Law Audiobooks | Non-Fiction

[German] - Verhandeln: Die kraftvolle Kunst des Überzeugens und Überredens

Dieses Hörbuch wird von einer digitalen Stimme vorgelesen. Willkommen bei der Erkundung der komplizierten Kunst des Verhandelns – einer Fähigkeit, die sowohl die komplexe Landschaft der Geschäftswelt als auch das Gefüge unserer täglichen Interaktionen durchdringt. In einem modernen Umfeld, in dem Zusammenarbeit und zwischenmenschliche Beziehungen an erster Stelle stehen, ist die Fähigkeit, effektiv zu verhandeln, ein Tor zum Brückenbau, zur Schaffung von Werten und zur Stärkung von Verbindungen. Verhandlungen sind weit mehr als ein bloßer Mechanismus zum Abschluss von Geschäften, sie entfalten sich als ein nuanciertes Zusammenspiel von Kommunikation, strategischem Scharfsinn und einem tiefgreifenden Verständnis der menschlichen Dynamik. Dieses Buch dient sowohl erfahrenen Profis auf der Suche nach neuen Erkenntnissen als auch Neueinsteigern als Orientierungshilfe und schafft durch die wesentlichen Grundlagen des Verhandelns eine solide Grundlage. Im Mittelpunkt unserer Untersuchung steht die Erkenntnis, dass die Vorbereitung in jedem Verhandlungsszenario der Schlüssel zum Erfolg ist. Um die Ebenen einer Verhandlung offenzulegen, müssen Sie nicht nur Ihre eigenen Ziele und Grenzen verstehen, sondern auch die anderer, damit Sie mit Zuversicht und Entschlossenheit verhandeln können. Ein entscheidender Teil unserer Reise ist die Auseinandersetzung mit der Kunst des Zuhörens, dem effektiven Ausdruck und der zentralen Rolle von Empathie beim Verständnis der Interessen aller Parteien.

Quinton Joser (Author), Digitale Stimme Georg G (Narrator)

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In Their Defence: Fighting for Youth Justice One Child at a Time

No new parent expects their offspring's childhood to be tainted by arrest or conviction. That only happens to other people's kids, right? Wrong. In this compelling book, written by one of Britain's top experts in youth justice, Aika Stephenson reveals the extraordinary cases she deals with daily. From the obviously vulnerable to the A-grade student from a stable upbringing, Just for Kids Law, the campaigning charity co-founded by Stephenson in 2007, has helped thousands of children and young people overcome the difficulties they face. Aika says: ‘Every day in my job is an adventure, a battle for justice, heart-breaking, and a joy. But very few people truly understand the law that dictates the lives of our young people, and I want to share that with the public – both the heart-warming successes and the shocking failures of the system.' From playground mischief to issues with immigration status, from housing to those facing years behind bars for a crime their friend committed, this book lays bare what really goes on behind the scenes, from the police station through to the young offenders' institution and everything in between. It is an important and revelatory book that confronts the issues that face all young people today.

Aika Stephenson (Author), TBD (Narrator)

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A Real Right to Vote: How a Constitutional Amendment Can Safeguard American Democracy

Throughout history, too many Americans have been disenfranchised or faced needless barriers to vote. Part of the blame falls on the Constitution, which does not contain an affirmative right to vote. The Supreme Court has made matters worse by failing to protect voting rights and limiting Congress's ability to do so. The time has come for voters to take action and push for an amendment to the Constitution that would guarantee this right for all. Drawing on troubling stories of state attempts to disenfranchise military voters, women, African Americans, students, former felons, Native Americans, and others, Richard Hasen argues that American democracy can and should do better in assuring that all eligible voters can cast a meaningful vote that will be fairly counted. He shows how a constitutional right to vote can deescalate voting wars between political parties that lead to endless rounds of litigation and undermine voter confidence in elections, and can safeguard democracy against dangerous attempts at election subversion. The path to a constitutional amendment is undoubtedly hard, especially in these polarized times. A Real Right to Vote explains what's in it for conservatives who have resisted voting reform, and reveals how the pursuit of an amendment can yield tangible dividends for democracy long before ratification.

Richard L. Hasen (Author), Daniel Henning (Narrator)

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Litigating the Pandemic: Disaster Cascades in Court

As officials scrambled in 2020 to manage the spread of COVID, the reverberations of the crisis reached well beyond immediate public health concerns. The governance problems that emerged in the pandemic would be problems in other climate-related disasters, too. Many of these governance problems wound up in court. Businesses filed insurance claims for lost commerce; when the claims were denied, some companies sued. As state governments ordered closures and otherwise tried to adapt, interest organizations that had long sought to limit government authority challenged them in court. Political officials railed against litigation they argued would stop businesses from reopening. The United States, like other countries, governs partly through litigation, and litigation is one way of seeing the multiple governance failures during the pandemic. Drawing on databases of cases filed, news reports, and other sources, Susan M. Sterett argues that governing during the pandemic must include the human institutions intertwined with the effects of the virus. Those institutions reveal problems well beyond the reach of technical expertise. Failures in private insurance as a way of governing risk, conflicts about the primacy of religion, government authority, and health, are problems that predated the pandemic and will persist in future disasters.

Susan M. Sterett (Author), Wendy Tremont King (Narrator)

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Safe Haven: The United Kingdom's Investigations into Nazi Collaborators and the Failure of Justice

The controversial 1991 War Crimes Act gave new powers to courts to try non-British citizens resident in the UK for war crimes committed during WWII. But in spite of the extensive investigative and legal work that followed, and the expense of some £11 million, it led to just one conviction: that in 1999 of Anthony (Andrzej) Sawoniuk. Safe Haven considers for the first time why and how convictions failed to follow investigations. Within the broader context of war crimes investigations in the United States, Germany, and Australia, the authors reassess the legal and investigative processes and decisions that stymied inquiries, from the War Crimes Act itself to the restrictive criteria applied to it. Taken together, the authors argue that these-including the interpretations of who could and should be prosecuted and decisions about the nature and amount of evidence needed for trial-meant that many Nazi collaborators escaped justice and never appeared in a criminal court. The authors situate this history within the legacy of the Holocaust: how, if at all, do the belated attempts to address a failure of justice sit with an ever-growing awareness of the Holocaust, represented by memorialization and education? In so doing, Safe Haven provokes a timely reconsideration of the relationship between law, history, and truth.

Jon Silverman, Robert Sherwood (Author), Jon Silverman (Narrator)

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The Walnut Tree: Women, Violence and the Law – A Hidden History

'An outstanding work' – Philippa Gregory 'A powerful narrative told with frankness and sensitivity' Helen Fry, historian and author of Women In Intelligence 'A woman, a dog and a walnut tree, the more they are beaten, the better they’ll be.' So went the proverb quoted by a prominent MP in the Houses of Parliament in 1853. His words – intended ironically in a debate about a rise in attacks on women – summed up the prevailing attitude of the day, in which violence against women was waved away as a part and parcel of modern living – a chilling seam of misogyny that had polluted both parliament and the law. But were things about to change? In this vivid and essential work of historical non-fiction, Kate Morgan explores the legal campaigns, test cases and individual injustices of the Victorian and Edwardian eras which fundamentally re-shaped the status of women under British law. These are seen through the untold stories of women whose cases became cornerstones of our modern legal system and shine a light on the historical inequalities of the law. We hear of the uniquely abusive marriage which culminated in the dramatic story of the ‘Clitheroe wife abduction’; of the domestic tragedies which changed the law on domestic violence; the controversies surrounding the Contagious Diseases Act and the women who campaigned to abolish it; and the real courtroom stories behind notorious murder cases such as the ‘Camden Town Murder’. Exploring the 19th- and early 20th Century legal history that influenced the modern-day stances on issues such as domestic abuse, sexual violence and divorce, The Walnut Treelifts the lid on the shocking history of women under British law – and what it means for women today.

Kate Morgan (Author), Kristin Atherton, TBD (Narrator)

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The Federal Courts: An Essential History

There are moments in American history when all eyes are focused on a federal court: when its bench speaks for millions of Americans, and when its decision changes the course of history. More often, the story of the federal judiciary is simply a tale of hard work: of finding order in the chaotic system of state and federal law, local custom, and contentious lawyering. The Federal Courts is a story of all of these courts and the judges and justices who served on them, of the case law they made, and of the acts of Congress and the administrative organs that shaped the courts. But, more importantly, this is a story of the courts' development and their vital part in America's history. The federal judiciary is not elective and its principal judges serve during good behavior rather than at the pleasure of Congress, the President, or the electorate. But the independence that lifetime tenure theoretically confers did not and does not isolate the judiciary from political currents, partisan quarrels, and public opinion. Many vital political issues came to the federal courts, and the courts' decisions in turn shaped American politics. The Federal Courts is an essential account of the branch that provides what Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Judge Oliver Wendell Homes Jr. called 'a magic mirror, wherein we see reflected our own lives.'

N.E.H Hull, Peter Charles Hoffer, Williamjames Hull Hoffer (Author), Adam Verner (Narrator)

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Intellectual Property: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions) 2nd ed. Edition

We all create intellectual property. We all use intellectual property. Intellectual property is the most pervasive yet least understood way we regulate expression. Despite its importance to so many aspects of the global economy and daily life, intellectual property policy remains a confusing and arcane subject. This engaging book clarifies both the basic terms and the major conflicts surrounding these fascinating areas of law, offering a layman's introduction to copyright, patents, trademarks, and other forms of knowledge falling under the purview of intellectual property rights. Using vivid examples, noted media expert Siva Vaidhyanathan illustrates the powers and limits of intellectual property, distilling with grace and wit the complex tangle of laws, policies, and values governing the dissemination of ideas, expressions, inventions, creativity, and data collection in the modern world. Through compelling case studies, including those of Starbucks, Coca-Cola, Sony, Amazon, and Google Books, Vaidhyanathan shows that the modern intellectual property systems reflect three centuries of changes in politics, economics, technologies, and social values. Although it emerged from a desire to foster creativity while simultaneously protecting it, intellectual property today has fundamentally shifted to a political dimension.

Siva Vaidhyanathan (Author), Shawn K. Jain (Narrator)

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Climbing the Rough Side of the Mountain: The extraordinary story of love, civil rights, and labor ac

The remarkable story of a couple who came together during the Civil Rights Movement and made fighting for equality and civil and workers’ rights their purpose for more than sixty years, overcoming adversity—with the strength of their love and commitment—to bring about meaningful change. Norman Hill was the national program director of the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE), staff coordinator for the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, staff representative of the Industrial Union Department of the AFL-CIO, and president of the A. Philip Randolph Institute from 1980 to 2004, the longest tenure in the organization’s history. He remains its president emeritus. Velma Murphy Hill, a graduate of the Harvard Graduate School of Education, was a leader of the Chicago Wade-in to integrate Rainbow Beach, East Coast field secretary for CORE, and assistant to the president of the United Federation of Teachers, where she unionized 10,000 paraprofessionals, primarily Black and Hispanic, working in New York public schools. She was vice president of the American Federation of Teachers and International Affairs and civil rights director of the Service Employees International Union. The Hills were the only Black couple to hold leadership positions in the civil rights and labor movements. When Velma Murphy was knocked unconscious by a brick thrown by a man from an angry white mob and was carried away by Norman Hill, it was the beginning ofa six-decade-long love story and the turmoil, excitement, and struggle for civil rights and labor movements. In Climbing the Rough Side of the Mountain, the Hills reflect upon their more than half century of fighting to make America realize the best of itself. Through profound conversations between the two, Velma and Norman Hill share their earliest memories of facing racial segregation in the 1960s, working with Martin Luther King, Jr., Bayard Rustin, and A. Philip Randolph, crossing paths with Malcolm X and Stokely Carmichael. They also reveal how they kept white supremacists like David Duke from taking office, organized workers into unions, met with Presidents Bill Clinton and Barack Obama, and continued to work tirelessly, fighting the good fight and successfully challenging power with truth.

Norman Hill, Velma Murphy Hill (Author), Arnell Powell, Kim Staunton (Narrator)

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[French] - Négocier: L’art puissant de convaincre et de persuader

Ce livre audio est narré par une voix numérique. Bienvenue dans l'exploration de l'art complexe de la négociation, une compétence qui imprègne à la fois le paysage complexe du monde des affaires et le tissu de nos interactions quotidiennes. Dans un environnement contemporain où la collaboration et les relations interpersonnelles sont primordiales, la capacité de négocier efficacement constitue une passerelle pour construire des ponts, créer de la valeur et renforcer les liens. La négociation, bien au-delà d’un simple mécanisme permettant de conclure des accords, se déroule comme une interaction nuancée de communication, de sens stratégique et de compréhension profonde de la dynamique humaine. Ce livre sert de boussole, guidant aussi bien les professionnels chevronnés à la recherche de nouvelles idées que les nouveaux arrivants qui établissent une base solide à travers les principes fondamentaux essentiels de la négociation.

Quinton Joser (Author), Voix Numérique Fiona G (Narrator)

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[French] - Influencer: Les techniques d'influence secrètes et les tactiques persuasives

Ce livre audio est narré par une voix numérique. Dans un monde en constante évolution et saturé d’informations, la capacité d’influencer et d’inspirer les autres est devenue une compétence de plus en plus inestimable. Qu'il s'agisse de motiver votre équipe dans le domaine professionnel, d'orienter les choix des clients ou de persuader votre entourage personnel, l'art de la persuasion joue un rôle central dans nos interactions quotidiennes. Ce livre est méticuleusement conçu pour vous emmener dans une exploration captivante des principes fondamentaux de l’influence et de la persuasion. Dans ses pages, nous visons à démêler les mécanismes psychologiques complexes qui régissent la façon dont les gens pensent, prennent des décisions et succombent à l’influence. Armés de connaissances approfondies et de stratégies concrètes, notre objectif est de vous aider à cultiver et à perfectionner vos propres capacités de persuasion. Au fur et à mesure que nous approfondirons les prochains chapitres, nous analyserons la façon dont l'influence et la persuasion s'inscrivent de manière complexe dans toutes les facettes de nos vies, depuis les efforts de marketing et le discours politique jusqu'aux nuances des relations interpersonnelles et des scénarios de leadership. Tout au long de ce voyage, nous examinerons les techniques éprouvées utilisées par les influenceurs, les dirigeants et les experts en communication pour atteindre leurs objectifs. Pourtant, ce livre transcende la simple révélation de trucs; il aspire à inculquer une compréhension globale de la psychologie qui sous-tend la persuasion, vous permettant d’influencer de manière éthique et efficace. Que vous soyez un professionnel aspirant à gravir les échelons de carrière, un parent cherchant à guider ses enfants ou simplement une personne cherchant à améliorer ses compétences en communication, ce livre est conçu pour vous fournir les connaissances et les outils nécessaires.

Quinton Joser (Author), Voix Numérique Fiona G (Narrator)

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To Catch a Dictator: The Pursuit and Trial of Hissène Habré

What does it take to make a dictator answer for his crimes? Hissene Habre, the former despot of Chad, terrorized, tortured, and killed on a horrific scale over eight years in power-while enjoying full American and Western support. After Habre's overthrow, his victims and their supporters were determined to see him held responsible for his atrocities. Their quest for justice would be long, tense, and unnerving, but they would not back down. To Catch a Dictator is an insider's account of the hunt for Habre and his momentous trial. The human rights lawyer Reed Brody recounts how he and an international team of investigators, legal experts, and victims worked across three continents to unearth evidence and witnesses, petition courts and skeptical governments, and rally public opinion. They faced many obstacles and constant threats. Habre fought back bitterly, drawing on secret bank accounts and extensive political connections to preserve his life of luxurious exile. Yet Brody and his allies ultimately triumphed: Habre became the first former head of state to be convicted of crimes against humanity in the courts of another country. This fast-paced, suspenseful book shows that there is nothing inevitable about the impunity that too often protects the powerful and that even the worst tyrants can be brought to justice.

Reed Brody (Author), Reed Brody (Narrator)

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