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Constitutional Conflicts eBook Series

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  • From the Grassroots to the Supreme Court

    Brown v. Board of Education and American Democracy

    by Neal Devins, Mark A. Graber, Vicki L. Ruiz, Blair L.M. Kelley ...
    Series series Constitutional Conflicts
    Perhaps more than any other Supreme Court ruling, Brown v. Board of Education, the 1954 decision declaring the segregation of public schools unconstitutional, highlighted both the possibilities and the limitations of American democracy. This collection of sixteen original essays by historians and legal scholars takes the occasion of the fiftieth anniversary of Brown to reconsider the history and ... Read more

    $28.79 USD

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  • On the Steamy Side

    by Louisa Edwards ...
    Series series Recipe for Love
    When Lilah Jane Tunkle fled her dull life in Virginia for the bright lights of New York City, she didn't expect to wind up a nanny to a gorgeous celebrity chef's ten-year-old son. Working for the delectable Devon Sparks is a sure-fire recipe for disaster, especially after Lilah gets a tantalizing taste of his perfectly seasoned kisses …Devon's not sure he can handle one more surprise ingredient in ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Never Too Late

    A Prosecutor's Story of Justice in the Medgar Evars Case

    by Bobby Delaughter ...
    In June 12, 1963, Mississippi's fast-rising NAACP leader Medgar Evers was gunned down by a white supremacist named Byron De La Beckwith. Beckwith escaped conviction twice at the hands of all-white Southern juries, and his crime went unpunished for more than three decades. Now, from Bobby DeLaughter, one of the most celebrated prosecutors in modern American law, comes the blistering account of his ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

  • The European Convention on Human Rights

    A Commentary

    by William A. Schabas ...
    Series series Oxford Commentaries on International Law
    The European Convention on Human Rights: A Commentary is the first complete article-by-article commentary on the ECHR and its Protocols in English. This book provides an entry point for every part of the Convention: the substance of the rights, the workings of the Court, and the enforcement of its judgments. A separate chapter is devoted to each distinct provision or article of the Convention as ... Read more

    $75.59 USD

  • The Law of Entry, Search, and Seizure

    by Richard Stone ...
    In recent years, the law relating to entry, search and seizure has undergone major change. Significant legislation, including the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012, has led to the amendment and abolition of powers, creating a complex and dynamic legal landscape. What powers are available? Who may use them? And under what circumstances? A practical guide to the powers available in both criminal and ... Read more

    $187.19 USD

  • Courage to Dissent

    Atlanta and the Long History of the Civil Rights Movement

    by Tomiko Brown-Nagin ...
    In this Bancroft Prize-winning history of the Civil Rights movement in Atlanta from the end of World War II to 1980, Tomiko Brown-Nagin shows that long before "black power" emerged and gave black dissent from the mainstream civil rights agenda a name, African Americans in Atlanta questioned the meaning of equality and the steps necessary to obtain a share of the American dream. This groundbreaking ... Read more

    $35.09 USD

  • Cultural Analysis, Cultural Studies, and the Law

    Moving Beyond Legal Realism

    by Naomi Mezey, Tobey Miller ...
    Cultural Analysis, Cultural Studies, and the Law is a field-defining collection of work at the intersection of law, cultural analysis and cultural studies. Over the past few decades the marked turn toward claims and policy arguments based on cultural identity—such as ethnicity, race, or religion—has pointed up the urgent need for legal studies to engage cultural critiques. Exploration of legal ... Read more

    $28.79 USD

  • Criminal Disenfranchisement in an International Perspective

    Edited by Alec C. Ewald, Brandon Rottinghaus ...
    This collection of original essays by leading scholars and advocates offers the first international examination of the nature, causes, and effects of laws regulating voting by people with criminal convictions. In deciding whether prisoners shall retain the right to vote, a country faces vital questions about democratic self-definition and constitutional values - and, increasingly, about the scope ... Read more

    $43.49 USD

  • Conscience and Conviction

    The Case for Civil Disobedience

    by Kimberley Brownlee ...
    Series series Oxford Legal Philosophy
    The book shows that civil disobedience is generally more defensible than private conscientious objection. Part I explores the morality of conviction and conscience. Each of these concepts informs a distinct argument for civil disobedience. The conviction argument begins with the communicative principle of conscientiousness (CPC). According to the CPC, having a conscientious moral conviction means ... Read more

    $36.89 USD

  • Because of Sex

    One Law, Ten Cases, and Fifty Years That Changed American Women's Lives at Work

    by Gillian Thomas ...
    "Thomas writes with precision and grace (and a lovely lack of jargon) about ten cases that established the full reach and scope of Title VII." ― The Boston GlobeBest known as a monumental achievement of the civil rights movement, the 1964 Civil Rights Act also revolutionized the lives of America's working women. Title VII of the law made it illegal to discriminate "because of sex." But that simple ... Read more

    $17.29 USD

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  • Same-Sex Marriage and Religious Liberty

    Emerging Conflicts

    by Chai R. Feldblum, Douglas W. Kmiec, Dr. Charles J. Reid Jr, Marc D. Stern, Jonathan Turley ...
    Same-Sex Marriage and Religious Liberty explores the religious freedom implications of defining marriage to include same-sex couples. It represents the only comprehensive, scholarly appraisal to date of the church-state conflicts virtually certain to arise from the legal recognition of same-sex marriage.It explores two principal questions. First, exactly what kind of religious freedom conflicts ... Read more

    $55.09 USD

  • Human Rights: Concept and Standards

    Edited by Janusz Symonides ...
    Series series In Association with UNESCO
    Presenting reflections on the historical perspectives and philosophical foundations of human rights, this book provides a detailed analysis of civil and political rights, as well as the rights of persons belonging to such vulnerable groups as women, children and minorities, indigenous people, refugees, displaced persons and migrant workers. ... Read more

    $70.99 USD