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Wise Practices: Exploring Indigenous Economic Justice and Self-Determination
by Robert Hamilton, John Borrows, Brent Mainprize, Ryan Beaton, Joshua NicholsIndigenous peoples in Canada are striving for greater economic prosperity and political self-determination. Investigating specific legal, economic, and political practices, and including research from interviews with Indigenous political and business leaders, this collection seeks to provide insights grounded in lived experience. Covering such critical topics as economic justice and self-determination, and the barriers faced in pursuing each, Wise Practices sets out to understand the issues not in terms of sweeping empirical findings but through particular experiences of individuals and communities. The choice to focus on specific practices of law and governance is a conscious rejection of idealized theorizing about law and governance and represents an important step beyond the existing scholarship. This volume offers readers a broad scope of perspectives, incorporating contemporary thought on Indigenous law and legal orders, the impact of state law on Indigenous peoples, theories and practices of economic development, and grounded practices of governances. While the authors address a range of topics, each does so in a way that sheds light on how Indigenous practices of law and governance support the social and economic development of Indigenous peoples.
Wisecracks: Humor and Morality in Everyday Life
by David ShoemakerA philosopher’s case for the importance of good—if ethically questionable—humor. A good sense of humor is key to the good life, but a joke taken too far can get anyone into trouble. Where to draw the line is not as simple as it may seem. After all, even the most innocent quips between friends rely on deception, sarcasm, and stereotypes and often run the risk of disrespect, meanness, and harm. How do we face this dilemma without taking ourselves too seriously? In Wisecracks, philosopher David Shoemaker examines this interplay between humor and morality and ultimately argues that even morally suspect humor is an essential part of ethical life. Shoemaker shows how improvised “wisecracks” between family and friends—unlike scripted stand-up, sketches, or serials—help us develop a critical human skill: the ability to carry on and find the funny in tragedy. In developing a new ethics of humor in defense of questionable gibes, Wisecracks offers a powerful case for humor as a healing presence in human life.
Wiseguy: The 25th Anniversary Edition
by Nicholas PileggiNicholas Pileggi&’s vivid, unvarnished, journalistic chronicle of the life of Henry Hill—the working-class Brooklyn kid who knew from age twelve that &“to be a wiseguy was to own the world,&” who grew up to live the highs and lows of the mafia gangster&’s life—has been hailed as &“the best book ever written on organized crime&” (Cosmopolitan).This is the true-crime bestseller that was the basis for Martin Scorsese&’s film masterpiece GoodFellas, which brought to life the violence, the excess, the families, the wives and girlfriends, the drugs, the payoffs, the paybacks, the jail time, and the Feds…with Henry Hill&’s crackling narration drawn straight out of Wiseguy and overseeing all the unforgettable action. &“Nonstop...absolutely engrossing&” (The New York Times Book Review). Read it and experience the secret life inside the mob—from one who&’s lived it.
Wissen als Handlungsoption: Zum Zusammenspiel von menschlicher und künstlicher Intelligenz in der Rechtsindustrie (essentials)
by Roger StrathausenWissen ist ein zentrales Element unternehmerischen Handelns. Nur, wer den Markt kennt und weiß, welche Probleme Kunden haben und wie diese sich mit neuen Produkten und Services lösen lassen, kann erfolgreich agieren. Dieses Buch untersucht die Auswirkungen der Digitalisierung auf die Rolle des Wissens in der Rechtsbranche. In Rechtsabteilungen und Kanzleien wandelt sich Wissen zunehmend von einem statischen Vorrats-Wissen zu einem dynamischen Ad-Hoc-Wissen, das durch den Einsatz von Software-Anwendungen bedarfsgerecht erzeugt wird und dem Erreichen eines bestimmten Zwecks dient. Dabei ist immer der jeweilige Geschäftskontext entscheidend für die Einsicht, was wie zu tun ist. Für Anwälte und alle, die an juristischen Transaktionen in Unternehmen beteiligt sind, bedeutet dies nicht nur, dass sie die allgemeinen Chancen und Risiken der digitalen Transformation kennen müssen. Sie müssen auch verstehen, wie sie neue Technologien dafür nutzen können, ihre eigene Kreativität zu stärken, informierte Entscheidungen zu treffen und im Team kooperativ zu einem gemeinsamen Ziel zu gelangen.
Wissenschaft muss wirken: Forschung, Transfer und Bildung für eine zukunftsfähige Gesellschaft
by Ulrich HolzbaurDieses Fachbuch ist ein mitreißender Appell und Leitfaden für mehr Wissenschaftlichkeit in der Gesellschaft und mehr gesellschaftliche Verantwortung in der Wissenschaft. Es zeigt auf, warum und wie die Gesellschaft wissenschaftsorientierter und die Forschung nachhaltiger werden müssen. Dabei geht es um Vertrauen und Transparenz, Verstehen und Verständlichkeit, Nachhaltigkeit und Zukunftsfähigkeit.Ulrich Holzbaur hat in fünfzig Jahren wissenschaftsbasiertes Arbeiten in unterschiedlichen Facetten kennengelernt – als Betreuer von Projekt- und Abschlussarbeiten, in der Software-Systementwicklung, in Forschungsprojekten und in seiner Beratungstätigkeit im Steinbeis-Transferzentrum, um nur einige Stationen zu nennen. All diese Erfahrungen haben in ihm die Auffassung wachsen lassen, dass Wissen ein ganz entscheidender Faktor für die Gestaltung unserer Zukunft und das Überleben der Menschheit ist. Sehr praxisnah und mit vielen Beispielen fordert Ulrich Holzbaur den Leser auf, sich selbst einzubringen – sei es als Wissenschaftler oder als Rezipient und Nutzer von wissenschaftlichen Erkenntnissen.
Wissenschaftsfreiheit im Konflikt: Grundlagen, Herausforderungen und Grenzen
by Elif ÖzmenDemokratie gründet auf dem Recht des Einzelnen, anderer Meinung sein und diese frei äußern und verbreiten zu dürfen. Analog verhält es sich innerhalb der Institutionen der freien Wissenschaft und der kritischen Universität: Sie dienen der Selbstkontrolle wissenschaftlicher Tätigkeit, ebenso dem Schutz einer kritischen Öffentlichkeit. Aber unter welchen Voraussetzungen entwickelt Wissenschaftsfreiheit dieses epistemische, ethische und demokratische Potential? Darf man im universitären Raum alles sagen und diskutieren? Oder gibt es eine Grenze zwischen Freiheit und Zügellosigkeit? Wer sollte nach welchen Maßstäben Grenzen ziehen zwischen dem legitimen Wettbewerb um Meinungen einerseits und der Provokation, Diskriminierung und der Verachtung des Gegners andererseits? Gibt es normative Grundlagen für den Gebrauch der akademischen Freiheiten, die ihre Grenzen zu bestimmen erlauben?
Wissenschaftsrecht (Springer-Lehrbuch)
by Guido SpeiserDas Lehrbuch bietet einen raschen und fundierten Überblick über zentrale Teilbereiche des Wissenschaftsrechts. Die Themen werden in systematisch angelegten und verständlich aufbereiteten Kapiteln erschlossen. Dazu zählen Wissenschaftsfreiheit, Hochschulorganisation, Hochschulfinanzierung, Rechtsfragen des Studiums, Arbeitsrecht sowie Urheber-, Marken- und Patentrecht. Um zusätzliche Orientierung zu bieten, enthalten die Kapitel überdies Grafiken, Tabellen und Fallbeispiele. Der Band richtet sich an Mitarbeiter*innen in Wissenschafts- und Hochschulverwaltungen, Studierende und weitere professionelle Leser*innen, die sich ohne rechtswissenschaftliches Vorwissen in ein höchst dynamisches Rechtsgebiet einarbeiten möchten.
Witch-Hunt in Hollywood: McCarthyism's War On Tinseltown
by Michael Freedland Barbra PaskinHow political paranoia shaped cinema for a decade: “One of the most readable and damning accounts of that period.” —The GuardianThis is the story of how the politicians took Tinseltown to task in the late 1940s and 1950s. As the Cold War with the Soviet Union began in earnest, the search for “Reds under the bed,” later led by Senator Joseph McCarthy, was felt most keenly in Hollywood, where the investigations were carried out under the full glare of the spotlights.Painstakingly researched and drawing on numerous exclusive interviews, this book charts the generation of actors who found their livelihood ruined by being blacklisted and the writers forced to hire “fronts” to continue to work; it reveals how Arthur Miller was offered the chance to have his hearing dropped in return for a photo opportunity with Marilyn Monroe; and how Kirk Douglas’s naming of Dalton Trumbo as the writer of Spartacus signaled the end of this extraordinary era. Witch Hunt in Hollywood is the definitive account of how political paranoia shaped cinema for a decade.
Witchcraft in Russia and Ukraine, 1000–1900: A Sourcebook (NIU Series in Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies)
This sourcebook provides the first systematic overview of witchcraft laws and trials in Russia and Ukraine from medieval times to the late nineteenth century. Witchcraft in Russia and Ukraine weaves scholarly commentary with never-before-published primary source materials translated from Polish, Russian, and Ukrainian. These sources include the earliest references to witchcraft and sorcery, secular and religious laws regarding witchcraft and possession, full trial transcripts, and a wealth of magical spells. The documents present a rich panorama of daily life and reveal the extraordinary power of magical words.Editors Valerie A. Kivelson and Christine D. Worobec present new analyses of the workings and evolution of legal systems, the interplay and tensions between church and state, and the prosaic concerns of the women and men involved in witchcraft proceedings. The extended documentary commentaries also explore the shifting boundaries and fraught political relations between Russia and Ukraine.
Witches, Wife Beaters, and Whores: Common Law and Common Folk in Early America
by Elaine Forman CraneThe early American legal system permeated the lives of colonists and reflected their sense of what was right and wrong, honorable and dishonorable, moral and immoral. In a compelling book full of the extraordinary stories of ordinary people, Elaine Forman Crane reveals the ways in which early Americans clashed with or conformed to the social norms established by the law. As trials throughout the country reveal, alleged malefactors such as witches, wife beaters, and whores, as well as debtors, rapists, and fornicators, were as much a part of the social landscape as farmers, merchants, and ministers. Ordinary people "made" law by establishing and enforcing informal rules of conduct. Codified by a handshake or over a mug of ale, such agreements became custom and custom became "law." Furthermore, by submitting to formal laws initiated from above, common folk legitimized a government that depended on popular consent to rule with authority. In this book we meet Marretie Joris, a New Amsterdam entrepreneur who sues Gabriel de Haes for calling her a whore; peer cautiously at Christian Stevenson, a Bermudian witch as bad "as any in the world;" and learn that Hannah Dyre feared to be alone with her husband—and subsequently died after a beating. We travel with Comfort Taylor as she crosses Narragansett Bay with Cuff, an enslaved ferry captain, whom she accuses of attempted rape, and watch as Samuel Banister pulls the trigger of a gun that kills the sheriff’s deputy who tried to evict Banister from his home. And finally, we consider the promiscuous Marylanders Thomas Harris and Ann Goldsborough, who parented four illegitimate children, ran afoul of inheritance laws, and resolved matters only with the assistance of a ghost. Through the six trials she skillfully reconstructs here, Crane offers a surprising new look at how early American society defined and punished aberrant behavior, even as it defined itself through its legal system.
Witches, Wife Beaters, & Whores: Common Law & Common Folk in Early America
by Elaine Forman CraneElaine Forman Crane reveals the ways in which early Americans clashed with or conformed to the social norms established by the law. As trials throughout the country reveal, alleged malefactors such as witches, wife beaters, and whores, as well as debtors, rapists, and fornicators, were as much a part of the social landscape as farmers, merchants, and ministers.
With All Deliberate Speed: An Oral History Memoir
by Norman I. Silber Philip ElmanFrom a modest childhood in Patterson, N. J., Philip Elman rose to become clerk for the great Supreme Court Justice Felix Frankfurter, and then to a position in the U.S. Solicitor General's Office. As a member of that office, Philip Elman had an exceptional vantage point on one of the most momentous cases in U.S. Supreme Court history: Brown v. Board of Education. In this oral history memoir of Elman's life, With All Deliberate Speed, author Norman I. Silber reveals the maneuvering that led to the Court's overturning the doctrine of "separate but equal." Working behind the scenes, it was Justice Department attorney Elman who came up with the concept of gradual integration-an idea that worked its way into the final decision as the famous phrase "with all deliberate speed." Though this expression angered those pressing for immediate desegregation, Elman claims that it unified a divided Court, thus enabling them to stand together against the evil of segregation. With All Deliberate Speed records a decisive moment in Supreme Court history, but it is also Philip Elman's unforgettable oral memoir-the story of his entire career in government service, including his work with Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy as commissioner of the FTC, and his role in founding the modern consumer protection movement, which includes the antismoking campaign that put the Surgeon General's warning on cigarette packs. At once rich historical testimony and a gripping read, With All Deliberate Speed offers a rarely glimpsed insider's understanding of the politics of the American legal system.
With Dogs at the Edge of Life
by Colin DayanIn this original and provocative book, Colin Dayan tackles head-on the inexhaustible world, at once tender and fierce, of dogs and humans. We follow the tracks of dogs in the bayous of Louisiana, the streets of Istanbul, and the humane societies of the United States, and in the memories and myths of the humans who love them. Dayan reorients our ethical and political assumptions through a trans-species engagement that risks as much as it promises. She makes a powerful case for questioning what we think of as our deepest-held beliefs and, with dogs in the lead, unsettles the dubious promises of liberal humanism.Moving seamlessly between memoir, case law, and film, Dayan takes politics and animal studies in a new direction—one that gives us glimpses of how we can think beyond ourselves and with other beings. Her unconventional perspective raises hard questions and renews what it means for any animal or human to live in the twenty-first century. Nothing less than a challenge for us to confront violence and suffering even in the privileged precincts of modernity, this searing and lyrical book calls for another way to think the world. Theoretically sophisticated yet aimed at a broad readership, With Dogs at the Edge of Life illuminates how dogs—and their struggles—take us beyond sentimentality and into a form of thought that can make a difference to our lives.
With Heart in Mind
by Alan MorinisA weekly spiritual practice for developing a strong and open heart--drawn from Judaism's Mussar tradition Mussar draws from the vast storehouse of Jewish wisdom, law, revelation, and text and brings it right home in a way that is completely practical. Judaism teaches that Torah (the collective wisdom of the tradition) provides the blueprint for human experience--and so the more of it we acquire, the more we gain a clearer, truer perspective on life and learn how to navigate its pathways. The phrase "acquiring Torah" is code for the process of internalizing this wisdom to bring about a genuine transformation of the inner self. In short, accessible chapters, this book describes forty-eight methods through which we can acquire Torah--and turns them into a straightforward practice. These methods include cultivating humility, joy, awe, goodheartedness, closeness with friends, not taking credit for oneself, judging others favorably, and so on. The fruits of working through each quality or method are a refined soul and a strong and open heart.
With Justice For None
by Gerry SpenceAlthough its from 1989, this book's theme of a justice system that favors the rich corporations over the rights of the people is still quite timely.
With Liberty and Justice for Some: How the Law Is Used to Destroy Equality and Protect the Powerful
by Glenn GreenwaldFrom the nation's beginnings, the law was to be the great equalizer in American life, the guarantor of a common set of rules for all. But over the past four decades, the principle of equality before the law has been effectively abolished. Instead, a two-tiered system of justice ensures that the country's political and financial class is virtually immune from prosecution, licensed to act without restraint, while the politically powerless are imprisoned with greater ease and in greater numbers than in any other country in the world. Starting with Watergate, continuing on through the Iran-Contra scandal, and culminating with Obama's shielding of Bush-era officials from prosecution, Glenn Greenwald lays bare the mechanisms that have come to shield the elite from accountability. He shows how the media, both political parties, and the courts have abetted a process that has produced torture, war crimes, domestic spying, and financial fraud. Cogent, sharp, and urgent, this is a no-holds-barred indictment of a profoundly un-American system that sanctions immunity at the top and mercilessness for everyone else.
With Liberty and Justice for Some: How the Law is Used To Destroy Equality and Protect the Powerful
by Glenn GreenwaldFrom "the most important voice to have entered the political discourse in years" (Bill Moyers), a scathing critique of the two-tiered system of justice that has emerged in AmericaFrom the nation's beginnings, the law was to be the great equalizer in American life, the guarantor of a common set of rules for all. But over the past four decades, the principle of equality before the law has been effectively abolished. Instead, a two-tiered system of justice ensures that the country's political and financial class is virtually immune from prosecution, licensed to act without restraint, while the politically powerless are imprisoned with greater ease and in greater numbers than in any other country in the world.Starting with Watergate, continuing on through the Iran-Contra scandal, and culminating with Obama's shielding of Bush-era officials from prosecution, Glenn Greenwald lays bare the mechanisms that have come to shield the elite from accountability. He shows how the media, both political parties, and the courts have abetted a process that has produced torture, war crimes, domestic spying, and financial fraud. Cogent, sharp, and urgent, this is a no-holds-barred indictment of a profoundly un-American system that sanctions immunity at the top and mercilessness for everyone else.
With Love from the Inside
by Angela PiselAngela Pisel's poignant debut explores the complex relationship between a mother and a daughter, and their quest to discover the truth and whether or not love can prevail--even from behind bars. Grace Bradshaw knows the exact minute she will die. On death row for murdering her infant son, her last breath will be taken on February 15 at 12:01 a.m. Eleven years, five months, and twenty-seven days separate her from the last time she heard her precious daughter's voice and the final moment she'd heard anyone call her Mom. Out of appeals, she can focus on only one thing--reconnecting with her daughter and making sure she knows the truth. Secrets lurk behind Sophie Logan's big house and even bigger bank account. Every day when she kisses her husband good-bye, she worries her fabricated life is about to come crumbling down. No one knows the unforgivable things her mother did to tear her family apart--not her husband, who is a prominent plastic surgeon, or her "synthetic" friends who live in her upscale neighborhood. Grace's looming execution date forces Sophie to revisit the traumatic events that haunted her childhood. When she returns to her hometown, she discovers new evidence about her baby brother William's death seventeen years ago--proof that might set her mother free but shatter her marriage forever. Sophie must quickly decide if her mother is the monster the prosecutor made her out to be or the loving mother she remembers--the one who painted her toenails glittery pink and plastered Post-it notes with inspiring quotes ("100 percent failure rate if you don't try") all over Sophie's bathroom mirror--before their time runs out.From the Hardcover edition.
With Prejudice
by Robin PegueroThe "exciting" and "clever" debut thriller (New York Times Book Review): No one knows what happened that night. Seven strangers must decide. Earl Thomas, a straight-laced taxman with his fair share of police encounters, is the begrudging foreperson in a high-stakes trial in Miami. Laura Hurtado-Perez is a physician whose unassuming manner conceals a private pain. Joseph Cole is the founder of his local neighborhood watch, unduly obsessed with the families around him. Along with four others, these jurors of varying ages and walks of life whose paths would likely never have otherwise crossed must come together to make one of the most important decisions of their lives. On the night Melina Mora, a free-spirited woman both proud and kind, was murdered, she was seen with a young man of Gabriel Soto&’s description. Two strands of her hair were found in his bedroom. Sandy Grunwald, a young prosecutor whose political ambitions depend on securing a conviction, finds herself pitted against Jordan Whipple, a preening public defender armed with a freshly discovered, dynamite piece of evidence on the eve of the trial—if the Honorable Darla Tackett will admit it. What Sandy, Jordan, and Judge Tackett all know, however, is that the criminal justice system is complicated, and everyone has a story—especially the jury. And it&’s their experiences, biases, and beliefs that will ultimately shape the verdict. With striking originality and expert storytelling, Robin Peguero&’s debut novel explores the prejudice that hangs over every trial in America. You&’ve never read a legal thriller quite like this. There&’s never been a thriller writer quite like Peguero. And you will not be able to predict how it all ends.
With These Hands: The Hidden World of Migrant Farmworkers Today
by Daniel RothenbergWith These Hands documents the farm labor system through the presentation of a collection of voices--workers who labor in the fields, growers who manage the multi-billion dollar agricultural industry, contractors who link workers with growers, coyotes who smuggle people across the border, union organizers, lobbyists, physicians, workers' families in Mexico, farmworker children and others. The diversity of stories presents the world of migrant farmworkers as a complex social and economic system, a network of intertwined lives, showing how all Americans are bound to the struggles and contributions of our nation's farm laborers.
Within the Bounds
by Marc LodgeCliff Nielson is Ramwell and Bosely's rising star--a smart young lawyer using his wits to climb to the top of his profession. But when his prestigious firm takes on the defense of an accused serial killer--the notoriously brutal Resort Ripper--Cliff Nielson discovers that his job is more than an intellectual challenge. This time it's a shattering nightmare that hits closer to home than he could have imagined. And there's a lot more to lose than a court case...
Without a Country: The Untold Story of America's Deported Veterans
by J. Malcolm GarciaMany Americans believe service in the military to be a quintessential way to demonstrate patriotism. We expect those who serve to be treated with respect and dignity. However, as in so many aspects of our politics, the reality and our ideals diverge widely in our treatment of veterans. There is perhaps no starker example of this than the continued practice of deporting men and women who have served.J. Malcolm Garcia has travelled across the country and abroad to interview veterans who have been deported, as well as the families and friends they have left behind, giving the full scope of the tragedy to be found in this all too common practice. Without a Country analyzes the political climate that has led us here and takes a hard look at the toll deportation has taken on American vets and their communities.Deported veterans share in and reflect the diversity of America itself. The numerous compounding injustices meted out to them reflect many of the still unresolved contradictions of our nation and its ideals. But this story, in all its grit and complexity, really boils down to an old, simple question: Who is a real American?
Without a Doubt
by Marcia Clark Teresa CarpenterAs the prosecutor in the OJ Simpson trial, this book is about how Marcia Clark orchestrated the most controversial case of her career.
Without a Tear: OUR TRAGIC RELATIONSHIP WITH ANIMALS
by Mark H. BernsteinBeginning with our most cherished moral belief- that it is wrong to intentionally and gratuitously inflict harm upon the innocent- many of our most common practices involving animals stand in need of drastic revision. In Without a Tear Mark H. Bernstein begins with one of our most common and cherished moral beliefs: that it is wrong to intentionally and gratuitously inflict harm on the innocent. Over the course of the book, he shows how this apparently innocuous commitment requires that we drastically revise many of our most common practices involving nonhuman animals. Most people who write about our ethical obligations concerning animals base their arguments on emotional appeals or contentious philosophical assumptions. baggage. He considers the issues in a religious context, where he finds that Judaism in particular has the resources to ground moral obligations to animals. Without a Tear also makes novel use of feminist ethics to add to the case for drawing animals more closely into our ethical world. Bernstein details the realities of factory farms, animal-based research, and hunting fields, and contrasting these chilling facts with our moral imperatives clearly shows the need for fundamental changes to some of our most basic animal institutions. The tightly argued, provocative claims in Without a Tear will be an eye-opening experience for animal lovers, scholars, and people of good faith everywhere.