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Tales from Kentucky Lawyers by William Lynwood Montell
Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 2003
K184 .M655 2003 Balcony

Montell has done an outstanding job of pulling all the different bits together to create a well-organized, fun-to-read collection of how the legal system in Kentucky has changed over the years. Montell has patched together a clear image of the small-town lawyer, his view of self and his place in the world at large, and how that image has changed with the growth of the legal system. It's a good choice for anyone looking for simply funny stories, or anyone interested in Kentucky.

Founding Federalist: The Life of Oliver Ellsworth by Michael C. Toth
Wilmington, Del.: ISI Books, 2011
KF8745 .E4 T68 2011 Balcony

Toth presents the enduring contributions of this pivotal and esteemed founding father to the Constitution and to all three branches of the federal government. This eloquent biography, peppered with quotations from Ellsworth’s contemporaries, historians, and from Ellsworth himself, brings to life an august founder who today is only acknowledged indirectly through his lasting achievements.

Between Law and Diplomacy: The Social Contexts of Disputing at the World Trade Organization by Joseph A. Conti
Stanford, Calif.: Stanford University Press, 2011
K4610 .C66 2011 Balcony

Conti not only enables readers to understand how practitioners in the trade field operate, but he also provides the big picture, including potential lines of reform that would make the WTO more legitimate and friendly to developing countries. More theoretically, this inside look at daily dealings with the WTO points to an increasing legalization that will resonate with lawyers, political scientists, and sociologists.

War by Contract: Human Rights, Humanitarian Law, and Private Contractors edited by Francesco Francioni and Natalino Ronzitti
Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press, 2011
KZ6405 .M47 W37 2011 Sohn Library

War by Contract: Human Rights, Humanitarian Law, and Private Contractors addresses the sensitive subject of the growth in scope and importance of private military and security companies which are requested on an increasing scale to fulfill tasks traditionally reserved for the regular armed forces in armed conflicts. It provides a comprehensive analysis of the application of Human Rights and International Humanitarian Law to private military and security companies.

The Bill of Rights: Creation and Reconstruction by Akhil Reed Amar
New Haven: Yale University Press, 1998
KF4750 .A436 1998 Balcony

Amar's landmark work invites citizens to a deeper understanding of their Bill of Rights and will set the basic terms of debate about it for modern lawyers, jurists, and historians for years to come. In our continuing battles over freedom of religion and expression, arms bearing, privacy, and states rights, Amar concludes, we must hearken to both the Founding Fathers who created the Bill and their sons and daughters who reconstructed it.

Philosophical Foundations of Language in the Law edited by Andrei Marmor and Scott Soames
Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press, 2011
K213 .P4934 2011 Balcony

This collection brings together the best contemporary philosophical work in the area of intersection between philosophy of language and the law. Some of the contributors are philosophers of language who are interested in applying advances in philosophy of language to legal issues, and some of the participants are philosophers of law who are interested in applying insights and theories from philosophy of language to their work on the nature of law and legal interpretation.

The Impact of EU Law on Minority Rights by Tawhida Ahmed
Oxford; Portland, OR: Hart, 2011
KJE5144 .M56 A77 2011 Basement

This book will be of interest to lawyers and activists concerned with minority rights and Roma rights protection within the EU. It will also be of relevance to those interested in understanding the dynamics between the EU and the international law community in overlapping areas of rights protection, and exploring how this informs our perception of the capacity of the EU to be a central actor in the field of rights protection.

The Reception of International Law in the European Court of Human Rights by Magdalena Forowicz
Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press, 2010
KJC5138 .F67 2010 Basement

The growing number of international courts and tribunals and their burgeoning case law have fuelled concerns about the fragmentation of international law. This arises as a consequence of both the specialized regimes these courts create and the multiple ways in which they may interpret international law emanating from other sources.

The Reception of International Law in the European Court of Human Rights considers this issue by examining the busiest and arguably most successful international court, the European Court of Human Rights. More specifically, it focuses on the jurisprudence of the Court and its predecessor, the European Commission of Human Rights, covering a range of special human rights regimes, treaty law, and the case law of the International Court of Justice.

German Yearbook of International Law, Volume 53
Berlin: Duncker & Humblot, 1977-
KZ21 .J35 v.53 2010 Basement

The current volume of the German Yearbook of International Law, Vol. 53 (2010), examines the issue of climate change from a variety of different legal perspectives. This volume contains articles from prominent scholars on state responsibility, trade and human rights, the evolving nature of the precautionary principle, biodiversity conservation, environmentally-induced migration, sea-level rise and maritime boundaries, climate change from the perspective of the Third World and the environmental impacts of changes in the European Union’s energy policies.