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The sun climbs slow: the International Criminal Court and the search for justice
Par Erna Paris. 2009
The International Criminal Court (ICC) is the first permanent tribunal of its kind, mandated to challenge criminal impunity on the…
part of national leaders and to promote accountability in world affairs. Independent and transnational, its indictments cannot be vetoed in the Security Council. Paris explores the history of global justice, the politics behind America's opposition to the creation of a permanent international criminal court, and the implications for the world at large. Some strong language and explicit descriptions of violence. c2009.Born in California of Laotian (Hmong) parents, Lia suffers from epileptic seizures that began at age three months. As traditional…
Hmong medicine is not available, Lia's parents take her to American doctors. Neither parental love nor the doctors' sense of duty can transcend the cultural barriers and misconceptions that complicate Lia's medical care. 1997.The secret of the yellow death: a true story of medical sleuthing
Par Suzanne Jurmain. 2010
Tells the story of the doctors and researchers who worked to track down the cause of yellow fever and find…
a way to eliminate the disease. Junior and Senior High. 2010.The rights of nature: a legal revolution that could save the world
Par David R Boyd. 2017
Palila v Hawaii. New Zealand's Te Urewera Act. Sierra Club v Disney. These legal phrases hardly sound like the makings…
of a revolution, but beyond the headlines portending environmental catastrophes, a movement of immense import has been building in courtrooms, legislatures, and communities across the globe. Cultures and laws are transforming to provide a powerful new approach to protecting the planet and the species with whom we share it. Lawyers from California to New York are fighting to gain legal rights for chimpanzees and killer whales, and lawmakers are ending the era of keeping these intelligent animals in captivity. In Hawaii and India, judges have recognized that endangered species--from birds to lions--have the legal right to exist. Around the world, more and more laws are being passed recognizing that ecosystems--rivers, forests, mountains, and more--have legally enforceable rights. And if nature has rights, then humans have responsibilities. 2017.The night shift: real life in the heart of the ER
Par Brian Goldman. 2010
Goldman shares his experiences of the witching hours at Toronto's Mount Sinai Hospital. He introduces us to the kinds of…
patients who walk into an ER after midnight, but also reveals the heartbreaking side of everyday ER visits: adult children forced to make life and death decisions about critically ill parents, victims of sexual assault, and mentally ill and homeless patients looking for understanding and a quick fix. c2010.The master spirit of the age: Canadian engineers and the politics of professionalism, 1887-1922
Par J. Rodney Millard. 1988
Explores the issues that shaped engineers' perception of their work and its place in society. Determined to raise their status,…
schools and societies were organized and, eventually, engineers obtained licensing and regulatory powers. c1988.The man who mistook his wife for a hat: And Other Clinical Tales
Par Oliver W Sacks. 1985
Doctor Sacks discusses a wide range of neurological cases, touching on some of the deepest and strangest extremes of the…
human condition. There are patients with perceptual and intellectual aberrations and those who display abnormal mental powers. The curious details of the cases are lit up by Doctor Sacks' profound sympathy which enables us to enter the world of his patients. 1985. Uniform title: Man who mistook his wife for a hat and other clinical talesThe making of a country lawyer: An Autobiography
Par Gerry Spence. 1996
Chronicles Spence's first forty years, before he gained fame for winning a multimillion-dollar verdict on behalf of the dead plutonium…
worker Karen Silkwood. Tells of his mother's suicide when Spence was ten, his own alcoholism, and his affair with the woman who became his second wife. Some strong language and some descriptions of sex. 1996.The law of the land: a history of the Supreme Court (The modern scholar)
Par Kermit Hall. 2003
Utah State University professor, Kermit L. Hall delivers a course that explores the Supreme Court as a living, breathing institution.…
Listeners will come to know the court through a thorough study of its most significant decisions. 2003.The juggler's children: a journey into family, legend and the genes that bind us
Par Carolyn Abraham. 2013
Explores the stunning power and ethical pitfalls of using genetic tests to answer questions of genealogy--by cracking the genome of…
her own family. Armed with DNA kits, the author criss-crosses the globe, taking cells from relatives and strangers, a genetic journey that turns up far more than she bargained for--ugly truths and moral quandaries. With lively writing and a compelling personal narrative, 'The Juggler's Children' tackles profound questions around the genetics of identity, race and humanity. 2013.The implosion conspiracy
Par Louis Nizer. 1973
When death becomes life: notes from a transplant surgeon
Par Joshua D Mezrich. 2019
Surgeon Joshua D. Mezrich takes us inside the operating room to unlock the process of transplant surgery, a delicate, intense…
ballet requiring precise timing, breathtaking skill, and at times, creative improvisation. Mezrich examines centuries of medical breakthroughs, connecting this history with the stories of his patients and the ethical debates surrounding organ transplantation. 2019.Under the knife: a history of surgery in 28 remarkable operations
Par Arnold van de Laar. 2018
Surgeon Arnold van de Laar uses his own experience and expertise to tell this engrossing history of surgery. From the…
story of the desperate man in seventeenth-century Amsterdam who grimly cut a stone out of his own bladder to Bob Marley's deadly toe, the author offers a wealth of fascinating insights into medicine and history via the operating room. What happens during an operation? How does the human body respond to being attacked by a knife, a cancer cell or a bullet? And, as technological advances continuously push the boundaries of what medicine can cure, what are the limits of surgery? 2018.You can't do that in Canada!: crazy laws from coast to coast
Par Beverley Spencer. 2000
You may not think twice about giving someone a hug in Wawa in public on a Sunday afternoon - until…
an officer of the law gets involved! And we know you usually enjoy wearing your snake outdoors in New Brunswick, but it's illegal, as is carrying your pet lizard around on your shoulder. This book contains over 200 crazy Canadian laws from coast to coast. Grades 3-6. 2000.L'éveil
Par Oliver W Sacks, Christian Clerc. 1991
Ce livre permet de suivre, jusqu'à nos jours, le destin des rares survivants de la grande épidémie de maladie du…
sommeil (ou encéphalite léthargique) qui fit des ravages au cours de l'hiver 1916-1917. Il rapporte principalement les réactions observées après qu'ils furent "réveillés", en 1967, par la L-Dopa, un nouveau médicament aux effets remarquables. 1991.Judges
Par Jack Batten. 1986
In these first-hand accounts, the readers meet judges of every level, from Provincial Court where scrappy, street-level cases are heard,…
to the Supreme Court of Canada where lofty judgments and weighty reinterpretations of laws are made. 1986.Guide critique des médicaments de l'âme: [antidépresseurs, lithium et régulateurs de l'humeur, neuroleptiques, stimulants, tranquillisants, somnifères, sevrage] ((Librio ; 70).)
Par David Cohen, Suzanne Cailloux-Cohen. 1995
L'avenir de la vie
Par Michel Salomon. 1981
Médecin des trois corps: de la Faculté de médecine de Paris à l'Ashram philippin
Par Janine Fontaine. 1980