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  • The Old English Penitentials and Anglo-Saxon Law

    by Stefan Jurasinski ...
    Series series Studies in Legal History
    Some of the earliest examples of medieval canon law are penitentials - texts enumerating the sins a confessor might encounter among laypeople or other clergy and suggesting means of reconciliation. Often they gave advice on matters of secular law as well, offering judgments on the proper way to contract a marriage or on the treatment of slaves. This book argues that their importance to more ... Read more

    $122.99 CAD

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    The Supreme Court, American Eugenics, and the Sterilization of Carrie Buck

    by Adam Cohen ...
    **Longlisted for the 2016 National Book Award for NonfictionOne of America’s great miscarriages of justice, the Supreme Court’s infamous 1927 Buck v. Bell ruling made government sterilization of “undesirable” citizens the law of the land**In 1927, the Supreme Court handed down a ruling so disturbing, ignorant, and cruel that it stands as one of the great injustices in American history. In ... Read more

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  • A Thousand Times More Fair

    What Shakespeare's Plays Teach Us About Justice

    by Kenji Yoshino ...
    "Fascinating....Loaded with perceptive and provocative comments on Shakespeare’s plots, characters, and contemporary analogs." —Justice John Paul Stevens, Supreme Court of the United StatesA Thousand Times More Fair is a highly inventive and provocative exploration of ethics and the law that uses the plays of William Shakespeare as a prism through which to view the nature of justice in our ... Read more

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  • A Wild Justice: The Death and Resurrection of Capital Punishment in America

    The Death and Resurrection of Capital Punishment in America

    by Evan J. Mandery ...
    New York Times Book Review Editor's ChoiceDrawing on never-before-published original source detail, the epic story of two of the most consequential, and largely forgotten, moments in Supreme Court history.For two hundred years, the constitutionality of capital punishment had been axiomatic. But in 1962, Justice Arthur Goldberg and his clerk Alan Dershowitz dared to suggest otherwise, launching an ... Read more

    $15.99 CAD

  • Hate Crimes in Cyberspace

    by Danielle Keats Citron ...
    Most Internet users are familiar with trolling—aggressive, foul-mouthed posts designed to elicit angry responses in a site’s comments. Less familiar but far more serious is the way some use networked technologies to target real people, subjecting them, by name and address, to vicious, often terrifying, online abuse. In an in-depth investigation of a problem that is too often trivialized by ... Read more

    $33.99 CAD

  • Frontiers of Possession

    Spain and Portugal in Europe and the Americas

    by Tamar Herzog ...
    A "lucid" analysis of the territorial formation of Spain and Portugal in both Europe and the Americas ( Publishers Weekly).Frontiers of Possession asks how territorial borders were established in Europe and the Americas during the early modern period and challenges the standard view that national boundaries are largely determined by military conflicts and treaties. Focusing on Spanish and ... Read more

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  • Wasting a Crisis

    Why Securities Regulation Fails

    by Paul G. Mahoney ...
    The recent financial crisis led to sweeping reforms that inspired countless references to the financial reforms of the New Deal. Comparable to the reforms of the New Deal in both scope and scale, the 2,300-page Dodd-Frank Act of 2010—the main regulatory reform package introduced in the United States—also shared with New Deal reforms the assumption that the underlying cause of the crisis was ... Read more

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  • The Court of Appeal for Ontario

    Defining the Right of Appeal in Canada, 1792-2013

    by Christopher Moore ...
    In Christopher Moore’s lively and engaging history of the Court of Appeal for Ontario, he traces the evolution of one of Canada’s most influential courts from its origins as a branch of the lieutenant governor’s executive council to the post-Charter years of cutting-edge jurisprudence and national influence.Discussing the issues, personalities, and politics which have shaped Ontario’s highest ... Read more

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  • Studying Roman Law

    by Paul du Plessis ...
    Series series Classical World
    Studying Roman Law is an introductory guide aimed at sixth-formers, students and those with a general interest wishing to obtain a basic overview of Roman private law during the first three centuries of the Common Era. It is not meant to be a replacement for more comprehensive and technical manuals on Roman law, but should rather be seen as introductory reading. Written in non-specialist language, ... Read more

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  • Dewigged, Bothered, and Bewildered

    British Colonial Judges on Trial, 1800-1900

    by John McLaren ...
    Throughout the British colonies in the nineteenth century, judges were expected not only to administer law and justice, but also to play a significant role within the governance of their jurisdictions. British authorities were consequently concerned about judges' loyalty to the Crown, and on occasion removed or suspended those who were found politically subversive or personally difficult. Even ... Read more

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  • Enduring Conviction

    Fred Korematsu and His Quest for Justice

    by Lorraine K. Bannai ...
    Series series Scott and Laurie Oki Series in Asian American Studies
    Fred Korematsu’s decision to resist F.D.R.’s Executive Order 9066, which provided authority for the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II, was initially the case of a young man following his heart: he wanted to remain in California with his white fiancée. However, he quickly came to realize that it was more than just a personal choice; it was a matter of basic human rights.After ... Read more

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  • Two

    The Machine of Political Theology and the Place of Thought

    by Roberto Esposito ...
    Translated by Zakiya Hanafi ...
    Series series Commonalities
    The debate on “political theology” that ran throughout the twentieth century has reached its end, but the ultimate meaning of the notion continues to evade us. Despite all the attempts to resolve the issue, we still speak its language—we remain in its horizon.The reason for this, says Roberto Esposito, lies in the fact that political theology is neither a concept nor an event; rather, it is the ... Read more

    $40.99 CAD