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2004 Compendium Of Professional Rules and Standards

By: Aba

Price: $1.50

Publisher: American Bar Association: January 2004

Seller ID: 35850

ISBN: 1590312996

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - VeryGood

Acts of Abuse: Sex Offenders and the Criminal Justice System

By: Adam Sampson

Price: $34.95

Publisher: Routledge: December 1993

Seller ID: 43014

ISBN: 0415073731

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: New - New

Sexual crime is a topic of massive public concern. Yet the debate over its causes and the appropriate responses of the criminal justice system is often fuelled by ignorance and prejudice, with little understanding of the reality of sexual crime.
Acts of Abuse explores the response of the criminal justice system to this important issue. Its author, Adam Sampson, examines the existing research about the causes of rape and child abuse, the number of offences being committed, and the policy of the courts. He then examines in detail the responses of the probation service and the prison ...
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Acts of Abuse: Sex Offenders and the Criminal Justice System

By: Adam Sampson

Price: $34.95

Publisher: Routledge: December 1993

Seller ID: 61566

ISBN: 0415073731

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: New - New

Affirmative Action and Racial Preference: A Debate (Point/Counterpoint)

By: Carl Cohen, James P. Sterba

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA: October 2003

Seller ID: 19789

ISBN: 0195148940

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: New - New

Racial preferences are among the most contentious issues in our society, touching on fundamental questions of fairness and the proper role of racial categories in government action. Now two contemporary philosophers, in a lively debate, lay out the arguments on each side.
Carl Cohen, a key figure in the University of Michigan Supreme Court cases, argues that racial preferences are morally wrong--forbidden by the 14th Amendment to the Constitution, and explicitly banned by the Civil Rights Act of 1964. He also contends that such preferences harm society in general, damage the universities t...
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American constitutional decisions

By: Charles Fairman

Price: $2.00

Publisher: Holt: January 1948

Seller ID: 52367

ISBN: B0007DNMI2

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Good

minor discoloration to pages (ageing)...minor wear to cover...
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Care or Custody?: Mentally Disordered Offenders in the Criminal Justice System

By: Judith M. Laing

Price: $64.95

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA: January 2000

Seller ID: 15587

ISBN: 0198268181

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - LikeNew

This book is a comprehensive account of how mentally disordered offenders are treated when they come into contact with the criminal justice system. It traces the historical developments and analyzes the existing mental health and criminal provisions. It includes a theoretical overview of the law and an analysis of some of the theoretical issues surrounding the treatment and detention of mentally disordered offenders.

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Care or Custody?: Mentally Disordered Offenders in the Criminal Justice System

By: Judith M. Laing

Price: $72.95

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA: January 2000

Seller ID: 43839

ISBN: 0198268181

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: New - New

Caregivers and the Courts: Improving Court Decisions Affecting Children in Foster Care

By: Regina M. Deihi

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Center For Families Children and the Courts: 2002

Seller ID: 17232

ISBN: 9110006001

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - VeryGood

Child Abuse, Psychotherapy and the Law: Bearing the Unbearable

By: Roger Kennedy

Price: $24.95

Publisher: Free Association Books: November 1997

Seller ID: 42152

ISBN: 185343373X

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: New - New

Provides a legal framework for professionals working with families in the field of child abuse. The aim of the text is to provide a framework for practitioners untrained in law and in doing so allow a greater understanding of individuals, families and groups, and to help lawyers steer families more effectively and humanely through the legal process. It illustrates the complicated issues arising from the interaction between families, the law and mental health workers.
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Child Custody: Legal Decisions and Family Outcomes

By: Craig Everett

Price: $69.95

Publisher: Routledge: March 1998

Seller ID: 39564

ISBN: 0789003872

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: New - New

For too long, divorce and remarriage literature has focused only on the outcome in the personal lives of the divorcees during and after divorce. But now, in Child Custody: Legal Decisions and Family Outcomes, you'll see that divorce is a chain reaction that begins in the courtrooms and branches out into the families of the world, changing the lives of children, parents, and grandparents alike.

Child Custody is an incisive, up-to-date collection of studies that addresses both child custody decisions and the varied and often surprising outcomes for those children and their families. Div...
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Constitutional Counterrevolution?: The Warren Court and the Burger Court : Judicial Policy Making in Modern America

By: Richard Funston

Price: $18.98

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc: January 1977

Seller ID: 78972

ISBN: 0470990228

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Good

Court and Constitution in the Twentieth Century

By: William F. Swindler

Price: $2.95

Publisher: The Bobbs-Merrill Co., Inc., 1977: January 1977

Seller ID: 50363

ISBN: B001P76FBU

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Good

cover shows minor wear...no d/j...
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Court and Constitution in the Twentieth Century The New Legality 1932-1968

By: WILLIAM F SWINDLER

Price: $2.00

Publisher: BOBBS-MERRILL: January 1970

Seller ID: 50397

ISBN: B000RAIDHU

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Good

no dust jacket...5th printing...
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Court Rules to Achieve Permanency for Foster Children: Sample Rules and Commentary

By: Hardin, Mark

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Amer Bar Assn Section of: September 1985

Seller ID: 15579

ISBN: 0897072014

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: New - New

Cross Currents: Family Law Policy in the United States and England

By: N/A

Price: $44.95

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA: March 2001

Seller ID: 41248

ISBN: 0198268203

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: New - New

This volume brings together essays on a range of issues in family law in the United States and England. It provides an unparalleled opportunity to examine how family law has reacted to a period of unprecedented change in family life. The legal analyses are set within critical accounts of wider social and family policy and against a fully explored demographic background.

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Disability as a Social Construct: Legislative Roots

By: Claire H. Liachowitz

Price: $27.00

Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press: October 1988

Seller ID: 43275

ISBN: 0812281349

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: New - New

Wounded soldiers, injured workers, handicapped adults, and physically impaired children have all been affected by legislation that reduces their opportunities to live a functional life. In Disability as a Social Construct, Claire Liachowitz contends that disability is not merely a result of a handicap but can be imposed by society through devaluation and segregation of people who deviate from physical norms. She analyzes pertinent American legislation, primarily from 1770 to 1920, to provide a new perspective on the mechanisms that translate physical defects into social and civil inf...
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Ethnic Minorities: Their Families and the Law

By: John Murphy

Price: $32.00

Publisher: Hart Publishing (UK): August 2000

Seller ID: 15580

ISBN: 1901362590

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: New - New

A large number of the most topical and burning issues in family law centre upon, or involve, questions concerning ethnic minorities. Furthermore, in the light of the significance of recent legislation - for example, the Children Act of 1989 and the Family Law Act of 1996 - much of what has already been written in the area has become dated.
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Every Tenant's Legal Guide

By: Janet Portman, Marcia Stewart

Price: $14.98

Publisher: NOLO: November 2002

Seller ID: 102355

ISBN: 0873378253

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: New - New

The first book of its kind, Every Tenant's Legal Guide gives tenants in all 50 states the legal and practical information they need to deal with their landlords and protect their rights when things go wrong. It illustrates how to:
-- choose a home and inspect it before moving in
-- sign a fair and legal lease or rental agreement
-- get a landlord to make needed repairs
-- complain about illegal discrimination
-- make sure security deposits are returned fairly and on time.

Includes tear-out forms, state-by-state charts and rent control laws for seven of America's largest citie...
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From Partners to Parents

By: June Carbone

Price: $16.75

Publisher: Columbia University Press: June 2000

Seller ID: 29771

ISBN: 0231111177

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: New - New

Examining the substantial changes that have occurred in families, family research, and family law over the last twenty years, this volume describes a paradigm shift in the legal and social regulation of the family from an emphasis on partners' relationships with each other to an emphasis on parents' relationships to their children. In this model, custody has replaced fault as the most important determination made at divorce, and marital status is supplanted by financial and emotional maturity as the indicia of responsible parenthood. The most significant remaining challenge, according to June ...
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Guidelines for Child Focused Decision Making

By: Garon, Risa J., Inc., Children of Separation and Divorce Center

Price: $27.95

Publisher: Children of Separation and Divorce Center, Inc.: July 1993

Seller ID: 23051

ISBN: 097294155X

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: New - New

How to work with your court: A guide for child welfare agency administrators

By: Hardin, Mark

Price: $2.95

Publisher: ABA Center on Children and the Law: January 1993

Seller ID: 15562

ISBN: 0897078934

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - LikeNew

Learning Disabilities and the Law

By: Peter S. Latham

Price: $24.95

Publisher: Jkl Communications: April 2000

Seller ID: 15592

ISBN: 188356011X

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: New - New

Legal Responses to Wife Assault: Current Trends and Evaluation

By: N/A

Price: $13.50

Publisher: Sage Publications, Inc: July 1993

Seller ID: 15578

ISBN: 0803945531

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: New - New

Legal Responses to Wife Assault: Current Trends and Evaluation

By: N/A

Price: $13.50

Publisher: Sage Publications, Inc: July 1993

Seller ID: 26863

ISBN: 0803945531

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: New - New

Legal Responses to Wife Assault: Current Trends and Evaluation

By: N/A

Price: $7.95

Publisher: Sage Publications, Inc: July 1993

Seller ID: 42322

ISBN: 0803945531

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: New - New

Legal Rights of Persons With Disabilities: An Analysis of Federal Law (Disability Law Series)

By: Tucker, Bonnie Poitras, Goldstein, Bruce A.

Price: $119.00

Publisher: Lrp Pubns: January 1991

Seller ID: 15567

ISBN: 0934753466

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: New - New

Make No Law: The Sullivan Case and the First Amendment

By: Anthony Lewis

Price: $4.98

Publisher: Random House: September 1991

Seller ID: 78982

ISBN: 039458774X

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - VeryGood

Making Law for Families (Onati International Series in Law and Society)

By: N/A

Price: $36.00

Publisher: Hart Publishing: December 2000

Seller ID: 15557

ISBN: 1841132063

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: New - New

This work is the result of a workshop organized by Mavis Maclean and held between May 26 and June 2, 1999, at the International Institute for the Sociology of Law (IISL) in O ati, Spain.
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Making Sense of the Children's Act, 3rd Edition

By: Allen, Nick

Price: $12.95

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons: June 1998

Seller ID: 15552

ISBN: 0471978310

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: New - New

The provisions of the Children Act have brought about profound changes in the way child care issues are viewed and handled. Substantially reorganized and updated, this new edition of the bestselling authority on the Children Act provides an accessible and critical account of the numerous developments that have occurred in the Act since 1992.

What rights do unmarried fathers have? What is the legal position of social workers conducting a child protection investigation? This practical text means deals with such questions and includes information on commentary on

-parental responsibilit...
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Minorities in Juvenile Justice

By: N/A

Price: $34.95

Publisher: SAGE Publications, Inc: June 1995

Seller ID: 39930

ISBN: 0803972652

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: New - New

Mr. Justice

By: Allison and Philip B. Kurland -Editors Dunham

Price: $3.99

Publisher: The University of Chicago Press: January 1965

Seller ID: 78969

ISBN: B000GJXAV6

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

Negotiating Domestic Violence: Police, Criminal Justice and Victims (Clarendon Studies in Criminology)

By: Carolyn Hoyle

Price: $68.00

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA: December 1998

Seller ID: 17535

ISBN: 0198267738

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: New - New

In the early 1990s policy changes were introduced in the UK in an attempt to increase arrest rates in domestic violence cases. This book examines the criminal justice response to this prevalent form of violence in the light of these changes. In particular, the book discusses the needs and expectations of victims, and how their choices impact on decisions made by police and prosecutors.

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Offending Women: Female Lawbreakers and the Criminal Justice System (Medical Intelligence Unit (Unnumbered))

By: Anne Worrall

Price: $24.95

Publisher: Routledge: August 1996

Seller ID: 41036

ISBN: 0415037255

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: New - New

A useful theoretical analysis of the discourse surrounding women's deviancy. Based on hundreds of interviews with magistrates, solicitors, psychiatrists, probabtion officers, and particularly female lawbreakers themselves this book is key for those studying criminology and women's studies as well as for practitioners.
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Psychological Foundations of Criminal Justice: Historical Perspectives on Forensic Psychology

By: Robert W. Rieber

Price: $3.95

Publisher: John Jay Pr: June 1978

Seller ID: 15914

ISBN: 0894440128

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: New - New

Readings in Juvenile Justice Administration (Readings in Crime and Punishment)

By: N/A

Price: $7.95

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA: February 1999

Seller ID: 37288

ISBN: 0195104056

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: New - New

Readings in Juvenile Justice Administration analyzes the judicial, legal, and correctional agencies that respond to delinquent offenders. The articles reveal the diversity and complexity of the juvenile courts and present the current policy debates regarding juvenile justice. They reflect the historical origins and the recent transformation of the juvenile justice system as it moves from a nominally rehabilitative social welfare agency to a more scaled-down criminal justice system for young offenders.
Chapter 1 features a discussion of the origins of the juvenile court system. Chap...
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Responding to Troubled Youth (Studies in Crime and Public Policy)

By: Cheryl L. Maxson, Malcolm W. Klein

Price: $9.95

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA: June 1997

Seller ID: 42871

ISBN: 0195098536

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: New - New

This book provides an overview of the dominant philosophical approaches and practices in handling status offenders--those children who habitually resist the control of their parents and schools, who run away from home, who drink and stay out after curfew. The three basic and competing social philosophies in responding to these troubled and troublesome youths--discussed at length in this book--are known as the treatment, deterrence, and normalization rationales. In examining these philosophies, the authors consider the quality and quantity of response to and for status offenders at local commun...
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School Crime and Juvenile Justice

By: Richard Lawrence

Price: $3.25

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA: August 1997

Seller ID: 42173

ISBN: 0195101650

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: New - New

Juvenile crime is a serious problem in America. It has been increasing at a faster rate than crime committed by adults, and nowhere is this increase more evident than in the case of violent crime. Although crime in schools has not increased as much as crime on the street, the fear of school crime is having a significant impact on the quality of education in America. Attendance is suffering as many students stay at home out of fear of becoming victims either on their way to school or in school. Teachers are unable to provide quality instruction and are forced to work in unsafe conditions, facin...
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See You in Court: How the Right Made America a Lawsuit Nation

By: Thomas Geoghegan

Price: $14.95

Publisher: New Press: January 2009

Seller ID: 57258

ISBN: 1595584102

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: New - New

While just about everyone agrees that we've become a lawsuit nation, is it really class actions by a coterie of private trial lawyers whose enormous settlements and, in Karl Rove's words, "junk lawsuits" that are subverting democracy? Thomas Geoghegan, whom Time called "a modern-day Quixote of the legal profession," thinks not.

In this impassioned rebuttal to Philip K. Howard's The Death of Common Sense, Geoghegan deftly shows how conservatives' dismantling of America's postwar legal system opened the floodgates of litigation. Most often people sue, he argues, because of...
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Social Problems, Law, and Society (Society for the Study of Social Problems Presidential Series)

By: A. Kathryn Stout, William J. Chambliss, Richard A. Dello Buono

Price: $68.00

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.: July 2004

Seller ID: 15556

ISBN: 0742542068

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: New - New

This collection of articles presents a critical, issue-oriented approach to law and society, emphasizing its important relationship to contemporary social problems. By exploring the interstitial area between the sociology of law, social problems and social movements, the initial chapters trace out a theoretical trajectory which points to the need to move beyond traditional and social constructionist approaches. A variety of empirical studies together explore the contradictory dynamics of class as they relate to race and gender in both a national and global context, illustrating the dialectical...
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Summer for the Gods: The Scopes Trial and America's Continuing Debate over Science and Religion

By: Edward J. Larson

Price: $5.95

Publisher: Harvard University Press: September 1998

Seller ID: 52732

ISBN: 0674854292

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

Pairing archival material from both the Bryan prosecution and the Darrow defence, this text provides an historical and legal analysis in its interpretation of a pivotal event in American history.
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