Law / Privacy / Civil Rights

Adoption - Law and practice under the Revised European Convention on the Adoption of Children

by Collectif – Conseil de l'Europe (April 01, 2013)

The Revised European Convention on the" Adoption of Children (RECAC) was introduced by the Council of Europe in 2008, in an effort to provide a modern framework for the adoption of children. It represents an...

Not Guilty

by Jabari Asim – Amistad (November 12, 2013)

Patrick Dorismond, Abner Louima, and Amadou Diallo -- hear what a jury of prominent African Americans has to say about the black man's struggle for justice in America

Prompted by the killing of Amadou Diallo...

Collaborative Divorce: A New Paradigm

by Pauline H. Tesler & Peggy Thompson – HarperCollins e-books (October 13, 2009)

About half of all marriages in the United States end in divorce, and most of these divorces result in unnecessary collateral damage. Now there is a better way.

In Collaborative Divorce, Pauline Tesler and Peggy...

The Little Book of Restorative Justice for Older Adults

by Julie Friesen & Wendy Meek – Good Books (August 22, 2017)

Exploring Restorative Justice Practices as a Compelling Response to the Challenges of an Aging Population

As our global population ages, conflicts and difficult conversations emerge. How will older adults decide...

Living Trusts for Everyone

by Ronald Farrington Sharp – Allworth (March 21, 2017)

Readers say it best: "Very informative." "Saved me a lot of money and headaches!" "Recommend it for everyone who has to plan estates for their elderly parents"

Living Trusts for Everyone is the best resource...

Love & Money

by Ann-Margaret Carrozza & Dr. Phil McGraw – Allworth (May 16, 2017)

"I have often said that money problems are not solved with money. Ann-Margaret understands it is not what you make but what you keep that matters. You will read this once and refer to it for years to come."...

The Little Book of Race and Restorative Justice

by Fania E. Davis – Good Books (April 16, 2019)

In our era of mass incarceration, gun violence, and Black Lives Matters, a handbook showing how racial justice and restorative justice can transform the African-American experience in America.

This timely work...

Hit Him Where It Hurts

by Sherri Donovan – Adams Media (November 30, 2006)

You’re getting divorced. You want out or he wants out, but either way you’re tempted to bend over backward just to get it over with. The result: You get screwed. How screwed? Consider this: the average woman...

Surviving Separation And Divorce

by Loriann Hoff Oberlin – Adams Media (April 01, 2005)

Reclaim you life and your self!

The weeks following your separation may prove to be the most difficult weeks of your life. But with a little help and support, you'll find the strength you need to get through...

The Everything Wills & Estate Planning Book

by Deborah S Layton – Adams Media (May 18, 2009)

Most Americans donÆt have a will. They avoid estate planning because they donÆt want to think about death or they think itÆs too complicated. But this easy-to-follow guide takes the mystery out of the process....

What Your Divorce Lawyer May Not Tell You

by Margery Rubin & Sally Sampson – Touchstone (August 04, 2009)

The 125 Questions every woman must ask!

Helping readers to make rational decisions in an irrational time, this expert guide takes women through the practical issues of divorce—especially the things their...

Why Marriage Matters

by Evan Wolfson – Simon & Schuster (November 01, 2007)

Why Marriage Matters offers a compelling and clear discussion of a question at the forefront of our national consciousness. It is the work of a brilliant civil rights litigator who has dedicated his life to...

He Had It Coming

by Stacy Schneider, Esq. – Gallery Books (January 01, 2008)

It's all about getting even. We all know that women earn less than men, and unfortunately this also applies to the spoils of divorce. Veteran trial attorney and former divorce lawyer Stacy Schneider, Esq., knows...

Your Divorce Advisor

by Diana Mercer & Marsha Kline Pruett – Touchstone (July 14, 2001)

A lawyer and a psychologist offer a groundbreaking divorce strategy that protects both your finances and your family.

From your first thought of divorce through the final paperwork, Your Divorce Advisor takes...

Never Too Late

by Bobby Delaughter – Scribner (September 16, 2001)

In June 12, 1963, Mississippi's fast-rising NAACP leader Medgar Evers was gunned down by a white supremacist named Byron De La Beckwith. Beckwith escaped conviction twice at the hands of all-white Southern juries,...

No Matter How Loud I Shout

by Edward Humes – Simon & Schuster (March 17, 2015)

Now updated with a new introduction and afterword, this award-winning examination of the nation’s largest juvenile criminal justice system in Los Angeles by a Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist is “an important...

Outgunned

by Peter Harry Brown & Daniel G. Abel – Free Press (June 15, 2010)

Ours is a nation in the grip of a strange kind of mania. Why after President Reagan was shot was there virtually no handgun legislation? Why after the Columbine massacre in Littleton, Colorado, was nothing done...