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Cross Purposes by Abrams   Cross Purposes
Pierce v. Society of Sisters and the Struggle over Compulsory Public Education

Paula Abrams

Do parents have the right to determine how their children should be educated?

6 x 9. 296 pgs. 5 B&W photographs and 4 drawings. 2009
Cloth     978-0-472-11700-0     $65.00S     Available
 
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The Price of Racial Reconciliation by Walters
 
The Price of Racial Reconciliation

Ronald W. Walters

Presents the conceptual difficulties involved in the project of racial reconciliation by a comparative analysis of South African Truth and Reconciliation and the demand for Reparations in the United States

6 x 9. 264 pgs. 10 tables. 2008
Paper     978-0-472-03380-5     $24.95S     Available
 
Gardens and Neighbors by Bannon   Gardens and Neighbors
Private Water Rights in Roman Italy

Cynthia Jordan Bannon

The first in-depth study of Roman water rights in Italy

6 x 9. 320 pgs. 1 map. 2009
Cloth     978-0-472-03353-9     $85.00S     Available
 
No Boundaries by Diaz   No Boundaries
Transnational Latino Gangs and American Law Enforcement

Tom Diaz

An alarming report on Latino crime gangs and the efforts of U.S. law enforcement to contain them

6 x 9. 360 pgs. 2009
Cloth     978-0-472-11629-4     $26.95T     Available
 
Law and Democracy in the Empire of Force by Powell   Law and Democracy in the Empire of Force

H. Jefferson Powell and James Boyd White, editors

Neither law nor democracy can survive where the empire of force dominates

6 x 9. 296 pgs. 2009
Cloth     978-0-472-11684-3     $70.00S     Available
 
Guns, Democracy, and the Insurrectionist Idea by Horwitz   Guns, Democracy, and the Insurrectionist Idea

Joshua Horwitz and Casey Anderson

Does the gun lobby threaten the democratic institutions safeguarding individual liberty in America?

6 x 9. 296 pgs. 2009
Cloth    
Paper    
978-0-472-11572-3    
978-0-472-03370-6    
$65.00S    
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A Good Quarrel by Johnson   A Good Quarrel
America's Top Legal Reporters Share Stories from Inside the Supreme Court

Timothy R. Johnson and Jerry Goldman, Editors

6 x 9. 216 pgs. 2009
Cloth    
Paper    
978-0-472-11636-2    
978-0-472-03326-3    
$65.00S    
$24.95T    
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Judges and Unjust Laws by Edlin   Judges and Unjust Laws
Common Law Constitutionalism and the Foundations of Judicial Review

Douglas E. Edlin

Judges have a legal obligation to overrule unjust laws

6 x 9. 336 pgs. 2008
Cloth     978-0-472-11662-1     $65.00S     Available
 
Sacred Violence by Kahn   Sacred Violence
Torture, Terror, and Sovereignty

Paul W. Kahn

Is torture the inevitable reaction to terrorism?

6 x 9. 248 pgs. 2008
Cloth    
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978-0-472-07047-3    
978-0-472-05047-5    
$70.00S    
$22.95T    
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Philadelphia Freedom by Kairys   Philadelphia Freedom
Memoir of a Civil Rights Lawyer

David Kairys

The gripping story of the life and education of one of America's most innovative and idealistic lawyers

6 x 9. 442 pgs. 8 B&W photographs. 2008
Cloth    
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978-0-472-11638-6    
978-0-472-03310-2    
$70.00S    
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Best Sellers

Bad Boys by Ferguson   Bad Boys
Public Schools in the Making of Black Masculinity

Ann Arnett Ferguson

How do schools identify African American males as "bad boys"?

6 x 9. 272 pgs. 2000
Paper     978-0-472-08849-2     $21.95S     Available
 
Dying Inside by Fleury-Steiner   Dying Inside
The HIV/AIDS Ward at Limestone Prison

Benjamin Fleury-Steiner

A graphic exposé of the inhumane treatment of HIV-positive inmates in U.S. prisons

6 x 9. 248 pgs. 2 figures. 2008
Cloth     978-0-472-11429-0     $27.95T     Available
 
The Price of Racial Reconciliation by Walters   The Price of Racial Reconciliation

Ronald W. Walters

Presents the conceptual difficulties involved in the project of racial reconciliation by a comparative analysis of South African Truth and Reconciliation and the demand for Reparations in the United States

6 x 9. 264 pgs. 10 tables. 2008
Paper     978-0-472-03380-5     $24.95S     Available
 
When Courts and Congress Collide by Geyh   When Courts and Congress Collide
The Struggle for Control of America's Judicial System

Charles Gardner Geyh

Can our nation's judiciary remain independent, in light of the battle over judicial appointments?

6 x 9. 344 pgs. 2 tables. 2006
Paper     978-0-472-06922-4     $23.95S     Available
 

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Award-Winning Books

Bad Boys by Ferguson   Bad Boys
Public Schools in the Making of Black Masculinity

Ann Arnett Ferguson

Winner: Gustavus Myers Center for The Study of Human Rights in the United States' 2001 Outstanding Book Award

Winner: Sex and Gender Section of the American Sociological Association's 2001 Distinguised Book Award

6 x 9. 272 pgs. 2000
Paper     978-0-472-08849-2     $21.95S     Available
 

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Announcements

New Series Announcement: Legislative Politics and Policy Making

Series Editors: Janet M. Box-Steffensmeier, Ohio State University and David Canon, University of Wisconsin

We would like to announce our new series "Legislative Politics and Policy Making," which we believe will provide, in the years to come, some much-needed reading material for everyone from The Hill to The Classroom. The series will cover both Congress and state legislatures and welcome both quantitative and qualitative work. We envision a series that the best legislative scholars look to as a place to get their work published in and a series that scholars naturally peruse when striving to keep abreast in the field and choose books for seminars and undergraduate classes. We also see the series broadly as it will encompass work on interactions among Congress and other political entities.

Series editor Janet Box-Steffensmeier has strong interests in legislative politics as well as political behavior and methodology. Her legislative publications include topics of congressional campaign finance, representation and electoral advantage in Congress, legislative success and effectiveness, legislative socialization, position taking, vote choice for members, and a current project on congressional politics of the blue slip.

David Canon is clearly situated in legislative politics as his primary field. He is perhaps best known for his work on race and representation (which concerned behavior in Congress), but he has also published work on congressional elections, political careers in Congress, congressional leadership, and the evolution of the legislative committee system. His work includes traditional roll call analysis, analysis of speeches, sponsorship and co-sponsorship committee assignments, and congressional leadership.

Please note that we are actively seeking experienced political science and legislative politics writers for this series, and would be much obliged to hear about the ideas, projects, and goals of those involved. We look for manuscripts that make an important theoretical contribution, are methodologically rigorous, and address topics of important substantive interest, as well as "insider" books that explore the operation of Congress, edited volumes that provide accessible versions of recent research on Congress and analysis of congressional politics, or cross-over books that address topics such as gender, race, the media, and interest groups and Congress.

Contact editor Melody Herr at mrherr@umich.edu for more information

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