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Over 4,000 lawyers lost their positions at major American law firms in 2008 and 2009. In The Vanishing American Lawyer, Professor Thomas Morgan discusses the legal profession and the need for both law students and lawyers to adapt to the needs and expectations of...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2010-02-01
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Slander and libel cases are largely about how one party uses language in ways that are claimed to defame one another. Linguistic expertise can be central to the case. In The Language of Defamation Cases, Roger W. Shuy describes eleven representative lawsuits--involving...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2010-01-28
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Property and Community fills a major gap in the legal literature on property and its relationship to community. The essays included differ from past discussions, including those provided by law-and-economics, by providing richer accounts of community. By and large,...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2010-01-21
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The articles in this new edition of A Companion to Philosophy of Law and Legal Theory have been updated throughout, and the addition of ten new articles ensures that the volume continues to offer the most up-to-date coverage of current thinking in legal philosophy. ...
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Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2010-01-15
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Blackwell Companions to Philosophy
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Lee Bollinger is one of our foremost experts on the First Amendment--both an erudite scholar and elegant advocate. In this sweeping account, he explores the troubled history of a free press in America and looks toward the challenges ahead.
The first amendment...
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Oxford University Press
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2010-01-15
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This book presents a conceptual framework for analysing the definitions of State aid and subsidy in EC and WTO law.This is done through a comparative analysis, examining the coherence of the conceptual understanding of the crucial, but still elusive, issue of the...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2009-12-24
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The Oxford Introductions to U.S. Law: Property provides both a bird's eye overview of property law and an introduction to how property law affects larger concerns with individual autonomy, personhood, and economic organization. Written by two authorities on property...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2009-12-15
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In Sovereign Equality and Moral Disagreement: Premises of a Pluralist International Legal Order, Professor Brad R. Roth provides readers with a working knowledge of the various applications of sovereign equality in international law, and defends the principle of...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2009-12-15
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Far from regarding the law as supreme, corporations approach law as an element of executive thought and action aimed at optimizing competitiveness.
The objective of this book is to identify, explore and define corporate legal strategies that seek advantage in the...
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Springer
Parution :
2009-12-12
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The fight against terrorism is receiving increased awareness due to recent wor- wide large-scale terrorist acts, and only since then has some attention been directed specifically to victims of terrorism. Existing legal instruments of international b- ies like the...
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Springer
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2009-12-04
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Taxes are sometimes so fundamental to domestic systems that they are almost impossible to change, as when the tax system is part of a nation's majority religion or is linked to another value deeply rooted in local communities, such as housing or farming. There is a...
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Springer
Parution :
2009-12-02
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The Rise of the Uncorporation covers the history, law, and finance of unincorporated firms. These "uncorporations" including general and limited partnerships and limited liability companies, are now the dominant business form of non-publicly-traded firms. Through...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2009-12-01
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International criminal justice is challenged to better reflect legitimate victim interest. This book provides a framework for achieving synthesis between restorative and retributive dimensions within international criminal trials in order to achieve the peace-making...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2009-11-30
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From June 13, 1994, to October 3, 1995, Robert Shapiro stood in the middle of a drama that held millions of Americans in thrall. Now for the first time, the architect of the defense strategy tells the inside story of the O.J. Simpson trial from the beginning. In this...
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Grand Central Publishing
Parution :
2009-11-29
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Understanding International Law presents a comprehensive, accessible introduction to the various aspects of international law while addressing its interrelationship with world politics. Presents well-organized, balanced coverage of all aspects of international law...
Editeur :
Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2009-11-25
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Developing CDM Projects in the Western Balkans: Legal and Technical Issues Compared, arises from the professional practical experience gained by an interdisciplinary team of legal and technical experts acting in the framework of the environmental bilateral cooperation...
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Springer
Parution :
2009-11-24
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In 1999, a suite of three new conditions of contract was published by FIDIC, following the basic structure and wording harmonised and updated around the previous FIDIC Design-Build and Turnkey Contract (the 1992 ‘‘Orange Book’’). These conditions, known as the ‘‘FIDIC...
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Springer
Parution :
2009-11-11
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Building Law Encyclopaedia is a concise and authoritative reference, providing information in reasonable depth on an extensive number of legal terms, principles, phrases and issues that are commonly encountered in the construction industry. Most standard contracts are...
Editeur :
Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2009-11-06
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Private actors are increasingly taking on roles traditionally arrogated to the state. Both in the industrialized North and the developing South, functions essential to external and internal security and to the satisfaction of basic human needs are routinely contracted...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2009-11-05
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