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My Turn at the Bully Pulpitby Greta Van Susteren; Elaine Lafferty
Crown Publishing Group 2003; US$ 14.99Welcome to the bully pulpit where opinions fly but common sense rules. Here’s where you’ll find straight talk about the most pressing issues of the day, all delivered in the trademark commonsense style of one of America’s most popular and admired television news anchors. Always resisting the political label that attempts to place people in one ideological camp or another, Greta Van Susteren speaks from the mind and the heart, not as a liberal or a conservative, but as a right-thinking, sensible citizen. “Our country is at a critical juncture,” she writes, and “too many of us are caught up in old definitions of left and right that no longer apply. If I favor the death penalty in some cases, does that make... more...
In the Interest of Justiceby Joel J. Seidemann
HarperCollins 2004; US$ 10.99E-Book Extra: The Quotable Courtroom Drawing from some of the most well-known courtroom cases of our time, this rich and rewarding volume collects more than two dozen of the most memorable opening and closing arguments made by top prosecutors and defense attorneys in the last 100 years. Carefully selected to explore every major aspect and challenge of the legal process, the speeches showcased here highlight the tactics and strategies, colorful language, and stirring rhetoric that lawyers use to win judge and jury to their side. more...
Occupational Health & Safety Law Cases & Materialsby Brenda Barrett; Richard Howells
Routledge-Cavendish 2000; US$ 92.00The primary purpose of this book remains to assist students of occupational health and safety law. It will also prove useful to both undergraduate and postgraduate students in other fields who have an interest in this area and is a valuable reference book for practitioners in health and safety and for human resource managers. The text draws heavily on legislation and law reports,but other materials are included where appropriate to develop, explain or comment on the essential legal materials. This second edition retains the style and purpose of the first edition. However, substantial changes have been made, both to improve the presentation of the material to better advantage and to incorporate the many changes in the law that have occurred... more...
Globalization and the Future of Labour Lawby John D. R. Craig; S. Michael Lynk
Cambridge University Press 2006; US$ 48.00This collection of essays by leading legal scholars and lawyers from Europe and the Americas addresses the implications of globalization for the legal regulation of the new workplace. more...
Managing Global Legal Systemsby Gary W. Florkowski
Taylor & Francis 2006; US$ 62.95Presenting a framework for understanding the corporate strategy-public policy interface as it relates to human capital management, this text treats legal systems as factors that must be managed in the firm's pursuit of international competitive advantage. This book is useful for those interested in the fields of HRM, business management and law. more...
You Can Get Arrested for Thatby Rich Smith
Crown Publishing Group 2006; US$ 9.99Two Englishmen on a crime spree break American laws! Stupid, unreasonable, and long-forgotten laws—but laws just the same. In 1787 the wise framers of the U.S. Constitution laid out the laws of the land. Since then, things have gone awry, and a few laws even the far-sighted framers couldn’t have imagined have worked their way onto the books in towns and cities across the country. Did you know that in the United States it’s illegal to: • Fish while wearing pajamas in Chicago, Illinois? • Enter a theater within three hours of eating garlic in Indianapolis? • Offer cigarettes or whiskey to zoo animals in New Jersey? • Fall asleep in a cheese factory in South Dakota? Englishman Rich Smith discovered... more...
Crime and Punishmentby Austin Sarat
Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2005; US$ 94.95Presents an issue devoted to exploring humanistic perspectives on the subject of punishment. This book explores the way deviant subjects are constructed and made available for punishment, the philosophical context within which decisions about punishment are made, and the inner workings of the penal apparatus. more...
Research in Accounting Regulationby Gary Previts
Elsevier 2006; US$ 94.95The scope of service provided by professional accountants is influenced by legislation and case law as well as the dictates of a variety of government and private sector agencies; including State Boards of Accountancy, Academic Accreditation Bodies, the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, the Public Accounting Oversight Board, independent standard setting bodies such as the Federal Accounting Standards Advisory Board [US], the Financial Accounting Standards Board [US] and the International Accounting Standards Board. These entities and self-regulatory organizations such as U.S. State Societies of CPAs and the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and equivalent and emerging national bodies that exist in most developed... more...
Comparative Consumer Insolvency Regimesby Jacob S. Ziegel
Hart 2003; US$ 117.60Modern legal systems have two basic alternatives in providing relief for over-committed consumers. Where the consumer is seriously insolvent and owes money to many creditors, a collective solution to debtor's problems is required. This work focuses on such a solution. more...
Research in Law and Economics, Volume 22by Richard O. Zerbe; John B. Kirkwood
Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2007; US$ 115.00* John Connor describes and evaluates the results of his extensive survey of reports of cartel overcharges. * Dennis Weisman models the price effects of mergers that not only increase concentration in the relevant market but also increase the merged firms' participation in other, complementary markets. more...