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Women Studies

Law

Gender, Religion, and Family Law Theorizing Conflicts between Women's Rights and Cultural Traditions

Fishbayn Joffe Lisa, Neil Sylvia

ISBN: PB: 9781611683264, University of Chicago Press, Brandeis University Press, December 2012
344 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm

In many regions of the world, rights guaranteed under the civil law, including rights to gender equality within marriage and rights in the distribution of family property and child custody upon divorce, are in conflict with the principles of religiou...

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Alaska Natives and American Laws Third Edition

Case David S., Voluck David A.

ISBN: PB: 9781602231757, University of Chicago Press, University of Alaska Press, November 2012
600 pp., 23x15 cm

Now in its third edition, "Alaska Natives and American Laws" is still the only work of its kind, canvassing federal law and its history as applied to the indigenous peoples of Alaska. Covering 1867 through 2011, the authors offer lucid explanations o...

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Why the Law Is So Perverse

Katz Leo

ISBN: PB: 9780226005812, ISBN: HB: 9780226426037, University of Chicago Press, November 2012
256 pp., 23x15 cm

Conundrums, puzzles, and perversities: these are Leo Katz's stock-in-trade, and in "Why the Law Is So Perverse", he focuses on four fundamental features of our legal system, all of which seem to not make sense on some level and to demand explanation....

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Political Science

This Is Not Civil Rights Discovering Rights Talk in 1939 America

Lovell George I.

ISBN: PB: 9780226494043, ISBN: HB: 9780226494036, University of Chicago Press, October 2012
280 pp., 23x15 cm, 1 halftone

Since at least the time of Tocqueville, observers have noted that Americans draw on the language of rights when expressing dissatisfaction with political and social conditions. As the United States confronts a complicated set of twenty-first-century...

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Rehabilitating Lochner Defending Individual Rights against Progressive Reform

Bernstein David E.

ISBN: PB: 9780226004044, ISBN: HB: 9780226043531, University of Chicago Press, October 2012
208 pp., 25x15 cm

In this timely reevaluation of an infamous Supreme Court decision, David E. Bernstein provides a compelling survey of the history and background of "Lochner v. New York". This 1905 decision invalidated state laws limiting work hours and became the le...

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One Law for All? Western Models and Local Practices in (Post-) Imperial Contexts

Kirmse Stefan B.

ISBN: PB: 9783593394930, University of Chicago Press, Campus Verlag, October 2012
300 pp., 22x14 cm

Delving into archival material from the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, "One Law for All?" examines the law in imperial and post-imperial contexts across the globe, including Latin America, Russia, Africa, and East Asia. The essays collecte...

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Criminology

Law

Crime and Justice, Volume 40 Crime and Justice in Scandanavia

Tonry Michael, Lappi-Seppala Tapio

ISBN: PB: 9780226808833, ISBN: HB: 9780226808826, University of Chicago Press, September 2012
525 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm

Since 1979 the Crime and Justice series has presented a review of the latest international research, providing expertise to enhance the work of sociologists, psychologists, criminal lawyers, justice scholars, and political scientists. The series expl...

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Political Science

Law

Electing Judges The Surprising Effects of Campaigning on Judicial Legitimacy

Gibson James L.

ISBN: PB: 9780226291086, ISBN: HB: 9780226291079, University of Chicago Press, September 2012
240 pp., 23x15 cm, 20 tables, 1 halftone, 15 line illus.

In "Electing Judges", leading judicial politics scholar James L. Gibson responds tothe growing chorus of critics who fear that the politics of running for office undermine judicial independence and even the rule of law. While many people have opinion...

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Education

Law

Failing Law Schools

Tamanaha Brian Z.

ISBN: HB: 9780226923611, University of Chicago Press, August 2012
216 pp., 23x15 cm, 8 line illus.

On the surface, law schools today are thriving. Enrollments are on the rise, and their resources are often the envy of every other university department. Law professors are among the highest paid and play key roles as public intellectuals, advisors,...

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Creative Artist's Guide to the Art of Law

Seiter Bill, Seiter Ellen

ISBN: PB: 9780300161199, Yale University Press, July 2012
350 pp., 22.9x15.2 cm, 14 black&white illus.

In today's complex media environment, amateur filmmakers and others at work in the media arts may feel as vulnerable as swimmers in shark-infested waters. This guide is designed to give creative artists a solid understanding of the legal concepts the...

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