March 18, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: March 18, 2016
"The Texas Guide to Lawyer Disqualification is an easy-to-use book that
provides a practical roadmap for lawyers and litigants in determining
whether to file or oppose a motion to disqualify counsel and how to litigate
disqualification motions. The volume also analyzes...
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Language: English
Release Date: March 9, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: March 9, 2017
The role of the judiciary is constantly evolving and is in many ways more important than ever. Indeed, many argue that the sovereignty of parliament is eroding and being replaced by the respective power of judges. The Jackson Reforms of 2010, for example, saw judges bestowed with more power over case...
by Jonathan Herring
Language: English
Release Date: July 2, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: July 2, 2018
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by Jonathan Herring
Language: English
Release Date: July 3, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: July 3, 2018
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Rights Enabled
The Disability Revolution, from the US, to Germany and Japan, to the United Nations
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2015
Drawing on extensive fieldwork and a variety of original sources, Katharina Heyer examines three case studies—Germany, Japan, and the United Nations—to trace the evolution of a disability rights model from its origins in the U.S. through its adaptations in other democracies to its current formulation...
Mexico's Supreme Court
Between Liberal Individual and Revolutionary Social Rights, 1867-1934
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2013
Although Mexico’s Constitution of 1917 mandated the division of large landholdings, provided land for the landless, and guaranteed workers the rights to organize, strike, and bargain collectively, it also guaranteed fundamental liberal rights to property and due process that enabled property owners...
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Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2018
Like many beliefs, religious views matter across an individual's life and the life cycle of a family - from birth to marriage, through child-rearing, and, eventually, death. This volume examines clashes over religious liberty within the personal realm of the family. Against swirling religious beliefs,...
by Manoj Kumar Singh
Language: English
Release Date: October 25, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: October 25, 2017
The book Literature of Law reveals the minute legal distinctions embedded in law literature. People are not even aware of the differences among the terms sign, signature and initials. Similarly, the meaning of ‘confession’ is actually very specific; the common, literal usage of the word is not...
The Battle for the Court
Interest Groups, Judicial Elections, and Public Policy
Language: English
Release Date: October 3, 2017
Once largely ignored, judicial elections in the states have become increasingly controversial over the past two decades. Legal organizations, prominent law professors, and a retired Supreme Court justice have advocated the elimination of elections as a means to choose judges. One of their primary...
The Judicial Committee and the British North America Act
An Analysis of the Interpretative Scheme for the Distribution of Legislative Powers
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 1967
This comprehensive study is concerned primarily with the fundamental problem of the role of the judiciary in the federal system of Canadian government. The author criticizes previous accounts of the Judicial Committee’s interpretative scheme for the British North American Act because of their neglect...
Accusation
Creating Criminals
Language: English
Release Date: November 28, 2016
The punitive effects of accusations that lead to criminalization have received considerable attention. Less well documented is the actual role, process, and meaning of accusation per se. This collection of essays sets out the terms of a new debate about a largely overlooked but foundational dimension...
Explorations in Ethics and International Relations
Essays in Honour of Sydney Bailey
Language: English
Release Date: October 8, 2015
This book examines the interaction between the realms of ethics and international relations. The essays discuss such issues as the responsibilities of defence scientists; theological reflections on compromise; the ethics of risk-taking; the international legal protection of human rights and the collaboration...
The United States Supreme Court
A political and legal analysis, second edition
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2016
This book provides an accessible but thorough account of the US Supreme Court and its influence on American society and political life.