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  • Rumpole and His Rivals

    Comic Legal Fiction

    by Peter Robson ...
    Series series The Fairleigh Dickinson University Press Series in Law, Culture, and the Humanities
    Rumpole and His Rivals examines comic legal fiction and the role it plays in the public's understanding of the legal system. The work focuses on the writings of eight lawyer authors over the past century and traces the different approaches taken in this form of comedic literature. Over sixty comic legal fiction books have been published in Britain between 1924 and 2024, with the desire of their ... Read more

    $126.39 CAD

  • Raincoast Chronicles 23

    Harbour Publishing 40th Anniversary Edition

    Edited by Peter A. Robson ...
    When the first edition of Raincoast Chronicles was produced by a couple of novice publishers in the unlikely location of Pender Harbour in 1972, it boldly announced that it was going to put BC character on the record.” Printed in sepia ink and decorated with the rococo flourishes characteristic of that extravagant era, the unclassifiable journal-cum-serial-book about life on the BC coast struck a ... Read more

    $15.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Art of SQL

    by Stephane Faroult, Peter Robson ...
    For all the buzz about trendy IT techniques, data processing is still at the core of our systems, especially now that enterprises all over the world are confronted with exploding volumes of data. Database performance has become a major headache, and most IT departments believe that developers should provide simple SQL code to solve immediate problems and let DBAs tune any "bad SQL" later.In The ... Read more

    $32.79 CAD

  • Economic Integration in Africa

    by Peter Robson ...
    Series series Routledge Library Editions: Development
    First published in 1968, this reissue is a study of contemporary international economic policy, with particular emphasis upon economic integration as a means of bringing about a faster rate of economic progress and of helping to overcome poverty. Peter Robson’s book is a study of the rationale of common markets and other forms of economic integration among African states and of their operation in ... Read more

    $46.71 CAD

  • The Spaces of Justice

    The Architecture of the Scottish Court

    by Peter Robson, Johnny Rodger ...
    Series series The Fairleigh Dickinson University Press Series in Law, Culture, and the Humanities
    This book looks at the architecture of the courts in Scotland and the importance of these civic spaces. Given the importance of courts to the legal experience it starts by exploring why scholars have been so reticent in examining spaces in which the administration of justice takes place. It notes the major changes already unfolding in Scotland and puts these into a historical and cultural context. ... Read more

    $120.99 CAD

  • The Economics of International Integration

    by Peter Robson ...
    International economic integration can in many ways be seen as one of the everyday consequences of globalization. As communication lines grow shorter, more and more countries are seeing the use in hacking down trade barriers. This new edition of Peter Robson's classic text will doubtless please its many fans ... Read more

    $130.53 CAD

  • Vigilante Justice in Society and Popular Culture

    A Global Perspective

    by Peter Robson, Ferdinando Spina, Pedro Fortes, Júlia Garraio, Rebecca Johnson, Nickos Myrtou, Joanna Osiejewicz, Lili Pâquet, Stamatis Poulakidakos0, Franziska Stürmer1, Sebastian Viqueira2, Michael Asimow3 ...
    Series series The Fairleigh Dickinson University Press Series in Law, Culture, and the Humanities
    This unique collection explores the complex issue of vigilantism, how it is represented in popular culture, and what is its impact on behavior and the implications for the rule of law. The book is a transnational investigation across a range of eleven different jurisdictions, including accounts of the Anglophone world (Australia, Britain, Canada, and the United States), European experiences ... Read more

    $47.49 CAD

  • Integration, development and equity: economic integration in West Africa

    by Peter Robson ...
    Series series Routledge Library Editions: Development
    This reissue, first published in 1983, is an authoritative study of economic integration among the states of West Africa, focusing upon the issues and experience of the four main initiatives for regional integration in West Africa, namely the Economic Community of West African States, the Mano River Union, the Communauté Economique de l’Afrique de l’Ouest, and the recent initiative for the ... Read more

    $46.71 CAD

  • A Transnational Study of Law and Justice on TV

    Edited by Peter Robson, Dr Jennifer L Schulz ...
    This collection examines law and justice on television in different countries around the world. It provides a benchmark for further study of the nature and extent of television coverage of justice in fictional, reality and documentary forms. It does this by drawing on empirical work from a range of scholars in different jurisdictions. Each chapter looks at the raw data of how much "justice" ... Read more

    $61.19 CAD

  • Law and Justice on the Small Screen

    Edited by Peter Robson, Professor Jessica Silbey ...
    'Law and Justice on the Small Screen' is a wide-ranging collection of essays about law in and on television. In light of the book's innovative taxonomy of the field and its international reach, it will make a novel contribution to the scholarly literature about law and popular culture. Television shows from France, Canada, the United Kingdom, Germany, Spain and the United States are discussed. The ... Read more

    $105.49 CAD

  • The Economies of Africa

    Edited by Peter Robson, D Lury ...
    Series series Routledge Library Editions: Development
    This reissue, first published in 1969 brings together structural and analytical studies of seven single African countries, together with two studies of groups of countries which, although politically separate, have in the past had close economic links. These countries are Algeria, Cameroon, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Nigeria and the Sudan. The groups are East Africa, comprising Kenya, Uganda and ... Read more

    $46.71 CAD

  • The Judge on the Screen

    A Translation and Critical Edition

    by Vincenzo Tomeo, Vincenzo Ferrari, Ferdinando Spina ...
    Series series The Fairleigh Dickinson University Press Series in Law, Culture, and the Humanities
    Vincenzo Tomeo's pioneering research in the 1960s and 1970s drew attention to the importance of popular culture in our understanding of the operation of the justice system. He was the first to recognize that how laws are interpreted and put into effect depends heavily on how the public understand them. This understanding comes from the ideas and understanding which the public have about the ... Read more

    $110.59 CAD