The rule of law has been celebrated as "an unqualified human good" and promoted around the world to secure economic development and political freedom. Yet there is considerable disagreement about just what the ideal of the rule of law requires. When people clamor for the preservation or extension of the rule of law, are they advocating a substantive conception of the rule of la...(展开全部)

"A wonderful book...it should be read by anyone who has ever contemplated going to law school. Or anyone who has ever worried about being human." - The New York Times It was a year of terrors and triumphs, of depressions and elations, of compulsive work, pitiless competition, and, finally, mass hysteria. It was Scott Turow's first year at the oldest, biggest, most esteeme...(展开全部)

Newsweek calls him "an extraordinarily canny and empathetic observer." In bestseller after bestseller, Turow uses his background as a lawyer to create suspense fiction so authentic it reads with the hammering impact of fact. But before he became a worldwide sensation, Scott Turow wrote a book that is entirely true, the account of his own searing indoctrination into the field of...(展开全部)

"A wonderful book...it should be read by anyone who has ever contemplated going to law school. Or anyone who has ever worried about being human." - The New York Times It was a year of terrors and triumphs, of depressions and elations, of compulsive work, pitiless competition, and, finally, mass hysteria. It was Scott Turow's first year at the oldest, biggest, most esteeme...(展开全部)

Newsweek calls him "an extraordinarily canny and empathetic observer." In bestseller after bestseller, Turow uses his background as a lawyer to create suspense fiction so authentic it reads with the hammering impact of fact. But before he became a worldwide sensation, Scott Turow wrote a book that is entirely true, the account of his own searing indoctrination into the field of...(展开全部)

A twisty, compelling new novel about one woman's complicated relationship with her mother-in-law that ends in death... From the moment Lucy met her husband’s mother, she knew she wasn’t the wife Diana had envisioned for her perfect son. Exquisitely polite, friendly, and always generous, Diana nonetheless kept Lucy at arm’s length despite her desperate attempts to win her over. ...(展开全部)

布兰登·桑德森于1975年12月出生于美国内布拉斯加州。八年级时，一位老师向他推荐了奇幻小说《龙魇》，从此他对奇幻小说入了迷，开始疯狂地阅读罗伯特·乔丹、大卫·艾丁斯等名家的作品。 1994年，桑德森进入大学学习生物化学，1995年到1997年间他曾暂时中断学业，前往韩 国首尔做传教士，回国之后他重新选择了专业，转向英语文学。这期间，桑德森为坚持写作，同时也挣够学费，白天在学校上课，晚上在一家允许他值班时写作的医院值夜班。他以惊人的速度创作了超过十本小说并一一投稿，但起初没有一部得到出版。 2003年，在读研究生的桑德森收到Tor出版社编辑的一通电话，惊讶地得知自己一年之前投稿并几乎放弃希望的《伊岚翠》将得到出版。2005年，《伊岚翠》终于上市，此后Tor出版社又接连推出了桑德森的包括《迷雾之子》系列、《破战者》和《王者之路》在内大批小说，他一路走红...(展开全部)

圭多·卡拉布雷西是美籍意大利法学家，法经济学创始人之一，瑞典皇家科学院院士。27岁即任耶鲁法学院教授，后担任耶鲁法学院院长，1994年被克林顿总统任命为美国联邦第二巡回上诉法院法官。卡拉布雷西毕业于耶鲁及牛津大学，并拥有全球四十多所大学的荣誉学位。其学术成果《事故的成本》与《财产规则、责任规则及不可转让性》不仅奠定了法经济学的基础，亦位居美国法学界引注率最高的著作及论文之列。为表彰其学术贡献，耶鲁法学院于2006年设立圭多·卡拉布雷西教授席位。 胡小倩，意大利都灵大学法学博士，美国哈佛大学法学硕士。华东政法大学国际金融法律学院教师。

这是一本伟大电影的指南，为银幕增光添彩！ 《电影书》（The Movie Book）将推出全新版本，这是一本包罗万象的指南，反映了电影的历史，从好莱坞黑白电影的黄金时代到国际艺术之家和当代杰作。这本关于电影的奇幻书是100部地震片的详细指南，为每个人提供了探索和喜爱的东西。 所以，准备好爆米花，坐下来，我们将带您踏上一段电影般的时光之旅，在本书中： -介绍了100多部有史以来伟大的电影及其背后的想法、主题和情节 -以电影中的标志性引用和评论家的引用为特色 -电影剧照和海报使电影栩栩如生。 -发人深省的图形探索了一些特色电影背后的中心思想和叙事。 -按时间顺序组织，引导读者轻松了解电影历史 《电影书》充满了华丽的剧照、精辟的语录和琐事细节，为您带来了对自己喜爱的电影的新见解，并向您介绍了世界各地鲜为人知的名著。 从20世纪早期的重要幻想家，到60年代和...(展开全部)

Graphic L.A. is part practical instruction, part guided meditation on the importance of color values and objects in art. The reader is led by the professional instruction of Robh Ruppel; instructor at the Art Center College of Design, Gnomon School of Visual Effects, and Concept Art Academy. He is also a multiple award-winning art director of video games. By reducing environmen...(展开全部)