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Hidden Victims
Rutgers University Press 2005; US$ 25.95"Sharp?s book reemphasizes the tremendous costs of maintaining the death penalty?costs to real people and real families that ripple throughout generations to come."?Saundra D. Westervelt, author of Shifting the Blame: How Victimization Became a Criminal Defense "Everyone concerned with the effects of capital punishment must have this book."?Margaret... more...
International Law and Freshwater
Edward Elgar Publishing 2013; US$ 40.00The issues surrounding water embody some of the greatest challenges of the 21st century. The editors of this timely book have brought together the leading authors in the field to explore the key questions involving international law and water governance. International Law and Freshwater connects recent legal developments through the breadth and synergies... more...
Research Handbook on Human Rights and Humanitarian Law
Edward Elgar Publishing 2013; US$ 60.00This fascinating Handbook explores the interplay between international human rights law and international humanitarian law, offering expert analysis on the increasingly complex issues surrounding their application in conflict areas across the world. Contributors to this volume provide a comprehensive treatment of the ongoing relationship between human... more...
The Rights of Refugees under International Law
Cambridge University Press 2005; US$ 87.00In this book Hathaway presents the first comprehensive analysis of the human rights of refugees as set by the UN Refugee Convention. He links the standards of the Convention to key norms of international human rights law and applies his analysis to the world's most difficult protection challenges. more...
The Judicial Process
Cambridge University Press 2005; US$ 50.00This book dismantles the outdated theories still exhibited in much judicial reasoning, and seeks to bridge the gap between legal theory and judicial practice. The author propounds a coherent and comprehensive judicial methodology for modern times which is realistic and pragmatic and which embraces a revised conception of practical reasoning. more...
Non-Governmental Organisations in International Law
Cambridge University Press 2006; US$ 36.00Governments are regarded as the sole representatives of their populations on the international plane. It is therefore important that other voices can be heard in international fora alongside governments. NGOs have an increasingly important legal and political role. This book explores the possibilities for participation of NGOs in international law. more...
Mutiny on the Amistad
Oxford University Press 1997; US$ 24.99Published to coincide with the movie "Amistad", this is the story of the only instance in history where African blacks, seized by slave dealers, won their freedom and returned home. The 1839 revolt on a Spanish slave ship ignited events which climaxed in the US court's ruling to free the captives. more...
The Culture of Vengeance and the Fate of American Justice
Cambridge University Press 2008; US$ 24.00America is driven by vengeance in Aladjem's timely analysis, and the fate of democratic justice hangs in the balance. more...
Darfur and the Crime of Genocide
Cambridge University Press 2008; US$ 24.00This book explores firsthand accounts of the genocide in Darfur. more...









