Subjects:  1. Ethics    2. Genetics    3. Human chromosome abnormalities    4. Life Sciences - Genetics & Genomics    5. Medical    6. Medical / Nursing    7. Medical Law & Legislation    8. Science    9. Biology, Life Sciences    10. Jurisprudence & General Issues    11. Medicine: General Issues    12. Science / Genetics   

Subjects:  1. Civil Rights    2. Feminism    3. Feminism & Feminist Theory    4. Feminist theory    5. Gender Studies    6. Philosophy    7. Sex    8. Social Science    9. Sociology    10. Women's Studies - General    11. Jurisprudence & General Issues    12. Law    13. Political Science and International Relations    14. Social Science / Feminism & Feminist Theory   

Subjects:  1. General    2. Law    3. Legal Profession    4. Legal Reference / Law Profession    5. Legal Writing    6. Legal composition    7. Legal research    8. United States    9. Business & Economics / General    10. Jurisprudence & General Issues   

Subjects:  1. Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice    2. Agency (Law)    3. Business & Financial    4. General    5. Law    6. Legal Reference / Law Profession    7. Partnership    8. Private companies    9. United States    10. Jurisprudence & General Issues   

Subjects:  1. General    2. Hate crimes    3. Jurisprudence    4. Law    5. Law reform    6. Politics / Current Events    7. Reparation (Criminal justice)    8. Violence (Law)    9. Causes & prevention of crime    10. Jurisprudence & philosophy of law    11. Law / Jurisprudence    12. Political Philosophy    13. Political Science and International Relations    14. Sociology    15. Violence in society   

Subjects:  1. Criminology    2. Social Science    3. Sociology    4. Criminal or forensic psychology    5. Jurisprudence & General Issues    6. Offenders   

Reviews (2)

A treatise on Islamic law, its sources and history
This 390 pages book is a dense compendium (or treatise) of Islamic law for students and scholars. It is not for beginners and it is a tough reading. Since this textbook is for student of Islamic law written by an Islamic lawyer, this book assumes that the reader has a basic knowledge of both Qur'an and Shariah.The author is professor of law at the International Islamic University of Malaysia, founded in the 80s to be a center of excellence in several fields and sponsored by the Organization of Islamic Conference and other governments. The main language at the University is English and this text is mainly catered for those students. In the preface, the author says he had initiated the book while he was teaching Islamic Law to postgraduate students at McGill University in Montreal. However, it does not offer international comparisons with other Western legal systems. The book devotes a lot of space to the rules of interpretations of the law within a historical context. So you get Islamic law and history to explain its developments within the several traditions in the Islamic world. It is divided in 19 chapters that span from the Source of the law (Quar'an and Sunnah); Rules of interpretations; Abrogation; Analogical deduction; Revealed laws preceding the Shariah; Equity in Islamic law; Public interest; Custom; Conflict of evidences etc. The author shows a scholarly detachment from the subject and therefore don't expect moral judgments of value on a specific norm, whether it is right or wrong, but only a legal analysis. It is a worthy reading for those who have an interest, other than in Islamic law, in Political Science, International relations and Islamic civilization.

Best of Its Kind
I would highly recommend this book to anyone with an interest in Islamic Law, either Muslim or not.To my knowledge, it is the best book available of its kind in the english language.In these days of many extremes, it is essential to erase our ignorance with knowledge. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Islam - General    2. Islamic countries    3. Islamic law    4. Jurisprudence    5. Law    6. Religion - World Religions    7. Islamic studies    8. Social Science / Islamic Studies   

Reviews (3)

A Good Starting Point
Careers in Criminal Justice is a good starting point for those who are either considering or actively pursuing a career in law enforcement.Stephens profiles a variety of careers such as Chief of Police, State Attorney, small town and city police officers, FBI, forensics, and more.Each profile centers on one officer, who explains how he or she became interested in their chosen field, the kinds of education they had to acquire both in school and on the job, and what traits an officer needs to possess in order to succeed.The most prevalent tip throughout the book was to gain a wide variety of education due to the growing cultural and technological trends in today's society. Great book for future criminal justice employees
An excellant book for anyone thinking of entering the law enforcement field. Also recommend reading U.S. Customs, Badge of Dishonor for anyone thinking of entering the Department of Treasury, Law Enforcement field.

A must-have for those interested in a career in criminology
This book is a great resource for anyone that is interested in criminology, but isn't quite sure what the career options are. I have been looking for books on forensic science that included information aboutcareers in the field but I could not seem to find what I was looking for.This book offers information on a lot of different careers and what ittakes to get there. This book has really helped me become more informed onmy future career options and if you are wondering about careers in thefield, this is the book for you! ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Administration of    2. Careers - Other Specific Fields    3. Careers / Job Opportunities    4. Criminal justice    5. Jurisprudence    6. Law    7. Law enforcement    8. Police    9. Political Freedom & Security - Law Enforcement    10. United States    11. Vocational guidance    12. Business & Economics / Careers    13. English legal system: criminal procedure   

Subjects:  1. "Of counsel" relationships (Practice of law)    2. Civil Procedure    3. Law    4. Law (Specific Aspects)    5. Legal Reference / Law Profession    6. Practical Guides    7. United States    8. Jurisprudence & General Issues   

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Decent, but not necessary for my course
My prof was not an old school prof that didn't teach us anything (like many law profs), so I didn't really need this book much. In addition, this book's usefulness varied by section. The Co-Ownership section was decent. I actually found that the section on Covenants was pretty bad. The authors' explanation of "touch and concern" was not good. In contrast, I found the section on Estates and Future Interests (three chapters) to be very helpful.

When reading the reviews below understand they are for old edition
First---as I've reviewed for the other E&E's, the database is melding the reviews together.
Make sure you're getting the new edition
The two editions appear to be tied together in Amazon's database.Reviews given to one appear in both places.In my opinion, the Second Edition (ISBN 0735539790) resolves a lot of the criticisms that I have heard and read about the first edition.Let the reviews scare you away from the old edition, but give the new one a look.It's worth it. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Cases    2. Law    3. Legal Reference / Law Profession    4. Problems, exercises, etc    5. Property    6. United States    7. Jurisprudence & General Issues   

Subjects:  1. Crimes against    2. Criminology    3. Jurisprudence    4. Legal Reference / Law Profession    5. Sex discrimination in criminal justice administration    6. Social Science    7. Sociology    8. United States    9. Women    10. Women criminal justice personnel    11. Women's Studies - General    12. Crime & criminology    13. Law / Jurisprudence   

Reviews (4)

This got me through my evidence exam
Very good book on the subject, the best I've encountered in regards to Evidence and the FRE.I scored very well on my exam, despite slacking throughout the semester and skipping most of the readings.This book made the difference for me, and for a few of my friends who also got copies before our test.

Fabulous.
This book is absolutely fabulous.It presents the difficult subject matter in a clear and concise way.Everyone I know is using it for finals prep.Highly recommended.

Awesome!
I love this book.It does no contain to many words, or uneccesary garbage like the West hornbooks.Best has composed a champion.!!!It is short, you can read it three times in the time it takes you to decipher one chapter in another hornbook!!! ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Evidence    2. Evidence (Law)    3. Law    4. Legal Reference / Law Profession    5. Problems, exercises, etc    6. United States    7. Jurisprudence & General Issues   

Subjects:  1. Constitutional    2. Courts - Supreme Court    3. Interpretation and construction    4. Law    5. Legal Reference / Law Profession    6. Political questions and judicial power    7. Stare decisis    8. United States    9. United States - 20th Century    10. Courts & procedure    11. Jurisprudence & General Issues    12. Law / Constitutional    13. Political Science and International Relations    14. USA   

Subjects:  1. Jurisprudence    2. Law    3. Legal Reference / Law Profession    4. Philosophy    5. Jurisprudence & philosophy of law    6. Law / Jurisprudence    7. Law | Jurisprudence and Legal Philosophy   

Reviews (1)

Excellent analysis; Clear discussion of economic principles.
Well written.Clearly teaches the basics of economic principles and then builds upon that foundation. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Jurisprudence    2. Law    3. Legal Education   

Subjects:  1. Criminal Law    2. Criminal Law - General    3. Criminal Procedure    4. General    5. Handbooks, manuals, etc    6. Law    7. Legal Profession    8. Legal Reference / Law Profession    9. Legal assistants    10. United States    11. Business & Economics / General    12. Jurisprudence & General Issues   

Subjects:  1. Criminal anthropology    2. Criminal behavior    3. Criminology    4. Criminology Research    5. Deviant behavior    6. Field work    7. Jurisprudence    8. Law    9. Legal Reference / Law Profession    10. Qualitative Techniques In The Social Sciences    11. Research    12. Social Science    13. Sociology    14. Crime & criminology    15. Law / Jurisprudence   

Subjects:  1. Anthropology - General    2. Jurisprudence    3. Law and anthropology    4. Legal Reference / Law Profession    5. Persons (Law)    6. Property    7. Remote Sensing    8. Science/Mathematics    9. Technology    10. Things (Law)    11. Anthropology    12. Jurisprudence & General Issues    13. Law / Jurisprudence    14. Social law   

Subjects:  1. Intellectual Property - General    2. Law    3. Legal Reference / Law Profession    4. Real Estate    5. Reference    6. Intellectual property, copyright & patents    7. Jurisprudence & General Issues    8. Property, real estate, land & tenancy law    9. Reference works   

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A humorous and intelligent look at the current legal world
David Margolick wrote "At the Bar," a weekly column for the New York Times from the late 1980s through the mid 1990s.Each column explored a new and interesting facet of the current legal world.This book is a compilation of the best of those columns (representing about a third of all the columns written) with addenda updating the columns where appropriate.Margolick deals with a wide variety of topics including:lawyers' use of language, dramatic changes in the culture of corporate law practice over the past fifteen years, legal ethics, women in the law, law schools, etc.Most importantly, the columns as a whole offer a light and humorous way to learn about the different aspects of the law. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Anecdotes    2. Humor    3. Law    4. Law (General)    5. Lawyers    6. Legal Profession    7. Legal Reference / Law Profession    8. Legal System    9. Reference    10. United States    11. Jurisprudence & General Issues    12. Law / General    13. Law / Legal Profession    14. Political Science-Legal System