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  • Desert Star

    Inspiration for the hit Amazon Prime series BALLARD

    by Michael Connelly ...
    Series series Ballard and Bosch
    THE WORLDWIDE #1 BESTSELLER BEHIND AMAZON PRIME'S BOSCH AND NETFLIX'S THE LINCOLN LAWYERSOME CRIMES YOU CAN'T FORGET.Detective Renée Ballard is given the chance of a lifetime: revive the LAPD's cold case unit and find justice for the families of the forgotten. The only catch is they must first crack the unsolved murder of the sister of the city councilman who is sponsoring the department - or lose ... Read more

    5,99 €

  • The Innocent Man

    A gripping crime thriller from the Sunday Times bestselling author of mystery and suspense

    by John Grisham ...
    ***NOW A MAJOR NETFLIX SERIES***__________________A gripping true-crime story of a shocking miscarriage of justice, from international bestselling thriller author John Grisham, author of A Time to Kill, The Firm and The Whistler.In the baseball draft of 1971, Ron Williamson was the first player chosen from Oklahoma. Signing with Oakland, he said goodbye to his small home town and left for C... ... Read more

    9,49 €

  • A Treatise on the Alteration of Money

    by Juan de Mariana ...
    In this treatise we find an insightful analysis concerning how monetary debasement and inflation increase prices, which proceeds to illustrate how such increases do not affect everyone equally—in effect, causing a revolution in fortunes. In a parallel argument, Mariana explains how government, if given control of other forms of private property, would also debase the values of those forms and use ... Read more

    6,49 €

  • The Secret Barrister

    Stories of the Law and How It's Broken

    by The Secret Barrister ...
    **An anonymous barrister offers a shocking, darkly funny and very moving journey through the legal system – and explains how it's failing all of us.The Sunday Times number one bestseller.Winner of the Books are My Bag Non-Fiction AwardShortlisted for Waterstones Book of the YearShortlisted for Specsavers Non-Fiction Book of the Year**You may not wish to think about it, but one day you or someone ... Read more

    11,76 €

  • Equal Justice

    Fair Legal Systems in an Unfair World

    by Frederick Wilmot-Smith ...
    A philosophical and legal argument for equal access to good lawyers and other legal resources.Should your risk of wrongful conviction depend on your wealth? We wouldn’t dream of passing a law to that effect, but our legal system, which permits the rich to buy the best lawyers, enables wealth to affect legal outcomes. Clearly justice depends not only on the substance of laws but also on the system ... Read more

    34,76 €

  • Der Anspruch auf Auskunft ueber die Identitaet der eigenen genetischen Eltern

    Ein Rechtsvergleich fuer Deutschland und Oesterreich

    by Tania Majercik ...
    Series Book 5899 - Europaeische Hochschulschriften Recht
    Das Buch bietet einen umfassenden Überblick über die Rechtsfragen und einschlägigen nationalen sowie internationalen Rechtsquellen im Zusammenhang mit Ansprüchen auf Auskunft über die Identität der eigenen biologischen Eltern. Die Autorin stellt dabei die Rechtsordnungen von Österreich und Deutschland gegenüber. Sie erläutert die Existenz und Reichweite des Grund- und Menschenrechts auf Kenntnis ... Read more

    73,55 €

  • The Lawyer Bubble

    A Profession in Crisis

    by Steven J Harper ...
    A noble profession is facing its defining moment. From law schools to the prestigious firms that represent the pinnacle of a legal career, a crisis is unfolding. News headlines tell part of the story-the growing oversupply of new lawyers, widespread career dissatisfaction, and spectacular implosions of pre-eminent law firms. Yet eager hordes of bright young people continue to step over each other ... Read more

    9,49 €

  • Crossing the River Styx

    The Memoir of a Death Row Chaplain

    by Todd C. Peppers, Charles Peppers, Professor Russell Allen Ford ...
    The Reverend Russ Ford, who served as the head chaplain on Virginia’s death row for eighteen years, raged against the inequities of the death penalty—now outlawed in Virginia—while ministering to the men condemned to die in the 1980s and 1990s. Ford stood watch with twenty-eight men, sitting with them in the squalid death house during the final days and hours of their lives. In July 1990 he ... Read more

    24,05 €

  • Enquanto A Vida Passa

    by Helio De Oliveira Almeida ...
    Este livro, é fruto de uma necessidade silenciosa de escrever sobre o que tantas vezes guardamos: lembranças, emoções e perguntas sem resposta. "Enquanto a Vida Passa – Quem Está Lá Fora?" é mais do que uma obra é um retrato de suas inquietações, um tributo aos laços familiares e uma homenagem àqueles que vivem intensamente, mesmo quando o mundo parece seguir indiferente. O escritor escreve com o ... Read more

    3,99 € or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Ethics Project in Legal Education

    Edited by Michael Robertson, Lillian Corbin, Kieran Tranter, Francesca Bartlett ...
    Series series Routledge Research in Legal Ethics
    The contributions in this volume suggest that "the ethics project in legal education" is increasingly an international one. Even though the strength of commitment by both the profession and the legal academy to "ethics learning" within law schools varies, two fundamental questions confront all who work in this area. First, what is it that we want our students to learn (or, perhaps, in what manner ... Read more

    57,22 €

  • The Ethics of Suicide

    by Victor Cosculluela ...
    Series series Routledge Library Editions: Ethics
    Originally published in 1995, this volume addresses a topical subject: assisted suicide. The book discusses the issues surrounding the morality of suicide and in so doing clarifies the literature in applied ethics. It critiques the complex moral and religious arguments on the topic offered by philosophers and theologians. It establishes a middle position between those who hold that suicide is ... Read more

    42,61 €

  • Too Big to Lose

    A SMALL FARMER'S TEN YEAR BATTLE AGAINST DUPONT

    by Raymond Kawamata ...
    Our legal system is broken...So posits Raymond Kawamata in this scathing indictment of the US justice system. And he should know. When Kawamata, a Hawaiian rose farmer, discovered one day that his roses had been dying due to a manufacturing defect of a fungicide he had applied to his plants, he did what any aggrieved customer would do: he asked for compensation from the manufacturer. This ... Read more

    5,29 € or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Rainbow Chaser

    The Man Who Gambled for Success and Broke Even

    by Robert Livingston ...
    "This is a superb book—beautifully written, engaging, and punchy. It tells Bob Livingston’s own great American story, gives an inside view of historical events, and provides a trenchant analysis of two phenomenon that are corrupting our justice system—Lawfare and the thuggish behavior of a certain prosecutors fixated on headhunting rather than justice.”—WILLIAM P. BARR, former Attorney ... Read more

    19,28 €

  • Ethics, Law and Professional Deontology

    by Esther Valbuena García ...
    Series series Máster
    This book is aimed at students, teachers and researchers, and those responsible for the ethical and sustainable management of organizations; it helps to identify, understand and expand on some relevant aspects related to ethical management of companies and institutions.As a whole, it is a work that invites reflection and defines the main deontological and ethical problems which organizations face ... Read more

    9,00 € or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Right to Be Protected from Committing Suicide

    by Professor Jonathan Herring ...
    This book argues that suicidal people have the right to receive treatment and for reasonable steps to be taken that they are protected from killing themselves. Those suffering threats to life from mental health issues deserve the same protection as those who face threats to life from ill health or violence from others. The book explores the ethical and legal case for giving those beset with ... Read more

    43,24 €

  • Command Decisions

    by Peter G. Hilton JD, Dr. James A. Kholos ...
    There are approximately 1,077,520 private security guards employed in the United States (Bureau of Labor Statistics), with approximately 700,000 sworn police officers. The training for security officers can be a little as 8 to 40 hours prior to them being employed or assigned to a work location.Security officers are on the front line of law enforcement work, and are the first responders in many ... Read more

    8,99 €

  • Compliance Biden

    by Eric Thomsen ...
    Our teacher in Compliance in Luxembourg Banking and Investment Funds Law said: "By all means investigate the Ukrainians. But don't touch the Saudis and Qataris – they have too much money!" He was a famous lawyer working for the government.So, why are the Democrats so against investigating the actions of Joe Biden, Vice President of the United States, President Obama's point man on Ukraine, and ... Read more

    9,49 €

  • Living Donor Organ Transplantation

    Key Legal and Ethical Issues

    by Austen Garwood-Gowers ...
    Series series Routledge Revivals
    This book was originally published in 1999. When one or more essential organs failed, the consequence used to be death. However, conventional medicine has developed artificial means of extending life, the most successful of which is transplantation. The most common form of organ to be transplanted is a kidney which will, on average, function for about a decade in its recipient. Organ ... Read more

    43,82 €

  • Playing in the Sandbox

    A Lawyers Guide Volume 1

    by Charles J. Goldman ...
    Playing in the Sandbox is a practical guide for the soon-to-be and new lawyer, outlining the situations they will likely encounter during their legal career. Charles J. Goldman is an experienced attorney who presents each topic in an easy-to-read and engaging manner. The information that he provides applies to sole practitioners and midsize and large firms as well.While the chapters have humorous ... Read more

    8,68 €

  • Ethics, Law and Society

    Volume II

    by Søren Holm ...
    This key collection brings together a selection of papers commissioned and published by the Cardiff Centre for Ethics, Law & Society. It incorporates contributions from a group of international experts along with a selection of short opinion pieces written in response to specific ethical issues. The collection addresses issues arising in biomedical and medical ethics ranging from assisted ... Read more

    42,61 €

  • Lawyers in Practice

    Ethical Decision Making in Context

    Edited by Leslie C. Levin, Lynn Mather ...
    Series series Chicago Series in Law and Society
    How do lawyers resolve ethical dilemmas in the everyday context of their practice? What are the issues that commonly arise, and how do lawyers determine the best ways to resolve them? Until recently, efforts to answer these questions have focused primarily on rules and legal doctrine rather than the real-life situations lawyers face in legal practice.The first book to present empirical research on ... Read more

    34,33 €

  • BigLaw

    Money and Meaning in the Modern Law Firm

    by Mitt Regan, Lisa H. Rohrer ...
    Series series Chicago Series in Law and Society
    The Great Recession intensified large law firms’ emphasis on financial performance, leading to claims that lawyers in these firms were now guided by business rather than professional values. Based on interviews with more than 250 partners in large firms, Mitt Regan and Lisa H. Rohrer suggest that the reality is much more complex. It is true that large firm hiring, promotion, compensation, and ... Read more

    24,48 €

  • Ethics and the Practice of Forensic Science

    by Robin T. Bowen ...
    Series series International Forensic Science and Investigation
    Integrity and honesty are the hallmarks of science - and especially so in the case of forensic science - making the study and practice of ethics essential to the field. Ethics and the Practice of Forensic Science, Third Edition directly addresses common stressors that can induce, or lead professionals - working in forensic laboratories, law enforcement, the judicial system, and at crime scenes - ... Read more

    94,97 €

  • La ética del ciberespacio

    by Cees J. Hamelink ...
    Series series Sociología y política
    ¿Cómo deben las sociedades democráticas organizar el ciberespacio? En este libro, Cees J. Hamelink propone una respuesta que pone a los derechos humanos, antes que el lucro, en el punto número uno del orden del día. Los enfoques éticos convencionales están gravemente viciados, argumente Cees Hamelink. Hay un volumen cada vez mayor de normas morales, etiquetas y códigos de conducta, pero son de ... Read more

    12,99 € or Free with Kobo Plus