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Milk Quotas: European Community and United Kingdom Law
ISBN: 9780198259404 / Angielski / Twarda / 264 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Since their introduction in 1984, milk quotas have become a prominent feature of the Common Agricultural Policy. This indispensable and up-to-date practitioner's manual explores the astonishing influence that milk quotas have had on both EC and UK legislation. The author examines exactly how these quotas have impacted on landlords, tenants, taxation and, consequently, on rural culture itself. While exploring milk quotas on a national level, the author consistently links critical localized issues to their far-ranging ramifications as milk quota legislation becomes an increasingly contested...
Since their introduction in 1984, milk quotas have become a prominent feature of the Common Agricultural Policy. This indispensable and up-to-date pra...
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339,01 zł |
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Legal Ethics and Legal Practice: Contemporary Issues
ISBN: 9780198259459 / Angielski / Twarda / 280 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Lawyers in common law systems today sense that they are subjects of unprecedented investigation, criticism and attack. Yet finding responses to public criticism is not easy. This is the first collection of essays on legal ethics which addresses the subject from a comparative perspective. It aims to reflect on some of the key issues, suggest possible arguments which might lead to solutions, and to provide readers, particularly those involved in practice, with strategies for devising more "ethical" practices.
Lawyers in common law systems today sense that they are subjects of unprecedented investigation, criticism and attack. Yet finding responses to public...
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918,96 zł |
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Policing the European Union 'Theory, Law, and Practice'
ISBN: 9780198259657 / Angielski / Twarda / 352 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. International co-operation in criminal law enforcement has become an important policy issue for Europe in the 1990s. This book examines all of the major empirical and theoretical issues associated with the emerging pattern of co-operation, including the harmonization of criminal law and criminal procedures, law enforcement strategies, police organization and discipline, and the politics of immigration and civil liberties.
International co-operation in criminal law enforcement has become an important policy issue for Europe in the 1990s. This book examines all of the maj...
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491,52 zł |
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Women in Control?: The Role of Women in Law Enforcement
ISBN: 9780198260431 / Angielski / Miękka / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. How far have women progressed in the "unfeminine" career of policing? How far do they want to go? How far will their male colleagues and the public let them? Women in Control? breaks new ground by discussing the role of women in relation to controlling crime and disorder. Women have struggled to gain influence in policing, progressing only slowly until the 1970s, when equal opportunities legislation brought integration and some measure of success. Based on a series of interviews with British and U.S. officers, this work examines their experiences in dealing with crime, vice, and everyday...
How far have women progressed in the "unfeminine" career of policing? How far do they want to go? How far will their male colleagues and the public le...
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230,37 zł |
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Action and Value in Criminal Law
ISBN: 9780198260790 / Angielski / Miękka / 328 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In this challenging collection of new essays, leading philosophers and criminal lawyers from the United States, the United Kingdom, and Canada break with the tradition of treating the philosophical foundations of criminal law as an adjunct to the study of punishment. Focusing clearly on the central issues of moral luck, mistake, and mental illness, this volume aims to reorient the study of criminal law. In the process of retrieving valuable material from traditional law classifications, the contributors break down false associations, reveal hidden truths, and establish new patterns of...
In this challenging collection of new essays, leading philosophers and criminal lawyers from the United States, the United Kingdom, and Canada break w...
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283,56 zł |
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Reconstructing a Women's Prison: The Holloway Redevelopment Project, 1968-88
ISBN: 9780198260950 / Angielski / Twarda / 384 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The rebuilding of Holloway Prison in Britain, announced in 1968, was intended to be of enormous significance for the treatment and therapeutic rehabilitation of female inmates. Reconstruction began in 1970, but the new prison was not completed until 1985. By this time, penal ideologies had changed, and the Prison Department had revised its conception of women's criminality. The new prison became a place of conventional discipline and containment, and the problems which ensued led to Holloway being identified as a public and political scandal. Using original documents and extensive interviews,...
The rebuilding of Holloway Prison in Britain, announced in 1968, was intended to be of enormous significance for the treatment and therapeutic rehabil...
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436,05 zł |
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Law, Society, and Economy: Centenary Essays for the London School of Economics and Political Science 1895-1995
ISBN: 9780198262282 / Angielski / Twarda / 400 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This volume of centenary essays explores a number of related themes that differentiate and characterize the approach of the London School of Economics--that law is one of the social sciences and should be studied in context as a social phenomenon. Fascinating and thought provoking, the volume is an accessible summary of current thought and debate presented by some of today's leading scholars and practitioners.
This volume of centenary essays explores a number of related themes that differentiate and characterize the approach of the London School of Economics...
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526,17 zł |
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Trends in Contemporary Trust Law
ISBN: 9780198262862 / Angielski / Twarda / 384 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This important collection of essays by a distinguished group of trust lawyers demonstrates that UK trust law continues to be an area of great vitality and practical significance.
This important collection of essays by a distinguished group of trust lawyers demonstrates that UK trust law continues to be an area of great vitality...
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861,20 zł |
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Private Security and Public Policing
ISBN: 9780198265696 / Angielski / Twarda / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In this first major empirical study of its kind, Jones and Newburn examine the growth of private policing as well as its relationship with, and implications for, the public police service. Beginning with a critique of the sociology of policing, the authors next provide a detailed analysis of the ideas of "private" and "public" as used here, and highlight the boundaries between different forms of policing. Competing theoretical explanations for the growth of private policing are then considered using a wide array of data extracted from the first-ever survey of the private security sector in...
In this first major empirical study of its kind, Jones and Newburn examine the growth of private policing as well as its relationship with, and implic...
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408,33 zł |
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Philosophical Foundations of Tort Law
ISBN: 9780198265795 / Angielski / Miękka / 528 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This exceptional collection of twenty-two essays on the philosophical fundamentals of tort law assembles many of the world's leading commentators on this particularly fascinating conjunction of law and philosophy. The contributions range broadly, from inquiries into how tort law derives from Aristotle, Aquinas, and Kant to the latest economic and rights-based theories of legal responsibility. This is truly a multi-national production, with contributions from several distinguished Oxford scholars of law and philosophy and many prominent scholars from the United States, Canada, and Israel. A...
This exceptional collection of twenty-two essays on the philosophical fundamentals of tort law assembles many of the world's leading commentators on t...
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389,84 zł |
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Policing World Society: Historical Foundations of International Police Cooperation
ISBN: 9780199259625 / Angielski / Twarda / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book offers a sociological analysis of the history of international police cooperation in the period from the middle of the 19th century until the end of World War II. It is a detailed exploration of international cooperation strategies involving police institutions from the United States and Germany as well as other European countries.
This book offers a sociological analysis of the history of international police cooperation in the period from the middle of the 19th century until th...
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408,33 zł |
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'The Public Interest' in Regulation
ISBN: 9780199269020 / Angielski / Twarda / 292 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The concept of "the public interest" is often used in legal and political discourse, lending an air of legitimacy and respectability to exercises of power. However the term is rarely defined in any meaningful sense. This book considers abstract concepts of public interest from the literature of law, political science, and economics. Using a series of case-studies from Britain and the USA, Feintuck explores how the concept is used in practice. Finally, Feintuck considers the legal forms in which the public interest might be manifested to offer legitimate and effective protection to vulnerable...
The concept of "the public interest" is often used in legal and political discourse, lending an air of legitimacy and respectability to exercises of p...
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722,57 zł |
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The Judicial Construction of Europe
ISBN: 9780199275526 / Angielski / Twarda / 294 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Alec Stone Sweet is one of the world's foremost social scientists and legal scholars. In this book, he examines the evolution of the European Union since 1959. After developing and testing a theory of integration, he then assesses the impact of the European Court of Justice on the politics of trade, sex equality, and environmental protection in the EU.
Alec Stone Sweet is one of the world's foremost social scientists and legal scholars. In this book, he examines the evolution of the European Union si...
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297,42 zł |
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The Judicial Construction of Europe
ISBN: 9780199275533 / Angielski / Miękka / 294 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The law and politics of European integration have been inseparable since the 1960s, when the European Court of Justice rendered a set of foundational decisions that gradually served to 'constitutionalize' the Treaty of Rome. In this book, Alec Stone Sweet, one of the world's foremost social scientists and legal scholars, blends deductive theory, quantitative analysis of aggregate data, and qualitative case studies to explain the dynamics of European integration and institutional change in the EU since 1959.
The law and politics of European integration have been inseparable since the 1960s, when the European Court of Justice rendered a set of foundational ...
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311,29 zł |
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Targeting Guns: Firearms and Their Control
ISBN: 9780202305691 / Angielski / Miękka / 468 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This new paperback comprehensively reviews the research evidence on the links between guns, violence, and gun control, and reports results of the author's own research as well. In Targeting Guns, Kleck follows the line of argument and careful statistical inference of his earlier prizewinning volume, Point Blank, while updating the literature reviews and statistical information, and adding two chapters. This new paperback comprehensively reviews the research evidence on the links between guns, violence, and gun control, and reports results of the ... |
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224,33 zł |
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Supreme Court Decision-Making: New Institutionalist Approaches
ISBN: 9780226109558 / Angielski / Miękka / 358 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. What influences decisions of the U.S. Supreme Court? For decades social scientists focused on the ideology of individual justices. "Supreme Court Decision Making" moves beyond this focus by exploring how justices are influenced by the distinctive features of courts as institutions and their place in the political system.
Drawing on interpretive-historical institutionalism as well as rational choice theory, a group of leading scholars consider such factors as the influence of jurisprudence, the unique characteristics of supreme courts, the dynamics of coalition building, and the effects... What influences decisions of the U.S. Supreme Court? For decades social scientists focused on the ideology of individual justices. "Supreme Court Deci...
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154,04 zł |
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Screwing the System and Making It Work: Juvenile Justice in the No-Fault Society
ISBN: 9780226389806 / Angielski / Twarda / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Who is responsible for juvenile delinquency? Mark D. Jacobs uses ethnographic, statistical, and literary methods to uncover the many levels of disorganization in American juvenile justice. By analyzing the continuities betwen normal casework and exceptional cases, he reveals that probation officers must commonly contrive informal measures to circumvent a system which routinely obstructs the delivery of services to their clients. Jacobs defines the concept of the "no-fault society" to describe the larger context of societal disorder and interpersonal manipulation that the juvenile justice...
Who is responsible for juvenile delinquency? Mark D. Jacobs uses ethnographic, statistical, and literary methods to uncover the many levels of disorga...
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410,76 zł |
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Violence and Mental Disorder: Developments in Risk Assessment
ISBN: 9780226534060 / Angielski / Miękka / 334 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In courts across the country, judges depend on mental health experts to determine whether mentally disordered people are dangerous. But experts' ability to predict violence is severely limited, and they are wrong as often as they are right. This study reviews two decades of research on mental disorder and offers new empirical and theoretical work that will pave the way for more accurate predictions of violent behavior.
"Essential for all those who are interested in the study of risk assessment of violence. It is particularly important for the researcher in this area. . . . For the... In courts across the country, judges depend on mental health experts to determine whether mentally disordered people are dangerous. But experts' abili...
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138,63 zł |
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Cop Knowledge: Police Power and Cultural Narrative in Twentieth-Century America
ISBN: 9780226901336 / Angielski / Miękka / 286 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Whether they appear in mystery novels or headline news stories, on prime-time TV or the silver screen, few figures have maintained such an extraordinary hold on the American cultural imagination as modern police officers. Why are we so fascinated with the police and their power? What relation do these pervasive media representations bear to the actual history of modern policing?
Christopher P. Wilson explores these questions by examining narratives of police power in crime news, popular fiction, and film, showing how they both reflect and influence the real strategies of law enforcement... Whether they appear in mystery novels or headline news stories, on prime-time TV or the silver screen, few figures have maintained such an extraordina...
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143,77 zł |
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Terrorism in Context
ISBN: 9780271010151 / Angielski / Miękka / 652 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. An interdisciplinary investigation of the phenomenon of terrorism in its political, social, and economic context as it has occurred throughout the world from the nineteenth century to the present. Acts of violence committed by terrorists have become a staple of news reports in modern times, from hijackings to bombings, kidnappings to assassinations. How are we to understand both the causes and the consequences of these disturbing events? The key, this volume of original essays shows, lies in linking terrorism to the different contexts--historical, political, social, and economic--in... An interdisciplinary investigation of the phenomenon of terrorism in its political, social, and economic context as it has occurred throughout the ... |
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170,68 zł |
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