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“amy swiffen”

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  • Law, Ethics and the Biopolitical

    by Amy Swiffen ...
    Law, Ethics and the Biopolitical explores the idea that legal authority is no longer related to national sovereignty, but to the ‘moral’ attempt to nurture life. The book argues that whilst the relationship between law and ethics has long been a central concern in legal studies, it is now the relationship between law and life that is becoming crucial. The waning legitimacy of conventional ... Read more

    $94.81 CAD

  • Indigenous Peoples and the Future of Federalism

    Edited by Amy Swiffen, Joshua Nichols ...
    As a settler state, Canada’s claims to sovereign control over territory are contested by Indigenous claims to land and to self-determination. Indigenous Peoples and the Future of Federalism presents legal analyses that explore forms of federalism and their potential to include multiple and divided sovereignties.This collection aims to advance reconciliation with Indigenous peoples in Canada and ... Read more

    $29.59 CAD

  • The Ends of History

    Questioning the Stakes of Historical Reason

    Edited by Amy Swiffen, Joshua Nichols ...
    The Ends of History? considers how, despite the fact that events in the past 20 years have called Francis Fukuyama’s infamous announcement of the end of history into question, the issue of the end of history is now a matter of renewed interest and debate.Two decades ago we were confronted by the end of the Soviet Union and collapse of the geo-political divisions that had defined much of the ... Read more

    $105.80 CAD

  • Legal Violence and the Limits of the Law

    Edited by Amy Swiffen, Joshua Nichols ...
    What is the meaning of punishment today? Where is the limit that separates it from the cruel and unusual? In legal discourse, the distinction between punishment and vengeance—punishment being the measured use of legally sanctioned violence and vengeance being a use of violence that has no measure—is expressed by the idea of "cruel and unusual punishment." This phrase was originally contained in ... Read more

    $94.81 CAD

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  • Sprezzatura

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  • Defending the Damned

    Inside Chicago's Cook County Public Defender's Office

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    Chicago was the nation's deadliest city in 2001, recording 666 homicides. For lawyers in the Cook County Public Defender's Office Murder Task Force, that meant a steady flow of new clients. Eight out of ten people arrested for murder in Chicago are represented by public defenders. They're assigned the most challenging and seemingly hopeless cases, yet they always fight to win.One of those lawyers ... Read more

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  • Reflections on Judging

    by Richard A. Posner ...
    For Richard Posner, legal formalism and formalist judges--notably Antonin Scalia--present the main obstacles to coping with the dizzying pace of technological advance. Posner calls for legal realism--gathering facts, considering context, and reaching a sensible conclusion that inflicts little collateral damage on other areas of the law. ... Read more

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  • Watching Out

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    by Julian Burnside ...
    ‘When put to the test, most people have difficulty identifying what justice is, especially when there is tension between proper process and a desired result. Due process is inherent in our conception of justice. But bad process can yield the right result, just as good process can produce the wrong result. The legal system is designed to produce justice. We call it the justice system — sometimes un ... Read more

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  • America by Heart

    Reflections on Family, Faith, and Flag

    by Sarah Palin ...
    In the fall of 2009, with the publication of her #1 national bestselling memoir, Sarah Palin had the privilege of meeting thousands of everyday Americans on her extraordinary 35-city book tour. Inspired by these encounters, her new book, America By Heart: Reflections on Family, Faith, and Flag, celebrates the enduring strengths and virtues that have made this country great.Framed by her strong ... Read more

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  • Changing Lenses

    A New Focus for Crime and Justice

    by Howard Zehr ...
    Crime victims have many needs, most of which our criminal justice system ignores. In fact, the justice system often increases the injury. Offenders are less ignored by this system, but their real needsfor accountability, for closure, for healingare also left unaddressed.Such failures are not accidental, but are inherent in the very definitions and assumptions which govern our thinking about crime ... Read more

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  • Death Penalty Cases

    Leading U.S. Supreme Court Cases on Capital Punishment

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    Death Penalty Cases presents significant verbatim excerpts of death-penalty decisions from the United States Supreme Court. The first chapter introduces the topics discussed throughout the book. It also includes a detailed history of the death penalty in the United States. After this introduction, the remaining eighteen chapters are divided into five parts: Foundational Cases, Death-Eligible ... Read more

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