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Free Speech Theory: Understanding the Controversies
ISBN: 9781433155956 / Angielski / Twarda / 2020 / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych. |
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Euthanasia, Morality, and the Law
ISBN: 9780820456676 / Angielski / Miękka / 2002 / 161 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych. This book assesses the desirability of legalising euthanasia. From the ethical perspective, euthanasia raises many important issues including the right to life, the right to liberty, the avoidance of unnecessary pain, the appropriate allocation of medical resources, and the rights and duties of doctors. Other relevant considerations include the improving standard of palliative care and the -slippery slope- argument. The central arguments for and against euthanasia are evaluated against the background of the leading contemporary moral theories. This book seeks to cut through the rhetoric that...
This book assesses the desirability of legalising euthanasia. From the ethical perspective, euthanasia raises many important issues including the righ...
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160,14 |
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The Antiquated Right: An Argument for the Repeal of the Second Amendment
ISBN: 9780820456669 / Angielski / Miękka / 2002 / 146 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych. Over two hundred years ago, the United States enacted a constitutional amendment ensuring the ability of states to form militias. Although the militia has become obsolete, over 30,000 Americans die every year by gunfire. Both pro-gun and pro-control advocates put forth credible proposals for reducing gun violence, but all too often this public policy debate gets sidetracked by invocation of the Second Amendment right to bear arms, which improperly makes a constitutional issue out of a public policy matter. This book argues for the repeal of the Second Amendment because this amendment no...
Over two hundred years ago, the United States enacted a constitutional amendment ensuring the ability of states to form militias. Although the militia...
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146,85 |
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Leaders of the Pack: Polls & Case Studies of Great Supreme Court Justices
ISBN: 9780820463063 / Angielski / Miękka / 2003 / 287 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych. Greatness and leadership are two ideas that often intersect, especially in the imagery of leading the pack of more than one hundred Supreme Court justices. Despite differences in interpretation, there are points of agreement concerning the names of the most remarkable people who have been and are the leaders of the pack. This book clarifies constitutional law and the history of America s highest bench by exploring the personalities and times of sixteen justices, from John Marshall to Sandra Day O Connor and William H. Rehnquist."
Greatness and leadership are two ideas that often intersect, especially in the imagery of leading the pack of more than one hundred Supreme Court just...
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206,88 |
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Seeing the Bigger Picture; American and International Politics in Film and Popular Culture
ISBN: 9781433111327 / Angielski / Twarda / 2012 / 367 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych. Now in its second edition, Seeing the Bigger Picture examines the ways movies and popular culture can foster a deeper awareness of the political dilemmas and debates shaping our world.
Reviewing commercial films and documentaries, the text illustrates the myriad ways that film and popular culture shape our understanding of capitalism and democracy, war and terrorism, civil rights and social justice, campaigns and elections and the presidency. This updated edition includes new chapters on media, human rights and the environment. In the aftermath of the American invasion of Iraq,... Now in its second edition, Seeing the Bigger Picture examines the ways movies and popular culture can foster a deeper awareness of the politica...
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781,54 |
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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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117,23 |
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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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140,22 |
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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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393,07 |
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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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57,65 |
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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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107,60 |
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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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206,88 |
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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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146,85 |
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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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206,88 |
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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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117,23 |
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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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213,77 |
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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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166,78 |
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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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1595,00 |
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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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514,13 |
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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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152,99 |
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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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