NEW BOOKS added August 2007


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Abortion

 

Ehrlich, J. Shoshanna.  Who decides?: the abortion rights of teens.  KF9315 .E36 2006

 

Administrative Law

 

Bradley, A. W. and K.D. Ewing.  Constitutional and administrative law.  KD3930 .W3 2007

 

Banking & Finance

 

Lee, Paul L.  Regulation of foreign banks: USA PATRIOT Act requirements for foreign banks.  KF1001.5 .R442 2007

 

Biography

 

Hill, Oliver W.  The big bang: Brown vs Board of Education and beyond: the autobiography of Oliver W. Hill, Sr.  KF373 .H55 H55 2007

 

Civil Rights

 

Kutulas, Judy.  The American Civil Liberties Union & the making of modern liberalism, 1930-1960.  JC599 .U5 K97 2006

 

Romero, Anthony D. and Dina Temple-Raston.  In defense of our America: the fight for civil liberties in the age of terror.  JC599 .U5 R598 2007

 

Commercial Law

 

Cheeseman, Henry R.  Business law: legal environment, online commerce, business ethics, and international issues. 6th ed.  KF889 .C433 2007

 

Chomsky, Carol L., et al.  Selected commercial statutes. 2007 ed.  Course Reserve KF879 .A2 S45 2007

 

Computer Law

 

Hitchcock, Jayne A.  Net crimes & misdemeanors: outmaneuvering web spammers, stalkers, and con artists. 2nd ed.  HV6773 .H575 2006

 

Pola�ski, Przemys�aw Paul.  Customary law of the Internet: in the search for a supranational cyberspace law.  K564 .C6 P65 2007

 

Constitutional Law

 

Bogdandy, Armin von and J�rgen Bast, editors.  Principles of European constitutional law.  KJE4445 .P74 2006

 

Brundage, Anthony.  The great tradition: constitutional history and national identity in Britain and the United States, 1870-1960.  K3161 .B78 2007

 

La Torre, Massimo.  Constitutionalism and legal reasoning: a new paradigm for the concept of law.  K3165 .C66 2007

 

Zurn, Christopher F.  Deliberative democracy and the institutions of judicial review.  KF4550 .Z9 Z87 2007

 

Contracts

 

Farnsworth, E. Allan and William F. Young, compilers.  Selections for contracts: uniform commercial code, uniform electronic transactions act, electronic signatures in global and national commerce act, restatement second, UN sales convention, UNIDROIT principles, forms. 2007 ed.  Course Reserve KF801 .A7 S417 2007

 

Corporations

 

Griffin, William F., chair.  Fiduciary duties of directors, officers & owners of closely-held businesses.  KFM2615 .C55 F53 2007

 

Marchetti, Anne M.  Sarbanes-Oxley ongoing compliance guide: key processes and summary checklists.  KF1446 .M355 2007

 

Wells, Joseph T.  Corporate fraud handbook: prevention and detection. 2nd ed.  HV6691 .W45 2007

 

Courts

 

Bolick, Clint.  David's hammer: the case for an activist judiciary.  KF384 .B58 2007

 

Drewry, Gavin, Louis Blom-Cooper, and Charles Blake.  The Court of Appeal.  KD7216 .D74 2007

 

Criminal Law & Procedure

 

Doyle, Charles.  Extraterritorial application of American criminal law.  KF9230 .D69 2007

 

Fabbri, Michael L. and Stephanie Page, chairs.  Hot topics in criminal law.  KFM2975 .Z9 H675 2007

 

Maffei, Stefano.  The European right to confrontation in criminal proceedings: absent, anonymous and vulnerable witnesses.  KJC5183 .M34 2006

 

Death Penalty

 

Lu, Hong and Terance D. Miethe.  China's death penalty: history, law, and contemporary practices.  HV8699 .C6 L8 2007

 

Economics

 

Hackney, James R.  Under cover of science: American legal-economic theory and the quest for objectivity.  K487 .E3 H33 2007

 

Employment Law

 

Fick, Barbara J.  The American Bar Association guide to workplace law. 2nd ed.  KF3319.6 .F53 2006

 

Friedman, Joel William, editor.  Employment discrimination stories.  KF3464 .A7 E49 2006

 

Jones, Kimberly Y. and David B. Wilson, chairs.  Wrongful termination and exceptions to employment at-will.  KFM2734.5 .E55 W76 2007

 

Lindemann, Barbara and Paul Grossman.  Employment discrimination law. 4th ed.  Permanent Reserve KF3464 .E445 2007

 

Environmental Law

 

Cohen, Steven, Sheldon Kamieniecki and Matthew A. Cahn.  Strategic planning in environmental regulation: a policy approach that works.  HD30.255 .C64 2005

 

Gore, Albert.  An inconvenient truth: the planetary emergency of global warming and what we can do about it.  QC981.8 .G56 G67 2006

 

Harvey, Pamela D., chair.  New Massachusetts environmental leadership and programs.  KFM2754 .N48 2007

 

Seerden, Ren�, Michiel A. Heldeweg, and Kurt R. Deketelaere, editors.  Public environmental law in the European Union and the United States: a comparative analysis.  K3585 .P83 2002

 

Evidence

 

Newman, Robert C.  Computer forensics: evidence collection and management.  KF8961 .N49 2007

 

Foreign Law

 

Cafaggi, Fabrizio, editor.  The institutional framework of European private law.  KJE995 .I57 2006

 

Handoll, John.  Capital, payments, and money laundering in the EU.  KJE5175 .H36 2006

 

Health Law

 

Bianchi, Alden J. and Diane M. Soubly, chairs.  Update on the new Massachusetts Health Care Reform Act.  KFM2760 .U6 2007

 

History

 

Einhorn, Robin L.  American taxation, American slavery.  E441 .E38 2006

 

Foyster, Elizabeth A.  Marital violence: an English family history, 1660-1875.  HV6626.23 .G7 F69 2005

 

Gonzales-Day, Ken.  Lynching in the West, 1850-1935.  HV6468 .C2 G66 2006

 

Lesaffer, Randall, editor.  Peace treaties and international law in European history: from the late Middle Ages to World War One.  KZ184.5 .P43 2004

 

Sperry, Kip.  Reading early American handwriting.  Professional Collection Z115 .A5 S64 1998

 

Stewart, David O.  The summer of 1787: the men who invented the Constitution.  KF4510 .S74 2007

 

Human Rights

 

Bagaric, Mirko and Julie Clarke.  Torture: when the unthinkable is morally permissible.  HV8593 .B35 2007

 

Bouchet-Saulnier, Fran�oise.  The practical guide to humanitarian law. 2nd ed.  KZ6471 .B6813 2007

 

Jacob, Joseph M.  Civil justice in the age of human rights.  KD7325 .J325 2007

 

Moucheboeuf, Alcidia.  Minority rights jurisprudence digest.  Reference Area K3242 .A52 2006

 

Murray, Rachel, editor.  Documents of the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights.  KQC573 .A34 A38 2001 

 

Peters, Jean Koh.  Representing children in child protective proceedings: ethical and practical dimensions. 3rd ed.  KF3735 .P47 2007

 

Schulz, William F., editor.  The phenomenon of torture: readings and commentary.  HV8593 .P52 2007

 

Xanthaki, Alexandra.  Indigenous rights and United Nations standards: self-determination, culture and land.  K3247 .X36 2007

 

Immigration Law

 

Peers, Steve and Nicola Rogers, editors.  EU immigration and asylum law: text and commentary.  KJE6044 .P44 2006

 

Zimmermann, Klaus F., et al.  Immigration policy and the labor market: the German experience and lessons for Europe.  HD8458 .A2 I455 2007

 

Insurance Law

 

Pace, Nicholas M., et al.  Insurance class actions in the United States.  KF8896 .I57 2007

 

Intellectual Property

 

Donner, Irah H.  Patent prosecution: law, practice, and procedure. 5th ed.  KF3120 .D66 2007

 

Nelson, Patricia L., chair.  Intellectual property law conference 2007.  KF2980 .I564 2007

 

Patry, William F.  Patry on copyright.  KF2991.5 .P38

 

International Law

 

Boyle, Alan E. and Christine Chinkin.  The making of international law.  KZ3410 .B69 2007

 

Cryer, Robert, et al.  An introduction to international criminal law and procedure.  K5000 .I587 2007

 

Goodwin-Gill, Guy S. and Jane McAdam.  The refugee in international law. 3rd ed.  K3230 .G66 2007

 

Held, David and Anthony G. McGrew, editors.  Globalization theory: approaches and controversies.  JZ1318 .G67917 2007

 

Kaikobad, Kaiyan Homi.  Interpretation and revision of international boundary decisions.  KZ3684 .K35 2007

 

International Trade

 

Zeller, Bruno.  CISG and the unification of international trade law.  K1028.3198 .Z35 2007

 

Judges

 

Merida, Kevin and Michael A. Fletcher.  Supreme discomfort: the divided soul of Clarence Thomas.  KF8745 .T48 M47 2007

 

Streb, Matthew J., editor.  Running for judge: the rising political, financial and legal stakes of judicial elections.  KF8785 .A7 R86 2007