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Legal Reasoning and Political Conflict

by Cass R. Sunstein ...

In Legal Reasoning and Political Conflict, Cass R. Sunstein, one of America's best known commentators on our legal system, offers a bold, new thesis about how the law should work in America, arguing that the courts best enable people to live together, despite their diversity, by resolving particular cases without taking sides in broader, more abstract conflicts. Professor Sunstein closely analyzes ... Read more

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In Legal Reasoning and Political Conflict, Cass R. Sunstein, one of America's best known commentators on our legal system, offers a bold, new thesis about how the law should work in America, arguing that the courts best enable people to live together, despite their diversity, by resolving particular cases without taking sides in broader, more abstract conflicts. Professor Sunstein closely analyzes
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Telford Georges: A Legal Odyssey

by Albert Fiadjoe, Gilbert Kodilinye, Joyce Cole Georges ...

This book begins by tracing the life story of Telford Georges from the childhood years in Dominica, through the years of practice in Trinidad, followed by the Tanzania and Zimbabwe years, and culminating in The Bahamas period. Transcribed conversations with Telford are included, in which he gives the reader many fascinating insights into the judicial thought processes, and expresses his views on a ... Read more

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This book begins by tracing the life story of Telford Georges from the childhood years in Dominica, through the years of practice in Trinidad, followed by the Tanzania and Zimbabwe years, and culminating in The Bahamas period. Transcribed conversations with Telford are included, in which he gives the reader many fascinating insights into the judicial thought processes, and expresses his views on a
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The Judge

26 Machiavellian Lessons

by Ronald K.L. Collins, David M. Skover ...

There is no book of political strategy more canonical than Niccolò Machiavelli's The Prince, but few ethicists would advise policymakers to treat it as a bible. The lofty ideals of the law, especially, seem distant from the values that the word "Machiavellian" connotes, and judges are supposed to work above the realm of politics. In The Judge, however, Ronald Collins and David Skover argue that ... Read more

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There is no book of political strategy more canonical than Niccolò Machiavelli's The Prince, but few ethicists would advise policymakers to treat it as a bible. The lofty ideals of the law, especially, seem distant from the values that the word "Machiavellian" connotes, and judges are supposed to work above the realm of politics. In The Judge, however, Ronald Collins and David Skover argue that
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Jus Cogens

International Law and Social Contract

by Thomas Weatherall ...

One of the most complex doctrines in contemporary international law, jus cogens is the immediate product of the socialization of the international community following the Second World War. However, the doctrine resonates in a centuries-old legal tradition which constrains the dynamics of voluntarism that characterize conventional international law. To reconcile this modern iteration of individual ... Read more

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One of the most complex doctrines in contemporary international law, jus cogens is the immediate product of the socialization of the international community following the Second World War. However, the doctrine resonates in a centuries-old legal tradition which constrains the dynamics of voluntarism that characterize conventional international law. To reconcile this modern iteration of individual
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Cosmic Constitutional Theory

Why Americans Are Losing Their Inalienable Right to Self-Governance

by J. Harvie Wilkinson, III ...

Series series Inalienable Rights
American constitutional law has undergone a transformation. Issues once left to the people have increasingly become the province of the courts. Subjects as diverse as abortion rights and firearms regulations, health care reform and counterterrorism efforts, not to mention a millennial presidential election, are more and more the domain of judges. What sparked this development? In this engaging ... Read more

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American constitutional law has undergone a transformation. Issues once left to the people have increasingly become the province of the courts. Subjects as diverse as abortion rights and firearms regulations, health care reform and counterterrorism efforts, not to mention a millennial presidential election, are more and more the domain of judges. What sparked this development? In this engaging
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Religious Liberty in Crisis

Exercising Your Faith in an Age of Uncertainty

by Ken Starr ...

What was unfathomable in the first two decades of the twenty-first century has become a reality. Religious liberty, both in the United States and across the world, is in crisis.As we navigate the coming decades, We the People must know our rights more than ever, particularly as it relates to the freedom to exercise our religion. Armed with a proper understanding of this country’s rich tradition of ... Read more

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What was unfathomable in the first two decades of the twenty-first century has become a reality. Religious liberty, both in the United States and across the world, is in crisis.As we navigate the coming decades, We the People must know our rights more than ever, particularly as it relates to the freedom to exercise our religion. Armed with a proper understanding of this country’s rich tradition of
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Inside the Robe, A Judge's Candid Tale of Criminal Justice in America

by katherine mader ...

COURTHOUSE CONFIDENTIALTo most people, judges are mysterious creatures. As Anthony Bourdain invited readers to follow him behind the scenes of the restaurant business in his bestseller, Kitchen Confidential, and Caitlin Doughty's Smoke Gets in Your Eyes was a revealing peak into the mysteries of what happens after death inside a mortuary, Inside the Robe shines a bright spotlight into the hidden ... Read more

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COURTHOUSE CONFIDENTIALTo most people, judges are mysterious creatures. As Anthony Bourdain invited readers to follow him behind the scenes of the restaurant business in his bestseller, Kitchen Confidential, and Caitlin Doughty's Smoke Gets in Your Eyes was a revealing peak into the mysteries of what happens after death inside a mortuary, Inside the Robe shines a bright spotlight into the hidden
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The Early Cases of Hercule Poirot

by Agatha Christie ...

This collection of 25 Hercule Poirot adventures by Agatha Christie are compiled from short stories written for The Sketch magazine from March to December 1923. Hercule Poirot delighted in telling people that he was probably the best detective in the world. So turning back the clock to trace eighteen of the cases which helped establish his professional reputation was always going to be a ... Read more

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This collection of 25 Hercule Poirot adventures by Agatha Christie are compiled from short stories written for The Sketch magazine from March to December 1923. Hercule Poirot delighted in telling people that he was probably the best detective in the world. So turning back the clock to trace eighteen of the cases which helped establish his professional reputation was always going to be a
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Método del caso jurisprudencial

Interpretación, argumentación y jurisprudencia

by Martín Virgilio Bravo Peralta ...

Series series Biblioteca Jurídica Porrúa
El Método del caso jurisprudencial se materializa mediante la aplicación de siete técnicas que se apoyan en los métodos de interpretación y argumentación jurídica, cuya materia de trabajo son los textos de las resoluciones jurisprudenciales, tales como las sentencias, las tesis aisladas y las tesis de jurisprudencia.Inclusive la metodología puede ser aplicada parcial o totalmente a cualquier otro ... Read more

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El Método del caso jurisprudencial se materializa mediante la aplicación de siete técnicas que se apoyan en los métodos de interpretación y argumentación jurídica, cuya materia de trabajo son los textos de las resoluciones jurisprudenciales, tales como las sentencias, las tesis aisladas y las tesis de jurisprudencia.Inclusive la metodología puede ser aplicada parcial o totalmente a cualquier otro
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The Law

by Frederic Bastiat ...

First published in 1850 as a pamphlet, The Law by Frederic Bastiat defines the nature of law and the role of government. It is essential reading for law students and anyone interested in jurisprudence. ... Read more

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First published in 1850 as a pamphlet, The Law by Frederic Bastiat defines the nature of law and the role of government. It is essential reading for law students and anyone interested in jurisprudence.
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Argumentación jurídica: Técnicas de argumentación del abogado y del juez

by Ernesto Galindo Sifuentes ...

Series series Biblioteca Jurídica Porrúa
La argumentación jurídica en los últimos tiempos ha tenido un gran auge y desarrollo debido, por un lado, a la exigencia dirigida a las autoridades para que ofrezcan razones más sólidas que den sustento a sus resoluciones y, por otro, a la necesidad por parte de los abogados de actualizarse en técnicas de argumentación para la mejor defensa de los intereses de sus clientes.Esta obra ofrece a los ... Read more

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La argumentación jurídica en los últimos tiempos ha tenido un gran auge y desarrollo debido, por un lado, a la exigencia dirigida a las autoridades para que ofrezcan razones más sólidas que den sustento a sus resoluciones y, por otro, a la necesidad por parte de los abogados de actualizarse en técnicas de argumentación para la mejor defensa de los intereses de sus clientes.Esta obra ofrece a los
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Terrorism, Criminal Law and Politics

The Decline of the Political Offence Exception to Extradition

by Julia Jansson ...

Series series Transnational Criminal Justice
Recent atrocities have ensured that terrorism and how to deal with terrorists legally and politically has been the subject of much discussion and debate on the international stage. This book presents a study of changes in the legal treatment of those perpetrating crimes of a political character over several decades. It most centrally deals with the political offence exception and how it has ... Read more

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Recent atrocities have ensured that terrorism and how to deal with terrorists legally and politically has been the subject of much discussion and debate on the international stage. This book presents a study of changes in the legal treatment of those perpetrating crimes of a political character over several decades. It most centrally deals with the political offence exception and how it has
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Epistemología jurídica

by Juan de Dios González Ibarra ...

Series series Biblioteca Jurídica Porrúa
La epistemología jurídica permite hacer realidad la posibilidad de la reflexión jurídica, misma que en nuestro campo ha estado dormida o ausente en los planes y programas de estudio de las diferentes universidades e instituciones de educación superior de Latinoamérica. Si conforme con la afirmación de Aristóteles de que una vida sin reflexión no vale la pena vivirla, luego entonces el abogado que ... Read more

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La epistemología jurídica permite hacer realidad la posibilidad de la reflexión jurídica, misma que en nuestro campo ha estado dormida o ausente en los planes y programas de estudio de las diferentes universidades e instituciones de educación superior de Latinoamérica. Si conforme con la afirmación de Aristóteles de que una vida sin reflexión no vale la pena vivirla, luego entonces el abogado que
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El sentido del Derecho

by Manuel Atienza ...

Series series Ariel Derecho
El Derecho es un fenómeno omnipresente en nuestras sociedades. Prácticamente no hay ninguna relación social que quede al margen del Derecho, pero lo jurídico es sólo un aspecto de lo social del cual -eso sí- no se puede prescindir si se quiere entender algo del mundo que nos rodea.El sentido del Derecho pretende contribuir a esta tarea de clasificación planteando -y tratando de contestar a- ... Read more

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El Derecho es un fenómeno omnipresente en nuestras sociedades. Prácticamente no hay ninguna relación social que quede al margen del Derecho, pero lo jurídico es sólo un aspecto de lo social del cual -eso sí- no se puede prescindir si se quiere entender algo del mundo que nos rodea.El sentido del Derecho pretende contribuir a esta tarea de clasificación planteando -y tratando de contestar a-
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Historia mínima del derecho en Occidente

by Jaime del Arenal Fenochio ...

Ésta es una historia del Derecho construida desde la perspectiva de la cultura occidental y de la actividad profesional de sus juristas. Esta Historia mínima aspira a provocar la reflexión en torno a la creación del Derecho más allá del poder y muy cerca de la historia cultural. Esta obra evidencia y plantea la exigencia de libertad profesional del jurista occidental actual y de una jurisprudencia ... Read more

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Ésta es una historia del Derecho construida desde la perspectiva de la cultura occidental y de la actividad profesional de sus juristas. Esta Historia mínima aspira a provocar la reflexión en torno a la creación del Derecho más allá del poder y muy cerca de la historia cultural. Esta obra evidencia y plantea la exigencia de libertad profesional del jurista occidental actual y de una jurisprudencia
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A Matter of Interpretation

Federal Courts and the Law - New Edition

by Antonin Scalia ...

Series series The University Center for Human Values Series
We are all familiar with the image of the immensely clever judge who discerns the best rule of common law for the case at hand. According to U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, a judge like this can maneuver through earlier cases to achieve the desired aim—“distinguishing one prior case on his left, straight-arming another one on his right, high-stepping away from another precedent about to ... Read more

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We are all familiar with the image of the immensely clever judge who discerns the best rule of common law for the case at hand. According to U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, a judge like this can maneuver through earlier cases to achieve the desired aim—“distinguishing one prior case on his left, straight-arming another one on his right, high-stepping away from another precedent about to
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Constitutional Law For Dummies

by Patricia Fusco, Glenn Smith ...

Discover the ins and outs of Constitutional lawAre you a student looking for trusted, plain-English guidance on the ins and outs of Constitutional law? Look no further!Constitutional Law For Dummies provides a detailed study guide tracking to this commonly required law course. It breaks down complicated material and gives you a through outline of the parameters and applications of the U.S. ... Read more

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Discover the ins and outs of Constitutional lawAre you a student looking for trusted, plain-English guidance on the ins and outs of Constitutional law? Look no further!Constitutional Law For Dummies provides a detailed study guide tracking to this commonly required law course. It breaks down complicated material and gives you a through outline of the parameters and applications of the U.S.
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Rights for Robots

Artificial Intelligence, Animal and Environmental Law

by Joshua C. Gellers ...

Bringing a unique perspective to the burgeoning ethical and legal issues surrounding the presence of artificial intelligence in our daily lives, the book uses theory and practice on animal rights and the rights of nature to assess the status of robots.Through extensive philosophical and legal analyses, the book explores how rights can be applied to nonhuman entities. This task is completed by ... Read more

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Bringing a unique perspective to the burgeoning ethical and legal issues surrounding the presence of artificial intelligence in our daily lives, the book uses theory and practice on animal rights and the rights of nature to assess the status of robots.Through extensive philosophical and legal analyses, the book explores how rights can be applied to nonhuman entities. This task is completed by
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The Essential Scalia

On the Constitution, the Courts, and the Rule of Law

by Antonin Scalia ...

Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia in his own words: the definitive collection of his opinions, speeches, and articles on the most essential and vexing legal questions, with an intimate foreword by Justice Elena Kagan“[Scalia’s writings] are as readable today as they were when they first appeared. . . . Especially illuminating to anyone who wants to unlock the mystery of why Ginsburg admired ... Read more

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Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia in his own words: the definitive collection of his opinions, speeches, and articles on the most essential and vexing legal questions, with an intimate foreword by Justice Elena Kagan“[Scalia’s writings] are as readable today as they were when they first appeared. . . . Especially illuminating to anyone who wants to unlock the mystery of why Ginsburg admired
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The Dual State

A Contribution to the Theory of Dictatorship

by Ernst Fraenkel, Jens Meierhenrich ...

Translated by E.A. Shills ...

The Dual State, first published in 1941, remains one of the most erudite books on the logic of dictatorship. It was the first comprehensive analysis of the rise and nature of National Socialism and the only such analysis written from within Hitler's Germany. Ernst Fraenkel's courageous ethnography of law was widely acclaimed upon publication, and it has influenced considerably postwar debates ... Read more

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The Dual State, first published in 1941, remains one of the most erudite books on the logic of dictatorship. It was the first comprehensive analysis of the rise and nature of National Socialism and the only such analysis written from within Hitler's Germany. Ernst Fraenkel's courageous ethnography of law was widely acclaimed upon publication, and it has influenced considerably postwar debates
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Philosophy of Law

A Very Short Introduction

by Raymond Wacks ...

Series series Very Short Introductions
The concept of law lies at the heart of our social and political life. Legal philosophy, or jurisprudence, explores the notion of law and its role in society, illuminating its meaning and its relation to the universal questions of justice, rights, and morality. In this Very Short Introduction Raymond Wacks analyses the nature and purpose of the legal system, and the practice by courts, lawyers, ... Read more

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The concept of law lies at the heart of our social and political life. Legal philosophy, or jurisprudence, explores the notion of law and its role in society, illuminating its meaning and its relation to the universal questions of justice, rights, and morality. In this Very Short Introduction Raymond Wacks analyses the nature and purpose of the legal system, and the practice by courts, lawyers,
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Mark Twain: The Complete Novels

by Mark Twain ...

This book, newly updated, contains now several HTML tables of contents that will make reading a real pleasure!The first table of contents (at the very beginning of the ebook) lists the titles of all novels included in this volume. By clicking on one of those titles you will be redirected to the beginning of that work, where you'll find a new TOC that lists all the chapters and sub-chapters of that ... Read more

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This book, newly updated, contains now several HTML tables of contents that will make reading a real pleasure!The first table of contents (at the very beginning of the ebook) lists the titles of all novels included in this volume. By clicking on one of those titles you will be redirected to the beginning of that work, where you'll find a new TOC that lists all the chapters and sub-chapters of that
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Hate Speech Law

A Philosophical Examination

by Alex Brown ...

Series series Routledge Studies in Contemporary Philosophy
Hate speech law can be found throughout the world. But it is also the subject of numerous principled arguments, both for and against. These principles invoke a host of morally relevant features (e.g., liberty, health, autonomy, security, non-subordination, the absence of oppression, human dignity, the discovery of truth, the acquisition of knowledge, self-realization, human excellence, civic ... Read more

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Hate speech law can be found throughout the world. But it is also the subject of numerous principled arguments, both for and against. These principles invoke a host of morally relevant features (e.g., liberty, health, autonomy, security, non-subordination, the absence of oppression, human dignity, the discovery of truth, the acquisition of knowledge, self-realization, human excellence, civic
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Confident Pluralism

Surviving and Thriving through Deep Difference

by John D. Inazu ...

In the three years since Donald Trump first announced his plans to run for president, the United States seems to become more dramatically polarized and divided with each passing month. There are seemingly irresolvable differences in the beliefs, values, and identities of citizens across the country that too often play out in our legal system in clashes on a range of topics such as the tensions ... Read more

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In the three years since Donald Trump first announced his plans to run for president, the United States seems to become more dramatically polarized and divided with each passing month. There are seemingly irresolvable differences in the beliefs, values, and identities of citizens across the country that too often play out in our legal system in clashes on a range of topics such as the tensions
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