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  • DisOrder in the Court

    31 Funny, Frivolous & Outrageous Lawsuits that Will Make You Laugh Out Loud

    by Quincy Oliver ...
    DisOrder in the Court: 31 Funny, Frivolous & Outrageous Lawsuits That Will Make You Laugh Out Loud! There is no doubt that some lawsuits must be litigated in court for a number of reasons. However, there are some lawsuits that probably should never see the light of day in a courtroom. Some are funny, some are frivolous and some are just plain outrageous, but they all beg the question: How did this ... Read more

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  • Disorder in the Court: Great Fractured Moments in Courtroom History

    Great Fractured Moments in Courtroom History

    by Charles M. Sevilla ...
    In America's courtooms, the verdict is laughter.Sit back and enjoy a collection of verbatim exchanges from the halls of justice, where defendants and plaintiffs, lawyers and witnesses, juries and judges, collide to produce memorably insane comedy.The Court: The charge here is theft of frozen chickens. Are you the defendant, sir?Defendant: No, sir, I'm the guy who stole the chickens.Attorney: What ... Read more

    PHP673.59

  • Constitutional Law and Precedent

    International Perspectives on Case-Based Reasoning

    Edited by Monika Florczak-Wątor ...
    This collection examines case-based reasoning in constitutional adjudication; that is, how courts decide on constitutional cases by referring to their own prior case law and the case law of other national, foreign, and international courts. Argumentation based on judicial authority is now fundamental to the resolution of constitutional disputes. At the same time, it is the most common form of ... Read more

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  • Notorious RBG

    The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg

    by Irin Carmon, Shana Knizhnik ...
    New York Times BestsellerFeatured in the critically acclaimed documentary RBG"It was beyond my wildest imagination that I would one day become the 'Notorious RBG." — Ruth Bader Ginsburg, 2019She was a fierce dissenter with a serious collar game. A legendary, self-described “flaming feminist litigator” who made the world more equal. And an intergenerational icon affectionately known as the Notor... ... Read more

    PHP985.99

  • Calculation of Compensation and Damages in International Investment Law

    by Irmgard Marboe ...
    Series series Oxford International Arbitration Series
    Fully revised and updated from the successful first edition, this title analyses the practice of international courts and tribunals with regard to the valuation of investment claims against states, paying specific attention to the question of interest. This new edition incorporates new jurisprudence, updates existing cases, and includes a new section on immaterial damage. The new edition also ... Read more

    PHP15,300.49

  • Code des pensions civiles et militaires de retraite

    Partie réglementaire - Décrets en Conseil d'Etat. - Livre III : Dispositions relatives au paiement des pensions (droit français)

    by Various ...
    Découvrez le Code des pensions civiles et militaires de retraite, Partie réglementaire - Décrets en Conseil d'État, Livre III : Dispositions relatives au paiement des pensions. Cet ouvrage incontournable s'adresse aux professionnels du droit, offrant une compilation exhaustive des textes officiels et des dispositions réglementaires qui régissent le paiement des pensions. Grâce à une présentation ... Read more

    PHP1,652.93

  • Researching the European Court of Justice

    Methodological Shifts and Law's Embeddedness

    Edited by Mikael Rask Madsen, Fernanda Nicola, Antoine Vauchez ...
    Series series Studies on International Courts and Tribunals
    The book takes stock of the on-going 'methodological turn' in the field of EU law scholarship. Introducing a new generation of scholars of the European Court of Justice from law, history, sociology, political science and linguistics, it provides a set of novel interdisciplinary research strategies and empirical materials for the study of the Court of Justice of the European Union. The twelve case ... Read more

    PHP7,071.49

  • O Direito Segundo o Espiritismo

    by Pedro Paulo Dias Soares ...
    O Direito Segundo o EspiritismoNo primeiro capitulo, tratamos da construção filosófica do Direito Natural, através das ideias básicas dos seguintes filósofos: Sócrates, Platão, Aristóteles, Cícero, Soneca, Santo Agostinho, Santo Tomas de Aquino, Francisco de Vitória, Loteio, Calvino, Hugo Grócio, Thomaz Hobbes, John Locke, Christian Wollf, Emmanuel Kant, Giorgio Del Vecchio e Gustav Radbruch. No ... Read more

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  • Good Behaviour

    The Supreme Court and Article III of the United States Constitution

    by Samuel A. Francis ...
    The controversy surrounding the presidential election in 2000 raised many issues regarding the behavior of some of the United States Supreme Court Justices. The Court's decision in the case of Bush v. Gore effectively stopped a recount of votes in Florida. Many critics felt this decision was politically motivated. If so, what did this say about the ability of the members of the Court to remain non ... Read more

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  • Rola sądów międzynarodowych w kształtowaniu praw jednostek

    by Anna Kasędra, Agnieszka Kwiatkowska, Dominik Godula, Patryk Kubsik, Agnieszka Regiec ...
    Publikacja, wydana pod redakcją Patryka Kubsika stanowi efekt pracy członków Studenckiego Koła Naukowego Rozstrzygania Sporów Międzynarodowych, działającego przy Katedrze Prawa Międzynarodowego i Europejskiego Uniwersytetu Wrocławskiego. Autorami poszczególnych rozdziałów są studenci czwartego oraz piątego roku prawa, którzy dzielą się na kartach niniejszej publikacji swoją pasją i zamiłowaniem do ... Read more

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  • Living Without Justice: Overcoming Sexual Abuse

    by Paul Richards ...
    'Living Without Justice: Overcoming sexual abuse' tells of the writer's thirty-year battle to deal with abuse that took place in the early 1980s. This is a story of courage and resilience. It is a must read for all parents so that they understand how easily a child can be groomed, and will be helpful for families and friends of anyone who has been subjected to abuse, to help them understand what ... Read more

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  • Judicial Reputation

    A Comparative Theory

    by Nuno Garoupa, Tom Ginsburg ...
    Judges are society's elders and experts, our masters and mediators. We depend on them to dispense justice with integrity, deliberation, and efficiency. Yet judges, as Alexander Hamilton famously noted, lack the power of the purse or the sword. They must rely almost entirely on their reputations to secure compliance with their decisions, obtain resources, and maintain their political influence.In ... Read more

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  • Detention and its Alternatives under International Law

    by Prof Lorna McGregor ...
    In theory, international law provides a clear framework for ensuring the rarity of detention by either characterising a detention practice as inherently arbitrary or treating it as a measure of last resort. However, some critics have argued that international law prioritises procedural safeguards, leaving the international law on the legitimacy, necessity, and proportionality of detention and its ... Read more

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  • Legal Professional Privilege in Criminal Investigations and Proceedings

    by Will Hayes, Vivien Cochrane ...
    Legal Professional Privilege in Criminal Investigations and Proceedings is concerned with the law of legal professional privilege and its practical application in criminal cases and internal investigations, providing a single point of reference for all criminal practitioners regardless of the type of case in which they are involved. Focused and structured around the practical issues that criminal ... Read more

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  • Reinventing American Jurisprudence

    Law through the Lens of Value

    by George David Miller ...
    In Reinventing American Jurisprudence: Law through the Lens of Value, George David Miller and Laura Brown unfurl an original approach to value and an imaginative landscape in philosophy of law. Value essentialism identifies value formations such as a sacred cow and scapegoat tandem and the intensification of “oughtness” as it approaches sacred zenith values. Readers learn how Occam’s razor has ... Read more

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  • The Margin of Appreciation in International Human Rights Law

    Deference and Proportionality

    by Dr Andrew Legg ...
    Series series Oxford Monographs in International Law
    The margin of appreciation is a judicial doctrine whereby international courts allow states to have a measure of diversity in their interpretation of human rights treaty obligations. The doctrine is at the heart of some of the most important international human rights decisions. Does it undermine the universality of human rights? How should judges decide whether to give this margin of appreciation ... Read more

    PHP6,208.59

  • Individual Criminal Responsibility in International Law

    by Elies van Sliedregt ...
    Series series Oxford Monographs in International Law
    This book examines the concept of individual criminal responsibility for serious violations of international law, i.e. aggression, genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes. Such crimes are rarely committed by single individuals. Rather, international crimes generally connote a plurality of offenders, particularly in the execution of the crimes, which are often orchestrated and masterminded ... Read more

    PHP8,925.09

  • Blackstone's Employment Law Practice 2012

    Edited by Gavin Mansfield, John Bowers QC, Damian Brown, Simon Forshaw, Anthony Korn, Julia Palca, David Reade QC ...
    Drawing together comprehensive coverage of practice and procedure in the employment tribunal, Employment Appeal Tribunal, and Central Arbitration Committee, Blackstone's Employment Law Practice 2012 is an essential purchase for any serious employment practitioner. Ideal for preparing for and during a case in tribunal or court, it includes trusted advice on specialist topics, such as the ... Read more

    PHP8,315.29

  • The Privileges and Immunities of International Organizations in Domestic Courts

    Edited by August Reinisch ...
    Series series International Law and Domestic Legal Orders
    International organizations are increasingly operating across borders and engaging in legal transactions in virtually all jurisdictions. This makes, familiarity with the applicable law and practice imperative for both international organizations and those who engage in legal relations with them. Furthermore, the issue of whether, how, and to what extent domestic courts take into account decisions ... Read more

    PHP7,927.19

  • Taking Problem-Solving Courts to Scale

    Diverse Applications of the Specialty Court Model

    by Eileen M. Ahlin, Anne S. Douds, Cassandra Atkin-Plunk, Elyshia Aseltine, Kealy A. Cassidy, Amanda B. Cissner, Amanda Emmert, Irina Fanarraga, Lama Hassoun Ayoub0, Monica Himes1, Mitra Z. Honardoost2, Ashley Kilmer3, Deborah Koetzle4, Joan Lobo Antunes5, Jared A. Michaels6, Shondrah Nash7, Jennifer Newell8, Carrie Petrucci9, Michael Rempel0, Lisa Shannon1, Kyle C. Troeger2, Rebecca Thomforde Hauser3, Ella R. Warburton4, Tyrell Connor5 ...
    In the more than 30 years since the drug court model transformed the criminal justice landscape, problem-solving courts have expanded their reach beyond criminogenic needs. They now address demographic similarities (e.g., veterans courts, tribal wellness courts, community courts) and offense characteristics (e.g., prostitution courts, sex offender courts). The rapid expansion of problem-solving ... Read more

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  • Las Vegas Attorneys

    by Thomas Chee ...
    Meyer Lansky and the mafia, Simpon, Hilton, Jackson, Lohan, the lawyers in Las Vegas deal with clients in the global news. Lawyer Oscar Goodman became Mayor of Las Vegas. Hunter S. Thompson wrote the book Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas after covering a narcotics conference with district attorneys visiting Las Vegas for Rolling Stone Magazine. Here are the stories from lawyers in Las Vegas, Nevada. ... Read more

    PHP60.98

  • Separate but Faithful

    The Christian Right's Radical Struggle to Transform Law & Legal Culture

    by Amanda Hollis-Brusky, Joshua C. Wilson ...
    Series series Studies in Postwar American Political Development
    Fueled by grassroots activism and a growing collection of formal political organizations, the Christian Right became an enormously influential force in American law and politics in the 1980s and 90s. While this vocal and visible political movement has long voiced grave concerns about the Supreme Court and cases such as Roe v. Wade, they weren't able to effectively enter the courtroom in a serious ... Read more

    PHP1,462.39

  • Speak English or What?

    Codeswitching and Interpreter Use in New York City Courts

    by Philipp Sebastian Angermeyer ...
    Series series Oxford Studies in Language and Law
    This book presents a study of interpreter-mediated interaction in New York City small claims courts, drawing on audio-recorded arbitration hearings and ethnographic fieldwork. Focusing on the language use of speakers of Haitian Creole, Polish, Russian, or Spanish, the study explores how these litigants make use of their limited proficiency in English, in addition to communicating with the help of ... Read more

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  • Friends of the Supreme Court: Interest Groups and Judicial Decision Making

    by Paul M. Collins, Jr. ...
    The U.S. Supreme Court is a public policy battleground in which organized interests attempt to etch their economic, legal, and political preferences into law through the filing of amicus curiae ("friend of the court") briefs. In Friends of the Supreme Court: Interest Groups and Judicial Decision Making, Paul M. Collins, Jr. explores how organized interests influence the justices' decision making, ... Read more

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