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Cooperation: A Political, Economic, and Social Theory
Bernard E. Harcourt 2023
Liberal democracy is in crisis around the world, unable to address pressing problems such as climate change. There is, however, another path — cooperation democracy. From consumer co-ops to credit unions, worker cooperatives to insurance mutuals, nonprofits to mutual aid,... (read more)
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Cold Peace: Avoiding the New Cold War
Michael W. Doyle 2023
By 1990, the first Cold War was ending. The Berlin Wall had fallen and the Warsaw Pact was crumbling; following Russia’s lead, cries for democracy were being embraced by a young Chinese populace. The post-Cold War years were a time... (read more)
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Ocean Carbon Dioxide Removal for Climate Mitigation: The Legal Framework
Romany M. Webb, Korey Silverman-Roati, and Michael B. Gerrard 2023
Examining the existing legal framework for ocean carbon dioxide removal (CDR), this forward-thinking book highlights potential legal challenges and opportunities associated with using the ocean to remove and store carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. It describes five commonly discussed ocean... (read more)
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Global Climate Change and U.S. Law
Michael B. Gerrard, Jody Freeman, and Michael Burger 2023
This book is a comprehensive treatise on the U.S. laws that are relevant to climate change. It covers federal, state, and local statutes and regulations, as well as international agreements. Their evolution is traced and their current impact on U.S.... (read more)
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Networks, Platforms, and Utilities: Law and Policy
Morgan Ricks, Ganesh Sitaraman, Shelley Welton, and Lev Menand 2022
This book studies the law of networks, platforms, and utilities (NPUs). For many years, this field was known as "regulated industries." Before that, it was called "the law of public utilities," "the law of public service corporations," and "the law... (read more)
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Social Media, Freedom of Speech, and the Future of our Democracy
Lee C. Bollinger and Geoffrey R. Stone 2022
One of the most fiercely debated issues of this era is what to do about "bad" speech-hate speech, disinformation and propaganda campaigns, and incitement of violence-on the internet, and in particular speech on social media platforms such as Facebook and... (read more)
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International Copyright and Neighboring Rights: The Berne Convention and Beyond
Sam Ricketson and Jane C. Ginsburg 2022
This comprehensive volume examines the international framework concerned with the protection of copyright and neighbouring rights. The focal point of this commentary is the Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works 1886, which was last revised in... (read more)
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Fixing the Climate: Strategies for an Uncertain World
Charles F. Sabel and David G. Victor 2022
Global climate diplomacy — from the Kyoto Protocol to the Paris Agreement — is not working. Despite decades of sustained negotiations by world leaders, the climate crisis continues to worsen. The solution is within our grasp — but we will... (read more)
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Wesley Hohfeld a Century Later: Edited Work, Select Personal Papers, and Original Commentaries
Shyamkrishna Balganesh, Ted M. Sichelman, and Henry E. Smith 2022
Wesley Hohfeld is known the world over as the legal theorist who famously developed a taxonomy of legal concepts. His contributions to legal thinking have stood the test of time, remaining relevant nearly a century after they were first published.... (read more)
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The WTO Dispute Settlement System: How, Why and Where?
Petros C. Mavroidis 2022
This incisive book provides a comprehensive overview of the WTO dispute settlement practice from 1995 up until the present day, illustrating the need for it to be resurrected from its current state of crisis. The WTO Dispute Settlement System will... (read more)
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Direct: The Rise of the Middleman Economy and the Revolution Underway
Kathryn Judge 2022
Finance expert, law professor, and fellow overwhelmed consumer Kathryn Judge investigates the surprising ways that middlemen have taken control of the economy at the expense of the rest of us, and provides practical guidance about how to regain control, find... (read more)
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The Sources of WTO Law and Their Interpretation: Is the New OK, OK?
Petros C. Mavroidis 2022
In this incisive book, Petros C. Mavroidis examines the complex practice of interpreting the various sources of World Trade Organization (WTO) law. Written by a leading expert in WTO scholarship, the book serves as a broad grounding in the legal... (read more)
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The Fed Unbound: Central Banking in a Time of Crisis
Lev Menand 2022
The Federal Reserve, the U.S. central bank, was built for a monetary system composed primarily of investor-owned, government-chartered banks. But over the years, the erosion of banking law and the rise of alternative forms of money created outside of the... (read more)
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The Chevron Doctrine: Its Rise and Fall, and the Future of the Administrative State
Thomas W. Merrill 2022
The Constitution makes Congress the principal federal lawmaker. But for a variety of reasons, including partisan gridlock, Congress increasingly fails to keep up with the challenges facing our society. Power has inevitably shifted to the executive branch agencies that interpret... (read more)
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The Future Law of Armed Conflict
Matthew C. Waxman and Thomas W. Oakley 2022
Warfare is changing - and rapidly. New technologies, new geopolitical alignments, new interests and vulnerabilities, and other developments are changing how, why, and by whom conflict will be waged. Just as militaries must plan ahead for an environment in which... (read more)
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Cases and Materials on State and Local Government Law
Richard Briffault, Laurie Reynolds, Nestor M. Davidson, Erin A. Scharff, and Rick Su 2022
Like its predecessors, the 9th Edition focuses on the critical roles played by states and local governments and the complex structure of our state-local system. It challenges students to understand the values that inform the distribution of powers between states... (read more)
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Cases and Materials on Corporations
John C. Coffee Jr., Ronald J. Gilson, and Brian J.M. Quinn 2022
With this edition, we have made a determined effort to shrink our size without reducing our coverage. New material however has been added in all chapters. A description of some of the new material follows. In Chapter I, recognizing that... (read more)
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The Cambridge Handbook of Labor and Democracy
Angela B. Cornell and Mark Barenberg 2022
We are currently witnessing some of the greatest challenges to democratic regimes since the 1930s, with democratic institutions losing ground in numerous countries throughout the world. At the same time organized labor has been under assault worldwide, with steep declines... (read more)
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Peaceful Resolution of Disputes
Lori Fisler Damrosch 2022
The contributions in this collection of the American Classics in International Law series, Peaceful Resolution of Disputes, edited by Lori Fisler Damrosch, present the most influential American ideas about dispute settlement. From Alexander Hamilton’s 1794 defense of arbitration, through 20th-century... (read more)
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Trademark and Unfair Competition Law: Cases and Materials
Jane C. Ginsburg, Jessica Litman, and Mary Kevlin 2022
In the three decades since the first edition, both the number of stand-alone trademarks courses offered in U.S. law schools and the quantity of trademark law scholarship have vastly expanded. The growth of the Internet has fundamentally challenged trademark law... (read more)
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Child Welfare Law and Practice: Representing Children, Parents, and Agencies in Child Neglect, Abuse, and Dependency Cases
Joshua Gupta-Kagan, LaShanda Taylor Adams, Melissa Dorris Carter, Kristen Pisani-Jacques, and Vivek S. Sankaran 2022
Child welfare law is complex and ever-changing, and the practice of representing children, parents, and agencies in dependency cases requires extensive knowledge and skill in both legal and non-legal subjects. The need for up-to-date specialized resources is more crucial now... (read more)
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Advanced Introduction to Landmark Criminal Cases
George P. Fletcher 2021
This engaging and accessible book focuses on high-profile criminal trials and examines the strategy of the lawyers, the reasons for conviction or acquittal, as well as the social importance of these famous cases.
Key features include:
- An in-depth examination... (read more)
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The Struggle for Human Rights: Essays in Honour of Philip Alston
Nehal Bhuta, Florian Hoffmann, Sarah Knuckey, Frédéric Mégret, and Margaret Satterthwaite 2021
The Struggle for Human Rights evaluates the themes of law, politics, and practice which together define international human rights practice and scholarship. Taking as it's inspiration the 40 year career of international human rights advocate Philip Alston, this book of... (read more)
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Purchasing Submission: Conditions, Power, and Freedom
Philip A. Hamburger 2021
The federal government increasingly regulates by using money and other benefits to induce private parties and states to submit to its conditions. It thereby enjoys a formidable power, which sidesteps a wide range of constitutional and political limits.
Conditions are... (read more)
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Lakefront: Public Trust and Private Rights in Chicago
Joseph D. Kearney and Thomas W. Merrill 2021
How did Chicago, a city known for commerce, come to have such a splendid public waterfront – its most treasured asset? Lakefront reveals a story of social, political, and legal conflict in which private and public rights have clashed repeatedly... (read more)
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