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Ethical Data and Information Management

Concepts, Tools and Methods

by Katherine O'Keefe, Daragh O Brien ...

Information and how we manage, process and govern it is becoming increasingly important as organizations ride the wave of the big data revolution. ***Ethical Data and Information Management***offers a practical guide for people in organizations who are tasked with implementing information management projects. It sets out, in a clear and structured way, the fundamentals of ethics, and provides ... Read more

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Information and how we manage, process and govern it is becoming increasingly important as organizations ride the wave of the big data revolution. ***Ethical Data and Information Management***offers a practical guide for people in organizations who are tasked with implementing information management projects. It sets out, in a clear and structured way, the fundamentals of ethics, and provides
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Ambition

For What?

by Deborah L. Rhode ...

An engaging account of ambition, the forces that drive and constrain it, and whether it serves our deepest needs. Ambition is a dominant force in for human civilization, driving its greatest achievements and most horrific abuses. Our striving has brought art, airplanes, and antibiotics, as well as wars, genocide, and despotism. This mixed record raises obvious concerns about how we can channel ... Read more

$25.91 CAD

An engaging account of ambition, the forces that drive and constrain it, and whether it serves our deepest needs. Ambition is a dominant force in for human civilization, driving its greatest achievements and most horrific abuses. Our striving has brought art, airplanes, and antibiotics, as well as wars, genocide, and despotism. This mixed record raises obvious concerns about how we can channel
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On Human Rights

by James Griffin ...

What is a human right? How can we tell whether a proposed human right really is one? How do we establish the content of particular human rights, and how do we resolve conflicts between them? These are pressing questions for philosophers, political theorists, jurisprudents, international lawyers, and activists. James Griffin offers answers in his compelling new investigation of the foundations of ... Read more

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What is a human right? How can we tell whether a proposed human right really is one? How do we establish the content of particular human rights, and how do we resolve conflicts between them? These are pressing questions for philosophers, political theorists, jurisprudents, international lawyers, and activists. James Griffin offers answers in his compelling new investigation of the foundations of
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We Own This City

A True Story of Crime, Cops, and Corruption

by Justin Fenton ...

NEW YORK TIMES EDITORS’ CHOICE • The astonishing true story of “one of the most startling police corruption scandals in a generation” (The New York Times), from the Pulitzer Prize–nominated reporter who exposed a gang of criminal cops and their yearslong plunder of an American cityNOW AN HBO SERIES FROM THE WIRE CREATOR DAVID SIMON AND GEORGE PELECANOS“A work of journalism that not only chronicles ... Read more

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NEW YORK TIMES EDITORS’ CHOICE • The astonishing true story of “one of the most startling police corruption scandals in a generation” (The New York Times), from the Pulitzer Prize–nominated reporter who exposed a gang of criminal cops and their yearslong plunder of an American cityNOW AN HBO SERIES FROM THE WIRE CREATOR DAVID SIMON AND GEORGE PELECANOS“A work of journalism that not only chronicles
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Madame Queen, Stanford (Livre lesbien, roman lesbien) - Romance lesbienne - slow burn - prof élève

by Kyrian Malone, Livre Lesbien - Steditions ...

Series Book 0 - Série lesbienne : Queenverse - Romance lesbienne / Thriller et Dark Romance
Regina Queen, brillante avocate new yorkaise, décide de rentrer à San Francisco pour enseigner le droit pénal à l'université de Stanford. Tous les élèves la connaissent pour ses nombreuses affaires médiatisées. Au premier rang : Danielle Banks, la fille de Madame la procureure en personne. Danielle débute sa quatrième année à l'université. Elle espère décrocher sa maîtrise et gagner une place pour ... Read more

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Regina Queen, brillante avocate new yorkaise, décide de rentrer à San Francisco pour enseigner le droit pénal à l'université de Stanford. Tous les élèves la connaissent pour ses nombreuses affaires médiatisées. Au premier rang : Danielle Banks, la fille de Madame la procureure en personne. Danielle débute sa quatrième année à l'université. Elle espère décrocher sa maîtrise et gagner une place pour
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Anatomy of Injustice

A Murder Case Gone Wrong

by Raymond Bonner ...

The book that helped free an innocent man who had spent twenty-seven years on death row.In January 1982, an elderly white widow was found brutally murdered in the small town of Greenwood, South Carolina. Police immediately arrested Edward Lee Elmore, a semiliterate, mentally retarded black man with no previous felony record. His only connection to the victim was having cleaned her gutters and ... Read more

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The book that helped free an innocent man who had spent twenty-seven years on death row.In January 1982, an elderly white widow was found brutally murdered in the small town of Greenwood, South Carolina. Police immediately arrested Edward Lee Elmore, a semiliterate, mentally retarded black man with no previous felony record. His only connection to the victim was having cleaned her gutters and
... Read more
American Muckraker

Rethinking Journalism for the 21st Century

by James O’Keefe ...

ON POWERThey do have tremendous power. But in part it is because we give it to them. We are nothing, but we are not alone. Awe cannot live in fear. The moment you stop caring about what the media establishment thinks of you, is the moment you become truly free.ON INSIDERSThe USPS whistleblower, a Marine Corps combat veteran said, “I would rather be back in Afghanistan, getting shot at by Afghans, ... Read more

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ON POWERThey do have tremendous power. But in part it is because we give it to them. We are nothing, but we are not alone. Awe cannot live in fear. The moment you stop caring about what the media establishment thinks of you, is the moment you become truly free.ON INSIDERSThe USPS whistleblower, a Marine Corps combat veteran said, “I would rather be back in Afghanistan, getting shot at by Afghans,
... Read more
Should Trees Have Standing?

Law, Morality, and the Environment

by Christopher D. Stone ...

Originally published in 1972, Should Trees Have Standing? was a rallying point for the then burgeoning environmental movement, launching a worldwide debate on the basic nature of legal rights that reached the U.S. Supreme Court. Now, in the 35th anniversary edition of this remarkably influential book, Christopher D. Stone updates his original thesis and explores the impact his ideas have had on ... Read more

$30.95 CAD

Originally published in 1972, Should Trees Have Standing? was a rallying point for the then burgeoning environmental movement, launching a worldwide debate on the basic nature of legal rights that reached the U.S. Supreme Court. Now, in the 35th anniversary edition of this remarkably influential book, Christopher D. Stone updates his original thesis and explores the impact his ideas have had on
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The Death of Common Sense

How Law Is Suffocating America

by Philip K. Howard ...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER“We need a new idea of how to govern. The current system is broken. Law is supposed to be a framework for humans to make choices, not the replacement for free choice.” So notes Philip K. Howard in the new Afterword to his explosive manifesto The Death of Common Sense. Here Howard offers nothing less than a fresh, lucid, practical operating system for modern democracy. ... Read more

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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER“We need a new idea of how to govern. The current system is broken. Law is supposed to be a framework for humans to make choices, not the replacement for free choice.” So notes Philip K. Howard in the new Afterword to his explosive manifesto The Death of Common Sense. Here Howard offers nothing less than a fresh, lucid, practical operating system for modern democracy.
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The Great Post Office Scandal

The Fight to Expose A Multimillion Pound Scandal Which Put Innocent People in Jail

by Nick Wallis ...

The Great Post Office Scandal is the extraordinary story behind the recent ITV drama series Mr Bates vs The Post Office.This gripping page-turner recounts how thousands of subpostmasters were accused of theft and false accounting on the back of evidence from Horizon, the flawed computer system designed by Fujitsu, and how a group of them, led by Alan Bates, took their fight to the High Court. ... Read more

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The Great Post Office Scandal is the extraordinary story behind the recent ITV drama series Mr Bates vs The Post Office.This gripping page-turner recounts how thousands of subpostmasters were accused of theft and false accounting on the back of evidence from Horizon, the flawed computer system designed by Fujitsu, and how a group of them, led by Alan Bates, took their fight to the High Court.
... Read more
Animal Rights

What Everyone Needs to Know®

by Paul Waldau ...

Series series What Everyone Needs To Know®
In this compelling volume in the What Everyone Needs to Know® series, Paul Waldau expertly navigates the many heated debates surrounding the complex and controversial animal rights movement. Organized around a series of probing questions, this timely resource offers the most complete, even-handed survey of the animal rights movement available. The book covers the full spectrum of issues, beginning ... Read more

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In this compelling volume in the What Everyone Needs to Know® series, Paul Waldau expertly navigates the many heated debates surrounding the complex and controversial animal rights movement. Organized around a series of probing questions, this timely resource offers the most complete, even-handed survey of the animal rights movement available. The book covers the full spectrum of issues, beginning
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The New Lawyer

How Settlement Is Transforming the Practice of Law

by Julie MacFarlane ...

Series series Law and Society Series
Today’s justice system and the legal profession have rendered the “lawyer-warrior” notion outdated, shifting toward conflict resolution rather than protracted litigation. The new lawyer’s skills go beyond court battles to encompass negotiation, mediation, collaborative practice, and restorative justice. In The New Lawyer, Julie Macfarlane explores the evolving role of practitioners, articulating ... Read more

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Today’s justice system and the legal profession have rendered the “lawyer-warrior” notion outdated, shifting toward conflict resolution rather than protracted litigation. The new lawyer’s skills go beyond court battles to encompass negotiation, mediation, collaborative practice, and restorative justice. In The New Lawyer, Julie Macfarlane explores the evolving role of practitioners, articulating
... Read more
Cheating Justice

How Bush and Cheney Attacked the Rule of Law and Plotted to Avoid Prosecution- and What We Can Do about It

by Cynthia Cooper, Elizabeth Holtzman ...

President George W. Bush and Vice President Cheney deceived Congress and the people to drive us into a war in Iraq; they claimed the right to wiretap illegally and to eavesdrop on citizens; and they authorized torture, unilaterally upending laws and violating international treaty obligations. Yet, both Bush and Cheney are audaciously unapologetic about their crimes. In his recent memoir, President ... Read more

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President George W. Bush and Vice President Cheney deceived Congress and the people to drive us into a war in Iraq; they claimed the right to wiretap illegally and to eavesdrop on citizens; and they authorized torture, unilaterally upending laws and violating international treaty obligations. Yet, both Bush and Cheney are audaciously unapologetic about their crimes. In his recent memoir, President
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The Moral Compass of the American Lawyer

Truth, Justice, Power, and Greed

by Richard A. Zitrin, Carol M. Langford ...

These are perilous times for Americans who need access to the legal system. Too many lawyers blatantly abuse power and trust, engage in reckless ethical misconduct, grossly unjust billing practices, and dishonesty disguised as client protection. All this has undermined the credibility of lawyers and the authority of the legal system. In the court of public opinion, many lawyers these days are ... Read more

$8.99 CAD

These are perilous times for Americans who need access to the legal system. Too many lawyers blatantly abuse power and trust, engage in reckless ethical misconduct, grossly unjust billing practices, and dishonesty disguised as client protection. All this has undermined the credibility of lawyers and the authority of the legal system. In the court of public opinion, many lawyers these days are
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Daggers Unsheathed

The Political Assassination of Glen Clark

by Judy Tyabji ...

Daggers Unsheathed: The Political Assassination of Glen Clark is the story of the Glen Clark era in British Columbia politics. From the 1995 announcement of his NDP leadership aspirations to the day in 2002 when he was acquitted of criminal charges in a BC court, Glen Clark was the dominant personality in West Coast politics. Clark's style and politics as premier of BC ensured that everyone had a ... Read more

$9.62 CAD

Daggers Unsheathed: The Political Assassination of Glen Clark is the story of the Glen Clark era in British Columbia politics. From the 1995 announcement of his NDP leadership aspirations to the day in 2002 when he was acquitted of criminal charges in a BC court, Glen Clark was the dominant personality in West Coast politics. Clark's style and politics as premier of BC ensured that everyone had a
... Read more
Confronting the Death Penalty

How Language Influences Jurors in Capital Cases

by Robin Conley ...

Series series Oxford Studies in Language and Law
Confronting the Death Penalty: How Language Influences Jurors in Capital Cases probes how jurors make the ultimate decision about whether another human being should live or die. Drawing on ethnographic and qualitative linguistic methods, this book explores the means through which language helps to make death penalty decisions possible - how specific linguistic choices mediate and restrict jurors', ... Read more

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Confronting the Death Penalty: How Language Influences Jurors in Capital Cases probes how jurors make the ultimate decision about whether another human being should live or die. Drawing on ethnographic and qualitative linguistic methods, this book explores the means through which language helps to make death penalty decisions possible - how specific linguistic choices mediate and restrict jurors',
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Inside Parkhurst

Stories of a Prison Officer

by David Berridge ...

THE FASCINATING SUNDAY TIMES TOP TEN BESTSELLERAssaults. Riots. Cell fires. Medical emergencies. Understaffed wings. Suicides. Hooch. Weapons. It's all in a week's work at HMP Parkhurst.After 28 years working as a prison officer, with 22 years at HMP Parkhurst, once one of Britain's most high security prisons, David Berridge has had to deal with it all: serial killers and gangsters, terrorists and ... Read more

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THE FASCINATING SUNDAY TIMES TOP TEN BESTSELLERAssaults. Riots. Cell fires. Medical emergencies. Understaffed wings. Suicides. Hooch. Weapons. It's all in a week's work at HMP Parkhurst.After 28 years working as a prison officer, with 22 years at HMP Parkhurst, once one of Britain's most high security prisons, David Berridge has had to deal with it all: serial killers and gangsters, terrorists and
... Read more
Objection

Disgust, Morality, and the Law

by Debra Lieberman, Carlton Patrick ...

Why do we consider incest wrong, even when it occurs between consenting adults unable to have children? Why are words that gross us out more likely to be deemed "obscene" and denied the protection of the First Amendment? In a world where a gruesome photograph can decisively influence a jury and homosexual behavior is still condemned by some as "unnatural," it is worth asking: is our legal system ... Read more

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Why do we consider incest wrong, even when it occurs between consenting adults unable to have children? Why are words that gross us out more likely to be deemed "obscene" and denied the protection of the First Amendment? In a world where a gruesome photograph can decisively influence a jury and homosexual behavior is still condemned by some as "unnatural," it is worth asking: is our legal system
... Read more
Neurointerventions, Crime, and Punishment

Ethical Considerations

by Jesper Ryberg ...

Series series Studies in Penal Theory and Philosophy
Advances in new neuroscientific research tools and technologies have not only led to new insight into the processes of the human brain, they have also refined and provided genuinely new ways of modifying and manipulating the human brain. The aspiration of such interventions is to affect conative, cognitive, and affective brain processes associated with emotional regulation, empathy, and moral ... Read more

$101.51 CAD

Advances in new neuroscientific research tools and technologies have not only led to new insight into the processes of the human brain, they have also refined and provided genuinely new ways of modifying and manipulating the human brain. The aspiration of such interventions is to affect conative, cognitive, and affective brain processes associated with emotional regulation, empathy, and moral
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The Collapse of the Common Good

How America's Lawsuit Culture Undermines Our Freedom

by Philip K. Howard ...

In pursuit of fairness at any cost, we have created a society paralyzed by legal fear: Doctors are paranoid and principals powerless. Little league coaches, scared of liability, stop volunteering. Schools and hospitals start to crumble. The common good fades, replaced by a cacophony of people claiming their “individual rights.”By turns funny and infuriating, this startling book dissects the dogmas ... Read more

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In pursuit of fairness at any cost, we have created a society paralyzed by legal fear: Doctors are paranoid and principals powerless. Little league coaches, scared of liability, stop volunteering. Schools and hospitals start to crumble. The common good fades, replaced by a cacophony of people claiming their “individual rights.”By turns funny and infuriating, this startling book dissects the dogmas
... Read more
眾裏尋她

公義在香港

by 陳文敏 ...

在《眾裏尋她：公義在香港》，陳文敏教授通過其個人經驗和重要案例，探討香港法律制度的核心價值。本書解釋和釐清了一些有關香港法律的常見問題。例如大律師如何為有罪的人作辯護？法律偏袒於有財有勢的人嗎？我們是否在任何情況下皆要遵守法律？在人權與國家安全互相抵觸的情況下，兩者該如何取得平衡？公平又如何與行政效能協調？我們可以因自由被濫用而否定它嗎？陳教授在書中亦會談及法律專業和專業精神，並指出法律專業備受尊崇在於律師嚴格堅持其專業操守，並致力於維護公義與公平。本書所談及的案例涵蓋不同的法律範疇，並橫跨陳教授數十年的執業經歷。通過這些真實案例，陳教授不但令讀者更明白香港的法律制度如何運作，亦讓讀者更深入地考量法律體制、法律專業、正義在現代社會的角色和法治的重要性。陳文敏為香港大學法律學院公法講座教授暨前院長（20022014），專研憲法、行政法和人權法，著作甚豐 ... Read more

$21.59 CAD

在《眾裏尋她：公義在香港》，陳文敏教授通過其個人經驗和重要案例，探討香港法律制度的核心價值。本書解釋和釐清了一些有關香港法律的常見問題。例如大律師如何為有罪的人作辯護？法律偏袒於有財有勢的人嗎？我們是否在任何情況下皆要遵守法律？在人權與國家安全互相抵觸的情況下，兩者該如何取得平衡？公平又如何與行政效能協調？我們可以因自由被濫用而否定它嗎？陳教授在書中亦會談及法律專業和專業精神，並指出法律專業備受尊崇在於律師嚴格堅持其專業操守，並致力於維護公義與公平。本書所談及的案例涵蓋不同的法律範疇，並橫跨陳教授數十年的執業經歷。通過這些真實案例，陳教授不但令讀者更明白香港的法律制度如何運作，亦讓讀者更深入地考量法律體制、法律專業、正義在現代社會的角色和法治的重要性。陳文敏為香港大學法律學院公法講座教授暨前院長（20022014），專研憲法、行政法和人權法，著作甚豐
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Animal Welfare and Human Values

by Rod Preece, Lorna Chamberlain ...

As the most populous province in Canada, Ontario is a microcosm of the animal welfare issues which beset Western civilization. The authors of this book, chairman and vice-chairman, respectively, of the Ontario Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, find themselves constantly being made aware of the atrocities committed in the Society’s jurisdiction.They have been, in turn, puzzled, ... Read more

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As the most populous province in Canada, Ontario is a microcosm of the animal welfare issues which beset Western civilization. The authors of this book, chairman and vice-chairman, respectively, of the Ontario Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, find themselves constantly being made aware of the atrocities committed in the Society’s jurisdiction.They have been, in turn, puzzled,
... Read more
Law Enforcement Ethics

Classic and Contemporary Issues

Edited by Brian Douglas Fitch ...

This unique collection of essays covers many of the important facets of law enforcement ethics, including the selection, training, and supervision of officers. Editor Brian D. Fitch brings together the works of a diverse task force with a vested interested in reducing officer misconduct—including law enforcement scholars, educators, and practitioners from a variety of disciplines—to present a ... Read more

$78.47 CAD

This unique collection of essays covers many of the important facets of law enforcement ethics, including the selection, training, and supervision of officers. Editor Brian D. Fitch brings together the works of a diverse task force with a vested interested in reducing officer misconduct—including law enforcement scholars, educators, and practitioners from a variety of disciplines—to present a
... Read more
Lawyers and the Proceeds of Crime

The Facilitation of Money Laundering and its Control

by Katie Benson ...

Series series The Law of Financial Crime
The role played by legal professionals in the laundering of criminal proceeds generated by others has become a priority concern for authorities at national and international levels. This ground-breaking book presents an in-depth empirical analysis of the nature of lawyers’ involvement in the facilitation of money laundering and its control through criminal justice and regulatory mechanisms. It is ... Read more

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The role played by legal professionals in the laundering of criminal proceeds generated by others has become a priority concern for authorities at national and international levels. This ground-breaking book presents an in-depth empirical analysis of the nature of lawyers’ involvement in the facilitation of money laundering and its control through criminal justice and regulatory mechanisms. It is
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