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Walter Murphy’s novels of World War II espionage and the life of St. Peter are Digitally Remastered™
The acclaimed novel of spies, code-breaking, and intrigue in World War II Italy, by bestselling author Walter Murphy (The Vicar of Christ), is now a convenient ebook and a new paperback edition. Previously published by Macmillan and Dell, this book is now presented in a quality digital edition, including active Contents and proper formatting, as well as new in print. Italy: 1943. • The Target: Enigma, the German’s bafflingly complex enciphering machine. Its code was unbreakable until ULTRA put the key to winning the war in Allied hands. • The Plan: A devious double-cross to convince the Germans that their cipher is still secure. Making full use of powerful Vatican…
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Classic Social Science, Digitally Remastered:™ The Protection of Children, Second Edition, by Dingwall, Eekelaar & Murray
This book has not been easily available in print for many years, but it has long been regarded as an important contribution to the study of child abuse and neglect, and legal and social responses to it. This classic study of law and social work in action is based on the most extensive investigation of child abuse and neglect ever carried out in Great Britain. The authors followed the course of numerous cases from the first detection of ill-treatment to the resolution (or otherwise) of the problem. Famous for coining the much-used (and often misused or misunderstood) phrase “the rule of optimism,” this book is updated with an extensive Postscript…
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Yale Law Journal‘s May 2014 Issue: Citizenship Via the Mother; Federal & Local Crime Enforcement; Bobbitt on Gilmore; and Appellate Injustice
The May 2014 issue of The Yale Law Journal features new articles and essays on law and legal theory by internationally recognized scholars. Contents include: * Article, “Illegitimate Borders: Jus Sanguinis Citizenship and the Legal Construction of Family, Race, and Nation,” by Kristin Collins * Article, “Legitimacy and Federal Criminal Enforcement Power,” by Lauren M. Ouziel * Feature, “The Age of Consent,” by Philip C. Bobbitt * Review, “Judging Justice on Appeal,” by Marin K. Levy * Note, “The Growth of Litigation Finance in DOJ Whistleblower Suits: Implications and Recommendations,” by Mathew Andrews * Note, “Reducing Inequality on the Cheap: When Legal Rule Design Should Incorporate Equity as Well as…
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Harvard Law Review, May 2014, on Exclusionary Rule, Opt-outs, and Financial Regulation’s Politics
Harvard Law Review, Number 7 (May 2014), includes an article, two book review essays, and extensive student research. Specifically, the issue features: • Article, “The Due Process Exclusionary Rule,” by Richard M. Re • Book Review, “Consent and Sensibility,” by Michelle E. Boardman • Book Review, “The Politics of Financial Regulation and the Regulation of Financial Politics: A Review Essay,” by Adam J. Levitin • Note, “Judicial Review of Agency Change” • Note, “Live Free and Nullify: Against Purging Capital Juries of Death Penalty Opponents” In addition, student case notes explore Recent Cases on such diverse subjects as whether PASPA is an appropriate exercise of congressional power; antitrust immunity for…
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Mark Aaronson Examines Representing the Poor Against Governor Reagan’s Welfare Reforms
An extended, multifaceted case study of a kind not much found in the literature on social cause lawyering. The narrative highlights the forceful presence of California Governor Ronald Reagan and the pivotal role in representing the welfare poor of Ralph Santiago Abascal, a government-funded legal aid attorney and social reform leader. To fight Reagan’s ambitious welfare policy initiatives, Abascal with other legal services lawyers effected meaningful legal change. In joint cause with recipient-led welfare rights organizations, he relied on court litigation not in isolation but as part of an overall strategy that also involved legislative and administrative actions. The empirical landscape of this book is the contentious political and legal…
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Yale Law Journal Symposium: “Federalism as the New Nationalism”; Apr. 2014 also has articles on threatening war and on counting judicial votes
The April 2014 issue of The Yale Law Journal includes an extensive Feature that explores the idea of Federalism as the New Nationalism, with contributions by Jessica Bulman-Pozen (“From Sovereignty and Process to Administration and Politics: The Afterlife of American Federalism”), Heather Gerken (“An Overview,” “The Loyal Opposition”), Abbe Gluck (“Our [National] Federalism”), Alison LaCroix (“The Shadow Powers of Article I”), and Cristina Rodríguez (“Negotiating Conflict Through Federalism: Institutional and Popular Perspectives”). The issue serves, in effect, as a new and detailed book on new concepts and practices of U.S. federalism. In addition, the issue includes these contributions from scholars and students: • Article, “The Power to Threaten War,” by…
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New England Law Review, #2: Confrontation Clause in Military Court, Forced Doctor Speech, Pandora/XM Royalty Rates, CFAA, Blood Alcohol, and Assisted Suicide
The New England Law Review now offers its issues in convenient and modern ebook formats for e-reader devices, apps, pads, smartphones, and computers. This second issue of Volume 48, Winter 2014, contains articles from leading figures of the academy and the legal community. Contents of this issue include: Articles: • Military Justice as Justice: Fitting Confrontation Clause Jurisprudence into Military Commissions, by Christina M. Frohock • Physician Speech and State Control: Furthering Partisan Interests at the Expense of Good Health, by Janet L. Dolgin Notes: • Losing the Quality of Life: The Move Toward Society’s Understanding and Acceptance of Physician Aid-in-Dying and the Death with Dignity Act, by Lindsay Reynolds…
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Harvard Law Review‘s April 2014 issue includes Developments on “Sexual Orientation & Gender Identity”
The contents of Number 6 (Apr. 2014) include scholarly articles and student research, as well as as the extensive, annual survey of Developments in the Law. This year’s subject is SEXUAL ORIENTATION AND GENDER IDENTITY. Topics include “Pro-Gay and Anti-Gay Speech in Schools,” “Transgender Youth and Access to Gendered Spaces in Education,” “Classification and Housing of Transgender Inmates in American Prisons,” “Animus and Sexual Regulation,” and “Progress Where You Might Least Expect It: The Military’s Repeal of ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.'” Each year, the special Developments issue serves, in effect, as a new and detailed book on a cutting-edge legal subject. The issue also includes an article by Jill C.…
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Rutgers CompTech Joins Law Review eBook Project with New Issue 1, 2014
The Rutgers Computer & Technology Law Journal now offers its issues in convenient and modern ebook formats for e-reader devices, apps, pads, smartphones, and computers. This first issue of Volume 40, 2014, was published in March 2014 and contains articles from leading figures of the academy, technology, and the legal community, as well as contributions from law students at Rutgers-Newark. Contents of this issue include: • Article, “A Technological Trifecta: Using Videos, Playlists, and Facebook in Law School Classes to Reach Today’s Students,” by Dionne Anthon, Anna Hemingway & Amanda Smith • Article, “From the School Yard to Cyberspace: A Review of Bullying Liability,” by Elizabeth M. Jaffe • Article,…
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Kitty Calavita goes Inside the State, with the rise and fall of the Bracero INS Program
The classic study of the rise and demise -- among controversy and abuse -- of the INS farmworker program of Braceros is now Digitally Remastered™ and available for classrooms and other interested readers, with a new Foreword. Available in ebook formats for Kindle, Kobo, Nook & iBooks -- and in new paperback, including bulk sales.