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When You Come at the King

Inside DOJ's Pursuit of the President, From Nixon to Trump

by Elie Honig ...

"[A] deeply researched, keenly analytical, and frequently provocative chronicle of this singular judicial entity. . . . A senior legal analyst for CNN and former assistant U.S. attorney, Honig is well-suited to the task of providing a historical overview of the special counsel's function with the ever-evolving context of politics, partisanship and political skepticism." —Booklist (STARRED review) ... Read more

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"[A] deeply researched, keenly analytical, and frequently provocative chronicle of this singular judicial entity. . . . A senior legal analyst for CNN and former assistant U.S. attorney, Honig is well-suited to the task of providing a historical overview of the special counsel's function with the ever-evolving context of politics, partisanship and political skepticism." —Booklist (STARRED review)
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Over Ruled

The Human Toll of Too Much Law

by Neil Gorsuch, Janie Nitze ...

A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERAmerica has always been a nation of laws. But today our laws have grown so vast and reach so deeply into our lives that it’s worth asking: In our reverence for law, have we gone too far?Over just the last few decades, laws in this nation have exploded in number; they are increasingly complex; and the punishments they carry are increasingly severe. Some of these laws come ... Read more

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A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERAmerica has always been a nation of laws. But today our laws have grown so vast and reach so deeply into our lives that it’s worth asking: In our reverence for law, have we gone too far?Over just the last few decades, laws in this nation have exploded in number; they are increasingly complex; and the punishments they carry are increasingly severe. Some of these laws come
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Disability, Sexuality, and Gender in Asia

Intersectionality, Human Rights, and the Law

Edited by Wanhong Zhang, Peng Ding, Wei Gao, Hanxu Liu, Yijun Liu, Elisabeth Bjørnstøl ...

This book introduces experiential knowledge of the intersectionality of disability, sexuality, and gender equality issues. Scholars and disabled persons’ organizations in different Asian countries such as China, Vietnam, Myanmar, Nepal, and Japan have contributed to the book. It is a preliminary introduction of the frontline practice of Asian disability activism and the experience of women and ... Read more

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This book introduces experiential knowledge of the intersectionality of disability, sexuality, and gender equality issues. Scholars and disabled persons’ organizations in different Asian countries such as China, Vietnam, Myanmar, Nepal, and Japan have contributed to the book. It is a preliminary introduction of the frontline practice of Asian disability activism and the experience of women and
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Law and Revolution

Past Experiences, Future Challenges

Edited by Matej Accetto, Katja Škrubej, Joseph H. H. Weiler ...

The last one hundred years have seen a number of events that could be perceived as disruptive challenges to the normal operation of the legal order. Some have been disruptive innovations of technologies or business practices, others social changes or constitutional transformations, further buttressed by the impact of globalisation and interdependence affecting the development of international, ... Read more

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The last one hundred years have seen a number of events that could be perceived as disruptive challenges to the normal operation of the legal order. Some have been disruptive innovations of technologies or business practices, others social changes or constitutional transformations, further buttressed by the impact of globalisation and interdependence affecting the development of international,
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Seven Pillars of Wisdom

by T.E. Lawrence ...

Seven Pillars of Wisdom is a memoir of the soldier known as 'Lawrence of Arabia.' Lawrence is a fascinating and controversial figure and his talent as a vivid and imaginative writer shines through on every page of his masterpiece. 'Seven Pillars of Wisdom' written between 1919 and 1926, is an extraordinary tale of action, politics and adventure. The story describes heroism through instances of war ... Read more

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Seven Pillars of Wisdom is a memoir of the soldier known as 'Lawrence of Arabia.' Lawrence is a fascinating and controversial figure and his talent as a vivid and imaginative writer shines through on every page of his masterpiece. 'Seven Pillars of Wisdom' written between 1919 and 1926, is an extraordinary tale of action, politics and adventure. The story describes heroism through instances of war
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Underground Warfare

by Daphné Richemond-Barak ...

Underground warfare, a tactic of yesteryear, has re-emerged as a global and rapidly diffusing threat. This book is the first of its kind to examine tunnel warfare in a systematic and comprehensive way, addressing the legal issues while keeping in mind operational and strategic challenges. Like many other aspects of contemporary warfare, the renewed use of the subterranean in armed conflict ... Read more

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Underground warfare, a tactic of yesteryear, has re-emerged as a global and rapidly diffusing threat. This book is the first of its kind to examine tunnel warfare in a systematic and comprehensive way, addressing the legal issues while keeping in mind operational and strategic challenges. Like many other aspects of contemporary warfare, the renewed use of the subterranean in armed conflict
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Children, Human Rights and Temporary Labour Migration

Protecting the Child-Parent Relationship

by Rasika Jayasuriya ...

Series series Routledge Research in Asylum, Migration and Refugee Law
This book focuses on the neglected yet critical issue of how the global migration of millions of parents as low-waged migrant workers impacts the rights of their children under international human rights law.The work provides a systematic analysis and critique of how the restrictive features of policies governing temporary labour migration interfere with provisions of the Convention on the Rights ... Read more

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This book focuses on the neglected yet critical issue of how the global migration of millions of parents as low-waged migrant workers impacts the rights of their children under international human rights law.The work provides a systematic analysis and critique of how the restrictive features of policies governing temporary labour migration interfere with provisions of the Convention on the Rights
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15 Temmuz Beştepe Jandarma Genel Komutanlığı Davası

by Adalet Devriyesi ...

15 Temmuz 2016 gecesi Beştepe Jandarma Genel Komutanlığı'nda ne oldu? Yargılamalarda ne söylendi, neler yaşandı?Kamuoyu bunları doğru bir şekilde bilmiyor.Sadece 244 kişinin sanık sandalyesine oturtulduğu ve ağır hapis cezalarına çarptırıldıkları biliniyor.Oysa mahkeme salonunda dile getirilen bambaşka bir tablo var.Bu kitap, 15 Temmuz Beştepe Jandarma Genel Komutanlığı davasında mahkeme ... Read more

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15 Temmuz 2016 gecesi Beştepe Jandarma Genel Komutanlığı'nda ne oldu? Yargılamalarda ne söylendi, neler yaşandı?Kamuoyu bunları doğru bir şekilde bilmiyor.Sadece 244 kişinin sanık sandalyesine oturtulduğu ve ağır hapis cezalarına çarptırıldıkları biliniyor.Oysa mahkeme salonunda dile getirilen bambaşka bir tablo var.Bu kitap, 15 Temmuz Beştepe Jandarma Genel Komutanlığı davasında mahkeme
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Digital Constitutionalism

The Role of Internet Bills of Rights

by Edoardo Celeste ...

Series series Routledge Research in the Law of Emerging Technologies
Investigating the impact of digital technology on contemporary constitutionalism, this book offers an overview of the transformations that are currently occurring at constitutional level, highlighting their link with ongoing societal changes. It reconstructs the multiple ways in which constitutional law is reacting to these challenges and explores the role of one original response to this ... Read more

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Investigating the impact of digital technology on contemporary constitutionalism, this book offers an overview of the transformations that are currently occurring at constitutional level, highlighting their link with ongoing societal changes. It reconstructs the multiple ways in which constitutional law is reacting to these challenges and explores the role of one original response to this
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Judicial Law-Making in European Constitutional Courts

Edited by Monika Florczak-Wątor ...

This book analyses the speciﬁcity of the law-making activity of European constitutional courts. The main hypothesis is that currently constitutional courts are positive legislators whose position in the system of State organs needs to be redeﬁned.The book covers the analysis of the law-making activity of four constitutional courts in Western countries: Germany, Italy, Spain, and France; and six ... Read more

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This book analyses the speciﬁcity of the law-making activity of European constitutional courts. The main hypothesis is that currently constitutional courts are positive legislators whose position in the system of State organs needs to be redeﬁned.The book covers the analysis of the law-making activity of four constitutional courts in Western countries: Germany, Italy, Spain, and France; and six
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The Concept of Genocide in International Criminal Law

Developments after Lemkin

Edited by Marco Odello, Piotr Łubiński ...

This book presents a review of historical and emerging legal issues that concern the interpretation of the international crime of genocide.The Polish legal expert Raphael Lemkin formulated the concept of genocide during the Nazi occupation of Europe, and it was then incorporated into the 1948 Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide. This volume looks at the issues that ... Read more

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This book presents a review of historical and emerging legal issues that concern the interpretation of the international crime of genocide.The Polish legal expert Raphael Lemkin formulated the concept of genocide during the Nazi occupation of Europe, and it was then incorporated into the 1948 Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide. This volume looks at the issues that
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Technology and Legal Systems

by Noel Cox ...

The advent of the knowledge economy and society has made it increasingly necessary for law reformers and policy makers to take account of the effects of technology upon the law and upon legal and political processes. This book explores aspects of technology's relationship with law and government, and in particular the effects changing technology has had on constitutional structures and upon ... Read more

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The advent of the knowledge economy and society has made it increasingly necessary for law reformers and policy makers to take account of the effects of technology upon the law and upon legal and political processes. This book explores aspects of technology's relationship with law and government, and in particular the effects changing technology has had on constitutional structures and upon
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Convictions

A Prosecutor's Battles Against Mafia Killers, Drug Kingpins, and Enron Thieves

by John Kroger ...

Convictions is a spellbinding story from the front lines of the fight against crime. Most Americans know little about the work of assistant United States attorneys, the federal prosecutors who possess sweeping authority to investigate and prosecute the nation's most dangerous criminals. John Kroger pursued high-profile cases against Mafia killers, drug kingpins, and Enron executives. Starting from ... Read more

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Convictions is a spellbinding story from the front lines of the fight against crime. Most Americans know little about the work of assistant United States attorneys, the federal prosecutors who possess sweeping authority to investigate and prosecute the nation's most dangerous criminals. John Kroger pursued high-profile cases against Mafia killers, drug kingpins, and Enron executives. Starting from
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Politics of Parking

Rights, Identity, and Property

by Sarah Marusek ...

There is more to parking law than just parking penalties. Considering the ways in which law works in everyday life, and in familiar places of common experience where the presence of law is not obvious, this book explores the various notions of the right to park, which jurisprudentially is enacted between individuals in everyday parking. From parking areas to the courtroom, parking engenders ... Read more

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There is more to parking law than just parking penalties. Considering the ways in which law works in everyday life, and in familiar places of common experience where the presence of law is not obvious, this book explores the various notions of the right to park, which jurisprudentially is enacted between individuals in everyday parking. From parking areas to the courtroom, parking engenders
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Many Nations under Many Gods

Public Land Management and American Indian Sacred Sites

by Todd Allin Morman ...

The lands the United States claims sovereignty over by right of the Doctrine of Discovery are home to more than five hundred Indian nations, each with its own distinct culture, religion, language, and history. Yet these Indians, and federal Indian law, rarely factor into the decisions of the country’s governing class—as recent battles over national monuments on tribal sites have made painfully ... Read more

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The lands the United States claims sovereignty over by right of the Doctrine of Discovery are home to more than five hundred Indian nations, each with its own distinct culture, religion, language, and history. Yet these Indians, and federal Indian law, rarely factor into the decisions of the country’s governing class—as recent battles over national monuments on tribal sites have made painfully
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The Policy State

An American Predicament

by Karen Orren, Stephen Skowronek ...

The steady accretion of public policies over the decades has fundamentally changed how America is governed. The formulation and delivery of policy have emerged as the government’s entire raison d’être, redefining rights and reconfiguring institutional structures. The Policy State looks closely at this massive unnoticed fact of modern politics and addresses the controversies swirling around it. ... Read more

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The steady accretion of public policies over the decades has fundamentally changed how America is governed. The formulation and delivery of policy have emerged as the government’s entire raison d’être, redefining rights and reconfiguring institutional structures. The Policy State looks closely at this massive unnoticed fact of modern politics and addresses the controversies swirling around it.
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Compendio de derecho penal económico

Parte general

by José Hurtado Pozo ...

En este libro se presentan datos estadísticos sobre la delincuencia económica y sus relaciones con el crimen organizado y la corrupción, así como sobre las reacciones nacionales e internacionales frente a estas graves formas de delincuencia. Además, describe el contexto constitucional que delimita sus ámbitos, funciones, características y vinculaciones con el derecho penal administrativo y el ... Read more

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En este libro se presentan datos estadísticos sobre la delincuencia económica y sus relaciones con el crimen organizado y la corrupción, así como sobre las reacciones nacionales e internacionales frente a estas graves formas de delincuencia. Además, describe el contexto constitucional que delimita sus ámbitos, funciones, características y vinculaciones con el derecho penal administrativo y el
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Business and Human Rights

From Principles to Practice

by Dorothée Baumann-Pauly, Justine Nolan ...

In a global economy, multinational companies often operate in jurisdictions where governments are either unable or unwilling to uphold even the basic human rights of their citizens. The expectation that companies respect human rights in their own operations and in their business relationships is now a business reality that corporations need to respond to. Business and Human Rights: From Principles ... Read more

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In a global economy, multinational companies often operate in jurisdictions where governments are either unable or unwilling to uphold even the basic human rights of their citizens. The expectation that companies respect human rights in their own operations and in their business relationships is now a business reality that corporations need to respond to. Business and Human Rights: From Principles
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Operação Lava Jato e a democracia brasileira

by Fábio Kerche, João Feres Júnior ...

A Editora Contracorrente oportunamente apresenta o livro "Operação Lava Jato e a democracia brasileira", no qual se reúnem sete estudos inéditos sobre as consequências políticas, institucionais e econômicas da Operação Lava Jato. Fundamental para o enriquecimento do debate público atual, respeitados cientistas políticos, sociólogos e economistas oferecem, a partir de dados empíricos, uma rigorosa ... Read more

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A Editora Contracorrente oportunamente apresenta o livro "Operação Lava Jato e a democracia brasileira", no qual se reúnem sete estudos inéditos sobre as consequências políticas, institucionais e econômicas da Operação Lava Jato. Fundamental para o enriquecimento do debate público atual, respeitados cientistas políticos, sociólogos e economistas oferecem, a partir de dados empíricos, uma rigorosa
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A mission to inform

Journalists at risk speak out

by Marilyn Clark, William Horsley ...

Police intimidation, legal harassment, defamation and intimidation campaigns offline and increasingly online, pressure - economic or otherwise - from editors or media owners and sponsors, detentions, threats and physical violence: journalists are constantly exposed to these threats by those who feel threatened by their work. The murder of investigative journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia in October ... Read more

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Police intimidation, legal harassment, defamation and intimidation campaigns offline and increasingly online, pressure - economic or otherwise - from editors or media owners and sponsors, detentions, threats and physical violence: journalists are constantly exposed to these threats by those who feel threatened by their work. The murder of investigative journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia in October
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Biosecurity, Economic Collapse, the State to Come

Political Power in the Pandemic and Beyond

by Christos Boukalas ...

Series series Directions and Developments in Criminal Justice and Law
What kind of state emerges from the pandemic? The pandemic caused two crises, in biosecurity and in the economy. The state was forced to tackle both; but subduing one inevitably exacerbated the other. Emerging from the impossible task of handling two conflicting crises is a new form of state, the state to come.To outline the emerging state, this book offers an in-depth critical account of the ... Read more

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What kind of state emerges from the pandemic? The pandemic caused two crises, in biosecurity and in the economy. The state was forced to tackle both; but subduing one inevitably exacerbated the other. Emerging from the impossible task of handling two conflicting crises is a new form of state, the state to come.To outline the emerging state, this book offers an in-depth critical account of the
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Law and Food

Regulatory Recipes of Culinary Issues

Edited by Salvatore Mancuso ...

Series series Juris Diversitas
This book presents a range of insights on the relationship between food and law.Over time, religions have multiplied food prohibitions and prescriptions, customs have redistributed land, shared its occupancy in creative ways, or favoured communal property so that everyone could have access to food. In turn, laws have multiplied to facilitate food trade, security, safety, traceability, and also to ... Read more

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This book presents a range of insights on the relationship between food and law.Over time, religions have multiplied food prohibitions and prescriptions, customs have redistributed land, shared its occupancy in creative ways, or favoured communal property so that everyone could have access to food. In turn, laws have multiplied to facilitate food trade, security, safety, traceability, and also to
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Constitutional Imaginaries

A Theory of European Societal Constitutionalism

by Jiří Přibáň ...

Series series Routledge Research in Legal Philosophy
This book offers a social theoretical analysis of imaginaries as constituent social forces of positive law and politics.Constitutional imaginaries invite constitutional and political theorists, philosophers and sociologists to rethink the concept of constitution as the normative legal limitation and control of political power. They show that political constitutions include societal forces ... Read more

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This book offers a social theoretical analysis of imaginaries as constituent social forces of positive law and politics.Constitutional imaginaries invite constitutional and political theorists, philosophers and sociologists to rethink the concept of constitution as the normative legal limitation and control of political power. They show that political constitutions include societal forces
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Rethinking Compliance

How Street-Level Bureaucrats Implement International Refugee Law

by Regina Jefferies ...

This book explores why liberal democratic states like Australia and the United States continue to engage in practices that contest and risk violating the principle of non-refoulement, despite the oversight of courts, legislatures and other decision-making bodies.This book challenges the idea that there exists a gap between law and practice by making visible how the everyday interactions of street ... Read more

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This book explores why liberal democratic states like Australia and the United States continue to engage in practices that contest and risk violating the principle of non-refoulement, despite the oversight of courts, legislatures and other decision-making bodies.This book challenges the idea that there exists a gap between law and practice by making visible how the everyday interactions of street
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