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Three classic works by Neil Smelser return as quality eBook editions; two in new paperback
Comparative Methods in the Social Sciences: Even after teaching generations of social scientists, this classic book by Berkeley’s Neil J. Smelser remains the most definitive statement of methodological issues for all comparative scholars and in political science, anthropology, sociology, economics and psychology. Such issues are timeless and therefore Smelser’s lucid analysis remains timely and relevant. Smelser posits a methodological continuity between the comparative studies of past masters and the more recent flow of contemporary comparative work. To that end, he takes a pragmatic, critical look at the classic studies of Alexis de Tocqueville, Emile Durkheim, and Max Weber. His analyses respect the historical specifics and contexts of their work, but…
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Margaret Sanger’s 1926 manual Happiness in Marriage: now a convenient eBook
Margaret Sanger (1879-1966) was an iconic American feminist, sex educator, nurse, and birth control activist. She founded Planned Parenthood and wrote numerous articles and books on controversial topics including birth control. She was arrested for espousing contraception and women’s freedom of control over their own bodies. Decades later, and in part from her prosecution and activism, the U.S. accepted the right to control birth as she promoted, and the Supreme Court struck down laws forbidding contraception as an invasion of marital privacy. Part of that activism is present in Happiness in Marriage, first published in 1926. But the book attempts to do more–to teach both men and women what a…
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Jesse Choper’s Securing Religious Liberty is Digitally Remastered™ and Available in New eBook Formats
Although the Constitution of the United States states that there shall be no laws that either establish or prohibit religion, the application of the Religion Clauses throughout United States history has been fraught with conflict and ambiguity. In this classic book, a leading constitutional scholar (and former Dean of law at Berkeley) proposed a set of guidelines meant to provide for the consistent application of the First Amendment’s Religion Clauses. Jesse Choper’s thoughtful and pragmatic guidelines are designed to provide maximum protection for religious freedom without granting anyone an advantage, inflicting a disadvantage, or causing an unfair burden. Although Choper does not call for the wholesale overturning of judicial precedents…
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Marie Laveau, historical voodoo figure in New Orleans, featured in reprinted classic folk-book
Raymond J. Martinez’ classic book on legends, lore and unvarnished truths surrounding New Orleans’ most famous voodoo mistress, and other tales from surrounding parishes of days long gone by. Includes illustrated guide to palm-reading, humorous asides, historical comparisons, and over twenty images. In addition to the facts and folklore about Marie Laveau herself, including revealing research into some debunked myths and unanswered questions, the book offers entertaining stories of her life and the people around the New Orleans area, such as: • Lafayette’s visit to New Orleans, yes . . . but to Marie Laveau herself? • How Marie Laveau turned hate into love for some wishful suitors • How…
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Yale Law Journal, 2013, No. 4 Explores Second Amendment Analysis, Presidential Power to Appoint, Filibusters & Burqas
One of the world’s leading law journals is available as an eBook. This issue of the Yale Law Journal (the fourth of Vol. 122, academic year 2012-2013) features new articles and essays on law and legal theory by internationally recognized scholars. Contents include: • Article: Text, History, and Tradition: What the Seventh Amendment Can Teach Us About the Second, by Darrell A.H. Miller • Essay: Can the President Appoint Principal Executive Officers Without a Senate Confirmation Vote?, by Matthew C. Stephenson • Note: The Majoritarian Filibuster • Note: Lawsuits as Information: Prisons, Courts, and a Troika Model of Petition Harms • Comment: Unveiling Inequality: Burqa Bans and Nondiscrimination Jurisprudence at…
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Maids and Caregivers in Saudi Arabia & UAE: Antoinette Vlieger explores their conflicts, the available norms and law, and petropolitics
Part of the Human Rights & Culture Series, Antoinette Vlieger’s Domestic Workers in Saudi Arabia and the Emirates brings home, through frank interviews, the dilemmas at issue when migrant maids and caregivers make their homes in oil-rich countries. Page 1 opens with a jarring turn: “Filipina domestic worker, employed in Riyadh: ‘Really they are good to me. If I say I need rest, they give me rest.’ [And if they were not so good to you, if you would have some problem with your employer, where would you go?] ‘Madam, I cannot go anywhere, I am not allowed to go outside. I cannot go to the embassy. I will just…
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Harvard Law Review‘s Feb. 2013 issue explores unbundled legal aid, presidential power, preemption, human trafficking, and Indian canon
The Harvard Law Review is offered as an ebook, featuring active Contents, linked notes, and proper formatting. The contents of Issue 4 include: • Article, “The Limits of Unbundled Legal Assistance: A Randomized Study in a Massachusetts District Court and Prospects for the Future,” by D. James Greiner, Cassandra Wolos Pattanayak, and Jonathan Hennessy • Book Review, “Stochastic Constraint,” by Neal Kumar Katyal • Note, “Counteracting the Bias: The Department of Labor’s Unique Opportunity to Combat Human Trafficking” • Note, “Tilling the Vast Wasteland: The Case for Reviving Localism in Public Interest Obligations for Cable Television” • Note, “Preemption as Purposivism’s Last Refuge” • Note, “The Meaning(s) of ‘The People’…
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Origins of World War I by Durkheim and Denis: Who Wanted War?
A historic monograph about the origins of World War I. Two famed University of Paris professors document their "brief" on the diplomatic and historic causes of the Great War, and especially its spread throughout Europe. Published early on in the conflict—as current events—the tract serves as a fascinating rebuttal to the usual assumptions. It was not just about Sarajevo.
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Scientific Evidence and the Law-Science Divide: Book by Cedric Gilson Offers Reconciliation Analysis
THE LAW-SCIENCE CHASM is a new socio-legal study that takes seriously the varying approaches to science that physicians and scientists use, as compared to legal actors such as judges and lawyers. Offering a way to mediate and translate their different perspectives and assumptions, Gilson uses sociological and philosophical methodologies to explain each discipline to the other. Part of the new Dissertation Series from Quid Pro Books. The book also includes an introduction by Professor John Paterson, of the faculty of law at the University of Aberdeen. As Paterson writes in the Foreword: “Gilson’s book takes seriously the idea of the autopoietic closure of society’s communicative subsystems and works out the…
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University of Chicago Law Review Fall 2012: statutory interpretation, immigration law, and is religion special?
A leading law review offers a quality ebook edition. This fourth issue of 2012 features articles from internationally recognized legal scholars, and extensive research in Comments authored by University of Chicago Law School students. Contents for the issue are: • Elected Judges and Statutory Interpretation by Aaron-Andrew P. Bruhl & Ethan J. Leib • Delegation in Immigration Law by Adam B. Cox & Eric A. Posner • What If Religion Is Not Special? by Micah Schwartzman COMMENTS: • A Common Law Approach to D&O Insurance “In Fact” Exclusion Disputes • Taming the Hydra: Prosecutorial Discretion under the Acceptance of Responsibility Provision of the US Sentencing Guidelines • Are Railroads Liable…
