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People And Place - Historical Influences On Legal Culture

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 This collection of essays demonstrates the ways in which personalities interact with physical locale in shaping the law. Examining law through the framework of history, this anthology presents a mixture of articles by established, interdisciplinary scholars.
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Flights Of Fancy - The Great Fantasy Films

de Kenneth Von Gunden

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 In-depth analyses are presented of 15 superior films, each one representing a subgenre of fantasy cinema. The films include ""Beauty and the Beast"", ""The Dark Crystal"", ""Lost Horizon"", ""Popeye"", ""Superman"" and ""The Wizard of Oz"".
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"Movies Were Always Magical" - Interviews With 19 Actors, Directors, And Producers From The Hollywood Of The 1930s Through The 1950s

de Leo Verswijver

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 A compilation of interviews with 13 film actors, directors and producers who were all part of the studio system that made Hollywood such a powerful and illustrious city in the era of the 1950s.
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Sensing Changes - Technologies, Environments, And The Everyday, 1953-2003

de Joy Parr

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 These narratives about state-driven megaprojects and technological and regulatory changes reveal how humans make sense of their world in the face of rapid environmental change.
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Equality Deferred - Sex Discrimination And British Columbia'S Human Rights State, 1953-84

de Dominique Clement

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 A history of human rights law in Canada, with a focus on sex discrimination in British Columbia.
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International Environmental Law And Asian Values - Legal Norms And Cultural Influences

de Roda Mushkat

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 A comprehensive assessment of relevant Asian policies and their applications in key areas in light of international environmental norms and practices.
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Gay Male Pornography - An Issue Of Sex Discrimination

de Christopher N. Kendall

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 Using the 2000 Little Sisters v Customs Canada case as a springboard, Kendall argues that gay male pornography violates the legal right to sex equality, and that there is little to be gained from sexualized conformity.
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The Culture Of Flushing - A Social And Legal History Of Sewage

de Jamie Benidickson

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 Iinvestigates and clarifies the murky evolution of waste treatment â€" in a time when community water quality can no longer be taken for granted.
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No Need Of A Chief For This Band - The Maritime Mi'Kmaq And Federal Electoral Legislation, 1899-1951

de Martha Elizabeth Walls

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 A nuanced account of Ottawaâ€™s failed attempt to replace Miâ€™kmaw political culture with Euro-Canadian political values and structures.
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Defending Rights In Russia - Lawyers, The State, And Legal Reform In The Post-Soviet Era

de Pamela Jordan

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 Offers a study of the Russian bar (advokatura) that provides a portrait of how, after the USSR's collapse, practising lawyers called advocates began to assume new, self-defined roles as contributors to legal reform and defenders of rights in Russia. It is useful for specialists on Russia, post-communism, human rights, and legal studies.
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Arming The Chinese - The Western Armaments Trade In Warlord China, 1920-28, Second Edition

de Anthony B. Chan

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 Anthony Chan repositions his classic account of the arms trade in warlord China within the paradigm of critical militarism and state criminality.
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Law And Religious Pluralism In Canada

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 The relationship between law and religion in democracies committed to equal citizenship and religious pluralism has become the subject of significant interest in recent years. This title seeks to elucidate this complex and often uneasy relationship.
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Humanitarianism, Identity, And Nation - Migration Laws In Canada And Australia

de Catherine Dauvergne

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 Catherine Dauvergne examines the relationship between migration laws and national identities and highlights the role of humanitarianism in this linkage.
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Global Ordering - Institutions And Autonomy In A Changing World

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 This innovative, interdisciplinary work explores key institutional fault lines between the tectonic plates of globalization and the insistent demands for individual and collective autonomy.
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Reaction And Resistance - Feminism, Law, And Social Change

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 The image of "backlash" is pervasive in contemporary debates about the impact of second-wave feminism on law and policy, but systematic research on the subject is lacking. This book addresses that gap and analyzes late 20th-century responses to feminism, and asks: to what extent does the concept of backlash explain reactions to feminism over time?
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Let Right Be Done - Aboriginal Title, The Calder Case, And The Future Of Indigenous Rights

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 Examines the doctrine of Aboriginal title thirty years after the Supreme Court of Canada's landmark Calder decision. This book places Calder in its legal, historical, and political context by addressing pertinent issues.
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International Ecopolitical Theory - Critical Approaches

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 Provides an overview of the critical approaches to global environmental politics. Guided by questions of how to understand the ecological predicaments and the global dimensions of the environmental policy questions they raise, this book is a contribution to fostering an approach to IR and ecological theory.
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International Ecopolitical Theory - Critical Approaches

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 Few serious scholars or policymakers believe that the connection between environmental problems and International Relations (IR) can be ignored. This volume aims to synthesize these two interrelated branches of study within international ecopolitical theory. It provides an overview of the critical approaches to global environmental politics.
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Feminist Activism In The Supreme Court - Legal Mobilization And The Women'S Legal Education And Action Fund

de Christopher P. Manfredi

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 A cogent analysis of legal mobilization as a strategy for social and activist movements.
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Perverse Cities - Hidden Subsidies, Wonky Policy, And Urban Sprawl

de Pamela Blais

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 Distorted price signals and flawed public policy create powerful and largely hidden perverse subsidies and incentives that promote urban sprawl.
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Gender In The Legal Profession - Fitting Or Breaking The Mould

de Joan Brockman

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 A thoughtful analysis of the causes and implications of the gendered structure of the legal profession in Canada and elsewhere.
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Let Right Be Done - Aboriginal Title, The Calder Case, And The Future Of Indigenous Rights

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 In the early 1970s, many questioned whether Aboriginal title existed in Canada and rejected the notion that Aboriginal peoples should have rights different from those of other citizens. This book examines the doctrine of Aboriginal title.
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Collective Insecurity - The Liberian Crisis, Unilateralism, And Global Order

de Ikechi Mgbeoji

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 A probing analysis and critique of the historical dysfunction of the post-colonial African state and the tragic collapse of Liberia.
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The Ermatingers - A 19th-Century Ojibwa-Canadian Family

de W. Brian Stewart

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 In about 1800, fur trader Charles Ermatinger married an Obijwa woman, Mananowe. Their three sons grew up with both their mother's hunter/warrior culture and their father's European culture. This title contrasts the "European" society in urban Montreal, where Charles was brought up, with the Ojibwa hunter/warrior values of Mananowe's society.
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