New Transportation Law Books

Below is a list of Transportation Law books added to the library's collection in the past 6 months.

2013 E-Discovery and Information Governance National Institute.

Location: lax
Call #: KF8902.E42 E353 2013
Publisher: American Bar Association, Section of Science & Technology Law and Center for Professional Development,

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ABA Standing Committee on Law and National Security 50th anniversary : national security law : fifty years of transformation : an anthology / Jill D. Rhodes, editor.

Location: lax
Call #: KF7209 .A73 2012
Publisher: American Bar Association, Standing Committee on Law and National Security,

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Active citizenship and disability : implementing the personalisation of support / Andrew Power, Janet E. Lord, Allison S. DeFranco.

Location: lax
Call #: K637 .P69 2013
Publisher: Cambridge University Press,

This book provides an international comparative study of the implementation of disability rights law and policy focused on the emerging principles of self-determination and personalisation. It explores how these principles have been enshrined in the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and how different jurisdictions have implemented them to enable meaningful engagement and participation by persons with disabilities in society. Find out more (catalog link)

African perspectives on tradition and justice / edited by Tom Bennett ... [et al.]

Location: lacom
Call #: KQC99 .A37 2012
Publisher: Intersentia,

This volume aims to produce a better understanding of the relationship between tradition and justice in Africa. It presents six contributions of African scholars related to current international discourses on access to justice and human rights and on the localisation of transitional justice. The contributions suggest that access to justice and appropriate, context-specific transitional justice strategies need to consider diversity and legal pluralism. In this sense, they all stress that dialogical approaches are the way forward. Whether it is in the context of legal reforms, transitional processes in post-war societies or the promotion of human rights in general, all contributors accentuate that it is by means of cooperation, conversation and cross-fertilization between different legal realities that positive achievements can be realized. The contributions in this book illustrate the perspectives on this dialectical process from those operating on the ground, and more specifically from Sierra Leone, Mozambique, Malawi, South Africa, Uganda and Rwanda. Obviously, the contributions in this volume do not provide the final outcome of the debate. Rather, they are a part of it. Find out more (catalog link)

Animal research ethics : evolving views and practices / editors, Susan Gilbert, Gregory E. Kaebnick, Thomas H. Murray.

Location: lax
Call #: R853.A53 A56 2012
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell,

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Art law : the guide for collectors, investors, dealers, & artists / Ralph E. Lerner, Judith Bresler.

Location: lax
Call #: KF390.A7 L47 2012
Publisher: Practising Law Institute,

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Between indigenous and settler governance / edited by Lisa Ford and Tim Rowse.

Location: lax
Call #: K3248.J87 B48 2013
Publisher: Routledge,

Between Indigenous and Settler Governance addresses the history, current development and future of Indigenous jurisdiction in four settler-colonial nations: Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the United States. Bringing together emerging scholars, indigenous people, and leaders in the field of indigenous law and legal history, this collection offers a long-term view of Indigenous self-determination: the legal, political and administrative relationships between Indigenous collectivity and nation-states. Find out more (catalog link)

Biomedical consulting agreements : a guide for academics / Edward Klees and H. Robert Horvitz.

Location: lax
Call #: KF3821 .K58 2012
Publisher: MIT Press,

This book offers an essential guide for academic scientists and physicians who are considering consulting work in the field of biomedicine. In it, the authors--an attorney and a Nobel Laureate in Medicine, both with extensive experience reviewing and negotiating consulting agreements--outline key issues to consider before signing a consulting agreement. These issues range from the obvious--intellectual property, confidentiality, and fees--to those that might not spring immediately to mind, including indemnity, different classes of stock, and the relevance of insider trading and securities laws. Find out more (catalog link)

Canon law, religion, and politics : liber amicorum Robert Somerville / edited by Uta-Renate Blumenthal, Anders Winroth, and Peter Landau.

Location: lax
Call #: KBU3085 .C36 2012
Publisher: Catholic University of America Press,

Canon Law, Religion, and Politics extends and honors the work of the distinguished historian Robert Somerville, a preeminent expert on medieval church councils, law, and papal history. Reflecting the focus but also the range of Somerville's studies in medieval canon law in the era before Gratian and later, the essays explore the transmission of canonical and theological texts -- in particular regarding the Eucharist -- as well as the significance of the texts and their complex manuscript traditions. Several essays examine texts in their practical context, highlighting the effects of canon law on religious institutions such as monasteries and the practices at law courts of medieval western Europe. Four studies dealing with the ius commune -- the conjunction of canon and Roman law in daily practice, a topic of general and perennial interest -- show once again how our understanding of canonistic and civilian legal developments in medieval and late medieval religious and intellectual history is evolving with greater precision when assumptions and generalities are analyzed in the light of manuscript sources. Find out more (catalog link)

Captured justice : Native nations and Public Law 280 / Duane Champagne, Carole Goldberg.

Location: lax
Call #: KF8210.C7 C48 2012
Publisher: Carolina Academic Press,

Champagne (sociology, American Indian studies, law, UCLA) and Goldberg (law, UCLA and justice specializing in Federal Indian Law and tribal legal systems) make an in-depth study of Public Law 280. Enacted as part of the 1950s forced-assimilation policy called "termination," and implemented without consent from affected tribes, Public Law 280 removes most federal law enforcement and court jurisdiction from more than half of American Indian reservations, leaving it up to state governments to police and enforce laws. There have been many complaints over the years of racist or inappropriate actions by state police. The authors carefully and clearly explain the interaction of a complex overlay of cultures and legal systems. They also clearly explain their methodologies and interview individuals about their experiences in the legal system. This book would be appropriate for anyone interested in American Indian law, or those interested in related topics such as contemporary Native American studies or sociology. Find out more (catalog link)

Civic fusion : mediating polarized public disputes / Susan Podziba.

Location: lax
Call #: KF9084 .P63 2012
Publisher:

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Civil rights in the shadow of slavery : the constitution, common law, and the Civil Rights Act of 1866 / George Rutherglen.

Location: lax
Call #: KF4749 .R85 2013
Publisher: Oxford University Press,

The 1866 Civil Rights Act is one of the most monumental pieces of legislation in American history, figuring into almost every subsequent piece of legislation dealing with civil rights for the next century. While numerous scholars have looked at it in the larger social and political context of Reconstruction and its relationship with the Fourteenth Amendment, this will be the first book that focuses on its central role in the long history of civil rights. Find out more (catalog link)

Civil War courts-martial of North Carolina troops / Aldo S. Perry.

Location: lax
Call #: KF7641 .P47 2012
Publisher: McFarland & Co.,

During the Civil War, Confederate military courts sentenced to death more soldiers from North Carolina than from any other state. This study offers the first exploration of the service records of 450 of these wayward Confederates, most often deserters. Arranged by army, corps, division and brigade, it chronicles their military trials and frequent executions and offers explanations of how a lucky few were able to avoid their fate. Focus on court activity by company allows for comparisons that emphasize the wide disparity in discipline within a regiment and brigade. By stressing the effectiveness of these deadly decisions as deterrents to others, this work maintains that an earlier and wider reliance on execution would have strengthened the Confederacy sufficiently to force a negotiated end to the war, thus saving many Confederate and Federal lives. Find out more (catalog link)

Code of money and credit. English translation by Gabriel M. Bustros ...

Location: lacom-nc
Call #: KMP99 .A28 1972
Publisher: Bureau of Lebanese and Arab documentation,

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Commercial and professional liability insurance, 2012 / chapter authors, Ali Ryan Amin ... [et al.].

Location: laill-nc
Call #: KFI1391.A1 C66 2012
Publisher: Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education,

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Conservation on the high seas : harmonizing international regimes for the sustainable use of living resources / Simone Borg.

Location: lax
Call #: K3485 .B67 2012
Publisher: Edward Elgar,

Borg (environmental and resources law, U. of Malta) investigates the extent to which the applicable international regimes regulating the sustainable use of high seas living resources may be harmonized. He covers regulatory jurisdiction over living resources on the high seas, the obligation to take conservation measures, specialized conservation measures for particular species on the high seas, the main constituent elements of conservation regimes, enforcement jurisdiction on the high seas and the conservation of living resources, and constituent elements for compliance and enforcement. Find out more (catalog link)

Corrective justice / Ernest J. Weinrib.

Location: lax
Call #: K600 .W45 2012
Publisher: Oxford University Press,

Private law governs our most pervasive relationships: the wrongs we do one another, the contracts we make and break, and the property we own. This book analyses the deepest questions about the law's foundations, showing how a distinctive notion of justice, 'corrective justice', describes the special morality intrinsic to private law. Find out more (catalog link)

Counsel misconduct before the International Criminal Court : professional responsibility in international criminal defence / Till Gut.

Location: lax
Call #: KZ7408 .G88 2012
Publisher: Hart Publishing,

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Counterinsurgent's constitution : law in the age of small wars / Ganesh Sitaraman.

Location: lax
Call #: KZ6398.A87 S58 2013
Publisher: Oxford University Press,

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Criminal law and policy in the European Union / Samuli Miettinen.

Location: lax
Call #: KJE9430 .M54 2013
Publisher: Routledge,

This book takes stock of the development of criminal law in the context of the European Community and the European Union, and considers whether it has led to a European criminal policy, whilst also examining the legal effects European-level initiatives in the field have had on national criminal law and on criminal suspects. The work reflects on the interaction between the law of the European Community and national criminal law since the signing of the Treaty of Rome and against this backdrop reviews the supremacy of European Community law over conflicting national criminal law, the past legislative practice of harmonised ‘administrative’ penalties and their impact on national legal systems as well as the development of relevant European Community principles of fundamental rights. The work goes on to explore whether there are fields in which the European Community might enact directly applicable criminal penalties in the form of EC regulations and also examines related doctrinal concerns considered by the Court of Justice in its earlier case law on the interface between EC law and national criminal law. Find out more (catalog link)

Cybercrime and the law : challenges, issues, and outcomes / Susan W. Brenner.

Location: lax
Call #: KF9350 .B74 2012
Publisher: Northeastern University Press,

The exponential increase in cybercrimes in the past decade has raised new issues and challenges for law and law enforcement. Based on case studies drawn from her work as a lawyer, Susan W. Brenner identifies a diverse range of cybercrimes, including crimes that target computers (viruses, worms, Trojan horse programs, malware and DDoS attacks) and crimes in which the computer itself is used as a tool (cyber-stalking, cyber-extortion, cyber-theft, and embezzlement). Illuminating legal issues unique to investigations in a digital environment, Brenner examines both national law enforcement agencies and transnational crime, and shows how cyberspace erodes the functional and empirical differences that have long distinguished crime from terrorism and both from warfare. Find out more (catalog link)

Cybersecurity : law and regulation / Uchenna Jerome Orji.

Location: lax
Call #: K564.C6 O75 2012
Publisher: Wolf Legal Publishers,

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Defying corporations, defining democracy : a book of history & strategy / edited by Dean Ritz.

Location: lax
Call #: JK467 .D45 2001
Publisher: Apex Press ; Program on Corporations, Law & Democracy,

In these 70 essays, speeches, sermons and screeds, POCLADers probe: corporations as "legal persons"; corporate social responsibility as a ploy; strategies for amending state corporation codes and challenging judge-made laws; and much, much more.This collection, which Howard Zinn calls "powerfully persuasive," chronicles POCLAD's evolution ” among the twelve POCLADers and with thousands of activists. Here are hidden histories, crisp analyses and thoughtful responses to corporate apologists ” all in one provocative book. Find out more (catalog link)

Development and effectiveness of international administrative law : on the occasion of the thirtieth anniversary of the World Bank Administrative Tribunal / edited by Elias Olufemi.

Location: lax
Call #: KZ5274 .D48 2012
Publisher: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers,

International administrative law, or more precisely the law of the international civil service, has been the focus of increased attention in recent years. A part of the discussion has focused on the design of the justice mechanisms of international organizations, exemplified by the overhaul of the internal justice system of the United Nations in 2009. The internal justice systems of some international organizations have been subjected to scrutiny before some national courts, and the role and contribution of international administrative tribunals to the development of the law continue to be an important part of discussions of good governance and accountability of international organizations. The essays in this book, written by judges, practitioners, academics and other experts, address these and other issues. Find out more (catalog link)

Disaggregating international regimes : a new approach to evaluation and comparison / Olav Schram Stokke.

Location: lax
Call #: K3895 .S76 2012
Publisher: MIT Press,

In this book, Olav Schram Stokke connects the general to the specific, developing new tools for assessing international regime effectiveness and then applying them to a particular case, governance of the Barents Sea fisheries. Stokke's innovative disaggregate methodology makes cross-comparison possible by breaking down the problem and the relevant empirical evidence. Stokke employs fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis, and his approach is disaggregate in three ways: it separates the specific governance problem into its cognitional, regulatory, and behavioral components; it splits into three the counterfactual analysis of what the outcome would have been if the regime had not existed; and it decomposes the empirical evidence to maximize the number of observations. By applying this methodology to a regional resource regime known as one of the world's most successful, Stokke bridges the gap between the intensive case study analyses that have dominated the field and increasingly ambitious efforts to devise quantitative methods for examining the causal impacts of regimes. Find out more (catalog link)

Economic morality and Jewish law / Aaron Levine.

Location: lax
Call #: KBM524.145 .L48 2012
Publisher: Oxford University Press,

Economic Morality and Jewish Law compares the way in which welfare economics and Jewish law determine the propriety of an economic action, whether by a private citizen or the government. Issues explored include negative externalities, price controls, the lemons problem, the living wage, and short selling. Find out more (catalog link)

Effectiveness of European Union development aid for food security in Sub-Saharan Africa : (pursuant to Article 287 (4), second subparagraph, TFEU) / European Court of Auditors.

Location: lax
Call #: HV696.F6 E44 2012
Publisher: Publications Office of the European Union,

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Elements of genocide / Edited by Paul Behrens and Ralph Henham.

Location: lax
Call #: KZ7180 .E42 2013
Publisher: Routledge,

Elements of Genocide provides an authoritative evaluation of the current perception of the crime, as it appears in the decisions of judicial authorities, the writings of the foremost academic experts in the field, and in the texts of Commission Reports. Genocide constitutes one of the most significant problems in contemporary international law. Within the last fifteen years, the world has witnessed genocidal conduct in Rwanda and Bosnia and Herzegovina, while the debate on the commission of genocide in Darfur and the DR Congo is ongoing. Within the same period, the prosecution of suspected génocidaires has taken place in international tribunals, internationalised tribunals and domestic courts; and the names of Slobodan Milosevic, Radovan Karadzic and Saddam Hussein feature among those against whom charges of genocide were brought. Pursuing an interdisciplinary examination of the existing case law on genocide in international and domestic courts, Elements of Genocide comprehensive and accessible reflection on the crime of genocide, and its inherent complexities. Find out more (catalog link)

Essentials of merger review / editors Elizabeth M. Avery [and eight others].

Location: lax
Call #: K3850 .E85 2013
Publisher:

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Ethical oversight of learning health care systems.

Location: lax
Call #: R723.7 .E83 2013
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell,

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European legal method : in a multi-level EU legal order / Ulla Neergard and Ruth Nielsen (eds.).

Location: lax
Call #: KJE960.A8 E93 2012
Publisher:

In Europe there is, and has been for some years, a seemingly renewed debate on methodology in legal research. In the first years of its existence, EU law was generally perceived as rather superficial, immature, and fragmentary, with many gaps and inconsistencies. Now, EU law is ripening and the mutual embeddedness of EU law and the national law of its Member States is becoming more intense. It is therefore both more possible, and more necessary, to identify and explain the legal method that is applied by European legal actors, in particular legal scholars and courts, when analyzing EU law and the law of Member States within the scope of EU legal application. This book brings together essays by leading legal scholars from a number of European countries regarding European legal method(s). It is the second publication within the European Legal Methods research project and is the result of a conference held in November 2011. The contributors are all focused on different legal disciplines and represent different legal cultures and research styles, partly related to different geographical backgrounds. Find out more (catalog link)

Federal cybersecurity : legal considerations and assessments / Ryan I. Brooks and Dorothy E. Kelly, editors.

Location: lax
Call #: KF390.5.C6 F43 2012
Publisher: Nova Science Publishers Inc.,

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Forcible displacement throughout the ages : towards an international convention for the prevention and punishment of the crime of forcible displacement / by Grant Dawson and Sonia Farber.

Location: lax
Call #: KZ6530 .D39 2012
Publisher: Martinu Nijhoff Publishers,

Forcible displacement transforms cultures and can even lead to their destruction. Beginning with the origins of the human species millions of years ago and ending up in our present day era, this book analyses examples of forcible displacement in order to examine the crime in its many different forms. The legal contours of the crime receive a comprehensive treatment, including the experience of the international tribunals and decades of scholarly work in the area. The authors suggest that a paradigm shift is needed in order to bring development-induced displacement into the mainstream discourse on forcible displacement. The book concludes with a proposal for a new convention for the prevention and punishment of the crime of forcible displacement. Find out more (catalog link)

From Cape Town to Kabul : rethinking strategies for pursuing women's human rights / by Penelope Andrews.

Location: lax
Call #: K3243 .A95 2012
Publisher: Ashgate,

Offering a comparative study of South Africa and Afghanistan as its basis, this book explores key questions about women's rights and gender equality in the wake of political turmoil, demographic dislocation, institutionalized violence, and deep economic disparities. These questions focus on the balancing and enforcement of secular rights within societies with deeply entrenched cultural and religious mores, and examine the competing claims of individual rights on the one hand and community concerns or imperatives on the other. Find out more (catalog link)

Gender, religion, & family law : theorizing conflicts between women's rights and cultural traditions / edited by Lisa Fishbayn Joffe and Sylvia Neil.

Location: lax
Call #: K670 .G435 2013
Publisher: Brandeis University Press,

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Guidebook for directors of nonprofit corporations / Nonprofit Organizations Committee; William L. Boyd III, Jeannie Carmedelle Frey, editors.

Location: lax
Call #: KF1388.7.Z9 G85 2012
Publisher: American Bar Association, Section of Business Law,

The Guidebook for Directors of Nonprofit Organizations, Third Edition is a valuable reference book for directors and prospective directors of nonprofit corporations, from the smallest corporation that operates principally at a local or even neighborhood level, to the largest nonprofit corporation having operations that extend not only across the United States but internationally as well. Primarily written for the lay reader, it provides a description of general legal principles as they apply to nonprofit corporations and offers useful and practical suggestions and checklists. This book, written and edited by leading lawyers in the nonprofit industry, will assist directors of nonprofit corporations in performing their duties and providing an overall understanding of their role to the corporations they serve. Find out more (catalog link)

Homosexuality and the European Court of Human Rights / Paul Johnson.

Location: lax
Call #: KJC5144.G39 J64 2013
Publisher: Routledge,

This title is a study of the Court's jurisprudence in respect of sexual orientation. It provides a socio-legal analysis of the substantial number of decisions and judgments of the Strasbourg organs on the wide range of complaints brought by gay men and lesbians under the European Convention on Human Rights. Find out more (catalog link)

Illicit trade in art and antiquities : international recovery and criminal and civil liability / Janet Ulph, Ian Smith ; consultant editor, Michael Tugendhat.

Location: lax
Call #: K5219 .U44 2012
Publisher: Hart, Pub.,

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Indigenous (in)justice : human rights law and Bedouin Arabs in the Naqab/Negev / edited by Ahmad Amara, Ismael Abu-Saad, and Oren Yiftachel.

Location: lacom
Call #: KMK2107.M56 I53 2012
Publisher: International Human Rights Clinic, Human Rights Program, Harvard Law School : Distributed by Harvard University Press,

Indigenous (In)Justice explores legal and human rights issues surrounding the Bedouin Arab population in Israel’s Naqab/Negev desert. With contributions from international scholars, including United Nations officials, the volume examines the economic and social rights of indigenous peoples within the context of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Find out more (catalog link)

Indigenous rights in the age of the UN declaration / edited by Elvira Pulitano with an afterword by Mililani B. Trask.

Location: lax
Call #: K3247 .P85 2012
Publisher: Cambridge University Press,

This examination of the role played by the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) in advancing indigenous peoples' self-determination comes at a time when the quintessential Eurocentric nature of international law has been significantly challenged by the increasing participation of indigenous peoples on the international legal scene. Even though the language of human rights discourse has historically contributed to delegitimise indigenous peoples' rights to their lands and cultures, this same language is now upheld by indigenous peoples in their ongoing struggles against the assimilation and eradication of their cultures. By demanding that the human rights and freedoms contained in various UN human rights instruments be now extended to indigenous peoples and communities, indigenous peoples are playing a key role in making international law more 'humanising' and less subject to State priorities. Find out more (catalog link)

Interaction between Europe's legal systems : judicial dialogue and the creation of supranational laws / Giuseppe Martinico, Oreste Pollicino.

Location: lax
Call #: KJE947 .M37 2012
Publisher: Edward Elgar,

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International investment law and soft law / edited by Andrea K. Bjorklund, August Reinisch.

Location: lax
Call #: K3830 .I5953 2012
Publisher: Edward Elgar Pub.,

This important book examines the development of soft law instruments in international investment law and the feasibility of a 'codification' of the present state of this field of international economic law. It draws together the views of international experts on the use of soft law in international law generally and in discrete fields such as WTO, commercial, and environmental law. The book assesses whether investment law has sufficiently coalesced over the last 50 years to be 'codified' and focuses particularly on topical issues such as most-favoured-nation treatment and expropriation. This timely book will appeal to academics interested in the development of international law and legal theory, to those working in investment law, Government investment treaty negotiators and arbitration practitioners. Find out more (catalog link)

International law and sexual violence in armed conflicts / by Chile Eboe-Osuji.

Location: lax
Call #: KZ7162 .E26 2012
Publisher: M. Nijhoff Pub.,

Beginning with an attempt at understanding evil doing during armed conflicts, from both the general perspective and the particular angle of sexual violence itself, this book explores ways of shoring up international legal protection of women from sexual violence in armed conflicts. Find out more (catalog link)

International law and the classification of conflicts / edited by Elizabeth Wilmshurst.

Location: lax
Call #: KZ6385 .I58 2012
Publisher: Oxford University Press ; Royal Institute of International Affairs (Chatham House),

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International law, politics and inhumane weapons : the effectiveness of global landmine regimes / Alan Bryden.

Location: lax
Call #: KZ5645 .B79 2013
Publisher: Routledge,

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International trade in indigenous cultural heritage : legal and policy issues / edited by Christoph B. Graber, Karolina Kuprecht and Jessica C. Lai, Members of i-call, the research centre for communication and art law, University of Lucerne, Switzerland.

Location: lax
Call #: K3791 .I575 2012
Publisher: Edward Elgar,

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Invention, copyright, and digital writing / Martine Courant Rife.

Location: lax
Call #: KF3024.E44 R54 2013
Publisher: Southern Illinois University Press,

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Investigating the workplace harassment claim / Beth K. Whittenbury

Location: lax
Call #: KF3467 .W48 2012
Publisher:

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Islam and human rights / edited by Abdullah Saeed.

Location: lacom
Call #: KMC572 .I83 2012
Publisher: Edward Elgar,

Editor Saeed (Arab and Islamic studies, U. of Melbourne, Australia) introduces the contentious complexities of the topic announced in the title, including the questions of whether it's possible to reconcile international human rights law and Islamic law, and whether traditional Islamic law can evolve in accordance with modern demands. This two-volume anthology presents his selection of 55 previously published articles and excerpts. The first volume subtitled Key Issues in the Debates groups articles according to the following themes: defensive and embracive approaches to international human rights; critiques of human rights from a Muslim perspective; the debate on human rights vs. human obligations; secularism; challenges to universalism, universality, and cultural relativism; and Islamic human rights schemes. The final section presents case studies in Yemen, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Iran, Indonesia, and Malaysia. Find out more (catalog link)

Islam and literalism : literal meaning and interpretation in Islamic legal theory / Robert Gleave.

Location: lax
Call #: KBP461 .G54 2012
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press,

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Islamic veiling in legal discourse / Anastasia Vakulenko.

Location: lax
Call #: KBP528.H54 V35 2012
Publisher: Routledge,

slamic Veiling in Legal Discourse looks at relevant law and surrounding discourses in order to examine the assumptions and limits of the debates around the issue of Islamic veiling that has become so topical in recent years. For some, Islamic veiling indicates a lack of autonomy, the oppression of women and the threat of Islamic radicalism to western secular values. For others, it suggests a positive autonomous choice, a new kind of gender equality and a legitimate exercise of one’s freedom of religion – a treasured right in democratic societies. This book finds that, across seemingly diverse legal and political traditions, a set of discursive frameworks – the preoccupation with autonomy and choice; the imperative of gender equality; and a particular western understanding of religion and religious subjectivity – shape the positions of both proponents and opponents of various restrictions on Islamic veiling. Rather than take a position on one or the other side of the debate, the book focuses on the frameworks themselves, highlighting their limitations Find out more (catalog link)

Language of human rights in West Germany / Lora Wildenthal.

Location: lax
Call #: JC599.G3 W56 2013
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press,

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Law and election politics : the rules of the game / edited by Matthew J. Streb.

Location: lax
Call #: KF4886 .L39 2013
Publisher: Routledge,

Though the courts have been extremely active in interpreting the rules of the electoral game, this role is misunderstood and understudied—as, in many cases, are the rules themselves. Law and Election Politicsillustrates how election laws and electoral politics are intertwined, analyzing the rules of the game and some of the most important—and most controversial—decisions the courts have made on a variety of election-related subjects. More than a typical law book that summarizes cases, Mathew Streb has assembled an outstanding group of scholars to place electoral laws and the courts‘ rulings on those laws in the context of electoral politics. They comprehensively cover the range of topics important to election law—campaign finance, political parties, campaigning, redistricting, judicial elections, the Internet, voting machines, voter identification, ballot access, and direct democracy. This is an essential resource both for students of the electoral process and scholars of election law and election reform. Find out more (catalog link)

Law and ethics of medicine : essays on the inviolability of human life / John Keown.

Location: lax
Call #: K3601 .L384 2012
Publisher: Oxford University Press,

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Law and leadership : integrating leadership studies into the law school curriculum / edited by Paula Monopoli, Susan McCarty.

Location: lax
Call #: KF273 .L39 2012
Publisher: Ashgate,

This book examines whether and how to integrate the theory and practice of leadership studies into legal education and the legal profession. With contributions from legal educators and practitioners, the book defines leadership in the context of the legal profession and explores its challenges in legal academia, private practice, and government. This book includes a foreword by Pulitzer Prize-winning historian and noted leadership scholar, James MacGregor Burns and a foundational essay by prominent leadership scholar, Georgia Sorenson, one of the founders of the International Leadership Association. Find out more (catalog link)

Law and tradition in classical Islamic thought : studies in honor of Professor Hossein Modarressi / edited by Michael Cook, Najam Haider, Intisar Rabb, Asma Sayeed.

Location: lax
Call #: KBP440.74 .C66 2012
Publisher:

This collection brings together the work of some of the most prominent legal scholars and historians of Islam. The assembled articles cover a wide range of issues from debates over the Qur'nic text and issues of law to vibrant intellectual exchanges in philosophy and history. Taken together, these articles develop key inquiries surrounding Islamic law and tradition in unique ways. They also exemplify a critical development in the field of Islamic Studies over the last few decades: the proliferation of methodological approaches that employ a broad variety of sources to analyze social and political developments in classical Islam. Find out more (catalog link)

Law of targeting / William H. Boothby.

Location: lax
Call #: KZ6515 .B66 2012
Publisher:

Comprehensively examining all aspects of the law of targeting in military operations, the book assesses controversies in the rules governing targeting, including the use of human shields, the level of care required in a bombing campaign, and in the determination of whether someone is directly participating in hostilities. Find out more (catalog link)

Law on the battlefield / A.P.V. Rogers.

Location: lax
Call #: KZ6385 .R64 2012
Publisher: Manchester University Press,

This book discusses practical problems of international law arising in armed conflicts, illustrated by references to recent conflicts, such as the Gulf War. It deals with the rules on targetting, and precautions in attack and defence. Find out more (catalog link)

Legal framework for emerging business models : dynamic networks as collaborative contracts / Emily M. Weitzenboeck, Postdoctoral Scholar, Norwegian Research Center for Computers & Law, University of Oslo, Norway.

Location: lax
Call #: K1010 .W45 2012
Publisher:

Weitzenboeck (Norwegian Research Center for Computers & Law, U. of Oslo, Norway) examines how contract and partnership law regulate and cope with the emerging forms of business enterprise collectively labeled dynamic networks, inclusive of spontaneous and temporary virtual enterprises for specific projects, enterprise pools and virtual enterprises formed out of such pools, and long-term dynamic networks with a lead partner. Chapters examine case studies that provide the empirical background for the analysis, the precontractual stage, the application of basic questions of contract law to dynamic networks, the internal and legal relationships between the participants in dynamic networks during the operative phase of such networks, the elements of national partnership law that apply and may override the wishes of contracting parties, and the notion of contractual networks associated with the series of contracts that often underlie dynamic networks of business enterprise. Find out more (catalog link)

Legal integration of Islam : a transatlantic comparison / Christian Joppke, John Torpey.

Location: lax
Call #: K236 .J67 2013
Publisher: Harvard University Press,

Christian Joppke and John Torpey show how four liberal democracies-France, Germany, Canada, and the U.S.-have responded to the challenge of integrating Muslim populations. Demonstrating the centrality of the legal system to this process, they argue that institutional barriers to integration are no greater on one side of the Atlantic than the other. Find out more (catalog link)

Linguistic justice : international law and language policy / Jacqueline Mowbray.

Location: lax
Call #: K3716 .M69 2012
Publisher: Oxford University Press,

An investigation into international law and language policy, this book uses critical analysis to conduct an examination of the aspects of international law which affect language use. It uncovers the conceptual framework which underpins international law on language, addressing the constitution of a 'just' language policy from a legal perspective. Find out more (catalog link)

Little angels : an international legal perspective on child discrimination / Anne-Marie Mooney Cotter.

Location: lax
Call #: K639 .C682 2012
Publisher: Ashgate,

Following on from her previous nine books on discrimination law, Anne-Marie Mooney Cotter now focuses on the goal of child equality. Examining issues of child labour and the relevant laws which are designed to protect the most vulnerable in our society, the book explores the primary role of legislation and the judicial system and its impact on the fight for child rights and the ultimate goal of the end of inequality. The book considers the major common law countries of Australia and New Zealand, Africa and South Africa, Canada, Mexico and the United States, and the United Kingdom and Ireland, as well as the North American Free Trade Agreement and the European Union Treaty in a historical and compelling analysis of discrimination worldwide. By providing a detailed examination of child rights and the law, it will be an important read for those concerned with equality and empowering those most vulnerable to discrimination, the children. Find out more (catalog link)

Local counsel : first women at the Citadel and beyond / Robert Ray Black.

Location: lax
Call #: KF228.C53 B57 2012
Publisher: Carolina Academic Press,

If national and international attention establishes a definition of fame, the case of Shannon Faulkner fighting to be admitted to The Citadel may very well be one of the most famous cases ever to come out of South Carolina. This personal account of the first women at The Citadel uses Faulkner’s and veteran women’s lawsuits filed in the early 1990s to write about the good ole boy way of life in South Carolina. It is as much about how the state operates as it is about the litigants and a failure of leadership at The Citadel. Faulkner’s suit is notable as a high-profile advance in women’s equal protection under the law, but it makes sense only within a larger context of political, economic, and social life unique to the state. During litigation, The Citadel often described itself as the last dinosaur for its efforts to preserve an ancien régime in its male-only admissions policy to the Corps of Cadets. Local Counsel is the day-in-the-life story of the eight years of a sole practitioner's dinosaur hunt. Find out more (catalog link)

Logic of law making in Islam : women and prayer in the legal tradition / Behnam Sadeghi, Stanford University.

Location: lax
Call #: KBP144 .S227 2013
Publisher:

This pioneering study examines the process of reasoning in Islamic law. Some of the key questions addressed here include whether sacred law operates differently from secular law, why laws change or stay the same and how different cultural and historical settings impact the development of legal rulings. In order to explore these questions, the author examines the decisions of thirty jurists from the largest legal tradition in Islam: the Hanafi school of law. He traces their rulings on the question of women and communal prayer across a very broad period of time – from the eighth to the eighteenth century – to demonstrate how jurists interpreted the law and reconciled their decisions with the scripture and the sayings of the Prophet. The result is a fascinating overview of how Islamic law has evolved and the thinking behind individual rulings. Find out more (catalog link)

Looting and rape in wartime : law and change in international relations / Tuba Inal.

Location: lax
Call #: KZ7162 .I53 2013
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press,

Looting and Rape in Wartime examines the causes of the hundred-year gap between the prohibition against wartime looting and that against rape, theorizing the conditions necessary for the emergence of a global prohibition regime in which a particular practice is not tolerated. Find out more (catalog link)

Managing legal risks in early childhood programs : how to prevent flare-ups from becoming lawsuits / Holly Elissa Bruno, Tom Copeland.

Location: lax
Call #: KF2042.D3 B78 2012
Publisher: Redleaf Press ; Teachers College Press,

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Medieval animal trials : justice for all / Patrick J.J. Phillips.

Location: lax
Call #: KJC65 .P48 2013
Publisher: Edwin Mellen Press,

In Europe as early as the 13th century and as late as the 16th century, non-human animals including rats, pigs, horses, and dogs were tried for criminal activities. This book examines how this rather arcane practice is to be understood because it is true that today no animals are formally prosecuted for crimes in courts of law. Find out more (catalog link)

Military criminal justice : practice and procedure / David A. Schlueter, Hardy Professor of Law and Director of Advocacy Programs, St. Mary's University, San Antonio, Texas.

Location: lax-nc
Call #: KF7620 .S34 2012
Publisher:

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Music in American crime prevention and punishment / Lily E. Hirsch.

Location: lax
Call #: ML3917.U5 H57 2012
Publisher: University of Michigan Press,

Although the use of music for extramusical purposes has been a part of American culture for some time, the phenomenon remained largely unknown to the general public until revelations became widespread of startling military practices during the second Iraq War. InMusic in American Crime Prevention and Punishment, Lily E. Hirsch explores the related terrain at the intersection of music and law, demonstrating the ways in which music has become a tool of law enforcement and justice through: police and community leaders’ use of classical music in crime deterrence and punishment; the use of rap lyrics as prosecutorial evidence; allegations of music as incitement to violence; and the role of music in U.S. prisons and in detention centers in Guantanamo, Iraq, and Afghanistan. In the course of her study, Hirsch asks several questions: How does the law treat music? When and why does music participate in the law? How does music influence the legal process? How does the legal process influence music? And how do these appropriations affect the Romantic ideals underlying our view of music? Find out more (catalog link)

Muslim family law, secular courts and Muslim women of South Asia : a study in judicial activism / Alamgir Muhammad Serajuddin.

Location: lax
Call #: KNC156 .S468 2011
Publisher: Oxford University Press,

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Muslim women and Shari'ah Councils : transcending the boundaries of community and law / Samia Bano.

Location: lax
Call #: KD750 .B36 2012
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan,

Using original empirical data and critiquing existing research, Samia Bano explores the experience of British Muslim woman who use Shari'ah councils to resolve marital disputes. She challenges the language of community rights and claims for legal autonomy in matters of family law showing how law and community can empower as well as restrict women. Find out more (catalog link)

National security law in the news : a guide for journalists, scholars, and policymakers / editors, Paul Rosenzweig, Timothy J. McNulty, Ellen Shearer.

Location: lax
Call #: KF4850 .N375 2012
Publisher: American Bar Association,

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New kinship : constructing donor-conceived families / Naomi Cahn.

Location: lax
Call #: K3611.A77 C34 2013
Publisher: New York University Press,

This title details how families are made and how bonds are created between families in the brave new world of reproductive technology. Naomi Cahn, an expert on reproductive technology and the law, shows how these new kinship bonds dramatically exemplify the ongoing cultural change in how we think about family. Find out more (catalog link)

New law and ethics in mental health advance directives : the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and the right to choose / Penelope Weller.

Location: lax
Call #: K640 .W45 2013
Publisher: Routledge,

The recognition of positive rights and the growing impact of human rights principles has recently orchestrated a number of reforms in mental health law, bringing increasing entitlement to an array of health services. In this book, Weller considers the relationship between human rights and mental health law, and the changing attitudes which have led to the recognition of a right to demand treatment internationally. Find out more (catalog link)

NFL StarCaps case : are sports' anti-doping programs at a legal crossroads? : hearing before the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade, and Consumer Protection of the Committee on Energy and Commerce, House of Representatives, One Hundred Eleventh Congress, fir

Location: lax
Call #: DOC. Y 4.C 73/8:111-78
Publisher: U.S. G.P.O. : For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. G.P.O.,

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Non-discrimination in the World Trade Organization : the rules and exceptions / William J. Davey.

Location: lax
Call #: K4610 .D38 2012
Publisher:

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Non-state actors, soft law and protective regimes : from the margins / edited by Cecilia M. Bailliet.

Location: lax
Call #: KZ1293 .N66 2012
Publisher: Cambridge University Press,

By offering critical perspectives of normative developments within international law, this volume of essays unites academics from various disciplines to address concerns regarding the interpretation and application of international law in context. The authors present common challenges within international criminal law, human rights, environmental law and trade law, and point to unintended risks and consequences, in particular for vulnerable interests such as women and the environment. Omissions within normative or institutional frameworks are highlighted and the importance of addressing accountability of state and non-state actors for violations or regressions of minimum protection guarantees is underscored. Overall, it advocates harmonisation over fragmentation, pursuant to the aspiration of asserting the interests of our collective humanity without necessarily advocating an international constitutional order. Find out more (catalog link)

Nuremberg trial of Julius Streicher : the crime of "incitement to genocide" / Margaret Eastwood ; with a preface by William Schabas.

Location: lax
Call #: KZ1177.S77 E15 2011
Publisher: Edwin Mellen Press,

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'Of laws of ships and shipmen' : medieval maritime law and its practice in urban Northern Europe / Edda Frankot.

Location: lax
Call #: KJC2256 .F73 2012
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press,

This volume is an important addition to the history of Scotland and European law, utilizing innovative research and methodologies to highlight Scotland's position in medieval Europe as a sophisticated legal player. It places Scotland in a wider historical framework for the time and reveals the extent of its maritime connections and influence. Find out more (catalog link)

Oral arguments and coalition formation on the U.S. Supreme Court : a deliberate dialogue / Ryan C. Black, Timothy R. Johnson, and Justin Wedeking.

Location: lax
Call #: KF8742 .B57 2012
Publisher: University of Michigan Press,

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Practical guide to software licensing for licensees and licensors / H. Ward Classen.

Location: lapsc
Call #: KF3024.C6 C56 2013
Publisher:

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Practicing Shariah law : seven strategies for achieving justice in Shariah courts / Hauwa Ibrahim.

Location: lacom
Call #: KTA3474 .I27 2012
Publisher: American Bar Association,

Practicing Law in Shariah Courts: Seven Strategies for Achieving Justice in Shariah Courts describes the Shariah courts of Northern Nigeria, and offers advice for counsel practicing in Shariah courts worldwide, particularly in cases involving women. In this important book, you'll find insight into practicing law in Shariah courts, and some questions that arise from being on the field, from the authors experience of seeking justice under these laws both legally and spiritually. The introduction of new Shariah in Northern Nigeria in 1999 set in place a delicate and flexible boundary between the rule of law and individual interpretations of the Law that are unjustifiably causing individual and social ills. This important book is part of a dialogue for learning the terrain and how best to work around the disparities in the new Shariah, exploring ethical issues drawn from various sources, including the Holy Qur'an, Hadith, and Sunnah. Although their application is discussed within the legal contour of Shariah law in Northern Nigeria, the strategies are not confined to any one framework of reference and may be a valued resource to many. Find out more (catalog link)

Property rights of refugees and internally displaced persons : beyond restitution / Anneke Smit.

Location: lax
Call #: KZ6530 .S65 2012
Publisher: Routledge,

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Questioning secularism : Islam, sovereignty, and the rule of law in modern Egypt / Hussein Ali Agrama.

Location: lacom
Call #: KRM2020 .A944 2012
Publisher:

What, exactely, is secularism? What has the West's long familiarity with it inevitably obscured? In this work, Hussein Ali Agrama tackles these questions. Focusing on the fatwa councils and family law courts of Egypt just prior to the revolution, he delves deeply into the meaning of secularism itself and the ambiguities that lie at its heart. Find out more (catalog link)

Red Eagle's children : Weatherford vs. Weatherford et al. / edited by J. Anthony Paredes, Judith Knight.

Location: lax
Call #: KF228.W43 R43 2012
Publisher: University of Alabama Press,

In this account of the mixed-race Creeks who became assimilated into Alabama's general population in the 19th century, the Tenshaw Creek community, and the survival of the Poarch Band of Creeks as a federally-recognized tribe, Paredes (emeritus, anthropology, Florida State U.) and Knight (retired, Alabama Museum of Natural History, U. of Alabama Press) present the legal proceedings surrounding the disputed legacy of William "Red Eagle" Weatherford, Sr. Following historical context and reflections of a modern-day Creek Indian on the case, the book presents edited and facsimile transcripts of Weatherford vs. Weatherford et al (1852). Illustrations include maps and images of the legendary chief. Find out more (catalog link)

Regulatory breakdown : the crisis of confidence in U.S. regulation / edited by Cary Coglianese.

Location: lax
Call #: KF1600 .R437 2012
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press,

This title brings insight and analytic rigor to what has become one of the most contested domains of American domestic politics. With chapters written by economists, scientists, and scholars, the book brings clarity to the heated debate over regulation by dissecting the disparate causes of the current crisis. Find out more (catalog link)

Restorative justice and victimology : Euro-Africa perspectives / Don John O. Omale.

Location: lacom
Call #: KQC977 .O46 2012
Publisher: Wolf Legal Publishers,

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Rights of Indians and tribes / Stephen L. Pevar.

Location: lax
Call #: KF8210.C5 P48 2012
Publisher: Oxford University Press,

The Rights of Indians and Tribes, 4th Edition addresses the most significant legal issues facing Indians and Indian tribes, including the regulation of non-Indians on reservations, definitions of important legal terms, Indian treaties, the Indian Civil Rights Act, the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act, and the Indian Child Welfare Act. Find out more (catalog link)

Search engine freedom : on the implications of the right to freedom of expression for the legal governance of web search engines / Joris van Hoboken.

Location: lax
Call #: KJC164.C65 H63 2012
Publisher:

An exploration of how search media can be incorporated into freedom of expression doctrine, as well as media and communications law and policy more generally. It develops a theory of the legal relations between national governments and search media providers, and between end-users and information providers. Find out more (catalog link)

Servants, slaves, and savages : reflections of law in American literature / Veronica C. Hendrick.

Location: lax
Call #: PS153.N5 H466 2012
Publisher: Carolina Academic Press,

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Social media and the law : a guidebook for communication students and professionals / edited by Daxton R. "Chip" Stewart.

Location: lax
Call #: KF320.A9 S625 2013
Publisher: Routledge,

Social media platforms like Facebook, Twitter, and others have become vital tools for professionals in the news and strategic communication fields. But, to what extent do communications put themselves at risk for defamation and privacy lawsuits by using these tools, and what rights do communicators have when other users talk about them on social networks? This book explores these questions and more. Find out more (catalog link)

Sovereign citizen : denaturalization and the origins of the American Republic / Patrick Weil.

Location: lax
Call #: KF4715 .W45 2013
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press,

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Specially protected marine areas in the exclusive economic zone (EEZ) : the regime for the protection of specific areas of the EEZ for environmental reasons under international law / Thomas Dux.

Location: lax
Call #: KZA1560 .D89 2011
Publisher: Lit ; Global [distributor] ; Transaction Publishers [distributor],

This thesis examines the question of what States are legally empowered to do under international law when they seek to protect certain areas of their Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ). In this context, the regulation of shipping and other human activities under the Law of the Sea Convention and, in particular, the regime for special areas under Article 211(6) of the Convention are addressed. Global and regional instruments containing mechanisms to protect specific areas are discussed and relevant State practice is considered with a view to possible implications on customary international law. Finally, guidance is given as to what States can practically do to protect specific areas of their EEZ for environmental reason. Find out more (catalog link)

Standard of review in WTO dispute settlement : critique and development / Ross Becroft.

Location: lax
Call #: K4610.5 .B43 2012
Publisher: Edward Elgar,

This detailed book critiques how the World Trade Organization scrutinizes domestic measures to determine compliance with the WTO Agreements. This scrutiny, known as the standard of review, is particularly relevant when WTO panels are examining measures involving controversial domestic policy issues. The author argues that the current WTO standard of review is inadequate and a flexible standard based on the responsibilities that WTO members have retained for themselves under the WTO Agreements is preferable. This new standard of review would better reflect the autonomy contemplated for members under the WTO rules and reduce scope for the contention that the WTO overreaching its mandate. This work provides a foundation for mediating relations between states and the WTO, and similar international organisations. It will be of great interest to scholars and practitioners in the fields of law and international relations with an interest in international economic law, the WTO or international organisations in general. Find out more (catalog link)

State security regimes and the right to freedom of religion and belief : changes in Europe since 2001 / Karen Murphy.

Location: lax
Call #: KJC5156 .M87 2013
Publisher: Routledge,

This book analyses the relationship between state security regime changes and the right to religious freedom in the EU. It presents a comparative analysis of the impact that changes in security regimes have had on religious freedom politics, policies and protections across the EU member states. Find out more (catalog link)

Theory and politics of the Law of Nations : political bias in international law discourse of seven German court councilors in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries / by Tetsuya Toyoda.

Location: lax
Call #: KZ1330 .T69 2011
Publisher: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers,

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Three and a half minute transaction : boilerplate and the limits of contract design / Mitu Gulati and Robert E. Scott.

Location: lax
Call #: K845.S7 G86 2013
Publisher: University of Chicago Press,

Drawing on over two hundred interviews, Mitu Gulati and Robert E. Scott provide an eye-opening account of the institutional pressures on attorneys who prepare contracts that undergird huge financial deals. A contract of this sort consists mostly of boilerplate terms, that is, clauses copied from prior deals. The authors insightfully explore why most lawyers engage in this sort of herd behavior, but also why they respect the few who stray from the herd. A landmark study of the folkways of high-powered transactional lawyers. Find out more (catalog link)

Transnational culture in the Internet age / edited by Sean A. Pager, Adam Candeub.

Location: lax
Call #: K564.C6 T73 2012
Publisher: Edward Elgar,

Digital technology has transformed global culture, connecting and empowering users on a hitherto unknown scale. Existing paradigms from intellectual property rights to cultural diversity and telecommunications regulation seem increasingly obsolete, confounding policymakers and provoking wide-ranging debate. Transnational Culture in the Internet Age draws on a range of disciplines to examine new approaches to regulating communications and cultural production. The insightful contributions shed new light on insufficiently examined issues and highlight connections that cut across the many different domains in which such regulations operate. Building upon the framework presented by David Post – one of the first and most prominent scholars of cyber law and a contributor to this volume – the authors address the implications and economics of the Internet's astronomical scale, jurisdiction and enforcement of the web as it relates to topics including libel tourism and threats to free speech, and the power of global communication to dissolve and recreate identities. Find out more (catalog link)

Veterans appeals guidebook : representing veterans in the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims / Ron Smith, editor.

Location: lax
Call #: KF7713 .V48 2013
Publisher:

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Windows onto Jewish legal culture : fourteen exploratory essays / Hanina Ben-Menahem, Arye Edrei, Neil S. Hecht, editors.

Location: lax
Call #: KBM524 .W56 2011
Publisher: Routledge,

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