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Looks at some common areas of interaction between linguistics and the legal process. Each chapter pairs a problem in language with a corresponding issue in law. This introduction to the intersection of language and law is of interest to students and general readers encountering this interdisciplinary area for the first time.

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Looks at some common areas of interaction between linguistics and the legal process. Each chapter pairs a problem in language with a corresponding issue in law. This introduction to the intersection of language and law is of interest to students and general readers encountering this interdisciplinary area for the first time.

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This book examines the translation of minority language ballots and voter accommodation in state and local elections. It includes a focus on the translation of direct democracy measures as well as the cause and effect differences in the translated ballots, and offers insight i...

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This book examines the translation of minority language ballots and voter accommodation in state and local elections. It includes a focus on the translation of direct democracy measures as well as the cause and effect differences in the translated ballots, and offers insight into how jurisdictions interact with federally mandated language assistance.

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This is a reprint and translation of Larva Legis which contributed to the establishment of a critical approach towards the law of delict in Europe.

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Latin America and international investment analyses the complex relationships between governments and foreign investors, and the influence of international organisations, corporations, civil society, and indigenous peoples, to examine the contribution that Latin America has made to the theory and practice of international investment law.

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This is the first comprehensive bibliography of the major readings in English, Spanish, and Portuguese relating to the legal systems of Latin America and to the political, economic, and social developments that helped to shape them.

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This book explores congressional redistricting, the relevance of the Voting Rights Act, and the legal concept of racial purpose, focusing on the role race and racism played in the Texas redistricting process and the states 2011Voter Identification Law. The author makes a case for the use of mixed-methods research techniques in litigation research.

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This book explores congressional redistricting, the relevance of the Voting Rights Act, and the legal concept of racial purpose, focusing on the role race and racism played in the Texas redistricting process and the state's 2011Voter Identification Law. The author makes a case for the use of mixed-methods research techniques in litigation research.

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This fresh, contextual and interdisciplinary book argues that we live in an age 'after Modernity' and that legal theory must account for this fact.

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This book takes as its starting point Shelleys assertion that poets are legislators and then tracks this aesthetic.

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This book takes as its starting point Shelleys assertion that poets are legislators and then tracks this aesthetic.

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The book argues that an understanding of the nature of legal normativity involves an understanding of the nature and structure of practical reason in the context of the law, and advances the idea that legal authority and normativity are intertwined.

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Providing contract templates covering book publishing, recording contracts, actor agreements, video game agreements, and internet agreements, among others, this new edition is more useful and illustrative of the business of entertainment for lawyers, students, and industry professionals than its competition.

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This books principal aim is to critically address the institutional and substantive legal issues resulting from European enlargement.

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A critical and colourful commentary on the history of the fractious relationship between law and medicine over several centuries reveals compelling stories how law regulated healers and healing . Any view that the law consistently deferred to medical practitioners is shown to be wrong. From the womb to the grave, enduring themes are identified.

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Based on data from Nigeria's Igbo, this book examines the roles of the native and the foreign, English-style justice systems in the administration of law and justice in Nigeria.

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This book pursues effective mechanisms for addressing complex social problems, and the challenges they raise for our understanding of law.

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This book contains the text of 17 lectures delivered at the London School of Econom ics. The scheme was suggested by Dicey's Law and Public Opinion in England During the Nineteenth Century. The field covered is wide as each lecturer worked independently. General topics are trends of thought, legal developments and trends of social policy.