New Titles List for the Week of November 6, 2011
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Kent
Greenfield. The myth of choice : personal responsibility in a world of
limits. Yale University Press, c2011. BF448.G744
2011 Americans are fixated on the idea of choice. Our political theory is based on the consent of the governed. Our legal system is built upon the argument that people freely make choices and bear responsibility for them. This book poses unsettling questions about the choices we make. What if they are more constrained and limited than we like to think? If we have less free will than we realize, what are the implications for us as individuals and for our society? To uncover the answers, the author taps into scholarship on topics ranging from brain science to economics, political theory to sociology. His discoveries confirm that many factors, conscious and unconscious, limit our free will. |
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William
J. Stuntz. The collapse of American criminal justice. Harvard
University Press, c2011. KF9223.S78
2011 The rule of law has vanished in America’s criminal justice system. Prosecutors now decide whom to punish and how severely. Almost no one accused of a crime will ever face a jury. Inconsistent policing, rampant plea bargaining, overcrowded courtrooms, and ever more draconian sentencing have produced a gigantic prison population, with black citizens the primary defendants and victims of crime. This book looks to history for the roots of these problems—and for their solutions. The author discusses the dramatic history of American crime, the strategies that attempted to control it, and the costs of abandoning local democratic control. |
New Titles List
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Brazilian Law |
David I. Durham, Paul M.
Pruitt, Jr. A journey in Brazil : Henry Washington Hilliard and the
Brazilian anti-slavery society. University of Alabama School of Law,
2008. |
E415.9.H65D87 2008 |
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Comparative Law |
Geoffrey Samuel. Law of
obligations. Edward Elgar, c2010. |
K830.S37 2010 |
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Constitutional Law |
John R. Vile. A companion
to the United States Constitution and its amendments. 5th ed. Praeger,
c2010. |
KF4550.V55 2010 |
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Crime and Punishment |
Michelle Alexander. The
new Jim Crow : mass incarceration in the age of colorblindness. New
Press, 2010. |
KF9223.A44 2010 |
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Death Penalty |
Paul Christian Jones. Against
the gallows : antebellum American writers and the movement to abolish capital
punishment. University of Iowa Press, c2011. |
KF9227.C2J66 2011 |
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Debtor and Creditor |
David Graeber. Debt : the
first 5,000 years. Melville House, c2011. |
HG3701.G73 2011 |
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Dispute Resolution |
Susan Swaim Daicoff.
Comprehensive law practice : law as a healing profession. Carolina
Academic Press, c2011. |
KF9084.D35 2011 |
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Energy Law and Policy |
Greg Muttitt. Fuel on the
fire : oil and politics in occupied Iraq. The Bodley Head, 2011. |
DS79.76.M89 2011 |
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Ernest E. Smith, Steven K.
DeWolf, Roderick E. Wetsel. Texas wind law. LexisNexis, 2011- |
KFT1491.S64A515 |
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Estate Planning |
Natalie B. Choate. Life
and death planning for retirement benefits : the essential handbook for
estate planners. 7th ed., revised. Ataxplan Publications, 2011. |
KF6585.C46 2011 |
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Immigration Law |
Gordon Hanson. Regulating
low-skilled immigration in the United States. AEI Press, c2010. |
KF4819.H36 2010 |
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Pia M. Orrenius, Madeline
Zavodny. Beside the golden door : U.S. immigration reform in a new era of
globalization. AEI Press, c2010. |
KF4819.O77 2010 |
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Juvenile Law |
Toni Marsh. Juvenile law.
Thomson Delmar Learning, c2007. |
KF9779.M37 2007 |
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Law and Literature |
William P. MacNeil. Novel
judgements : legal theory as fiction. Routledge, 2012. |
K487.L38M33 2010 |
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Legal Analysis, Research
& Communication |
Ruggero J. Aldisert. A
judge's advice : 50 years on the bench. Carolina Academic Press, c2011. |
KF213.A52 2011 |
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Native Americans |
N. Burce Duthu. American
Indians and the law. Viking, 2008. |
KF8210.R32D88 2008 |
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Oil and Gas |
John Bishop Ballem. The
oil and gas lease in Canada. 4th ed. University of Toronto Press, c2008. |
KE1822.B34 2008 |
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Sentencing |
Jawjeong Wu. Citizenship
status, race, ethnicity, and their effects on sentencing. LFB Scholarly
Pub., 2011. |
KF9685.W8 2011 |
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Separation of Powers |
Ross K. Baker. Strangers
on a hill : Congress and the court. W.W. Norton & Co. c2007. |
KF4565.B29 2007 |
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Sexual Orientation and the
Law |
Combating discrimination
on grounds of sexual orientation or gender identity : Council of Europe
Standards. Council of Europe, c2011. |
KJC5144.G39C66 2011 |
New Government Documents List
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Health care issues involving
the Center for Consumer Information and Insurance Oversight : hearing before
the Subcommittee on Energy and Commerce, House of Representatives, One
Hundred Twelfth Congress, first session, February 16, 2011. |
KF27.E5546 2011d |
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Between you and your doctor :
the private health insurance bureaucracy--day 2 : hearing before the
Subcommittee on Domestic Policy of the Committee on Oversight and Government
Reform, House of Representatives, One Hundred Eleventh Congress, first
session, September 17, 2009. |
KF27.O942 2009r |
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Human rights at home : mental
illness in U.S. prisons and jails : hearing before the Subcommittee on Human
Rights and the Law of the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate,
One Hundred Eleventh Congress, first session, September 15, 2009. |
KF26.J8499 2009r |
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H.R. ____, the Energy Tax
Prevention Act of 2011 : hearing before the Subcommittee on Energy and Power
of the Committee on Energy and Commerce, House of Representatives, One
Hundred Twelfth Congress, first session, February 9, 2011. |
KF27.E5524 2011c |
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Are superweeds an outgrowth
of USDA biotech policy? : hearing before the Subcommittee on Domestic Policy
of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, House of
Representatives, One Hundred Eleventh Congress, second session. |
KF27.O942 2010s |
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Assessing the regulatory,
economic, and market implications of the Dodd-Frank derivatives title :
hearing before the Committee on Financial Services, U.S. House of
Representatives, One Hundred Twelfth Congress, first session, February 15,
2011. |
KF27.B5 2011c |
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Chemical security : assessing
progress and charting a path forward : hearing before the Committee on
Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, United States Senate, One Hundred
Eleventh Congress, second session, March 3, 2010. |
KF26.H63 2010e |
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Problems in mortgage
servicing from modification to foreclosure : hearing before the Committee on
Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, United States Senate, One Hundred
Eleventh Congress, second session, on examining problems in mortgage
servicing from modification to foreclosure and the impact these problems have
had on U.S. homeowners and the housing market during the economic downturn,
November 16 and December 1, 2010. |
KF26.B39 2010z |
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U.S.-Africa trade relations :
creating a platform for economic growth : joint hearing before the
Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade, and Consumer Protection of the Committee on
Energy and Commerce, and the Subcommittee on Africa and Global Health of the
Committee on Foreign Relations, House of Representatives, One Hundred
Eleventh Congress, first session, June 24, 2009. |
KF27.F627 2009m |
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Religious freedom, democracy,
human rights in Asia : status of implementation of the Tibetan Policy Act,
Block Burmese Jade Act, and North Korean Human Rights Act : hearing before
the Committee on Foreign Affairs, House of Representatives, One Hundred Twelfth
Congress, first session, June 2, 2011. |
KF27.F6 2011n |
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The refuse of the federal
spending binge II : how U.S. taxpayers are paying double for failing
government programs : hearing before the Committee on Oversight and
Government Reform, House of Representatives, One Hundred Twelfth Congress,
first session, March 3, 2011. |
KF27.O94 2011e |
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Raising the agencies' grades
: protecting the economy, assuring regulatory quality and improving
assessments of regulatory need : hearing before the Subcommittee on Courts,
Commercial and Administrative Law of the Committee on the Judiciary, House of
Representatives, One Hundred Twelfth Congress, first session, March 29,
2011. |
KF27.J856 2011g |
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Oversight of federal
financial management : hearing before the Subcommittee on Government
Management, Organization, and Procurement of the Committee on Oversight and
Government Reform, House of Representatives, One Hundred Eleventh Congress,
first session, April 14, 2010. |
KF27.O943 2010g |
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Legislative proposals to
improve the structure of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau : hearing
before the Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit of the
Committee on Financial Services, U.S. House of Representatives, One Hundred Twelfth
Congress, first session, April 6, 2011. |
KF27.B5364 2011g |
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MedPAC's annual March report
: hearing before the Subcommittee on Health of the Committee on Ways and
Means, U.S. House of Representatives, One Hundred Tenth Congress, second session,
March 11, 2008. |
KF27.W344 2008e |
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A look at the fiscal year
2010 consolidated financial report of the U.S. government : hearing before
the Subcommittee on Government Organization, Efficiency, and Financial
Management of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, House of
Representatives, One Hundred Twelfth Congress, first session, March 9, 2011. |
KF27.O943 2011f |
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Biofuels : hearing before the
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, United States Senate, One Hundred
Twelfth Congress, first session, to review the U.S. Department of Energy's
biofuels programs and biofuel infrastructure issues, and to consider S. 187,
the Biofuels Market Expansion Act of 2011, April 7, 2011. |
KF26.E55 2011o |
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The administration's report
to Congress : reforming America's housing finance market : hearing before the
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, United States Senate, One
Hundred Twelfth Congress, first session, on examining the administration's
report to Congress: reforming America's housing finance market, March 15,
2011. |
KF26.B39 2011f |
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Ensuring competition on the
Internet. Pt. II : FCC panel : hearing before the Subcommittee on
Intellectual Property, Competition, and the Internet of the Committee on the
Judiciary, House of Representatives, One Hundred Twelfth Congress, first
session, May 5, 2011. |
KF27.J857 2011n |
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Assessing U.S. foreign policy
priorities and needs amidst economic challenges : hearing before the
Committee on Foreign Affairs, House of Representatives, One Hundred Twelfth
Congress, first session, March 1, 2011. |
KF27.F6 2011o |
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Access and affordability :
how expanding Pell grants will offer higher education to more Americans :
field hearing of the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions,
United States Senate, One Hundred Eleventh Congress, first session, on
examining access and affordability, focusing on how expanding Pell grants
will offer higher education to more Americans, October 5, 2009, Philadelphia,
PA. |
KF26.L27 2009z |
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Administration of the
first-time homebuyer tax credit : hearing before the Committee on Ways and
Means, Subcommittee on Oversight, U.S. House of Representatives, One Hundred
Eleventh Congress, first session, October 22, 2009. |
KF27.W345 2009t |
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Budget oversight : examining
the President's 2012 budget request for Europe and Eurasia : hearing before
the Subcommittee on Europe and Eurasia of the Committee on Foreign Affairs,
House of Representatives, One Hundred Twelfth Congress, first session, April
14, 2011. |
KF27.F642 2011g |
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Impact of severe hurricanes
on Beaufort, South Carolina : field hearing before the Subcommittee on
Disaster Prevention and Prediction of the Committee on Commerce, Science, and
Transportation, United States Senate, One Hundred Ninth Congress, second session,
August 17, 2006. |
KF26.C6932 2006p |
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Secure Visas Act : hearing
before the Subcommittee on Immigration Policy and Enforcement of the
Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, One Hundred Twelfth
Congress, first session, on H.R. 1741, May 11, 2011. |
KF27.J8645 2011i |
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The state of the housing
market : hearing before the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs,
United States Senate, One Hundred Twelfth Congress, first session, on
examining the state of the housing market, March 9, 2011. |
KF26.B39 2011e |
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Stimulus oversight, 2009 :
hearings before the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs,
United States Senate, of the One Hundred Eleventh Congress, first session. |
KF26.H63 2009zz |
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Current public lands and
forests bills : hearing before the Subcommittee on Public Lands and Forests
of the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, United States Senate, One
Hundred Twelfth Congress, first session, on S. 220, S. 270, S. 271, S. 278, S.
292, S. 322, S. 382, S. 427, S. 526, S. 566, S. 590, S. 607, S. 617, S. 667,
S. 683, S. 684, S. 729, S. 766, S. 896, S. 897, May 18, 2011. |
KF26.E5583 2011i |
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TSA oversight : hearing
before the Subcommittee on National Security, Homeland Defense, and Foreign
Operations of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, House of
Representatives, One Hundred Twelfth Congress, first session. |
KF27.O946 2011e |
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Reducing overpayments and
increasing quality in the unemployment system : hearing before the Committee
on Finance, United States Senate, One Hundred Eleventh Congress, second
session, May 25, 2010. |
KF26.F5 2010i |
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President's proposed fee on
financial institutions regarding TARP : hearings before the Committee on
Finance, United States Senate, One Hundred Eleventh Congress, second session,
April 20, May 4, and May 11, 2010. |
KF26.F6 2010w |
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Nomination of John S.
Pistole, to be administrator of the Transportation Security Administration
and assistant secretary of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security : hearing
before the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, United States
Senate, One Hundred Eleventh Congress, second session, June 10, 2010. |
KF26.C69 2010p |
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Global investment trends in
clean energy : hearing before the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources,
United States Senate, One Hundred Twelfth Congress, first session ... March
17, 2011. |
KF26.E55 2011 |