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Comparative Constitutional Traditions:
ISBN: 9780820458007 / Angielski / Miękka / 2002 / 235 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych. |
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The Constitution and the Nation: A Revolution in Rights, 1937-2002
ISBN: 9780820457338 / Angielski / Miękka / 2003 / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych. In 1937 the Supreme Court revolutionized American constitutionalism, sharply restricting the states powers and expanding those of the national government. In following years the civil rights movement caused further change, challenging American life with its demands for equal rights under the Constitution and protection by the federal government. The Vietnam War expanded and then contracted presidential power. In 2001, attacks organized by followers of Osama bin Laden on American cities revived presidential power, leading to new challenges to America s constitutional heritage. This volume...
In 1937 the Supreme Court revolutionized American constitutionalism, sharply restricting the states powers and expanding those of the national governm...
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The Encyclopedia of Civil Liberties in America
ISBN: 9780765680631 / Angielski / Miękka / 2004 / 40 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Examines the history and hotly contested debates surrounding the concept and practice of civil liberties and provides detailed history of court cases, events, Constitutional amendments and rights, personalities, and themes that have had an impact on freedoms in America. The Encyclopedia examines the limiting of personal freedom for the common good
Examines the history and hotly contested debates surrounding the concept and practice of civil liberties and provides detailed history of court cases,...
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Nowhere to Hide: Defeat of the Sovereign Immunity Defense for Crimes of Genocide and the Trials of Slobodan Milosevic and Saddam Hussei
ISBN: 9780820478364 / Angielski / Twarda / 2005 / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych. This work tracks two dynamics: the evolution of genocide into an international crime and the erosion of sovereign immunity as a defense to prosecution. Both dynamics meet in the trials of Slobodan Milosevic for the Bosnian genocide at Srebrenica and Saddam Hussein for the Kurdish and Marsh Arab genocides. While one despot meets his fate before an international tribunal, the other will face justice before a domestic court of his own countrymen. Neither can hide behind the shield of sovereignty dictators now have nowhere to hide."
This work tracks two dynamics: the evolution of genocide into an international crime and the erosion of sovereign immunity as a defense to prosecution...
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392,15 |
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An Epicure in the Terrible: A Centennial Anthology of Essays in Honor of H. P. Lovecraft
ISBN: 9780984638611 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 382 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. When An Epicure in the Terrible first appeared in 1991, commemorating the centennial of H. P. Lovecraft's birth, it was hailed as a significant contribution to Lovecraft studies. Its thirteen original essays, along with a lengthy biocritical introduction by S. T. Joshi, contained penetrating work by leading authorities in the field. Among them were Kenneth W. Faig, Jr.'s pioneering study of Lovecraft's parents; Jason C. Eckhardt's analysis of Lovecraft's heritage as a New England Yankee; and Donald R. Burleson's treatment of the key theme of "touching the glass," epitomized by "The Outsider."...
When An Epicure in the Terrible first appeared in 1991, commemorating the centennial of H. P. Lovecraft's birth, it was hailed as a significant contri...
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It's Show Time!: Media, Politics, and Popular Culture
ISBN: 9780820441351 / Angielski / Miękka / 2000 / 277 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych. It s Show Time Media, Politics, and Popular Culture is an exciting collection of original essays introducing undergraduate students and interested readers to the important role that the media and popular culture have in shaping their lives and views on politics. Written by both political scientists and journalists, this book looks at the diverse ways television, movies, the internet, and even soap operas mold public opinion and define how we view political reality. However, as these essays will reveal, this socialization is not all benign. Instead, this book reveals a corporate media...
It s Show Time Media, Politics, and Popular Culture is an exciting collection of original essays introducing undergraduate students and intere...
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Injustice for All: Mapp vs. Ohio and the Fourth Amendment
ISBN: 9780820472676 / Angielski / Miękka / 2005 / 200 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych. With its original documents and extensive interviews, Injustice for All is an authentic voice for civil liberties and change and the consequences that result. The book details the historical, legal, and political significance of the famous search-and-seizure case Mapp v. Ohio. From the underworld of gambling in 1960s Cleveland to the chambers of the Warren Court justices, the obscenity case becomes the vehicle for implementing the exclusionary rule. Dollree Mapp, the police who searched her, and all the major participants are followed throughout the investigation. The private...
With its original documents and extensive interviews, Injustice for All is an authentic voice for civil liberties and change and the consequenc...
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The Constitution and the Nation: The Civil War and American Constitutionalism, 1830-1890
ISBN: 9780820457314 / Angielski / Miękka / 2003 / 269 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych. The Civil War shook America to the core of its constitutional foundations. Before the war, the Constitution protected slavery and kept power decentralized. During the Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln gathered enormous national power to combat what he called the -anarchy- of secession. After the war, the nation struggled to understand what had happened. Historians Christopher Waldrep and Lynne Curry have assembled a collection of constitutional documents to explore the meaning of the Civil War, the influence of constitutionalism on presidential war powers, and the U.S. Supreme Court s...
The Civil War shook America to the core of its constitutional foundations. Before the war, the Constitution protected slavery and kept power decentral...
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The Opinions of Justice Antonin Scalia: The Caustic Conservative
ISBN: 9780820452739 / Angielski / Miękka / 2004 / 243 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych. Judicial opinions written by justices of the United States Supreme Court are readily available, yet few Americans will ever examine the full substance of a Court opinion. Students, particularly undergraduate students with no real expertise (or interest) in the law, can find reading opinions an overwhelming and laborious process.
The opinions of Justice Scalia are a different matter. Scalia is often sarcastic, smug, and self-assured. He does not hesitate to take his colleagues to task when he feels they are wrong and does not mind stooping to ridicule and personal attack when it serves his... Judicial opinions written by justices of the United States Supreme Court are readily available, yet few Americans will ever examine the full substance...
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«The Supremes»: An Introduction to the U.S. Supreme Court Justices
ISBN: 9780820495484 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 165 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych. This second edition of -The Supremes- introduces readers to the Supreme Court s newest members, Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Samuel Alito, with vivid biographical sketches and riveting accounts of how they successfully navigated the politics inherent in judicial appointments. Compelling portraits of all nine justices are completely updated, with clear explanations of their votes and opinions in landmark cases involving free speech, religion, capital punishment, gun control, affirmative action, privacy, abortion, and terrorism. Never has the Supreme Court s story been so...
This second edition of -The Supremes- introduces readers to the Supreme Court s newest members, Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Samuel A...
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Wretched Sisters: Examining Gender and Capital Punishmend
ISBN: 9781433122347 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 307 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych. Since the reinstatement of the death penalty in 1976, fourteen women have been put to death in the United States. The criminal justice system defines crimes committed by women in a particularly gendered context. Wretched Sisters is unique in its analysis of the legal and cultural circumstances that determine why a small number of women are sentenced to death and provides a detailed account of how these fourteen women came to be subjected to the ultimate punishment.
Since the reinstatement of the death penalty in 1976, fourteen women have been put to death in the United States. The criminal justice system defines ...
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Nowhere to Hide: Defeat of the Sovereign Immunity Defense for Crimes of Genocide and the Trials of Slobodan Milosevic and Saddam Hussei
ISBN: 9780820478357 / Angielski / Miękka / 2005 / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych. This work tracks two dynamics: the evolution of genocide into an international crime and the erosion of sovereign immunity as a defense to prosecution. Both dynamics meet in the trials of Slobodan Milosevic for the Bosnian genocide at Srebrenica and Saddam Hussein for the Kurdish and Marsh Arab genocides. While one despot meets his fate before an international tribunal, the other will face justice before a domestic court of his own countrymen. Neither can hide behind the shield of sovereignty dictators now have nowhere to hide."
This work tracks two dynamics: the evolution of genocide into an international crime and the erosion of sovereign immunity as a defense to prosecution...
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One Tale from the Countryside
ISBN: 9798891275386 / Angielski / Miękka / 2024 / 124 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
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Sexual Harassment in the United States: Analyzing the Hostile Environment
ISBN: 9781433156052 / Angielski / Twarda / 2020 / 156 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych. |
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Evolving Standards of Decency: Popular Culture and Capital Punishment
ISBN: 9780820467115 / Angielski / Miękka / 2004 / 178 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych. The Supreme Court has looked to -evolving standards of decency- in determining whether the death penalty violates the Eighth Amendment to the Constitution, which prohibits cruel and unusual punishment. Evolving Standards of Decency examines the ways in which popular culture portrays the death penalty. By analyzing literature and film, Atwell argues that capital punishment becomes much more complex when both offenders and victims are presented as fully developed individuals.
Numerous books and films from the last several decades expose flaws in the criminal justice system and... The Supreme Court has looked to -evolving standards of decency- in determining whether the death penalty violates the Eighth Amendment to the Constitu...
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Judging in Black and White: Decision Making in the South African Appellate Division, 1950-1990
ISBN: 9780820461595 / Angielski / Miękka / 2003 / 170 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych. Despite the increasing recognition of judges as political actors, few studies have empirically explored the role and function of courts in repressive regimes. Based on individual case studies as well as empirical analyses of all the reported decisions of the highest appellate court in South Africa, Judging in Black and White: Decision Making in the South African Appellate Division, 1950-1990 creates a portrait of the individuals who staffed the bench during the rise and fall of apartheid. This book explores the dilemma of judging in a system that juxtaposes the formal law and the...
Despite the increasing recognition of judges as political actors, few studies have empirically explored the role and function of courts in repressive ...
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Institutions & Public Law: Comparative Approaches
ISBN: 9780820474779 / Angielski / Miękka / 2005 / 324 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych. Institutions & Public Law: Comparative Approaches is a set of essays on the politics of law and courts by leading public law scholars in the United States, Europe, and Latin America. The essays share the view that understanding courts requires attention to the political dynamics that shape judicial design and authority, as well as the position of courts within the broader political system. This volume is essential reading for undergraduate and graduate courses in judicial politics.
Institutions & Public Law: Comparative Approaches is a set of essays on the politics of law and courts by leading public law scholars in the Un...
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Administrative Ethics in the Twenty-First Century
ISBN: 9780820461205 / Angielski / Miękka / 2008 / 285 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych. After years of languishing in the long shadow of -values-, its 1960s-era substitute, public discussion and debate about virtues, vices, character, and ethics are occupying center stage once again. This book joins that debate in a way that is both practical and useful to undergraduate and graduate students who are being introduced to the full breadth of public administration in introductory courses, or specialized ones in administrative ethics. Intended as a supplement to major ethics texts, this book will help readers develop a thorough understanding of the principles of ethics so they will...
After years of languishing in the long shadow of -values-, its 1960s-era substitute, public discussion and debate about virtues, vices, character, and...
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Law, Media, and Culture: The Landscape of Hate
ISBN: 9780820449814 / Angielski / Miękka / 2002 / 227 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych. We are living in an era in which hate has become a national value. Hatred against the other is now an endemic and unforgiving aspect of our culture. Law, Media, and Culture examines how the law defines and reacts to hate, how the media reinforces it, and how hate is manifested in popular culture. This book also takes a fresh look at how the Internet has become a major tool to communicate hate, and how the development of attitudes toward hate are shaped by gender.
We are living in an era in which hate has become a national value. Hatred against the other is now an endemic and unforgiving aspect of our culture. <...
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Presidential Swing States, Second Edition
ISBN: 9781498565882 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 514 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. In this new and updated volume, the contributors examine the phenomena of presidential swing states in the 2016 presidential election. They explore the reasons why some states and, now counties are the focus of candidate attention, are capable of voting for either of the major candidates, and are decisive in determining who wins the presidency.
In this new and updated volume, the contributors examine the phenomena of presidential swing states in the 2016 presidential election. They explore th...
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