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54 De facto International Prosecutors in a Global Era

with My Own eyes Melinda Rankin | University of Sydney Explains how and why ‘de facto international prosecutors’ extend the reaches of international Criminal law by implicitly or explicitly adopting the tasks and practices of the offices of international prosecutors.

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Existing Legal Limits to Security Council Veto Power in the Face of Atrocity Crimes

Jennifer Trahan | New York University The book makes the case that existing legal obligations constrain how the UN Security Council permanent members use their veto. Through the lens of atrocities occurring in Syria, Myanmar, Darfur, and elsewhere, the book outlines the parameters international law creates in situations of genocide, war crimes, and crimes against humanity.

373pp Jul. 2022 9781108732062 Paperback GBP 25.99 / USD 39.99 Aug. 2020 9781108487016 Hardback GBP 85 / USD 110 eISBN 9781108765251

The Cambridge Handbook of the Sustainable Development Goals and International Law

Volume 1 Jonas Ebbesson | Stockholms Universitet With a range of expert contributors and numerous examples, this book explores the multifaceted relationship between Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) and international law, shows how the international economic system problematizes the attainment of the SDGs, and develops a novel, cosmopolitan approach to understanding sustainable development.

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476pp Sep. 2022 9781108477338 Hardback GBP 125 / USD 165 eISBN 9781108769631

Critical Race Judgments

rewritten U.S. court Opinions on race and the Law Bennett Capers How might seminal Supreme Court cases have come out differently had CRT insights shaped the development of constitutional law? This book answers that question by re-writing opinions that implicate critical dimensions of racial justice, including the death penalty, employment, voting, policing, education, environmental justice, and immigration.

600pp Apr. 2022 9781316616451 Paperback GBP 29.99 / USD 39.99 Apr. 2022 9781107164529 Hardback GBP 89.99 / USD 120 eISBN 9781316691090

Diversity Judgments

Democratizing Judicial Legitimacy Roy L. Brooks | University of San Diego School of Law In order for the US Supreme Court to retain its integrity and legitimacy, it needs to reflect society’s commitment to diversity and inclusion. Brooks argues that the Court decides cases within a framework of judicial legitimacy that is rooted not in today’s society, but in eighteenth-century AngloAmerican culture.

400pp Mar. 2022 9781108440066 Paperback GBP 36.99 / USD 49.99 Mar. 2022 9781108424325 Hardback GBP 99.99 / USD 130 eISBN 9781108333894

Fight the Power

Law and Policy through Hip-Hop Songs Gregory S. Parks | Wake Forest University, North Carolina As Public Enemy’s lead vocalist, Chuck D, once noted, ‘Rap is the CNN of young black America’. Accordingly, Fight the Power brings together leading legal scholars to make sense of some of our nation’s most pressing law and policy issues through the lens of popular and important rap songs.

300pp Feb. 2022 9781009011532 Paperback GBP 22.99 / USD 29.99 Feb. 2022 9781316519974 Hardback GBP 69.99 / USD 89.99 eISBN 9781009019804

Neighborhood Watch

Policing white Spaces in america Shawn E. Fields Neighborhood Watch weaves history, law, neuroscience, and personal narrative to examine the ways private citizens police Black people in America to maintain de facto color lines. The book makes a compelling case that the criminal legal system, policing, and society at large requires a radical racial reordering.

250pp Jun. 2022 9781108793506 Paperback GBP 23.99 / USD 29.99 Jun. 2022 9781108840064 Hardback GBP 74.99 / USD 99.99 eISBN 9781108878661

Post-Racial Constitutionalism and the Roberts Court

rhetorical Neutrality and the Perpetuation of inequality Cedric Merlin Powell | University of Louisville, Kentucky This book provides a Critical Race Theory analysis of how the United States Supreme Court under the leadership of Chief Justice John Roberts perpetuates structural inequality through neutral process rhetoric and illusory democratic ideals. It offers a comprehensive critique of the Court’s race jurisprudence and post-racialism.

250pp Oct. 2022 9781108839945 Hardback GBP 85 / USD 110 eISBN 9781108878227

The Legacy of Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Second edition Scott Dodson This anthology is for readers-both inside and outside of law-who want to learn more about Ruth Bader Ginsburg and her legal legacy.

350pp Mar. 2022 9781009013970 Paperback GBP 22.99 / USD 29.99 Mar. 2022 9781316515563 Hardback GBP 64.99 / USD 84.99

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The Practice of American Constitutional Law

H. Jefferson Powell | Duke University, North Carolina This book provides a comprehensive description of the practice of making and evaluating constitutional law arguments. The book clearly explains the relationship between the written Constitution and constitutional law in practice. It will appeal to students, professors, practitioners, and anyone interested in constitutional law in the United States.

290pp May. 2022 9781009158862 Paperback GBP 29.99 / USD 39.99 May. 2022 9781009158848 Hardback GBP 84.99 / USD 110 eISBN 9781009158855

The Reasoning State

Edward H. Stiglitz | Cornell University, New York Employing an inter-disciplinary approach, this book develops a theory of the modern state based on the concept of trust. It is valuable to readers interested in Administrative and Constitutional Law, the history of the Early Republic or the Progressive Era, positive political theory, and experimental social science methods.

225pp Jun. 2022 9781108485968 Hardback GBP 85 / USD 110 eISBN 9781108662673

Throwing the Party

How the Supreme court Puts Political Party Organizations ahead of Voters Wayne Batchis | University of Delaware The Supreme Court’s understanding of political parties is impoverished, Batchis argues. The result is a distortion of the two-party system, and an inconsistent and contradictory constitutional law. From primaries to campaign finance, gerrymandering to ballot access, Batchis analyzes and offers a proposed solution to this problematic jurisprudence.

Cambridge Studies on Civil Rights and Civil Liberties

350pp Jun. 2022 9781009095853 Paperback GBP 29.99 / USD 39.99 Jun. 2022 9781316515051 Hardback GBP 89.99 / USD 120 eISBN 9781009091909

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