Bad Judgment - The Myth of First Nations Equality and Judicial Independence in Canada by John Reilly
$16.00 NZD
Category: Law | Reading Level: near fine
Judge John Reilly, now retired, was the youngest judge ever appointed to the Provincial Court of Alberta. For most of his 33 years on the bench he was the circuit judge for the Stoney Indian Reserve at Morley, Alberta.During his career he became interested in aboriginal justice and saw the failure of th ...Show more
Justice As Translation - An Essay in Cultural and Legal Criticism by James Boyd White
$14.00 NZD
Category: Law | Reading Level: very good
White extends his conception of United States law as a constitutive rhetoric shaping American legal culture that he proposed in When Words Lose Their Meaning, and asks how Americans can and should criticize this culture and the texts it creates. In determining if a judicial opinion is good or bad, he ex ...Show more
A Clearing in the Forest - Law, Life, and Mind by Steven L Winter
$20.00 NZD
Category: Law | Reading Level: very good
Cognitive science is transforming our understanding of the mind. New discoveries are changing how we comprehend not just language, but thought itself. Yet, surprisingly little of the new learning has penetrated discussions and analysis of the most important social institution affecting our lives-the law ...Show more
Random Recollections - Notes on a lifetime at the bar by A C Hanlon
$20.00 NZD
Category: Law | Reading Level: very good
Ruth Bader Ginsburg - I Know This to Be True - On equality, determination and service by Rutj Bader Ginsburg
$10.00 NZD
Category: Law | Reading Level: very good
A Legal History of Rome by George Mousourakis
$15.00 NZD
Category: Law | Reading Level: very good
This book equips both lawyer and historian with a complete history of Roman law, from its beginnings c.1000 BC through to its re-discovery in Europe where it was widely applied until the eighteenth century. Combining a law specialist's informed perspective of legal history with a socio-political and cul ...Show more
To Be Fair - Confessions of a District Court Judge by Rosemary Riddell
$16.00 NZD
Category: Law | Reading Level: very good
Retired judge Rosemary Riddell shares her reminiscences of life on the bench, complete with its humour, frustrations and poignant moments. A unique glimpse into a world most of us can only imagine, her story is a fascinating commentary on New Zealand life from the point of view of a woman involved in th ...Show more
In Search of Consensus - New Zealand's Electoral Act 1956 and its Constitutional Legacy by Elizabeth Mcleay
$20.00 NZD
Category: Law | Reading Level: near fine
In a series of backroom negotiations in 1956, the National Government and Labour Opposition agreed to put aside adversarial politics temporarily and entrench certain significant electoral rules. For any of these rules to be amended or repealed, Section 189 of the Electoral Act (now Section 268 of the 19 ...Show more
Crimes Against Humanity by Geoffrey Robertson, QC
$8.00 NZD
Category: Law | Series: Popular Penguins | Reading Level: good-very good
Geoffrey Robertson's Crimes Against Humanity is a superb and highly influential account of the history of the human rights movement up to the present day. From the French Revolution and the Nuremberg trials to 9/11 and the invasion of Iraq, Robertson traces the developing concept of human rights and sho ...Show more
Lawless - A Lawyer's Unrelenting Fight for Justice in One of the World's Most Dangerous Places by Kimberley Motley
$14.00 NZD
Category: Law | Reading Level: very good
The extraordinary story of Kim Motley, the US woman who became the first foreign lawyer to practice in Afghanistan.
A Civil Action by Jonathan Harr
$20.00 NZD
Category: Law | Reading Level: very good
#1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER - NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD WINNER - The true story of one man so determined to take down two of the nation's largest corporations accused of killing children from water contamination that he risks losing everything. "The legal thriller of the decade." --Cleveland Plain D ...Show more
Environmental and Planning Law in New South Wales by Rosemary Lyster; Zada Lipman; Nocola Franklin; Graeme Wiffin; Linda Pearson
$40.00 NZD
Category: Law | Reading Level: near fine
The fifth edition of this book will publish in March 2021.The key changes in this edition concern planning and assessment, changes to Australia's energy and climate law regime as well as an entirely new chapter on Mining and Environmental Law. The book continues to provide effective integration of plann ...Show more