Statistics show that black males are disproportionately getting in trouble and being suspended from America's schools. Based on three years of participant observation research at an elementary school, Bad Boys offers a richly textured account of daily interactions between teachers and students to understand this serious problem.

Making Endless War is built on the premise that any attempt to understand how the content and function of the laws of war changed in the second half of the twentieth century should consider two major armed conflicts, fought on opposite edges of Asia, and the legal pathways that link them together across time and space. The Vietnam and Arab-Israeli conflicts have been particularly significant in the shaping and attempted remaking of international law from 1945 right through to the present day. This carefully curated collection of essays by lawyers, historians, philosophers, sociologists, and...

Invites readers to consider today's timeless dilemmas of law and government, social justice, and human rights, through the perspective of the Hebrew Bible. By focusing on biblical narratives and literature, Daphne Barak-Erez is able to look beyond historic norms to concentrate on what Old Testament stories can reveal about the 'big' issues.

Invites readers to consider today's timeless dilemmas of law and government, social justice, and human rights, through the perspective of a text that has helped shape western society: the Hebrew Bible.