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My own words
Par Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Mary Hartnett, Wendy W. Williams. 2016
Writings and speeches from the associate justice. Covers such subjects as gender equality, the workings of the Supreme Court, being…
Jewish, and the value of an international perspective when interpreting the Constitution. The selections included in this volume were chosen by Ginsburg and her authorized biographers, Mary Hartnett and Wendy W. Williams. Bestseller. 2016Philosophy of law: a very short introduction (Very Short Introductions)
Par Raymond Wacks. 2014
Professor of law and legal theory examines the nature of legal systems. Explores the central questions of jurisprudence: is the…
law a set of universal moral principles or is it merely a collection of man-made rules? Does it have specific purposes? Can it be divorced from its social context? 2014Stalling for time: my life as an FBI hostage negotiator
Par Gary Noesner. 2010
Chief FBI hostage negotiator for ten of his thirty years as an investigator, instructor, and negotiator recreates some of the…
cases he and colleagues participated in. Includes the David Koresh standoff in Waco, Texas, and--his final case--the snipers who terrorized the Washington, D. C., area in 2002. Violence and strong language. 2010Law: a very short introduction (Very Short Introductions)
Par Raymond Wacks. 2015
Legal scholar explains the fundamentals of law and legal systems, focusing on the Western democracies. Explores the origins of law,…
the differences between common law and civil law, the branches of law, the relationship between law and morality, and the roles of judges, juries, and lawyers. 2015Human rights: a very short introduction (Very Short Introductions)
Par Andrew Clapham. 2015
Former Amnesty International representative to the United Nations traces the history of human rights from the Magna Carta to the…
modern world. Discusses international treaties, the concept of crimes against humanity, and contemporary concerns such as torture, discrimination, human trafficking, and capital punishment. 2015International law: a very short introduction (Very Short Introductions)
Par Vaughan Lowe, A. V. Lowe. 2015
Authority on international law explains the principles behind the rules that govern relations among the world's nations. Discusses the two…
main functions of international law--to protect individual nations' sovereignty and organize multinational activities--as well as treaties, international courts and tribunals, the rules of war, and diplomatic immunity. 2015American legal history: a very short introduction (Very Short Introductions)
Par G. Edward White. 2014
University of Virginia law professor surveys the evolution of the American legal system, from colonial times to the present day.…
Topics include civil and criminal law, property rights, and the legal treatment of native tribes and slaves. 2013Forensic science: a very short introduction (Very Short Introductions)
Par Jim Fraser, James Curtis Fraser. 2010
Past president of the Forensic Science Society uses examples from his own experience to detail the ways that DNA, fingerprints,…
blood and body fluids, and the like can help bring criminals to justice. Describes the methods police use to investigate crimes and recover, protect, and analyze evidence. 2010Medical law: a very short introduction (Very Short Introductions)
Par Charles Foster. 2013
Overview of the laws--few of which existed before the mid-twentieth century--that regulate the medical profession. Discusses the difference between medical…
law and ethics, the various ways doctors can be held accountable, and real-life cases on subjects such as cloning, confidentiality, consent, negligence, human experimentation, and euthanasia. 2013How everything became war and the military became everything: tales from the Pentagon
Par Rosa Brooks. 2016
A former top Pentagon official traces how war has transitioned from being considered, typically, a temporary state of affairs between…
times of peace to a continuous state. Argues that when the boundaries around war disappear, one risks destroying the founding values of America and invites chaos. 2016Real food fake food: why you don't know what you're eating & what you can do about it
Par Larry Olmsted. 2016
Journalist expands on a column he wrote for Forbes in 2012, in which he explored the sale of beef in…
the United States that purported to be Kobe, a well-known Japanese delicacy. Discusses difference between "real" and "fake" food, trademark names, the food industry, and more. 2016East West Street: on the origins of "genocide" and "crimes against humanity"
Par Philippe Sands. 2016
An examination of how two men with similar backgrounds yet no personal connection--Rafael Lemkin and Hersch Lauterpacht--simultaneously came to develop…
theories about and push for the introduction of the legal concepts of "genocide" and "crimes against humanity" to aid in the prosecution of Nazi war criminals. 2016Family law: a very short introduction (Very Short Introductions)
Par Jonathan Herring. 2014
Helpless: Caledonia's Nightmare of Fear and Anarchy, and How the Law Failed All of Us
Par Christie Blatchford. 2021
It officially began on February 28, 2006, when a handful of protesters from the nearby Six Nations reserve walked onto…
Douglas Creek Estates, then a residential subdivision under construction, and blocked workers from entering. Over the course of the spring and summer of that first year, the criminal actions of the occupiers included throwing a vehicle over an overpass, the burning down of a hydro transformer which caused a three-day blackout, the torching of a bridge and the hijacking of a police vehicle. During the very worst period, ordinary residents living near the site had to pass through native barricades, show native-issued "passports", and were occasionally threatened with body searches and routinely subjected to threats. Much of this lawless conduct occurred under the noses of the Ontario Provincial Police, who, often against their own best instincts, stood by and watched: They too had been intimidated. Arrests, where they were made, weren't made contemporaneously, but weeks or monthlater. The result was to embolden the occupiers and render non-native citizens vulnerable and afraid. Eighteen months after the occupation began, a home builder named Sam Gualtieri, working on the house he was giving his daughter as a wedding present, was attacked by protesters and beaten so badly he will never fully recover from his injuries. The occupation is now in its fifth year. Throughout, Christie Blatchford has been observing, interviewing, and investigating with the tenacity that has made her both the doyen of Canadian crime reporters and a social commentator beloved for her uncompromising sense of right and wrong. In Helpless she tells the full story for the first time - a story that no part of the press or media in Canada has been prepared to tackle with the unflinching objectivity that Christie Blatchford displays on every page. This is a book whose many revelations, never before reported, will shock and appall. But the last word should go to the author: "This book is not about aboriginal land claims. The book is not about the wholesale removal of seven generations of indigenous youngsters from their reserves and families - this was by dint of federal government policy - or the abuse dished out to many of them at the residential schools into which they were arbitrarily placed or the devastating effects that haunt so many today. This book is not about the dubious merits of the reserve system which may better serve those who wish to see native people fail than those who want desperately for them to succeed. I do not in any way make light of these issues, and they are one way or another in the background of everything that occurred in Caledonia. "What Helpless is about is the failure of government to govern and to protect all its citizens equally."The eye: a very short introduction (Very Short Introductions)
Par Michael F. Land. 2014
Traces the evolution of the marvel of biological engineering that controls vision. Describes how vision works in humans and other…
creatures, the eye's parts, how it moves, what happens in the brain, and what can go wrong. Discusses loss of vision and restoration procedures in those not blind from birth. 2014Criminal justice: a very short introduction (Very Short Introductions)
Par Julian V. Roberts. 2015
Overview of the criminal justice system in Western nations, from arrest to trial to punishment. Topics include police practices, plea…
bargaining, wrongful convictions, sentencing guidelines, prison conditions, the benefits of parole, and the future of the death penalty. 2015Scalia's court: a legacy of landmark opinions and dissents
Par Antonin Scalia, Kevin A. Ring. 2016
A former counsel to the U. S. Senate's Constitution Subcommittee collects and analyzes the statements that best illustrate Supreme Court…
Justice Antonin Scalia's character, philosophy, and legacy. Includes many of Scalia's memorable opinions regarding, among other things, free speech, separation of powers, race, religious freedom, rights of the accused, and abortion. 2004A chronicle of the fourteen-year manhunt and capture of Balkan war criminals Radovan Karadzic and Ratko Mladic, as well as…
the arrest of Slobodan Milosevic, the Yugoslav president who became the first head of state to stand before an international tribunal for war crimes. Some violence. 2016Recounts one of nineteenth-century America's most infamous divorce cases. After Eunice Chapman's estranged husband carried off their children to live…
among the Shakers, she mounted a case against both him and the sect. The subsequent trial resulted in a monumental legislative decision and a mob attack. 2010A matter of interpretation: federal courts and the law : an essay (The University Center for Human Values Ser. #13)
Par Antonin Scalia, Amy Gutmann. 1997
Essay by late Supreme Court justice presenting his view of the role of federal courts in law enforcement. Urges judges…
to restrict themselves to the actual text of laws to render judgment. Includes critical comments by opposing judges and responses by Scalia. 1997