The new edition of COMMUNICATIONS LAW: LIBERTIES, RESTRAINTS, AND THE MODERN MEDIA continues with the reviewer-praised readability, coverage of core topics, and currency that have been its consistent strengths. The author's interesting, hypothetical exercises have been a favorite among both professo[...]

Covers a range of topics in constitutional law. Providing the legal, historical, political, and cultural contexts for the set of edited decisions from the United States Supreme Court cases, this title emphasizes trends in major areas of constitutional interpretation.[...]

This six-volume set contains the results of the first stage of an AHRC-funded project which aims to examine the nature of legal development in Western Europe since 1850, focusing on liability for fault. By bringing together experts with different disciplinary backgrounds - comparative lawyers and le[...]

A text that discusses how various aspects of the law affect the individual, filling a void for those looking for a more introductory text that covers many of the personal law issues that confront people in their everyday lives. It uses hypothetical and real examples to illustrate important points of[...]

Before the Law promotes an interdisciplinary approach for introducing students to the purpose and practice of law in our society. Excerpts from recent and classic court cases, as well as material on trends in legal studies come from a range of legal sources, including court opinions; sociological, p[...]

This work consists of two parts: the essay "The Idea of Public Reason Revisited," first published in 1997, and "The Law of Peoples," a major reworking of a much shorter article by the same name published in 1993. Taken together, they are the culmination of more than 50 years of reflection on liberal[...]

An inside view of 90 significant cases in sport law

Foundations of the Sociology of Law provides a conceptual framework for thinking about the full range of topics within the sociology of law discipline. The book: contrasts normative and sociological perspectives on law; presents a primer on the logic of research and inference as applied to law relat[...]

In this compelling and important book, Schmitz explains the second law of thermodynamics: entropy, an omnipresent force that quietly and crucially determines many aspects of our society and daily lives. This fascinating and easily understood journey through the second law of thermodynamics is a step[...]

In Aircraft Stories noted sociologist of technoscience John Law tells "stories" about a British attempt to build a military aircraft - the TSR2. The intertwining of these stories demonstrates the ways in which particular technological projects can be understood in a world of complex contexts. Law wo[...]

The Bible is full of law. Yet too often, Christians either pick and choose verses out of context to bolster existing positions, or assume that any moral judgment the Bible expresses should become the law of the land. Law and the Bible asks: What inspired light does the Bible shed on Christians? part[...]