NEW BOOKS added March 2008


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Abortion

 

Hanafin, Patrick.  Conceiving life: reproductive politics and the law in contemporary Italy.  KKH513 .H36 2007

 

Rose, Melody.  Safe, legal, and unavailable?: abortion politics in the United States.  HQ767.5 .U5 R65 2007

 

Administrative Law

 

Jans, J. H., et al.  Europeanisation of public law.  KJE5602 .E97 2007

 

Nieto Garrido, Eva and Isaac Martín Delgado.  European administrative law in the Constitutional Treaty.  KJE5602 .N54 2007

 

Arts & Literature

 

Coleman, Elizabeth Burns.  Aboriginal art, identity and appropriation.  N7401 .C65 2005

 

Greenfield, Jeanette.  The return of cultural treasures. 3rd ed.  CC135 .G74 2007

 

Grisham, John.  The appeal.  Popular Reading Collection PS3557 .R5355 A86 2008

 

Hart, Matthew.  The Irish game: a true story of crime and art.  Popular Reading Collection N8795.3 .I8 H37 2004

 

Merryman, John Henry, editor.  Imperialism, art and restitution.  K3788 .I47 2006

 

Miles, Margaret Melanie.  Art as plunder: the ancient origins of debate about cultural property.  N9114 .M55 2008

 

Stecker, Robert.  Interpretation and construction: art, speech, and the law.  BD241 .S78 2003

 

Stoker, Bram.  Dracula.  Popular Reading Collection PR6037 .T617 D7 2003b

 

Young, Alison.  Judging the image: art, value, law.  N6490 .Y68 2005

 

Banking & Finance

 

Hoffman, Scott L.  The law and business of international project finance. 3rd ed.  K891 .B8 H64 2008

 

Mann, Ronald J.  Charging ahead: the growth and regulation of payment card markets.  HG3755.7 .M36 2006

 

Bankruptcy

 

Ayer, John D. and Michael L. Bernstein.  Bankruptcy in practice. 4th ed.  KF1524 .A93 2007

 

Biography

 

Bzdek, Vincent.  Woman of the house: the rise of Nancy Pelosi.  E840.8 .P37 B94 2008

 

Civil Rights

 

DVD:  The murder of Emmett Till.  Permanent Reserve/AV HV6465 .M7 M87 2004

 

DVD:  The untold story of Emmett Louis Till.  Permanent Reserve/AV HV6465 .M7 U58 2006

 

Boyle, Francis Anthony.  Protesting power: war, resistance, and law.  KF4786 .B69 2008

 

Linebaugh, Peter.  The Magna Carta manifesto: liberties and commons for all.  JN147 .L56 2008

 

Sweeney, James R., editor.  Race, reason, and massive resistance: the diary of David J. Mays, 1954-1959.  KF373 .M393 A3 2008

 

Commercial Law

 

France.  The French commercial code in English, 2007.  KJV2194.31807 .A52 2007

 

M�llers, Thomas M. J. and Andreas Heinemann.  The enforcement of competition law in Europe.  KJC2799 .E54 2007

 

Sinclair, Kent David B., chair.  Privacy issues for the business lawyer.  KF1262 .A75 P75 2007

 

Communications Law

 

Barnett, Brett A.  Untangling the web of hate: are online "hate sites" deserving of First Amendment protection?  KF4772 .B37 2007

 

Holoubek, Michael, Dragana Damjanovic, and Matthias Traimer, editors.  Regulating content: European regulatory framework for the media and related creative sectors.  KJE6946 .R44 2007

 

Computer Law

 

Bayer, Judit.  Liability of internet service providers for third party content.  K4293 .B39 2007

 

Derclaye, Estelle.  The legal protection of databases: a comparative analysis.  K1443 .D37 D47 2008

 

Kowalski, Robin M., Susan P. Limber, and Patricia W. Agatston.  Cyber bullying: bullying in the digital age.  HV6773 .K69 2008

 

Constitutional Law

 

Allison, J. W. F.  The English historical constitution: continuity, change and European effects.  KD3951 .A595 2007

 

Tierney, Stephen J. A., editor.  Multiculturalism and the Canadian constitution.  KE4381 .M85 2007

 

Tsagourias, Nikolaos K., editor.  Transnational constitutionalism: international and European models.  K3161 .A3 T73 2007

 

Consumer Protection

 

Hobbs, Robert J., editor.  Consumer law pleadings on CD-ROM: 2007 cumulative CD-Rom and index guide.  KF1040 .A3 C74 2007

 

Corporations

 

ABA Committee on Corporate Counsel.  The in-house counsel's essential toolkit. 7 vols.  KF1425 .I64 2007

 

ABA Committee on Negotiated Acquisitions.  International stock purchase acquisitions: summaries of international law.  K1362 .I575 2006

 

Ball, Peter E., chair.  What every in-house counsel should know about criminal law.  KF9236.5 .A75 W44 2007

 

Dravis, Bruce F.  The role of independent directors after Sarbanes-Oxley.  KF1423 .D73 2007

 

Hopkins, Michael.  Corporate social responsibility and international development: is business the solution?  HD60.5 .D44 H67 2007

 

McBarnet, Doreen J., Aurora Voiculescu, and Tom Campbell, editors.  The new corporate accountability: corporate social responsibility and the law.  HD60 .N435 2007

 

Renehan, Richard W., chair.  7th Annual Business Litigation Conference 2008.  KFM2613 .Z9 M39 2008

 

Risius, Jeffrey M.  Business valuation: a primer for the legal profession.  KF1416 .R57 2007

 

Siems, Mathias M.  Convergence in shareholder law.  K1338 .S57 2008

 

Courts

 

Gerhardt, Michael J.  The power of precedent.  KF429 .G47 2008

 

Criminal Law & Procedure

 

DVD:  The Plea, a Frontline program.  Permanent Reserve/AV KF9654 .P529 2004

 

Boas, Gideon, James L. Bischoff, and Natalie L. Reid.  Forms of responsibility in international criminal law.  K5036 .B63 2007

 

Friedland, M. L.  My life in crime and other academic adventures.  KE416 .F74 A3 2007

 

Husak, Douglas N.  Overcriminalization: the limits of the criminal law.  KF9223 .H87 2008

 

Naughton, Michael.  Rethinking miscarriages of justice: beyond the tip of the iceberg.  HV9960 .G7 N38 2007

 

Death Penalty

 

Baumgartner, Frank R., Suzanna L. De Boef, and Amber E. Boydstun.  The decline of the death penalty and the discovery of innocence.  HV8699 .U5 B38 2008

 

Culbert, Jennifer Louise.  Dead certainty: the death penalty and the problem of judgment.  HV8699 .U5 C86 2008

 

Gado, Mark.  Death row women: murder, justice, and the New York press.  HV6517 .G33 2008

 

T�rrez, Robert J.  Myth of the hanging tree: stories of crime and punishment in territorial New Mexico.  Popular Reading Collection HV8699 .U6 T67 2008

 

Economics

 

Langer, Jurian.  Tying and bundling as a leveraging concern under EC competition law.  KJE6536 .L26 2007

 

Posner, Richard A.  Economic analysis of law. 7th ed.  KF385 .P65 2007

 

Elder Law

 

Nerenberg, Lisa.  Elder abuse prevention: emerging trends and promising strategies.  HV6626.3 .N47 2008

 

Employment Law

 

Adkins, John F., et al.  Hiring and firing in Massachusetts.  KFM2734.5 .E55 H57 2007

 

Reuben, Catherine E., chair.  Employment law for business lawyers and in-house counsel.  KFM2731 .Z9 E48 2008

 

Wolkinson, Benjamin W. and the MSU Employment Law Group.  Employment law: the workplace rights of employees and employers. 2nd ed.  KF3457 .W65 2008

 

Environmental Law

 

Harvey, Pamela D. and Gregor I. McGregor, chairs.  9th Annual Environmental & Land Use Law Conference 2008.  KFM2754 .Z9 E95 2008

 

International environmental law reports, v. 5:  International environmental law in international tribunals.  K3584.53 .I58 1999 v.5

 

Westra, Laura.  Environmental justice and the rights of indigenous peoples: international and domestic legal perspectives.  K3247 .W47 2008

 

Westra, Laura.  Environmental justice and the rights of unborn and future generations: law, environmental harm and the right to health.  K642 .W47 2006

 

Estate Planning & Probate

 

Hall, Martin, chair.  9th Annual Estate Planning Conference 2008.  KF6585 .E83 2008

 

Evidence

 

Eades, Ronald W.  Mastering evidence.  KF8935 .E15 2008

 

Fisher, Jim.  Forensics under fire: are bad science and dueling experts corrupting criminal justice?  Popular Reading Collection HV8073 .F522 2008

 

Ramsland, Katherine M.  Beating the devil's game: a history of forensic science and criminal investigation.  HV8073 .R323 2007

 

Family Law

 

Dugan, John G., Thomas P. Jalkut, and James A. McLaughlin, faculty.  GAL training for category D matters: Part I, The basics.  KFM2507 .Z9 G34 2007

 

Polikoff, Nancy D.  Beyond straight and gay marriage: valuing all families under the law.  KF538 .P65 2008

 

Foreign Law

 

Seyed-Gohrab, A. A.  The essence of modernity: Mirza Yusof Khan Mustashar ad-Dowla Tabrizi's treatise on codified law (Yak kalima).  KMH2050 .S49 2007

 

Biddulph, Sarah.  Legal reform and administrative detention powers in China.  KNQ4657 .B53 2007

 

Davies, Sara Ellen.  Legitimising rejection: international refugee law in Southeast Asia.  KNC567 .D38 2008

 

Williams, George.  A charter of rights for Australia. 3rd ed.