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The Most Dangerous Branch: Inside the Supreme Court in the Age of Trump - Paperback

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by David A. Kaplan (Author)In the bestselling tradition of The Nine and The Brethren, The Most Dangerous Branch takes us inside the secret world of the Supreme Court. David A. Kaplan, the former legal affairs editor of Newsweek, shows how the justices subvert the role of the other branches of government--and how we've come to accept it at our peril.With the retirement of Justice Anthony Kennedy, the Court has never before been more central in American life. It is the nine justices who too oft...

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The Decay of International Law: A Reappraisal of the Limits of Legal Imagination in International Affairs, with a New Introduction - Paperback

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by Anthony Carty (Author)Originally published in 1986 this book has become a classic of international law literature. It was a penetrating critique of the methodology of international law as it had come to be understood and accepted by the generality of international lawyers. It called for a realisation of the crucial role which international lawyers should play in reflecting in the nature and implications of the principles and arguments used by governments and other actors in the internation...

101 Things I Learned(r) in Law School - Hardcover

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by Vibeke Norgaard Martin (Author), Matthew Frederick (Author)A provocative, accessible, and cleverly illustrated guide to legal principles and practice, by a law instructor and internationally experienced attorney This might be the most useful book law students ever read. Not because it contains the details of case law, but because it teaches them how to think like a lawyer. From the fundamentals of effective argument to the principles, structures, and assumptions underlying our legal system...

Legal History of Maricopa County - Hardcover

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by Stan Watts (Author)The roots of Maricopa County's legal community reach as far back as the Spanish conquest of the New World. Since that time, soldiers, farmers, miners, adventurers, and others transformed this wild, lawless desert into a productive agricultural community, a tourist destination, and a center for commercial, financial, and political activity in the Southwest. The region's legal community--populated by diverse, distinguished, and sometimes infamous men and women--participate...

The Divorce Lawyer's Toolkit: Your Secret Weapon For Getting Ahead of the Competition - Paperback

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by Marion Td Lewis Esq (Author)The Divorce Lawyer's Toolkit is geared towards Divorce and Matrimonial Lawyers in principle (and in title). However, the tips provided can be implemented by any lawyer who wants to gain a competitive edge over their competitors. These tips include but are not limited to understanding the importance of SEO, creating a marketing plan for your firm (at the beginning if you are just starting out but it is never too late to do it even if you have been practicing for ...

Estate Planning Checklists For Clients: How To Get An Estate Plan That Meets Your Needs Not The Attorney's Needs - Paperback

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by Julie a. Calligaro (Author)Most of us avoid estate planning, which in plain English means getting our affairs in order, until we face a life-changing event such as: The birth or adoption of a child; the diagnosis of an illness that threatens disability or death; a family member or close friend dies unexpectedly; a new marriage with one or both spouses having children from a previous marriage. And sometimes it's just because we're about to take a trip. I congratulate you because you've deci...

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To End a Presidency: The Power of Impeachment - Paperback

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by Laurence Tribe (Author), Joshua Matz (Author)As Congress prepares articles of impeachment of President Trump, read the definitive book on presidential impeachment and how it should be used today. Impeachment is our ultimate constitutional check against an out-of-control executive. But it is also a perilous and traumatic undertaking for the nation. In this authoritative examination, Laurence Tribe and Joshua Matz rise above the daily clamor to illuminate impeachment's proper role in our ag...

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Illegal: How America's Lawless Immigration Regime Threatens Us All - Hardcover

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by Elizabeth F. Cohen (Author)A political scientist explains how the American immigration system ran off the rails -- and proposes a bold plan for reform Under the Trump administration, US immigration agencies terrorize the undocumented, target people who are here legally, and even threaten the constitutional rights of American citizens. How did we get to this point? In Illegal, Elizabeth F. Cohen reveals that our current crisis has roots in early twentieth century white nationalist politics...

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Tug of War: A Judge's Verdict on Separation, Custody Battles, and the Bitter Realities of Family Court - Paperback

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by Harvey Brownstone (Author), Paula J. Hepner (Foreword by)Tug of War is the first book of its kind. Written by a sitting family court judge in layman's language, it demystifies complex family law concepts and procedures, clearly explains how family court works, and gives parents essential alternatives to resolve their own custody battles and keep their kids out of the often damaging court system.Breakup rates in North America are skyrocketing. Recent statistics say 45% of marriages end in d...

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by David Paciocco (Author), Palma Paciocco (Author), Lee Stuesser (Author)The Law of Evidence, by David M Paciocco, Palma Paciocco, and Lee Stuesser, is Canada's leading text in evidentiary law in both criminal and civil cases. For more than two decades, it has been relied upon by judges, practitioners, and scholars in the courtroom and in the classroom. The strength of the book is that it does not simply organize and describe the most important topics in the law of evidence; it is designed t...

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by Allan Manson (Author), William J. Vancise (Foreword by)The Law of Sentencing by Allan Manson is intended to provide a summary of the legal principles and rules that shape the current process of sentencing in Canada. The book will appeal to seasoned practitioners and law students alike. Following a discussion of the historical and philosophical context in which sentencing occurs, the book then examines the decision-making methodology, particularly the relevant rules and principles that the ...

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A Cruel Arithmetic: Inside the Case Against Polygamy - Hardcover

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by Craig Jones (Author) For thirty years, lawyers, pundits, professors, and politicians had said that section 293 of the Criminal Code of Canada--the criminal prohibition of polygamy--was unconstitutional, a Victorian anachronism that, in a modern rights-based democracy, deserved to be swept aside in the name of individual liberty and religious freedom. Polygamy per se, it was argued, was harmless. Beginning in 2009 in Vancouver, a small team of lawyers from the federal and provincial gover...

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by Patrick J. Monahan (Author), Byron Shaw (Author), Padraic Ryan (Author)The fifth edition of Constitutional Law represents a significant update of the fourth edition, published in 2013. During this period, the Supreme Court of Canada has continued to develop the jurisprudence in all areas of constitutional law, including freedom of association, equality rights, Indigenous title, and inter-jurisdictional immunity. This book includes the complete text of the Canadian Constitution, including e...

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The Law of Partnerships and Corporations, 4/E - Paperback

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by J. Anthony Vanduzer (Author)This accessible and practical reference provides an overview of the essential features of the law governing business organizations in Canada, both in theory and practice. It is a comprehensive and up-to-date guide for practitioners and business people setting up and using sole proprietorships, partnerships and corporations to carry on small businesses as well as a thorough introduction to the law and policy of public company governance. The fourth edition has b...

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Fundamental Justice 2/E: Section 7 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms - Paperback

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by Hamish Stewart (Author)Section 7 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms provides that " e]veryone has the right to life, liberty and security of the person and the right not to be deprived thereof except in accordance with the principles of fundamental justice." This book analyzes all aspects of section 7. It outlines the place of section 7 in the constitutional order; how courts decide whether a particular legal principle is so fundamental that it merits recognition under section ...

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Employment and Labour Law Toolbox, 2/E: What Ontario Employers Need to Know - Paperback

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by Paul Wearing (Author)Entrepreneurs, business owners, and risk takers need to know the facts of workplace regulation in Ontario and how the laws are interpreted and applied by courts, arbitrators, the Ministry of Labour, the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario, and the Ontario Labour Relations Board. The author is a lawyer with over thirty years' experience in advising employers on employment and labour law. In this book, he gives employers the practical, straightforward information they need ...

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Bioethics: Legal and Clinical Case Studies - Paperback

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by Joseph P. DeMarco (Author), Gary E. Jones (Author)Bioethics: Legal and Clinical Case Studies is a case-based introduction to ethical issues in health care. Through seventy-eight compelling scenarios, the authors demonstrate the practical importance of ethics, showing how the concerns at issue bear on the lives of patients, health-care providers, and others. Many central topics are covered, including informed consent, medical futility, reproductive ethics, privacy, cultural competence, and ...

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by Bridget Moran (Author)"Judgement at Stoney Creek" has been released in a new edition of an aboriginal studies classic: an engrossing look at the investigation into the hit-and-run death of Coreen Thomas, a young Native woman in her ninth month of pregnancy, at the wheels of a car driven by a young white man in central BC. The resulting inquest into what might have been just another small-town tragedy turned into an inquiry of racial tensions, both implicit and explicit, that surfaced not o...

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Pagans in the Promised Land: Decoding the Doctrine of Christian Discovery - Paperback

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by Steven Newcomb (Author)Pagans in the Promised Land provides a unique, well-researched challenge to U.S. federal Indian law and policy. It attacks the presumption that American Indian nations are legitimately subject to the plenary power of the United States.Author BiographySteven T. Newcomb (Shawnee/Lenape) is the indigenous law research coordinator at the Sycuan education department of the Sycuan Band of the Kumeyaay Nation in San Diego County, California. He is cofounder and codirector o...

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The Ocean Ranger: Remaking the Promise of Oil - Paperback

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by Susan Dodd (Author)Reflecting on Canada's worst sea disaster since World War II, this chronicle captures the 1982 sinking of the oil rig Ocean Ranger, which took the entire crew of 84 men--including the author's brother--down with it. The memory of this tragic event gradually faded into a sad story about a terrible storm, relegated to the "Extreme Weather" section of the news archives. Resurrecting this disaster from the realm of history, this study maps the sociopolitical processes of its...

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Racialized Policing: Aboriginal People's Encounters with the Police - Paperback

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by Elizabeth Comack (Author)Policing is a controversial subject, generating considerable debate. One issue of concern has been "racial profiling" by police, that is, the alleged practice of targeting individuals and groups on the basis of "race." Racialized Policing argues that the debate has been limited by its individualized frame. As well, the concen- tration on police relations with people of colour means that Aboriginal people's encounters with police receive far less scrutiny. Going bey...

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Unsettled Expectations: Uncertainty, Land and Settler Decolonization - Paperback

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by Eva Mackey (Author)What do local conflicts about land rights tell us about Indigenous-settler relations and the challenges and possibilities of decolonization? In Unsettled Expectations, Eva Mackey draws on ethnographic case studies about land rights conflicts in Canada and the U.S. to argue that critical analysis of present-day disputes over land, belonging and sovereignty will help us understand how colonization is reproduced today and how to challenge it. Employing theoretical approache...

Redesigning the World Trade Organization for the Twenty-First Century - Paperback

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by Debra P. Steger (Editor) Two high-level commissions--the Sutherland report in 2004, and the Warwick Commission report in 2007--addressed the future of the World Trade Organization and made proposals for incremental reform. This book goes further; it explains why institutional reform of the WTO is needed at this critical juncture in world history and provides innovative, practical proposals for modernizing the WTO to enable it to respond to the challenges of the twenty-first century. Contri...

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by James Madison (Author), George Mason (Author)Preserve the rights of all Americans with this elegant hardback gift edition of the Bill of Rights, made in the USA.Collectively known as the United States Bill of Rights, these first ten amendments to the United States Constitution limit the powers of the federal government and protect the rights of all citizens, residents and visitors on United States territory. Introduced in 1789 in the First United States Congress by James Madison, these ame...

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by Founding Fathers (Created by)This pocket-sized hardcover edition contains the preamble, conclusion, and all thirteen articles that make up the Articles of Confederation. The original document--one of the United States' first governing documents--was passed by the Continental Congress in 1777, and later ratified by the states in 1781. Though the Articles of Confederation was not successful in creating a strong federal government, it did establish a set of rules for politics and governance t...

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Death at Midnight: The Confession of an Executioner - Paperback

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by Donald A. Cabana (Author)While an increasingly outspoken American public is quick to endorse the death penalty, the voices of those who experience the chilling reality of executing another human being are seldom heard. Donald A. Cabana chronicles a personal journey through the nation's prison system that culminated in giving the order to execute two death row inmates. Cabana's compelling account brings the reader inside the "secretive, mysterious world of the execution chamber" to witness ...

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Thurgood Marshall: His Speeches, Writings, Arguments, Opinions, and Reminiscences - Paperback

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by Mark V. Tushnet (Author)Much has been written about Thurgood Marshall, but this is the first book to collect his own words. Here are briefs he filed as a lawyer, oral arguments for the landmark school desegregation cases, investigative reports on race riots and racism in the Army, speeches and articles outlining the history of civil rights and criticizing the actions of more conservative jurists, Supreme Court opinions now widely cited in Constitutional law, a long and complete oral autobi...

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by Sarah Weddington (Author)A memoir filled with "valuable, passionate insights" from the lawyer who argued the landmark Roe v. Wade case to the Supreme Court (Kirkus Reviews). More than 40 years ago, the highest court in the land handed down a decision that would forever alter the lives of women throughout the United States. Roe v. Wade became the seminal lawsuit that gave American women the legal right to abortion. Weddington, just 27 years old in 1973, became a key figure in the reproducti...

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New York's Poop Scoop Law: Dogs, the Dirt, and Due Process - Hardcover

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by Michael Brandow (Author)It's hard to imagine eight million people trying to avoid dog refuse on the streets of New York City on a daily basis. Likewise, it's harder not to imagine New Yorkers from all walks of life picking up after their canines. Using plastic bags or trendy, mechanized devices, pet owners have become a unified force in cleaning up the sidewalks of the Big Apple. Not long ago, picking up after your Poodle, Puli, or Pekinese was not a basic civic duty. Initially, many polit...

Animal Cruelty and Freedom of Speech: When Worlds Collide - Paperback

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by Abigail Perdue (Author), Randall Lockwood (Author)A collaboration between an attorney and an animal protection advocate, this work utilizes the extremely controversial and high-profile "crush video" case, US v. Stevens, to explore how American society attempts to balance the protection of free speech and the prevention of animal cruelty. Starting from the detailed case study of a single prominent ruling, the authors provide a masterful survey of important issues facing society in the area ...

Law and History: The Evolution of the American Legal System - Paperback

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by Anthony Chase (Author)Offering an interpretation of the evolution of the law, the author draws upon a range of sources - including texts by Adam Smith, Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, lectures by Norman Mailer, and the critical legal studies theory of Morton Horwitz. Number of Pages: 219 Dimensions: 0.62 x 8.85 x 5.66 IN Publication Date: May 01, 1999

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Legal Lynching: The Death Penalty and America's Future - Hardcover

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by Jesse Jackson (Author), Bruce Shapiro (Author)With public opinion polls showing opposition to the death penalty at its highest level in twenty years, this timely book by two of America's most important civil rights leaders and the Nation's criminal justice reporter makes a passionate and persuasive case against capital punishment. Combining a powerful moral argument with recent, overwhelming evidence of systematic legal error and widespread racial bias in death penalty cases, Legal Lynchin...