Law category: 29588 books
Graphic Justice
Intersections of Comics and Law
Language: English
Release Date: March 24, 2015
The intersections of law and contemporary culture are vital for comprehending the meaning and significance of law in today’s world. Far from being unsophisticated mass entertainment, comics and graphic fiction both imbue our contemporary culture, and are themselves imbued, with the concerns of law...
Inside the Law
Canadian Law Firms in Historical Perspective
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 1996
Law firms are important economic institutions in this country: they collect hundreds of millions of dollars annually in fees, they order the affairs of businesses and of many government agencies, and their members include some of the most influential Canadians. Some firms have a history stretching...
Rehumanizing Law
A Theory of Law and Democracy
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2011
In a popular sense, 'law' connotes the rules of a society, as well as the institutions that make and enforce those rules. Although laws are created and interpreted in legislatures and courtrooms by individuals with very specialized knowledge, the practice and making of law is closely tied to other...
The Status of Law in World Society
Meditations on the Role and Rule of Law
Language: English
Release Date: March 13, 2014
Friedrich Kratochwil's book explores the role of law in the international arena and the key discourses surrounding it. It explains the increased importance of law for politics, from law-fare to the judicialization of politics, to human rights, and why traditional expectations of progress through law...
Practice Extended
Beyond Law and Literature
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2016
Written by a renowned literary critic and legal historian, Practice Extended illuminates the intricacies of legal language and thought and the law's relationship to society, literature, and culture. Robert A. Ferguson details how judicial opinions are written, how legal thought and philosophy inform...
One L
The Turbulent True Story of a First Year at Harvard Law School
Language: English
Release Date: August 3, 2010
One L, Scott Turow's journal of his first year at law school introduces and a best-seller when it was first published in 1977, has gone on to become a virtual bible for prospective law students. Not only does it introduce with remarkable clarity the ideas and issues that are the stuff of legal education;...
The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Life and Law in the Commonwealth, 1684–2017
Language: English
Release Date: January 24, 2018
Established in 1684, over a century before the Commonwealth, Pennsylvania’s Supreme Court is the oldest appellate court in North America. This balanced, comprehensive history of the Court examines over three centuries of legal proceedings and cases before the body, the controversies and conflicts...
Criminal Law
A Desk Reference
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2018
Understand criminal law! Learn your rights and how to protect yourself.
Whether you face a criminal case, work in law enforcement, or simply want to know more about the criminal law system, this book can help.
Criminal Law: A Desk Reference covers the basic to the complex in alphabetical...
by N.A. Capozzi
Language: English
Release Date: January 27, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: January 27, 2017
The premise of the book is simple: to teach law students how to be law students. So much time is lost in law school with students trying to learn how to be a law student. So many students spend too much time learning how to take notes, prepare for class, case brief, outline, prepare for finals and so...
by Françoise Bouchet-Saulnier
Language: English
Release Date: December 12, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: December 12, 2013
Now in a comprehensively updated edition, this indispensable handbook analyzes how international humanitarian law has evolved in the face of these many new challenges. Central concerns include the war on terror, new forms of armed conflict and humanitarian action, the emergence of international criminal...
Drawing Out Law
A Spirit's Guide
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2010
The Anishinabek Nation's legal traditions are deeply embedded in many aspects of customary life. In Drawing Out Law, John Borrows (Kegedonce) skillfully juxtaposes Canadian legal policy and practice with the more broadly defined Anishinabek perception of law as it applies to community life, nature,...
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Language: English
Release Date: March 12, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: March 12, 2012
This book considers foreign investment flows in major Asian economies. It critically assesses the patterns and issues involved in the substantive law and policy environment which impact on investment flows, as well as the related dispute resolution law and practice. The book combines insights from...
The Anatomy of Corporate Law
A Comparative and Functional Approach
Language: English
Release Date: January 19, 2017
This is the long-awaited third edition of this highly regarded comparative overview of corporate law. This edition has been comprehensively revised and updated to reflect the profound changes in corporate law and governance practices that have taken place since the previous edition. These include...
by Anne-Marie Van den Bossche, Jacques Derenne, Paul Nihoul
Language: English
Release Date: October 21, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: October 21, 2015
One risks to drown in the flood of ever more regulatory texts, judgments, books and articles on European competition law. The Sourcebook on EU Competition Law brings some order to this subject. It combines the advantages of a practical one-volume overview of the law as it stands with an extensive...