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Law and the Limits of Reason

Adrian Vermeule
$49.95
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hardback,  Nov 2008 ISBN13: 9780195383768ISBN10: 0195383761 Discusses how the legal and political system is limited by the processing capacity of the brain, by errors arising from cognitive heuristics, by the intrinsic costs of information, and sometimes by emotions.
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Proportionality Principles in American Law

Controlling Excessive Government Actions
E. Thomas Sullivan
$35.00
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hardback,  Nov 2008 ISBN13: 9780195324938ISBN10: 0195324935 A wide-ranging examination of proportionality in American law, including land use, voting rights, and capital punishment
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Judgment Calls

Principle and Politics in Constitutional Law
Daniel A. Farber
$29.95
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hardback,  Oct 2008 ISBN13: 9780195371208ISBN10: 0195371208 Tackles one of the most important and controversial legal questions in contemporary America: How should judges interpret the Constitution?
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The Oxford Handbook of Law and Politics

Keith E. Whittington
$150.00
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hardback,  Sep 2008 ISBN13: 9780199208425ISBN10: 0199208425 A comprehensive survey of the field of law and politics in all its diversity

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The Invisible Constitution

Laurence H. Tribe
$19.95
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hardback,  Aug 2008 ISBN13: 9780195304251ISBN10: 019530425X One of America's leading legal scholars offers a provocative reading of what is not written in the sacred text of American governance--and why it matters

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Lawyers' Poker

52 Lessons that Lawyers Can Learn from Card Players
Steven Lubet
$19.95
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paper,  Jul 2008 ISBN13: 9780195369014ISBN10: 0195369017 A leading expert on trail strategy offers an entertaining and insightful guide to winning cases
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Constitutional Fictions

A Unified Theory of Constitutional Facts
David L Faigman
$65.00
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hardback,  Jul 2008 ISBN13: 9780195341270ISBN10: 0195341279 Sets forth a unified theory by which different aspects of constitutional fact jurisprudence might take shape
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Friends of the Supreme Court: Interest Groups and Judicial Decision Making

Paul M. Collins, Jr.
$75.00
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hardback,  Jul 2008 ISBN13: 9780195372144ISBN10: 019537214X Provides the most comprehensive examination ever undertaken of the influence of U.S. Supreme Court amicus briefs
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A Well-Regulated Militia

The Founding Fathers and the Origins of Gun Control in America
Saul Cornell
$14.95
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paper,  Jul 2008 ISBN13: 9780195341034ISBN10: 0195341031 The first comprehensive history of the Gun Control debate, explaining how we arrived at our current impasse
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The Courts and Standards Based Reform

Benjamin Michael Superfine
$60.00
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hardback,  Jun 2008 ISBN13: 9780195337488ISBN10: 0195337484 Examines the courts' treatment of hot-button education law issues such as high stakes testing, school finance reform, and the No Child Left Behind act
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