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School Desegregation and Mexican-American Rights

By Patrick James

£75.50 15 Jun 2010 Hardback University of British Columbia Press

Since the Charter of Rights and Freedoms was introduced, Canada has experienced more than twenty-five years of constitutional politics and countless debates about the future of Canada. There has, however, been no systematic attempt to identify general theories about Canada's constitutional evolution. This title corrects this oversight.

Mendez v. Westminster

15 Jun 2010 00:00:00 GMT

By Philippa Strum

£15.95 15 Jun 2010 Paperback University Press of Kansas

While Brown versus Board of Education remains much more famous, Mendez versus Westminster School District (1947) was actually the first case in which segregation in education was successfully challenged in federal court. This title provides a concise account of its legal issues and legacy.

The Regulatory Enterprise

03 Jun 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Government, Regulation, and Legitimacy

By Tony Prosser

£50.00 03 Jun 2010 Hardback Oxford University Press

The use of regulation to control behaviour is a defining feature of modern government, penetrating a wide range of social and economic life. This book offers a detailed study of how regulation works in practice, its legal framework, and the arguments surrounding its economic and social impact.

Parliament and Congress

03 Jun 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Representation and Scrutiny in the Twenty-first Century

By William McKay, Charles W. Johnson

£85.00 03 Jun 2010 Hardback Oxford University Press

Administrative Tribunals and Adjudication

01 Jun 2010 00:00:00 GMT

By Peter Cane

£25.00 01 Jun 2010 Paperback Hart Publishing

Compares tribunals in Australia, the UK and the US. This title offers an account of the concept of 'administrative adjudication', and traces its historical development from the earliest periods of the common law to the twenty-first century. It is suitable for public lawyers and others interested in government accountability.

Risk Regulation and Administrative Constitutionalism

01 Jun 2010 00:00:00 GMT

By Elizabeth Fisher

£22.00 01 Jun 2010 Paperback Hart Publishing

The regulatory evaluation of environmental and public health risks has been one of the most legally controversial areas of contemporary government activity. This book shows that legal disputes over risk evaluation are disputes over administrative constitutionalism.

Office Health and Safety Handbook

01 Jun 2010 00:00:00 GMT

By Mike Appleby, Paul Maxwell, Sid Toama

£65.00 01 Jun 2010 Paperback Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Federal Rulemaking and Regulations

01 Jun 2010 00:00:00 GMT

By Paul Lee

£65.99 01 Jun 2010 Hardback Nova Science Publishers Inc

War Powers Resolution After 34 Years and the Continuing Political Debate

01 Jun 2010 00:00:00 GMT

By Jeremiah E. Sanders

£57.50 01 Jun 2010 Paperback Nova Science Publishers Inc

Nuisance

01 Jun 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Law and Practice in Property and Environmental Claims

By Gordon Wignall

£65.00 01 Jun 2010 Paperback Jordan Publishing Ltd

Aims to set out the general principles governing common law (public and private) and statutory nuisance, including the relevant procedure for seeking relief from the nuisance. This work is followed by a section which examines how these general principles can be applied to the most common forms of property interference/damage.

Speech and Silence in American Law

01 Jun 2010 00:00:00 GMT

By Austin Sarat

£55.00 01 Jun 2010 Hardback Cambridge University Press

This is an edited volume of essays that examines the ideas of speech and silence - particularly their circumstances of use and contexts - in American law.

Constitutional and Administrative Law MyLawChamber Pack

31 May 2010 00:00:00 GMT

By Alex Carroll

£29.99 31 May 2010 Multimedia Item Pearson Education Limited

Mixed Legal Systems at New Frontiers

31 May 2010 00:00:00 GMT

By Esin Orucu

£65.00 31 May 2010 Hardback Wildy, Simmonds and Hill Publishing

Building the Civilization of Arbitration

31 May 2010 00:00:00 GMT

By Thomas E. Carbonneau, Angelica M. Sinopole

£65.00 31 May 2010 Hardback Wildy, Simmonds and Hill Publishing

Cultures of Legality

31 May 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Judicialization and Political Activism in Latin America

By Javier Couso, Alexandra Huneeus, Rachel Sieder

£55.00 31 May 2010 Hardback Cambridge University Press

This volume explores the changing legal ideas and practices that accompany, cause, and are a consequence of the judicialization of politics in Latin America.

Global Privacy Protection

28 May 2010 00:00:00 GMT

The First Generation

By James B. Rule, Graham Greenleaf

£25.00 28 May 2010 Paperback Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd

Global Privacy Protection reviews the origins and history of national privacy codes as social, political and legal phenomena in Australia, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Hungary, South Korea and the United States.

Globalization and Private Law

28 May 2010 00:00:00 GMT

The Way Forward

By Michael Faure, Andre van der Walt

£120.00 28 May 2010 Hardback Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd

This timely book explores the relationship between private law and globalization. It examines the consequences of the fact that law making now takes place in a globalized world which increasingly leads to questions of accountability and legitimacy of the law making process.

Counter-terrorism and Beyond

26 May 2010 00:00:00 GMT

The Culture of Law and Justice After 9/11

By Andrew Lynch, Nicola McGarrity, George Williams

£75.00 26 May 2010 Hardback Taylor & Francis Ltd

Focuses on the impact of the extraordinary counter-terrorism laws outside the immediacy of the counter-terrorism context. This book draws together practitioners and academics in the areas of public and criminal law to consider the wider effects counter-terrorism law is having on public institutions within democracies.

The Dawn of Conservation Diplomacy

25 May 2010 00:00:00 GMT

U.S.-Canadian Wildlife Protection Treaties in the Progressive Era

By Kurkpatrick Dorsey

£19.99 25 May 2010 Paperback University of Washington Press

Examines the first three comprehensive wildlife conservation treaties in history, all between the US and Canada: the Inland Fisheries Treaty of 1908, the North Pacific Fur Seal Convention of 1911, and the Migratory Bird Treaty of 1916. The author argues that these treaties directly affect us and offer lessons for future conservation efforts.

Yearbook of Cultural Property Law

15 May 2010 00:00:00 GMT

By Sherry Hutt

£64.95 15 May 2010 Hardback Left Coast Press Inc

The Librarian's Legal Companion for Buying and Licensing Information Resources

15 May 2010 00:00:00 GMT

By Tomas A. Lipinski

£66.95 15 May 2010 Paperback Neal-Schuman Publishers Inc

Cities and Adult Businesses

15 May 2010 00:00:00 GMT

A Handbook for Regulatory Planning

By Roger L. Kemp

£35.50 15 May 2010 Paperback McFarland & Co Inc

Each year, millions of taxpayer dollars are wasted in lawsuits dealing with the regulation and restriction of adult businesses. This volume provides information on how to proactively introduce various zoning, planning, and licensing restrictions while preventing costly lawsuits.

Constitutional Politics in Canada After the Charter

15 May 2010 00:00:00 GMT

School Desegregation and Mexican-American Rights

By Patrick James

£74.95 15 May 2010 Hardback University of British Columbia Press

Public Management and the Rule of Law

15 May 2010 00:00:00 GMT

By Julia Beckett

£79.95 15 May 2010 Hardback M.E. Sharpe

Addresses an essential competence for public managers - incorporating governance and law in public administration. This book links democratic constitutional values to administrative decision making and practices by focusing on how public law authorizes, informs, and democratically constrains public servants in fulfilling public policies.

Mendez v. Westminster

15 May 2010 00:00:00 GMT

By Philippa Strum

£15.50 15 May 2010 Paperback University Press of Kansas

International Refugee Law

13 May 2010 00:00:00 GMT

By Helene Lambert

£155.00 13 May 2010 Hardback Ashgate Publishing Group

From an instrument designed to protect mostly those civilians fleeing the worse excesses of World War II, the 1951 Refugee Convention has developed into a set of principles, customary rules, and values that are firmly embedded in the human rights framework. This title explores how international refugee law is dynamic and constantly evolving.

NAB Legal Guide to Broadcast Law and Regulation

13 May 2010 00:00:00 GMT

By Marvin Rosenberg

£302.99 13 May 2010 Hardback Elsevier Science & Technology

Offers you practical 'how-to' advice for how to deal with issues such as DTV transition, change license, EAS system obligations, cable royalties, inspections, and more. Whether your practice specializes in broadcast, telecommunications, IP, or Internet, this book builds on case law and applies to real-world situations.

History of English Law Before the Time of Edward I

04 May 2010 00:00:00 GMT

By Sir Frederick Pollock, Frederic William Maitland

£26.95 04 May 2010 Paperback Liberty Fund Inc

Detailing the work of Sir Edward Coke and William Blackstone, this title explores the origins of key aspects of English common law and society. It examines Anglo-Saxon law, considers the changes in law introduced by the Normans, moves to the twelfth-century Age of Glanvill followed by the thirteenth century Age of Bracton.

History of English Law Before the Time of Edward I

04 May 2010 00:00:00 GMT

By Sir Frederick Pollock, Frederic William Maitland

£50.95 04 May 2010 Hardback Liberty Fund Inc

Explores the origins of key aspects of English common law and society and with them the development of individual rights as these were gradually carved out from the authority of the Crown and the Church. This work examines Anglo-Saxon law, and considers the changes in law introduced by the Normans.

Risk Regulation and Administrative Constitutionalism

01 May 2010 00:00:00 GMT

By Elizabeth Fisher

£22.00 01 May 2010 Paperback Hart Publishing

Office Health and Safety Handbook

01 May 2010 00:00:00 GMT

By Mike Appleby, Paul Maxwell, Sid Toama

£65.00 01 May 2010 Paperback Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Federal Rulemaking and Regulations

01 May 2010 00:00:00 GMT

By Paul Lee

£65.99 01 May 2010 Hardback Nova Science Publishers Inc

War Powers Resolution After 34 Years and the Continuing Political Debate

01 May 2010 00:00:00 GMT

By Jeremiah E. Sanders

£57.50 01 May 2010 Paperback Nova Science Publishers Inc

Constitutional Law

01 May 2010 00:00:00 GMT

By Jacqueline R. Kanovitz

£49.99 01 May 2010 Paperback Anderson Publishing

Presents an analysis of critical constitutional issues. This book focuses on issues of greatest concern to criminal justice personnel - detention, arrest, search and seizure, interrogations and confessions, self-incrimination, due process, and right to counsel. It also presents key cases to assist in interpreting the constitutional provisions.

Chapter 13 Bankruptcy: Keep Your Property & Repay Debts Over Time

01 May 2010 00:00:00 GMT

By Elias, Stephen Leonard, Robin

£21.97 01 May 2010 Paperback NOLO

Reduce your debts, save your property -- and start over!
Are you behind on your mortgage, taxes or other bills? Are creditors threatening foreclosure or repossession? This book will show you how to save your house, car and other assets with "Chapter 13 Bankruptcy." It lets you cancel your debts and pay off the rest with an affordable repayment plan.
The 10th edition is completely rewritten to reflect the recent (and massive) changes to federal bankruptcy law, as well as the latest bankruptcy exemption laws of your state. It also includes the most current legal documents and instructions on filling them out.

Health Systems Governance in Europe

01 May 2010 00:00:00 GMT

By Elias Mossialos, Govin Permanand, Rita Baeten, Tamara K. Hervey

£80.00 01 May 2010 Hardback Cambridge University Press

A comprehensive discussion of a number of current and emerging governance issues in EU health policy.

Health Systems Governance in Europe

01 May 2010 00:00:00 GMT

The Rising Power of the American Dead

By Elias Mossialos, Govin Permanand, Rita Baeten, Tamara K. Hervey

£29.99 01 May 2010 Paperback Cambridge University Press

A comprehensive discussion of a number of current and emerging governance issues in EU health policy.

Race, Ethnicity, and the Treatment of Disability in Post-Civil War America

01 May 2010 00:00:00 GMT

By Larry M. Logue, Peter Blanck

£50.00 01 May 2010 Hardback Cambridge University Press

This book focuses on the post-Civil War experience of African Americans and immigrants, investigating their decision to seek government assistance and assessing their resulting treatment.

Comparative Studies in the Development of the Law of Torts in Europe 6

01 May 2010 00:00:00 GMT

By David Ibbetson, John Bell, Jim Gordley

£330.00 01 May 2010 Hardback Cambridge University Press

A magnificent six-volume set examining the nature of legal development in Western Europe since 1850, focusing on liability for fault.

Immortality and the Law

01 May 2010 00:00:00 GMT

By Ray D. Madoff

£18.00 01 May 2010 Hardback Yale University Press

Takes a look at how the law responds to that distinctly American dream of immortality. From grave robbery to Elvis impersonators, this title shows how the law of the dead has a direct impact on how we live.

The Dynamics of Constitutionalism in the Age of Globalisation

30 Apr 2010 00:00:00 GMT

By Morly Frishman, Sam Muller

£45.00 30 Apr 2010 Hardback Asser Press

An examination of the changing meaning of constitutionalism at the national, European and international levels.

Administrative Justice in Context

30 Apr 2010 00:00:00 GMT

By Michael Adler

£50.00 30 Apr 2010 Paperback Hart Publishing

Featuring a collection of papers on administrative justice, this title deals with the impact of 'contextual changes' on administrative justice and considers the implications of changes in governance and public administration, management and service delivery, information technology, audit and accounting, and human rights for administrative justice.

Framing the State in Times of Transition

30 Apr 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Case Studies in Constitution Making

By Laurel E. Miller, Louis Aucoin

£35.95 30 Apr 2010 Paperback United States Institute of Peace Press

Analyzing nineteen cases, this title offers practical perspective on the implications of constitution-making procedure, and explores emerging international legal norms.

Speech and Silence in American Law

30 Apr 2010 00:00:00 GMT

By Austin Sarat

£55.00 30 Apr 2010 Hardback Cambridge University Press

This is an edited volume of essays that examines the ideas of speech and silence - particularly their circumstances of use and contexts - in American law.

Issues in Human Rights Protection of Intellectually Disabled Persons

28 Apr 2010 00:00:00 GMT

By Andreas Dimopoulos

£60.00 28 Apr 2010 Hardback Ashgate Publishing Group

Develops a legal argument as to how persons with intellectual disability can flourish in a liberal setting through the exercise of human rights, even though they are perceived as non-autonomous. This book is suitable for academics, human rights activists and legal practitioners in the field of disability rights.

The French Commercial Code in English

22 Apr 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Le Code De Commerce Francais Traduit En Anglais

By Philip Raworth

£105.00 22 Apr 2010 Hardback Oxford University Press

Canadian Intellectual Property Law and Strategy

22 Apr 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Trademarks, Copyright and Industrial Designs

By John McKeown

£135.00 22 Apr 2010 Paperback Oxford University Press

Administrative Justice in Context

21 Apr 2010 00:00:00 GMT

By Michael Adler

£50.00 21 Apr 2010 Paperback Hart Publishing

Occupational Health Law

16 Apr 2010 00:00:00 GMT

By Diana Kloss

£75.00 16 Apr 2010 Hardback John Wiley and Sons Ltd

Offers information for health professionals working in occupational health and also for human resources staff. This title includes sections on age discrimination and expert witnesses.

Yearbook of Cultural Property Law

15 Apr 2010 00:00:00 GMT

By Sherry Hutt

£63.95 15 Apr 2010 Hardback Left Coast Press Inc

The Librarian's Legal Companion for Buying and Licensing Information Resources

15 Apr 2010 00:00:00 GMT

By Tomas A. Lipinski

£66.95 15 Apr 2010 Paperback Neal-Schuman Publishers Inc

Constitutional Politics in Canada After the Charter

15 Apr 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Government Litigation as Public Health Prescription

By Patrick James

£66.50 15 Apr 2010 Hardback University of British Columbia Press

Public Management and the Rule of Law

15 Apr 2010 00:00:00 GMT

By Julia Beckett

£79.95 15 Apr 2010 Hardback M.E. Sharpe

Suing the Tobacco and Lead Pigment Industries

15 Apr 2010 00:00:00 GMT

By Donald G. Gifford

£66.95 15 Apr 2010 Hardback The University of Michigan Press

Recounts the transformation of tort litigation in response to the challenge posed by victims of 21st-century public health crises who seek compensation from the manufacturers. The author finds that courts, through their refusal to expand traditional tort claims, have resisted litigation as a solution to product-caused public health problems.

Intellectual Property

07 Apr 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Valuation, Exploitation and Infringement Damages

By Russell L. Parr

£57.50 07 Apr 2010 Paperback John Wiley and Sons Ltd

Provides practical tools for evaluating the investment aspects of licensing and joint venture decisions. This work discusses the legal, tax, and accounting practices and procedures related to such arrangements and examines the business economics of strategies involving intellectual property licensing and joint ventures.

History of English Law Before the Time of Edward I

04 Apr 2010 00:00:00 GMT

By Sir Frederick Pollock, Frederic William Maitland

£26.95 04 Apr 2010 Paperback Liberty Fund Inc

History of English Law Before the Time of Edward I

04 Apr 2010 00:00:00 GMT

By Sir Frederick Pollock, Frederic William Maitland

£50.95 04 Apr 2010 Hardback Liberty Fund Inc

Office Health and Safety Handbook

01 Apr 2010 00:00:00 GMT

By Mike Appleby, Paul Maxwell, Sid Toama

£65.00 01 Apr 2010 Paperback Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Federal Rulemaking and Regulations

01 Apr 2010 00:00:00 GMT

By Paul Lee

£65.99 01 Apr 2010 Hardback Nova Science Publishers Inc

Abortion

01 Apr 2010 00:00:00 GMT

By Kevin G. Nolan

£57.50 01 Apr 2010 Hardback Nova Science Publishers Inc

Offers an overview of the development of abortion law since 1973. Beginning with a brief discussion of the historical background, this book analyses the leading Supreme Court decisions, emphasising particularly the landmark decisions of Roe versus Wade and others.

War Powers Resolution After 34 Years and the Continuing Political Debate

01 Apr 2010 00:00:00 GMT

By Jeremiah E. Sanders

£57.50 01 Apr 2010 Paperback Nova Science Publishers Inc

Constitutional Interpretation

01 Apr 2010 00:00:00 GMT

By Frederick Schauer

£60.00 01 Apr 2010 Hardback Ashgate Publishing Group

Health Systems Governance in Europe

01 Apr 2010 00:00:00 GMT

By Elias Mossialos, Govin Permanand, Rita Baeten, Tamara K. Hervey

£80.00 01 Apr 2010 Hardback Cambridge University Press

A comprehensive discussion of a number of current and emerging governance issues in EU health policy.

Health Systems Governance in Europe

01 Apr 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Policy Proposals for a Better Environmental Future

By Elias Mossialos, Govin Permanand, Rita Baeten, Tamara K. Hervey

£29.99 01 Apr 2010 Paperback Cambridge University Press

A comprehensive discussion of a number of current and emerging governance issues in EU health policy.

A Practical Guide to International Philanthropy

01 Apr 2010 00:00:00 GMT

By Jonathon R. Moore

£50.00 01 Apr 2010 Hardback Cambridge University Press

Addresses the issues faced by philanthropists seeking to engage in international charitable activities and offers alternative approaches to traditional U.S.-based foundations.

Beyond Environmental Law

31 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

By David M. Driesen, Alyson C. Flournoy

£55.00 31 Mar 2010 Hardback Cambridge University Press

This book offers two major proposals for environmental law reform, laying the groundwork for a third generation of environmental law.

Beyond Environmental Law

31 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Policy Proposals for a Better Environmental Future

By David M. Driesen, Alyson C. Flournoy

£20.99 31 Mar 2010 Paperback Cambridge University Press

This book offers two major proposals for environmental law reform, laying the groundwork for a third generation of environmental law.

Industrial Violence and the Legal Origins of Child Labor

31 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

By James D. Schmidt

£55.00 31 Mar 2010 Hardback Cambridge University Press

Challenges understandings of child labor by tracing how law altered the meanings of work for young people in the United States.

European Prudential Banking Regulation and Supervision

29 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

By Larisa Dragomir

£75.00 29 Mar 2010 Hardback Taylor & Francis Ltd

Explores European prudential banking regulation and supervision. This book takes stock of developments in legislation, case-law and institutions affecting prudential supervision. It offers an analysis of the difficulties facing banking regulation during financial crises, including the issue of competition law in the banking sector.

Contract Law for Legal Professionals

28 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

By Andrea B. Yelin

£58.99 28 Mar 2010 Paperback Pearson Education (US)

Effective Judicial Review

25 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

A Cornerstone of Good Governance

By Christopher Forsyth, Mark Elliott, Swati Jhaveri, Michael Ramsden, Anne Scully Hill

£75.00 25 Mar 2010 Hardback Oxford University Press

The use and scope of judicial review of government action has transformed across the common law world over the last forty years. This volume takes stock of the transformation, bringing together over 30 leading figures from academia and practice to analyse the major issues surrounding the legal reforms from theoretical and comparative perspectives.

Effective Judicial Review

18 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

A Cornerstone of Good Governance

By Christopher Forsyth, Mark Elliott, Swati Jhaveri, Michael Ramsden, Anne Scully Hill

£75.00 18 Mar 2010 Hardback Oxford University Press

Intellectual Property Deskbook for the Business Lawyer

16 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

A Transactions-based Guide to Intellectual Property Law

By Intellectual Property Committe

£73.00 16 Mar 2010 Hardback American Bar Association

The Librarian's Legal Companion for Buying and Licensing Information Resources

15 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

By Tomas A. Lipinski

£61.95 15 Mar 2010 Paperback Neal-Schuman Publishers Inc

The Gift of Science

15 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Leibniz and the Modern Legal Tradition

By Roger Berkowitz

£20.95 15 Mar 2010 Paperback Fordham University Press

The front pages of our newspapers and the chatter on the blogs bear witness to the divorce of law from justice. Moving from the scientific revolution to the rise of law and economics, this title tells the story of how lawyers invented a science of law to preserve law's claim to moral authority.

Tort, Custom, and Karma

15 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Globalization and Legal Consciousness in Thailand

By David M. Engel, Jaruwan S. Engel

£18.50 15 Mar 2010 Paperback Stanford University Press

Examines how rapid societal changes, economic development, and integration into global markets have affected ordinary people's perceptions of law, with a special focus on the narratives of men and women who have suffered serious injuries in the province of Chiangmai, Thailand.

Tort, Custom, and Karma

15 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Globalization and Legal Consciousness in Thailand

By David M. Engel, Jaruwan S. Engel

£49.50 15 Mar 2010 Hardback Stanford University Press

Constitutional Politics in Canada After the Charter

15 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

By Patrick James

£62.50 15 Mar 2010 Hardback University of British Columbia Press

Employment Regulation in the Workplace

15 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Government Litigation as Public Health Prescription

By Robert K. Robinson, Geralyn McClure Franklin, Robert F. Wayland

£82.50 15 Mar 2010 Paperback M.E. Sharpe

Human resource compliance in complex legal environment has become a critical component of all HR activities. This text offers readers with the major federal statutes and regulations that control management and employment practices in the American workplace. It presents learning objectives and an example scenario, and contains boxes and diagrams.

Public Management and the Rule of Law

15 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

By Julia Beckett

£74.50 15 Mar 2010 Hardback M.E. Sharpe

Suing the Tobacco and Lead Pigment Industries

15 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

By Donald G. Gifford

£61.95 15 Mar 2010 Hardback The University of Michigan Press

Borrowing Constitutional Designs

07 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Constitutional Law in Weimar Germany and the French Fifth Republic

By Cindy Skach

£13.95 07 Mar 2010 Paperback University Presses of California, Columbia and Princeton

After the collapse of communism, some thirty countries scrambled to craft democratic constitutions. The constitutional model they chose was neither the parliamentary model found in most of Western Europe at the time, nor the presidential model of the Americas. This title questions the hasty adoption of semi-presidentialism by these democracies.

Treatise on the Laws of Literary Property

04 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Comprising the Statutes and Cases Relating to Books, Manuscripts, Lectures,

By Robert Maugham

£15.99 04 Mar 2010 Paperback Cambridge University Press

This 1828 treatise was the first comprehensive examination of copyright laws in Britain.

History of English Law Before the Time of Edward I

04 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

By Sir Frederick Pollock, Frederic William Maitland

£21.95 04 Mar 2010 Paperback Liberty Fund Inc

History of English Law Before the Time of Edward I

04 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Environmental Protection That Will Work

By Sir Frederick Pollock, Frederic William Maitland

£41.95 04 Mar 2010 Hardback Liberty Fund Inc

Breaking the Logjam

02 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

By David Schoenbrod, Richard B. Stewart, Katrina M. Wyman

£25.00 02 Mar 2010 Hardback Yale University Press

After several decades of significant but incomplete successes, environmental protection in the United States is stuck. This title identifies the core problems with existing environmental statutes and programmes and explain how Congress can fix them.

European Private Law After the Common Frame of Reference

01 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

By Hans Micklitz

£59.95 01 Mar 2010 Hardback Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd

Aims to give a voice to the dissatisfaction in academic discourse that the DCFR, as it stands in 2009, does not actually represent the condensed available knowledge on the possible future of European private law. This book is suitable for those dealing with conceptual issues of the future of the national and the European private law.

Working in the Family Justice System

01 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

The Official Handbook of the Family Justice Council

By E. Walsh

£35.00 01 Mar 2010 Paperback Jordan Publishing Ltd

Administrative Justice in Context

01 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

By Michael Adler

£50.00 01 Mar 2010 Paperback Hart Publishing

Federal Rulemaking and Regulations

01 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

By Paul Lee

£65.99 01 Mar 2010 Hardback Nova Science Publishers Inc

Abortion

01 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Employee Rights and Representation in an Era of Self-regulation

By Kevin G. Nolan

£57.50 01 Mar 2010 Hardback Nova Science Publishers Inc

War Powers Resolution After 34 Years and the Continuing Political Debate

01 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

By Jeremiah E. Sanders

£57.50 01 Mar 2010 Paperback Nova Science Publishers Inc

Human Rights Law Reports - UK Cases

28 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT

£333.00 28 Feb 2010 Hardback Sweet & Maxwell Ltd

Reviving Self-governance in the Workplace

28 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT

By Cynthia Estlund

£35.00 28 Feb 2010 Hardback Yale University Press

Seeks to shape different trends toward employer self-regulation into a fresh paradigm of workplace governance in which workers participate. This book argues that the trend toward self-regulation is here to stay.

Tort Law

28 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Concepts and Applications

By Hillary Michaud

£66.99 28 Feb 2010 Paperback Pearson Education (US)

Gender and Transitional Justice

25 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT

The Women of East Timor

By Susan Harris Rimmer

£80.00 25 Feb 2010 Hardback Taylor & Francis Ltd

Presents a feminist analysis of the role of international law in the formal transitional justice mechanisms. Using East Timor as a case study, this book offers reflections on transitional justice administered by a UN transitional administration.

Experimentalist Governance in the European Union

25 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Towards a New Architecture

By Charles F. Sabel, Jonathan Zeitlin

£55.00 25 Feb 2010 Hardback Oxford University Press

This book brings together a distinguished interdisciplinary group of European and American scholars to analyze the core theoretical features of the EU's new experimentalist governance architecture and explore its empirical development across a series of key policy domains.

Making Rights Real

23 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Activists, Bureaucrats, and the Creation of the Legalistic State

By Charles R. Epp

£16.50 23 Feb 2010 Paperback The University of Chicago Press

It's a common complaint: the United States is overrun by rules and procedures that shackle professional judgment, have no valid purpose, and serve only to appease courts and lawyers. This book argues, however, that few Americans would want to return to an era without these legalistic policies.

Making Rights Real

23 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Activists, Bureaucrats, and the Creation of the Legalistic State

By Charles R. Epp

£49.50 23 Feb 2010 Hardback The University of Chicago Press

Repairing British Politics

22 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT

A Blueprint for Constitutional Change

By Richard Gordon

£17.95 22 Feb 2010 Paperback Hart Publishing

The constitutional crisis of 2009, sparked by the 'expenses scandal', led to the questioning of our entire political order. This book offers a constitutional analysis of the way we are governed. It presents key arguments for constitutional reform focused around a draft written Constitution underpinned by a principle of constitutional supremacy.

Hidden in Plain Sight

21 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT

The Tragedy of Children's Rights from Ben Franklin to Lionel Tate

By Barbara Bennett Woodhouse

£13.95 21 Feb 2010 Paperback University Presses of California, Columbia and Princeton

Tells the tragic story of children's rights in America. This title asks why the United States, alone among nations, rejects the most universally embraced human-rights document in history, the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child.

Statebuilding and Justice Reform

19 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Post-conflict Reconstruction in Afghanistan

By Tondini Matteo

£75.00 19 Feb 2010 Hardback Taylor & Francis Ltd

Examines justice reform and statebuilding in Afghanistan, following the 2001 US intervention.

International Trust Laws

18 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT

By Paolo Panico

£145.00 18 Feb 2010 Hardback Oxford University Press

International Trust Laws provides broad ranging and practical coverage of the most important issues in international trust law. It analyzes topics including protectors, shams, beneficiaries' right to information and protection from heirs and creditors, examining their development under English law and across a wide range of jurisdictions.

The Language of Defamation Cases

18 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT

By Roger W. Shuy

£45.00 18 Feb 2010 Hardback Oxford University Press

Since defamation cases are largely about language, linguistic analysis can be central to their resolution. The Language of Defamation Cases describes eleven different case studies that represent a broad range of litigants and types of linguistic analysis.

Constitutional Politics in Russia

15 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT

By Robert Sharlet

£14.95 15 Feb 2010 Paperback M.E. Sharpe

The Librarian's Legal Companion for Buying and Licensing Information Resources

15 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT

By Tomas A. Lipinski

£61.95 15 Feb 2010 Paperback Neal-Schuman Publishers Inc

The Institutions of Private Law and Their Social Functions

15 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT

By Karl Renner

£33.50 15 Feb 2010 Paperback Transaction Publishers

In the English-speaking world, Karl Renner is by far the best-known among the Austro-Marxists who were active in the Austrian socialist movement during the first few decades of the twentieth century. This title describes that aspect of Renner's life that occupied most of this time and energy: his involvement in Austrian social democratic politics.

Family, Gender, and Law in a Globalizing Middle East and South Asia

15 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT

By Kenneth M. Cuno, Manisha Desai

£37.50 15 Feb 2010 Hardback Syracuse University Press

Collects essays that examine issues of gender, family, and law in the Middle East and South Asia. This title addresses the role of religious politics in writing family law and the implications for gender relations, and the tension between international standards emerging from UN conferences and conventions and various nationalist projects.

Contract and Consent

15 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Representation and the Jury in Anglo-American Legal History

By J.R. Pole

£40.95 15 Feb 2010 Hardback University of Virginia Press

Posits that legal history has become highly specialized, while mainstream political and social historians frequently ignore cases that figure prominently in the legal literature. The author makes a start at remedying the situation with a series of essays that reintegrate legal with political and social history.

Wars within a War

15 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Controversy and Conflict Over the American Civil War

By Joan Waugh, Gary W. Gallagher

£24.95 15 Feb 2010 Paperback The University of North Carolina Press

Comprehensive Transboundary Water Quality Management Agreement with

15 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT

£66.50 15 Feb 2010 Paperback American Society of Civil Engineers

Contains the model for water quality planning and management of shared water resources that provides a framework which governments can adopt or modify with regard to riparian rights. This book analyzes various aspects of planning and management, including administration, water quality and allocation, financing, and dispute resolution.

Employment Regulation in the Workplace

15 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT

By Robert K. Robinson, Geralyn McClure Franklin, Robert F. Wayland

£82.50 15 Feb 2010 Paperback M.E. Sharpe

History of English Law Before the Time of Edward I

04 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT

By Sir Frederick Pollock, Frederic William Maitland

£21.95 04 Feb 2010 Paperback Liberty Fund Inc.,U.S.

History of English Law Before the Time of Edward I

04 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT

By Sir Frederick Pollock, Frederic William Maitland

£41.95 04 Feb 2010 Hardback Liberty Fund Inc.,U.S.

Bankruptcy and Insolvency Accounting (v. 1)

03 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Practice and Procedure

By Grant W. Newton

£100.00 03 Feb 2010 Hardback John Wiley and Sons Ltd

Offers information on SOP 90-7 and FASB statements 141, 142, and 144 and revisions made in CSSR 93-1 by CSSR 03-1. This book describes the process of corporate restructuring to controllers, CEOs, CFOs and CPAs with small businesses as clients.

Commercial Lawcards

03 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT

By Jonathan Fitchen, Routledge

£9.99 03 Feb 2010 Paperback Taylor & Francis Ltd

A pocket-sized guide o key examinable areas of the undergraduate law curriculum and the CPE/GDL. It helps you to identify, understand and commit to memory the salient points of different areas of the law.

Federal Rulemaking and Regulations

01 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT

By Paul Lee

£65.99 01 Feb 2010 Hardback Nova Science Publishers Inc

Abortion

01 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Trademarks, Copyright and Industrial Designs

By Kevin G. Nolan

£57.50 01 Feb 2010 Hardback Nova Science Publishers Inc

Student Teaching and the Law

01 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT

By Perry A. Zirkel

£11.95 01 Feb 2010 Paperback Rowman & Littlefield

This volume fills that gap in the burgeoning literature of education law that lacks a comprehensive and current source specific to student teaching.

Student Teaching and the Law

01 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT

By Perry A. Zirkel

£31.95 01 Feb 2010 Hardback Rowman & Littlefield

50.00

War Powers Resolution After 34 Years and the Continuing Political Debate

01 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT

By Jeremiah E. Sanders

£57.50 01 Feb 2010 Paperback Nova Science Publishers Inc

Law of Sex Discrimination

31 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT

By L. Taub

£85.00 31 Jan 2010 Paperback Cengage Learning, Inc

Canadian Intellectual Property Law and Strategy

28 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT

By John McKeown

£135.00 28 Jan 2010 Paperback Oxford University Press

Making Rights Real

26 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Activists, Bureaucrats, and the Creation of the Legalistic State

By Charles R. Epp

£16.50 26 Jan 2010 Paperback The University of Chicago Press

Making Rights Real

26 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Activists, Bureaucrats, and the Creation of the Legalistic State

By Charles R. Epp

£49.50 26 Jan 2010 Hardback The University of Chicago Press

Reconciling Work and Family Life in EU Law and Policy

22 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT

By Eugenia Caracciolo di Torella, Annick Masselot

£50.00 22 Jan 2010 Hardback Palgrave Macmillan

Since its timid introduction onto the EC agenda in 1974, reconciliation of work and family life has developed into a fully-articulated principle. This book explores this journey and its implications for the EC legal order and society. It argues that as reconciliation issues continue to evolve they require constant reassessment.

Agency

21 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Law and Principles

By Roderick Munday

£34.95 21 Jan 2010 Paperback Oxford University Press

This new work provides a useful and accessible reminder of the principles of agency law for experienced practitioners, as well as an invaluable guide for students looking for an approachable text on this topic.

Encyclopedia of Law and Higher Education

17 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT

By Charles J. Russo (University of Dayton)

£60.00 17 Jan 2010 Hardback SAGE Publications Inc

In light of the significance that education law occupies in the professional lives of educators, it is only natural that it plays a major role in educational leadership programs devoted to preparing leaders for both the world of higher education and K-12 schools. This title is of interest to those in the world of higher education.

Access to Knowledge in Brazil

16 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT

New Research in Intellectual Property, Innovation and Development

By Lea Shaver

£45.00 16 Jan 2010 Hardback Bloomsbury Academic

This volume provides a rich set of case studies from Brazil that demonstrate the benefits of a balanced approach to intellectual property rights.

The Librarian's Legal Companion for Buying and Licensing Information Resources

15 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT

By Tomas A. Lipinski

£60.50 15 Jan 2010 Paperback Neal-Schuman Publishers Inc

The Institutions of Private Law and Their Social Functions

15 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT

By Karl Renner

£32.50 15 Jan 2010 Paperback Transaction Publishers

Family, Gender, and Law in a Globalizing Middle East and South Asia

15 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT

By Kenneth M. Cuno, Manisha Desai

£36.50 15 Jan 2010 Hardback Syracuse University Press

Contract and Consent

15 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Representation and the Jury in Anglo-American Legal History

By J.R. Pole

£39.95 15 Jan 2010 Hardback University of Virginia Press

The Soul of Creativity

15 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT

By Roberta Rosenthal Kwall

£20.50 15 Jan 2010 Paperback Stanford University Press

Addresses what motivates human creativity and how the law governing authors' rights should be shaped in response to these motivations. This book illustrates how integrating a fuller appreciation of the inspirational dimension of the creative process will allow us to think more expansively about legal protections for authors.

Framing Equal Opportunity

15 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT

By Michael Paris

£22.50 15 Jan 2010 Paperback Stanford University Press

In the struggle to ensure that schools receive their fair share of financial and educational resources, reformers translate policy goals into legal claims in a number of different ways. This work uncovers the options reformers have in framing legal challenges and how the choices they make affect politics and policy beyond the courtroom.

Framing Equal Opportunity

15 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT

By Michael Paris

£60.50 15 Jan 2010 Hardback Stanford University Press

The Soul of Creativity

15 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT

By Roberta Rosenthal Kwall

£56.50 15 Jan 2010 Hardback Stanford University Press

Comprehensive Transboundary Water Quality Management Agreement with

15 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT

£64.50 15 Jan 2010 Paperback American Society of Civil Engineers

Employment Regulation in the Workplace

15 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Pierce v. Society of Sisters and the Struggle Over Compulsory Public Education

By Robert K. Robinson, Geralyn McClure Franklin, Robert F. Wayland

£80.50 15 Jan 2010 Paperback M.E. Sharpe

Cross Purposes

15 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT

By Paula Abrams

£52.50 15 Jan 2010 Hardback The University of Michigan Press

In 1922, the people of Oregon passed legislation requiring all children to attend public schools. For the nativists and Progressives who had lobbied for the Oregon School Bill, it marked the first victory in a national campaign to homogenize education - and ultimately the populace.

Agency

14 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Law and Principles

By Roderick Munday

£34.95 14 Jan 2010 Paperback Oxford University Press

The New British Constitution

07 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT

By Vernon Bogdanor

£25.00 07 Jan 2010 Hardback Penguin Books Ltd

Bankruptcy and Insolvency Accounting (v. 1)

06 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Practice and Procedure

By Grant W. Newton

£100.00 06 Jan 2010 Hardback John Wiley and Sons Ltd

History of English Law Before the Time of Edward I

04 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT

By Sir Frederick Pollock, Frederic William Maitland

£21.95 04 Jan 2010 Paperback Liberty Fund Inc.,U.S.

History of English Law Before the Time of Edward I

04 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT

By Sir Frederick Pollock, Frederic William Maitland

£41.95 04 Jan 2010 Hardback Liberty Fund Inc.,U.S.

Office Health and Safety Handbook

01 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT

By Mike Appleby, Paul Maxwell, Sid Toama

£65.00 01 Jan 2010 Paperback Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Child in Need

01 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT

By David Bedingfield

£60.00 01 Jan 2010 Paperback Jordan Publishing Ltd

Examines the role of the State and its responsibilities in relation to children in need. Covering the different circumstances in which children may need help, this book gives practical guidance to help identify and pursue the appropriate legal remedies. It takes account of the law and practice across every area of a child's welfare.

Federal Rulemaking and Regulations

01 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT

£65.99 01 Jan 2010 Hardback Nova Science Publishers Inc

Abortion

01 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Frankreich, Polen Und Tschechien

By Kevin G. Nolan

£57.50 01 Jan 2010 Hardback Nova Science Publishers Inc

Composition and Copyright

01 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT

By Steve Westbrook

£17.75 01 Jan 2010 Paperback State University of New York Press

Copyright Exceptions

01 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT

The Digital Impact

By Robert Burrell, Allison Coleman

£45.00 01 Jan 2010 Paperback Cambridge University Press

Examines why copyright exceptions are necessary and the forces that have shaped the UK legislation.

Verwaltungsrecht in Europa (Band 2)

31 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT

By Jens-Peter Schneider

£56.00 31 Dec 2009 Hardback V&R unipress GmbH

Offering academic and practicing lawyers an introduction to the administrative legal system throughout Europe, this title includes the sections on the individual countries, covering the respective constitutional basis, state administrative organization, administrative procedures, judicial review and other forms of administrative accountability.

De Smith's Judicial Review

31 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT

By Jeffrey Jowell, Lord Woolf, Andrew Le Sueur

£353.00 31 Dec 2009 Hardback Sweet & Maxwell Ltd

Deals with the history, principles and practice of judicial review. Presenting the developments, this book provides guidance on the impact of the Human Rights Act 1998, the Administrative Court, reforms resulting from the Bowman Report, EU Community Law and the Civil Procedure Rules, along with discussion of case law and procedural developments.

Care Standards

31 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT

A Practical Guide

By Paul Ridout

£50.00 31 Dec 2009 Paperback Jordan Publishing Ltd

A practical guide to the various regulatory requirements placed upon residential care in registered homes. It shows important changes in the law including the enactment of the Health and Social Care Act 2008 which established the Care Quality Commission and the Tribunal system affecting the Care Standards Tribunal.

Party Walls

31 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Law and Practice

By Stephen Bickford-Smith

£60.00 31 Dec 2009 Paperback Jordan Publishing Ltd

Offers an explanation of the law regulating the building, maintenance and repair of party walls, and sets out the process for settling disputes between parties. This book provides a comprehensive selection of precedents including notices, appeals, requests and awards. It is suitable for property lawyers, surveyors and architects.

Rights of Personality in Scots Law

31 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT

A Comparative Perspective

By Niall Whitty, Reinhard Zimmermann

£40.00 31 Dec 2009 Hardback Dundee University Press Ltd

A Practical Guide to International Philanthropy

31 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT

By Jonathon R. Moore

£50.00 31 Dec 2009 Hardback Cambridge University Press

Addresses the issues faced by philanthropists seeking to engage in international charitable activities and offers alternative approaches to traditional U.S.-based foundations.

Making Rights Real

29 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Activists, Bureaucrats, and the Creation of the Legalistic State

By Charles R. Epp

£16.50 29 Dec 2009 Paperback The University of Chicago Press

Making Rights Real

29 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Activists, Bureaucrats, and the Creation of the Legalistic State

By Charles R. Epp

£49.50 29 Dec 2009 Hardback The University of Chicago Press

Power without Law

21 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT

The Supreme Court of Canada, the Marshall Decisions and the Failure of

By Alex M. Cameron

£55.00 21 Dec 2009 Hardback McGill-Queen's University Press

The Supreme Court of Canada's decision in the Marshall case asserted sweeping Native treaty rights and intense controversy. This book enlivens the debate over judicial activism with an unprecedented examination of the details of the Marshall case, and analyzing the evidence and procedure in the trial court.

Imperialism, Art and Restitution

17 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT

By John Henry Merryman

£21.99 17 Dec 2009 Paperback Cambridge University Press

This book is about whether or not great works of art should be returned.

The Librarian's Legal Companion for Buying and Licensing Information Resources

15 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT

By Tomas A. Lipinski

£60.50 15 Dec 2009 Paperback Neal-Schuman Publishers Inc

The Institutions of Private Law and Their Social Functions

15 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT

By Karl Renner

£32.50 15 Dec 2009 Paperback Transaction Publishers

Family, Gender, and Law in a Globalizing Middle East and South Asia

15 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT

By Kenneth M. Cuno, Manisha Desai

£36.50 15 Dec 2009 Hardback Syracuse University Press

Domestic Secrets

15 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Women and Property in Sweden, 1600-1857

By Maria Agren

£52.50 15 Dec 2009 Hardback The University of North Carolina Press

Between the seventeenth and nineteenth centuries, women's role in the Swedish economy was renegotiated and reconceptualized. This book chronicles changes in married women's property rights, revealing not just a simple narrative of the erosion of legal rights, but a more complex tale of unintended consequences.

Almighty God Created the Races

15 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Christianity, Interracial Marriage, and American Law

By Fay Botham

£28.50 15 Dec 2009 Hardback The University of North Carolina Press

Offering a cultural history of interracial marriage and its legal regulation in the United States, this book argues that religion - specifically, Protestant and Catholic beliefs about marriage and race - had a significant effect on legal decisions concerning miscegenation and marriage in the century following the Civil War.

The Soul of Creativity

15 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT

By Roberta Rosenthal Kwall

£20.50 15 Dec 2009 Paperback Stanford University Press

Framing Equal Opportunity

15 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT

By Michael Paris

£22.50 15 Dec 2009 Paperback Stanford University Press

Framing Equal Opportunity

15 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT

By Michael Paris

£60.50 15 Dec 2009 Hardback Stanford University Press

The Soul of Creativity

15 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT

By Roberta Rosenthal Kwall

£56.50 15 Dec 2009 Hardback Stanford University Press

Comprehensive Transboundary Water Quality Management Agreement with

15 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT

£64.50 15 Dec 2009 Paperback American Society of Civil Engineers

Employment Regulation in the Workplace

15 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT