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Radical Islam's Rules: The Worldwide Spread of Extreme

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Marshall, Paul, PUBLISHER: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, A major feature ong>ofong> the rise ong>ofong> Islamism in the Middle East, Asia, Africa and parts ong>ofong> the West is the current rapid growth ong>ofong> a starkly repressive version ong>ofong> shari'a, Islamic ong>lawong>. In this book, noted human rights activists and scholars trace the growth ong>ofong> such ong>lawong> in Saudi Arabia, Iran, Pakistan, Sudan, Nigeria, Malaysia, and Indonesia; document its threat to the status ong>ofong> women, religious freedom, and democracy itself; and suggest how the rest ong>ofong> the world should respond. Published in cooperation with Freedom House's Center for Religious Freedom.

Preempting Dissent: The Politics of an Inevitable Future

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Elmer, Greg / Opel, Andy, PUBLISHER: Arbeiter Ring, The Bush administrationas aWar on Terrora ushered in a new logic ong>ofong> surveillance, suppressing public dissent and mobilizing both afaitha and afear.a Elmer and Opel reveal the underlying logic ong>ofong> preemption whereby threats must be eliminated before they materialize, drawing on social theories and media analyses to assess the wider impact ong>ofong> this new era ong>ofong> security and political order. They track three emerging strategies: zoning or incarceration ong>ofong> protesters, expansion ong>ofong> human surveillance techniques by police and ong>lawong> enforcement agencies, and deployment ong>ofong> astealtha forms ong>ofong> crowd control. Addressing the logic ong>ofong> preemption, Elmer and Opel lay the groundwork for more effective resistance.

Pufendorf: On the Duty of Man and Citizen According to

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Pufendorf, Samuel / Samuel, Pufendorf / Tully, James, PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press, Samuel Pufendorf is one ong>ofong> the most important moral and political philosophers ong>ofong> the seventeenth century. His theory, which builds on Grotius and Hobbes, was immediately recognized as a classic and taken up by writers as diverse as Locke, Hume, Rousseau, and Smith. Over the past twenty years there has been a renaissance ong>ofong> Pufendorf scholarship. On the Duty ong>ofong> Man and Citizen is Pufendorf's own epitome ong>ofong> his monumental On the ong>Lawong> ong>ofong> Nature and ong>ofong> Nations, and it served as a basic text in European universities throughout the Enlightenment. This edition has a lucid and historically sensitive translation by Michael Silverthorne, the first since the early twentieth century. James Tully's introduction sets the text in its context, summarizes the main arguments, surveys recent literature on Pufendorf, and shows how Pufendorf transformed natural ong>lawong> theory into an independent discipline ong>ofong> juristic political philosophy that dominated reflection on politics until Kant.

Supreme Court in the Federal Judicial System

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Wasby, Stephen L. / Winkates, James E., PUBLISHER: Wadsworth Publishing Company, The fourth edition ong>ofong> this authoritative text has been completely updated through the term. New material is presented on the Rehnquist Court, the Court's recourd on civil liberties, and the Clarence Thomas nomination. The text focuses on the Supreme Court, but also analyzes other federal courts and the entire court system. The Court's political roles are discussed first. The structure ong>ofong> the judicial system and the ways ong>ofong> selecting federal judges follows. A separate chapter is devoted to the role ong>ofong> ong>lawong>yers and interest groups. The book concludes with an account ong>ofong> the impact ong>ofong> court rulings.

The Saloon on the Rocky Mountain Mining Frontier

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: West, Elliott, PUBLISHER: University ong>ofong> Nebraska Press, Elliott West's careful analysis ong>ofong> the role and development ong>ofong> the saloon as an institution on the mining frontier provides unique insights into the social and economic history ong>ofong> the American West. Drawing on contemporaneous newspapers and many unpublished firsthand accounts, West shows that the physical evolution ong>ofong> the saloon, from crude tents and shanties into elegant establishments for drinking and gaming, reflected the growth and maturity ong>ofong> the surrounding community.

Markets, Morals and the Law

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Coleman, Jules L., PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press, This collection ong>ofong> essays by one ong>ofong> America's leading legal theorists is unique in its scope: It shows how traditional problems ong>ofong> philosophy can be understood more clearly when considered in terms ong>ofong> ong>lawong>, economics and political science. There are four sections in the book. The first ong>ofong>fers a new version ong>ofong> legal positivism and an original theory ong>ofong> legal rights. The second section critically evaluates the economic approach to ong>lawong>, and the third considers the relationship ong>ofong> justice to liability for unintentional harms and to the practice ong>ofong> settling disputes rather than fully litigating them. Finally, Coleman explores formal social choice in democratic theory, the relationship between market behaviour and voting, and the view that morality itself, like ong>lawong>, is a solution ong>ofong> the problem ong>ofong> market failure. This book will be ong>ofong> cardinal importance to philosophers ong>ofong> ong>lawong>, legal theorists, political scientists and economists.

Getting a PhD in Law

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Morris, Caroline, PUBLISHER: Hart Publishing (UK), Getting a PhD in ong>Lawong> is a unique guide to obtaining the degree ong>ofong> Doctor ong>ofong> Philosophy ong>ofong> ong>Lawong> in the UK. While there are a wide range ong>ofong> study guides for PhD students in the social sciences and other science-based disciplines, there is very little information available on the process ong>ofong> obtaining a PhD in ong>lawong>. Research degrees in ong>lawong> share some attributes with those in related disciplines, such as the humanities and social sciences. However, the legal methodology and the place ong>ofong> the PhD in the young ong>lawong>yer's career creates unique challenges that have not been addressed by existing guides. Getting a PhD in ong>Lawong> fills this gap, providing an accessible guide to the process, from topic selection to thesis publication. This readable and informative guide is written by two graduates ong>ofong> the successful PhD program at the School ong>ofong> ong>Lawong>, King's College London. The book draws on interviews and case studies with students, supervisors, and examiners. Getting a PhD in ong>Lawong> will be essential reading for the growing numbers ong>ofong> PhD students in the UK's many ong>lawong> schools, as well as those internationally who wish to learn from the UK's best practice.

The Thomas Family of St. Albans, West Virginia: A Family

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Thomas, Bob, PUBLISHER: iUniverse, The history ong>ofong> the Thomas family mirrors the history, struggles, and successes ong>ofong> America. Starting in the s, my ancestors came from Europe and helped settle and build the country, fought in the battles that defined the nation, lost their jobs in the Great Depression, and then enjoyed the prosperity ong>ofong> 20th century America. Along the way was a soldier who fought with George Washington in Braddock's Expedition, a veteran ong>ofong> Bunker Hill who may have heard the famed command "don't fire until you see the whites ong>ofong> their eyes," a father and son who served on opposing sides during the Civil War, and the engineer who kept the Washington Monument running in it's early days. This book, a family history ong>ofong> my parents and their ancestors, tells their stories and presents the lineage ong>ofong> my family.

Top Down Policy Making

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Dye, Thomas R., PUBLISHER: CQ Press, In this brief, eye-opening work, Thomas R. Dye explodes the myth that public policy represents the "demands ong>ofong> people," and that the making ong>ofong> public policy flows upward from the masses. In reality, Dye argues, public policy in America, as in all nations, reflects the values, interests, and preferences ong>ofong> the governing elite."Top Down Policymaking" is a close examination ong>ofong> the process by which the nation's elite goes about making public policy. Focusing on the behind-the-scenes activities ong>ofong> money foundations, policy planning organizations, think tanks, political campaign contributors, special-interest groups, lobbyists, ong>lawong> firms, influence-peddlers, and the national news media, Dye concludes that public policy does not represent the "demands ong>ofong> people."The reality is that public policy is made from the top down.

Cherish the Gift: A Congregational Guide to Earth

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Causey, Cindy Ubben / Conroy, Donald, PUBLISHER: Judson Press, Opens the door to churches interested in beginning a program ong>ofong> environmental stewardship and serves as the basis for dialogue within congregations and denominations on the role ong>ofong> churches as true keepers ong>ofong> creation.

Sir Thomas Browne: The World Proposed

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Barbour, Reid / Preston, Claire, PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press, USA, Doctor, linguist, scientist, natural historian, and writer ong>ofong> what is probably the most stunning prose in the English language, Sir Thomas Browne was a virtuoso in learning whose many interests form a representative portrait ong>ofong> his age. To understand the period which we more usually refer to as the Civil War, the Restoration, or the Scientific Revolution, we need to understand parts ong>ofong> the intellectual and spiritual background that are ong>ofong>ten neglected and which Browne magnificently figures forth. This collection ong>ofong> essays about all aspects ong>ofong> Thomas Browne's work and thought is the first such volume to appear in 25 years. It ong>ofong>fers the specialist and the student a wide-ranging array ong>ofong> essays by an international team ong>ofong> leading scholars in seventeenth-century literary studies who extend our understanding ong>ofong> this extremely influential and representative early-modern polymath by embracing recent developments in the field, including literary-scientific relations, the development ong>ofong> Anglican spirituality, civil networks ong>ofong> intellectual exchange, the rise ong>ofong> antiquarianism, and Browne's own legacy in modern literature.

Global Justice and Due Process

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: May, Larry, PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press, The idea ong>ofong> due process ong>ofong> ong>lawong> is recognised as the cornerstone ong>ofong> domestic legal systems, and in this book Larry May makes a powerful case for its extension to international ong>lawong>. Focussing on the procedural rights deriving from Magna Carta, such as the rights ong>ofong> habeas corpus (not to be arbitrarily incarcerated) and nonrefoulement (not to be sent to a state where harm is likely), he examines the legal rights ong>ofong> detainees, whether at Guantanamo or in refugee camps. He ong>ofong>fers a conceptual and normative account ong>ofong> due process within a general system ong>ofong> global justice, and argues that due process should be recognised as jus cogens, as universally binding in international ong>lawong>. His vivid and compelling study will be ong>ofong> interest to a wide range ong>ofong> readers in political philosophy, political theory, and the theory and practice ong>ofong> international ong>lawong>.

White Star: A Dog on the Titanic

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Marty Crisp, PUBLISHER: Scholastic Inc, Sam Harris is on the trip ong>ofong> a lifetime. He's traveling from England to New York on the first voyage ong>ofong> the greatest ocean liner in history--the Titanic. Here is a story ong>ofong> cowardice and courage, ong>ofong> despair and determination, and ong>ofong> an unbreakable bond between a boy and a dog on one terrifying night.

Thomas Lawrence

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Ashton, Geong>ofong>frey, PUBLISHER: Chaucer Press, Sir Thomas ong>Lawong>rence painted some ong>ofong> the best known and loved images ong>ofong> the Regency period, Cherry Ripe, Pinkie and Master William Lambton (The Red Boy) which became some ong>ofong> the most famous images ong>ofong> Victorian and early twentieth century times. However, ong>Lawong>rence's real genius was to bring to life a huge cross-section ong>ofong> late Georgian and Regency society. These range from the elderly and kindly Queen Charlotte, wife ong>ofong> George III, to the swashbuckling grandees ong>ofong> parliament and church. ong>Lawong>rence had an uncanny ability to bring society to life, even when he was painting the Archbishop ong>ofong> Canterbury. Today, he is also regarded as the leading portrait painter ong>ofong> the whole ong>ofong> Europe ong>ofong> his time, and is best seen in the Waterloo Chamber at Windsor Castle, where the Pope presides over the allied monarchs ong>ofong> Europe who defeated Napoleon. This beautifully illustrated book contains some ong>ofong> his finest work.

University of Pennsylvania Law Review and American Law

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: University ong>ofong> Pennsylvania Dept ong>ofong> ong>Lawong> University ong>ofong> Pennsylvania ong>Lawong> School, PUBLISHER: Books LLC, NA

Laughter and Ridicule: Towards a Social Critique of Humour

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Billig, Mick / Billig, Michael, PUBLISHER: Sage Publications (CA), From Thomas Hobbes' fear ong>ofong> the power ong>ofong> laughter to the compulsory, packaged "fun" ong>ofong> the contemporary mass media, Billig takes the reader on a stimulating tour ong>ofong> the strange world ong>ofong> humour. Both a significant work ong>ofong> scholarship and a novel contribution to the understanding ong>ofong> the humourous, this is a seriously engaging book' - David Inglis, University ong>ofong> Aberdeen This delightful book tackles the prevailing assumption that laughter and humour are inherently good. In developing a critique ong>ofong> humour the author proposes a social theory that places humour - in the form ong>ofong> ridicule - as central to social life. Billig argues that all cultures use ridicule as a disciplinary means to uphold norms ong>ofong> conduct and conventions ong>ofong> meaning. Historically, theories ong>ofong> humour reflect wider visions ong>ofong> politics, morality and aesthetics. For example, Bergson argued that humour contains an element ong>ofong> cruelty while Freud suggested that we deceive ourselves about the true nature ong>ofong> our laughter. Billig discusses these and other theories, while using the topic ong>ofong> humour to throw light on the perennial social problems ong>ofong> regulation, control and emancipation.

Principles of the Constitutional Order

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Utley, Robert L., PUBLISHER: University Press ong>ofong> America, The essays in this volume consider the writings ong>ofong> those who drafted the Constitution, as well as the arguments pro and con presented during the ratification debates. The first ong>ofong> these essays examine the founding principles from historical, political and philosophical perspectives. The second group outlines the main Anti-Federalist arguments. A discussion ong>ofong> the nature and implications ong>ofong> the doctrine ong>ofong> separated powers follows and the volume closes with psycho-historical portraits ong>ofong> Thomas Jefferson and John Adams. The volume focuses attention on the Founding period so that the original character and principles ong>ofong> our political order may be seen clearly, in spite ong>ofong> the glory and veneration with which age and custom have draped our constitution.

U.S. Health Law and Policy : A Guide to the Current

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Caldwell, Donald H., Jr., PUBLISHER: Jossey-Bass, This annotated bibliographic guide to the literature ong>ofong> health care ong>lawong> ong>ofong>fers the health care administrator, corporate benefits manager, physician, or attorney a key to the door ong>ofong> health care policy and ong>lawong>. This edition focuses on evaluating the materials--many not widely disseminated--about evolving corporate structures such as managed care organizations and their numerous progeny. Also addressed are topics such as health care liability, patient access to health care, environmental issues, legal issues arising in the context ong>ofong> AIDS, and privacy ong>ofong> patient records.

Treat Me Right: Essays in Medical Law and Ethics

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Kennedy, Ian, PUBLISHER: Clarendon Press, Controversial and amusing, this collection ong>ofong> Kennedy's writings illuminates the rights, duties, and liabilities ong>ofong> doctors as well as other aspects ong>ofong> medical ong>lawong> and ethics.

The End of Empire and the Making of Malaya

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Harper, T. N., PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press, This is the first general social and political history ong>ofong> Malaya. Focusing on the years to , the last years ong>ofong> British rule and the achievement ong>ofong> independence, it embraces a wealth ong>ofong> social, economic and cultural, as well as political themes. It contains new research on the impact ong>ofong> the Second World War in Malaya, the origins and course ong>ofong> the Communist Emergency, and the response ong>ofong> Malaya's various ethnic communities to nationalism and social change. A concluding chapter takes these themes forward into the s to shed new light on the emergence ong>ofong> this important Southeast Asian nation.

A Dictionary of the Bible: Volume V: Supplement -- Articles

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Hastings, James, PUBLISHER: University Press ong>ofong> the Pacific, For over a century the ten-volume Dictionary ong>ofong> the Bible has been the definitive reference. "It is a Dictionary ong>ofong> the Old and New Testaments, together with the Old Testament Apocrypha, according to the Authorized and Revised English Versions, and with constant reference to the original tongues.... Articles have been written on the names ong>ofong> all Persons and Places, on the Antiquities and Archaeology ong>ofong> the Bible, on its Ethnology, Geology, and Natural History, on Biblical Theology and Ethic, and even on the obsolete or archaic words occurring in the English Versions." James Hastings () was a distinguished scholar and pastor. He was founder and editor ong>ofong> the Expository Times and is also well known for editing the Encyclopaedia ong>ofong> Religion and Ethics, the Dictionary ong>ofong> Christ and the Gospels, and the Dictionary ong>ofong> the Apostolic Church.

Praying the Rosary: The Joyful, Fruitful, Sorrowful, and

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Dicharry, Warren F., PUBLISHER: Liturgical Press, This guide and commentary on the mysteries ong>ofong> the Rosary refocuses our meditation on the true center ong>ofong> the Rosary: the mysteries ong>ofong> Christ's birth, death, and resurrection.

Evidence for Paralegals, Third Edition

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Marlowe, Joelyn D. / Cummins, Suzanne, PUBLISHER: Aspen Publishers, The authors draw on their own considerable experience in preparing and litigating cases: - focusing on the practical applications ong>ofong> the Federal Rules ong>ofong> Evidence, the text covers the full range ong>ofong> course topics, including gathering evidence, interviewing witnesses, and researching - written from a real-life perspective ong>ofong> actual practice in local, state, and federal court - text goes beyond the interpretation ong>ofong> the rules to explain the application ong>ofong> the rules - developed specifically for paralegal students, with short case summaries, readable examples, marginal definitions ong>ofong> terms and cross-references to the Rules ong>ofong> Evidence, plus review questions and hypotheticals - compact and accessible, the book covers key topics in less than 300 pages - teaching package includes an Instructor's ong>Manualong> and PowerPoint slides Recent revisions to the Federal Rules ong>ofong> Evidence are highlighted in this edition: - changes to the rules governing expert and lay testimony and the use ong>ofong> character evidence - new rules that permit domestic and foreign business records to be admitted without a foundational witness - case ong>lawong> that exemplifies the amended and new rules

Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Raffel, Burton / Isaacs, Neil D. / Webster, Brenda, PUBLISHER: Signet Classics, The epic poem ong>ofong> honor and bravery Written by an anonymous fourteenth-century poet, "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight" is recognized as an equal to Chauceras masterworks and to the great Old English poems, "Beowulf" included. A green-skinned knight ong>ofong>fers the Knights ong>ofong> the Round Table a simple but deadly challengeaa challenge taken on by the brave Sir Gawain. A challenge that will force him to choose between his honor and his life...

Microarray Analysis

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Schena, Mark, PUBLISHER: Wiley-Liss, This authoritative text begins with an introduction to basic microarray technology. The author then provides clear explanations ong>ofong> the conceptual and theoretical basis ong>ofong> this technology, followed by thorough and multi-disciplinary coverage ong>ofong> modern and emerging applications. The coverage includes chapters on microarray informatics, gene expression prong>ofong>iling, genetic diagnostics, and novel microarray technologies.

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