Subjects:  1. Criminal Law    2. Criminal Law - General    3. Jurisprudence    4. Law    5. Legal Reference / Law Profession    6. United States    7. Crime & criminology    8. Social Science / Criminology   

Subjects:  1. General    2. Jurisprudence    3. Legal Reference / Law Profession    4. Police Administration    5. Political Freedom & Security - Law Enforcement    6. Political Science    7. Sociology    8. Police & security services    9. Political Science / Law Enforcement    10. Political structure & processes   

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Gypsy Law
This material gives agreat deal of stimulus to any humanitarian anthropological interests about gypsies.Written in language that a lay person can understand, it is stimulating and interesting.In fact, I find it difficult to put it down.

Wonderful read! Romanipen Vs. State Law
This book was an impulse buy for me, but it has come in very handy with my research into Romani Studies.With multiple articles, some regarding Romanipen Vs. State Law, and others just dealing with the culture itself, it has become required reading in my opinion for anyone interested in learning more about the Romanies. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Anthropology - Cultural    2. Customary    3. Law    4. Law, Romani    5. Legal History    6. Legal Reference / Law Profession    7. Legal status, laws, etc    8. Romanies    9. Jurisprudence & General Issues    10. Law / General    11. Laws of Other Jurisdictions & General Law    12. Social groups & communities   

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Great Scholar!
Dr. Abou El Fadl's books are all great. This one is a bit like " The Great Theft". He talks about moderate Islam as being true Islam, and takes on the extremists with much knowledge. Alhamdulillah!!!!

Alhamdulillah! Every thinking Muslim must read this!
Dr. Khaled Abu El Fadl is brilliant, Mashallah. I read everything of his that I can get my hands on. He possesses an amazing clarity of thought and the ability to explain his ideas to readers in a straight forward and logical way. He supports his arguments with conscise explanations, and gives copious citations and footnotes which show that he really knows where he is coming from and what he is talking about.
Brilliant
A brilliant analysis of contemporary muslim discourses on islamic law and morality. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Authority    2. Evidences, authority, etc    3. General    4. Hadith    5. Islam    6. Islam - General    7. Islamic law    8. Religion    9. Religion - World Religions    10. Religious aspects    11. Law / General   

Subjects:  1. Civil Law    2. Cultural property    3. General    4. Law    5. Law and legislation    6. Legal Reference / Law Profession    7. Protection    8. Comparative law    9. Jurisprudence & General Issues    10. Law / General   

Subjects:  1. Business & Economics    2. Business / Economics / Finance    3. Business Ethics    4. Business/Economics    5. Leadership    6. Management    7. Management - General    8. Moral and ethical aspects    9. Business & Economics / Leadership    10. Business & Management    11. Jurisprudence & General Issues    12. Practical & applied ethics   

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Terrifying Justice Department Double Think
Mr Yoo moves on from his earlier arguments that torture falls at a point slightly short of physical death, organ failure or loss of limb. Mr Yoo makes some interesting if devastating points with his new theories. The President's war powers, he argues, allow him to do, basically, whatever he wants. The President may, if he chooses, crush the genitals of children, maim, torture or kill civilians. In this respect one might remember that Bush ordered an air strike on the house occupied by the infant grandchildren of Saddam Hussein AFTER the end of the Iraq war and even though the house was surrounded by US troops. The President is limited, according to Mr Yoo, only by how he CHOOSES to interpret International Treaties and as he has the power to repudiate such treaties or ignore them entirely (as in the International Human Rights for the Child Treaty, the Geneva Convention or the Treaty of Vienna,) then, this means that presidential power is absolute EVEN if despotic criminal or tyrannical. Mr Yoo appears now to say that the President and his henchmen, cronies and agencies MAY indeed use indiscriminant torture. Mr Yoo however does not adequately explain how the President can thus overturn congressional treaty ratification. As what constitutes a 'time of war' is also up to the President and does not rely on any 'legal' declaration of war (which is a matter of international law to which the US is thus not subject,) then the US may have, effectively, a Despot Emperor for President. Does the 'War on Drugs' thus give the President the same wartime powers as he asserts for his 'War on Terror' - an undeclared war on no particular nation state? Is the US thus always in a state of war? This is interesting, not just semantically, as the District and Supreme Courts appear to agree with Mr Yoo's interpretation, blocking cases connected with this on grounds of national security whilst Congress does not appear to care. Perhaps Clinton should have used Mr Yoo's arguments in the Monical Lewinsky scandal and impeachment hearings. War powers might have thus allowed him to do whatever he wanted with his cigar and to lie about it in the national interest. The problem with Mr Yoo's argument is that Checks and Balances thus no longer appear to exist. Interestingly if one applies Mr Yoo's arguments to their logical end he becomes an eloquent advocate for terrorism or for the Holocaust where the ends justify the use of any means, however horrible. Of course, either this is pretty much nonsense and makes toilet paper of the Declaration of Independence, Magna Carta, democracy and human rights OR the truth is more terrifying and the US is now a Stalinist or Nazi state. I suspect Mr Yoo could be subject to arrest as a war criminal should he ever leave the United States and visit a civilised country???

Yoo has no clue!
The 2 biggest mistakes made by government in my lifetime are Congress giving away war powers in 1965 and 2002.The constitution holds that declaring war is the responsibility of the Congress.If the Executive has grounds for war let him/her present them and Ccongress vote.Twice I have seen Congress abdicate this important power with disasterous results.This is just one of many examples why Yoo has no clue.

This book's point about constitutional checks and balances were once taught in 8th grade civics class.
The outrage this book caused on publication is a sign of the incredible ignorance so prevalent these days about was once common knowledge--that the powers of the executive, legislative, and judicial branches exist in parallel under the elegant system of checks and balances of the Constitution, each with their separate skill set and functions.This book is a necessary defense of the traditional constitutional idea that the executive branch has primacy in matters of war, national security, and foreign policy.It is sad that otherwise sensible people like Neal Katyal and Stuart Taylor should tout outre ideas about the Constitution as a big sandbag over the head of the President most especially in war, national security and foreign policy, as if this idea, which is strictly the invention of the left, were Con Law 101.It is so Nixon era.But there you go.The "me generation" took over the academy, threw out all the Rembrandts, and filled it up with their Hello Kitty and Marilyn tchotchkes. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Constitutional    2. Government - U.S. Government    3. International Relations - Treaties    4. Legal Reference / Law Profession    5. Political Freedom & Security - General    6. Political Freedom & Security - Terrorism    7. Political Science    8. Politics/International Relations    9. Jurisprudence & General Issues    10. Political Science / Treaties   

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criminology book
This book is alright but the reading is kinda boring.The subject is very interesting and I think that there could be a better book to go with it. The author uses words that a lot of people don't hear very often. He uses the word hence alot.

Criminology Today
This book is as good as it gets on Criminology.We are using it for Criminology in college.
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Subjects:  1. Criminal Law    2. Criminology    3. Jurisprudence    4. Social Science    5. Sociology    6. United States    7. Sociology, Social Studies   

Subjects:  1. Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice    2. Internal security    3. Law    4. Law and legislation    5. Legal History    6. Legal Reference / Law Profession    7. National security    8. Prevention    9. Terrorism    10. United States    11. History of specific subjects    12. Jurisprudence & General Issues    13. Non-Classifiable   

Subjects:  1. General    2. International    3. Jurisprudence    4. Law    5. Legal Reference / Law Profession    6. Competition law    7. International economic & trade law    8. International economics    9. International institutions    10. Law / International    11. Law | Public International Law | WTO and International Trade   

Subjects:  1. Criminal Procedure    2. Jurisprudence    3. Juvenile Justice Administration    4. Juvenile delinquency    5. Juvenile justice, Administration of    6. Law    7. United States   

Subjects:  1. Cases    2. Criminal Law - General    3. Criminal Procedure    4. Jurisprudence    5. Law    6. Legal Reference / Law Profession    7. United States    8. Crime & criminology    9. Criminal law    10. Political Science / Law Enforcement   

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Overrated simplistic reasoning
First of all, the law and economics movement did not originate with Richard Posner.To his credit, he does reference the men who collectively formulated the modern utilitarian theory called "law and economics."Pay attention to the enormous amount of spelling errors and poor syntax in the first edition.The book seems like it was rushed to the presses in order to capitalize on something.
Good economics concepts exposed...
Although the economic theories used by Posner are for the most part sound, nevertheless, he lacks a more realistic approach to the problems presented in this book. For example, in the real world we CANNOT ignore transaction costs in all cases. Also, not all laypeople know the law as well as Mr. Posner. Overall, I do recommend reading this book, it will undoubtly stimulate your mind!

University of Chicago "Must"
Anyone interested in Economic Analysis of Law should have this book of "legendary" Posner ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Business & Economics    2. Economics - Theory    3. Economics Of Law    4. Jurisprudence    5. Law    6. Law (Specific Aspects)    7. Law and economics    8. Jurisprudence & General Issues   

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Impressive Overview of Justice Scalia's Approach to Law and the Constitution
Accomplished scholar Prof. Ralph Rossum has penned a well-crafted book analyzing the legal opinions and writings of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia.The result is a solid read about how Justice Scalia views the role of a judge and how he sees himself.At least, Rossum gives his own take on how Justice Scalia sees himself.Obviously, the only person who truly knows how he sees himself is Justice Scalia.
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Subjects:  1. Biography & Autobiography    2. Biography / Autobiography    3. Constitutional    4. Constitutional Law    5. Constitutional history    6. Courts - General    7. General    8. Historical - U.S.    9. Law    10. Lawyers & Judges    11. Political    12. U.S. Supreme Court    13. United States   

Subjects:  1. Crime    2. Criminal Law - General    3. Criminal justice, Administrati    4. Criminal justice, Administration of    5. Criminology    6. Jurisprudence    7. Law    8. Legal Reference / Law Profession    9. United States    10. Crime & criminology    11. Law / Jurisprudence   

Subjects:  1. Political Freedom & Security - International Secur    2. Political Freedom & Security - Terrorism    3. Political Science    4. Politics / Current Events    5. Politics/International Relations    6. Terrorism    7. United States    8. War on Terrorism, 2001-    9. Crime & criminology    10. Law / Jurisprudence   

Subjects:  1. Business & Economics    2. Business/Economics    3. Economics - General    4. Jurisprudence    5. Law and economics    6. Legal Reference / Law Profession    7. Economics    8. Jurisprudence & General Issues    9. Laws of Other Jurisdictions & General Law   

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What Laissez-Faire?
Laissez-Faire means live and let live.In this history by Morton Horwitz, we see that along with the rise of corporatism in America was the demise of laissez-faire through the interventionist hand of the state's judicial system:
Tough nut to crack, yes.But a brilliant work no less.
As one reviewer and the publisher had pointed out, the basic premise of the book is how the common law sought to accommodate the economic changes (and actually sought to allocate wealth) during the formative years of this republic. Some commentators have criticized this book as a Marxian dialectic attack of the American law--in particular from the Chicago School quarters. (Chicago Law Review published a very scathing review in the 70s with the aim, I suspect, to discredit Horwitz's argument)But I thought Professor Horwitz did a wonderful job in supporting his argument with citation and documentation.Is he a revisionst? Maybe.But he's more of an E.P. Thompson than a Howard Zinn.In any event, this book presents a very convincing argument despite its tendentiousness. reviews shouldn't say how hard a book is on the intellect
it should say how valuable the knowledge is.The lawyer who said the book is tough-going should be ignored as he addressed no content in the book.He only manipulated several people into not reading the book.What a way to manipulate people into remaining ignorant!Get it from ANY library, read one chapter, and pursue YOUR interest in our wretched government's tyranical tendency!If the 1st chapter hits, buy the book anywhere you want and study it!Be free! ... Read more

Subjects:  1. General    2. Law    3. Legal History    4. Legal Reference / Law Profession    5. Legal System    6. United States - General    7. Jurisprudence & General Issues    8. Law / General   

Subjects:  1. Human Rights    2. International    3. Legal Reference / Law Profession    4. Legal status, laws, etc    5. Political Freedom & Security - Human Rights    6. Political Science    7. Politics/International Relations    8. Sociology    9. Violence against    10. Women    11. Women's Studies - General    12. Women's rights    13. International human rights law    14. Jurisprudence & General Issues    15. Law / Human Rights    16. Women's studies   

Subjects:  1. Civil Procedure    2. General    3. Judicial process    4. Jurisprudence    5. Justice, Administration of    6. Law    7. Legal Reference / Law Profession    8. Political questions and judici    9. Political questions and judicial power    10. Sociology    11. United States    12. Courts & procedure    13. Law / Jurisprudence    14. USA