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DVD: The rape of Europa. Permanent Reserve/AV N8795.3 .G47 R37 2008
Gerstenblith, Patty. Art, cultural heritage, and the law: cases and materials. 2nd edition. Permanent Reserve KF4288 .A7 G47 2008
Raffield, Paul and Gary Watt, editors. Shakespeare and the law. KD612 .S53 2008
Wittern-Keller, Laura. The Miracle case: film censorship and the Supreme Court. KF4300 .W58 2008
Wolf, Martin. Fixing global finance. HG3881 .W65 2008
Silkenat, James R. and Charles D. Schmerler, editors. The law of international insolvencies and debt restructurings. K1370 .L39 2006
Stern, Marc S. and Joel Pelofsky. Letters for bankruptcy lawyers: essential communications for clients, creditors, opposing counsel, and others. KF1527 .S645 2005
Bodenhamer, David J. and James W. Ely, editors. The Bill of Rights in modern America. Revised and expanded. KF4550 .A2 B49 2008
Finan, Christopher M. From the Palmer Raids to the Patriot Act: a history of the fight for free speech in America. KF4772 .F56 2007
Chew, Charles. Business law guidebook. KU856 .C54 2008
Duranske, Benjamin Tyson. Virtual law: navigating the legal landscape of virtual worlds. KF390.5 .C6 D87 2008
Davey, Joseph Dillon. The Bill of Rights today: constitutional limits on the powers of government. KF4749 .D38 2008
Faigman, David L. Constitutional fictions: a unified theory of constitutional facts. KF4552 .F35 2008
Hamburger, Philip. Law and judicial duty. KF4575 .H36 2008
Kiiver, Philipp, editor. Sources of constitutional law: selected provisions from constitutions and fundamental legislations of the United States, France, Germany, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom. K3157 .E5 S68 2008
Mitchell, Charles and Paul Mitchell, editors. Landmark cases in the law of contract. KD1554 .L36 2008
Oser, David. The UNIDROIT principles of international commercial contracts: a governing law? K7350 .O84 2008
Rubin, Robert A., Virginia Fairweather, and Sammie D. Guy. Construction claims: prevention and resolution. KF902 .C596 1999
Collins, Paul M. Friends of the Supreme Court: interest groups and judicial decision making. KF8742 .C62 2008
Harrington, Matthew P. Jay and Ellsworth, the first courts: justices, rulings and legacy. KF8742 .H368 2008
Doyle, Charles. Crime and forfeiture. KF9747 .D695 2008
Huff, C. Ronald and Martin Killias, editors. Wrongful conviction: international perspectives on miscarriages of justice. K5560 .W76 2008
Preston, Douglas J. with Mario Spezi. The monster of Florence. Popular Reading Collection HV6535 .I83 F5666 2008
Robinson, Paul H. Distributive principles of criminal law: who should be punished, how much? K5103 .R628 2008
United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime. Compendium of United Nations standards and norms in crime prevention and criminal justice. HV7431 .C666 2006
Palmer, Louis J. Encyclopedia of capital punishment in the United States. 2nd edition. Reference Area HV8694 .P35 2008
Asgeirsdottir, Aslaug. Who gets what?: domestic influences on international negotiations allocating shared resources. K2390 .A98 2008
Kirchhoff, Lars. Constructive interventions: paradigms, process and practice of international mediation. KZ6045 .C665 2008
Eidenmuller, Horst and Wolfgang Schon, editors. The law and economics of creditor protection: a Transatlantic perspective. KJC1502 .L39 2008
Trebilcock, M. J. and Ronald J. Daniels. Rule of law reform and development: charting the fragile path of progress. K3171 .T74 2008
Baer, Frances Lisa. Resistance to public school desegregation: Little Rock, Arkansas, and beyond. LC212.52 .B34 2008
Brickey, Kathleen F. Environmental crime: law, policy, prosecution. KF3775 .B725 2008
Kormos, Cyril F., editor. A handbook on international wilderness law and policy. K3478 .H357 2008
Markesinis, B. S., Hannes Unberath, and Angus Johnston. The German law of contract: a comparative treatise. 2nd edition. KK1640 .M37 2006
Smith, Gordon B. and Robert Sharlet. Russia and its constitution: promise and political reality. KLB2070 .R87 2008
Xu, Xiaoqun. Trial of modernity: judicial reform in early twentieth-century China, 1901-1937. KNN1572 .X89 2008
Capozzola, Christopher Joseph Nicodemus. Uncle Sam wants you: World War I and the making of the modern American citizen. E780 .C26 2008
Finkelman, Paul and Donald R. Kennon, editors. Congress and the emergence of sectionalism: from the Missouri Compromise to the age of Jackson. JK316 .C66 2008
Howlett, Charles F. and Robbie Lieberman. A history of the American peace movement: from colonial times to the present. JZ5584 .U55 H69 2008
Arp, Bjorn. International norms and standards for the protection of national minorities: bilateral and multilateral texts with commentary. K3242 .A35 A77 2008
Stephens, Beth. International human rights litigation in U.S. courts. 2nd edition. KF1309.5 .S74 2008
Viale, Cedric. Lexicon of human rights = Les definitions des droits de l'homme. K3239.6 .V53 2008
Weissbrodt, David S. The human rights of non-citizens. K3240 .W452 2008
VHS: Well-founded fear: discussion modules: tales from real life. Permanent Reserve/AV KF4836 .Z9 W455 2004
Bacon, David. Illegal people: how globalization creates migration and criminalizes immigrants. HD8081 .A5 B33 2008
Newton, Lina. Illegal, alien, or immigrant: the politics of immigration reform. JV6465 .N498 2008
Brody, Lawrence and Stephen B. Daiker. The insured stock purchase agreement with sample forms. 2nd edition. KF1448 .B76 2008
Fishman, Stephen. Public domain: how to find & use copyright-free writings, music, art & more. 4th edition. KF3022 .F57 2008
Ilias, Shayerah and Ian F. Fergusson. Intellectual property rights and international trade. K1401 .I563 2008
Bederman, David J. International law in antiquity. KZ1242 .B43 2001
Brecher, Michael. International political earthquakes. JZ5595 .B74 2008
Wilson, Eric Michael. The savage republic: De Indis of Hugo Grotius, republicanism, and Dutch hegemony within the early modern world-system (c. 1600-1619). KZ2093 .A3 S38 2008
Komninos, Assimakis P. EC private antitrust enforcement: decentralised application of EC competition law by national courts. KJE6497 .K66 2008
Kurkela, Matti. Letters of credit and bank guarantees under international trade law. 2nd edition. K7384 .L48 K87 2008
Brand, Ronald A. and Scott R. Jablonski. Forum non conveniens: history, global practice, and future under the Hague Convention on Choice of Court Agreements. K7625 .B73 2007
Duxbury, Neil. The nature and authority of precedent. KD695 .D89 2008
Klatt, Matthias. Making the law explicit: the normativity of legal argumentation. K212 .K58 2008
Marmor, Andrei. Law in the age of pluralism. K230 .M356 L39 2007
Veitch, Scott, Emilios Christodoulidis and Lindsay Farmer. Jurisprudence: themes and concepts. K237 .J87 2007
Vinx, Lars. Hans Kelsen's pure theory of law: legality and legitimacy. K339 .V558 2007
Abramson, Bruce. Article 2: the right of non-discrimination. K3242 .A927 2008
Scott, Elizabeth S. and Laurence Steinberg. Rethinking juvenile justice. KF9779 .S36 2008
Blanpain, R., editor. Comparative labour law and industrial relations in industrialized market economies. 9th revised edition. K1705.6 .C65 2007
Miller, Wm. G. Faith, reason, and consent: legislating morality in early American states. KF4541 .M55 2008
Diehl, Paul F. Peace operations. JZ5538 .D536 2008
Kolb, Robert and Richard Hyde. An introduction to the international law of armed conflicts. KZ6385 .K65 2008
Ratner, Michael and the Center for Constitutional Rights. The trial of Donald Rumsfeld: a prosecution by book. Popular Reading Collection HV6322.3 .U6 R38 2008
Shiner, Phil and Andrew Williams, editors. The Iraq War and international law. KZ6795 .I73 I73 2008
Tal, David. The American nuclear disarmament dilemma, 1945-1963. JZ5665 .T36 2008
Schiess, Wayne. Preparing legal documents nonlawyers can read and understand. KF250 .S349 2008
Schwartz, Michael Hunter. Expert learning for law students. 2nd edition. KF283 .S39 2008
Sonsteng, John O. A legal education renaissance: a practical approach for the twenty-first century: the history and status of legal education. KF272 .S66 2008
Spillane, Meghan and the International Bar Association. International moot court: an introduction. KZ1237 .S65 2008
Nelson, William Edward. The common law in colonial America. KF361 .N45 2008
Bittan, Bradley M. The public defender experience: a student career guide into the heads and hearts of America's "real lawyers." KF9646 .B58 1997
Ritchie, David T. Mastering legal analysis and communication. K290 .R58 2008
White, Paul F. and Sardar M.N. Islam. Formulation of appropriate laws: a new integrated multidisciplinary approach and an application to electronic funds transfer regulation. K1081 .W45 2008
Katz, William A. Introduction to reference work. 8th edition. Professional Collection Z711 .K32 2002
Schiavone, Giuseppe. International organizations: a dictionary and directory. 7th edition. Reference Area JZ4838 .S344 2008
DVD: Moore, Michael. Slacker uprising. Reference Area Feature Film Collection
Hetherington, Cynthia. The manual to online public records: the researcher's tool to online resources of public records and public information. Reference Area JK468 .P76 H43 2008
Wheeler, Darren A. Presidential power in action: implementing Supreme Court detainee decisions. KF5060 .W44 2008
Kimberling, John F. How to try a jury case: trial tactics. KF8972 .K56 2007
Read, D. Shane. Winning at trial. KF8915 .R38 2007
Statsinger, Steven M. Habeas corpus: practice commentaries and statutes. 2nd edition. KF9011 .S73 2007
Slate, Risdon N. The criminalization of mental illness: crisis & opportunity for the justice system. KF9242 .S59 2008
Brauch, Jeffrey A. A higher law: readings on the influence of Christian thought in Anglo-American law. 2nd edition. KF380 .B62 2008
Hashemi, Kamran. Religious legal traditions, international human rights law and Muslim states. K3242 .H37 2008
Friedman, David D. Future imperfect: technology and freedom in an uncertain world. Popular Reading Collection T174 .F75 2008
Liu, Chengwei. Chinese company and securities law: investment vehicles, mergers and acquistions and corporate finance in China. KNQ1050 .C34 2008
Michie, R. C. The global securities market: a history. HG4751 .M53 2006
Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker. Securities law claims: a practical guide. KF1439 .S418 2004
Viikari, Lotta. The environmental element in space law: assessing the present and charting the future. KZD1149 .E58 V55 2008
Davitt, Jennifer. State documents bibliography, Washington, D.C. KFD1201 .D38 2008
Egler, Peter J. Selective annotated bibliography of Delaware state documents and other resources used in Delaware legal research. KFD1 .E38 2008
Gless, Alan G., editor. The history of Nebraska law. KFN78 .H57 2008
Reid, John Phillip. Legislating the courts: judicial dependence in early national New Hampshire. KFN1628 .R45 2009
Valentin, Ryan and Michelle Cosby. Kentucky state documents: a bibliography of legal and law-related material. KFK1201 .C35 2008
Elagab, Omer Yousif and Jeehaan Elagab, editors. International law documents relating to terrorism. 3rd edition. K5256 .A35 I58 2007
Evangelista, Matthew. Law, ethics, and the war on terror. HV6431 .E93 2008
McCormack, Wayne. Understanding the law of terrorism. Permanent Reserve KF9430 .M33 2007
Mills, Jon L. Privacy: the lost right. KF1262 .M55 2008
DVD: Izvan razumne sumnje = Beyond reasonable doubt. Permanent Reserve/AV KZ1203 .A12 I98 2005
Gross, Ariela Julie. What blood won't tell: a history of race on trial in America. KF4755 .G76 2008
Laughland, John. A history of political trials: from Charles I to Saddam Hussein. Popular Reading Collection K5301 .L38 2008
Mahler, Jonathan. The challenge: Hamdan v. Rumsfeld and the fight over presidential power. Popular Reading Collection KF225 .H36 M34 2008
Newton, Michael A. and Michael P. Scharf. Enemy of the state: the trial and execution of Saddam Hussein. Popular Reading Collection KMJ41 .H87 N49 2008
Stern, Gerald M. The Scotia widows: inside their lawsuit against big daddy coal. Popular Reading Collection KF226 .S74 2008