Oxford University Press

We perceive and understand our environment using many sensory systems-vision,        touch, hearing, taste, smell, and proprioception. Yet how do we develop the ability        to integrate these senses? This book is unique in exploring this extraordinary feat        of human nature. It is an important book for all those in the field of...

This handbook surveys American sentencing and corrections from global and        historical views, from theoretical and policy perspectives, and with attention to a        number of problem-specific issues....

Examining the law of judicial review in the context of commercial regulation, this        book provides a critical view of British courts' deferential attitude to commercial        regulation. It advocates a more intensive form of review based on the principle of        proportionality which is more satisfactory in terms of individual justice....

Konadu calls attention to the historic formation of Akan culture in West Africa and its reach into the Americas. He examines the Akan experience in Guyana, Jamaica, Antigua, Barbados, former Danish and Dutch colonies, and North America, and how those early experiences foreground the contemporary engagement and movement of diasporic Africans and...

This book illustrates how lingusitic analysis of undercover tape recordings made by law enforcement can help defense attorneys, law enforcement officers, judges, and juries better understand the effects of conversational strategies used to give the appearance of criminal activity. If only the appearance of such crime is created, law enforcement has...

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