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A Queer Love Story
In August 1989, Jane Rule – novelist, essayist, and the first widely recognized “public lesbian” in North America – summed up the first eight years of her correspondence with Rick Bébout, journalist and editor with the Toronto-based Body Politic: “It seems to me that what has concerned us is richly human and significantly focused on the concerns of our time and our tribe.” Rule lived in a remote rural community on Galiano Island in British Columbia but wrote a column for the magazine. Bébout was a resident of and devoted to Toronto’s gay village. A Queer Love Story presents the first fifteen years of their correspondence. At turns poignant, scintillating, and incisive, their exchanges include ruminations on queer life and the writing life as they document some of the most pressing LGBT issues and events of the 1980s and ’90s, including HIV/AIDS, censorship, youth sexuality, public sex and S/M, Toronto’s infamous bath raids, and state regulation of identity and desire.
Questioning Capital Punishment
The death penalty has inspired controversy for centuries. Raising questions regarding capital punishment rather than answering them, Questioning Capital Punishment offers the footing needed to allow for more informed consideration and analysis of these controversies. Acker edits judicial decisions that have addressed constitutional challenges to capital punishment and its administration in the United States and uses complementary materials to offer historical, empirical, and normative perspectives about death penalty policies and practices. This book is ideal for upper-level undergraduate and graduate classes in criminal justice.
Cruel and Unusual Punishment
In one of the lengthiest, noisiest, and hottest legal debates in U.S. history, Cruel and Unusual Punishment stands out as a levelheaded, even-handed, and thorough analysis of the issue. The Eighth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution created one of the nation's most valued freedoms but, at the same time, one of its most persistent controversies. On 184 separate occasions, the Supreme Court attempted to decide what constitutes "cruel and unusual punishment." Constitutional scholars Joseph A. Melusky and Judge Keith A. Pesto help readers make sense of the controversy. The authors begin by sketching the context of the debate in a general overview that addresses issues such as excessive bails and fines, and noncapital offenses. But their primary focus is capital punishment. In a detailed, chronologically ordered discussion, they trace the evolving opinion of the nation's highest court from the late 19th century to the present, analyzing issues, arguments, holdings, and outcomes.
Blind Faith
The sordid, #1 New York Times bestselling true crime story of adultery, addiction, gambling debt, and murder in a privileged suburban town—from author and journalist Joe McGinniss. The Marshalls were the model family of Tom’s River, New Jersey, living the American dream and seemingly in possession of all that money could buy. Rob Marshall, a successful insurance broker, was the big breadwinner, king of the country club set. Maria Marshall was his stunningly beautiful wife and the perfect mom to their three great kids. Then one night while the couple drove home from Atlantic City, Rob, his head bloodied, reported Maria had been brutally slain. Sympathy poured in—until disquieting facts began to surface…and the true story of adultery, gambling, drugs and murder tore the mask off Rob Marshall and the blinders off the town that thought he could do no wrong.
Basic Contract Law for Paralegals
The book facilitates effective teaching and learning through: - a quick, simple, and straightforward introduction to all the basics of contracts law, specifically designed for paralegal students- comprehensive coverage of key topics, as well as a chapter on drafting simple contracts- clearly written text and lively examples that help students understand the law- well-crafted pedagogy -- chapter overviews, highlighted examples, key terms, review questions, sample clauses for analysis, edited cases, chapter summaries, and exercises at the end of each chapter- an ideal length for shorter coursesText is totally up to date: - new section on UCC 2A covering leases of personal property- all new case summaries for the new millennium -- all cases have been decided since 2000- additional new cases in the supplemental cases appendix- completely updated appendix of sample contracts, with additional samples in the Instructor's Manual
The Glannon Guide to Criminal Law
THE GLANNON GUIDE TO CRIMINAL LAW: Learning Criminal Law Through Multiple-Choice Questions and Analysis gives students an effective tool for exam preparation that instructors can recommend with confidence. Using the successful structure established by Joseph Glannon¿s THE GLANNON GUIDE TO CIVIL PROCEDURE, this comprehensive review book emphasizes learning legal concepts, rather than mastering testing techniques. For each topic, The author provides: a brief, clearly-written summary one or two multiple-choice questions to test understanding a concise explanation of how to choose the correct answer that also serves as a review of course content practical tips on analyzing exam questions Every ...
Criminal Law
When you choose materials for your next criminal law course, consider the book that offers analysis of both the Model Penal Code and common law doctrine, enriched by vivid excerpts that evoke the social, political and criminological context of the law, Crimial Law: Cases and Materials, Fifth Edition . What makes this book so effective? Exceptionally strong authorship -- the late John Kaplan was a truly legendary teacher and scholar, and Robert Weisberg and Guyora Binder uphold his standard of excellence. An interdisciplinary approach that fuels class discussion and enriches study. Clear instruction on skills of statutory construction and element analysis. Well-edited cases, interesting mater...
Harvard Law Review
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Criminal Law
Bonnie, Couglin, Jeffries and Low's Criminal Law positions the authors' authoritative grasp of the subject against a background of cultural and political debate. The text deals with profound questions integral to the study of criminal law in a changing society: current controversies in the law of rape and sexual assault, the Bernard Goetz case and the use of deadly force in self-defense, defenses available to battered women, the insanity defense, and capital punishment. The third edition also includes a new chapter on mens rea in federal crimes.
