Books by Christopher Smith

Eder Jofre: O Primeiro Campeão Mundial de Boxe do Brasil é um olhar íntimo da vida e carreira espetaculares do melhor pugilista da América do Sul, ranqueado pela Organização Internacional de Pesquisas de Boxe como o maior peso-galo de todos os tempos. Durante os anos 1960s, Jofre permaneceu invicto em suas 50 primeiras lutas enquanto obtém reconhecimento global como campeão mundial imbatível dos pesos galos e o melhor boxeador do mundo independente de peso. Após perder seu título e aposentar-se por três anos, fez o que é considerado o melhor retorno nos anais da história do boxe, permanecendo invicto por 25 lutas e conquistando o cinturão mundial dos pesos pena. Por meio de extensa pesquisa, uso de fontes primárias e comunicação com a família Jofre, a história de Eder Jofre é contada como nunca antes nesta biografia de mais de 600 páginas, e pela primeira vez em língua inglesa. Jofre foi um garoto tímido de origem humilde, mas chegou ao topo de sua profissão por meio de trabalho duro, paixão e humildade. Se tornou um ícone brasileiro e membro da realeza do boxe antes de partir para uma bem sucedida carreira política. O livro contém informações de todos os 78 combates profissionais de Jofre, além de relatos abordando round a round, preparação para as lutas, treinamentos e coberturas posteriores aos embates, informações sobre a história da família Jofre-Zumbano, da vida pessoal de Jofre e mais de 500 fotografias raras.

Written for social scientists who study the judiciary, legal scholars, judges, and others who are interested in the workings of the federal courts, this volume offers a comprehensive examination of the role of U.S. magistrates--the relatively invisible subordinate judicial officers within the federal district courts.

Taking a similar approach to best-selling LEGO author James Kelly's other books, this book presents a series of four challenges in the setting of mankind's first-ever manned base on the planet Mars.

This book analyzes why the Rehnquist Court never fulfilled expectations for the reversal of liberal judicial decisions from the Warren and Burger Courts. At its conservative high point in 1991-1992 the Supreme Court was dominated by seven justices who had dependably conservative voting records over the course of their early careers. Five of these justices were appointed in the 1980s and early 1990s by Reagan and Bush, presidents who made concerted efforts to appoint judicial officers who would undo liberal precedents. This is the first book to focus on scholars' growing recognition that the Rehnquist Court has not been as conservative as most presumed it would be. In focusing on Justice Antonin Scalia, whose role inadvertently contributed to the Court's failure to achieve conservative goals, the study examines how individual justices can affect Supreme Court decisions through their judicial behavior.

This book examines the federal judiciary in light of political science research on the role of interests and interest groups in the making of public policy.

Smith introduces a new concept, critical judicial nominations, to advance scholars' understanding of the consequences of the federal nomination process for the Supreme Court and the American political system.

A collective overview of contemporary developments affecting court organization and judicial procedures. America has a long history of sensationalized trials and infamous lawyers and judges, but what is the truth about how our system of jurisprudence really works?

This book is concerned with the management of organisational change. It focuses on Cadbury Ltd and provides an in-depth study of change within this famous British company. It will be of interest to teachers and students of business history, organisational behaviour, industrial relations and industrial sociology.

Places the evidence for the Late Upper Palaeolithic and Mesolithic periods, conventionally viewed mainly in terms of stone tool typologies, in a wider ecological and geographical context.