Law & Society


Religious Liberty in Western and Islamic Law

Toward a World Legal Tradition
$85.00
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Hardback Feb 2012 ISBN13: 9780199859467ISBN10: 0199859469 This book suggests how the cultivation of a world legal tradition could constitute a new type of foundational consensus based on respect for the religious foundations of law, thereby increasing the possibility that practical consensus on religious liberty, and perhaps other human rights issues, could be achievable and lasting.
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Law, Person, and Community

Philosophical, Theological, and Comparative Perspectives on Canon Law
$85.00
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Hardback Feb 2012 ISBN13: 9780199756773ISBN10: 0199756775 Law, Person, and Community: Philosophical, Theological, and Comparative Perspectives on Canon Law takes up the fundamental question "What is law?" through a comparative study of canon law and secular legal theory.
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Infrastructure

The Social Value of Shared Resources
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Hardback Feb 2012 ISBN13: 9780199895656ISBN10: 0199895651 Infrastructure: The Social Value of Shared Resources devotes much needed attention to understanding how society benefits from infrastructure resources and how management decisions affect a wide variety of interests.
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Stories of the Law

Narrative Discourse and the Construction of Authority in the Mishnah
$74.00
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Hardback Feb 2012 ISBN13: 9780199773732ISBN10: 0199773734
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Fordham University School of Law

A History
$35.00
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Hardback Mar 2012 ISBN13: 9780823239559ISBN10: 0823239551
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Confidentiality, Transparency, and the U.S. Civil Justice System

$125.00
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Hardback Mar 2012 ISBN13: 9780199914333ISBN10: 0199914338 An empirical and objective approach to a complex public policy issue using new information on disclosure impact on litigation, settlement values, and litigation volume, including direct interviews with judges, lawyers, and settlement administrators.
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Caring for America

Home Health Workers in the Shadow of the Welfare State
$35.00
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Hardback Mar 2012 ISBN13: 9780195329117ISBN10: 0195329112 A definitive historical account of how public policy has impacted major modern movements and trends in class, race, and gender politics in the United States
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Governing Animals

Animal Welfare and the Liberal State
$34.95
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Hardback Jun 2012 ISBN13: 9780199895755ISBN10: 0199895759 Explores the role of the liberal state in protecting animal welfare
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More Essential than Ever

The Fourth Amendment in the Twenty First Century
$21.95
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Hardback Jul 2012 ISBN13: 9780195392128ISBN10: 0195392124 An authoritative new addition to Oxford's Inalienable Rights series, offering a sophisticated analysis of current threats to our Fourth Amendment rights

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The USA Patriot Act

The Decline of Legitimacy in the Age of Terrorism
$85.00
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Hardback Sep 2012 ISBN13: 9780195370393ISBN10: 0195370392 A thorough but concise guide to surveillance law, which pervades American life but has been cloaked in mystery.
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