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The Oxford Companion to American LawThe volume assumes that American law, in all its richness and complexity, cannot be understood in isolation, as simply the business of the Supreme Court, or as a list of common law doctrines. Hence, the volume takes seriously issues involving laws role in structuring decisions about governance, the significance of state and local law and legal institutions, and the place of American law in a comparative international perspective. Nearly 500 entries are included, written by over 300 expert contributors.
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The Oxford companion to the Supreme Court of the United StatesA superb one-volume resource on the United States Supreme Court, this second edition includes new entries on key cases and fully updated treatment of hot-button issues of constitutional law, such as abortion, freedom of religion, school desegregation, freedom of speech, voting rights, military tribunals, and the rights of the accused.
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The Oxford guide to United States Supreme Court decisionsHere are the landmark decisions that have shaped American life, described by some of America's most eminent legal scholars.
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Encyclopedia of Constitutional Amendments, Proposed Amendments, and Amending Issues, 1789-20102010. With over 500 alphabetically organized entries, the Encyclopedia tells the whole story of constitutional amendments: the rigorous ratification process, the significance of the 27 amendments that made it into the Constitution, and the notable and sometimes preposterous topics of the thousands that did not.
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Encyclopedia of the American constitutionComprehensive coverage of all aspects of constitutional law, as well as biographies of people who have had an impact on our government's legal framework (Supreme Court Justices, Presidents, Cabinet Members, Lawyers, and more)
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The Oxford International Encyclopedia of Legal HistoryExamines history from ancient to modern times, bringing together the study of ancient law with the study of modern law, examining statutes and administrative rulings as well as judicial decisions, legislatures, agencies, and courts.
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Encyclopedia of White-Collar and Corporate CrimeThis work incorporates information about a variety of white-collar crimes, and provides examples of persons, statutes, companies, and convictions.
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Encyclopedia of Juvenile JusticeFrom boot camps to truancy, this encyclopedia provides more than 200 up-to-date, concise and readable entries in a single volume.
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Encyclopedia of Law and Higher EducationA compendium of information that tells the story of law and higher education from a variety of perspectives.
Print Reference Resources
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Black's Law Dictionary, Standard Ninth Edition
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Call Number: CASE Reference KF156 .B53 2009ISBN: 9780314199492Publication Date: 2009-06-25With a reputation for quality and authority that is without peer, Black's Law Dictionary is a must-have reference for attorneys, paralegals, judges, and law students. This ninth edition offers more than 45,000 expertly crafted legal definitions containing an additional 2,000 new terms, nearly 3,000 quotations from legal authorities, and selected terms with their date of origin in American and/or British opinions. -
1001 Legal Words You Need to Know
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Call Number: CASE Reference KF156 .A113 2003ISBN: 0195165039Publication Date: 2003-09-181001 Legal Words You Need to Know explains and illuminates the most difficult and arcane vocabulary any American has to deal with-that of the law. -
Legal Systems of the World [4 Volumes]
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Call Number: CASE Reference K48 .L44 2002ISBN: 1576072312Publication Date: 2002Legal Systems of the World is the only comprehensive reference work that covers the legal systems of every nation on earth, every state in the Union, and every province of Canada.
