Stephen F. Befort and John W. Budd. Invisible hands, invisible objectives : bringing workplace law and public policy into focus.
Stanford, Calif. : Stanford Economics and Finance, c2009. Call number: KF3319 .B44 2009
Publisher's Description:
At home and abroad, public policy debates are dominated by a free market ideology that emphasizes the pursuit of economic objectives through competitive markets. The invisible hand is rarely questioned, and non-economic objectives are overlooked. Similarly, employment-related scholarship is frequently silent on the objectives of the employment relationship and the underlying assumptions of how that relationship operates.
This book develops a fresh, holistic framework to undertake a "big picture" examination of U.S. workplace regulation. A new scorecard for workplace law and public policy reveals an uneven achievement of efficiency, equity, and voice at work. In response, the authors--a legal scholar and an economics and industrial relations scholar--blend their expertise to propose a comprehensive set of reforms, tackling such issues as regulatory enforcement, portable employee benefits, training programs, living wages, workplace safety and health, work-family balance, security and social safety nets, nondiscrimination, good cause dismissal, balanced income distributions, free speech protections for employees, individual and collective workplace decision-making, and labor unions.
Invisible Hands, Invisible Objectives is not just another book that sketches a reform agenda. The book provides the much-needed rubric for how we think about employment policy specifically and economic policy more generally and is distinctively structured around objectives rather than policy issues.
Prentiss Cox, ed. Consumer fraud and deceptive trade practice regulation in Minnesota. 2nd ed.
St. Paul, Minn. : Minnesota Continuing Legal Education, c2009. Call number: KF209 .M54x 2009 no.43
Publisher's Description:
With its emphasis on the practical - tips, warnings, admonitions, and frank author's notes - Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Trade Practice Regulation in Minnesota is an absolutely essential resource for anyone in Minnesota who protects clients damaged by fraud and deceptive trade practices. Reflecting the expertise of a wide range of contributors, from professors and advocates to private practitioners, this manual furthers the mission of all Minnesota CLE deskbooks: to make practice easier and research faster, and to help attorneys throughout Minnesota get answers when they need them!
Bix, Brian. Diccionario de teoría jurídica / Brian H. Bix ; traducción, Enrique Rodríguez Trujano, Pedro A. Villarreal Lizárraga.
México : Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, 2009. Call number: Rare Books (Faculty Collection) Bix
Spanish language translation of Professor Bix's Dictionary of Legal Theory (Oxford University Press, 2004).
Publisher's description Dictionary of Legal Theory:
Modern legal theory contains a wide range of approaches and topics: from economic analysis of law to feminist legal theory to traditional analytical legal philosophy to a range of theories about justice. This healthy variety of jurisprudential work has created a problem: students and theorists working in one tradition may have difficulty understanding the concepts and terminology of a different tradition. This book works to make terminology and ways of thinking accessible. This dictionary covers topics from 'the autonomy of law' to the 'will theory of rights', from 'autopoiesis' to 'wealth maximization', and from 'John Austin' to 'Ludwig Wittgenstein'. The most important concepts and ideas are presented in a simple dictionary format. There are also many longer entries, where the initial definition gives an accessible explanation, but the entry goes on to give more detailed information about the history of an idea and the debates currently surrounding it.
