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Keck Thomas M.

ISBN: PB: 9780226182414, ISBN: HB: 9780226182384, University of Chicago Press, October 2014
352 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 12 tables

When the Supreme Court upheld the Affordable Care Act, some saw the decision as a textbook example of neutral judicial decision making, noting that a Republican Chief Justice joined the Court's Democratic appointees to uphold most provisions of the A...

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Why the Law Is So Perverse

Katz Leo

ISBN: PB: 9780226005812, ISBN: HB: 9780226426037, University of Chicago Press, November 2012
256 pp., 23x15 cm

Conundrums, puzzles, and perversities: these are Leo Katz's stock-in-trade, and in "Why the Law Is So Perverse", he focuses on four fundamental features of our legal system, all of which seem to not make sense on some level and to demand explanation....

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One Law for All? Western Models and Local Practices in (Post-) Imperial Contexts

Kirmse Stefan B.

ISBN: PB: 9783593394930, University of Chicago Press, Campus Verlag, October 2012
300 pp., 22x14 cm

Delving into archival material from the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, "One Law for All?" examines the law in imperial and post-imperial contexts across the globe, including Latin America, Russia, Africa, and East Asia. The essays collecte...

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Reclaiming the Petition Clause Seditious Libel, "Offensive" Protest, and the Right to Petition the Government for a Redress of Grievances

Krotoszynski Ronald J.

ISBN: HB: 9780300149876, Yale University Press, May 2012
352 pp., 23.4x15.6 cm

Since the 2004 presidential campaign, when the Bush team prevented anyone who seemed unsympathetic to their candidate from attending his ostensibly public appearances, it has become commonplace for security forces to classify ordinary expressions of...

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Pop Song Piracy Disobedient Music Distribution since 1929

Kernfeld Barry

ISBN: PB: 9780226431833, University of Chicago Press, October 2011
288 pp., 23x15 cm, 11 halftones, 7 line illus.

The music industry's ongoing battle against digital piracy is just the latest skirmish in a long conflict over who has the right to distribute music. Starting with music publishers' efforts to stamp out bootleg compilations of lyric sheets in 1929, B...

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Habeas for the Twenty-First Century Uses, Abuses, and the Future of the Great Writ

King Nancy J., Hoffmann Joseph L.

ISBN: HB: 9780226436975, University of Chicago Press, April 2011
272 pp., 23.1x16 cm, 2 tables, 8 line illus.

For centuries, the writ of habeas corpus has served as an important safeguard against miscarriages of justice, and today it remains at the center of some of the most contentious issues of our time – among them terrorism, immigration, crime, and the d...

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Regulation versus Litigation Perspectives from Economics and Law

Kessler Daniel P.

ISBN: PB: 9780226432205, ISBN: HB: 9780226432182, University of Chicago Press, NBER – National Bureau of Economic Research, February 2011
344 pp., 23.4x15.7 cm, 54 tables, 19 line illus.

The efficacy of various political institutions is the subject of intense debate between proponents of broad legislative standards enforced through litigation and those who prefer regulation by administrative agencies. This book explores the trade-off...

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