Our current legal system is to a great extent the product of an earlier period of social and economic transformation. From the late nineteenth century through the mid-twentieth century, as accountability for industrial-age harms became a pervasive source of conflict, the U.S. legal system underwent profound, tectonic shifts. Today, ownership of information-age resources and acc...(展开全部)

This book explores the interrelation of facts and norms. How does law originate in the first place? What lies at the roots of this phenomenon? How is it preserved? And how does it come to an end? Questions like these led Georg Jellinek to speak of the “normative force of the factual” in the early 20th century, emphasizing the human tendency to infer rules from recurring events,...(展开全部)

How oil greases the wheels of global capitalism This expansive history traces the hidden connections between oil and capitalism from the late 1800s to the current climate crisis. Beyond simplistic narratives that frame oil as 'prize' or 'curse', Crude Capitalism uncovers the surprising ways that oil is woven into the fabric of our modern world: the rise of an American-centered ...(展开全部)

How oil greases the wheels of global capitalism This expansive history traces the hidden connections between oil and capitalism from the late 1800s to the current climate crisis. Beyond simplistic narratives that frame oil as 'prize' or 'curse', Crude Capitalism uncovers the surprising ways that oil is woven into the fabric of our modern world: the rise of an American-centered ...(展开全部)

These are perilous times for Americans who need access to the legal system. Too many lawyers blatantly abuse power and trust, engage in reckless ethical misconduct, grossly unjust billing practices, and dishonesty disguised as client protection. All this has undermined the credibility of lawyers and the authority of the legal system. In the court of public opinion, many lawyers...(展开全部)

本书作者 【美】理查. 席川：旧金山“席川&马斯卓摩纳柯”事务所合伙人，旧金山大学法学教授，曾任加州律师公会专业责任与行为委员会主席，具有丰富的诉讼经验。 【美】卡罗. 朗佛：美国加州执业律师，曾任加州律师公会专业责任与行为委员会主席。 本书译者 陈岳辰：台湾师大翻译研究所毕业，现任专业口笔译者，大学兼任讲师。

These are perilous times for Americans who need access to the legal system. Too many lawyers blatantly abuse power and trust, engage in reckless ethical misconduct, grossly unjust billing practices, and dishonesty disguised as client protection. All this has undermined the credibility of lawyers and the authority of the legal system. In the court of public opinion, many lawyers...(展开全部)

本书作者 【美】理查. 席川：旧金山“席川&马斯卓摩纳柯”事务所合伙人，旧金山大学法学教授，曾任加州律师公会专业责任与行为委员会主席，具有丰富的诉讼经验。 【美】卡罗. 朗佛：美国加州执业律师，曾任加州律师公会专业责任与行为委员会主席。 本书译者 陈岳辰：台湾师大翻译研究所毕业，现任专业口笔译者，大学兼任讲师。