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  • Campaign Finance Reform and the Future of the Democratic Party

    Campaign Finance Reform and the Future of the Democratic Party offers a new interpretation of the dynamics of the American political system. Schneider explains how campaign finance reform would enable the Democratic Party to reverse the decades-long decline in their voter base. Reform would incentivize the Party to reallocate $1 trillion per year in contribution-driven waste to popular programs, ... Read more

    $23.99 AUD

  • Public Law

    by Adam Tomkins ...
    Series series Clarendon Law Series
    Written in the well-established tradition of the Clarendon Law Series, Public Law offers a stimulating re-interpretation of the central themes and problems of English constitutional law. It offers full consideration of the historical development of public law. This book is an introduction that will be especially appealing to the enquiring student who is looking to reflect critically on the ... Read more

    $85.99 AUD

  • The Role of Law in Social Work Practice and Administration

    The strong nexus between law and social work is beyond dispute: the law informs day-to-day social work practice and administration, and social workers are employed by the courts. Moreover, they work collaboratively with attorneys in legal aid offices, public defenders'offices, and other law enforcement settings, interviewing clients, preparing reports for use in court, interpreting social science ... Read more

    $138.99 AUD

  • Technology, Transgenics and a Practical Moral Code

    Series Book 4 - The International Library of Ethics, Law and Technology
    Most philosophers still like to feel that they have a special subject matter, well insulated from anything that the social scientists, and scientists in general, have to tell them. That is not healthy for philosophy; and it is all too likely to lead to an ethics that continues, as of old, to plead for its ultimates-the fact that one is totally ineffectual being decently concealed by an impressive ... Read more

    $143.99 AUD

  • Making Public Places Safer

    Surveillance and Crime Prevention

    Series series Studies in Crime and Public Policy
    The United Kingdom has more than 4.2 million public closed-circuit television (CCTV) cameras-one for every fourteen citizens. Across the United States, hundreds of video surveillance systems are being installed in town centers, public transportation facilities, and schools at a cost exceeding $100 million annually. And now other Western countries have begun to experiment with CCTV to prevent crime ... Read more

    $79.99 AUD

  • Diálogos Constitucionais De Direito Público e Privado N.02

    “Cuida-se, mais uma vez, de textos produzidos por discentes e egressos do Doutorado em Direito da Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul, representando as duas grandes Áreas de Concentração do Programa e suas três Linhas de Pesquisa, de modo a assegurar a necessária coerência e sistematicidade que caracterizam também a Identidade do Programa. A riqueza e atualidade dos temas, todos ... Read more

    $42.99 AUD

  • Diálogos Constitucionais De Direito Público E Privado

    Idelizada pelo Programa de Pós-Graduação em Direito da Pontífica universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul, visto que se trata de trabalhos confeccionados para alunos e egressos do Doutorando em Direito, representando as duas áreas de concentração do Programa, noadamente, Fundamentos Constitucionais do Direito Públicos e do Direito Privado e Teoria Geral da Jurisdição e Processo. ... Read more

    $30.99 AUD

  • LEGISLAÇÃO DE TRÂNSITO PARA CONCURSOS

    O material tem como finalidade auxiliar os candidatos a concursos públicos; servindo como um excelente instrumento de aprendizado da disciplina. Desenvolvido por professor especialista na área; traz os tópicos mais recorrentes e cobrados nas provas. ... Read more

    $4.99 AUD

  • What Colour was the Smoke?

    A Tragedy of Errors. Watching the Grenfell Tower Fire Inquiry.

    "What colour was the smoke?" is a text documentary about the fire in a public housing block, Grenfell Tower, that killed seventy two people in June 2017 in West London. The Government ordered an Inquiry under a Judge. The author followed the Inquiry for six months and uses the actual language of the firefighters, scientists and other professionals at the scene that night and above all the words of ... Read more

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  • Serviço Público na Constituição Federal

    O livro desponta como um relevante trabalho sobre o serviço público na Constituição Federal. A temática é abordada, pelo autor, com objetividade e clareza, constituindo, assim, numa obra de esmerada qualidade teórico-prática. Nele foram examinadas temáticas atuais e polêmicas relativas aos serviços públicos, tais como, por exemplo, o novo papel do Estado na prestação dos serviços públicos as ... Read more

    $19.99 AUD

  • Il governo della Repubblica

    Series series Farsi un'idea
    Non è solo il vertice dell'apparato amministrativo dello stato, ma il centro motore della politica del paese. Nel corso della storia repubblicana, il suo ruolo e il suo funzionamento hanno subito varie trasformazioni, legate al passaggio dal sistema proporzionale a quello maggioritario, al decentramento di attribuzioni verso le regioni e gli enti locali, al processo di integrazione europea che ... Read more

    $11.99 AUD

  • Judicial Review of Legislation

    A Comparative Study of the United Kingdom, the Netherlands and South Africa

    Series Book 5 - Ius Gentium: Comparative Perspectives on Law and Justice
    Constitutionalism is the permanent quest to control state power, of which the judicial review of legislation is a prime example. Although the judicial review of legislation is increasingly common in modern societies, it is not a finished project. This device still raises questions as to whether judicial review is justified, and how it may be structured. Yet, judicial review’s justification and its ... Read more

    $143.99 AUD

  • Migration and the New Technological Borders of Europe

    Edited by H. Dijstelbloem, A. Meijer ...
    Series series Migration, Minorities and Citizenship
    European borders that aim to control migration and mobility increasingly rely on technology to distinguish between citizens and aliens. This book explores new tensions in Europe between states and citizens, and between politics, technology and human rights. ... Read more

    $76.99 AUD

  • Hochschulerfinderrecht

    Ein Handbuch für Wissenschaft und Praxis

    Mit dem Wegfall des Hochschullehrerprivilegs 2002 kommen auf die deutschen Hochschulen neue Aufgaben zu. Forschungsergebnisse müssen nun auf Ihre Verwertbarkeit geprüft, Patentanmeldungen getätigt und zahlungskräftige Abnehmer gefunden werden. Zudem stellen sich ganz neue Fragen in Bezug auf die Lehr- und Forschungsfreiheit, die Einwerbung von Drittmitteln und die Kooperationen mit ... Read more

    $89.99 AUD

  • Participants in the International Legal System

    Multiple Perspectives on Non-State Actors in International Law

    Edited by Jean d'Aspremont ...
    Series series Routledge Research in International Law
    The international legal system has weathered sweeping changes over the last decade as new participants have emerged. International law-making and law-enforcement processes have become increasingly multi-layered with unprecedented numbers of non-State actors, including individuals, insurgents, multinational corporations and even terrorist groups, being involved. This growth in the importance of non ... Read more

    $129.99 AUD

  • Fundamental Rights and Private Law in Europe

    The Case of Tort Law and Children

    by Nuno Ferreira ...
    The book explores, from a comparative and inter-disciplinary perspective, the relationship between fundamental rights and private law in Europe, a debate usually referred to as Drittwirkung or ‘horizontal effect of fundamental rights’. It discusses the different models of ‘horizontal effect’ and the impact that fundamental rights may have in shaping tort law, especially the position of child ... Read more

    $82.99 AUD

  • Cheating Welfare

    Public Assistance and the Criminalization of Poverty

    Over the last three decades, welfare policies have been informed by popular beliefs that welfare fraud is rampant. As a result, welfare policies have become more punitive and the boundaries between the welfare system and the criminal justice system have blurred—so much so that in some locales prosecution caseloads for welfare fraud exceed welfare caseloads. In reality, some recipients manipulate ... Read more

    $34.99 AUD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • General Reports of the XVIIIth Congress of the International Academy of Comparative Law/Rapports Généraux du XVIIIème Congrès de l’Académie Internationale de Droit Comparé

    Series series Ius Comparatum - Global Studies in Comparative Law
    This title presents twenty-nine topics, prepared by leading scholars in more than 20 countries, providing a comparative analysis of cutting-edge legal topics of the 21st century. Considering topics of vital moment to contemporary legal scholars, the title includes pieces on Surrogate Motherhood, The Balance of Copyright in Comparative Perspective, International Law in Domestic Systems, ... Read more

    $287.99 AUD

  • L'Italia: una società senza Stato?

    In 150 anni l'Italia unita ha fatto molti progressi. Il numero dei suoi abitanti è quasi triplicato. Non è più Paese di emigrazione, anzi ha ora oltre 4 milioni di immigrati. La speranza di vita dei suoi abitanti è più che raddoppiata e la mortalità infantile è oggi cento volte minore di quella del 1861. L'analfabetismo è sceso dal 78 a meno del 2 per cento. Tutto ciò è avvenuto nonostante la ... Read more

    $10.99 AUD

  • Vindicating Socio-Economic Rights

    International Standards and Comparative Experiences

    Series series Routledge Research in Human Rights Law
    Notwithstanding the widespread and persistent affirmation of the indivisibility and equal worth of all human rights, socio-economic rights continue to be treated as the "Cinderella" of the human rights corpus. At a domestic level this has resulted in little appetite for the explicit recognition and judicial enforcement of such rights in constitutional democracies. The primary reason for this is ... Read more

    $71.99 AUD

  • The Early Warning System for the Principle of Subsidiarity

    Constitutional Theory and Empirical Reality

    Series series Routledge Research in EU Law
    This book offers a comprehensive systematic analysis of the European Union’s Early Warning System (EWS) for subsidiarity, which was introduced by the Treaty of Lisbon. The book includes both a detailed theoretical analysis of the EWS as well as an assessment of how national parliaments have responded to EU legislative proposals under the system. Philipp Kiiver explores whether the EWS could ... Read more

    $71.99 AUD

  • Kamu İdarelerinde Protokol Kuralları

    by Ayhan Şahin ...
    Protokol listelerinde seçilmişlerin atanmışlardan daha önlerde temsil edilmeleri gerekmektedir. Özellikle Genelkurmay Başkanının Milli Savunma Bakanının önünde yer alması doğru bir uygulama olarak kabul edilemez. Zaten bu sorun 2011 tarihinde Türkiye'de yapılan NATO Milli Savunma Bakanları toplantısında da kendini göstermiştir. Türkiye Cumhuriyeti Milli Savunma Bakanı NATO toplantısına katıldığı ... Read more

    $1.99 AUD

  • Confronting the Human Rights Act 1998

    Contemporary themes and perspectives

    Edited by Nicolas Kang-Riou ...
    This book critically examines the Human Rights Act 1998 (HRA) and evaluates its impact from a multi-disciplinary perspective. The book includes both a domestic and international analysis of the effectiveness of the HRA, and also considers possible future developments in policy and practise as well as contemplating the potential for a British Bill of Rights. The editors have collected pieces from ... Read more

    $71.99 AUD

  • Judging Law and Policy

    Courts and Policymaking in the American Political System

    To what extent do courts make social and public policy and influence policy change? This innovative text analyzes this question generally and in seven distinct policy areas that play out in both federal and state courts—tax policy, environmental policy, reproductive rights, sex equality, affirmative action, school finance, and same-sex marriage. The authors address these issues through the twin ... Read more

    $98.99 AUD