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Experimentalist Governance in the European Union: Towards a New Architecture
Charles F. Sabel and Jonathan Zeitlin 2010This book advances a novel interpretation of EU governance. Its central claim is that the EU's regulatory successes within – and increasingly beyond – its borders rest on the emergence of a recursive... (read more)
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The Master Switch: The Rise and Fall of Information Empires
Tim Wu 2010Analyzing the strategic maneuvers of today’s great information powers–Apple, Google, and an eerily resurgent AT&T – Tim Wu uncovers a time-honored pattern in which invention begets industry and industry begets empire.
It is... (read more)
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Skilled Immigration Today: Prospects, Problems, and Policies
Jagdish N. Bhagwati and Gordon H. Hanson 2009Skilled immigration into rich countries and competition for talent and professional skills are of major concern among nations today. Comprehensive immigration reform addressed to illegal immigration predictably foundered in Congress last year. This... (read more)
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Multijuralism: Manifestations, Causes, and Consequences
Albert Breton, Anne Des Ormeaux, Katharina Pistor, and Pierre Salmon 2009At one level of generality, multijuralism is the coexistence of two or more legal systems or sub-systems within a broader normative legal order to which they adhere, such as the existence of civil... (read more)
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Children in the Legal System: Cases and Materials
Samuel M. Davis, Elizabeth S. Scott, Walter Wadlington, and Charles H. Whitebread 2009Children in the Legal System focuses on what has been accomplished through legislation and judicial action since the Juvenile Justice Standards were published. General coverage of the juvenile justice system reflects the significant... (read more)
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The Bond: A Novel
George P. Fletcher 2009Adam Gross, philosopher-cum-lawyer, teaches at an Ivy League law school in New York. Good looking, cultivated, bohemian, he was once considered the rising star of his faculty, but that was a decade ago,... (read more)
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50 Years Later: The Legacy of Brown v. Board of Education: Reflections and Colloquy
Jack Greenberg and Kendall Thomas 2009The Legacy of Brown v. Board of Education presents historical commentary on the impact of the ruling by the attorneys from the case including Jack Greenberg, Robert Carter, Constance Baker Motley along plus... (read more)
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Human Rights
Louis Henken, Sarah H. Cleveland, Laurence R. Helfer, Gerald L. Neuman, and Diane L. Orentlicher 2009This casebook provides a comprehensive, accessible, and up-to-date analysis of international human rights law. It emphasizes the relationship between the international, regional, and national legal systems (with a particular focus on the United... (read more)
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A Tolerable Anarchy: Rebels, Reactionaries, and the Making of American Freedom
Jedediah S. Purdy 2009In A Tolerable Anarchy, Jedediah Purdy traces the history of the American understanding of freedom, an ideal that has inspired the country’s best – and worst – moments, from independence and emancipation to... (read more)
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Between Authority and Interpretation: On the Theory of Law and Practical Reason
Joseph Raz 2009In this book Joseph Raz develops his views on some of the central questions in practical philosophy: legal, political, and moral. The book provides an overview of Raz's work on jurisprudence and the... (read more)
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The Authority of Law: Essays on Law and Morality
Joseph Raz 2009This classic collection of essays, first published in 1979, has had an enduring influence on philosophical work on the nature of law and its relation to morality. Raz begins by presenting an analysis... (read more)
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The Fetha Nagast/The Law of the Kings
Paulos Tzadua and Peter L. Strauss 2009The Fetha Nagast, or The Law of the Kings, is the foundation of Ethiopian law, and was perhaps the first written law of sub-Saharan Africa. Derived from Roman Law and church canons of... (read more)
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Employment Law
Samuel Estreicher and Gillian L. Lester 2008This textbook is a one-volume treatment of the basic analytical structure and legal policy issues informing U.S. employment law. The full range of the subject matter is examined with chapters on defining employees... (read more)
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Experimental Law and Economics
Jennifer H. Arlen and Eric L. Talley 2008During the last two decades, researchers in the field of experimental law and economics have made significant contributions to our knowledge of human behaviour and its interaction with legal and regulatory environments. This... (read more)
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Trade Marks and Brands: An Interdisciplinary Critique
Lionel Bently, Jennifer Davis, and Jane C. Ginsburg 2008Developments in trade marks law have called into question a variety of basic features, as well as bolder extensions, of legal protection. Other disciplines can help us think about fundamental issues such as:... (read more)
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French Business Law in Translation
George A. Bermann and Pierre Kirch 2008By adding the relevant French text in a column directly across from the translation into English, this 2nd edition has a whole new dimension which makes it an invaluable resource in legal linguistics... (read more)
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Administrative Law in the European Union: Introduction
George A. Bermann, Charles H. Koch Jr., and James T. O'Reilly 2008A practical resource on regulatory law intended for use by private practitioners, government lawyers, and academic lawyers in the United States.
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Introduction to French Law
George A. Bermann and Etienne Picard 2008French law displays many features that set it apart in a world class of its own. It can be said to proceed from a number of independent streams that coexist despite apparent contradiction.... (read more)
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Termites in the Trading System: How Preferential Agreements Undermine Free Trade
Jagdish N. Bhagwati 2008Jagdish Bhagwati, the internationally renowned economist who uniquely combines a reputation as the leading scholar of international trade with a substantial presence in public policy on the important issues of the day, shines... (read more)
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Terror and Consent: The Wars for the Twenty-First Century
Philip Chase Bobbitt 2008Philip Bobbitt follows his magisterial Shield of Achilles with an equally provocative analysis of the West’s struggle against terror. Boldly stating that the primary driver of terrorism is not Islam but the emergence... (read more)
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Striking First: Preemption and Prevention in International Conflict
Michael W. Doyle 2008Does the United States have the right to defend itself by striking first, or must it wait until an attack is in progress? Is the Bush Doctrine of aggressive preventive action a justified... (read more)
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Tort Liability for Human Rights Abuses
George P. Fletcher 2008Advancing a bold theory of the relevance of tort law in the fight against human rights abuses, celebrated US law professor George Fletcher here challenges the community of international lawyers to think again... (read more)
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Defending Humanity: When Force is Justified and Why
George P. Fletcher and Jens David Ohlin 2008In Defending Humanity, internationally acclaimed legal scholar George P. Fletcher and Jens David Ohlin, a leading expert on international criminal law, tackle one of the most important and controversial questions of our time:... (read more)
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The Law of Environmental Justice: Theories and Procedures to Address Disproportionate Risks
Michael B. Gerrard and Sheila R. Foster 2008Environmental justice is the concept that minority and low-income individuals, communities and populations should not be disproportionately exposed to environmental hazards, and that they should share fully in making the decisions that affect... (read more)
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100 Million Unnecessary Returns: A Simple, Fair, and Competitive Tax Plan for the United States
Michael J. Graetz 2008To most Americans, the United States tax code has become a vast and confounding puzzle. In 1940, the instructions to the form 1040 were about four pages long. Today they have ballooned to... (read more)
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