This book is written in the form of a diary kept by Toundi, an innocent Cameroonian houseboy who is fascinated and awed by the white world, the world of his masters.

Manufacturer: Heinemann
Written By: Ferdinand Oyono

We are all familiar with the image of the immensely clever judge who discerns the best rule of common law for the case at hand. According to U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, a judge like this can maneuver through earlier cases to achieve the desired aim--"distinguishing one prior case on his left, straight-arming another one on his right, high-stepping away from another precedent about ...

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Manufacturer: Princeton University Press
Written By: Antonin Scalia

In this revised and updated edition, Donnelly directly engages matters of immediate political significance. He addresses recent international events and considers the theoretical issues and practical dilemmas involved in protecting human rights internationally. In a thoroughly revised edition of "Universal Human Rights in Theory and Practice" (more than half of the material is new), Jack Donnelly ...

Manufacturer: Cornell University Press
Written By: Jack Donnelly

A major work from a seminal figure in the field of conflict resolution, Building Peace is John Paul Lederach's definitive statement on peacebuilding. Marrying wisdom, insight, and passion, Lederach explains why we need to move beyond "traditional" diplomacy, which often emphasizes top-level leaders and short-term objectives, toward a holistic approach that stresses the multiplicity of ...

Manufacturer: United States Institute of Peace
Written By: John Paul Lederach

This classic International Law casebook is fully updated to cover key developments, such as the International Court's Israeli Wall and Serbia Genocide decisions, Kosovo's declaration of independence, U.S. Supreme Court judgments in Sosa and Medellin, and much more. With extraordinary range and depth, the casebook provides both new and experienced teachers with ample material for educating students ...

Manufacturer: West
Written By: Lori F. Damrosch, Louis Henkin, Sean D. Murphy, Hans Smit

Introduces the history and nature of international law, and examines the sources of international law—treatise, custom, general principles, jus cogens, and equity. Also covers important fields of international law: individuals and human rights; recognition and self-determination; war and peace and the United Nations; Antarctica, outer space, the law of the sea, and international environmental ...

Manufacturer: Thomson/West
Written By: Mark W. Janis; John Noyes

A groundbreaking investigation of how illicit commerce is changing the world by transforming economies, reshaping politics, and capturing governments.In this fascinating and comprehensive examination of the underside of globalization, Moises Naím illuminates the struggle between traffickers and the hamstrung bureaucracies trying to control them. From illegal migrants to drugs to weapons ...

Manufacturer: Anchor
Written By: Moises Naim

This widely acclaimed interdisciplinary coursebook presents a diverse range of carefully edited primary and secondary materials alongside extensive text, editorial commentary, and study questions. International Human Rights in Context, Third Edition, thoroughly covers the basic characteristics of international law; evolution of the human rights movement; civil, political, economic, and ...

Manufacturer: Oxford University Press, USA
Written By: Philip Alston, Ryan Goodman

Reviewed and debated everywhere, this book has become a key volume in the case for a new policy of interventionism. America's "small wars," "imperial wars," or, as the Pentagon now terms them, "low-intensity conflicts," have played an essential but little-appreciated role in its growth as a world power. Beginning with Jefferson's expedition against the Barbary Pirates, Max Boot tells the ...

Manufacturer: Basic Books
Written By: Max Boot

This new Law Stories title sets the most significant international law cases in their social, political, and historical context. It showcases sixteen essays by leading international law experts. The essays, written in an accessible form, are organized in three groupings: stories about the development of international human rights law, stories about the use of international law in the U.S. legal ...

Manufacturer: Foundation Press
Written By: John Noyes, Mark Janis, Laura Dickinson