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Trade Mark Law And Sharing Names: Exploring Use of the Same Mark by Multiple Undertakings
Trade Mark Law And Sharing Names: Exploring Use of the Same Mark by Multiple Undertakings
By Ilanah Simon Fhima
* Publisher: Edward Elgar Pub
* Number Of Pages: 209
* Publication Date: 2009-05
* ISBN-10 / ASIN: 1847202799
* ISBN-13 / EAN: 9781847202796
Product Description:
There are a number of points throughout the trade mark system where multiple undertakings share the same name, either unwillingly, or by consent. In this timely book, expert contributors address this controversial issue and identify the various points at which names are shared.
This unique book uses both historical and interdisciplinary perspectives, as well as more traditional legal methodology, to examine the practical and theoretical implications of such name sharing for the parties involved. It analyses what can be learned from the sharing process about the nature of the trade mark system and the interests which it protects. General themes relating to the nature and purpose of trade mark law are also discussed.
The contributors focus on UK and European law and their detailed treatment of specific trade mark topics will prove invaluable to postgraduate law students and academics specialising in intellectual property. Legal practitioners will appreciate the up-to-date consideration of concepts important in both contentious and non-contentious trade mark practice and in-house counsel for brand owners will benefit from the expert guidance offered on issues relevant to protecting their trade marks.
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By Ilanah Simon Fhima
* Publisher: Edward Elgar Pub
* Number Of Pages: 209
* Publication Date: 2009-05
* ISBN-10 / ASIN: 1847202799
* ISBN-13 / EAN: 9781847202796
Product Description:
There are a number of points throughout the trade mark system where multiple undertakings share the same name, either unwillingly, or by consent. In this timely book, expert contributors address this controversial issue and identify the various points at which names are shared.
This unique book uses both historical and interdisciplinary perspectives, as well as more traditional legal methodology, to examine the practical and theoretical implications of such name sharing for the parties involved. It analyses what can be learned from the sharing process about the nature of the trade mark system and the interests which it protects. General themes relating to the nature and purpose of trade mark law are also discussed.
The contributors focus on UK and European law and their detailed treatment of specific trade mark topics will prove invaluable to postgraduate law students and academics specialising in intellectual property. Legal practitioners will appreciate the up-to-date consideration of concepts important in both contentious and non-contentious trade mark practice and in-house counsel for brand owners will benefit from the expert guidance offered on issues relevant to protecting their trade marks.
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Judicial Review in EU Law
Judicial Review in EU Law (Elgar European Law Series)
By Alexander H. Turk
* Publisher: Edward Elgar Pub
* Number Of Pages: 354
* Publication Date: 2009-05
* ISBN-10 / ASIN: 1845422031
* ISBN-13 / EAN: 9781845422035
Product Description:
Judicial review constitutes an important aspect of any legal system operating under the rule of law. This book provides a comprehensive account of judicial review in EU law by assessing the vast and complex case-law of the European Court of Justice (ECJ) in this area and the academic opinion which has accompanied its rulings over the years. It questions the prevalent view in academic literature that the Court's restrictive approach to allowing individuals direct access to the Community Courts, in case of a challenge against normative acts, amounts to a denial of an effective remedy. The author argues that the emerging constitutional nature of the European Union and its federal structure requires a more balanced view. While it will improve direct access for individuals to the Union's judiciary, the Lisbon Treaty will not radically alter the system of judicial review in the European Union.
Judicial Review in EU Law will be of great interest to academics, and given its detailed discussion of case-law of the ECJ it will also appeal to postgraduate students of European law. Dealing with an important aspect of legal practice, it will be invaluable reading for practitioners in law firms and officials working in local, regional and central government.
By Alexander H. Turk
* Publisher: Edward Elgar Pub
* Number Of Pages: 354
* Publication Date: 2009-05
* ISBN-10 / ASIN: 1845422031
* ISBN-13 / EAN: 9781845422035
Product Description:
Judicial review constitutes an important aspect of any legal system operating under the rule of law. This book provides a comprehensive account of judicial review in EU law by assessing the vast and complex case-law of the European Court of Justice (ECJ) in this area and the academic opinion which has accompanied its rulings over the years. It questions the prevalent view in academic literature that the Court's restrictive approach to allowing individuals direct access to the Community Courts, in case of a challenge against normative acts, amounts to a denial of an effective remedy. The author argues that the emerging constitutional nature of the European Union and its federal structure requires a more balanced view. While it will improve direct access for individuals to the Union's judiciary, the Lisbon Treaty will not radically alter the system of judicial review in the European Union.
Judicial Review in EU Law will be of great interest to academics, and given its detailed discussion of case-law of the ECJ it will also appeal to postgraduate students of European law. Dealing with an important aspect of legal practice, it will be invaluable reading for practitioners in law firms and officials working in local, regional and central government.
Business Legislation
Business Legislation
By C. Ramagopala
* Publisher: New Age Publications (Academic)
* Number Of Pages: 200
* Publication Date: 2008-12-01
* ISBN-10 / ASIN: 8122422322
* ISBN-13 / EAN: 9788122422320
Teaching law to management students, rather than students of law, is a challenge. This would,
indeed, be a bigger challenge when the students do not have any rudimentary knowledge about law.
Now, majority of students who join MBA are from non-commerce background so they would not
have had any opportunity to study even the fundamentals of law. The problem is where to start. I
have the answer. The UGC syllabus of “Business Legislation” has been taken as the basis for
writing this book. The compelling force behind me to take up this task is my students. They have
approached me to make a tailor-made book available to them to meet the needs of UGC syllabus as
no book is available to cater their total needs, all at one place. This book crisply covers the syllabus
and even the chapters are dealt in the same order of the UGC syllabus of MBA. In this process,
many university students’ requirements are covered, to a large extent, as a greater number of
institutions have, involuntarily, chosen same topics in their syllabus too.
The second aspect is the treatment of explanation. Many consider law is complicated and
nothing is said, directly. I intend to give a different treatment for the subject. I have chosen the
straight way to explain in an easy and direct method. Language is not to stand as a barrier as many
Hindi medium students have been joining MBA, of late. They want the subject to be dealt in an
easy way to understand, with practical and professional approach, but not in a legal way. This book
is meant for managers of tomorrow. They require understanding of law for managing the business
and not to practise as lawyers. Legal concepts are explained in a layman’s language.
The best compliment I have enjoyed on my earlier book “Export-Import Procedures,
Documentation and Logistics” is from Hindi medium students, pursuing MBA. They have
complimented “No difficult words are in the book, which we have not understood”. I thank them
for making the book to go for reprint, within six months of its first appearance. This book has been
accepted as a recommended reading book at IIM, Indore too.
During my interaction and long observation, majority of students and, in particular, working
executives, busy with their employment start preparing, a couple of weeks before the commencement
of examinations. To facilitate them for quick and easy understanding, Descriptive Questions provide
the necessary clues (reference to paragraphs, broadly) for finding answers, quickly, and also serving
as a ready suggested answer book.
I have my family members Sandhya-wife, Radhi, Kalyan, Dheera and Kish, and my lovely little
American grandsons –Theer and Tarkh– not preventing me to write, who have extended their
support in one way or other to steer the book to a happy ending.
CA. C. Rama Gopal
By C. Ramagopala
* Publisher: New Age Publications (Academic)
* Number Of Pages: 200
* Publication Date: 2008-12-01
* ISBN-10 / ASIN: 8122422322
* ISBN-13 / EAN: 9788122422320
Teaching law to management students, rather than students of law, is a challenge. This would,
indeed, be a bigger challenge when the students do not have any rudimentary knowledge about law.
Now, majority of students who join MBA are from non-commerce background so they would not
have had any opportunity to study even the fundamentals of law. The problem is where to start. I
have the answer. The UGC syllabus of “Business Legislation” has been taken as the basis for
writing this book. The compelling force behind me to take up this task is my students. They have
approached me to make a tailor-made book available to them to meet the needs of UGC syllabus as
no book is available to cater their total needs, all at one place. This book crisply covers the syllabus
and even the chapters are dealt in the same order of the UGC syllabus of MBA. In this process,
many university students’ requirements are covered, to a large extent, as a greater number of
institutions have, involuntarily, chosen same topics in their syllabus too.
The second aspect is the treatment of explanation. Many consider law is complicated and
nothing is said, directly. I intend to give a different treatment for the subject. I have chosen the
straight way to explain in an easy and direct method. Language is not to stand as a barrier as many
Hindi medium students have been joining MBA, of late. They want the subject to be dealt in an
easy way to understand, with practical and professional approach, but not in a legal way. This book
is meant for managers of tomorrow. They require understanding of law for managing the business
and not to practise as lawyers. Legal concepts are explained in a layman’s language.
The best compliment I have enjoyed on my earlier book “Export-Import Procedures,
Documentation and Logistics” is from Hindi medium students, pursuing MBA. They have
complimented “No difficult words are in the book, which we have not understood”. I thank them
for making the book to go for reprint, within six months of its first appearance. This book has been
accepted as a recommended reading book at IIM, Indore too.
During my interaction and long observation, majority of students and, in particular, working
executives, busy with their employment start preparing, a couple of weeks before the commencement
of examinations. To facilitate them for quick and easy understanding, Descriptive Questions provide
the necessary clues (reference to paragraphs, broadly) for finding answers, quickly, and also serving
as a ready suggested answer book.
I have my family members Sandhya-wife, Radhi, Kalyan, Dheera and Kish, and my lovely little
American grandsons –Theer and Tarkh– not preventing me to write, who have extended their
support in one way or other to steer the book to a happy ending.
CA. C. Rama Gopal
Law without Nations?: Why Constitutional Government Requires Sovereign States
Law without Nations?: Why Constitutional Government Requires Sovereign States
By Jeremy A. Rabkin
* Publisher: Princeton University Press
* Number Of Pages: 360
* Publication Date: 2007-01-29
* ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0691130558
* ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780691130552
Product Description:
What authority does international law really have for the United States? When and to what extent should the United States participate in the international legal system? This forcefully argued book by legal scholar Jeremy Rabkin provides an insightful new look at this important and much-debated question.
Americans have long asked whether the United States should join forces with institutions such as the International Criminal Court and sign on to agreements like the Kyoto Protocol. Rabkin argues that the value of international agreements in such circumstances must be weighed against the threat they pose to liberties protected by strong national authority and institutions. He maintains that the protection of these liberties could be fatally weakened if we go too far in ceding authority to international institutions that might not be zealous in protecting the rights Americans deem important. Similarly, any cessation of authority might leave Americans far less attached to the resulting hybrid legal system than they now are to laws they can regard as their own.
Law without Nations? traces the traditional American wariness of international law to the basic principles of American thought and the broader traditions of liberal political thought on which the American Founders drew: only a sovereign state can make and enforce law in a reliable way, so only a sovereign state can reliably protect the rights of its citizens. It then contrasts the American experience with that of the European Union, showing the difficulties that can arise from efforts to merge national legal systems with supranational schemes. In practice, international human rights law generates a cloud of rhetoric that does little to secure human rights, and in fact, is at odds with American principles, Rabkin concludes.
A challenging and important contribution to the current debates about the meaning of multilateralism and international law, Law without Nations? will appeal to a broad cross-section of scholars in both the legal and political science arenas.
Summary: Unfortunate and Unhelpful
Rating: 1
Rabkin confronts us with an important problem. In an increasingly complex and integrated global political economy, how are we to protect the individual liberties commonly associated with constitutional government? Given the seriousness of the issue, it is genuinely unfortunate that Rabkin gets in his own way with nationalistic rhetoric that approaches xenophobia.
But Rabkin's ideological excesses are worse than simply unfortunate. They are an unhelpful reminder to the rest of humanity that the superior self-image of the ugly American is not only alive and well, but comfortably ensconced in the privileged halls of academe.
For someone with a serious interest in globalization and its political implications, Ann-Marie Slaughter's book, New World Order, is a far more useful place to start. The debate about how we can become masters of our own fate is likely to be a dominant theme as America continues to outgrow its national immaturity. If Rabkin wants to be taken seriously as a participant in that debate he will have to refrain from intellectual bluster and bullying.
Summary: "By our own lights"
Rating: 5
This is a thorough analysis of the relationship between trans national ideas and national sovereignty from an American perspective. He holds up current concepts of international affairs to historical and moral philosophical scrutiny.
Rabkin makes a strong case for why America should protect its Constitution and independence and not let its system of government be corrupted and polluted by vague post modernist trans national norms and schemes of global governance. He argues that the ideals of various internationalists are utopian and dangerous. As to their wishful thinking (p. 31): "International organizations will intervene to protect rights - but not by coercion. And advocacy groups will ensure compliance - but not by coercion. And everyone will have rights - but not really."
Rabkin rejects that his scepticism to submitting to various schemes of global governance rests on a "realist" and Hobbesian outlook. The American and classical liberal view is rather the acceptance of the fact that people "do not readily agree on fundamental things and should not have to agree." (p. 270) This is recognized pre-eminently by the American Constitution which was created to protect such pluralism.
This book is an important contribution to a better understanding of why America is and should be sceptic to ineffectual and/or potentially encroaching schemes of global governance.
It does not do Rabkin justice to say he uses sarcasm as substitute for argument, as the previous reviewer claims. This is a highly serious and scholarly work.
Summary: Overshadowed by overwhelming bias
Rating: 1
This author uses sarcasm to avoid confronting the faults of his argument, dismissing anything that he disagrees with as pure absurdity. Although he presents a decent argument for constitutional govt and the inconsistency with international law it is completely overshadowed by his lack of objectivity. This should not be used at a textbook, but rather a ranting of a right-wing extremist attempting to divert attention from his own political flaws.
By Jeremy A. Rabkin
* Publisher: Princeton University Press
* Number Of Pages: 360
* Publication Date: 2007-01-29
* ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0691130558
* ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780691130552
Product Description:
What authority does international law really have for the United States? When and to what extent should the United States participate in the international legal system? This forcefully argued book by legal scholar Jeremy Rabkin provides an insightful new look at this important and much-debated question.
Americans have long asked whether the United States should join forces with institutions such as the International Criminal Court and sign on to agreements like the Kyoto Protocol. Rabkin argues that the value of international agreements in such circumstances must be weighed against the threat they pose to liberties protected by strong national authority and institutions. He maintains that the protection of these liberties could be fatally weakened if we go too far in ceding authority to international institutions that might not be zealous in protecting the rights Americans deem important. Similarly, any cessation of authority might leave Americans far less attached to the resulting hybrid legal system than they now are to laws they can regard as their own.
Law without Nations? traces the traditional American wariness of international law to the basic principles of American thought and the broader traditions of liberal political thought on which the American Founders drew: only a sovereign state can make and enforce law in a reliable way, so only a sovereign state can reliably protect the rights of its citizens. It then contrasts the American experience with that of the European Union, showing the difficulties that can arise from efforts to merge national legal systems with supranational schemes. In practice, international human rights law generates a cloud of rhetoric that does little to secure human rights, and in fact, is at odds with American principles, Rabkin concludes.
A challenging and important contribution to the current debates about the meaning of multilateralism and international law, Law without Nations? will appeal to a broad cross-section of scholars in both the legal and political science arenas.
Summary: Unfortunate and Unhelpful
Rating: 1
Rabkin confronts us with an important problem. In an increasingly complex and integrated global political economy, how are we to protect the individual liberties commonly associated with constitutional government? Given the seriousness of the issue, it is genuinely unfortunate that Rabkin gets in his own way with nationalistic rhetoric that approaches xenophobia.
But Rabkin's ideological excesses are worse than simply unfortunate. They are an unhelpful reminder to the rest of humanity that the superior self-image of the ugly American is not only alive and well, but comfortably ensconced in the privileged halls of academe.
For someone with a serious interest in globalization and its political implications, Ann-Marie Slaughter's book, New World Order, is a far more useful place to start. The debate about how we can become masters of our own fate is likely to be a dominant theme as America continues to outgrow its national immaturity. If Rabkin wants to be taken seriously as a participant in that debate he will have to refrain from intellectual bluster and bullying.
Summary: "By our own lights"
Rating: 5
This is a thorough analysis of the relationship between trans national ideas and national sovereignty from an American perspective. He holds up current concepts of international affairs to historical and moral philosophical scrutiny.
Rabkin makes a strong case for why America should protect its Constitution and independence and not let its system of government be corrupted and polluted by vague post modernist trans national norms and schemes of global governance. He argues that the ideals of various internationalists are utopian and dangerous. As to their wishful thinking (p. 31): "International organizations will intervene to protect rights - but not by coercion. And advocacy groups will ensure compliance - but not by coercion. And everyone will have rights - but not really."
Rabkin rejects that his scepticism to submitting to various schemes of global governance rests on a "realist" and Hobbesian outlook. The American and classical liberal view is rather the acceptance of the fact that people "do not readily agree on fundamental things and should not have to agree." (p. 270) This is recognized pre-eminently by the American Constitution which was created to protect such pluralism.
This book is an important contribution to a better understanding of why America is and should be sceptic to ineffectual and/or potentially encroaching schemes of global governance.
It does not do Rabkin justice to say he uses sarcasm as substitute for argument, as the previous reviewer claims. This is a highly serious and scholarly work.
Summary: Overshadowed by overwhelming bias
Rating: 1
This author uses sarcasm to avoid confronting the faults of his argument, dismissing anything that he disagrees with as pure absurdity. Although he presents a decent argument for constitutional govt and the inconsistency with international law it is completely overshadowed by his lack of objectivity. This should not be used at a textbook, but rather a ranting of a right-wing extremist attempting to divert attention from his own political flaws.
Dale and Appelbe's Pharmacy Law and Ethics, 9th Edition
Dale and Appelbe's Pharmacy Law and Ethics, 9th Edition
By Gordon E. Appelbe, Joy Wingfield
* Publisher: Pharmaceutical Press
* Number Of Pages: 553
* Publication Date: 2009-08-17
* ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0853698279
* ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780853698272
Product Description:
This is a comprehensive guide to law and ethics for pharmacy practice in the UK. "Dale and Appelbe's Pharmacy Law and Ethics" has become established as the standard student textbook and reference work on this subject in the UK. A knowledge of pharmacy law is a substantial and compulsory component of the undergraduate and pre-registration pharmacy syllabus in the UK and changes to the syllabus and practice require the text to be updated regularly. This revised edition provides a comprehensive guide to the law that affects the practice of pharmacy and the use of medicines in Great Britain, and complete coverage of the pharmacy undergraduate and pre-registration syllabus and British law relating to medicines and poisons.
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By Gordon E. Appelbe, Joy Wingfield
* Publisher: Pharmaceutical Press
* Number Of Pages: 553
* Publication Date: 2009-08-17
* ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0853698279
* ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780853698272
Product Description:
This is a comprehensive guide to law and ethics for pharmacy practice in the UK. "Dale and Appelbe's Pharmacy Law and Ethics" has become established as the standard student textbook and reference work on this subject in the UK. A knowledge of pharmacy law is a substantial and compulsory component of the undergraduate and pre-registration pharmacy syllabus in the UK and changes to the syllabus and practice require the text to be updated regularly. This revised edition provides a comprehensive guide to the law that affects the practice of pharmacy and the use of medicines in Great Britain, and complete coverage of the pharmacy undergraduate and pre-registration syllabus and British law relating to medicines and poisons.
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After Abu Ghraib: Exploring Human Rights in America and the Middle East
After Abu Ghraib: Exploring Human Rights in America and the Middle East (Cambridge Studies in Law and Society)
By Shadi Mokhtari
* Publisher: Cambridge University Press
* Number Of Pages: 264
* Publication Date: 2009-04-30
* ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0521767539
* ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780521767538
Product Description:
This book traverses three pivotal human rights struggles of the post-September 11th era: the American human rights campaign to challenge the Bush administration's "War on Terror" torture and detention policies, Middle Eastern efforts to challenge American human rights practices (reversing the traditional West to East flow of human rights mobilizations and discourses), and Middle Eastern attempts to challenge their own leaders' human rights violations in light of American interventions. This book presents snapshots of human rights being appropriated, promoted, claimed, reclaimed, and contested within and between the American and Middle Eastern contexts. The inquiry has three facets: first, it explores intersections between human rights norms and power as they unfold in the era. Second, it lays out the layers of the era's American and Middle Eastern encounter on the human rights plane. Finally, it draws out the era's key lessons for moving the human rights project forward.
By Shadi Mokhtari
* Publisher: Cambridge University Press
* Number Of Pages: 264
* Publication Date: 2009-04-30
* ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0521767539
* ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780521767538
Product Description:
This book traverses three pivotal human rights struggles of the post-September 11th era: the American human rights campaign to challenge the Bush administration's "War on Terror" torture and detention policies, Middle Eastern efforts to challenge American human rights practices (reversing the traditional West to East flow of human rights mobilizations and discourses), and Middle Eastern attempts to challenge their own leaders' human rights violations in light of American interventions. This book presents snapshots of human rights being appropriated, promoted, claimed, reclaimed, and contested within and between the American and Middle Eastern contexts. The inquiry has three facets: first, it explores intersections between human rights norms and power as they unfold in the era. Second, it lays out the layers of the era's American and Middle Eastern encounter on the human rights plane. Finally, it draws out the era's key lessons for moving the human rights project forward.
Essential Law for Your Business: A Practical Guide to All Legal and Financial Requirements
Essential Law for Your Business: A Practical Guide to All Legal and Financial Requirements (Sunday Times Business Developm)
By Patricia Clayton
* Publisher: Kogan Page Ltd
* Number Of Pages: 229
* Publication Date: 2009-01-03
* ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0749453400
* ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780749453404
Product Description:
The financial implications of going in to business are complicated. Independence is tempting, partnership has its pitfalls and private limited companies are as exposed to business misfortune as the sole trader. The structure of your business is a legal framework - it determines your share of profits and losses and your responsibilities to associates and investors. Whether you are setting up as a sole trader, a partnership or a limited company, it is essential to ensure that you are operating within the law. This 13th edition of "Essential Law For Your Business" covers all the key issues which affect your legal standing, such as taxation, intellectual property, debt collection, bankruptcy, employment law, insurance, takeovers and mergers. It fully complies with current UK company law and includes new sections on first business contracts, fraud, business premises renovation allowance and the outside investment small firms guarantee scheme (SFGS). Written by a practising solicitor, who also lectures on business law, "Essential Law For Your Business" will reassure every business person who needs to know where they stand should a legal situation arise.
By Patricia Clayton
* Publisher: Kogan Page Ltd
* Number Of Pages: 229
* Publication Date: 2009-01-03
* ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0749453400
* ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780749453404
Product Description:
The financial implications of going in to business are complicated. Independence is tempting, partnership has its pitfalls and private limited companies are as exposed to business misfortune as the sole trader. The structure of your business is a legal framework - it determines your share of profits and losses and your responsibilities to associates and investors. Whether you are setting up as a sole trader, a partnership or a limited company, it is essential to ensure that you are operating within the law. This 13th edition of "Essential Law For Your Business" covers all the key issues which affect your legal standing, such as taxation, intellectual property, debt collection, bankruptcy, employment law, insurance, takeovers and mergers. It fully complies with current UK company law and includes new sections on first business contracts, fraud, business premises renovation allowance and the outside investment small firms guarantee scheme (SFGS). Written by a practising solicitor, who also lectures on business law, "Essential Law For Your Business" will reassure every business person who needs to know where they stand should a legal situation arise.
Doing Time Together: Love and Family in the Shadow of the Prison
Doing Time Together: Love and Family in the Shadow of the Prison
By Megan Comfort
* Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
* Number Of Pages: 256
* Publication Date: 2008-07-01
* ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0226114635
* ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780226114637
Product Description:
By quadrupling the number of people behind bars in two decades, the United States has become the world leader in incarceration. Much has been written on the men who make up the vast majority of the nation’s two million inmates. But what of the women they leave behind? Doing Time Together vividly details the ways that prisons shape and infiltrate the lives of women with husbands, fiances, and boyfriends on the inside.
Megan Comfort spent years getting to know women visiting men at San Quentin State Prison, observing how their romantic relationships drew them into contact with the penitentiary. Tangling with the prison’s intrusive scrutiny and rigid rules turns these women into “quasi-inmates,” eroding the boundary between home and prison and altering their sense of intimacy, love, and justice. Yet Comfort also finds that with social welfare weakened, prisons are the most powerful public institutions available to women struggling to overcome untreated social ills and sustain relationships with marginalized men. As a result, they express great ambivalence about the prison and the control it exerts over their daily lives.
An illuminating analysis of women caught in the shadow of America’s massive prison system, Comfort’s book will be essential for anyone concerned with the consequences of our punitive culture.
By Megan Comfort
* Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
* Number Of Pages: 256
* Publication Date: 2008-07-01
* ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0226114635
* ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780226114637
Product Description:
By quadrupling the number of people behind bars in two decades, the United States has become the world leader in incarceration. Much has been written on the men who make up the vast majority of the nation’s two million inmates. But what of the women they leave behind? Doing Time Together vividly details the ways that prisons shape and infiltrate the lives of women with husbands, fiances, and boyfriends on the inside.
Megan Comfort spent years getting to know women visiting men at San Quentin State Prison, observing how their romantic relationships drew them into contact with the penitentiary. Tangling with the prison’s intrusive scrutiny and rigid rules turns these women into “quasi-inmates,” eroding the boundary between home and prison and altering their sense of intimacy, love, and justice. Yet Comfort also finds that with social welfare weakened, prisons are the most powerful public institutions available to women struggling to overcome untreated social ills and sustain relationships with marginalized men. As a result, they express great ambivalence about the prison and the control it exerts over their daily lives.
An illuminating analysis of women caught in the shadow of America’s massive prison system, Comfort’s book will be essential for anyone concerned with the consequences of our punitive culture.
Lawyers of the Right: Professionalizing the Conservative Coalition
Lawyers of the Right: Professionalizing the Conservative Coalition (Chicago Series in Law and Society)
By Ann Southworth
* Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
* Number Of Pages: 272
* Publication Date: 2008-11-15
* ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0226768341
* ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780226768342
Product Description:
A timely and multifaceted portrait of the lawyers who serve the diverse constituencies of the conservative movement, Lawyers of the Right explains what unites and divides lawyers for the three major groups—social conservatives, libertarians, and business advocates—that have coalesced in recent decades behind the Republican Party.
Drawing on in-depth interviews with more than seventy lawyers who represent conservative and libertarian nonprofit organizations, Ann Southworth explores their values and identities and traces the implications of their shared interest in promoting political strategies that give lawyers leading roles. She goes on to illuminate the function of mediator organizations—such as the Heritage Foundation and the Federalist Society for Law and Public Policy—that have succeeded in promoting cooperation among different factions of conservative lawyers. Such cooperation, she finds, has aided efforts to drive law and the legal profession politically rightward and to give lawyers greater prominence in the conservative movement. Southworth concludes, though, that tensions between the conservative law movement’s elite and populist elements may ultimately lead to its undoing.
By Ann Southworth
* Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
* Number Of Pages: 272
* Publication Date: 2008-11-15
* ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0226768341
* ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780226768342
Product Description:
A timely and multifaceted portrait of the lawyers who serve the diverse constituencies of the conservative movement, Lawyers of the Right explains what unites and divides lawyers for the three major groups—social conservatives, libertarians, and business advocates—that have coalesced in recent decades behind the Republican Party.
Drawing on in-depth interviews with more than seventy lawyers who represent conservative and libertarian nonprofit organizations, Ann Southworth explores their values and identities and traces the implications of their shared interest in promoting political strategies that give lawyers leading roles. She goes on to illuminate the function of mediator organizations—such as the Heritage Foundation and the Federalist Society for Law and Public Policy—that have succeeded in promoting cooperation among different factions of conservative lawyers. Such cooperation, she finds, has aided efforts to drive law and the legal profession politically rightward and to give lawyers greater prominence in the conservative movement. Southworth concludes, though, that tensions between the conservative law movement’s elite and populist elements may ultimately lead to its undoing.
Honour- Crimes, Paradigms and Violence Against Women
Honour': Crimes, Paradigms and Violence Against Women
By Sara Hossain, Lynn Welchman
* Publisher: Zed Books
* Number Of Pages: 384
* Publication Date: 2005-12-02
* ISBN-10 / ASIN: 1842776274
* ISBN-13 / EAN: 9781842776278
Product Description:
This volume brings together the practical insights and experiences of individuals and organizations addressing so-called "honour crimes", including "honour killings" and interference with the right to marry, as well as analyzing relevant crosscutting thematic issues. In addition, this book identifies relevant intersecting thematic issues from practice-orientated academic perspective. It seeks to highlight a human rights based framework in seeking to address "crimes of honour" rather than taking a culturally relativist approach.
Review
'Honour crimes' are in fact among the most dishonourable of crimes involving the killing of others. While clearly condemning these outrageous practices, this book brings very welcome analytical balance, nuance and sophistication to the task of understanding and seeking to combat such killings. It is by far the best recent work on the issue and is indispensable reading.' - Professor Philip Alston, Director, Center for Human Rights and Global Justice, New York University School of Law 'This urgently needed volume provides invaluable insight on how we should understand the concept of honour crimes as it impacts predominately on women and girl children in different contexts throughout the world. In the British context, there has been a strong trend amongst certain policy makers and state service providers to address the question of honour crimes as an 'exotic' problem demanding greater understanding and even 'tolerance' for the religious or cultural practices of minority communities. The volume helps to debunk the view that honour crimes is a 'Muslim' phenomenon, that it is separate from the issue of violence against women and that the struggle for women's human rights is somehow 'alien' to non western or minority communities. Above all it offers an opportunity to develop strategies of resistance in the light of shared knowledge. Thoughtful and thought provoking, the volume is an indispensable tool for anyone seriously committed to eradicating violence against women in all communities. ' - Pragna Patel, Southall Black Sisters, London
By Sara Hossain, Lynn Welchman
* Publisher: Zed Books
* Number Of Pages: 384
* Publication Date: 2005-12-02
* ISBN-10 / ASIN: 1842776274
* ISBN-13 / EAN: 9781842776278
Product Description:
This volume brings together the practical insights and experiences of individuals and organizations addressing so-called "honour crimes", including "honour killings" and interference with the right to marry, as well as analyzing relevant crosscutting thematic issues. In addition, this book identifies relevant intersecting thematic issues from practice-orientated academic perspective. It seeks to highlight a human rights based framework in seeking to address "crimes of honour" rather than taking a culturally relativist approach.
Review
'Honour crimes' are in fact among the most dishonourable of crimes involving the killing of others. While clearly condemning these outrageous practices, this book brings very welcome analytical balance, nuance and sophistication to the task of understanding and seeking to combat such killings. It is by far the best recent work on the issue and is indispensable reading.' - Professor Philip Alston, Director, Center for Human Rights and Global Justice, New York University School of Law 'This urgently needed volume provides invaluable insight on how we should understand the concept of honour crimes as it impacts predominately on women and girl children in different contexts throughout the world. In the British context, there has been a strong trend amongst certain policy makers and state service providers to address the question of honour crimes as an 'exotic' problem demanding greater understanding and even 'tolerance' for the religious or cultural practices of minority communities. The volume helps to debunk the view that honour crimes is a 'Muslim' phenomenon, that it is separate from the issue of violence against women and that the struggle for women's human rights is somehow 'alien' to non western or minority communities. Above all it offers an opportunity to develop strategies of resistance in the light of shared knowledge. Thoughtful and thought provoking, the volume is an indispensable tool for anyone seriously committed to eradicating violence against women in all communities. ' - Pragna Patel, Southall Black Sisters, London
Outsourcing to India - A Legal Handbook
Outsourcing to India - A Legal Handbook
By Bharat Vagadia
* Publisher: Springer
* Number Of Pages: 208
* Publication Date: 2007-09-26
* ISBN-10 / ASIN: 354072219X
* ISBN-13 / EAN: 9783540722199
Product Description:
For the benefits offered by outsourcing and offshoring, organisations outsourcing to India must however recognise that there are real risks involved, and allocating such risk through a well constructed contract is a crucial step in minimizing such risk. As is the case with respect to any material agreement, the structure of an outsourcing agreement is important because it embodies the rights, remedies, duties and obligations of the parties and provides a blueprint for the parties' relationship. When contracts transcend national boundaries, the national legal regime of any single country becomes inadequate. When the parties to the contract are located in different countries, at least two systems of law impinge upon the transaction and the rules of International Law come into play. Clauses however addressing certain issues can only be governed by Indian Law. Specific legal factors around Data Processing, Intellectual Property and staffing implications (TUPE) must also be given careful consideration.
By Bharat Vagadia
* Publisher: Springer
* Number Of Pages: 208
* Publication Date: 2007-09-26
* ISBN-10 / ASIN: 354072219X
* ISBN-13 / EAN: 9783540722199
Product Description:
For the benefits offered by outsourcing and offshoring, organisations outsourcing to India must however recognise that there are real risks involved, and allocating such risk through a well constructed contract is a crucial step in minimizing such risk. As is the case with respect to any material agreement, the structure of an outsourcing agreement is important because it embodies the rights, remedies, duties and obligations of the parties and provides a blueprint for the parties' relationship. When contracts transcend national boundaries, the national legal regime of any single country becomes inadequate. When the parties to the contract are located in different countries, at least two systems of law impinge upon the transaction and the rules of International Law come into play. Clauses however addressing certain issues can only be governed by Indian Law. Specific legal factors around Data Processing, Intellectual Property and staffing implications (TUPE) must also be given careful consideration.
Law Against Unfair Competition: Towards a New Paradigm in Europe?
Law Against Unfair Competition: Towards a New Paradigm in Europe? (MPI Studies on Intellectual Property, Competition and Tax Law)
By Reto M. Hilty, Frauke Henning-Bodewig
* Publisher: Springer
* Number Of Pages: 271
* Publication Date: 2007-09-14
* ISBN-10 / ASIN: 3540718818
* ISBN-13 / EAN: 9783540718819
Product Description:
While almost all countries agree that commercial practices shall be fair, the approach to ensure this fairness can be quite different. At the European level no real harmonisation could be reached yet. However, the enlargement of the EU could help to overcome the existing difficulties. The book discusses the particular approach to unfair competition law in the 10 new Member States and the possible impact on the future development of European unfair competition law.
By Reto M. Hilty, Frauke Henning-Bodewig
* Publisher: Springer
* Number Of Pages: 271
* Publication Date: 2007-09-14
* ISBN-10 / ASIN: 3540718818
* ISBN-13 / EAN: 9783540718819
Product Description:
While almost all countries agree that commercial practices shall be fair, the approach to ensure this fairness can be quite different. At the European level no real harmonisation could be reached yet. However, the enlargement of the EU could help to overcome the existing difficulties. The book discusses the particular approach to unfair competition law in the 10 new Member States and the possible impact on the future development of European unfair competition law.
Trace Evidence
Trace Evidence (Essentials of Forensic Science)
By Max M. Houck
* Publisher: Facts on File
* Number Of Pages: 126
* Publication Date: 2009-03-30
* ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0816055114
* ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780816055111
Product Description:
Evidence that can barely be seen with the naked eye routinely plays a crucial part in the search for - and the conviction of - some of the most dangerous criminals known to society. From the hairs of a dog to tiny fiber fragments, forensic analysts study these trace materials and interpret them for use in legal proceedings. Hairs and fibers are two of the most commonly found types of trace evidence and the focus of this book. "Trace Evidence" explores the microscopic world in which the forensic scientist works by addressing the issues of what constitutes evidence; important methods of trace analysis, including spectroscopy and chromatography; human and animal hairs and what can be determined by examining them; and manufactured and natural fibers and the many ways in which they appear in textiles and are analyzed in the laboratory. Written by a well-respected author with extensive knowledge in the field, this book is essential for students fascinated by this area of forensic science. The chapters include: 'What Is Evidence?' Forensic Applications, Hairs, and Fibers.
By Max M. Houck
* Publisher: Facts on File
* Number Of Pages: 126
* Publication Date: 2009-03-30
* ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0816055114
* ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780816055111
Product Description:
Evidence that can barely be seen with the naked eye routinely plays a crucial part in the search for - and the conviction of - some of the most dangerous criminals known to society. From the hairs of a dog to tiny fiber fragments, forensic analysts study these trace materials and interpret them for use in legal proceedings. Hairs and fibers are two of the most commonly found types of trace evidence and the focus of this book. "Trace Evidence" explores the microscopic world in which the forensic scientist works by addressing the issues of what constitutes evidence; important methods of trace analysis, including spectroscopy and chromatography; human and animal hairs and what can be determined by examining them; and manufactured and natural fibers and the many ways in which they appear in textiles and are analyzed in the laboratory. Written by a well-respected author with extensive knowledge in the field, this book is essential for students fascinated by this area of forensic science. The chapters include: 'What Is Evidence?' Forensic Applications, Hairs, and Fibers.
Ethics Moments in Government: Cases and Controversies
Ethics Moments in Government: Cases and Controversies (American Society for Public Administration)
By Donald C. Menzel
* Publisher: CRC
* Number Of Pages: 264
* Publication Date: 2009-09-25
* ISBN-10 / ASIN: 143980690X
* ISBN-13 / EAN: 9781439806906
Product Description:
Ethical concerns are among the most common problems public administrators face, yet the issues are often complex, and the correct choices are not always clear. Living up to the public trust is much more than just an act of compliance. It also involves perceiving, preventing, avoiding, and resolving accusations of illegal or unethical behavior, including appearances of inappropriate behavior. Ethics Moments in Government: Cases and Controversies examines how to identify, assess, and resolve the ethical issues and dilemmas that often confront those who govern the cities, counties, states, and federal agencies throughout America.
Real Situations, Real Advice
Providing a one-stop resource for all those who must contend with thorny ethical issues, this volume presents case studies that vary in complexity and context and are based on real situations. Each case scenario is followed by discussion questions and case assessments by expert practitioners who describe how they would handle the situation. Using a total immersion technique, the book encourages readers to be reflexive and analytical in addressing the problems presented and arriving at appropriate solutions. A supplemental CD is included which contains PowerPoint® slide presentations, articles, workshop programs, tests, and links to organizations.
For many of the scenarios presented in this volume, there are no easy answers. Practical guidance on reasoning through difficult decision-making situations enables public administrators to acquire the ethical knowledge, skills, abilities, and instincts that will ultimately help them gain the trust of their citizens and advance in their careers.
By Donald C. Menzel
* Publisher: CRC
* Number Of Pages: 264
* Publication Date: 2009-09-25
* ISBN-10 / ASIN: 143980690X
* ISBN-13 / EAN: 9781439806906
Product Description:
Ethical concerns are among the most common problems public administrators face, yet the issues are often complex, and the correct choices are not always clear. Living up to the public trust is much more than just an act of compliance. It also involves perceiving, preventing, avoiding, and resolving accusations of illegal or unethical behavior, including appearances of inappropriate behavior. Ethics Moments in Government: Cases and Controversies examines how to identify, assess, and resolve the ethical issues and dilemmas that often confront those who govern the cities, counties, states, and federal agencies throughout America.
Real Situations, Real Advice
Providing a one-stop resource for all those who must contend with thorny ethical issues, this volume presents case studies that vary in complexity and context and are based on real situations. Each case scenario is followed by discussion questions and case assessments by expert practitioners who describe how they would handle the situation. Using a total immersion technique, the book encourages readers to be reflexive and analytical in addressing the problems presented and arriving at appropriate solutions. A supplemental CD is included which contains PowerPoint® slide presentations, articles, workshop programs, tests, and links to organizations.
For many of the scenarios presented in this volume, there are no easy answers. Practical guidance on reasoning through difficult decision-making situations enables public administrators to acquire the ethical knowledge, skills, abilities, and instincts that will ultimately help them gain the trust of their citizens and advance in their careers.
Pediatric Homicide: Medical Investigation
Pediatric Homicide: Medical Investigation
By Karen Griest
* Publisher: CRC
* Number Of Pages: 232
* Publication Date: 2009-09-16
* ISBN-10 / ASIN: 1420073001
* ISBN-13 / EAN: 9781420073003
Product Description:
Pediatric homicide investigations are clouded by a number of factors, not the least of which is a lack of straightforward resources. The cause of death in infants and children is often subtle and difficult to establish. Designed for quick access, Pediatric Homicide: Medical Investigation provides an invaluable resource for medical examiners, police, child abuse investigators, and attorneys charged with either making or ruling out the diagnosis of homicide.
Focusing on forensic pathology aspects, this book covers the causes of death which are most difficult to determine, including:
head injury
asphyxiation
drowning
abdominal trauma
poisoning
starvation and dehydration
With contributions by a team of expert pathologists, the book provides a scientific foundation for diagnosing homicide, discusses methods to determine the timing of injuries and death, and reviews the legal requirements for presenting evidence in court. More than 100 photographs enhance the text and clarify the source of injury in these difficult cases.
By Karen Griest
* Publisher: CRC
* Number Of Pages: 232
* Publication Date: 2009-09-16
* ISBN-10 / ASIN: 1420073001
* ISBN-13 / EAN: 9781420073003
Product Description:
Pediatric homicide investigations are clouded by a number of factors, not the least of which is a lack of straightforward resources. The cause of death in infants and children is often subtle and difficult to establish. Designed for quick access, Pediatric Homicide: Medical Investigation provides an invaluable resource for medical examiners, police, child abuse investigators, and attorneys charged with either making or ruling out the diagnosis of homicide.
Focusing on forensic pathology aspects, this book covers the causes of death which are most difficult to determine, including:
head injury
asphyxiation
drowning
abdominal trauma
poisoning
starvation and dehydration
With contributions by a team of expert pathologists, the book provides a scientific foundation for diagnosing homicide, discusses methods to determine the timing of injuries and death, and reviews the legal requirements for presenting evidence in court. More than 100 photographs enhance the text and clarify the source of injury in these difficult cases.
Understanding Criminal Investigation
Understanding Criminal Investigation (Wiley Series in Psychology of Crime, Policing and Law)
By Stephen Tong, Robin P. Bryant, Miranda A. H. Horvath
* Publisher: Wiley
* Number Of Pages: 294
* Publication Date: 2009-12-21
* ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0470727268
* ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780470727263
Product Description
This comprehensive volume deciphers investigative process and practice, providing an authoritative insight into key debates and contemporary issues in crime investigations
* Provides critical examination of investigative practice by focusing on the key issues and debates underpinned by academic literature on crime investigation
* Outlines the theoretical explanations that provide an understanding of crime investigation and the context in which investigators operate
* Illustrates the practical relevance of theoretical contributions to crime investigation
* Places clear emphasis on the multi–disciplinary nature of crime investigation
From the Back Cover Understanding Criminal Investigation presents a critical assessment and in–depth analysis of current investigative practices utilized in the UK. Moving beyond the restrictive framework provided by legal texts, the book instead focuses on key issues and debates surrounding such topics as the history of policing, theories of investigations, and reasoning.
Contributions from a psychological perspective include eyewitness testimony, interviewing and profiling, performance measurement, and the broader impact of the criminal justice system on investigative practice. Other topics addressed include the investigation of sexual offences, the use of forensic science, and issues relating to police and detective training and professionalism.
The book also explores the theoretical underpinnings of detective practices and illustrates the practical relevance of theory in real world crime investigations. Review questions and suggestions for further reading follow each chapter to further enhance understanding.
Utilized in conjunction with appropriate law texts, Understanding Criminal Investigation provides the criminology or forensic psychology student with essential insights into the complex and challenging issues faced by contemporary law enforcement professionals.
By Stephen Tong, Robin P. Bryant, Miranda A. H. Horvath
* Publisher: Wiley
* Number Of Pages: 294
* Publication Date: 2009-12-21
* ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0470727268
* ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780470727263
Product Description
This comprehensive volume deciphers investigative process and practice, providing an authoritative insight into key debates and contemporary issues in crime investigations
* Provides critical examination of investigative practice by focusing on the key issues and debates underpinned by academic literature on crime investigation
* Outlines the theoretical explanations that provide an understanding of crime investigation and the context in which investigators operate
* Illustrates the practical relevance of theoretical contributions to crime investigation
* Places clear emphasis on the multi–disciplinary nature of crime investigation
From the Back Cover Understanding Criminal Investigation presents a critical assessment and in–depth analysis of current investigative practices utilized in the UK. Moving beyond the restrictive framework provided by legal texts, the book instead focuses on key issues and debates surrounding such topics as the history of policing, theories of investigations, and reasoning.
Contributions from a psychological perspective include eyewitness testimony, interviewing and profiling, performance measurement, and the broader impact of the criminal justice system on investigative practice. Other topics addressed include the investigation of sexual offences, the use of forensic science, and issues relating to police and detective training and professionalism.
The book also explores the theoretical underpinnings of detective practices and illustrates the practical relevance of theory in real world crime investigations. Review questions and suggestions for further reading follow each chapter to further enhance understanding.
Utilized in conjunction with appropriate law texts, Understanding Criminal Investigation provides the criminology or forensic psychology student with essential insights into the complex and challenging issues faced by contemporary law enforcement professionals.
Critical Perspectives on Safeguarding Children
Critical Perspectives on Safeguarding Children
By Karen Broadhurst, Chris Grover, Janet Jamieson* Publisher: Wiley
* Number Of Pages: 300
* Publication Date: 2009-12-21
* ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0470697563
* ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780470697566
Product Description
A critical and evidence–based review of current and future child protection policy and practice.
* Provides evidence–based perspective with an up–to–date overview of policy and practice
* Covers several disciplinary boundaries
* Goes beyond mere description to enable engagement in critical analysis of various policy areas as they relate to children and families
From the Back Cover Critical Perspectives on Safeguarding Children provides a multi–disciplinary analysis of current approaches to safeguarding children in the UK. It addresses the strengths, weaknesses and complexities inherent in the Government’s objective of promoting opportunities for children through the Every Child Matters (ECM) framework. This book identifies key tensions and dilemmas in areas of policy and practice, and a number of significant questions are raised which, it is argued, need to be addressed if the aspirations of the ECM agenda are to be fully realised.
A critical text that takes the readership beyond the ‘how to’ of policy and practice, Critical Perspectives on Safeguarding Children encourages an engagement with Government strategies and the ideas and discourses which frame them. Drawing contributors from the disciplines of Criminology, Education, Geography, Health, Philosophy, Social Policy and Social Work, this book provides an up–to–date overview of policy and practice that encourages students to think broadly, across traditional subject boundaries with regard to the safeguarding agenda.
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