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The Moral Compass of the American Lawyer
Random House Publishing Group 2011; US$ 19.00These are perilous times for Americans who need access to the legal system. Too many lawyers blatantly abuse power and trust, engage in reckless ethical misconduct, grossly unjust billing practices, and dishonesty disguised as client protection. All this has undermined the credibility of lawyers and the authority of the legal system. In the court of... more...
The Road to Abolition?
NYU Press 2009; US$ 85.00At the start of the twenty-first century, America is in the midst of a profound national reconsideration of the death penalty. There has been a dramatic decline in the number of people being sentenced to death as well as executed, exonerations have become common, and the number of states abolishing the death penalty is on the rise. The essays featured... more...
The Lawyer Bubble
Basic Books 2013; US$ 26.99Too many American lawyers are miserable. Though they have chosen a profession that often makes them wealthy and respected, they have high rates of depression and suicide, and the majority of practicing lawyers would counsel young people to choose a different career path. The Great Recession has only worsened matters, as more and more of those young... more...
Male Prostitution
Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 47.95Here is the most comprehensive empirical study ever published about male prostitutes and their clients. Written by one of the most distinguished international scholars in psychiatry and criminal justice, this book provides a carefully designed presentation of in-depth interviews with several hundred London ?rent boys.? The interviews included a large... more...
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De Gruyter 2013; US$ 280.00The collection of rulings publishes the administration of justice by governmental courts in the Federal Republic of Germany pertaining to the relationship of church and state, and also regarding further problems which are characterized by the relevance of religious concerns. more...
Administrative Law in Tanzania
Mkuki na Nyota Publishers 2009; US$ 39.95Administrative law may best be defined by describing what it encompasses: it is that branch of law which deals with the individual versus governmental or administrative power. It covers court restraint of actions or inactions of public institutions, administrative processes of central and local government, parliamentary and subordinate legislat on... more...
Voluntary Euthanasia Debate
The Spinney Press 2013; US$ 25.00Euthanasia has been illegal in Australia since the federal government overturned short-lived Northern Territory laws in 1996. Despite it being a crime to assist in euthanasia, prosecutions have been rare. Four decades? worth of opinion polls have shown that a majority of Australians appear to support the legal option of aid-in-dying for those suffering... more...
The Globalization of Health Care
Oxford University Press, USA 2013; US$ 89.99The Globalization of Health Care is the first book to offer a comprehensive legal and ethical analysis of the most interesting and broadest reaching development in health care of the last twenty years: its globalization. It ties together the manifestation of this globalization in four related subject areas - medical tourism, medical migration (the... more...
Creative Ethical Practice in Counselling & Psychotherapy
SAGE Publications 2012; US$ 40.00Addressing and alleviating the anxieties around practising 'creatively' in today's complaints culture, this book offers a safety net to therapists trying to work safely and ethically whilst remaining true to their humanistic values. more...
The Myth of Moral Justice
HarperCollins 2011; Not AvailableWe are obsessed with watching television shows and feature films about lawyers, reading legal thrillers, and following real-life trials. Yet, at the same time, most of us don't trust lawyers and hold them and the legal system in very low esteem. In The Myth of Moral Justice , law professor and novelist Thane Rosenbaum suggests that this paradox... more...









