The faculty at the Columbus School of Law have published books in a wide variety of legal and non-legal disciplines. This repository collection includes a selection of some of the many books authored by our faculty.
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The Vatican-Israel Accords: Political, Legal, and Theological Contexts
Marshall J. Breger
When The Fundamental Agreement between the Holy See and the State of Israel was signed on December 30, 1993, it established diplomatic ties between the Vatican and Israel for the first time. Published during the tenth anniversary year of this historic document, The Vatican-Israel Accords brings together essays that analyze the legal, historical, theological, and political meaning of the Accords.
The compelling essays in this collection explore not only the document and events surrounding its signing, but also the past, present, and future of Catholic-Jewish relations. Contributors, who include scholars from Israel, Italy, France, Spain, and the United States, contend that the history and structure of the Accords offer lessons that may be instructive for others involved in seeking peaceful resolutions to conflict, particularly those who work for peace between Palestine and Israel. This book is for anyone interested in law, political science, ecumenism, diplomacy, or peace studies.
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Jones on Evidence, Civil and Criminal (7th ed.)
Clifford S. Fishman
Jones on Evidence: Civil and Criminal integrates coverage of the Federal Rules of Evidence and the latest revised Federal Rules of Procedure, and provides guidance on how to apply the rules. It also offers expanded coverage of exclusionary law. How-to outlines oversee every step and provide concise statements of each rule, including any variations.
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Modern Constitutional Theory: A Reader (5th ed.)
John H. Garvey and Thomas A. Aleinikoff
This work can be used as a supplement in law school constitutional law courses, or as a text for a course in constitutional theory. It first examines current influential theories of the Constitution, then examines various proposals for interpreting the Constitution, and then covers judicial review. Other chapters correspond with the major topics covered in constitutional law casebooks. The authors ask what and whose purposes are served by existing rules, and inquire whether some other organization is preferable. The selections take opposing positions on each subject, to make students aware of existing conflicts and to facilitate class discussion.
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Public Policy and Social Issues: Jewish Sources and Perspectives
Marshall J. Breger
Jewish scholars and commentators address various social issues and public policies from a Jewish perspective. Designing public policies to meet the needs of a diverse society is challenging, and the variety of necessary perspectives are often clouded by competing ideas about social responsibility, personal freedom, religious beliefs, and governmental intervention. Here, prominent Jewish scholars and commentators address various social issues and public policies from a Jewish perspective, using Jewish sources and documents to elucidate responses and propose solutions that are in keeping with Jewish law as set out by the major documents of the Jewish faith.
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Religious Liberty in a Pluralistic Society (2nd ed.)
Robert A. Destro and Michael S. Ariens
The second edition of Religious Liberty in a Pluralistic Society offers the same structure and thorough coverage of the law of religious liberty as the first edition, along with a new conceptual framework for approaching the religious liberty jurisprudence of the Supreme Court. The first four chapters offer a history of law and religion in the United States that extends from the framing of the Constitution to the early 1920s. Chapters Six through Thirteen examine the statute and case law governing religious liberty in a variety of settings and areas of law, including education, the workplace, tax, the courtroom, property, and the corporate boardroom. The few pronouncements of the United States Supreme Court in each of these areas serve as the anchors for thorough examination of the law of religious liberty in the state and lower federal courts.
Ariens and Destro have reorganized Chapter Five, which examines the Supreme Court's efforts to craft a constitutional law of religious liberty since the 1940s. The new conceptual framework is based on the language and structure of the First Amendment, and is designed to help the reader understand and apply the rules the Court has developed in this important area of constitutional law. New in the notes to Chapter Five are references to comparative and international materials. The materials are updated through 2001, and a number of cases are more tightly edited than in the first edition. A revised teacher's manual with sample course outlines and problems will be available.
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The Posse Comitatus Act of 1878: A Documentary History
Stephen E. Young
Stephen Young’s The Posse Comitatus Act of 1878: A Documentary History compiles 50 key documents tracing the history and application of the Posse Comitatus Act of 1878. This timely work includes important Congressional reports, regulations, Executive Orders of the President, Department of Defense directives, opinions of the Attorney General, armed forces regulations, opinions from the 1970’s “Wounded Knee” cases, and other valuable material.
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A House All Stilled
A.G. Harmon
In a small town in Mississippi, a young boy is coming to maturity in spite of himself. Henry Tollet arrives home one day badly bloodied after being attacked without provocation near his school bus stop. He did not even know the boy who did it, a scraggly youth who vanished as mysteriously as he had appeared. Henry winces as his grandfather tends to the wound, but it is his father’s reaction that troubles him.
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Jerusalem: A City and Its Future
Marshall J. Breger and Ora Ahimeir
Many of the perspectives in these essays are unique and have never been published for a wider audience. Contributors consider aspects of the "politics of religion" - an issue rarely explored objectively in existing literature. Other articles propose ways of mediating the challenges of Jerusalem. In covering a range of crucial subjects, the book will appeal to Jewish and Christian audiences alike. Other primary readers include Middle East and law scholars.
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Legal Research Survival Manual
Elizabeth A. Edinger and Robert C. Berring
This text provides a basic introduction to legal information and legal research. Designed for first-semester, first-year law students, provides a readable introduction to what first-year students need to know. This work does not provide comprehensive coverage of legal materials, and is not designed to replace traditional legal texts. Instead, it seeks to provide an easy-to-read introduction for the new law student.
