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This new and comprehensive book will give you exactly what you need to understand and comply with the law. It provides an overview of the provisions for the new Bankruptcy Reform Act including new sanctions provisions in Chapter 7 cases; regulation of attorneys as debt relief agencies; heightened requirements for reaffirmation agreements.

Describes the origins and development of the military's "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy and analyzes its assumptions and implications.

A detailed and highly authoritative critical commentary appraising the vitally important United States Department of Defense Law of War Manual.

Based on best-practice rules of global importance, this handbook offers authoritative commentary and analysis of the international law of military operations, encompassing self-defence, peace operations, and other uses of force.

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