A leading legal scholar offers an impassioned defense of liberty while critically analyzing the complex web of government regulations that both defend and threaten Americans' personal freedoms. Reprint. 13,000 first printing.

Product Description: Charles Fried and David Rosenberg note that the system of tort liability in the United States seeks to achieve a variety of aims: to compensate individuals injured by the risky business activities of large entities; to create incentives for those entities to take into account the dangers of their activities in the design of their processes, products, and services; and to allow individuals who feel powerless to make their grievances felt against large, impersonal, and sometimes unresponsive organizations...read more

The main topics of the constitutional law that structures the American political system and defines the individual's relationship to that government--including freedom of expression, separation of powers, and legal equality--are covered in a study that is free of legal jargon in an effort to inform the educated layperson.

Explains how the Reagan administration used the courts to reshape the American political landscape

Explains how the Reagan administration used the courts to reshape the American political landscape, revealing the factors that decided which judicial battles would be fought

Product Description: they belong. Do communities have rights, indeed even an existence, which are not merely the hypostasis of the individual rights and existences collected in them? This conflict is then more striking as it was a conscious decision of the or­ ganizers of the workshop to focus attention on what might broadly be called liberal democracies: those societies which share a commitment to the princi­ ples of democratic participation, to the right of equal concern and respect of all members of the community, and to the basic liberties of association, ex­ pression, and thought...read more

For a 1-2 term Chemistry and Society course for non-science majors. Visually appealing, understandable, and interesting to read, Chemistry for Changing Times is the leading text that defines the liberal arts chemistry course. Its goal is to create informed, scientifically literate consumers and decision-makers. In presenting basic chemical concepts with abundant everyday applications, the authors personalize chemistry for today's students-focusing them on evaluating information about real-life issues instead of memorizing rigorous theory and mathematics.

Investigates a complex structure of morality, the demands such morality places on individuals, and the behavioral consequences of the system of right and wrong

Product Description: An interesting group of essays discussing moral choices, relationships, and human emotions. College level material.