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Before the Law: An Introduction to the Legal Process
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Subjects:  1. Civil Procedure    2. General    3. Legal Reference / Law Profession    4. Political Science    5. Politics/International Relations    6. Laws of Other Jurisdictions & General Law   

Subjects:  1. Business & Economics    2. Business / Economics / Finance    3. Business/Economics    4. Contracts    5. Corporate governance    6. Corporation law    7. Economic policy    8. Economics - Theory    9. Right of property    10. Business & Economics / Economics / Theory    11. Economics    12. Jurisprudence & General Issues    13. Law    14. Political Science and International Relations   

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Legal Research made easy
I had this book for my class which was taught by the author. It is an easyto follow, logical, step by step book that would assist anyone in the fieldof legal research and writing. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. General    2. Handbooks, manuals, etc    3. Interpretation and constructio    4. Interpretation and construction    5. Law    6. Legal Reference / Law Profession    7. Legal Writing    8. Legal assistants    9. Legal composition    10. Research    11. United States    12. Business & Economics / General    13. International Law    14. Jurisprudence & General Issues   

Subjects:  1. Business & Financial    2. Law    3. Legal Reference / Law Profession    4. Law / Business   

Subjects:  1. Crime Prevention    2. Criminal Justice Administration    3. Criminal Law - General    4. Criminology    5. Law    6. Political Freedom & Security - Law Enforcement    7. Sociology    8. Jurisprudence & General Issues    9. Social Science / Criminology    10. USA    11. United Kingdom, Great Britain   

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A useful and engaging work on contemporary Syria.
This engaging and often witty work asks the basic question, "how do rituals and symbols that are widely understood to be false or absurd help to support a regime?"Her answers help to complicate our understanding of the relationship between state symbolism and legitimacy in authoritarian states.
Analysis of Syria's pseudo-cult of personality
When I first traveled to Syria in the late 90's, I found the eerie, creepy phenomenon of what Wedeen terms Syria's state cult to be the most inscrutable, absurd and mind-boggling feature of the entire land-scape.After Asad's death, the succession of his son, Bashar, saw the ubiquity of his father's visage decline noticeably but still it did by no means disappear. Brilliant
One of the best studies I have ever read on the nature of power and domination.Wedeen asks the simple question of how Asad is able to keeppower in Syria when all of the people know that all of the state propagandais false.Her elegant answer gets right to the heart of what makes a rulerpowerful.Asad rules not through totalitarianism, but throughauthoritarianism.What's the difference?A ruler who controls everythingthat the people think (like in North Korea) is not really dominating them,they just don't know any better.But a ruler like Asad rules because thepeople fear him and become unable to dissent as a result of Foucault-iandiscursive practices.Read more

Subjects:  1. Government - Comparative    2. Language Arts & Disciplines    3. Political    4. Political aspects    5. Political culture    6. Politics / Current Events    7. Politics and government    8. Politics/International Relations    9. Rhetoric    10. Symbolism in politics    11. Syria    12. Cultural studies    13. Political Science / General    14. Political science & theory    15. Propaganda   

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Good Advice for All
I've been running a video game company that is now over 10 years old. It is refreshing to read a book that distills the important information, approaches the industry with a clear mind, and promotes useful thought even for veterans. Well done!

A lifesaver
I manage nearly 50 software engineers at a fortune 500 company. Once I got this book, I realized that our engineer contracts are extremely weak given the volatile nature of many software developers (something I've personally witnessed), and if anything ever went wrong under our existing terms, we'd be in a very litigious situation. Thanks to the information presented here, however, I've been able to outline a strategy for our legal department to consider for a revised draft that could potentially save our company millions of dollars and countless manhours of paperwork in averted lawsuits and other such nightmares. Take it from me-- most engineering managers and entrepreneurs are not as well versed in legal issues as they should be. This book was a huge eye-opener and I recommend it highly.

Finally, somone that knows something about law!
This is a great book for anyone that wants to know the actual details of media related law and intellectual property, but doesn't have the time to get a law degree. I own a small software and web company and we are constantly paying attorneys to review "potential" copyright, patent, and other infringements. I have wasted so much time paying for legal advice, but it seems like these experts never can give me a straight answer. I have been looking for a book that can be understood by a non-attorney, but that has explicit examples of copyright law, trademarks, what is legal, and what is not. After reading this book, I feel 100x more confident now, and I immediately no longer need legal advice in many areas, I KNOW the law in the areas, and can be confident that my decisions are reasonable. I highly recommend this book to any executive or business person that is in the intellectual property loop, but is sick of not understanding what is what. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Computer Books: General    2. Computers    3. Computers - Games    4. Entertainment & Games - General    5. Reference - General    6. Video & Electronic - General    7. Computer games    8. Computers / Entertainment & Games / General    9. Law for the lay person    10. Laws of Other Jurisdictions & General Law   

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A good reader for certain students
This book is ambitious.It is not your basic primary source reader as it seeks to bring (as is suggested in the title) the "west" into a global context by emphasizing sources which discuss notions of cultural, ethnic, religious, and national identity.
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Subjects:  1. Government - Comparative    2. History - General History    3. Political Science    4. Politics/International Relations    5. World - General   

Subjects:  1. Jurisprudence    2. Law    3. Legal Reference / Law Profession    4. Jurisprudence & philosophy of law    5. Law / Jurisprudence    6. Law | Jurisprudence and Legal Philosophy   

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QUITE USEFUL MATERIAL
This book is a collection of theses of Jackson who is the scholar who cannot be ignored before studying GATT/WTO. These theses were selected, and important in studying GATT/WTO. Before writing a thesis related to them,this book is very useful material for the researcher. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Foreign trade regulation    2. General Agreement on Tariffs a    3. General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (Organization)    4. International    5. International - Economics    6. International - General    7. Jurisprudence    8. Law    9. Law and legislation    10. Legal Reference / Law Profession    11. Tariff    12. Tariff Policy    13. World Trade Organization    14. Business law    15. International economic & trade law    16. Law / General   

Subjects:  1. Civil war    2. General    3. Government - Comparative    4. Political Science    5. Political violence    6. Politics / Current Events    7. Politics/International Relations    8. Reference    9. Violence in Society    10. POLITICS & GOVERNMENT    11. Political Science / General   

Subjects:  1. Constitutional    2. Constitutional history    3. History    4. History - U.S.    5. History: American    6. Law and legislation    7. Legal History    8. Legal status of slaves in free states    9. Slavery    10. United States    11. United States - 19th Century    12. United States - Antebellum Era    13. Constitutional & administrative law    14. History / United States / 19th Century    15. Jurisprudence & General Issues    16. Slavery & emancipation    17. Social history    18. USA    19. c 1700 to c 1800   

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Courtroom 302
This book is a candid look at life in Chicago's Cook County Criminal Courthouse. It covers the day-to-day actions of accused criminals, court officers, public defenders, prosecutors and judges from inside the courthouse and lockups.
A good read but also depressing.
I found this book to be a good book to read but it also made me realize more than ever how unjust our justice system can be.The author portrays the people involved in the criminal justice system as being so mechanical at their jobs that justice just doesn't seem to enter the picture very often.Sadly the book is probably an accurate account of the Chicago court system, or any other court system in our country, but reading it made me wonder, if all this injustice is so evident to everyone involved, why is it being allowed to continue.These people who have other peoples futures and freedom in their hands seem to just find it easier to follow their routine than to do the right thing and create a criminal justice system that really does protect us and consider everyone innocent until proven guilty.This book definitely reaffirms the sad state that our court systems have become.

Courtroom 302 not the television perspective of the courtroom
A must read for anyone remotely connected to or interested in the criminal justice system.It is at once informative and depressing.What makes it so valuable is that you get the back story of each participant (judge, DA, PD and defendent).The reality of a system that treats defendents with disdain and offers justice for a price should open a few eyes. I made it required reading this summer for my students doing internships in the court system. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Chicago    2. Courts    3. Courts - General    4. Criminal Justice Administration    5. Criminal Law    6. Criminal Law - General    7. Criminal courts    8. Criminal justice personnel    9. Criminal justice, Administration of    10. Illinois    11. Law    12. Legal Reference / Law Profession    13. Law / Courts   

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Theories of European Integration
Ben Rosamond's book describes the current (and past) political science approaches regarding the EU. A strange animal indeed: not a federality or a state, but takes some of the members' soveirgnity; sometimes its an international organisation, sometimes it isn't. Read more

Subjects:  1. European Union    2. European federation    3. Government - Comparative    4. History & Theory - General    5. International Relations - General    6. Political Science    7. Politics / Current Events    8. Politics/International Relations    9. History / Europe / General   

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Subjects:  1. Criminology    2. Jurisprudence    3. Law    4. Legal Reference / Law Profession    5. Social Science    6. Social aspects    7. Sociology    8. Sociology - General    9. Jurisprudence & General Issues    10. Law / Jurisprudence    11. SOCIOLOGICAL JURISPRUDENCE    12. Sociology, Social Studies   

Subjects:  1. Chemicals    2. Hazardous substances    3. Jurisprudence    4. Law    5. Law and legislation    6. Legal Reference / Law Profession    7. Torts    8. Toxic torts    9. United States    10. Jurisprudence & General Issues    11. Law / Jurisprudence    12. Torts / delicts   

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Good coverage
Many people get al excited when they first try to get into the music business only to get shot down by the many intricate twists and turns involving all the legal aspects of running a record label. Mountains of forms and paperwork with no understanding slowly stack up on the producer's desk with no end in site. The situation is a cry for help and that help comes in the form of information, information obtained by reading this very interesting book that details all that is involved with law aspects of this kind.

A must-read.
This book is hella boring, but its definitely a necessity for anyone involved in music. It clears up a lot of questions, and a lot of things you might have never even thought about. Reading this book is a must if you want a grasp on legal concepts. I also suggest "101 Music Business Contracts" from Platinum Millenium.

Necessary book and usefull information!
this book isnt all its cracked up to be but has plenty of really good onformation and examples hide inside it. from how to negotiate a contract to many other laws and such this book covers mainly all of it. for a better less boring book that has plenty of examples in it i suggest the book by ty cohen "101 Music Business Contracts" you cant go wrong with that one! ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Business & Financial    2. Business Aspects    3. Economic Aspects Of Music    4. Entertainment    5. General    6. Law    7. Law and legislation    8. Legal status, laws, etc.    9. Music trade    10. Music/Songbooks    11. Singers    12. Sound recording industry    13. Taxation    14. United States    15. Employment & labour law    16. English law: employment & labour law    17. Music industry    18. USA   

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A must-read for lawyers and law students
Harvard Law prof Mary Ann Glendon has written a fine book on a theme near and dear to my heart: the joys of the common law and the need to return to it. It's been described as a bit short on solutions, but perhaps those critics don't know that common law generates solutions as it goes. A lodestar for a lost profession
Prof. Glendon provides a fresh look at the crisis of faith in the legalcommunity through a survey of the recent history of the bar, the bench andthe academy."A Nation Under Lawyers" urges lawyers, judges andlaw professors alike to examine their consciences and try to appreciate thebeauty of the lawyer's craft and the common law.Though the common lawtradition is not perfect, Prof. Glendon suggests that it is the combinedexperience, understanding and judgment of many generations of jurists. Activist judges, critical legal theorists and disheartened practitionerswould all do well to heed Prof. Glendon's words and find new heart in thenever-ending work of building a stronger common law tradition.Writtenin a manner accessible to attorneys and non-attorneys alike, "A NationUnder Lawyers" provides a solid survey of recent academic and legaldebates for every reader, but is especially helpful -- indeed, essential --to every student contemplating a life in the law. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Ethics & Professional Responsibility    2. General    3. General Practice    4. Law    5. Legal System    6. Politics / Current Events    7. Reference    8. Law / Ethics    9. Laws of Other Jurisdictions & General Law    10. USA   

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A job well done
This is an excellent textbook. The language is clear, the ideas well exposed, and the subject covered in a most satisfactory manner. The sixth edition I have read contains an extensive and very useful bibliography. I'drecommend it whoheartedly for undergraduate courses on the topic. Someminor criticisms: first, I would have liked the section on theoreticalperspectives to be more extensive, while the chapter on methods seems to meto be superflous, at least for undergraduates. Second, at the bottom ofpage 232, the information give is confusing. It talks about tons, withoutspecifying whether metric or not. Further, it uses ounces, pounds andkilos, all very unclear. Thirdly, the sections on the socialist system areobsolete, insofar as those systems have practically disappeared. And, yes,although the author claims, at the bottom of p.1 that he has followed aneclectic apporach, "without embracing or advocating a particularposition, ideology, or theoretical stance", the truth is that I feel Idetect a very subtle but, nonetheless recognizable, "leftish" leaning. But those are minor shortcomings, whcih shrink to nothing incomparison with the very positive achievements of the textbook. Kudos! ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Jurisprudence    2. Legal Reference / Law Profession    3. Social Science    4. Sociological jurisprudence    5. Sociology    6. Sociology - General    7. Social Science / Sociology / General    8. Sociology, Social Studies   

Subjects:  1. Government - Comparative    2. Politics / Current Events    3. Reference    4. Roman law    5. Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary Subjects