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The 7th canon: a thriller
No full textIn San Francisco\u27s seamy Tenderloin district, a teenage street hustler has been murdered in a shelter for boys. And the dedicated priest who runs the struggling home stands accused. But despite evidence that he\u27s a killer, and worse, Father Thomas Martin stands by his innocence. And attorney Peter Donley stands with him. But a ruthless DA seeking headlines and a brutal homicide cop bent on vengeance have their own agendashttps://scholarship.law.ua.edu/harper_lee_prize_books_2017/1006/thumbnail.jp
First offense
No full textTwelve-year-old Frankie Bishop is a model kid: quiet and bright. So everyone, especially his family, is shocked when he\u27s arrested for drug possession--and horrified when he\u27s sentenced to juvenile detention at Eldridge Academy. His uncle, Bruce Kantor of the Help Innocent Prisoners Project, wants to help but knows he\u27s too close to the case. His associate Dani Trumball has family worries of her own to deal with, but she knows Bruce wouldn\u27t ask for help without cause. Just as she and her team begin to investigate, the case gets even thornier: Frankie is missing, and evidence points to an Eldridge cover-up. As the FBI launches a hunt for the boy, Dani knows something isn\u27t right. Why would a minor\u27s first offense earn such a harsh punishment? Unconvinced by the court documents, Dani is dogged in her pursuit of the truth that will save Frankie\u27s future--if he still has one. --Back coverhttps://scholarship.law.ua.edu/harper_lee_prize_books_2017/1010/thumbnail.jp
Gone again: a Jack Swyteck novel
No full textA Miami criminal defense lawyer takes on his first death-row clienthttps://scholarship.law.ua.edu/harper_lee_prize_books_2017/1011/thumbnail.jp
The judge
No full textWashington DC\u27s Superior Court judge, Judge Walter McNeil, is kidnapped and thrust into the midst of a twisted web that intertwines him with the lives of three ex-convicts whose lives had been ruined by the judge\u27s harsh sentenceshttps://scholarship.law.ua.edu/harper_lee_prize_books_2017/1021/thumbnail.jp
Israel
No full textFinding, Freezing and Attaching Assets: A Multi-Jurisdictional Handbook is about how to find out whether a defendant has any assets before initiating costly litigation, arbitration, or insolvency proceedings, and how to freeze such assets with the aim of eventually enforcing a judgment or award. The globalization in trade relations has resulted in a steady increase in cross-border disputes and, due to the ease with which assets can be moved around the world with the help of online banking and fiduciary service providers, parties are increasingly finding themselves suing or being sued outside their home jurisdictions. As a result, there is increased interest among clients with regard to the finding and freezing of assets as the parties involved in commercial disputes these days are doing their best to expatriate assets as well as undermine enforcement.
The purpose of this book is to provide the reader with as much information as possible on asset identification on a jurisdiction-by-jurisdiction basis and also on the client’s decision of whether or not to freeze assets once the assets have been identified.https://scholarship.law.ua.edu/fac_bookchapter/1009/thumbnail.jp
International Legal Limits on the Ability of States to Lawfully Impose International Economic/Financial Sanctions
No full textThis volume explores sanctions as instruments of coercive diplomacy, delving into theoretical arguments and combining perspectives from international law and international relations scholars and practitioners. Primary questions include the compatibility and legitimacy of sanctions regimes, enforcement measures, including the role of sanctions committees, the practice of circumventing sanctions, and the relation with the ICC proceedings. Legal and institutional aspects of the practice of the European Union are addressed. The extraterritorial effects of national legislation implementing sanctions imposed by individual States are investigated. A focus is on the impact of sanctions on non-State actors. The connections with the protection of human rights and the adverse impact on individual rights are considered. The implementation of sanctions is addressed in view of their legal limitation and the concept of proportionality, their consequences upon existing treaties and contracts, their effectiveness, and their strategic implications.https://scholarship.law.ua.edu/fac_bookchapter/1020/thumbnail.jp
