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O'Conners Texas Criminal Codes Plus
by George Mccall SecrestThis book is intended to provide attorneys with current information about selected Texas codes, rules, and statutes.
OCR AS/A Level Law Book 1
by Jacqueline Martin Nicholas PriceExam Board: OCRLevel: A-levelSubject: LawFirst Teaching: September 2017First Exam: June 2018This student book is an OCR endorsed textbook. Accurately cover the breadth of content in the new 2017 OCR AS and A Level specifications with this textbook written by leading A Level Law authors. This engaging and accessible textbook contains complete coverage of the AS specification and combined with Book 2 will cover the full A Level specification. From leading law authors Jacqueline Martin and Nicholas Price, it is comprehensive, authoritative and updated with important changes to the law.- Book 1 covers all of the required content for AS Level and Book 2 covers the additional A Level material beyond AS.- Important, up-to-date and interesting cases and scenarios highlight key points.- Discussion and activity tasks increase your students' understanding of more difficult concepts.- Practice questions and self-test questions to help your students prepare for their exams.This student book includes:- The Legal System for AS and A Level- Criminal Law for AS Level- Law Making for AS and A Level- The Law of Tort for AS LevelAdditional A Level content is in OCR A Level Book 2Authors:- Jacqueline Martin LLM has ten years' experience as a practising barrister and has taught law at all levels.- Nicholas Price is an experienced teacher of Law and is an A Level Law textbook author.
OCR A Level Law Book 2
by Jacqueline Martin Nicholas Price Richard WortleyThis student book will be selected for OCR endorsement process.Accurately cover the breadth of content in the new 2017 OCR A Level specifications with this textbook written by leading A Level Law authors.This engaging and accessible textbook contains complete coverage of the full A Level specification. From leading law authors Jacqueline Martin, Richard Wortley and Nicholas Price, it is comprehensive, authoritative and updated with important changes to the law.- Book 2 covers the A Level material beyond AS.- Important, up-to-date and interesting cases and scenarios highlight key points.- Discussion and activity tasks increase your students' understanding of more difficult concepts.- Practice questions and self-test questions to help your students prepare for their exams.This student book includes:- Criminal Law (Additional A Level content)- The Law of Tort (Additional A Level content)- The Nature of Law- Human Rights Law- The Law of ContractAuthors:- Jacqueline Martin LLM has ten years' experience as a practising barrister and has taught law at all levels.- Richard Wortley is Director and Head of Department of the Jill Dando Institute of Security and Crime Science at University College London.- Nicholas Price is an experienced teacher of Law and is an A Level Law textbook author.
OCR A Level Law for A Level Year 1 and AS
by Jacqueline Martin Nicholas PriceThese engaging and accessible textbooks provide detailed coverage of the new 2017 OCR A level Law specification. From leading law authors Jacqueline Martin, Richard Wortley and Nicholas Price, it is comprehensive, authoritative and updated with important changes to the law. Important, up-to-date and interesting cases and scenarios highlight key points. Discussion and activity tasks increase your students' understanding of more difficult concepts. Examination practice, practice questions and self-test questions to help your students prepare for their exams
OCR A Level Law Second Edition
by Richard Wortley Nicholas PriceThis fully updated and accessible textbook combines Year 1 and Year 2 content for the refreshed OCR specification with brand new cases, activities and features to provide comprehensive support for the A level course. Written by experts Nigel Briggs, Nick Price and Richard Wortley, and edited by Sue Teal, the content is carefully tailored to the OCR specification.- Develop conceptual understanding with full coverage of all topics in the OCR A level specification in one book.- Establish a firm understanding with key term definitions and tables of relevant cases and legislation for each topic.- Build sound knowledge and analysis throughout the course with knowledge-based questions and revision summaries at the end of each chapter.This Student Book is endorsed by OCR- This title fully supports the specification- It has passed OCR's rigorous quality assurance programme- It is written by curriculum experts
OCR A Level Law Second Edition
by Richard Wortley Nicholas PriceThis fully updated and accessible textbook combines Year 1 and Year 2 content for the refreshed OCR specification with brand new cases, activities and features to provide comprehensive support for the A level course. Written by experts Nigel Briggs, Nick Price and Richard Wortley, and edited by Sue Teal, the content is carefully tailored to the OCR specification.- Develop conceptual understanding with full coverage of all topics in the OCR A level specification in one book.- Establish a firm understanding with key term definitions and tables of relevant cases and legislation for each topic.- Build sound knowledge and analysis throughout the course with knowledge-based questions and revision summaries at the end of each chapter.This Student Book is endorsed by OCR- This title fully supports the specification- It has passed OCR's rigorous quality assurance programme- It is written by curriculum experts
OCR Religious Ethics for AS and A2
by Jill Oliphant Jon MayledStructured directly around the specification of the OCR, this is the definitive textbook for students of Advanced Subsidiary or Advanced Level courses. The updated third edition covers all the necessary topics for Religious Ethics in an enjoyable student-friendly fashion. Each chapter includes: a list of key issues OCR specification checklist explanations of key terminology overviews of key scholars and theories self-test review questions exam practice questions. To maximise students' chances of success, the book contains a section dedicated to answering examination questions. It comes complete with diagrams and tables, lively illustrations, a comprehensive glossary and full bibliography. Additional resources are available via the companion website.
The Odd Clauses
by Jay WexlerIf the United States Constitution were a zoo, and the First, Fourth, and Fourteenth amendments were a lion, a giraffe, and a panda bear, respectively, thenThe Odd Clauseswould be a special exhibit of shrews, wombats, and bat-eared foxes. Past the ever-popular monkey house and lion cages, Boston University law professor Jay Wexler leads us on a tour of the lesser-known clauses of the Constitution, the clauses that, like the yeti crab or platypus, rarely draw the big audiences but are worth a closer look. Just as ecologists remind us that even a weird little creature like a shrew can make all the difference between a healthy environment and an unhealthy one, understanding the odd clauses offers readers a healthier appreciation for our constitutional system. With Wexler as your expert guide through this jurisprudence jungle, you’ll see the Constitution like you’ve never seen it before. Including its twenty-seven amendments, the Constitution contains about eight thousand words, but the well-known parts make up only a tiny percentage of the entire document. The rest is a hodgepodge of provisions, clauses, and rules, including some historically anachronistic, some absurdly detailed, and some crucially important but too subtle or complex to get popular attention. This book is about constitutional provisions like Section 2 of the Twenty-first Amendment, the letters of marque and reprisal clause, and the titles of nobility clauses-those that promote key democratic functions in very specific, and therefore seemingly quite odd, ways. Each of the book’s ten chapters shines a much-deserved light on one of the Constitution’s odd clauses-its history, its stories, its controversies, its possible future. The Odd Clausesputs these intriguing beasts on display and allows them to exhibit their relevance to our lives, our government’s structure, and the integrity of our democracy.
Odebrecht. la historia completa.: Los secretos de un escándalo de corrupción que desestabilizó a América Latina
by Jorge Enrique González PatiñoLa memoria inédita del caso Odebrecht en América Latina. La historia de la tormenta de corrupción desatada por la multinacional Odebrecht en América Latina es todavía una memoria desordenada de episodios inconclusos. Los medios de comunicación, en general, la han abordado desde la perspectiva de las versiones de partes interesadas en procesos judiciales y en ese sentido han dependido, en buena medida, de revelaciones parciales o tácticas de expedientes -fundamentalmente de piezas testimoniales recogidas por fiscales y procuradores- que han conducido a muy pocas decisiones de fondo. Este libro, escrito por uno de los periodistas de investigación más prestigiosos de Colombia, logrará de manera magistral revelar el entramado de cómo los brazos de Odebrecht llegaron a Panamá, Perú, Ecuador, Colombia e incluso, abrazaron a familiares cercanos del presidente venezolano de Nicolás Maduro. Un texto lleno de revelaciones, obtenidas por el autor gracias a un trabajo en terreno y de cientos de horas de entrevistas con implicados y testigos. Un libro que levantará ampolla, pondrá a tambalear a presidentes latinoamericanos y se convertirá en un caso de estudlio de cómo lograr investigaciones periodísticas serias y comerciales
The OECD Convention on Bribery
by Mark Pieth Lucinda A. Low Nicola Bonucci Kathrin Betz Mark Pieth Lucinda A. Low Nicola BonucciThe OECD Convention on Bribery and various national implementation laws mean that companies and managers risk tough sanctions at home for bribing foreign officials. The second edition of this, the only commentary on the OECD Convention on Bribery, gives law practitioners and company lawyers all the necessary information.
Oedipus Rex in the Genomic Era: Human Behaviour, Law and Society
by Yulia Kovas Fatos SelitaThis book explores the answers to fundamental questions about the human mind and human behaviour with the help of two ancient texts. The first is Oedipus Rex (Oedipus Tyrannus) by Sophocles, written in the 5th century BCE. The second is human DNA, with its origins around 4 billion years ago, and continuously revised by chance and evolution. With Sophocles as a guide, the authors take a journey into the Genomic era, an age marked by ever-expanding insights into the human genome. Over the course of this journey, the book explores themes of free will, fate, and chance; prediction, misinterpretation, and the burden that comes with knowledge of the future; self-fulfilling and self-defeating prophecies; the forces that contribute to similarities and differences among people; roots and lineage; and the judgement of oneself and others.Using Oedipus Rex as its lens, this novel work provides an engaging overview of behavioural genetics that demonstrates its relevance across the humanities and the social and life sciences. It will appeal in particular to students and scholars of genetics, education, psychology, sociology, and law.
Of Courtiers and Kings: More Stories of Supreme Court Law Clerks and Their Justices (Constitutionalism and Democracy)
by Todd C. Peppers Clare CushmanSupreme Court justices have long relied on law clerks to help process the work of the Court. Yet few outside the Court are privy to the behind-the-scenes bonds that form between justices and their clerks.In Of Courtiers and Kings, Todd C. Peppers and Clare Cushman offer an intimate new look at the personal and professional relationships of law clerks with their justices. Going beyond the book's widely acclaimed predecessor, I n Chambers, the vignettes collected here range from reflections on how serving as clerks at the Supreme Court impacted the careers of such justices as Stephen Breyer, Elena Kagan, William Rehnquist, John G. Roberts Jr., and John Paul Stevens to personal recollections written by parents and children who have both served as Supreme Court clerks. While individual essays often focus on a single justice and his or her corps of clerks--including how that justice selected and utilized the clerks--taken as a whole the volume provides a macro-level view of the evolution of the role of the Supreme Court law clerk. Drawing on a rich repository of such anecdotes, insights, and experience, the volume relates in a clear and accessible style how the clerking function has changed over time and what it is like for law clerks to be witnesses to history.Offering a rare glimpse into a normally unseen world, Of Courtiers and Kings reveals the Court's increasing reliance on law clerks and raises important questions about the selection, utilization, and influence of law clerks.Praise for In Chambers: "An excellent book.... It's interesting for many different reasons, not the least of which as a reminder of how much of a bastion of elitism the Court has always been."--Atlantic Monthly"The best parts of the book are the behind-the-scenes descriptions of life at the court.... [A]n impressive and comprehensive book."--Associated Press
Of Courtiers and Princes: Stories of Lower Court Clerks and Their Judges (Constitutionalism and Democracy)
by Todd C. PeppersPraise for In Chambers: "This new collection of essays, including some by former clerks, takes readers inside justices’ chambers for a look at clerkship life.... [T]he best parts of the book are the behind-the-scenes descriptions of life at the court."— Associated Press"An excellent book... It’s interesting for many different reasons, not the least of which as a reminder of how much of a bastion of elitism the Court has always been."— Atlantic MonthlyIn his earlier books, In Chambers and Of Courtiers and Kings, Todd C. Peppers provided an insider’s view of the Supreme Court from the perspective of the clerks who worked closely with some of its most important justices. With Of Courtiers and Princes, he concludes the trilogy by examining the understudied yet equally fascinating role of lower court clerks—encompassing pioneering women and minorities. Drawing on contributions from former law clerks and judicial scholars—including an essay by Ruth Bader Ginsburg—the book provides an inside look at the professional and personal bonds that form between lower court judges and their clerks. While the individual essays often focus on a single judge and his or her corps of law clerks, including their selection process, contributions, and even influence, the book as a whole provides a macro-level view of the law clerk’s role in the rapidly changing world of lower federal and state courts, thereby offering an unusual yet crucial perspective on the inner workings of our judicial system.
Of Doubt and Proof: Ritual and Legal Practices of Judgment (Juris Diversitas)
by Anthony Good Daniela BertiAll institutions concerned with the process of judging - whether it be deciding between alternative courses of action, determining a judge’s professional integrity, assigning culpability for an alleged crime, or ruling on the credibility of an asylum claimant - are necessarily directly concerned with the question of doubt. By putting ritual and judicial settings into comparative perspective, in contexts as diverse as Indian and Taiwanese divination and international cricket, as well as legal processes in France, the UK, India, Denmark, and Ghana, this book offers a comprehensive and novel perspective on techniques for casting and dispelling doubt, and the roles they play in achieving verdicts or decisions that appear both valid and just. Broadening the theoretical understandings of the social role of doubt, both in social science and in law, the authors present these understandings in ways that not only contribute to academic knowledge but are also useful to professionals and other participants engaged in the process of judging. This collection will consequently be of great interest to academics researching in the fields of legal anthropology, ritual studies, legal sociology, criminology, and socio-legal studies.
Of Elephants and Toothaches: Ethics, Politics, and Religion in Krzysztof Kieslowski's 'Decalogue'
by Eva Badowska Francesca ParmeggianiThis collection is the first to offer a genuinely interdisciplinary approach to Krzysztof Kieślowski’s Decalogue, a ten-film cycle of modern tales that touch on the ethical dilemmas of the Ten Commandments. The cycle’s deft handling of moral ambiguity and inventive technique established Kieślowski as a major international director.Kieślowski once said, “Both the deep believer and the habitual skeptic experience toothaches in exactly the same way.” Of Elephants and Toothaches takes seriously the range of thought, from theological to skeptical, condensed in the cycle’s quite human tales. Bringing together scholars of film, philosophy, literature, and several religions, the volume ranges from individual responsibility, to religion in modernity, to familial bonds, to human desire and material greed. It explores Kieślowski’s cycle as it relentlessly solicits an ethical response that stimulates both inner disquiet and interpersonal dialogue.
Of God the Devil and the Jews
by Dagobert D. RunesThe noted philosopher shares a far-ranging meditation on the necessity of faith and the many misuses of religion through history. In this volume, Dagobert D. Runes illuminates the history of Western culture in the light of Christian ethics. By exposing the lies and contradictions of the self-proclaimed followers and defenders of faith, he presents a profound indictment of the Western world, and a call to act in accord with our professed ideals. Speaking from his deep knowledge of history as well as religious and philosophical thought, Runes weaves a personal testament that is both emotionally powerful and intellectually rigorous.
Of Human Kindness: What Shakespeare Teaches Us About Empathy
by Paula Marantz CohenAn award-winning scholar and teacher explores how Shakespeare&’s greatest characters were built on a learned sense of empathy While exploring Shakespeare&’s plays with her students, Paula Marantz Cohen discovered that teaching and discussing his plays unlocked a surprising sense of compassion in the classroom. In this short and illuminating book, she shows how Shakespeare&’s genius lay with his ability to arouse empathy, even when his characters exist in alien contexts and behave in reprehensible ways. Cohen takes her readers through a selection of Shakespeare&’s most famous plays, including Hamlet, Othello, King Lear, and The Merchant of Venice, to demonstrate the ways in which Shakespeare thought deeply and clearly about how we treat &“the other.&” Cohen argues that only through close reading of Shakespeare can we fully appreciate his empathetic response to race, class, gender, and age. Wise, eloquent, and thoughtful, this book is a forceful argument for literature&’s power to champion what is best in us.
Of Law and the World: Critical Conversations on Power, History, and Political Economy
by David Kennedy Martti KoskenniemiA searching dialogue between two leading legal scholars exploring the place of law in global affairs.The modern world is legalized: legal language, institutions, and professionals are everywhere. But what is law’s power in global life? What does all this legality have to do with hegemony, with hierarchy and inequality, and with the diversity of human experience? What is its history and how does that history matter in world affairs? Above all, what does it mean to think “critically” about law and global affairs? In this poignant and iconoclastic book, two leading scholars take us to the heart of the matter, examining law’s relationship with history, power, and political economy.David Kennedy and Martti Koskenniemi have often inspired each other and are both considered “critical” voices in international law, but they have never explored their similarities and differences as deeply as they do here. Of Law and the World takes the form of a conversation, as the authors reflect on the study of international law, the motivations underlying their research, and the payoffs and limitations of their investigations into law’s role in global affairs. They revisit and renew debates about the past and future of the many legalities that shape our world.Erudite, open-minded, and informed by decades of experience and observation, Of Law and the World is an unflinchingly honest confrontation with humanity’s struggle to live together.
Of The Laws Of Ecclesiastical Polity Vol. 3
by Richard Hooker Arthur Stephen McGradeOf The Laws of Ecclesiastical Polity A critical edition with modern spelling Volume Three
Of Medicines and Markets: Intellectual Property and Human Rights in the Free Trade Era
by Angelina Snodgrass GodoyCentral American countries have long defined health as a human right. But in recent years regional trade agreements have ushered in aggressive intellectual property reforms, undermining this conception. Questions of IP and health provisions are pivotal to both human rights advocacy and "free" trade policy, and as this book chronicles, complex political battles have developed across the region. Looking at events in Costa Rica, El Salvador, and Guatemala, Angelina Godoy argues that human rights advocates need to approach intellectual property law as more than simply a roster of regulations. IP represents the cutting edge of a global tendency to value all things in market terms: Life forms—from plants to human genetic sequences—are rendered commodities, and substances necessary to sustain life—medicines—are restricted to insure corporate profits. If we argue only over the terms of IP protection without confronting the underlying logic governing our trade agreements, then human rights advocates will lose even when they win.
Of Moral Conduct: A Theory of Obligation, Reasons, and Value
by Robert AudiIn this book Robert Audi presents an original ethics of conduct, spanning moral theory, practical ethics, and theories of obligation and value. Conduct is determined not just by what we do, but also by why and how we do it. To integrate these dimensions of conduct, Audi clarifies the relation between intention and obligation, explains the difference between moral rightness and moral worth, and describes myriad manners of human actions. He also clarifies major moral standards such as justice, fidelity, beneficence, and liberty, and explores ethics from the perspectives of the theory of action, the epistemology of moral principles, the metaphysics of normative properties, and the value of human experiences. His concluding chapters offer a theory of reasons and values and propose an original theory of value.
Of Rats and Men: Oscar Goodman's Life from Mob Mouthpiece to Mayor of Las Vegas
by John L. SmithFor more than 35 years, Oscar Goodman was the country's pre-eminent defense attorney for alleged gangsters. His endless client list included Meyer Lansky, Nick Civella, Anthony Spilotro, Frank Rosenthal, Jimmy Chagra, Natale Richichi, Nicky Scarfo, and Vinny Ferrara, along with many others. Though no further connection between Goodman and the Mafia has ever been proved, the famous litigator has often been accused of being more than just a mouthpiece for organized crime. Was Oscar Goodman only what he claims, an attorney who defended his clients based on the simple principle that they, too, have constitutional rights? And if so, how did he manage to mingle with the mob for decades without becoming part of it? After scores of unlikely courtroom victories, Goodman pulled off an even more unlikely career change. Twice elected mayor of Las Vegas, he went from legal spokesman for the most notorious crime figures of our era to political spokesman for the most notorious city in the country.
Of Remixology: Ethics and Aesthetics after Remix
by David J. GunkelA new theory of moral and aesthetic value for the age of remix, going beyond the usual debates over originality and appropriation.Remix—or the practice of recombining preexisting content—has proliferated across media both digital and analog. Fans celebrate it as a revolutionary new creative practice; critics characterize it as a lazy and cheap (and often illegal) recycling of other people's work. In Of Remixology, David Gunkel argues that to understand remix, we need to change the terms of the debate. The two sides of the remix controversy, Gunkel contends, share certain underlying values—originality, innovation, artistic integrity. And each side seeks to protect these values from the threat that is represented by the other. In reevaluating these shared philosophical assumptions, Gunkel not only provides a new way to understand remix, he also offers an innovative theory of moral and aesthetic value for the twenty-first century.In a section called “Premix,” Gunkel examines the terminology of remix (including “collage,” “sample,” “bootleg,” and “mashup”) and its material preconditions, the technology of recording. In “Remix,” he takes on the distinction between original and copy; makes a case for repetition; and considers the question of authorship in a world of seemingly endless recompiled and repurposed content. Finally, in “Postmix,” Gunkel outlines a new theory of moral and aesthetic value that can accommodate remix and its cultural significance, remixing—or reconfiguring and recombining—traditional philosophical approaches in the process.
Of Risks and Normative Responses: Unleashing the Potential of Disaster Risk Reduction in Relation to Natural Hazards
by Christina Anikó SimmigDisaster losses in the context of natural hazards continue to rise, despite a growing understanding of disaster risks and measures to reduce them. One obstacle to enhancing private and public disaster risk reduction is the influence of the distorted risk perception of laypeople. The book argues for the necessity of public regulations and explores means to mitigate the consequences of such distorted risk perception through legal measures and adjustments to political decision-making in Council of Europe member states, while respecting the value of autonomy and democratic principles. In terms of collective decision-making, the book advocates for the implementation of deliberative fora in the democratic decision-making process to mitigate the influence of distorted risk perception associated with natural hazards. Additionally, the book discusses a range of disaster risk reducing measures that member states may lawfully implement to protect individuals and communities from the consequences of distorted risk perceptions related to common natural hazards. To underscore the merits of strengthening disaster risk reduction from the bottom-up, this book demonstrates how fundamental rights and democratic values impede attempts to increase DRR from the top-down, even in cases where people's risk perceptions are distorted. In doing so, the book addresses the issue of disaster risk reduction in a novel way by exposing how legal and political barriers to disaster loss reduction can be overcome by giving higher priority to mitigating distorted risk perceptions.
Of the Laws of Ecclesiastical Polity
by Richard Hooker Arthur Stephen McGradeOf the Laws of Ecclesiastical Polity Vol 1