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Peacemaking and Peacekeeping for the New Century
Olara A. Otunnu and Michael W. Doyle
1998

The UN's record in peace operations is long, various, distinguished by both accomplishments and failures, and most importantly, innovative. Unfulfilled expectations and escalating violence in Somalia, Rwanda, and Bosnia forced retrenchment upon UN... (read more)
A Stream of Windows: Unsettling Reflections on Trade, Immigration, and Democracy
Jagdish Bhagwati
1998

Jagdish Bhagwati firmly believes that those who work at the frontiers of economics should also get down into the trenches of public policy in the only way they can: through advocacy. His frequent... (read more)
The Uruguay Round and Beyond: Essays in Honor of Arthur Dunkel
Jagdish Bhagwati and Mathias Hirsch
1998

Greatly admired by the world community of policymakers and scholars of international trade, Arthur Dunkel is credited with having saved the Uruguay Round from failure. This volume--whose authors include the most distinguished trade... (read more)
State Trading in the Twenty-First Century: The World Trade Forum, Vol. 1
Thomas Cottier and Petros C. Mavroidis
1998

The University of Michigan Press is pleased to announce the first volume in an annual series, The World Trade Forum. The Forum's members include scholars, lawyers, and government and business practitioners working in... (read more)
Basic Concepts of Criminal Law
George P. Fletcher
1998

In the United States today criminal justice can vary from state to state, as various states alter the Modern Penal Code to suit their own local preferences and concerns. In Eastern Europe, the... (read more)
Capitalism with a Comrade's Face
Roman Frydman, Kenneth Murphy, and Andrzej Rapaczynski
1998

Are nations that are journeying away from communism succeeding in becoming free-market democracies? In what ways do decades of totalitarian rule continue to distort the institutional shape of these societies? Which of communism's... (read more)
Brownfields Law and Practice: The Cleanup and Redevelopment of Contaminated Land
Michael B. Gerrard
1998

The complete guide for developers, investors, lenders, property owners, and others who want to seize the opportunity of profitable investment, voluntary cleanup or redevelopment of contaminated land and for their attorneys. It is... (read more)
Strangers to the Law: Gay People on Trial
Suzanne B. Goldberg and Lisa Keen
1998

In 1992, the voters of Colorado passed a ballot initiative amending the state constitution to prevent the state or any local government from adopting any law or policy that protected a person with... (read more)
Foundations of the Economic Approach to Law
Avery W. Katz
1998

Including classic papers by six Nobel laureates, Foundations of the Economic Approach to Law is a comprehensive survey of essential articles on the application of economic methods and concepts in legal settings. Individual... (read more)
The Practice of Justice: A Theory of Lawyers' Ethics
William H. Simon
1998

Should a lawyer keep a client’s secrets even when disclosure would exculpate a person wrongly accused of a crime? To what extent should a lawyer exploit loopholes in ways that enable clients to... (read more)
Ways of War and Peace: Realism, Liberalism, and Socialism
Michael W. Doyle
1997

In the wake of the Cold War, as the international community struggles to accommodate change, the author of this study directs our attention to the classic theorists, Thucydides, Rousseau, Locke and others.

He... (read more)
New Thinking in International Relations Theory
Michael W. Doyle and G. John Ikenberry
1997

This book of ten original essays provides a showcase of currently diverse theoretical agendas in the field of international relations. Contributors address the theoretical analysis that their perspective brings to the issue of... (read more)
Keeping the Peace: Multidimensional UN Operations in Cambodia and El Salvador
Michael W. Doyle, Ian Johnstone, and Robert C. Orr
1997

Keeping the Peace explores the new multidimensional role that the United Nations has played in peacemaking, peacekeeping and peacebuilding over the past few years. By examining the paradigm-setting cases of Cambodia and El... (read more)
The Decline (and Fall?) of the Income Tax
Michael J. Graetz
1997

A Treasury official in the Bush Administration offers an insider's chronicle of the recent history of the tax system, shows how politicians have used it for their own ends, and evaluates the effects... (read more)
Law and Policy in Public Purchasing: The WTO Agreement on Public Procurement
Bernard M. Hoekman and Petros C. Mavroidis
1997

Governments everywhere procure goods and services as inputs into the production of public goods and services. Such purchases can account for a substantial share of total demand for goods and services. Governments' tendencies,... (read more)
Jumping the Queue: An Inquiry into the Legal Treatment of Students with Learning Disabilities
Mark G. Kelman and Gillian L. Lester
1997

This book weighs alternative conceptions of the equal opportunity principle through an empirical and ethical exploration of the Federal law that directs local school districts to award special educational opportunities to students who... (read more)
World of Possibilities: Flexibility and Mass Production in Western Industrialization
Charles F. Sabel and Jonathan Zeitlin
1997

This book presents a bold and original reinterpretation of Western industrialization from the eighteenth century to the present day in terms of the interplay between flexibility and mass production. Drawing on extensive new... (read more)
The Rule of Law and Economic Reform in Russia
Jeffrey D. Sachs and Katharina Pistor
1997

What impact has Russia's chosen path of reform had on the development of law after the collapse of the communist regime? This collection of essays examines how Russia's distinctive traditions of law –... (read more)
Fair Trade and Harmonization: Prerequisites for Fair Trade?
Jagdish Bhagwati and Robert E. Hudec
1996

Greatly admired by the world community of policymakers and scholars of international trade, Arthur Dunkel is credited with having saved the Uruguay Round from failure. This volume--whose authors include the most distinguished trade... (read more)
The Economics of Preferential Trade Agreements
Jagdish N. Bhagwati and Arvind Panagariya
1996

Although the public equates free trade areas with free trade, these areas operate under preferential trading arrangements — with free trade for members only and implicit protection against non-members. This volume probes the... (read more)
The Criminalization of Domestic Violence: Promises and Limits
Jeffrey A. Fagan
1996

During the past 30 years, the criminalization of domestic violence has developed along three parallel but generally separate tracks: criminal punishment and deterrence of batterers, batterer treatment, and restraining orders designed to protect... (read more)
Basic Concepts of Legal Thought
George P. Fletcher
1996

In this one-of-a-kind text, George P. Fletcher, a renowned legal theorist, offers a provocative yet accessible overview of the basics of legal thought. The first section of the book is designed to introduce... (read more)
Corporate Governance in Central Europe and Russia
Roman Frydman, Cheryl W. Gray, and Andrzej Rapaczynski
1996

In Volume 1, distinguished economists, legal scholars, political scientists and sociologists examine the emerging institutions of corporate governance in privatized firms in transition economies. They investigate the role of banks, investment funds, and... (read more)
Small and Medium-Size Enterprises
Arnaldo Bagnasco and Charles F. Sabel
1995

This text examines the activities of small and medium-sized enterprises, and asks whether they have been regulated entirely through a dependence on the freemarket - which would explain their success compared with large... (read more)
The Dangerous Drift to Preferential Trade Agreements
Jagdish N. Bhagwati and Anne O. Krueger
1995

In the debates over fundamental tax reform, the "flat tax" will be a leading proposal for making federal taxation more efficient, fair and simple. This volume presents an exchange on the flat tax... (read more)