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Feminist Legal Theory (Second Edition)
A Primer
Av Nancy Levit, Robert R.M. Verchick m. fl.
Häftad, 2016
378 kr
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Feminist legal theory is one of the most dynamic fields in the law, and it affects issues ranging from child custody to sexual harassment. Since its initial publication in 2006, Feminist Legal Theory: A Primer has received rave reviews. Now, in the completely updated second edition of this …
Critical Race Theory, Second Edition
An Introduction, Second Edition
Häftad, 2012
200 kr
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Negrophobia and Reasonable Racism
The Hidden Costs of Being Black in America
Inbunden, 1997
1222 kr
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Tackling the ugly secret of unconscious racism in American society, this book provides specific solutions to counter this entrenched phenomenon.
Empire Strikes Back
Outsiders and the Struggle Over Legal Education
Inbunden, 1998
1124 kr
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Once dismissed as plodding and superfluous, legal scholarship is increasingly challenging the liberal white male establishment that currently dominates legal education and practice. The most significant development since the emergence of the casebook, at the turn of the century, this trend has …
Negrophobia and Reasonable Racism
The Hidden Costs of Being Black in America
Häftad, 2000
371 kr
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Tackling the ugly secret of unconscious racism in American society, this book provides specific solutions to counter this entrenched phenomenon.
Passions of Law
Av Susan Bandes
Inbunden, 2000
1124 kr
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The Passions of Law is the first anthology to treat the role that emotions play, don't play, and ought to play in the practice and conception of law and justice. Lying at the intersection of law, psychology, and philosophy, this emergent field of law scholarship raises some of the most profound and …
Passions of Law
Av Richard K. Vedder, Luke Cole m. fl.
Häftad, 2001
393 kr
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The Passions of Law is the first anthology to treat the role that emotions play, don't play, and ought to play in the practice and conception of law and justice. Lying at the intersection of law, psychology, and philosophy, this emergent field of law scholarship raises some of the most profound and …
Why Lawsuits Are Good for America
Disciplined Democracy, Big Business, and the Common Law
Inbunden, 2001
929 kr
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Argues that lawsuits work far better than commonly understoodJudging by the frequency with which it makes an appearance in television news shows and late night stand up routines, the frivolous lawsuit has become part and parcel of our national culture. A woman sues McDonald's because she was …
When Sorry Isn't Enough
The Controversy Over Apologies and Reparations for Human Injustice
Häftad, 1999
427 kr
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Leading scholars, activists, and political leaders on being victim's of the world's worst atrocities"How much compensation ought to be paid to a woman who was raped 7,500 times? What would the members of the Commission want for their daughters if their daughters had been raped even once?"—Karen …
Disoriented
Asian Americans, Law, and the Nation-State
Av Robert Chang
Inbunden, 1999
890 kr
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Does "Asian American" denote an ethnic or racial identification? Is a person of mixed ancestry, the child of Euro- and Asian American parents, Asian American? What does it mean to refer to first generation Hmong refugees and fifth generation Chinese Americans both as Asian American?In Disoriented: …
From the Ground Up
Environmental Racism and the Rise of the Environmental Justice Movement
Av Luke W. Cole, Sheila R. Foster
Inbunden, 2000
968 kr
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A critical look at the movement for environmental justiceWhen Bill Clinton signed an Executive Order on Environmental Justice in 1994, the phenomenon of environmental racism—the disproportionate impact of environmental hazards, particularly toxic waste dumps and polluting factories, on people of …
From the Ground Up
Environmental Racism and the Rise of the Environmental Justice Movement
Av Luke W. Cole, Sheila R. Foster
Häftad, 2000
427 kr
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A critical look at the movement for environmental justiceWhen Bill Clinton signed an Executive Order on Environmental Justice in 1994, the phenomenon of environmental racism—the disproportionate impact of environmental hazards, particularly toxic waste dumps and polluting factories, on people of …
Hybrid
Bisexuals, Multiracials, and Other Misfits Under American Law
Av Ruth Colker
Häftad, 1996
393 kr
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The United States, and the West in general, has always organized society along bipolar lines. We are either gay or straight, male or female, white or not, disabled or not.In recent years, however, America seems increasingly aware of those who defy such easy categorization. Yet, rather than being …
Black Men on Race, Gender, and Sexuality
A Critical Reader
Inbunden, 1999
968 kr
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A groundbreaking anthology of essays providing commentary on gender and sexuality inclusion in the antiracist movementIn late 1995, the Million Man March drew hundreds of thousands of black men to Washington, DC, and seemed even to skeptics a powerful sign not only of black male solidarity, but …
Black Men on Race, Gender, and Sexuality
A Critical Reader
Häftad, 1999
427 kr
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A groundbreaking anthology of essays providing commentary on gender and sexuality inclusion in the antiracist movementIn late 1995, the Million Man March drew hundreds of thousands of black men to Washington, DC, and seemed even to skeptics a powerful sign not only of black male solidarity, but …
American Law in the Age of Hypercapitalism
The Worker, the Family, and the State
Av Ruth Colker
Inbunden, 1998
890 kr
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Since the fall of communism, laissez-faire capitalism has experienced renewed popularity. Flush with victory, the United States has embraced a particularly narrow and single-minded definition of capitalism and aggressively exported it worldwide. The defining trait of this brand of capitalism is an …
American Law in the Age of Hypercapitalism
The Worker, the Family, and the State
Av Ruth Colker
Häftad, 1998
396 kr
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Since the fall of communism, laissez-faire capitalism has experienced renewed popularity. Flush with victory, the United States has embraced a particularly narrow and single-minded definition of capitalism and aggressively exported it worldwide. The defining trait of this brand of capitalism is an …
Disoriented
Asian Americans, Law, and the Nation-State
Av Robert Chang
Häftad, 2000
393 kr
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Does "Asian American" denote an ethnic or racial identification? Is a person of mixed ancestry, the child of Euro- and Asian American parents, Asian American? What does it mean to refer to first generation Hmong refugees and fifth generation Chinese Americans both as Asian American?In Disoriented: …
Lawyers' Ethics and the Pursuit of Social Justice
A Critical Reader
Inbunden, 2005
968 kr
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Legal ethics should be far more than a set of rules on professional responsibility; they can serve as a means for changing power relations, empowering the disenfranchised, and advocating progressive social change. Lawyers' Ethics and the Pursuit of Social Justice broadens the discussion on legal …
Lawyers' Ethics and the Pursuit of Social Justice
A Critical Reader
Häftad, 2005
427 kr
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Legal ethics should be far more than a set of rules on professional responsibility; they can serve as a means for changing power relations, empowering the disenfranchised, and advocating progressive social change. Lawyers' Ethics and the Pursuit of Social Justice broadens the discussion on legal …
Disability Pendulum
The First Decade of the Americans with Disabilities Act
Av Ruth Colker
Inbunden, 2005
890 kr
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Signed into law in July 1990, the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) became effective two years later, and court decisions about the law began to multiply in the middle of the decade. In The Disability Pendulum, Ruth Colker presents the first legislative history of the enactment of the ADA in …
Law and Class in America
Trends Since the Cold War
Av Paul Carrington, Trina Jones
Inbunden, 2006
1124 kr
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In Law and Class in America, a group of leading legal scholars reflect on the state of the law from the end of the Cold War to the present, grappling with a central question posed to them by Paul D. Carrington and Trina Jones: have recent legal reforms exacerbated class differences in America? In a …
Disability Pendulum
The First Decade of the Americans with Disabilities Act
Av Ruth Colker
Häftad, 2007
354 kr
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Signed into law in July 1990, the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) became effective two years later, and court decisions about the law began to multiply in the middle of the decade. In The Disability Pendulum, Ruth Colker presents the first legislative history of the enactment of the ADA in …
Victims in the War on Crime
The Use and Abuse of Victims' Rights
Inbunden, 2002
1010 kr
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Two phenomena have shaped American criminal law for the past thirty years: the war on crime and the victims' rights movement. As incapacitation has replaced rehabilitation as the dominant ideology of punishment, reflecting a shift from an identification with defendants to an identification with …
Victims in the War on Crime
The Use and Abuse of Victims' Rights
Häftad, 2006
427 kr
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Two phenomena have shaped American criminal law for the past thirty years: the war on crime and the victims' rights movement. As incapacitation has replaced rehabilitation as the dominant ideology of punishment, reflecting a shift from an identification with defendants to an identification with …
Derrick Bell Reader
Av Richard Delgado, Jean Stefancic
Inbunden, 2005
1241 kr
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An essential collection of the writings of progressive lawyer and race activist Derrick BellLawyer, activist, teacher, writer: for over 40 years, Derrick Bell provoked his critics and challenged his readers with uncompromising candor and progressive views on race and class in America. A founder of …
Derrick Bell Reader
Av Richard Delgado, Jean Stefancic
Häftad, 2005
419 kr
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An essential collection of the writings of progressive lawyer and race activist Derrick BellLawyer, activist, teacher, writer: for over 40 years, Derrick Bell provoked his critics and challenged his readers with uncompromising candor and progressive views on race and class in America. A founder of …
Sense of Justice
Empathy in Law and Punishment
Inbunden, 2006
825 kr
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In The Sense of Justice, distinguished legal author Markus Dirk Dubber undertakes a critical analysis of the "sense of justice": an overused, yet curiously understudied, concept in modern legal and political discourse. Courts cite it, scholars measure it, presidential candidates prize it, eulogists …
Distant Heritage
The Growth of Free Speech in Early America
Häftad, 1995
371 kr
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Historians often rely on a handful of unusual cases to illustrate the absence of free speech in the colonies—such as that of Richard Barnes, who had his arms broken and a hole bored through his tongue for seditious words against the governor of Virginia. In this definitive and accessible work, …
Rethinking Commodification
Cases and Readings in Law and Culture
Av Martha Ertman, Joan C. Williams
Inbunden, 2005
890 kr
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What is the price of a limb? A child? Ethnicity? Love? In a world that is often ruled by buyers and sellers, those things that are often considered priceless become objects to be marketed and from which to earn a profit. Ranging from black market babies to exploitative sex trade operations to the …
