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Editors Heath Christopher and Liu Kung Chung
Legal Rules of Technology Transfer in Asia
CN The Hague: Kluwer Law International 2002. Book. Like New. Cloth. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Despite the harmonizing effect of TRIPS and intellectual property law in general technology transfer remains firmly rooted in domestic contract law and public policy. However similarities in legal culture across many national borders keep this problem to a minimum endash until we approach the technologically advanced countries of East Asia. For practitioners worldwide working with technology transfer in this culturally heterogeneous part of the world Legal Rules of Technology Transfer in Asia is a godsend. For each of nine significant technology market jurisdictions--the PRC Taiwan Japan Korea Vietnam Thailand Malaysia Singapore and Indonesia--this nuts-and-bolts approach to the applicable national rules provides all necessary legal information and guidance. Country chapters by local authorities are structured to cover the following essential factors: government policy on technological research and transfer; intellectual property system; licensing agreements; registration and notification; dispute resolution; tax considerations; transfer of patents; choice of law questions; franchising; publicity and merchandising; anti-trust rules. and many other in Two introductory chapters provide a much-needed perspective on technology transfer in the context of the world trade regime as it especially affects East Asia with an emphasis on the trend to clarify and strengthen anti-trust rules. A concluding chapter surveys the market anthropology of the region and offers an expert assessment of the probable future development of technology transfer trade in the region. With its first-hand in-depth country-by-country analysis and its firm grasp on a diversity of relevant legal and cultural issues Legal Rules of Technology Transfer in Asia is unexcelled for desktop use in offices handling East Asian trade in technology products. 278pp. Kluwer Law International Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 014719 ISBN : 9041198830 9789041198839
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Cygan Adam Jan
National Parliaments in an Integrated Europe: An Anglo-German Perspective
CN The Hague: Kluwer Law International 2001. Book. Like New. Cloth. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. The acquisition of increased powers by the European Parliament has raised the spectre of a "competition legislature" for national parliaments and even the threat of a democratic deficit at the national level. At this moment the author of this book suggests it is vital to recognize and reinforce the ways in which the institutions of the European Union are politically accountable to member States. In this analysis of the participation by domestic legislatures in policy-making and legislative processes at the European level Adam Jan Cygan focuses on the evolving means by which the legislatures of Germany and the United Kingdom are responding to the increased competence of the European Union. This technique allows him to highlight such factors as: the procedures of European scrutiny committees in the United Kingdom Houses of Parliament and the German Bundestag; the accountability of national ministers for decisions taken in the European Council of Ministers; the role of sub-national governments as revealed in both the formal federal system of Germany and the devolved administrations of the United Kingdom in European affairs; and the continuing impact of Treaty provisions and informal co-operation between member States. This text demonstrates that contrary to some prevailing beliefs national parliaments are not necessarily destined to become mere administrative institutions. In fact the national initiatives and procedures analyzed here reveal a firm commitment to compel the attention of the European Commission and the European Parliament toward national and even sub-national accountability. However as in all political matters vigilance and tenacity are necessary to prevent erosion of democracy and national legislative competence. This book aims to enable all interested parties legislators policy-makers government officials at all levels academics and others to proceed knowledgeably and confidently in this important area. 249pp. Kluwer Law International Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 014748 ISBN : 904111629X 9789041116291
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Timoshenko Alexandre
Environmental Negotiator Handbook
The Hague: Kluwer Law International 2003. Book. Like New. Cloth/Laminated Boards. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Protection of the human environment and sustainable development of the world increasingly manifest themselves through negotiation and enforcement of internationally agreed legal rules and standards. International environmental negotiation has become a common format to design norms that affect national and international legal orders and influence the behaviour of various stakeholders. Accordingly international environmental negotiations attract multiple plays: from sovereign States to environmental NGOs to the business community and civil society. The growing complexity of international environmental negotiations demands in order to make the process effective a comprehensive and adequate preparation of all actors. This handbook is designed as a single volume tool that equips participants of international environmental negotiations with a structured description and analysis of the negotiating process. All stages of the development of international environmental agreements are carefully followed researched commented on and illustrated with multiple documentary examples. The book traces the process from the pre-negotiation stage to actual implementation of the agreed regime. It also includes a large collection of essential international texts to be at hand for representatives at international environmental negotiations. 541pp.Includes CD. Kluwer Law International Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 014724 ISBN : 9041120165 9789041120168
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Edited By Berka Walter;de Groof Jan and Penneman Hilde
Autonomy in Education: Yearbook of the European Association for Education Law and Policy
CN The Hague: Kluwer Law International 2000. Book. Like New. Cloth/Laminated Boards. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. The push towards greater autonomy is one of the three main trends in every modern educational policy alongside quality assurance and quality evaluation techniques and the need to devote attention to special - and often disadvantaged - target groups. It is however difficult to derive a unified concept of "autonomy" from the comparative indicators which are published on a regular basis and it has emerged that there are significant differences depending on the specific area and the administrative organization of education in the country in question. During the discussions of the annual Congress of the European Association for Education Law and Policy ELA in Salzburg 1998 it was apparent that autonomy has to be considered in its various applications. Autonomy for school boards is realised through management administrative mechanisms management of staff and pedagogical options. Autonomy of administration requires competence the willingness to establish an autonomous administration and awareness of each party's responsibility in the educational process. The contents of this Yearbook are an answer to the question of how legislatures are responding to the trend towards greater responsibility decentralization and autonomy. It is an overview of the efforts made by the Member States of the European Union to apply the principle of subsidiarity. 448pp.N.B.Slight fade mark to base of spine. Kluwer Law International Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 014727 ISBN : 9041113118 9789041113115
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Wertz Dorothy C.; Fletcher John C.
Genetics and Ethics in Global Perspective
London: Kluwer Academic Publishers 2004. Book. Like New. Cloth/Laminated Boards. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Dorothy Wertz and John Fletcher pioneered the first international study of ethical and social issues in genetics in 18 nations. This book reports and discusses their second and more representative study in 36 nations. The survey focused on actual situations that occur in the practice of medical genetics presented as case vignettes that can also be used in teaching and policy discussion. Among the issues discussed are privacy prenatal diagnosis patient autonomy directiveness in counseling sex selection forensic DNA banking "genetic discrimination" and "eugenics". This is Dorothy Wertz's final book as she died in April 2003. It is a one of a kind cross-cultural study of complex ethical issues in the uses of genetic information. No one else has attempted to look at the international aspects of medical genetics on such a broad scale. The results provide a resource for discussion both within and among nations. Much bioethical and policy discussion now occurs in an information vacuum. The survey showed that what people would do and their reasons for doing it differed considerably from what ethicists think they "should" do. Many will be surprised at the results especially in nations where bioethical discussion is just beginning. "Genetics and Ethics in Global Perspective" is of interest to medical geneticists genetic counselors social scientists and anthropologists who study cross-cultural issues bioethicists and bioethics centers and health policy makers. 474pp. Kluwer Academic Publishers Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 014736 ISBN : 1402017685 9781402017681
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Hugenholtz PBernt P. Be
Copyright and Electronic Commerce: Legal Aspects of Electronic Copyright Management
CN The Hague: Kluwer Law International 2000. Book. Like New. Cloth/Laminated Boards. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. The spectacular success of electronic commerce in recent years has seen an explosion in the availability of information and entertainment products on the Internet. This distribution of `content' is expected to continue as one of the major sources of growth on the Internet in the years ahead raising concerns over the protection of content owners' rights. While the complex copyright problems of the Internet have generated plenty of literature and legislative initiatives many important issues still remain unresolved. Rights holders in the online marketplace thus remain vulnerable to digital piracy and other forms of unauthorised use. Concerns over the effectiveness of the copyright system in a digital environment have inspired content providers to look for alternative protection regimes or strategies. These alternatives such as the protection afforded by contract law and information technology comprise important elements of the Electronic Copyright Management System ECMS a fully automated system of secure distribution rights management monitoring and payment of copyright-protected content currently being developed. Perhaps the largest multidisciplinary study conducted on ECMS to date is the IMPRIMATUR project which was subsidised by the European Commission's Esprit Programme and for which the Institute for Information Law of the University of Amsterdam IViR produced a series of legal studies. This volume collects six fully revised and updated studies relating to copyright and electronic commerce which have resulted from the IViR's research. As well as examining the legal issues crucial to the development of electronic copyright management systems the contributions address issues with wider implications for the law of copyright in general. Other aspects of information law are also considered such as defamation data protection privacy and freedom of expression and information as are general questions of contract and tort law. 307pp. Kluwer Law International Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 014740 ISBN : 9041197850 9789041197856
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Alikhan Shahid; Mashelkar Raghunath
Intellectual Property and Competitive Strategies in the 21st Century
CN The Hague: Kluwer Law International 2004. Book. Like New. Cloth/Laminated Boards. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. It is common knowledge that intellectual property rights lie at the heart of the global economy. But in what way exactly The literature in the fields has burgeoned dramatically in recent years and we have a surfeit of work that either focuses on narrow aspects or sweeps over broad legal regimes from the perspectives of particulars stakeholders. Here for the first time is a panoramic but detailed view of the world's intellectual property system that embraces socioeconomic cultural and technological development in its scope clarifying the pitfalls and challenges that the system presents even as it promises to improve the quality of life on our planet. The authors both internationally respected and honoured for their work in elucidating the economic necessity of an intellectual property system that can inspire universal confidence emphasise the imperative of international competitiveness in knowledge-based technology.217pp. Kluwer Law International Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 014763 ISBN : 9041121196 9789041121196
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Diamond Walter H.; Diamond Dorothy B.
State By State Guide To Investment Incentives And Capital Formation In The United States A
The Hague: Kluwer Law International 2004. Book. Like New. Paperback. Second Edition. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. 433pp. Kluwer Law International Paperback
Bookseller reference : 014776 ISBN : 904112229X 9789041122292
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Lang Michael H.
Direct Taxation: Recent ECJ Developments
London: Kluwer Law International 2003. Book. Like New. Cloth. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. A number of cases regarding the fundamental freedoms in respect to direct taxation are pending at the European Court of Justice in 2003. This book discusses the national background of the pending cases and a possible infringement of a fundamental freedom by observing the ECJ's testing scheme on the basis of the request for a preliminary ruling and if available - of the opinion of the advocate general. The pending cases are all presented by highly recognized experts in the field of European tax law of the country that made the request for the preliminary ruling. This guarantees that the discussion of obstacles is embedded in the particular tax system. 208pp. Kluwer Law International Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 014817 ISBN : 9041199160 9789041199164
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Gallagher Peter
Guide to Dispute Settlement
London: Kluwer Law International 2002. Book. Like New. Paperback. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. 148pp.As the ultimate arbiter in the global trade regime the dispute settlement system of the World Trade Organization WTO is a body whose workings should be known to business people and their counsel everywhere. Here is a book - reviewed for accuracy by the WTO but written independently - that provides an uncomplicated but thorough explanation of the system its purpose its rules and the role it plays in the management of the international economy. Peter Gallagher a former trade negotiator and a specialist in the Uruguay Round agreements answers such questions as: what sort of disputes does the WTO deal with; can business or citizens use the WTO dispute system; is it possible to get a temporary injunction to stop some action; how much does it cost a to bring a case; how far can you keep on appealing a decision; what processes does a Panel follow; what does the Appellate Body review; what process does the Appellate Body follow; how does intervention by other parties affect a dispute As a handy guide to "bringing a case" before the WTO or responding to a case already in progress this easy-to-use book should prove an ideal starting point for lawyers business people or government officials confronted with a disputable trade issue. Kluwer Law International Paperback
Bookseller reference : 014845 ISBN : 9041198865 9789041198860
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Wei Yuwa
Comparative Corporate Governance: A Chinese Perspective
CN The Hague: Kluwer Law International 2003. Book. Like New. Cloth/Laminated Boards. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. In marked contrast to other regimes that have virtually overnight abandoned state control of enterprises and espoused Western models of corporate governance China has pursued a gradual transition suited to its own unique traditions culture and customs. Although this new corporate system is still evolving it is clear that China is now ready for a nation-wide movement of corporatisation and reform. This title draws on the entire corpus of corporate governance theory both East and West and also on the experience of many countries since the 1930s to develop a coherent model appropriate for China. In the process the author shows how various corporate mechanisms have been tentatively introduced into China's state-owned enterprises and how such experimentation has piece by piece provided a firm basis for a modern enterprise system. How to build an efficient and culturally appropriate governance system both in law and in practice on this foundation is the focus of this book. The analysis is notable for its insistence that for a corporate governance system to work the principles and practicalities of that system must be derived from customary cultural norms. Experience shows that imported models although they may be enshrined in law lead to economic stagnation unless actual practice is monitored and reformed and the laws change to reflect these necessary adjustments. Thus the model proposed here begins with the Company Law of 1994 and proceeds to show how practical experience is already providing valuable data for the task of improving the law. This process by which law and business practice continue to "regulate" each other is in the author's view the essential ingredient of a successful corporate system. The author's approach is fundamentally comparative. He discusses and analyses models that have either created globally powerful corporate economies or carried out reforms that have brought new insights to corporate development. In this connection he examines the law and experience of the UK the USA Germany and Japan as well as Chinese communities overseas and some former British Commonwealth countries.240pp. Kluwer Law International Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 014827 ISBN : 904119908X 9789041199089
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Gallagher Peter
Guide to Dispute Settlement
CN The Hague: Kluwer Law International 2002. Book. Like New. Cloth/Laminated Boards. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. As the ultimate arbiter in the global trade regime the dispute settlement system of the World Trade Organization WTO is a body whose workings should be known to business people and their counsel everywhere. Here is a book - reviewed for accuracy by the WTO but written independently - that provides an uncomplicated but thorough explanation of the system its purpose its rules and the role it plays in the management of the international economy. Peter Gallagher a former trade negotiator and a specialist in the Uruguay Round agreements answers such questions as: what sort of disputes does the WTO deal with; can business or citizens use the WTO dispute system; is it possible to get a temporary injunction to stop some action; how much does it cost a to bring a case; how far can you keep on appealing a decision; what processes does a Panel follow; what does the Appellate Body review; what process does the Appellate Body follow; how does intervention by other parties affect a dispute As a handy guide to "bringing a case" before the WTO or responding to a case already in progress this easy-to-use book should prove an ideal starting point for lawyers business people or government officials confronted with a disputable trade issue. 148pp. Kluwer Law International Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 014844 ISBN : 9041198857 9789041198853
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Grewlich KW. K. W.
Governance in 'Cyberspace': Access and Public Interest in Global Communications
CN The Hague: Kluwer Law International 1999. Book. Like New. Cloth/Laminated Boards. 4to - over 9�" - 12" tall. "Cyberspace" is the emerging invisible intangible world of electronic information and processes stored at multiple interconnected sites. The digital revolution leads to "convergence" of telecommunications computer/Internet and broadcasting and to dynamic multimedia value chains. Deregulation and competition are major driving forces in the new interactive electronic environment. This volume contains normative proposals for "cyber"-regulation including self-regulation grounded on developments in the EU US and the Far East in international organizations WTO OECD WIPO ITU in business fora in NGOs in the "Internet community" and in academic research. The multi-actor government business civil society and multi-level analysis subsidiarity pertains for example to ex-ante and ex-post access-regulation competition network economics external effects essential facilities public interest principles human dignity free speech privacy security development and culture consumer protection cryptography domain names and copyright.432pp. Kluwer Law International Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 014868 ISBN : 9041112251 9789041112255
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Gallagher Peter
Guide to Dispute Settlement
CN The Hague: Kluwer Law International 2002. Book. Like New. Cloth/Laminated Boards. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. As the ultimate arbiter in the global trade regime the dispute settlement system of the World Trade Organization WTO is a body whose workings should be known to business people and their counsel everywhere. Here is a book - reviewed for accuracy by the WTO but written independently - that provides an uncomplicated but thorough explanation of the system its purpose its rules and the role it plays in the management of the international economy. Peter Gallagher a former trade negotiator and a specialist in the Uruguay Round agreements answers such questions as: what sort of disputes does the WTO deal with; can business or citizens use the WTO dispute system; is it possible to get a temporary injunction to stop some action; how much does it cost a to bring a case; how far can you keep on appealing a decision; what processes does a Panel follow; what does the Appellate Body review; what process does the Appellate Body follow; how does intervention by other parties affect a dispute As a handy guide to "bringing a case" before the WTO or responding to a case already in progress this easy-to-use book should prove an ideal starting point for lawyers business people or government officials confronted with a disputable trade issue.148pp. Kluwer Law International Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 014886 ISBN : 9041198857 9789041198853
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Edited By Butler Francis
Human Rights for the New Millennium
CN The Hague: Kluwer Law International 2000. Book. Like New. Cloth/Laminated Boards. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. The British Institute of Human Rights has long argued the case for incorporation of the European Convention of Human Rights into UK law. But how does the Human Rights Act achieve this and what changes will it make to the legal social and political landscape This book analyzes the historical and political imperatives behind evolving human rights legislation and provides a detailed examination of the interpretative record of the judiciary so far. The mechanics of implementation of the Act are explored in detail: who has rights who has responsibilities and how these are enforced. There is in-depth analysis of three specific areas affected by the new legislation: criminal justice equality and employment and disputes within families. In each case the potential in the Human Rights Act assisted by Strasbourg decisions and other international jurisprudence is tested against the prevailing position under domestic law. Finally there is reflection on the UK's other international human rights commitments and scrutiny of governmental compliance with them. With contributions from leading human rights lawyers jurists and thinkers this book deconstructs the Human Rights Act and explains its meaning and significance.260pp. Kluwer Law International Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 014910 ISBN : 9041113754 9789041113757
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Pieters D
Changing Work Patterns and Social Security
CN The Hague: Kluwer Law International 2000. Book. Like New. Cloth/Laminated Boards. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. The one-job wage earner for so many generations a bulwark of industrialized society has all but passed away. We perceive this as contemporary reality yet it has not been easy to cite the facts and figures necessary to build a stable foundation for the social security of tomorrow's population. Now the European Institute of Social Security a leading multidisciplinary research group dedicated to exploring the frontiers of social security has taken the crucial first steps with an in-depth examination of the new and atypical work relations that are emerging. The research and conclusions in this book should help policymakers to identify the areas in which existing social security systems can meaningfully accommodate the new realities of work. The volume records the proceedings of the 1999 Conference of the EISS held at Limassol in Cyprus to consider the relations of atypical work patterns and social protection. Among the important issues raised are: the real extent of the atypical work phenomenon; difficulties relating to the assessment of the incomes of the self-employed; social protection of farmers in Europe; and the shortcomings of existing social security systems vis-a-vis self-employment and part-time work. The analysis of trends presented in this book should be useful and informative for anyone - whether in government business or academia - concerned with the development and future of social protection systems not only in Europe but throughout the world. 171pp. Kluwer Law International Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 014896 ISBN : 904111369X 9789041113696
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Edited By De Avillez Pereira Miguel
Antitrust and New Media
CN The Hague: Kluwer Law International 2000. Book. Like New. Cloth/Laminated Boards. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. This is the first publication of AIJA's Antitrust Sub-Commission of the International Business Law Standing Commission. The book is the result of the reports from 20 different jurisdictions for the working session organized by the Antitrust Sub-Commission during the Annual Congress of AIJA in Sydney in September 1998. The reports were based upon a questionnaire prepared by the General Reporter and Editor and generally reflect legislation up until January 1999. The purpose of this book is to discuss the critical issues in applying antitrust laws to the media sector having in mind three main issues namely deregulation and convergence in the media industry worldwide the effect of antitrust laws on the new media environment and the balance between sector-specific regulation and antitrust rules. 442pp. Kluwer Law International Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 014894 ISBN : 9041113363 9789041113368
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Editor Atherton Rosalind F.
International Academy of Estate and Trust Law The: Selected Papers 1997-1999
CN The Hague: Kluwer Law International 2000. Book. Like New. Cloth. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. This collection of articles is a reflection of the wide range of interests held by estate and trust lawyers. The issues discussed include: art law in the context of an estate or trust; questions of control over the body itself including the futuristic issue of the status of frozen embryos in relation to an estate; broad trusts' issues including the place and nature of the trust in both civil and common law jurisdictions; and the resolution of family property concerns in relation to matrimonial law forced heirship laws or family provision on death. Other articles consider practical questions such as transnational tax planning planning for the transition of a family business on death retirement planning and the management of collective investments. The work takes a comparative approach examining each issue from the perspective of a number of different jurisdictions. This collection arises from the annual meetings and discussion of members from the International Academy of Estate and Trust Law. 963pp. Kluwer Law International Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 014918 ISBN : 9041197966 9789041197962
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Heath Christopher; Liu Kung Chung; Winkler Robin; Shieh Ming Yan; Wu Li Chi; Chen Che Hung; Fong Jerry; Lei Grace
Intellectual Property Law in Taiwan
London: Kluwer Law International 2003. Book. Like New. Cloth. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Legal scholars from Taiwan Britain and the US review the Taiwanese legal system in general and laws administrative and organizational structures and enforcement tools regarding intellectual property in particular. Then they focus on specific topics among them patents utility models plant breeders' rights design patents trade marks etc.380pp. Kluwer Law International Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 014939 ISBN : 9041199209 9789041199201
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International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea
Reports and Judgments Advisorty Opinion and Orders/ Recueil DES Arrets Avis Consultatifs Et Ordonnances 1999 Volume 3
London: Kluwer Law International 2002. Book. Like New. Cloth. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. The International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea is an international court with competence to settle disputes concerning the law of the sea. It provides a central forum for the settlement of disputes relating to the interpretation and application of the United Nation Convention on the Law of the Sea under the comprehensive system for the settlement of disputes established by the Convention. This volume contains the Judgments and Orders delivered by the Tribunal in the year 1999 in English and French.336pp. Kluwer Law International Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 014941 ISBN : 9041118225 9789041118226
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Editor Blanpain R.
Employee Rights in Bankruptcy: A Comparative-law Assessment
CN The Hague: Kluwer Law International 2002. Book. Like New. Paperback. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. In recent years a number of company bankruptcies in Europe - particularly in the Netherlands - have exposed serious gaps in the securing by law of reparations due to employees. As matters stand employees - who were dependent upon the bankruptcy not only for their income but also for their employment and social security - have little to expect in terms of payment of arrears of pay protection against dismissal continued employment in the event of a business transfer or participation rights. This work opens this far-reaching and hugely important issue by comparing employee rights in bankruptcy among four major European trading partners - the Netherlands the United Kingdom Belgium and Germany. It is to be hoped that armed with the substantive and procedural details that are fully laid out in these pages company lawyers and bankruptcy lawyers throughout Europe will be enabled to bring the rights of employees in bankruptcy into a light at least as clear as that focused on other creditors. The contributors examine not only the individual fairness issue - the unequal position of the employee as weaker party in the labour market - but also the central policy issue: does an improvement of the position of employees in a bankruptcy give rise to less willingness on the part of lenders to keep the flow of money open or greater control by lenders over the way in which borrowers run their businesses with as a result slower economic growth and hence a lower level of employment The study was commissioned by the Stichting Ondersteuningsfonds Oud-Werknemers DAF Benevolent Fund Foundation for Former DAF Employees in Eindhoven and carried out by researchers of the Faculty of Law of the Katholieke Universiteit Brabant in Tilburg. Its provisional findings presented at the conference on "Employee Rights in Bankruptcy" held in Tilburg on 8 December 1999 were considered and discussed from a variety of viewpoints by representatives of such relevant parties as trade unions and employers' organizations receivers in bankruptcy banks public authorities politicians and legal experts. The end result is this report which should contribute to a better understanding of the difficult issue of employee rights in bankruptcy and to stimulate discussion of remedies that are indispensable to the maintenance of a responsible society. 69pp. Kluwer Law International Paperback
Bookseller reference : 014922 ISBN : 9041119426 9789041119421
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Handl Gunther
Multilateral Development Banking: Environmental Principles and Concepts Reflecting General International Law and Public Policy
CN The Hague: Kluwer Law International 2001. Book. Like New. Paperback. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. This work provides a detailed analysis of international environmental legal principles and concepts as well as public policy criteria of direct relevance to Multilateral Development Bank MDB operations in developing member countries. The study describes the international legal and public policy underpinning MDB's pursuit of sustainable development as a strategic development objective which is key not only to the quality of life of inhabitants of the countries concerned but also to global economic prosperity. The bulk of legal rules standards and guidelines as well as of public policy notions are reduced in this volume to a set of operationally meaningful principles and concepts for multilateral development banking. The book draws from a vast range of source materials and extends from international conventional law multilateral bilateral customary legal principles Agenda 21 and other formally non-binding instruments or documents to practices and standards of international financial institutions. The issues addressed include accountability and empowerment which include access to information environmental impact assessment and public participation; the social impact of MDB operations such as involuntary resettlement treatment of indigenous populations; the effectiveness of environmental protection measures such as environmental monitoring and environmental audits; and the impact on certain environmental resources. This overview of the environmental policy objectives and criteria applicable to multilateral development banking should be welcomed by policy-makers environmentalists lawyers scholars stakeholders in development projects and many others. 210pp. Kluwer Law International Paperback
Bookseller reference : 014916 ISBN : 9041198075 9789041198075
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Singsangob Aunya
Computer Software and Information Licensing in Emerging Markets: the Need for a Viable Legal Framework
CN The Hague: Kluwer Law International 2003. Book. Like New. Cloth/Laminated Boards. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. There is no longer any doubt that public access to computer software and information is essential for the economic development of every country on earth rich and poor. Yet it is precisely here in this most forward-looking of technologies that the ancient legal battle lines of private ownership versus public interest are being drawn again with extreme intransigence in the field of international law pertaining to intellectual property rights. In a situation bristling with ironies it is particularly disturbing that the rampant software piracy in developing nations undermines local development of this crucial economic sector halting growth and actually reinforcing the global dominance of a few US companies. It is urgently necessary to create a legal framework that not only protects licensors and makes piracy unattractive but also fosters the growth of software and information industries in every country - and particularly in those emerging countries most desperate for economic recovery. This text presents the case for such a framework. 302pp. Kluwer Law International Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 014935 ISBN : 9041199071 9789041199072
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Edited By Chetail Vincent and Gowlland Debbas Vera
Switzerland and the International Protection of Refugees
CN The Hague: Kluwer Law International 2002. Book. Like New. Cloth/Laminated Boards. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. This volume highlights the challenges of the international protection of refugees 50 years after the adoption of the 1951 Geneva Convention relating to the Status of Refugees. Focusing on the problems faced by Switzerland in the field of international protection of refugees as well as on the specificity of its asylum law and practice this publication addresses the refugee problem from a national European and international perspective. The Swiss experience serves to illustrate the wider problematic of on the one hand the tensions between security political and humanitarian concerns encountered by refugee-receiving states and on the other the need to preserve an international refugee protection regime which remains an essential component of international law and relations for so long as political solutions are not brought to the root causes of refugee exodus. This reflection on the international protection of refugees is organized around four main themes. The first examines Switzerland's response in the past to mass influx in the light of historical case studies and the evolution of Swiss asylum law and practice. The second focuses on the question of access of refugees to asylum territories and refugee status determination procedures within the framework of the 1951 Convention on the Status of Refugees and the current Swiss asylum law. The third centres on the wider protection regime currently being forged in Europe to address a broader category of refugees including solutions for temporary and subsidiary protection. The final theme revolves around return of refugees including those under the Dayton and recent Kosovo agreements and covers reintegration of returnees assistance and long-term development. This work is based on papers presented at a colloquium of the Graduate Institute of the International Studies in Geneva which was organised in collaboration with the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees as a contribution to the 50th anniversaries of the UNHCR and the Geneva Convention relating to the Status of Refugees.283pp. Kluwer Law International Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 014937 ISBN : 9041117431 9789041117434
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Heath Christopher and Sanders Anselm Kamperman Editors
Industrial Property in the Bio-Medical Age: Challenges for Asia
The Hague: Kluwer Law International 2003. Book. Like New. Cloth. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Most of the 14 studies are from a seminar held by the Institute of European Studies in Macao China June 2001 and the rest from a seminar at Maastricht University the Netherlands in July 2001. Specialist lawyers explore the rapid development in intellectual property especially technological developments in biotechnology.284pp. Kluwer Law International Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 014931 ISBN : 9041199268 9789041199263
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Olson GN. G. N.
Banks in Distress: Lessons from the American Experience of the 1980's
CN The Hague: Kluwer Law International 2000. Book. Like New. Cloth/Laminated Boards. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. The close of the 20th century saw a remarkably high incidence of bank distress and insolvency. This book seeks to identify the causes of this ongoing financial crisis and to draw lessons for the future with the aim of assisting developed transition and emerging economies alike to better cope with future crises. "Banks in Distress" takes as its focus the major financial system crisis experienced by the US in the 1980s reviewing the evolution of the US banking system and the legislative regulatory and monetary policies of the 1980s which set the stage for the crises that followed. The author argues that the financial difficulties in the US and to some extent the rest of the world were largely precipitated and exacerbated by government intervention into the American domestic economy through uncoordinated monetary and fiscal policy as well as the uncoordinated enactment of regulatory supervisory and enforcement legislation and policy. The book in particular examines the importance of asset valuation asset value inflation and deflation and capital adequacy for banking and financial services organizations an understanding of which is crucial to the development of a coherent regulatory framework. The author considers what can be learned from the US experience and suggests the need for significant changes in the banking law and policy of most developed and emerging economies arguing that a stable and workable financial system requires transparent co-ordinated and proactive governmental policies in the banking fiscal monetary and national economic areas. 335pp. Kluwer Law International Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 014982 ISBN : 9041197877 9789041197870
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Edited By Alfredsson Gudmundur Andf Ring Rolf
The Inspection Panel of the World Bank: A Different Complaints Procedure
United Kingdom: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers 2001. Book. Like New. Paperback. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. 282pp.With the adoption of extensive human rights standards and their wide acceptance by States and the international community the time has come to emphasize the implementation of these standards at both national and international levels. International financial institutions and development agencies have a special role to play in this respect considering the influence and the resources at their disposal. Increasingly they are acknowledging this duty not only as a service to human rights but more so in recognition of the contribution which human rights and democracy and so by extension good governance and accountability make to political stability and improved economies. This volume is the result of a workshop on the inspection panel which was organized in Lund by the Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law and co-sponsored by the World Bank. Its purpose is to look for common ground in areas of mutual interest and to offer a substantive collection of ideas which can prove useful for the future work of the inspection panel and similar institutions. Such undertakings must include human rights education and training for the officialdom of national governments and international organisations as well as for the individuals and groups who stand to benefit from the implementation of the international standards and monitoring exercises where independent and impartial experts scrutinize the conduct of national and international actors. Martinus Nijhoff Publishers Paperback
Bookseller reference : 014973 ISBN : 9041113916 9789041113917
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Edited By Alfredsson Gudmundur Andf Ring Rolf
Inspection Panel of the World Bank The: A Different Complaints Procedure
CN The Hague: Kluwer Law International 2000. Book. Very Good. Cloth/Laminated Boards. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. With the adoption of extensive human rights standards and their wide acceptance by States and the international community the time has come to emphasize the implementation of these standards at both national and international levels. International financial institutions and development agencies have a special role to play in this respect considering the influence and the resources at their disposal. Increasingly they are acknowledging this duty not only as a service to human rights but more so in recognition of the contribution which human rights and democracy and so by extension good governance and accountability make to political stability and improved economies. This volume is the result of a workshop on the inspection panel which was organized in Lund by the Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law and co-sponsored by the World Bank. Its purpose is to look for common ground in areas of mutual interest and to offer a substantive collection of ideas which can prove useful for the future work of the inspection panel and similar institutions. Such undertakings must include human rights education and training for the officialdom of national governments and international organisations as well as for the individuals and groups who stand to benefit from the implementation of the international standards and monitoring exercises where independent and impartial experts scrutinize the conduct of national and international actors. N.B.Bottom right corners slightly bumped.282pp. Kluwer Law International Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 014975 ISBN : 9041113908 9789041113900
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Den Exter Andre and Hermans Herbert Editors
Right to Health Care in Several European Countries The
CN The Hague: Kluwer Law International 1999. Book. Like New. Cloth/Laminated Boards. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. The right to health care is changing over time and its content varies from country to country. Considering the right to health care on a singular plane fails to take account of the many differing applicable health care perspectives and their ramifications. Instead the right to health care must be considered as a multidimensional concept. An expert meeting hosted by the Department of Health Policy and Management Erasmus University convened in Rotterdam The Netherlands in April of 1998 addressed the meaning and consequences of the right to health care in changing health care systems. Commissioned for this expert meeting the papers published in this text address many differing perspectives on the right to health care including international and national views the role of various legal principles and the function of courts and the organizational dimension. Awareness of these multiple perspectives and their ramifications is important in moving forward amidst the changing climate of health care rights. For example reviewing knowledge and exchanging experiences from other countries helps enhance understanding of the meaning behind health care principles and provides an avenue for shared advice amongst those countries with commonalties in their systems. By offering this diverse range of viewpoints and coverage the book provides a resource for anyone interested in health care rights.187pp. Kluwer Law International Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 015014 ISBN : 9041110879 9789041110879
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Bayefsky Anne F.
How to Complain to the UN Human Rights Treaty System
CN The Hague: Kluwer Law International 2002. Book. Like New. Cloth/Laminated Boards. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. The human rights treaties are at the core of the international system for the promotion and protection of human rights. Their power to translate rights into remedies however requires greater access to the system by victims of human rights violations. This volume is about access and empowerment. It will facilitate the ability of victims to complain about violations of their rights to an international body and to have their complaints measured against clear standards. Although this system of enforcement remains open only to those whose rights have been violated by states that have permitted complaints the complaints procedures of the UN treaty system apply to one-quarter of the world's population. With this volume Professor Bayefsky makes the international complaints procedure arising from the UN human rights treaty system available to individuals lawyers non-governmental organizations and human rights advocates in many parts of the world. She begins by identifying the common features of the four complaints procedures under each of the four treaties. Each treaty is then examined in greater detail. Consideration is finally given to questions of overlap and the choice of a forum. The annexes provide the practical tools for filing a complaint. 384pp. Kluwer Law International Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 015009 ISBN : 9041119116 9789041119117
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Yu Guanghua; Gu Minkang
Law Affecting Business Transactions in the PRC
CN The Hague: Kluwer Law International 2001. Book. Like New. Cloth/Laminated Boards. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. China's company and commercial law is still in formation but its emerging patterns contain many practical elements that can be of immediate use to business people and their counsel. This guide presents not only the current disposition of such elements but also an analysis by two outstanding Chinese legal scholars with US UK and Canadian experience of likely developments in the future. As well as providing an understanding of the legal issues affecting transactions in China this book offers systematic treatment of such business factors as: procedural aspects of setting up a business in China; business incentives and restrictions; contracts; competition; taxation; property rights; protection of creditors; regulation of foreign trade and investment; regulation of financial markets; insolvency; and intellectual property rights.592pp.N.B.Rear board slightly marked. Kluwer Law International Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 014998 ISBN : 9041114955 9789041114952
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Rosenblatt Jeremy
International Conventions Affecting Children
CN The Hague: Kluwer Law International 2000. Book. Like New. Cloth/Laminated Boards. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. This text provides a commentary on all international Conventions that bear directly on the rights of the child. The legal issues covered include the child and immigration intercountry adoption international child abduction human rights armed conflict and maintenance moneys. It is the first book ever to bring together Conventions that can be realistically relied upon in domestic courts helping practitioners to avoid the pitfall of being deemed academic or distant from legal realities. Drawing on his extensive in-court experience Jeremy Rosenblatt shows exactly how each Convention may be used to remind courts and judges of their obligations of an international nature whether or not such Conventions have been incorporated into the domestic system. Among the Conventions presented and discussed insofar as they bear on children's rights are the Dublin Convention the Hague Convention on Intercountry Adoption 1993 the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child and the Brussels and Lugano Conventions. The author shows how to ensure uniform processes for the protection of the rights of the child everywhere by invoking respective and uniform Conventions that are directly applicable in individual jurisdictions as a result of legal systems globally owning competence and legal comity with one another.288pp. Kluwer Law International Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 015006 ISBN : 904111386x 9789041113863
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Editor in Chief Mansour Camille
Palestine Yearbook of International Law The
CN The Hague: Kluwer Law International 2002. Book. Like New. Cloth. 4to - over 9�" - 12" tall. This yearbook now in its 11th volume is a primary source of information on significant and topical legal issues relating to the Palestinian territories. It provides in a single annual volume not only leading articles on topics of major interest to the international legal community but also key legislation court decisions legal cases treaties resolutions special reports and other relevant legal material translated from the original Arabic or Hebrew into English. This particular volume is devoted specifically to the question of Palestinian refugees and includes: a comparison of the international legal framework designed to protect refugees with the framework already established for the protection of Palestinian refugees; an examination of the various pieces of legislation enacted to "legally" confiscate Palestinian lands; raising the question as to how the plight of Palestinian refugees may be addressed in the international legal system; legal precedents regarding refugees including the Dayton accord and UN Resolutions; various agreements signed over the course of the past year; a detailed bibliography of books monographs and articles; and a comprehensive index. This volume as with its predecessors should prove an invaluable source of reference and record on the complex legal issues relating to the Palestinian territories and will be of prime interest to legal practitioners researchers scholars and anyone involved in law politics human rights or international relations who has an interest in this region.448pp. Kluwer Law International Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 015002 ISBN : 9041118179 9789041118172
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Law Susan Kay
Bad Man's Bride Marrying Miss Bright
New York NY: Avon Books. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 2001. Book Club Edition. Hardcover. 8vo 8" to 9" tall; 372 pages; Clean tight and bright. Little wear to note book or DJ. Mylar cover. . Avon Books hardcover
Bookseller reference : 15057 ISBN : 0739417541 9780739417546
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Briggs Doug
Matter Of Personal Protection
Spring: Beverly Book Co. Good with No dust jacket as issued. 1992. Stated First Edition. Trade Size Paperback. 8vo - 8" to 9" tall; 111 pages; Photo cover wraps little wear to note. Text clean and tight. Illustrated with photos. Incorporating The Weapons And Self Defense Laws Of Texas . Beverly Book Co. paperback
Bookseller reference : 4135 ISBN : 1881287017 9781881287018
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Lapierre Wayne
Guns Crime And Freedom
Washington D.C.: Regnery Publishing. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1994. First Edtion. Hardcover. Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 263 pages; Index. Clean bright tight -- appears to never have been read. Mylar cover. Forward by Tom Clancy. Trying to find the facts about the GUN CONTROL debate. . Regnery Publishing hardcover
Bookseller reference : 7653 ISBN : 0895264773 9780895264770
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Greaney Mark
Gunmetal Gray
New York NY: Berkley Books. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 2017. First Edtion; 1st Printing. Hardcover. Series: Gray Man; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 494 pages; Stated First Edition First Issue With Clear Plastic Jacket of Mylar Protecting the dust jacket Dust Jacket shows little wear of usage Book Tight in remarkably fresh condition Text is clean no markings seen. . Berkley Books hardcover
Bookseller reference : 4078 ISBN : 0425282856 9780425282854
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McCall Dan
Bluebird Canyon
New York NY: Congdon & Weed Inc. Good in Good dust jacket. 1983. Book Club Edition. Hardcover. 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 373 pages; Mylar Cover on dustjacket Dust Jacket lightly rubbed Book Tight Text is clean no markings seen . Congdon & Weed, Inc. hardcover
Bookseller reference : 2905
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Holman Jack P.
Experimental Methods For Engineers
New York NY: MC Graw Hill Book Company. Good in Good dust jacket. 1984. Fourth Edition. Hardcover. Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 514 pages; Mylar Cover on dustjacket Dust Jacket Rubbed with Chips Book Show Some Wear Text is clean no markings seen. . MC Graw Hill Book Company hardcover
Bookseller reference : 30 ISBN : 0070296138 9780070296138
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Hjelmfelt A. T.
Hydrology For Engineers And Planners
Ames IA: Iowa State University Press. Good with no dust jacket. 1980. First Edtion; 4th Printing. Hardcover. Small 4to - 9" to 11" tall; 210 pages; Light Blue Cloth Binding Book Shows Some Wear. Text is clean no markings seen. Stated First Edition. No Dust Jacket . Iowa State University Press hardcover
Bookseller reference : 87 ISBN : 0813807956 9780813807959
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Brouner Dennis
License To Steal Or Why I Hate Lawyers
Renton: Du-Var Publishing. As New with no dust jacket. 1997. Advance Review Copy. Hardcover. 8vo - 8" to 9" tall; 311 pages; Green glossy boards as new. No DJ as issused. Publishers advanced store copy. Publishers bookmark laid in. A collection of stories about attorneys their clients and cases. . Du-Var Publishing hardcover
Bookseller reference : 1016 ISBN : 1891174002 9781891174001
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Johansen Iris
Your Next Breath
New York NY: St. Martin 's Press. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 2015. First Edtion. Hardcover. Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 338 pages; Stated First Edition Mylar Cover on dustjacket Dust Jacket shows little wear of usage Book Tight Text is clean no markings seen . St. Martin 's Press hardcover
Bookseller reference : 199 ISBN : 1250020085 9781250020086
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Law Virginia
Appointment Congo
Chicago IL: Rand Mcnally & Co. Good with no dust jacket;. 1966. First Edtion. Hardcover. B&W Photographs; 8vo - 8" to 9" tall; 289 pages; Brownish cloth with some light discoloration of the edges corner tips lightly rubbed. Text pages clean and tight. FFEP has inscritption from the author with her SIGNATURE. Photos. No Dustjacket . Rand Mcnally & Co. hardcover
Bookseller reference : 11674
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Donnerstein Edward with Daiel Linz and Steven Penrod
Question Of Pornography Research Findings and Policy Implications
New York NY: Free Press. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1987. 3rd Printing. Hardcover. Small 4to - 9" to 11" tall; 274 pages; Black DJ with red lettering lightly rubbed at edges. Mylar cover. Book solid clean and tight. Lightly rubbed boards. Text pages with yellow highlighter used through out. Charts and graphs. . Free Press hardcover
Bookseller reference : 11698 ISBN : 0029075211 9780029075210
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Poehler Amy
The Nest
New York NY: Harper Collins Publishers. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 2016. First Edtion. Hardcover. Small 4to - 9" to 11" tall; 353 pages; Signed BY AUTHOR Mylar Cover on dustjacket Dust Jacket shows little wear of usage Book Tight First Editon . Harper Collins Publishers hardcover
Bookseller reference : 9711 ISBN : 0062651706 9780062651709
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Roth Mitchel P.
Organized Crime
Upper Saddle River NJ: Prentice Hall. Good with no dust jacket. 2010. Hardcover. Textbook; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 633 pages; Trade Size Paperback Book Shows Little Wear Text is clean no markings seen No Dust Jacket . Prentice Hall hardcover
Bookseller reference : 3247 ISBN : 0205508278 9780205508273
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Bartol Curt R.
Criminal Behavior A Psychosocial Approach
Upper Saddle River NJ: Pearson Prentice Hall. Good with no dust jacket. 2008. Eighth Edition. Hardcover. Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 760 pages; Glossy Illustrated Boards No Dust Jacket Book Tight Some Underlining . Pearson Prentice Hall hardcover
Bookseller reference : 3251 ISBN : 0132394219 9780132394215
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Thorwald Jurgen
Crime And Science - New Frontier In Criminology
New York NY: Harcourt Brace Books & World. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1967. Hardcover. Small 4to - 9" to 11" tall; 494 pages; DJ lightly rubbed and creased at edges. Mylar cover. Book solid clean and tight. Photos illustrate bibliography index. Previous owners name at front paste down. Translated by Ricahrd and Clara Winston. . Harcourt Brace Books & World hardcover
Bookseller reference : 3103
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Bloom Murray Teigh
Trouble With Lawyers
New York NY: Simon & Schuster. Poor with no dust jacket. 1968. Stated First Edition; 4th Printing. Hardcover. 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 351 pages; Water damage at the bottom edges of cover and leaves. Soiled boards. . Simon & Schuster hardcover
Bookseller reference : 2264 ISBN : 0671780271 9780671780272
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McCafferty Anne
Freedom Choice
Alexandria VA: Ace / Putnam Book. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1997. Later Printing. Hardcover. Small 4to - 9" to 11" tall; 293 pages; Mylar Cover on dustjacket Dust Jacket shows little wear of usage Book Tight Text is clean no markings seen. . Ace / Putnam Book hardcover
Bookseller reference : 2279 ISBN : 0399142703 9780399142703
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