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Life's Dominion: An Argument About Abortion, Euthanasia, and Individual Freedom (Vintage)

Life's Dominion: An Argument About Abortion, Euthanasia, and Individual Freedom (Vintage)

by Ronald Dworkin

One of the country's most distinguished scholars presents a brilliantly original approach to the twin dilemmas of abortion and euthanasia, showing why they arouse such volcanic controversy and how we as a society can reconcile our values of life and individual liberty.

Pure Theory of Law

by Hans Kelsen

Kelsen, Hans. Pure Theory of Law. Translation from the Second German Edition by Max Knight. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1967. x, 356pp. Reprinted 2002 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN 1-58477-206-9. Cloth. $95. The second revised and enlarged edition, being a completely revised version of the first edition which was published in 1934. Kelsen <1881-1973>, was the author of more than forty... (more)

Taking Rights Seriously

by Ronald Dworkin

What is law? What is it for? How should judges decide novel cases when the statutes and earlier decisions provide no clear answer? Do judges make up new law in such cases, or is there some higher law in which they discover the correct answer? Must everyone always obey the law? If not, when is a citizen morally free to disobey? A renowned philosopher enters the debate surrounding these questions. Clearly and... (more)

ABOVE THE LAW: Secret Deals, Political Fixes, and Other Misadventures of the U.S. Department of JusticeDavid Burnham

ABOVE THE LAW: Secret Deals, Political Fixes, and Other Misadventures of the U.S. Department of Justice

by David Burnham

Cites how high-ranking officials in the U.S. Justice Department manipulate the department's actions and abuse their powers for personal gain, revealing questionable activities and outlining well-known scandals. 30,000 first printing. Tour.

The Nature of the Judicial Process

by Benjamin N. Cardozo

In this legal classic, a former Associate Supreme Court Justice explains the conscious and unconscious processes by which a judge decides a case. In simple, understandable language, he discusses the ways rulings are guided and shaped by information, precedent and custom, and standards of justice and morals.

Introduction to Feminist Legal Theory (Introduction to Law Series)

Introduction to Feminist Legal Theory (Introduction to Law Series)

by Martha Chamallas

Written by leading scholars, each title in the "Introduction to Law" series contains comprehensive treatment in black-letter style. Featuring footnotes citing to case law, statutory and other authorities, these volumes are ideal for in-depth research on particular issues and points of law.

What Next in the Law

by Alfred Thompson Denning Denning

This book opens with the stories of great reformers of the past - Henry Bracton, Sir Edward Coke, Sir William Blackstone, William Murray and Lord Brougham. Subsequent sections of the book deal with details of proposals for reform in various areas of the law - trial by jury, legal aid, personal injuries, libel, privacy and confidence. As in his other enormously successful books, Lord Denning draws from a wide range... (more)

Jurisprudence: Themes and Concepts

by Scott Veitch

Innovative in its approach to the study of jurisprudence, this book draws together a range of specialists, making original contributions, and provides a summary, analysis and critique of the basic themes in, and major contributions to, the study of jurisprudence. Taking an interdisciplinary angle, it explores the links between jurisprudence and contemporary issues in political and social theory, such as the... (more)

The Gender of Constitutional Jurisprudence

The Gender of Constitutional Jurisprudence

To explain how constitutions shape and are shaped by women's lives, the contributors to this volume examine constitutional cases pertaining to women in twelve countries. Analyzing jurisprudence about reproductive, sexual, familial, socio-economic, and democratic rights, they focus constructively on women's claims to equality, asking who makes these claims, what constitutional rights inform them, how they have... (more)

A Nation under Lawyers

by Mary Ann Glendon

Offering a guided tour through the maze of the late-twentieth-century legal world, in which even lawyers themselves can lose their bearings, Glendon depicts the legal profession as a system in turbulence, where a variety of beliefs and ideals are vying for dominance. "Glendon's analysis has historical depth and ideologial subtlety."--Publishers Weekly. 8 illustrations.

Courts on Trial

by Jerome Frank

A book which laymen should read for insight into the operations of the courts of this country... Judge Frank does away with the mystery and the magic. a brilliant demonstration of the use of all the social sciences in analyzing a legal problem.

The Law's Conscience: Equitable Constitutionalism in America (Thornton H. Brooks Series in American Law and Society)

The Law's Conscience: Equitable Constitutionalism in America (Thornton H. Brooks Series in American Law and Society)

by Peter Charles Hoffer

'The Law's Conscience' is a history of equity in Anglo-American jurisprudence from the inception of the chancellor's court in medieval England to the most recent civil rights and affirmative action decisions of the United States Supreme Court.

Visible Women: NEW ESSAYS ON AMERICAN ACTIVISM (Women in American History)

Visible Women: NEW ESSAYS ON AMERICAN ACTIVISM (Women in American History)

The Return of George Sutherland

by Hadley Arkes

In this book, Hadley Arkes seeks to restore, for a new generation, the jurisprudence of the late Justice of the Supreme Court George Sutherland--a jurisprudence anchored in the understanding of natural rights. The doctrine of natural rights has become controversial in our own time, while Sutherland has been widely maligned and screened from our historical memory. He is remembered today as one of the "four... (more)

Take the Bar and Beat Me: An Irreverent Look at Law School and Career Choices for Prelaws, Law Students, Advanced Paralegals -And the People Who OnceRaymond L. Woodcock

Take the Bar and Beat Me: An Irreverent Look at Law School and Career Choices for Prelaws, Law Students, Advanced Paralegals -And the People Who Once

by Raymond L. Woodcock

Feminist Jurisprudence

Providing balanced coverage of abortion, sexual harassment, censorship and pornography, and other timely and controversial subjects, this pathbreaking anthology is the first to offer a comprehensive introduction to feminist legal philosophy. An important resource for courses in women's studies, philosophy, law, sociology, and political science, it provides many stimulating insights into essential topics in... (more)

Justice in Robes

by Ronald Dworkin

How should a judge’s moral convictions bear on his judgments about what the law is? Lawyers, sociologists, philosophers, politicians, and judges all have answers to that question: these range from “nothing” to “everything.” In his new book Ronald Dworkin argues that the question is much more complex than it has often been taken to be and charts a variety of dimensions—semantic, jurisprudential, and doctrinal—in... (more)

The Four Imans Their Lives, Works and Their Schools of ThoughtMuhammad Abu Zahra

The Four Imans Their Lives, Works and Their Schools of Thought

by Muhammad Abu Zahra

Imam Al-Shatibi's Theory of the Higher Objectives and Intents of Islamic Law

Imam Al-Shatibi's Theory of the Higher Objectives and Intents of Islamic Law

by Ah?mad Raysu?ni?

With the end of the early Islamic period, Muslim scholars came to sense that a rift had begun to emerge between the teachings and principles of Islam and Muslims daily reality and practices. The most important means by which scholars sought to restore the intimate contact between Muslims and the Quran was to study the objectives of Islam, the causes behind Islamic legal rulings and the intentions and goals... (more)

Selected writings of Benjamin Nathan Cardozo: The choice of Tycho Brahe, including also the complete texts of Nature of the judicial process, Growth of ... of legal science, Law and literatureBenjamin Cardozo

Selected writings of Benjamin Nathan Cardozo: The choice of Tycho Brahe, including also the complete texts of Nature of the judicial process, Growth of ... of legal science, Law and literature

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Life's Dominion: An Argument About Abortion, Euthanasia, and Individual Freedom (Vintage)

by Ronald Dworkin

Pure Theory of Law

by Hans Kelsen

Taking Rights Seriously

by Ronald Dworkin

ABOVE THE LAW: Secret Deals, Political Fixes, and Other Misadventures of the U.S. Department of Justice

by David Burnham

The Nature of the Judicial Process

by Benjamin N. Cardozo

Introduction to Feminist Legal Theory (Introduction to Law Series)

by Martha Chamallas

What Next in the Law

by Alfred Thompson Denning Denning

Jurisprudence: Themes and Concepts

by Scott Veitch

The Gender of Constitutional Jurisprudence

A Nation under Lawyers

by Mary Ann Glendon

Courts on Trial

by Jerome Frank

The Law's Conscience: Equitable Constitutionalism in America (Thornton H. Brooks Series in American Law and Society)

by Peter Charles Hoffer

Visible Women: NEW ESSAYS ON AMERICAN ACTIVISM (Women in American History)

The Return of George Sutherland

by Hadley Arkes

Take the Bar and Beat Me: An Irreverent Look at Law School and Career Choices for Prelaws, Law Students, Advanced Paralegals -And the People Who Once

by Raymond L. Woodcock

Feminist Jurisprudence

Justice in Robes

by Ronald Dworkin

The Four Imans Their Lives, Works and Their Schools of Thought

by Muhammad Abu Zahra

Imam Al-Shatibi's Theory of the Higher Objectives and Intents of Islamic Law

by Ah?mad Raysu?ni?

Selected writings of Benjamin Nathan Cardozo: The choice of Tycho Brahe, including also the complete texts of Nature of the judicial process, Growth of ... of legal science, Law and literature

by Benjamin Cardozo