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In Confessions of Guilt, esteemed scholars George C. Thomas III and Richard A. Leo tell the story of how, over the centuries, the law of interrogation has moved from indifference about extreme force to concern over the slightest pressure, and back again. The history of interrogation in the Anglo-American world, they reveal, has been a swinging pendulum rather than a gradual continuum of violence.

Exploring a realist explanation of this pattern, Thomas and Leo demonstrate that the law of interrogation and the process of its enforcement are both inherently unstable and highly dependent on the perceived levels of threat felt by a society. Laws react to fear, they argue, and none more so than those that govern the treatment of suspected criminals.

At Liberty to Die charts how the right of a competent, terminally ill person to die on his or her own terms with the help of a doctor has come deeply embroiled in debates about the relationship between religion, civil liberties, politics, and law in American life. Exploring both the legal rulings and the media frenzies that accompanied the Terry Sciavo case and others like it, Howard Ball contends that despite raging battles in all the states where right to die legislation has been proposed, the opposition to the right to die is intractable in its stance. Combining constitutional analysis, legal history, and current events, Ball surveys the constitutional arguments that have driven the right to die debate.

A guide to federal agency adjudication / edited by Jeffrey B. Litwak. 2nd ed. American Bar Association, 2012.

KF5407.G838 2012

American Legal History

Allan C. Hutchinson. Laughing at the gods: great judges and how they made the common law. Cambridge University Press, 2012.

K170.H88 2012

Justin Crowe. Building the judiciary: law, courts, and the politics of institutional development
. Princeton University Press, 2012.

KF8719.C76 2012

American Legal System

Eldon H. Reiley & Connie de la Vega. The American legal system for foreign lawyers. Wolters Kluwer Law & Business, 2012.

KF387.R448 2012

Kevin J. Fandl. Narrowing the gap: legal English for the new international legal practitioner. American Bar Association, 2012.

KF385.F36 2012

Civil Rights

Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights. National human rights institutions: history, principles, roles and responsibilities. United Nations, 2010.

JC571.N33255 2010

Criminal Justice

Dan Simon. In doubt: the psychology of the criminal justice process. Harvard University Press, 2012.

HV7419.S57 2012

Daniel Givelber & Amy Farrell. Not guilty: are the acquitted innocent? New York University Press, 2012.

KF9756.G59 2012

Death Penalty

Jamie L. Flexon. Racial disparities in capital sentencing: prejudice and discrimination in the jury room. LFB Scholarly Pub., 2012.

KF9227.C2F549 2012

Environmental Law and Policy

The NEPA litigation guide / edited by Albert M. Ferlo, Karin P. Sheldon & Mark Squillace. American Bar Association, 2012.

KF3775.N473 2012

European Union Law

EU law after Lisbon / edited by Andrea Biondi, Piet Eeckhout & Stefanie Ripley. Oxford University Press, 2012.

KJE4443.32007.E92 2012

First Amendment

A First Amendment profile of the Supreme Court / edited by Craig R. Smith. John Cabot University Press, 2011.

KF8742.F567 2011

International Commercial Arbitration

Margaret L. Moses. The principles and practice of international commercial arbitration. 2nd ed. Cambridge University Press, 2012.

K2400.M65 2012

International Law

Definitions for the law of the sea: terms not defined by the 1982 Convention / edited by George K. Walker. Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, 2012.

KZA1125.D44 2012

International Law and Use of Force

Unmanned aircraft systems (drones) and law / edited by Lydia de Beer. Wolf Legal Publishers, 2011.

KZ6680.U56 2011

International Litigation and Arbitration

Andres Rigo Sureda. Investment treaty arbitration: judging under uncertainty. Cambridge University Press, 2012.

K3830.R54 2012

International Trade

Sonia E. Rolland. Development at the World Trade Organization. Oxford University Press, 2012.

K4610.R65 2012

Law and Economics

Robert D. Cooter & Hans-Bernd Schafer. Solomon's knot: how law can end the poverty of nations.Princeton University Press, 2012.

K487.E3C6666 2012

Pretrial Procedure

Bruce A. Olson & Tom O'Connor. Electronic discovery for small cases: managing digital evidence and ESI. CLE Programs, 2012.

KF8902.E42O47 2012

Consumer protection provisions in climate legislation: hearing before the Subcommittee on Energy and Environment of the Committee on Energy and Commerce, House of Representatives, One Hundred Eleventh Congress, first session, March 12, 2009.

KF27.E5525 2009a

Universal service: reforming the high-cost fund: hearing before the Subcommittee on Communications, Technology, and the Internet of the Committee on Energy and Commerce, House of Representatives, One Hundred Eleventh Congress, first session, March 12, 2009.

KF27.E5523 2009

How do we fix our ailing food safety system?: hearing before the Subcommittee on Health of the Committee on Energy and Commerce, House of Representatives, One Hundred Eleventh Congress, first session, March 11, 2009.

KF27.E553 2009a

Identity theft and tax fraud: growing problems for the Internal Revenue Service: 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, November 4, 2011.

KF27.O9433 2011e

Enhanced consumer financial protection after the financial crisis: hearing before the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, United States Senate, One Hundred Twelfth Congress, first session, July 19, 2011.

KF26.B39 2011m

Oversight of Dodd-Frank implementation: monitoring systemic risk and promoting financial stability: hearing before the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, United States Senate, One Hundred Twelfth Congress, first session ... May 12, 2011.

KF26.B39 2011n

Blue Ribbon Commission report: hearing before the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, United States Senate, One Hundred Twelfth Congress, second session, to receive testimony on the final report of the Blue Ribbon Commission on America's Nuclear Future, February 2, 2012.

KF26.E55 2012

Examining the case for the California waiver: an update from EPA: hearing before the Committee on Environment and Public Works, United States Senate, One Hundred Tenth Congress, first session, July 26, 2007.

KF26.E6 2007s

Reauthorization of the National Flood Insurance Program: hearing before the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, United States Senate, One Hundred Twelfth Congress, first session, on examining the reauthorization of the National Flood Insurance Program, June 9 and June 23, 2011.

KF26.B39 2011o

ESEA reauthorization: meeting the needs of special populations: hearing of the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, United States Senate, One Hundred Eleventh Congress, second session ... April 29, 2010.

KF26.L27 2010d

Afghanistan: right sizing the development footprint: hearing before the Subcommittee on International Development and Foreign Assistance, Economic Affairs, and International Environmental Protection of the Committee on Foreign Relations, United States Senate, One Hundred Twelfth Congress, first session, September 8, 2011.

KF26.F646 2011

Derivatives clearinghouses: opportunities and challenges: hearing before the Subcommittee on Securities, Insurance, and Investment of the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, United States Senate, One Hundred Twelfth Congress, first session ... May 25, 2011.

KF26.B3956 2011b

ESEA reauthorization: meeting the needs of the whole student: hearing of the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, United States Senate, One Hundred Eleventh Congress, second session, on examining Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) reauthorization, focusing on meeting the needs of the whole student, April 22, 2010.

KF26.L27 2010g

Promoting global Internet freedom: hearing before the Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, and Human Rights of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, House of Representatives, One Hundred Twelfth Congress, first session, December 8, 2011.

KF27.F629 2011s

Southern Kordofan: ethnic cleansing and humanitarian crisis in Sudan: hearing before the Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, and Human Rights of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, House of Representatives, One Hundred Twelfth Congress, first session, October 4, 2011.

KF27.F629 2011u

Stimulating the economy through trade: examining the role of export promotion: hearing before the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade, and Consumer Protection of the Committee on Energy and Commerce, House of Representatives, One Hundred Eleventh Congress, first session, March 17, 2009.

KF27.E5515 2009b

The semiannual monetary policy report to Congress: hearing before the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, United States Senate, One Hundred Twelfth Congress, first session on the Federal Reserve's semiannual monetary policy report to Congress, July 14, 2011.

KF26.B39 2011b

Nominations of Hon. Mark D. Acton and Robert G. Taub: hearing before the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, United States Senate, One Hundred Twelfth Congress, first session: nominations of Hon. Mark D. Acton and Robert G. Taub to be commissioners, Postal Regulatory Commission, July 28, 2011.

KF26.H63 2011n

Federal Election Commission: reviewing policies, processes, and procedures: hearing before the Subcommittee on Elections of the Committee on House Administration, House of Representatives, One Hundred Twelfth Congress, first session, held in Washington, DC, November 3, 2011.

KF27.H645 2011b

Child deaths due to maltreatment: hearing before the Subcommittee on Human Resources of the Committee on Ways and Means, U.S. House of Representatives, One Hundred Twelfth Congress, first session, July 12, 2011.

KF27.W3464 2011b

2011 Medicare trustee report: hearing before the Subcommittee on Health of the Committee on Ways and Means, U.S. House of Representatives, One Hundred Twelfth Congress, first session, June 22, 2011.

KF27.W344 2011a

MedPAC's annual March report to Congress: hearing before the Subcommittee on Health of the Committee on Ways and Means, U.S. House of Representatives, One Hundred Twelfth Congress, first session, March 15, 2011.

KF27.W3444 2011a