Jurisprudence & general issues books

A resource for paralegals. It tackles the ever-evolving areas of computer-assisted research and Cyber law, in addition to traditional legal research, analysis, and writing. It also includes detailed case excerpts, samples, tips,...

This is a student supplement associated with: Criminal Justice, 5/e Jay S. Albanese, Virginia Commonwealth University ISBN: 0132770342

In Acting White, Devon Carbado and Mitu Gulati argue that racial judgments are often based not just on skin color, but on how a person conforms to behavior stereotypically associated with a certain race. Specifically, people judge...

This book is an exploration of the meaning of equity as artists and thinkers have portrayed it within the law and without.

Does gender matter in judging? And if so, in what way? Why were there so few women judges only two or three decades ago, and why are there so many now in most countries of the Western world? How do women judges experience their...

For constitutionalists, regulation of hate speech violates the First Amendment and damages a free society. Waldron rejects this view, and makes the case that hate speech should be regulated as part of a commitment to human dignity...

In this book, Natalie Persadie explains that, among developing countries, the achievement of legal advances for women--at either the international or national levels--is particularly difficult where practical measures are not...

Fifty years on from its first publication, The Concept of Law is still the starting point for the study of legal philosophy and is widely heralded as a classic work of modern philosophy. This third edition features a new...

A text for the study of jurisprudence and legal philosophy. This work of legal philosophy contains an epilogue written by the author, but discovered only after his death, in which he defends his work against his critics, most...

This book explores the complex dynamics between law and politics in three post-independent states of sub-Saharan Africa. It examines the complex and sometimes intriguing relationship between the construction of judicial power on...

This collection of essays by legal scholars explores the digital revolution that has transformed legal education.

Analyses religious law in colonial India, exploring how it encouraged gender equality and a rethinking of the relationship between state and society.

Asserting that globalization is untenable because it does not foster equity, peace, and respect for the environment, this book deploys case studies of failed states such as Somalia and Afghanistan in advocating a new paradigm that...