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New Titles for week ending 4/14/2012

Toward Normative Jurisprudence: an introduction - Robin West

Call Number: K230.W475 A36 2011

ISBN: 9780521460002

Publication Date: 2011-08-22

Jurisprudence

Life Before Birth: the moral and legal status of embryos and fetuses. 2nd ed. - Bonnie Steinbock

Call Number: K642 .S74 2011

ISBN: 9780195341621

Publication Date: 2011-07-11

Health Care, Medicine & Law

To Put Asunder: the laws of matrimonial strife : an introduction to the seminal Anglo-American literature and laws of domestic relations up to the year 1900, with supporting bibliography and comments 1st ed. - Lawrence Stotter

Call Number: K675 .S768 2011

ISBN: 9781587902109

Publication Date: 2010-12-01

Family Law

A Legal Theory for Autonomous Artificial Agents - Samir Chopra; Laurence F. White

Call Number: K917 .C475 2011

ISBN: 9780472071456

Publication Date: 2011-07-18

Technology & the Law

How to Fix Copyright - William Patry

Call Number: K1420.5 .P3757 2011

ISBN: 9780199760091

Publication Date: 2012-01-04

Intellectual Property

Getting to the Rule of Law - James E. Fleming (Editor)

Call Number: K3171 .G48 2011

ISBN: 9780814728437

Publication Date: 2011-09-01

Jurisprudence

Native Claims: indigenous law against empire, 1500-1920 - Saliha Belmessous (Editor)

Call Number: K3248.L36 N38 2012

ISBN: 9780199794850

Publication Date: 2011-11-10

Legal History

The Nanotechnology Challenge: creating legal institutions for uncertain risks - David Dana

Call Number: K3924.H54 N36 2012

ISBN: 9780521767385

Publication Date: 2011-11-14

Technology & the Law

Lawtalk: the unknown stories behind familiar legal expressions - James E. Clapp; Elizabeth G. Thornburg; Marc Galanter; Fred R. Shapiro

Call Number: KF156 .L39 2011

ISBN: 9780300172461

Publication Date: 2011-11-22

Reference

Teaching Law and Literature - Austin Sarat (Editor); Cathrine O. Frank; Matthew Daniel Anderson

Call Number: KF277.L38 T43 2011

ISBN: 9781603290920

Publication Date: 2011-06-01

Law & Literature

Victim Advocacy in the Courtroom: persuasive practices in domestic violence and child protection cases - Mary Lay Schuster; Amy D. Propen

Call Number: KF505 .S328 2011

ISBN: 9781555537500

Publication Date: 2011-07-12

Family Law

Essential Health Benefits: balancing coverage and cost - Committee on Defining and Revising an Essential Health Benefits Package for Qualified Health Plans; Institute of Medicine

Call Number: KF3605 .E87 2012

ISBN: 9780309219143

Publication Date: 2012-01-17

Health Care, Medicine & Law

Cheating Welfare: public assistance and the criminalization of poverty - Kaaryn Gustafson

Call Number: KF3720 .G87 2011

ISBN: 9780814732311

Publication Date: 2011-07-25

Family Law

The Odd Clauses: understanding the Constitution through ten of its most curious provisions - Jay Wexler

Call Number: KF4550 .W465 2011

ISBN: 9780807000908

Publication Date: 2011-11-01

Constitutional Law

Infinite Hope and Finite Disappointmentthe story of the first interpreters of the Fourteenth Amendment 1st ed. - Elizabeth Reilly (Editor)

Call Number: KF4558 14TH .I54 2011

ISBN: 9781935603009

Publication Date: 2011-08-26

Legal History

The People's Lawyer: the Center for Constitutional Rights and the fight for social justice, from civil rights to Guantánamo - Albert Ruben

Call Number: KF4749 .R83 2011

ISBN: 9781583672372

Publication Date: 2011-05-01

Civil Rights

The Blind Goddess: a reader on race and justice - Alexander Papachristou; Patricia J. Williams

Call Number: KF4755 .B55 2011

ISBN: 9781595586995

Publication Date: 2011-11-08

Civil Rights

Devil in the Grove: Thurgood Marshall, the Groveland Boys, and the dawn of a new America 1st ed. - Gilbert King

Call Number: KF4755 .K56 2012

ISBN: 9780061792281

Publication Date: 2012-03-06

Civil Rights

Liberty's Refuge: the forgotten freedom of assembly - John D. Inazu

Call Number: KF4778 .I53 2012

ISBN: 9780300173154

Publication Date: 2012-01-24

Civil Rights

Money, Politics, and the Constitution: beyond Citizens United - Monica Youn (Editor); Century Foundation Staff (Contribution by); Brennan Center for Justice Staff (Contribution by)

Call Number: KF4920 .M663 2011

ISBN: 9780870785214

Publication Date: 2011-05-09

Politics & Government

Defending Congress and the Constitution - Louis Fisher

Call Number: KF4935 .F57 2011

ISBN: 9780700617982

Publication Date: 2011-10-01

Constitutional Law

American Politicians Confront the Court: opposition politics and changing responses to judicial power - Stephen M. Engel

Call Number: KF5130 .E446 2011

ISBN: 9780521192958

Publication Date: 2011-06-13

Politics & Government

Henry Friendly, Greatest Judge of His Era - David M. Dorsen; Richard A. Posner

Call Number: KF8745.F75 D67 2012

ISBN: 9780674064393

Publication Date: 2012-03-27

Biography

Lincoln and the Triumph of the Nation - Mark E. Neely

Call Number: KFZ9001.5 .N44 2011

ISBN: 9780807835180

Publication Date: 2011-11-21

Legal History

Assessing the Eu Constitutional Treaty - Ben Crum

Call Number: KJE4445 .C776 2012

ISBN: 9780415681872

Publication Date: 2011-12-07

European Union

The European Constitution, Welfare States and Democracy - Christoffer C. Eriksen

Call Number: KJE4445 .E75 2012

ISBN: 9780415610735

Publication Date: 2011-11-15

European Union

The European Union after Lisbon: constitutional basis, economic order and external action of the European Union - Hermann-Josef Blanke (Editor); Stelio Mangiameli (Editor)

Call Number: KJE4445 .E973 2012

ISBN: 9783642195068

Publication Date: 2011-10-13

European Union

International Law as Law of the European Union - Enzo Cannizzaro (Editor); Paolo Palchetti (Editor); Ramses A. Wessel (Editor)

Call Number: KJE5057 .C36 2012

ISBN: 9789004188570

Publication Date: 2011-10-01

European Union

The Politics of International Law - Martti Koskenniemi

Call Number: KZ1250 .K669 2011

ISBN: 9781841139395

Publication Date: 2011-06-10

International Law

The Role of Ethics in International Law - Donald Earl Childress

Call Number: KZ1256 .R65 2012

ISBN: 9781107096554

Publication Date: 2011-11-14

International Law

The Law on the Use of Force - Gina Heathcote

Call Number: KZ6355 .H43 2011

ISBN: 9780415492874

Publication Date: 2011-11-17

International Law

The State Versus the Individual: the unresolved dilemma of humanitarian intervention - Katariina Simonen

Call Number: KZ6369 .S555 2011

ISBN: 9789004202917

Publication Date: 2011-07-27

Human Rights

History of the Laws of War - Alexander Gillespie

Call Number: KZ6385 .G55 2011

ISBN: 9781849462037

Publication Date: 2011-10-14

International Law

Constraints on the Waging of War: an introduction to international humanitarian law 4th ed. - Frits Kalshoven; Liesbeth Zegveld

Call Number: KZ6475 .K35 2011

ISBN: 9781107011663

Publication Date: 2011-07-21

International Law

Crimes against Humanity: birth of a concept - Norman Geras

Call Number: KZ7145 .G47 2011

ISBN: 9780719082412

Publication Date: 2011-10-15

International Law

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New Titles for weeks ending 3/30 and 4/7/2012

Implementing International Economic Law - Yusuf Aksar

Call Number: K3820 .I48 2011

ISBN: 9789004203839

Publication Date: 2011-08-01

International Business Transactions

Fundamentals of International Economics - Jasper Kim

Call Number: HF1379 .K5653 2012

ISBN: 9781614383000

Publication Date: 2012-01-01

International Business Transactions

Word Origins for Lawyers - Rick Autry

Call Number: K50 .A98 2012

ISBN: 9781614381471

Publication Date: 2012-10-16

Legal Research & Writing

Oxford Studies in Philosophy of Law - Leslie Green (Editor); Brian Leiter (Editor)

Call Number: K235 .O947 2011

ISBN: 9780199606443

Publication Date: 2011-09-05

Jurisprudence

Augustine and Modern Law - Richard O. Brooks (Editor); James Bernard Murphy (Editor)

Call Number: K442.A9 A94 2011

ISBN: 9780754628941

Publication Date: 2011-08-01

Jurisprudence

International Family Law Desk Book - Ann Laquer Estin

Call Number: K670 .E845 2012

ISBN: 9781614383178

Publication Date: 2012-01-01

Family Law

Cross-border real estate practice - Terry A. Selzer.

Call Number: K736 .S45 2012

ISBN: 9781614383215

Publication Date: 2012

Property

Access to Information As a Human Right - Cheryl Ann Bishop

Call Number: K3255 .B57 2012

ISBN: 9781593324599

Publication Date: 2011-12-01

Civil Rights

Publicity Rights and Image - Gillian Black

Call Number: K3263 .B57 2011

ISBN: 9781849460545

Publication Date: 2011-01-28

Civil Rights

Defining Human Trafficking and Identifying Its Victims - Venla Roth

Call Number: K5297 .R68 2012

ISBN: 9789004209244

Publication Date: 2011-12-01

International Law

The Ethics of Plea Bargaining - Richard L. Lippke

Call Number: K5458 .L57 2011

ISBN: 9780199641468

Publication Date: 2011-12-17

Criminal Law & Procedure

Understanding Property Law - John G. Sprankling

Call Number: KF561 .S67 2012

ISBN: 9781422428528

Publication Date: 2008-09-03

Property

A Student's Guide to Easements, Real Covenants, and Equitable Servitudes - Stephen A. Siegel

Call Number: KF657.Z9 K56 2012

ISBN: 9780769846088

Publication Date: 2012-02-01

Property

Understanding Modern Real Estate Transactions - Alex M. Johnson

Call Number: KF665.Z9 J638 2012

ISBN: 9780769845951

Publication Date: 2012-01-01

Property

Estate Planning for Same-Sex Couples - Joan M. Burda

Call Number: KF750 .B87 2012

ISBN: 9781614383239

Publication Date: 2012-01-01

Trusts & Estates

Franchise and dealership termination handbook. 2nd ed. - American Bar Association

Call Number: KF2023 .F69 2012

ISBN: 9781616328863

Publication Date: 2012

Antitrust & Trade Regulation

The Little Book of Foodie Law - Cecil C. Kuhne

Call Number: KF3869 .K84 2012

ISBN: 9781614383109

Publication Date: 2012-03-01

Administrative Law

The Supreme Court and the NCAA - Brian Porto

Call Number: KF3989 .P67 2012

ISBN: 9780472118045

Publication Date: 2012-01-03

Entertainment & Sports Law

FDR and Chief Justice Hughes - James F. Simon

Call Number: KF4541 .S56 2012

ISBN: 9781416573289

Publication Date: 2012-02-07

Legal History

A Doubtful and Perilous Experiment - Mel A. Topf

Call Number: KF4579.A38 T67 2011

ISBN: 9780199756766

Publication Date: 2011-09-23

Constitutional Law

Federalism and the Tug of War Within - Erin Ryan

Call Number: KF4600 .R93 2011

ISBN: 9780199737987

Publication Date: 2012-02-17

Constitutional Law

Foundations of Sustainable Development - Dean Frieders

Call Number: KF5505 .F75 2012

ISBN: 9781614383253

Publication Date: 2012-01-01

Environmental Law

Tax Increment Financing - David L. Callies; W. Andrew Gowder

Call Number: KF5733 .T39 2012

ISBN: 9781614383765

Publication Date: 2012-02-01

Taxation

Federal tax accounting 2nd ed. - Michael B. Lang, Elliott Manning, Mona L. Hymel

Call Number: KF6314 .L36 2011

ISBN: 9781422480328

Publication Date: 2012

Taxation

Law for the Expert Witness - Daniel A. Bronstein

Call Number: KF8961 .B76 2012

ISBN: 9781439851562

Publication Date: 2011-12-13

Evidence

Online Dispute Resolution - Mohamed Abdel Wahab; Ethan Katsh; Daniel Rainey

Call Number: KF9084 .O55 2012

ISBN: 9789490947255

Publication Date: 2012-01-01

Alternative Dispute Resolution

Stories Mediators Tell - Eric Galton

Call Number: KF9084 .S76 2012

ISBN: 9781614383567

Publication Date: 2012-02-01

Alternative Dispute Resolution

Cruel and Unusual - John D. Bessler

Call Number: KF9227.C2 B478 2012

ISBN: 9781555537166

Publication Date: 2012-01-10

Criminal Law & Procedure

Human Rights Monitoring Mechanisms of the Council of Europe - Gauthier de Beco (Editor)

Call Number: KJC5132 .H8637 2012

ISBN: 9780415581622

Publication Date: 2011-08-25

Human Rights

The European Court of Human Rights Between Law and Politics - Jonas Christoffersen; Mikael Rask Madsen

Call Number: KJC5138.E918 2011

ISBN: 9780199694495

Publication Date: 2011-08-11

Human Rights

Multinational Enterprises and Human Rights - Gatto

Call Number: KJE2449 .G38 2011

ISBN: 9781848440340

Publication Date: 2011-08-01

European Union

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The Conspirator

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"In the wake of Abraham Lincoln's assassination, seven men and one woman are arrested and charged with conspiring to kill the President and others. Against the ominous backdrop of post-Civil War Washington, war hero Frederick Aiken (James McAvoy) reluctantly agrees to defend the lone woman charged, Mary Surratt (Robin Wright), before a military tribunal. As the nation turns against her, Surratt is forced to rely on Aiken to uncover the truth and save her life"--Container.

The Lincoln Lawyer

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ISBN: 9780012640012

Michael 'Mick' Haller is a slick, charismatic Los Angeles criminal defense attorney who operates out of the back of his Lincoln Town Car. Having spent most of his career defending petty, gutter-variety criminals, Mick unexpectedly lands the case of a lifetime. However, what initially appears to be a straightforward case with a big money payoff swiftly develops into a deadly match between two masters of manipulation and a crisis of conscience for Haller.

A Tale of Two Cities

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ISBN: 9781419838248

"An elaborate adaptation of Dickens' classic tale of the French Revolution. Dissipated lawyer Sydney Carton defends emigre Charles Darnay from charges of spying against England. He becomes enamored of Darnay's fiancée, Lucie Manette, and agrees to help her save Darnay from the guillotine when he is captured by Revolutionaries in Paris"--Marg Baskin in the IMDB, viewed Dec. 12, 2006.