Courtiers of the Marble Palace: The Rise and Influence of the Supreme Court Law Clerk
ISBN: 9780804753821 / Angielski / Miękka / 328 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Since the hiring of the first Supreme Court law clerk by Associate Justice Horace Gray in the late 1880s, court observers and the general public have demonstrated a consistent fascination with law clerks and the influence--real or imagined--that they wield over judicial decisions. While initially each Supreme Court justice hired a single clerk, today's justices can hire up to four new law school graduates. The justices have taken advantage of this resource, and in modern times law clerks have been given greater job duties and more responsibility. The increased use of law clerks has spawned a...
Since the hiring of the first Supreme Court law clerk by Associate Justice Horace Gray in the late 1880s, court observers and the general public have ...
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Emancipation: The Making of the Black Lawyer, 1844-1944
ISBN: 9780812216851 / Angielski / Miękka / 760 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Emancipation The Making of the Black Lawyer, 1844-1944 J. Clay Smith, Jr. Foreword by Justice Thurgood Marshall "A monumental achievement."--Southern University Law Review "Emancipation is the first truly comprehensive reference book covering the first one hundred years of African Americans in the legal profession. Other legal historians and biographers must take Smith's work as a starting point for gauging the impact Black lawyers and institutions have had upon the evolution of the American legal profession."--Black Issues in Higher Education "The sheer quantity of information...
Emancipation The Making of the Black Lawyer, 1844-1944 J. Clay Smith, Jr. Foreword by Justice Thurgood Marshall "A monumental achievement."--Southe...
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306,94 zł |
The Spirit of American Law
ISBN: 9780813367828 / Angielski / Miękka / 579 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Intended for the general public, the readings in this collection explore the roots of American law from pre-history to ancient Greece and Rome and the common law of England. America's legal development is traced from the drafting of the Constitution to the Rehnquist Court. Themes along the way include the Golden Age of the early nineteenth century, when American law took on its distinctive character, the impact of slavery and the Civil War, and the struggles of the Progressives to regulate the nation's industrialized economy between the post-Civil War era and the New Deal. A reading on the...
Intended for the general public, the readings in this collection explore the roots of American law from pre-history to ancient Greece and Rome and the...
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248,25 zł |
Stewards of Democracy: Law as Public Profession
ISBN: 9780813368320 / Angielski / Twarda / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Argues that judges, lawyers, and law schools should emphasize experience and character over reason or arcane learning, to create a more democratic legal profession in tune with the public interest.
Argues that judges, lawyers, and law schools should emphasize experience and character over reason or arcane learning, to create a more democratic leg...
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200,09 zł |
Why Lawyers Behave As They Do
ISBN: 9780813368979 / Angielski / Miękka / 143 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Over the past five years, the American Bar Association and legal educators themselves have been expanding the discussion of professional responsibility. Traditionalists state that lawyers must maximize the gain for their client regardless of whether that means turning a blind eye to behavior or facts which may serve justice but hinder the client's case.In Why Lawyers Behave as They Do, Paul Haskell explains the professional rules that govern how lawyers behave and which permitor requireconduct that laypersons may find unethical. In his criticism of the traditional role of lawyers,...
Over the past five years, the American Bar Association and legal educators themselves have been expanding the discussion of professional responsibilit...
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217,84 zł |
The Law Firm and the Public Good
ISBN: 9780815748632 / Angielski / Miękka / 213 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. What can law firms do to ensure justice for all? How can they serve the needs of those unable to pay? How can law firms improve the quality of life for their lawyers? At a time when government support for legal aid is limited and under fire, when recent U.S. presidents have urged increased volunteerism, when the American Bar Association's Law Firm Pro Bono Challenge is under way, and when some within the legal profession have called for mandatory pro bono work, this new book examines these important questions. "The Law Firm and the Public Good" blends academic scholarship with real... What can law firms do to ensure justice for all? How can they serve the needs of those unable to pay? How can law firms improve the quality of life... |
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106,63 zł |
Managing Legal Uncertainty: Elite Lawyers in the New Deal
ISBN: 9780822316626 / Angielski / Miękka / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. With the New Deal came a dramatic expansion of the American regulatory state. Threatening to undermine many of the traditional roles of the legal system and its actors by establishing a system of administrative law, the new emphasis on federal legislation as a form of social and economic planning ushered in an era of "legal uncertainty." In this study Ronen Shamir explores how elite corporate lawyers and the American Bar Association clashed with academic legal realists over the constitutionality of the New Deal's legislative program.
Applying the insights of Weber and Bourdieu to the... With the New Deal came a dramatic expansion of the American regulatory state. Threatening to undermine many of the traditional roles of the legal syst...
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127,96 zł |
How Lawyers Lose Their Way: A Profession Fails Its Creative Minds
ISBN: 9780822335634 / Angielski / Miękka / 152 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In this penetrating book, Jean Stefancic and Richard Delgado use historical investigation and critical analysis to diagnose the cause of the pervasive unhappiness among practicing lawyers. Most previous writers have blamed the high rate of burnout, depression, divorce, and drug and alcohol dependency among these highly paid professionals on the narrow specialization, long hours, and intense pressures of modern legal practice. Stefancic and Delgado argue that these professional demands are only symptoms of a deeper problem: the way lawyers are taught to think and reason. They show how legal...
In this penetrating book, Jean Stefancic and Richard Delgado use historical investigation and critical analysis to diagnose the cause of the pervasive...
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117,30 zł |
Judicial Retirement Laws of the 50 States and the District of Columbia
ISBN: 9780823219254 / Angielski / Twarda / 274 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Judicial Retirement Laws of the Fifty States and the District of Columbia, the first comprehensive work on the subject, brings together a complete survey of existing judicial retirement laws in all fifty-one jurisdictions. Using appropriate constitutional and statutory citations, Bernard S. Meyer identifies, in each jurisdiction, provisions for mandatory retirement on account of age, for retirment for disability (voluntary and involuntary), as well as for further judicial service after retirement. This work also suggests how these laws should be changed for the improvement, and the interest,...
Judicial Retirement Laws of the Fifty States and the District of Columbia, the first comprehensive work on the subject, brings together a complete sur...
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389,07 zł |
Judicial Retirement Laws of the 50 States and the District of Columbia
ISBN: 9780823219261 / Angielski / Miękka / 274 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Judicial Retirement Laws of the Fifty States and the District of Columbia, the first comprehensive work on the subject, brings together a complete survey of existing judicial retirement laws in all fifty-one jurisdictions. Using appropriate constitutional and statutory citations, Bernard S. Meyer identifies, in each jurisdiction, provisions for mandatory retirement on account of age, for retirment for disability (voluntary and involuntary), as well as for further judicial service after retirement. This work also suggests how these laws should be changed for the improvement, and the interest,...
Judicial Retirement Laws of the Fifty States and the District of Columbia, the first comprehensive work on the subject, brings together a complete sur...
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138,63 zł |
The American Lawyer: A Summary of the Survey of the Legal Profession
ISBN: 9780837164380 / Angielski / Twarda / 360 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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562,11 zł |
Basic Skills for the New Arbitrator, Second Edition
ISBN: 9780967097329 / Angielski / Miękka / 118 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Basic Skills for the New Arbitrator provides a detailed overview of arbitration, from the prehearing phase through the hearing and deliberation of the award. It guides the new arbitrator through the arbitration process by answering the one hundred questions most frequently asked by new arbitrators. BASIC SKILLS FOR THE NEW ARBITRATOR has been used successfully for self-instruction and as a training manual. It is not just for new arbitrators Experienced arbitrators and attorneys who represent clients in arbitration will find this manual extremely useful. The discussion of evidentiary... Basic Skills for the New Arbitrator provides a detailed overview of arbitration, from the prehearing phase through the hearing and deliberation of ... |
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Peak Performance In The Legal Profession
ISBN: 9781411629950 / Angielski / Miękka / 52 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book is designed to help young lawyers make the transition from student to legal professional. The book outlines a strategic plan for peak performance in the legal profession. Helpful insight is provided from lawyers, judges, doctors, professors, peak performance coaches and world leaders on how to be an effective, productive and peak performing lawyer. In particular, this book will help the novice lawyer master the art of time management. The principles discussed can be applied to nearly every area of practice to get results and consistently perform at a higher level.
This book is designed to help young lawyers make the transition from student to legal professional. The book outlines a strategic plan for peak perfor...
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88,13 zł |
Business of Practicing Law
ISBN: 9781566394079 / Angielski / Miękka / 221 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. When Jacoby and Myers made it big with their low-budget legal services and prolific advertising, the business of practicing law was forever changed. Offering a portrait of the dilemmas and work lives of solo and small-firm attorneys, this book provides insight into that continually expanding boundary between professionalism and commercialism.
When Jacoby and Myers made it big with their low-budget legal services and prolific advertising, the business of practicing law was forever changed. O...
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162,15 zł |
Organizing Corporate Legal Services: Theory vs. Practice
ISBN: 9781581122305 / Angielski / Miękka / 228 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The principal question addressed is the extent to which American organizations source legal services they require in a manner consistent with transaction cost economics and agency theory. Transaction cost economics (TCE) is an interdisciplinary undertaking which joins economics with aspects of organizational theory and contract law. TCE views frequency, uncertainty and asset specificity (the extent to which assets have little utility or value except in the context of a particular transaction or relationship) as key variables in determining how a transaction will be structured. Agency theory...
The principal question addressed is the extent to which American organizations source legal services they require in a manner consistent with transact...
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144,23 zł |
The American Lawyer: As He Was-As He Is-As He Can Be
ISBN: 9781587980022 / Angielski / Miękka / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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173,81 zł |
Lawyers in Society: The Common Law World
ISBN: 9781587982644 / Angielski / Miękka / 420 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Essays describing the legal profession in the common law world.
Essays describing the legal profession in the common law world.
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173,81 zł |
Lawyers in Society: The Civil Law World
ISBN: 9781587982651 / Angielski / Miękka / 480 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Essays describing the legal profession in the civil law world.
Essays describing the legal profession in the civil law world.
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173,81 zł |
Lawyers in Society: Comparative Theories
ISBN: 9781587982668 / Angielski / Miękka / 576 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Contains comparative and theoretical essays on the legal profession around the world.
Contains comparative and theoretical essays on the legal profession around the world.
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173,81 zł |
Lawyers and Vampires: Cultural Histories of Legal Professions
ISBN: 9781841135199 / Angielski / Miękka / 410 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. First published in hardback in April 2003, this is the first book that directly addresses the cultural history of the legal profession. An international team of scholars canvasses wide-ranging issues concerning the culture of the legal profession and the wider cultural significance of lawyers, including consideration of their relation to cultural processes of state formation and colonization. The essays describe and analyze significant aspects of the cultural history of the legal profession in England, Canada, Australia, France, Germany, Italy, Sweden, Switzerland, Norway and Finland. The...
First published in hardback in April 2003, this is the first book that directly addresses the cultural history of the legal profession. An internation...
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278,65 zł |