This powerful work of gonzo journalism, predating the widespread acknowledgement of the opioid epidemic as such, immerses the reader in the world of homelessness and drug and alcohol abuse in the contemporary United States. For over a decade Philippe Bourgois and Jeff Schonberg followed a social network of two dozen heroin injectors and crack smokers in the San Francisco drug scene, accompanying them as they scrambled to generate income through ...
Law contracts are mutually agreed upon documents that happen between at least two parties. These terms and agreements are meant to be adhered to by each party involved. The main benefit to charting these contracts, is it keeps those involved in the loop. Each person, especially the lawyers, have to be made aware of the agreement and what is involved with it. That way there are no surprises in the end. This way, no one can back out of anything. ...
Criminal procedure details the processes that exist when a person is found to be subject to some type of adjudication as a result of their actions. Criminal Procedure sets forth what steps must be followed pursuant to each type of criminal offense the prosecution of an accused must follow. A chart would help any individual in the criminal law arena to understand what procedures must be followed when someone is accused of a criminal act. ...
Civil case law is simply the accumulated law of a region or territory that has been amassed by rulings by the presiding courts. Each region of the country has a hierarchy of courts with the decisions made by the more senior courts being the guiding law to the lower courts. Civil case law is different than regulatory law which are laws enacted by a legislative body. A chart on the hierarchy of civil case law in a region would be beneficial to one ...
Wills and Trusts are legal documents which express a person's intent as to the disposition of their estate. The will or trust could become effective while the person is either alive or deceased. The commonality in both documents is that a third party is designated to manage the property or assets of the individual creating the will or trust. A chart would be helpful to explain the benefits between the two documents and under what circumstan ...
В книге дается развернутый уголовно-правовой анализ конкретных составов преступлений против личности, рассматриваются наиболее проблемные вопросы их квалификации. При анализе наиболее сложных для квалификации составов преступлений используются материалы постановлений Пленума Верховного Суда Российской Федерации. Учебник подготовлен в соответствии с Федеральным государственным образовательным стандартом высшего образования по специальности «Юрисп ...
Understanding Criminal Networks is a short methodological primer for those interested in studying illicit, deviant, covert, or criminal networks using social network analysis (SNA). Accessibly written by Gisela Bichler, a leading expert in SNA for dark networks, the book is chock-full of graphics, checklists, software tips, step-by-step guidance, and straightforward advice. Covering all the essentials, each chapter highlights three themes: the t ...
Law and Society Today is a problem-oriented survey of sociolegal studies, with a unique emphasis on recent historical and political developments. Whereas other texts focus heavily on criminal procedure, this book foregrounds the significant changes of the 2000s and 2010s, including neoliberalism, migration, multiculturalism, and the large influence of law and economics in law teaching, policy debates, and judicial decision-making. Each ...
Adventures of a Jazz Age Lawyer is the lively story of legal giant Nathan Burkan, whose career encapsulated the coming of age of the institutions, archetypes, and attitudes that define American popular culture. With a client list that included Charlie Chaplin, Al Jolson, Frank Costello, Victor Herbert, Mae West, Gloria Morgan Vanderbilt, Arnold Rothstein, and Samuel Goldwyn, Burkan was “New York’s Spotlight Lawyer” ...
