Justice by Insurance: The General Indian Court of Colonial Mexico and the Legal Aides of the Half-Real (Borah Woodrow)(Paperback)

Justice by Insurance: The General Indian Court of Colonial Mexico and the Legal Aides of the Half-Real (Borah Woodrow)(Paperback)

As Western Europe expanded its empires in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, it came to dominate many peoples, especially in America, whose cultures and legal systems differed dramatically from its own. The resulting conflicts of both law and custom posed difficult problems: How could these

The Faces of Justice and State Authority: A Comparative Approach to the Legal Process (Damaska Mirjan R.)(Paperback)

A leading legal scholar provides a highly original comparative analysis of how justice is administered in legal systems around the world and of the profound and often puzzling changes taking place in civil and criminal procedure. Constructing a conceptual framework of the legal process based on the

Reports of Judgments, Advisory Opinions and Orders: Legal Consequences of the Separation of the Chagos Archipelago from Mauritius in 1965 (Request for (United Nations Publications)(Paperback)

Order of 17 January 2018 whereby the International Court of Justice decided that 'the United Nations and its Member States were] likely to be able to furnish information on the question submitted to the Court for an advisory opinion', and fixed the time-limits for the presentation of the written

The Origins of Macho: Men and Masculinity in Colonial Mexico (Lipsett-Rivera Sonya)(Paperback)

With limited resources to contextualize masculinity in colonial Mexico, film, literature, and social history perpetuate the stereotype associating Mexican men with machismo 'defined as excessive virility that is accompanied by bravado and explosions of violence. While scholars studying men (TM)s

Insurance Theory and Practice (Thoyts Rob)(Paperback)

This book provides a comprehensive overview of the theory, functioning, management and legal background of the insurance industry. Written in accessible, non-technical style, Insurance Theory and Practice begins with an examination of the insurance concept, its guiding principles and legal rules

The Execution of Bhagat Singh: Legal Heresies of the Raj (Juss Satvinder Singh)(Pevná vazba)

Bhagat was an Indian nationalist and one of the most influential revolutionaries of the Indian Independence movement. He was only 23 when executed on the charge of murder, having already received a life sentence for bombing the Central Legislative Assembly. Pre-independence India had two rival

Fifty Years of the British Indian Ocean Territory: Legal Perspectives (Allen Stephen)(Paperback)

Stephen Allen and Chris Monaghan, Introduction.- Stuart Lakin, Justifying Bancoult (No 2): Why Justice Hercules Must Sometimes Disappoint Us.- Adam Tomkins, Environmental protection v the right of abode: a case-study in the misuse of power.- Richard Gifford, How Public Law has not been able to

The Sustainability Myth: Environmental Gentrification and the Politics of Justice (Checker Melissa)(Paperback)

Uncovers the hidden costs and contradictions of sustainable policies in an era driven by real estate development From state-of-the-art parks to rooftop gardens, efforts to transform New York City's unsightly industrial waterfronts into green, urban oases have received much public attention. In The

The Making of a Justice: Reflections on My First 94 Years (Stevens John Paul)(Paperback)

A 'timely and hugely important' memoir of Justice John Paul Stevens's life on the Supreme Court (New York Times).When Justice John Paul Stevens retired from the Supreme Court of the United States in 2010, he left a legacy of service unequaled in the history of the Court. During his thirty-four-year

The Relacin de Michoacn (1539-1541) and the Politics of Representation in Colonial Mexico (Afanador-Pujol Anglica Jimena)(Paperback)

The Relacion de Michoacan (1539-1541) is one of the earliest surviving illustrated manuscripts from colonial Mexico. Commissioned by the Spanish viceroy Antonio de Mendoza, the Relacion was produced by a Franciscan friar together with indigenous noble informants and anonymous native artists who

Justice Denied - The Reality of the International Criminal Court (Hoile David)(Paperback / softback)

Marcelo in the Real World (Stork Francisco X.)(Paperback)

The paperback edition of one of the most acclaimed novels of the year -- a love story & legal drama that received five starred reviews and multiple honors.The term 'cognitive disorder' implies there is something wrong with the way I think or the way I perceive reality. I perceive reality just fine

Unpunished Murder: Massacre at Colfax and the Quest for Justice (Goldstone Lawrence)(Paperback)

The riveting story of how the Supreme Court turned a blind eye on justice, stripped away the equal rights promised to all Americans, and ushered in the era of Jim Crow.On Easter Sunday of 1873, just eight years after the Civil War ended, a band of white supremacists marched into Grant Parish,

The Best Mexican Recipes: Kitchen-Tested Recipes Put the Real Flavors of Mexico Within Reach (America's Test Kitchen)(Paperback)

Kitchen-tested recipes that bring the real flavors of Mexico home. Let America's Test Kitchen be your guide to making deeply flavored Mexican dishes at home. Our first Mexican cookbook features foolproof appetizers, soups and stews, authentic egg dishes, tacos and tamales, burritos and

The Evolution of the Juvenile Court: Race, Politics, and the Criminalizing of Juvenile Justice (Feld Barry C.)(Pevná vazba)

Winner, 2020 ACJS Outstanding Book Award, given by the Academy of Criminal Justice SciencesA major statement on the juvenile justice system by one of America's leading experts The juvenile court lies at the intersection of youth policy and crime policy. Its institutional practices reflect our

An Illustrated Dictionary of the Gods and Symbols of Ancient Mexico and the Maya (Miller Mary Ellen)(Paperback)

The Gods and Symbols of Ancient Mexico and the Maya is the first-ever English-language dictionary of Mesoamerican mythology and religion. Nearly 300 entries, from accession to yoke, describe the main gods and symbols of the Olmecs, Zapotecs, Maya, Teotihuacanos, Mixtecs, Toltecs, and Aztecs. Topics

Court and Bowled: Tales of Cricket and the Law (Wilson James)(Paperback / softback)

Court and Bowled examines a number of stories where cricket or cricketers gave rise to a legal dispute. All of the stories demonstrated something common to both cricket matches and court cases: behind the intrigue, entertainment and theatrics of both there are always real people and real human

The Court and the World: American Law and the New Global Realities (Breyer Stephen)(Paperback)

In this original, far-reaching, and timely book, Justice Stephen Breyer examines the work of the Supreme Court of the United States in an increasingly interconnected world, a world in which all sorts of activity, both public and private--from the conduct of national security policy to the conduct

Today Is a Good Day to Fight: The Indian Wars and the Conquest of the West (Felton Mark)(Paperback)

Blood, guts, dust and hatred: the real history of the American West. Today is a Good Day to Fight covers the period from the initial penetration of the region by settlers and prospectors in the 1840s until the end of the Indian Wars in the 1890s. It explains the history of white-Indian conflict

Yellow Bird: Oil, Murder, and a Woman's Search for Justice in Indian Country (Crane Murdoch Sierra)(Paperback)

The gripping true story of a murder on an Indian reservation, and the unforgettable Arikara woman who becomes obsessed with solving it--an urgent work of literary journalism. 'I don't know a more complicated, original protagonist in literature than Lissa Yellow Bird, or a more dogged reporter in

Partition - The story of Indian independence and the creation of Pakistan in 1947 (White-Spunner Barney)(Paperback / softback)

To tell the story of Indian independence and the creation of Pakistan through the chaotic and seismic events of 1947 and the experiences of the people who lived through

Ojibwa Warrior: Dennis Banks and the Rise of the American Indian Movement (Banks Dennis)(Paperback)

Dennis Banks, an American Indian of the Ojibwa Tribe and a founder of the American Indian Movement, is one of the most influential Indian leaders of our time. In Ojibwa Warrior, written with acclaimed writer and photographer Richard Erdoes, Banks tells his own story for the first time and also

Rose West: The Making of a Monster (Carter-Woodrow Jane)(Paperback)

A gripping read on the real story of Rose West who, together with her husband Fred West, became Britain's biggest and most notorious murderers. ***As seen on the Channel 5 documentary Making a Monster*** Although it's hard to believe now, Rose West was an exceptionally beautiful little girl with

Reports of Judgments, Advisory Opinions and Orders: Obligations Concerning Negotiations Relating to Cessation of the Nuclear Arms Race and to Nuclear (United Nations Publications)(Paperback)

Judgment of 5 October 2016 whereby the International Court of Justice upheld the objection to jurisdiction raised by Pakistan, based on the absence of a dispute between Pakistan and the Marshall Islands, and finds that it cannot proceed to the merits of the