I Know This to Be True - Ruth Bader Ginsburg on Equality, Determination and Service by Ruth Bader Ginsburg

$10.00 NZD

Category: Law | Reading Level: near fine

'I Know This to Be True' is a global five-year project founded on original interviews to inspire a new generation of leaders. Truth, wisdom, inspiration and what really matters for the most inspiring leaders of our time. The inimitable Ruth Bader Ginsburg, an associate justice of the US Supreme Court, e mbodies the power of persistence and integrity. Throughout her legal career, spanning nearly five decades, she has been an unwavering force for progress and a leading voice for equality and justice. Here, she reflects on her many years of service to the law, as well as her family life and struggle with cancer. With disarming honesty, Ginsburg discusses everything from gender equality and fitness to literature and the importance of hard work. Strong, hopeful and wise, her words stand as a guide for budding feminists and those who fight for justice around the world. ...Show more

First: Sandra Day O'Connor by Evan Thomas

$25.00 NZD

Category: Law | Reading Level: very good

Peers, Queers and Commons - The Struggle for Gay Law Reform from 1950 to the Present by Stephen Jeffery-Poulter

$12.00 NZD

Category: Social Science | Reading Level: very good

A compilation of contemporary newspaper reports, articles and letters, which provide a detailed account of the post-war gay movement. This text may be of interest to general readers and students of gender studies, sociology, and social history.

The Essentials of Human Rights by Rhona K.M. Smith and Chritien van den Anker

$14.00 NZD

Category: Law | Reading Level: very good

The Essentials of Human Rights is an easy-to-use, accessible introduction to the human rights debate. It covers the history of human rights, the arguments over their justification and uses examples of specific rights and freedoms to assess the current situation, including international legal systems and organisations like the UN, and prospects for the future. More than 100 entries are arranged in an A-Z structure for easy reference and cover general categories of rights (including civil, political, cultural, women's, children's and migrants' rights) as well as specific issues, such as slavery, genocide, free speech, capital punishment and asylum. The contributors are drawn from a wide range of international and disciplinary backgrounds, making this book an outstanding resource for anyone interested in human rights. This vital reference has a Foreword by Mary Robinson. ...Show more

Innocent, Your Honor - A Book of Lawyer Cartoons by Danny Shanahan

$16.00 NZD

Category: Humour | Reading Level: very good

A collection of New Yorker cartoons celebrating the humorous side of litigious life features more than 120 illustrations of lawyers, legal snafus, and courtroom antics.

The Practice - Brutal Truths about Lawyers and Lawyering by Brian Tannebaum

$16.00 NZD

Category: Law | Reading Level: near fine

In The Practice, Tannebaum riffs on everything from asking yourself what type of lawyer you want to be, to the most effective way to market yourself in an industry where lawyers increasingly over-rely on social media to prove their relevance. It also discusses other important topics, including the prope r way to handle referrals, rainmaking, reinventing yourself as a lawyer, personal branding, and much more. This book offers a no-holds-barred "truth" about the legal profession in the author s honest and at times humorous signature voice. Readers will find clear and truthful advice on a wide range of topics that will help them become a better, and more informed lawyer." ...Show more

The Right Honourable Sir Francis H D Bell - His Life and Times by William Downie Stewart

$55.00 NZD

Category: Biography | Reading Level: very good

The Chapman Legal Family by Peter Spiller

$20.00 NZD

Category: Biography | Reading Level: very good

Making the Declaration Work: The United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples by Claire Charters and Rodolfo Stavenhagen (ed.)

$25.00 NZD

Category: Social Science | Reading Level: very good

The authors of this collective book, of interest to the specialist as well as the general public, were for many years intimately involved in the Declaration process.A It tells the story of the Declaration from the inside, detailing its history, negotiations, content, and broader significance.A Contribut ions come from the world over ranging from indigenous activists, to members of the Human Rights Council and its various working groups and mechanisms, as well as UN and governmental officials who engineered the process from beginning to end. ...Show more

Claims to the Waitangi Tribunal by W.H. Oliver

$14.00 NZD

Category: Maori | Reading Level: very good

Beyond the RMA: An In-Depth Exploration of the Resource Management ACT, 1991conference Proceedings

$20.00 NZD

Category: Law | Reading Level: near fine

When the Resource Management Act 1991 came into force it was generally recognised as a world-leading piece of legislation. But is the Act able to address the significant environmental issues facing New Zealand sixteen years later? In May 2007, the Environmental Defence Society hosted a conference which focused on answering this question. These proceedings of the conference bring together a considered body of thought on the performance of the Resource Management Act. They include a wide range of high quality papers from both international and local commentators. The proceedings should be of considerable interest to everyone concerned with the effective design and implementation of environmental legislation in New Zealand. ...Show more

Restorative Justice and Criminal Justice - Competing or Reconcilable Paradigms

$30.00 NZD

Category: Law | Series: Studies in Penal Theory and Penal Ethics | Reading Level: near fine

Restorative Justice has emerged around the world as a potent challenge to traditional models of criminal justice, and restorative programmes, policies and legislative reforms are being implemented in many western nations. However, the underlying aims, values and limits of this new paradigm remain somewh at uncertain and those advocating Restorative Justice have rarely engaged in systematic debate with those defending more traditional conceptions of criminal justice. This volume, containing contributions from scholars of international renown, provides an analytic exploration of Restorative Justice and its potential advantages and disadvantages. Chapters of the book examine the aims and limiting principles that should govern Restorative Justice, its appropriate scope of application, its social and legal contexts, its practice and impact in a number of jurisdictions and its relation to more traditional criminal-justice conceptions.These questions are addressed by twenty distinguished criminologists and legal scholars in papers which make up this volume. These contributions will help clarify the aims that Restorative Justice might reasonably hope to achieve, the limits that should apply in pursuing these aims, and how restorative strategies might comport with, or replace, other penal strategies. Contributors: Andrew Ashworth, Anthony E Bottoms, John Braithwaite, Kathleen Daly, James Dignan, R A Duff, Carolyn Hoyle, Barbara Hudson, Leena Kurki, Allison Morris, Kent Roach, Julian V Roberts, Paul Roberts, Mara Schiff, Joanna Shapland, Clifford Shearing, Daniel van Ness, Andrew von Hirsch, Lode Walgrave, Richard Young. ...Show more