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    50 Questions on the Natural Law: What It Is and Why We Need It
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    by Ignatius Press
    Paperback (01 June, 1999)
    (4 reviews) 4.5 out of 5 stars
    Customer Review: Great intro to the Catholic View of the Natural Law: This book is a great introduction to how the Natural Law fits into Catholic philosophy.
    A Decent, Orderly Lynching: The Montana Vigilantes
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    by University of Oklahoma Press
    Hardcover (01 November, 2004)

    A History of Islamic Legal Theories: An Introduction to Sunni usul al-fiqh
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    by Cambridge University Press
    Paperback (01 November, 1999)
    (6 reviews) 4.5 out of 5 stars
    Customer Review: A Delightfully Comprehensive History Of Fiqh: I really enjoyed this title. Wael B. Hallaq has produced some of the most remarkable and well structured works on Islamic Jurisprudence.
    A Legal Guide for Lesbian and Gay Couples
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    by Nolo.com
    Paperback (01 February, 2004)

    A Life Of H. L. A. Hart: The Nightmare And The Noble Dream
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    by Oxford University Press
    Hardcover (30 November, 2004)
    A Matter of Interpretation
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    by Princeton University Press
    Paperback (27 July, 1998)
    (15 reviews) 4 out of 5 stars
    Customer Review: An Insightful Discussion: In this tidy book, Justice Scalia puts forward his theory of jurisprudence and takes on the subject of judicial philosophy and what he calls the modern movement of judicial activism.

    A New World Order
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    by Princeton University Press
    Hardcover (17 February, 2004)
    A People's History of the Supreme Court
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    by Penguin Putnam
    Paperback (01 August, 2000)
    (16 reviews) 4.12 out of 5 stars
    Customer Review: An Excellent Introduction to the Supreme Court: This book provides and excellent introduction to the Supreme Court. This particular book approaches the Supreme Court's history through the lives of the individuals at the center of many landmark decisions.

    After the Washington Consensus: Restarting Growth and Reform in Latin America
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    by Institute for International Economics
    Paperback (01 March, 2003)
    (1 reviews) 5 out of 5 stars
    Customer Review: An excellent book for students of international economics.: The book is composed of 11 essays concerning what went wrong, what went right,
    Ain't Nobody's Business If You Do : The Absurdity of Consensual Crimes in Our Free
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    by Prelude Press
    Paperback (01 June, 1996)
    (77 reviews) 4.74 out of 5 stars
    Customer Review: Should be required reading in high schools.: Once I found out exactly what a libertarian was (very difficult to discern from reading the popular press),

    All in the Family: Absolutism, Revolution, and Democratic Prospects in the Middle
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    by State University of New York Press
    Paperback (01 June, 1999)
    All the Laws but One : Civil Liberties in Wartime
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    by Vintage
    Paperback (04 January, 2000)
    (12 reviews) 3.25 out of 5 stars
    Customer Review: A Timely Book, but not an Easy Read: "All the Laws but One" was published in 1998, but it somewhat anticipates the contentious post 9-11 question of how far the U.S

    America on Trial: Inside the Legal Battles That Transformed Our Nation--From the
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    by Warner Books
    Hardcover (14 May, 2004)
    (3 reviews) 4 out of 5 stars
    Customer Review: Excellent - Recommend Buying: I had a expected a bit better book but this book is still excellent. If someone else had written the book I might be less ambivalent but it is written by Alan Dershowitz,
    America Unbound: The Bush Revolution in Foreign Policy
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    by Brookings Institution Press
    Hardcover (October, 2003)
    (16 reviews) 4.06 out of 5 stars
    Customer Review: Surprisingly Thin Arguments: Daalder and Lindsay argue that George W. Bush has revolutionized U.S. foreign policy and that his revolution rests on two premises: the world is a dangerous place in which alliances and treaties hold back U.S

    American Foreign Policy: Past, Present, Future (5th Edition)
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    by Prentice Hall
    Paperback (12 June, 2002)
    (1 reviews) 4 out of 5 stars
    Customer Review: American Foreign Policy: Past, Present, Future: Hastedt's book is a well worded and actually rather objective perusal of American foreign policy from its root in the 18th century to President Clinton's decisions to go into Bosnia.
    American Legal History: Cases and Materials
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    by Oxford University Press
    Paperback (01 April, 1996)
    (2 reviews) 4 out of 5 stars
    Customer Review: Dred Scott Returns: Many people reading this book will be law students, but even for those who aren't, Kermit Hall's collection is a terrific resource for readers of history and politics.

    An Introduction to Islamic Law (Clarendon Paperbacks)
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    by Oxford University Press
    Paperback (01 January, 1984)
    (1 reviews) 5 out of 5 stars
    Customer Review: excellent introduction by an unsurpassed scholar: Schacht still remains a towering figure in the study of Islamic Law even after ~50 yrs.,
    And the Walls Came Tumbling Down : Closing Arguments That Changed the Way We Live--From
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    by Scribner
    Hardcover (05 October, 2004)

    Arsenic Under the Elms
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    by Praeger Trade
    Hardcover (30 October, 1999)
    (8 reviews) 4.5 out of 5 stars
    Customer Review: If you want an enjoyable, challenging novel, then read this!: "Arsenic Under the Elms" is thoroughly an intriguing, mind challenging read.
    Behind Bars: Surviving Prison
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    by Alpha Books
    Paperback (07 May, 2002)
    (28 reviews) 4.71 out of 5 stars
    Customer Review: Justice professions, police, judges, lawyers-READ and SHARE!: If you care about the people who are arrested every day, and what then happens to them and the people they love;

    Between Facts and Norms: Contributions to a Discourse Theory of Law and Democracy
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    by The MIT Press
    Paperback (09 January, 1998)
    (3 reviews) 5 out of 5 stars
    Customer Review: I didn't want to review this.... but.....: The reviews for this book are really poor, so I'm going to take a shot at this book....Habermas in this book is very German. The book is straightforward: it deals with the dual nature of laws.... i.e. that the ideals we establish in laws are conditioned by a sociological process and then interpreted through the same process. It's not a book that one would read for pleasure... it's not a book that one would want to have around to please girls. It's dry at times,
    Beyond the Courthouse: Tales of Lawyers and Lawyering
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    by P.S. Eriksson
    Hardcover (01 October, 1999)

    Black Trials : Citizenship from the Beginnings of Slavery to the End of Caste
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    by Knopf
    Hardcover (12 October, 2004)
    Blood and Oil : The Dangers and Consequences of America's Growing Dependency on Imported
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    by Metropolitan Books
    Hardcover (10 September, 2004)

    Boundaries of Her Body: A Troubling History of Women's Rights in America
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    by Sphinx Publishing Inc
    Hardcover (01 August, 2004)
    Breaking Silence: The Case That Changed the Face of Human Rights (Advancing Human
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    by Georgetown University Press
    Hardcover (30 September, 2004)

    Class Action:The Story of Lois Jenson and the Landmark Case That Changed Sexual Harassment
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    by Doubleday
    Hardcover (18 June, 2002)
    (8 reviews) 5 out of 5 stars
    Customer Review: Must read for anyone considering a lawsuit: This book is not only invaluable information for anyone considering a lawsuit against their employer - it is also a very gripping and engaging read.
    Closed Chambers: The Rise, Fall, and Future of the Modern Supreme Court
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    by Penguin Books
    Paperback (01 June, 1999)
    (45 reviews) 3.67 out of 5 stars
    Customer Review: A restrained view of ideological splits at the Supreme Court: Lazarus, who clerked for Justice Blackmun during the 1988-89 term,

    Code and Other Laws of Cyberspace
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    by Basic Books
    Paperback (01 June, 2000)
    (27 reviews) 4.37 out of 5 stars
    Editorial Review: "We, the Net People, in order to form a more perfect TransferProtocol..." might be recited in future fifth-grade history classes, saysattorney Lawrence Lessig. He turns the now-traditional view of the Internet asan uncontrollable,
    Comparative Law: Law and the Legal Process in Japan
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    by Carolina Academic Press
    Hardcover (01 February, 2003)

    Comparative Legal Traditions in a Nutshell (2nd Ed)
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    by West Publishing Company
    Paperback (1999)
    (1 reviews) 4 out of 5 stars
    Customer Review: Good synthesis on civil law: The first section on civil law tradition is good. It provides a sense of the complexity of history from Justinian to the great 19c civil codes of France and Germany and their areas of influence in Latin America etc,
    Constitutions in a Nonconstitutional World: Arab Basic Laws and the Prospects for
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    by State University of New York Press
    Paperback (01 November, 2001)
    (1 reviews) 5 out of 5 stars
    Customer Review: a finely nuanced reading: Brown's argument is impressively supported: although most Arab countries have constitutions, the constitutions themselves do not function as Americans would expect.

    Contemporary Russian Politics: A Reader
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    by Oxford University Press
    Paperback (March, 2001)
    Contempt of Court : The Turn-of-the-Century Lynching That Launched a Hundred Years
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    by Anchor
    Paperback (20 February, 2001)
    (19 reviews) 4.84 out of 5 stars
    Customer Review: Powerful history of the Law and Racisim: Black man accused of raping a white woman. Shakey identification. All white judge, jury,

    Correctional Administration: Integrating Theory and Practice
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    by Prentice Hall
    Hardcover (09 July, 2001)
    Creationism on Trial: Evolution and God at Little Rock (Studies in Religion and Culture
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    by University Press of Virginia
    Paperback (01 October, 1998)
    (1 reviews) 4 out of 5 stars
    Customer Review: Intensely personal and erudite, yet highly readable: Creationism on Trial is but one of the many books by the highly acclaimed and superarticulate theologian Langdon Gilkey.

    Crime and Criminality: Causes and Consequences
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    by Prentice Hall
    Paperback (03 April, 2001)
    Criminal Investigation (5th Edition)
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    by Prentice Hall
    Hardcover (10 August, 2000)

    Criminal Investigation: Basic Perspectives (9th Edition)
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    by Prentice Hall
    Hardcover (24 July, 2002)
    (1 reviews) 3 out of 5 stars
    Customer Review: Some of the examples are old, out dated methods: Overall, this text is not bad, although several instructional areas are out-dated material,
    Criminal Investigation: The Art and the Science (3rd Edition)
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    by Prentice Hall
    Paperback (23 July, 2001)
    (1 reviews) 5 out of 5 stars
    Customer Review: A ood framework for law enforcement officers to build upon.: This general textbook is written in a well-organized manner. It presents the common topics associated with criminal investigations: documentation,

    Criminal Justice Student Writer's Manual, The (3rd Edition)
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    by Prentice Hall
    Paperback (19 May, 2004)
    Criminal Justice Today: An Introductory Text for the 21st Century
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    by Prentice Hall
    Hardcover (15 July, 2002)
    (2 reviews) 4 out of 5 stars
    Customer Review: EXCELLENT INTRODUCTION: Relatively up to date (September 11 and law enforcement reactions, USA PATRIOT Act, etc.), and very informative,

    Criminal Law Today: An Introduction with Capstone Cases (2nd Edition)
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    by Prentice Hall
    Hardcover (03 July, 2001)
    Criminalistics: An Introduction to Forensic Science (7th Edition)
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    by Prentice Hall
    Hardcover (31 July, 2000)
    (8 reviews) 4.5 out of 5 stars
    Customer Review: correct your listing please: You're listing as a paperback version of Saferstein's "Criminalistics: an intro to forensic science,"

    Cuba Confidential : Love and Vengeance in Miami and Havana
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    by Vintage
    Paperback (14 October, 2003)
    (39 reviews) 3.28 out of 5 stars
    Customer Review: a refreshing view: Most written materials on either Cuba or the Cuban exiles are biased toward relentless criticisms or else justifications and praise.N
    Death in the Tiergarten : Murder and Criminal Justice in the Kaisers Berlin
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    by Harvard University Press
    Hardcover (01 June, 2004)

    Defending Pornography: Free Speech, Sex, and the Fight for Women's Rights
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    by New York University Press
    Paperback (01 November, 2000)
    (15 reviews) 3.4 out of 5 stars
    Customer Review: No simple answers to complex issues...: Nadine Strossen exposes the erroneous and simple minded logic in trying to correlate 'pornography' with harm to women.
    Deliver Us From Evil CD : Defeating Terrorism, Despotism, and Liberalism
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    by HarperAudio/ReganBooks
    Audio CD (17 February, 2004)
    (1590 reviews) 3.77 out of 5 stars
    Customer Review: Proof that Liberals are on the Wrong Side of History: I actually read the book, unlike the Liberals rating this book 1 star without reading even the inside dust jacket,

    Developing Democracy: Toward Consolidation
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    by Johns Hopkins University Press
    Paperback (01 May, 1999)
    Developments in German Politics
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    by Duke University Press
    Paperback (01 February, 2004)

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