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BigLaw Money and Meaning in the Modern Law Firm

Regan Mitt, Rohrer Lisa H.

ISBN: PB: 9780226742137, ISBN: HB: 9780226741949, University of Chicago Press, December 2020
264 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 3 figures

The Great Recession intensified large law firms' emphasis on financial performance, leading to claims that lawyers in these firms were now guided by business rather than professional values. Based on interviews with more than 250 partners in large fi...

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Bankrupt in America A History of Debtors, Their Creditors, and the Law in the Twentieth Century

Eschelbach Hansen Mary, Hansen Bradley A.

ISBN: HB: 9780226679563, University of Chicago Press, January 2020
224 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 18 line drawings, 8 tables

In 2005, more than two million Americans – six out of every 1,000 people – filed for bankruptcy. Though personal bankruptcy rates have since stabilized, bankruptcy remains an important tool for the relief of financially distressed households. In "Ban...

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Bilingual Courtroom Court Interpreters in the Judicial Process (Second Edition)

Berk-Seligson Susan

ISBN: PB: 9780226329161, ISBN: HB: 9780226329338, University of Chicago Press, May 2017
352 pp., 22.9x15.2 cm, 1 halftone, 4 line drawings, 14 tables

Susan Berk-Seligson's groundbreaking book draws on more than one hundred hours of audio recordings of Spanish/English court proceedings in federal, state, and municipal courts – along with a number of psycholinguistic experiments involving mock juror...

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Biggest Damned Hat Tales from Alaska's Territorial Lawyers and Judges

Cravez Pamela

ISBN: PB: 9781602233171, University of Chicago Press, University of Alaska Press, April 2017
220 pp., 22.9x15.2 cm, 35 halftones

Alaska history from the days before statehood is rich in stories of colorful characters – prospectors, settlers, heroes, and criminals. And right alongside them were judges and lawyers, working first to establish the rule of law in the territory, the...

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Islam

Law

Between God and the Sultan A History of Islamic Law

Vikor Knut S.

ISBN: PB: 9781850658061, Hurst Publishers, March 2006
288 pp., 21.6x13.8 cm

For sale in CIS only! Today's discussions on Islam and the place religion should have in society often lead to questions about the Shari'a – Islamic law. Those who work for a political role for Islam demand that the Shari'a must be applied in their...

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