There is general agreement that there are many holes in intellectual property law. Originally conceived as a means to stimulate creativity, it has become increasingly clear that, on one hand, the law can actually be used to stifle creativity. And, on...

Should judges in United States courts be permitted to cite foreign laws in their rulings? In this book, Jeremy Waldron explores jurisprudential ideas that could underlie the Supreme Court's occasional recourse to foreign law, especially in constituti...

This groundbreaking book is the first to look at administration and administrative law in the earliest days of the American republic. Contrary to conventional understandings, Mashaw demonstrates that from the very beginning of the republic Congress d...

For fifty years, "The Supreme Court Review" has been lauded for providing authoritative discussion of the Court's most significant decisions. The "Review" is an in-depth annual critique of the Supreme Court and its work, keeping up on the forefront o...

The late twentieth century has seen a fantastic expansion of personal, sexual, and domestic liberties in the United States. In "Not Just Roommates", Elizabeth H. Pleck explores the rise of cohabitation, and the changing social norms that have allowed...

The work of interpreters in legal settings, whether they are spoken or signed language interpreters, is filled with enormous complexity and challenges. This engrossing volume presents six, data-based studies from both signed and spoken language inte...

Since the 2004 presidential campaign, when the Bush team prevented anyone who seemed unsympathetic to their candidate from attending his ostensibly public appearances, it has become commonplace for security forces to classify ordinary expressions of...

The act of interrogation, and debate over its use, pervade our culture, whether through fictionalized depictions in movies and television or discussions of real-life interrogations on the news. But despite daily mentions of the practice in the media,...

Not for sale in the Czech Republic and the Slovak Republic! In March 2009, the Faculty of Law at Charles University in Prague, together with the University of Zurich, organized a seminar on Chinese legal culture. As a follow up to this event the pa...

How do lawyers resolve ethical dilemmas in the everyday context of their practice? What are the issues that commonly arise, and how do lawyers determine the best ways to resolve them? Until recently, efforts to answer these questions have focused pri...