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American Legal History: A Very Short Introduction
G. Edward White
Law has played a central role in American history. From colonial times to the present, law has reflected the changing society in which legal decisions have been made and has played a ...
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Criminology: A Very Short Introduction
Tim Newburn
Criminology: A Very Short Introduction considers how to measure crime, how crime trends can be studied, and how those trends can be used to inform preventative policy and ...
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Environmental Law: A Very Short Introduction
Elizabeth Fisher
Environmental law is the law concerned with environmental problems. It is a vast area of law that operates from the local to the global, involving a range of different legal and regulatory ...
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European Union Law: A Very Short Introduction
Anthony Arnull
European Law: A Very Short Introduction considers the laws and legal system of the European Union and discusses the range of issues that the European Union has been given the ...
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Family Law: A Very Short Introduction
Jonathan Herring
Family Law: A Very Short Introduction provides insight not only into what family law is, but why it is the way it is. How have laws had to respond to social changes in family ...
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Forensic Science: A Very Short Introduction
Jim Fraser
Forensic Science: A Very Short Introduction introduces the concept of forensic science and explains how it is used in the investigation of crime. In forensic science, a ...
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Human Rights: A Very Short Introduction (2nd edn)
Andrew Clapham
Human Rights: A Very Short Introduction considers the controversies surrounding the human rights movement by focusing on highly topical issues such as torture, arbitrary ...
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Intellectual Property: A Very Short Introduction
Siva Vaidhyanathan
Intellectual property is the most pervasive yet least understood way we regulate expression. Despite its importance to so many aspects of the global economy and daily life, intellectual ...
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International Law: A Very Short Introduction
Vaughan Lowe
Recently, interest in international law has increased greatly, largely because of its central place in discussions such as the Iraq War, the World Trade Organization, the Kyoto Convention, ...
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Law: A Very Short Introduction (2nd edn)
Raymond Wacks
Law is at the heart of every society, protecting rights, imposing duties, and establishing a framework for the conduct of almost all social, political, and economic activity. Despite this, ...
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Medical Law: A Very Short Introduction
Charles Foster
Medical law is concerned with our bodies, and what happens to them during and after our lives. The core issues of medical law — organ transplantation, abortion, withdrawal of treatment, ...
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Military Justice: A Very Short Introduction
Eugene R. Fidell
Military Justice: A Very Short Introduction presents an accessible and honest assessment of the strengths and weaknesses of military justice in both common law countries and those with ...
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Philosophy of Law: A Very Short Introduction (2nd edn)
Raymond Wacks
The concept of law lies at the heart of our social and political life. Legal philosophy, or jurisprudence, explores the notion of law and its role in society, illuminating its meaning and ...
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The U.S. Constitution: A Very Short Introduction
David J. Bodenhamer
The U.S. Constitution: A Very Short Introduction explores the major themes of American constitutional history—federalism, the balance of powers, property, representation, ...
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The U.S. Supreme Court: A Very Short Introduction
Linda Greenhouse
The U.S. Supreme Court: A Very Short Introduction tells the Court's story by drawing on its history and its written and unwritten rules to show how it really works. The Supreme ...
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