U.S. Law Books

New and Published Books

1. New Directions in Judicial Politics

   Edited by Kevin T. McGuire

   Series: New Directions in American Politics

   With its often vague legal concepts and institutions that operate according to unfamiliar procedures, judicial decision-making is, in many respects, a highly enigmatic process. New Directions in Judicial Politics seeks to demystify the courts, offering readers the insights of empirical research to...

   Published March 4th 2012 by Routledge
2. Colonial Discourse and Gender in U.S. Criminal Courts

   Cultural Defenses and Prosecutions

   By Caroline Braunmühl

   Series: Routledge Advances in Criminology

   The occurrence in some criminal cases of "cultural defenses" on behalf of "minority" defendants has stirred much debate. This book is the first to illuminate how "cultural evidence" — i.e., "evidence" regarding ethnicity — is actually negotiated by attorneys, expert/lay witnesses, and defendants in...

   Published February 26th 2012 by Routledge
3. Antitrust Federalism in the EU and the US

   By Firat Cengiz

   Series: Routledge Research in Competition Law

   The EU and the US are the preeminent examples of multi-level polities and both have highly developed competition policies. Despite these similarities however, recent developments suggest that they are moving in different directions in the area of antitrust federalism. This book examines multi-level...

   Published February 15th 2012 by Routledge
4. How Courts Impact Federal Administrative Behavior

   By Robert J. Hume

   Series: Routledge Studies in North American Politics

   What impact do federal courts have on the administrative agencies of the federal government? How do agencies react to the decisions of federal courts? This book answers these questions by examining the responses of federal agencies to the U.S. Courts of Appeals, revealing what happens inside...

   Published February 9th 2012 by Routledge
5. Sentencing and the Legitimacy of Trial Justice

   By Ralph Henham

   This book discusses the under-researched relationship between sentencing and the legitimacy of punishment. It argues that there is an increasing gap between what is perceived as legitimate punishment and the sentencing decisions of the criminal courts. Drawing on a wide variety of empirical...

   Published August 11th 2011 by Routledge
6. Judging Law and Policy

   Courts and Policymaking in the American Political System

   By Robert M. Howard, Amy Steigerwalt

   To what extent do courts make social and public policy and influence policy change? This innovative text analyzes this question generally and in seven distinct policy areas that play out in both federal and state courts—tax policy, environmental policy, reproductive rights, sex equality,...

   Published August 7th 2011 by Routledge
7. Indigeneity in the Courtroom

   Law, Culture, and the Production of Difference in North American Courts

   By Jennifer A. Hamilton

   Series: Indigenous Peoples and Politics

   The central question of this book is when and how does indigeneity in its various iterations – cultural, social, political, economic, even genetic – matter in a legal sense? Indigeneity in the Courtroom focuses on the legal deployment of indigenous difference in US and Canadian courts in the late&...

   Published May 15th 2011 by Routledge
8. People Without Rights (Routledge Revivals)

   An Interpretation of the Fundamentals of the Law of Slavery in the U.S. South

   By Andrew Fede

   Series: Routledge Revivals

   First published in September 1992, the book traces the nature and development of the fundamental legal relationships among slaves, masters, and third parties. It shows how the colonial and antebellum Southern judges and legislators accommodated slavery’s social relationships into the common law,...

   Published April 29th 2011 by Routledge
9. Atrocity and American Military Justice in Southeast Asia

   Trial by Army

   By Louise Barnett

   Series: Routledge Studies in the Modern History of Asia

   This book is an examination of American army legal proceedings that resulted from a series of moments when soldiers in a war zone crossed a line between performing their legitimate functions and committing crimes against civilians, or atrocities. Using individual judicial proceedings held within...

   Published April 19th 2011 by Routledge
10. Managing the Entrepreneurial University

    Legal Issues and Commercial Realities

    By J. Douglas Toma

    Managing the Entrepreneurial University is essential reading for both higher education administrators and those studying to enter the field. As universities have become more market focused, they have changed dramatically. But has the law kept up? This book explains fundamental legal concepts in...

    Published April 17th 2011 by Routledge