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Cage Kings
A “propulsive and wildly engrossing” (Brad Stone, author of The Everything Store) account of how the UFC turned mixed martial arts into a multibillion-dollar business and global pop culture phenomenon. Decried as “human cockfighting” by Senator John McCain and dismissed by the New York Times as a “pay-per-view prism” onto the decline of Western civilization, the UFC seemed by 2000 to be bleeding out. The cage fighting promotion had been banned in thirty-six states and was struggling to cover production costs for its next event. But three buddies in Las Vegas—an ambitious personal trainer and two young casino heirs—saw something else in the UFC: a vision of the future. Over th...
Transnational Constitution Making
This book examines the largely neglected but crucial role of transnational actors in democratic constitution-making. The writing or rewriting of constitutions is usually a key moment in democratic transitions. But how exactly does this take place? Most contemporary comparative constitutional literature draws on the concept of constituent power – the power of the people – to address this moment. But what this overlooks, this book argues, is the important role of external, transnational actors who tend to play a crucial role in the process. Drawing on sociolegal methodologies but informed by new legal realism, this book develops a new theoretical framework for examining the involvement of ...
Effective Techniques for Bioinformatic Exploration
The field of biology and technology is constantly changing and growing. However, the abundance and intricacy of biological data present significant challenges for researchers, educators, and students. Deciphering this vast sea of information to extract meaningful insights can be difficult. Traditional approaches often fail to provide comprehensive solutions to these intricate problems, leaving many struggling to navigate the complexities of bioinformatics. Effective Techniques for Bioinformatic Exploration brings new clarity to the world of bioinformatics, offering a comprehensive solution to the challenges scholars face. Through its meticulously crafted chapters, this book provides a struct...
The Policing Web
Nearly all research devoted to policing focuses on public uniformed police and their legal use of force. An overwhelming amount of this work draws on evidence from Anglo-American police forces. These twin emphases have led to a limited view. Agencies such as criminal investigation units, intelligence services, private security companies, and military policing organizations have almost entirely escaped scholarly attention. In The Policing Web, Jean-Paul Brodeur looks at policing as a whole. He illuminates its full diversity, showing how it extends far beyond the confines of public police working in uniform and visible to all. Brodeur considers military policing, both when it complements the v...
Blood Money
It is convenient to think that bad guys are drumming up money for their activities far away and in shady back alleys, but the violent non-state actors (VNSAs) of the world are hiding in plain sight. They peddle knockoff sneakers, pass the hat at ethnic festivals, take a cut of untaxed booze sales, swindle senior citizens with bogus phone calls about needing bail in Mexico, and run money through mainstream banks to buy up rental properties (just to name a few). On a grand scale, their behavior erodes rule of law, creates moral injuries from corruption, and emboldens bad actors to steal and back violent tactics with impunity. Blood Money analyzes the ways in which VNSAs find money for their op...
Terrorism, Inc.
This in-depth, historical analysis of terrorism investigates the major funding streams of terrorists, insurgents, guerrillas, warlords, militias, and criminal organizations throughout the world as well as the efforts of the international community to thwart their efforts. Terrorist financing is an ongoing game of creating, concealing, and surreptitiously utilizing funds. This intriguing book considers every facet of guerrilla funding—from how activities are financed, to what insurgents do with the revenue they generate, to the range of countermeasures in place for deterring their moneymaking activities. Case studies prompt an analysis of past government responses and inform recommendations...
Islamic State’s Online Activity and Responses
Islamic State’s Online Activity and Responses provides a unique examination of Islamic State’s online activity at the peak of its "golden age" between 2014 and 2017 and evaluates some of the principal responses to this phenomenon. Featuring contributions from experts across a range of disciplines, the volume examines a variety of aspects of IS’s online activity, including their strategic objectives, the content and nature of their magazines and videos, and their online targeting of females and depiction of children. It also details and analyses responses to IS’s online activity – from content moderation and account suspensions to informal counter-messaging and disrupting terrorist ...
Para uma Teoria da Constituição como Teoria da Sociedade
A presente obra busca fundamentalmente entender, de um ponto de vista da Teoria da Constituição, como nossa sociedade chegou até o ponto deplorável em que nos encontramos. O autor tenta reconstruir um arcabouço teórico constitucional capaz de dar conta das peculiaridades e concretudes do desenvolvimento social e histórico brasileiro, diante do que enxerga como um déficit sociológico na teoria constitucional brasileira e internacional, conforme observou o prefaciador, Daniel Capecchi, que acrescenta: "Em outras palavras, é o exercício de pensar o constitucionalismo brasileiro em sua realidade social localizada, rejeitando uma perspectiva dominante que enxerga o fenômeno constitucional de forma puramente idealizada, sem qualquer esteio no mundo concreto. Trata-se de um projeto ambicioso e muito necessário, que tenta dar vida a uma Teoria da Constituição pensada na periferia do capitalismo."
La pénologie
Punir est un acte social qui poursuit un but précis. C’est aussi une façon de tenter de faire valoir des valeurs prédominantes au moment où le jugement est prononcé. Être puni, c’est subir une souffrance déterminée socialement au nom de la protection de l’ordre public. L’ensemble soulève des questions qu’il convient de mettre en lumière. Les débats font rage autour de la pénalité contemporaine. Pour certains, nous punissons trop – trop souvent, trop sévèrement, de façon inadéquate, voire inutile ; pour d’autres, et a contrario, notre système serait trop laxiste ou trop doux – on parle alors de « sentences bonbons ». Un livre remarquable qui pose clairement la question de l’inflation pénale et carcérale, de la situation économique et sociale des condamnés et des coûts associés à l’exercice de la justice en regard des résultats attendus et obtenus.
