Law
Drinking Water Regulation and Health
The Drinking Water Act Amendments of 1996 instituted wide-ranging regulatory changes to the seminal Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) – such as providing funding to communities facing health risks, focusing regulatory efforts on contaminants posing such health risks, and adding flex
Devil's Knot: The True Story of the West Memphis Three
On the evening of May 5, 1993, in the small town of West Memphis, Arkansas, three eight-year-old boys disappeared. The next afternoon, the naked bodies of Stevie Branch, Christopher Byers, and Michael Moore were found submerged in a nearby stream.
The Smoking Gun: Day by Day Through a Shocking Murder Trial with Gerry Spence
From America's foremost criminal defense lawyer and author of the bestselling How to Argue and Win Every Time comes this riveting, true account of a trial that adeptly exposes the unrelenting power of the state, which so often crushes those -- guilty or innocent -- who come befor
Psychology and Law
Psychology and Law shows how psychological research and theory can be used in a legal context. Written with advanced undergraduate students in mind, it focuses upon the pre-trial or investigative phase of the legal process.
Understanding JCT Standard Building Contracts
Understanding JCT Standard Building Contracts is a compact and accessible guide to the three major forms of contract in the JCT series: * The Standard Form of Building Contract with Quantities 1980 (JCT 1980) * The Intermediate Form of Building Contract 1984 (IFC 84) * The Agreem
Guide to Highway Law for Architects, Engineers, Surveyors
As a consequence of so much construction work being carried out on or near to highways, a contractor ignores at his peril the law of highways and the influence it has, or should have, on his working methods and practices.
Twyford Down
Set in an historical and political framework, the book records the machinations and intrigue which led to one of England's most heavily protected landscapes, less than a mile from the heart of England's ancient capital, being destroyed for the construction of the M3 Motorway.
Politics of Human Rights in Southeast Asia
The divide between the West and Southeast Asia seems to be nowhere more apparent than in debates about human rights. Within these diverse geographical, political and cultural climates, human rights seem to have become relative, and the quest for absolutes seems unattainable.
Birthrights
Should surrogacy be allowed? What guidelines are needed to control in vitro fertilization programmes? What should we tell the children born in the wake of the 'reproduction revolution' about their origins?
Akehurst's Modern Introduction to International Law
First published in 1970, A Modern Introduction to International Law rapidly established itself as the most widely used and successful textbook in its field. This new edition is now completely revised and updated to take account of many new developments.