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What do you do when divine law and the justice demanded by your conscience clash? Muslims have wrestled with this problem since the earliest caliphates. The mazalim courts, dating back to the eighth century, were the answer: courts where any subject could appeal directly to an Islamic ruler regarding any matter of justice. Mazalim courts, which were not bound by the rulings of an established school of Islamic law, could address crises in authority and order that Sharia courts could not.

The Conscience of Care lays bare the broken system of medical conscience and sets out to fix it. Fox canvases a landscape of contested services that include IVF, IUDs, opioids, psychedelics, organ transplants, and advance directives.

Financial crime is everywhere, but how does it really work? Who’s responsible for stopping it? And how can everyday professionals make a difference? In this beginner-friendly guide, Richard Andersone breaks down the complex world of financial crime, anti-money laundering (AML), and sanctions into something clear, practical, and easy to follow. Whether you're entering the industry or simply want to understand the headlines, this book gives you the tools to grasp what matters.

Advocate Sanne De Clerck neemt de lezer mee achter de schermen van tal van zedenzaken. Is incest altijd strafbaar? Hoe ga je met pedofielen om? En hoe moeilijk is het om als advocate daders van seksueel geweld bij te staan? Sanne De Clerck vertegenwoordigde slachtoffers en nabestaanden van de aanslagen in Brussel en Zaventem.

A New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice For decades, affirmative action reshaped not just American higher education but the broader society, opening doors that had been closed for centuries and transforming who entered the pathways to power. But the Supreme Court in 2023 killed...

Legal scholars often speak of “constitutional moments,” flash points when irreconcilable ideals collide and the government faces choices that could reshape the country for generations. Are we facing our own moment now? In Vanishing Point, author Edwin Hagenstein explores our troubled political scene by analyzing the work of three prominent Constitutional thinkers: Richard Epstein, Cass Sunstein, and Adrian Vermeule. By contrasting their perspectives, Hagenstein clarifies the path which led to our present impasse and raises the question: how do we proceed from here?

Don’t Get Disbarred is a must-read for every prosecutor in America. It teaches prosecutors how to stay out of trouble with bar disciplinary authorities. As Warren Buffett says: “It takes twenty years to build your reputation, but only five minutes to lose it.” Veteran prosecutor and award-winning author Morley Swingle presents an informative and often funny work discussing cases from all 50 states where prosecutors were disciplined for misbehavior, receiving everything from censure to disbarment. Professionals accustomed to dishing out punishment are on the receiving end of it.

El 15 de diciembre de 2022, Ciro Gómez Leyva, el periodista más escuchado de México, sorteó su propia muerte y sobrevivió a un atentado en su contra. Estas páginas relatan su poderoso testimonio y la visión del autor sobre la fragilidad de la vida y la cercanía con su fin.

Survivor at Law is a gripping memoir of narcissistic abuse, coercive control, and a weaponized legal system, told by attorney Dovie King. She shares her unflinching story of trauma, betrayal, and the fight to reclaim her voice—offering insight and empowerment for anyone who has felt trapped, silenced, or overlooked.

The Nature of the Judicial Process by Benjamin N. Cardozo is one of the most influential works on American jurisprudence. Written while Cardozo was a judge on the New York Court of Appeals (before joining the US Supreme Court), it explores how judges actually decide cases and the philosophy behind judicial decision-making.

Based on ethnographic research and reflective essays from worker-leaders and organizers, this book offers a rich case study of the factors contributing to the union’s successes and setbacks. It provides a practical organizing model applicable beyond Amazon, offering strategies to engage the workforce, sustain support and develop leadership. An essential toolkit for those navigating the complexities of evolving labour practices, with particular relevance for precarious workers and workplaces where access is limited.

This Very Short Introduction is a clear and concise guide to administrative law that explains its key features in an accessible and practical way for students, journalists, government officials, and everyday listeners.

The True Story of a Georgia Police Officer Who Stood Alone Against a System Built to Bury Him. In a small town in Southwest Georgia, a routine traffic stop uncovered a truth far more dangerous than any suspect ever arrested; a police chief tampering with evidence and a department willing to protect the chief at all costs. Blue Line Rogue is the gripping true story of John Masters, a decorated U. S. Army Veteran and certified peace officer, who discovered corruption inside his own agency and paid the ultimate professional price for speaking out.

For centuries, the patent has stood as a symbol of invention—a mark of genius, a reward for creativity, a promise that innovation would be protected and shared. But behind this polished image lies a more tangled reality. Patents today are wielded less as shields and more as weapons. They grant monopolies over life-saving drugs, obstruct progress in software and biotechnology, and often reward delay, secrecy, and litigation over actual discovery. In this unflinching exploration, the author traces the journey of the patent system from its noble origins to its increasingly distorted present.

La historia del juicio de Philip Morris contra Uruguay por su leyes anti tabaco. Podría leerse como el relato épico de David contra Goliat, pero este libro es mucho más que eso: es una aproximación... Lo inesperado: las políticas antitabaco de un pequeño país al sur de América Latina encendieron las alarmas de las grandes empresas tabacaleras. En 2010, la poderosa Philip Morris puso en juego su arsenal de abogados en defensa de los intereses comerciales y demandó a Uruguay en una corte internacional.

Environmental justice recognizes that environmental benefits and burdens should be distributed fairly, and that the people making policy decisions should incorporate the views of those most often harmed: people of color, Indigenous populations, low-income communities, and those who are underserved and disenfranchised for other reasons such as age, gender, or disability. It encompasses not only traditional environmental issues like clean air and clean water, but also social issues such as employment, nutrition, and access to health care.

Este libro aborda con pasión y rigor el cine forense, entendiendo por tal el extraordinariamente numeroso conjunto de películas que tratan de casos, cuestiones y problemas jurídicos, con o sin juicio de por medio. Las películas son analizadas en un doble contexto histórico, el de la propia obra cinematográfica y el del caso que constituye su argumento.

Seasoned award-winning Privacy and Cybersecurity leaders Dr. Valerie Lyons (Dublin, Ireland) and Todd Fitzgerald (Chicago, Illinois, USA) have teamed up with over sixty award-winning CPOs, DPOs, highly respected privacy/data protection leaders, data protection authorities, and privacy standard setters who have fought the tough battle.

In AI and the Art of War, the Chief Intelligence Officer of Microsoft's National Security Group, Paul Rodrigues, explains the contemporary realities of artificial intelligence in the context of national security, defense, and warfare in stunning detail. Dr. Rodrigues draws on his extensive experience supporting the AI efforts of US federal customers and the defense industrial base to explain what modern AI is, how it works, the problems it solves, and the risks it creates.

Fay Stender was a giant among movement lawyers from the McCarthy Era to the 1970s intent on forcing society to change. Friends could easily picture her as the heroine of a grand opera. A child prodigy, she abandoned the concert piano to become a zealous advocate for society's most scorned and vilified criminal defendants: from the Rosenberg espionage case during the Cold War to militant black clients, Black Panther Party leader Huey Newton, and revolutionary prisoner George Jackson, to prisoners in maximum security.