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The Making of the Modern Law: Legal Treatises, 1800-1926 includes over 20,000 analytical, theoretical and practical works on American and British Law. It includes the writings of major legal theorists, including Sir Edward Coke, Sir William Blackstone, James Fitzjames Stephen, Frederic William Maitland, John...

The Making of the Modern Law: Legal Treatises, 1800-1926 includes over 20,000 analytical, theoretical and practical works on American and British Law. It includes the writings of major legal theorists, including Sir Edward Coke, Sir William Blackstone, James Fitzjames Stephen, Frederic William Maitland, John...

For much of American history, the federal government has played a limited role in local police regulation. That all changed in 1994, when Congress passed a little known statute that permitted the US Attorney General to reform troubled police departments. Since then, many of...

The book aims to introduce the Homeric oeuvre into the law and literature canon. It argues for a reading of Homer's The Iliad and The Odyssey as primordial narratives on the significance of the rule of law. The book delineates moments of correspondence between...

The book OWN addresses the problem of concentrated capital ownership with less than 10 percent of the citizenry owning America and the more than 90 percent relegated to a wage system to earn income or government welfare dependency. Proposed are solutions to massive economic...

Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative journalist Kate Townsend knew she would lob an incendiary device into the contemporary culture if she wrote and published her series, Corrupting America's Children: Creating Chemical Eunuchs. But because of what she'd witnessed in her son's pre-kindergarten, she felt obligated to...

One of the interpretative proposals supporting this research is the various and complex discussions developed on the opposite, yet substantially equivalent risk of the dogmatic acceptance of all the religious testimonies' and of the radical, corrosive destructive action of historic Pyrrhonism'. Examination of the...

Police Reform Act 2002 (UK) The Law Library presents the official text of the Police Reform Act 2002 (UK). Updated as of March 26, 2018 This book contains: - The complete text of the Police Reform Act 2002 (UK) - A table of contents...

Multiculturalism, Crime, and Criminal Justice, Third Edition, provides an overview of the problems and promises of cultural diversity in society and within all facets of the criminal justice system. It focuses on how different marginalized groups--African Americans, Hispanic Americans, Asian Americans, Native Americans, women,...

An Introduction to Media Law and Ethics equips future journalists with a fundamental foundation of legal knowledge while underscoring the importance of journalism in preserving a democratic society.During the course of 15 chapters, students learn about the ethical tenets of journalism and the character...

"Heidegger wants us to recapture the sense of people as unique and valuable, and this seems like the central argument of Dillard's book." How did we ever come to believe in the myth of intentional, just and legitimate systems of social organization - like...

2015-11-06 Energy Efficiency Standards for New Federal Commercial and Multi-Family High-Rise Residential Buildings' Baseline Standards Update - Final (US Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Office Regulation) (EERE) (2018 Edition) The Law Library presents the complete text of the 2015-11-06 Energy Efficiency Standards for New...

Interior Board of Land Appeals and Other Appeals Procedures (US Department of the Interior Regulation) (DOI) (2018 Edition) The Law Library presents the complete text of the Interior Board of Land Appeals and Other Appeals Procedures (US Department of the Interior Regulation) (DOI) (2018...

There are three concepts that are central to this work, to law, and to music. One is imagination (self-creativity). The second is relating (the ability to tell a story or compose a symphony and relate it to a jury). Third, and most importantly, is...

This selection of essays, speeches and personal reflections, draws on the analysis of one of the leading lawyers of a generation. Lord Dyson as Master of the Rolls and Head of the Civil Justice System oversaw a period of reform of both law and...

The United States recognized the independence of Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia when the former Soviet Union broke up at the end of 1991. The United States has fostered these states' ties with the West in part to end their dependence on Russia for trade,...

Author: George KilbourneISBN-10: 1462876331ISBN-13: 9781462876334Publisher: XlibrisLanguage: EnglishPublished: 05/19/2011Pages: 292Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.29lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.81d

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...

The Making of Modern Law: Foreign, Comparative and International Law, 1600-1926, brings together foreign, comparative, and international titles in a single resource. Its International Law component features works of some of the great legal theorists, including Gentili, Grotius, Selden, Zouche, Pufendorf, Bijnkershoek, Wolff, Vattel,...

The Making of Modern Law: Foreign, Comparative and International Law, 1600-1926, brings together foreign, comparative, and international titles in a single resource. Its International Law component features works of some of the great legal theorists, including Gentili, Grotius, Selden, Zouche, Pufendorf, Bijnkershoek, Wolff, Vattel,...

The Making of Modern Law: Foreign, Comparative and International Law, 1600-1926, brings together foreign, comparative, and international titles in a single resource. Its International Law component features works of some of the great legal theorists, including Gentili, Grotius, Selden, Zouche, Pufendorf, Bijnkershoek, Wolff, Vattel,...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...

Full Title: "The Life, Trial & Execution, of The Famous Pirate Capt. Robert Kidd"Description: "The Making of the Modern Law: Trials, 1600-1926" collection provides descriptions of the major trials from over 300 years, with official trial documents, unofficially published accounts of the trials, briefs...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...

The Making of the Modern Law: Legal Treatises, 1800-1926 includes over 20,000 analytical, theoretical and practical works on American and British Law. It includes the writings of major legal theorists, including Sir Edward Coke, Sir William Blackstone, James Fitzjames Stephen, Frederic William Maitland, John...

The Making of the Modern Law: Legal Treatises, 1800-1926 includes over 20,000 analytical, theoretical and practical works on American and British Law. It includes the writings of major legal theorists, including Sir Edward Coke, Sir William Blackstone, James Fitzjames Stephen, Frederic William Maitland, John...

The Making of the Modern Law: Legal Treatises, 1800-1926 includes over 20,000 analytical, theoretical and practical works on American and British Law. It includes the writings of major legal theorists, including Sir Edward Coke, Sir William Blackstone, James Fitzjames Stephen, Frederic William Maitland, John...

The Making of the Modern Law: Legal Treatises, 1800-1926 includes over 20,000 analytical, theoretical and practical works on American and British Law. It includes the writings of major legal theorists, including Sir Edward Coke, Sir William Blackstone, James Fitzjames Stephen, Frederic William Maitland, John...

The Making of the Modern Law: Legal Treatises, 1800-1926 includes over 20,000 analytical, theoretical and practical works on American and British Law. It includes the writings of major legal theorists, including Sir Edward Coke, Sir William Blackstone, James Fitzjames Stephen, Frederic William Maitland, John...

The Making of the Modern Law: Legal Treatises, 1800-1926 includes over 20,000 analytical, theoretical and practical works on American and British Law. It includes the writings of major legal theorists, including Sir Edward Coke, Sir William Blackstone, James Fitzjames Stephen, Frederic William Maitland, John...

The Making of the Modern Law: Legal Treatises, 1800-1926 includes over 20,000 analytical, theoretical and practical works on American and British Law. It includes the writings of major legal theorists, including Sir Edward Coke, Sir William Blackstone, James Fitzjames Stephen, Frederic William Maitland, John...

The Making of the Modern Law: Legal Treatises, 1800-1926 includes over 20,000 analytical, theoretical and practical works on American and British Law. It includes the writings of major legal theorists, including Sir Edward Coke, Sir William Blackstone, James Fitzjames Stephen, Frederic William Maitland, John...

The Making of the Modern Law: Legal Treatises, 1800-1926 includes over 20,000 analytical, theoretical and practical works on American and British Law. It includes the writings of major legal theorists, including Sir Edward Coke, Sir William Blackstone, James Fitzjames Stephen, Frederic William Maitland, John...

The Making of the Modern Law: Legal Treatises, 1800-1926 includes over 20,000 analytical, theoretical and practical works on American and British Law. It includes the writings of major legal theorists, including Sir Edward Coke, Sir William Blackstone, James Fitzjames Stephen, Frederic William Maitland, John...

The Making of the Modern Law: Legal Treatises, 1800-1926 includes over 20,000 analytical, theoretical and practical works on American and British Law. It includes the writings of major legal theorists, including Sir Edward Coke, Sir William Blackstone, James Fitzjames Stephen, Frederic William Maitland, John...

Positive law is still considered in many respects today as the supreme reference for order in society. But at this threshold formalism in legal procedures leads to exactions of law. This book poses the problem of the self-referentiality of positive law.Author: Noudjiwou Carlos AllossouISBN-10:...

The issue of copyright ownership in cinematographic works became controversial in Canada in 1993 during the preparation of Bill C-115, the implementation of the North American Free Trade Agreement: the federal government proposed that the director be the author of the cinematographic work and...

What do traditional Indigenous institutions of governance offer to our understanding of the contemporary challenges faced by the Navajo Nation today and tomorrow? Guided by the Mountains looks at the tensions between Indigenous political philosophy and the challenges faced by Indigenous nations in building...

A big cat overthrows the Indian state and establishes a reign of terror over the residents of a Himalayan town. A welfare legislation aimed at providing employment and commanding a huge budget becomes 'unimplementable' in a region bedeviled by high levels of poverty and...

While guilty pleas are the primary mode of criminal case dispositions across different legal jurisdictions, this topic remains an understudied area. The assumption is that defendants are 'playing the system' and that a sliding scale of sentence discounts is necessary to encourage early guilty...

Author: Michael Andreas KockISBN-10: 303106299XISBN-13: 9783031062995Publisher: SpringerLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/15/2023Pages: 381Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.23lbsSize: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.82d

In Policing the Womb, Michele Goodwin explores how states abuse laws and infringe on rights to police women and their pregnancies. This book looks at the impact of these often arbitrary laws which can result in the punishment, incarceration, and humiliation of women, particularly...

Two waves of interviews with management and workers demonstrate how the Lactation at Work Law made substantial changes within organizations.Author: Elizabeth A. HoffmannISBN-10: 1108726496ISBN-13: 9781108726498Publisher: Cambridge University PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 09/29/2022Pages: 258Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.77lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.54d

Leading technology scholars examine how networks powered by algorithms are transforming humanity, posing deep questions about power, freedom, and fairness. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.Author: Kevin WerbachISBN-10: 1108445357ISBN-13: 9781108445351Publisher: Cambridge University PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/30/2022Pages: 249Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.75lbsSize: 9.00h...

Few treatments of Catholic Social Teaching are as comprehensive as this, and none is nearly so devoted to a critical scholarly presentation and analysis of the whole corpus.Author: Gerard V. BradleyISBN-10: 1108448348ISBN-13: 9781108448345Publisher: Cambridge University PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 05/26/2022Pages: 648Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.88lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w...

Reveals how Supreme Court justices' personalities, particularly conscientiousness, influence the Law, the High Court, and the Constitution.Author: Ryan C. Black, Ryan J. Owens, Justin WedekingISBN-10: 1316618005ISBN-13: 9781316618004Publisher: Cambridge University PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 09/16/2021Pages: 370Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.09lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.77d

The book develops the law of political economy as a new field of scholarly enquiry.Author: Poul F. KjaerISBN-10: 1108717276ISBN-13: 9781108717274Publisher: Cambridge University PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/11/2022Pages: 424Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.24lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.86d

Author: Shinji HigakiISBN-10: 1009256521ISBN-13: 9781009256520Publisher: Cambridge University PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/18/2022Pages: 526Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.53lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.06d

Throughout American history, the discourse of civility has proven quite resilient, and concern for a perceived lack of civility has ebbed and flowed in recognizable patterns. Today we are in another era in which political leaders and commentators bemoan a crisis of incivility and...

This concise, scholarly study focuses on the English origins of white servitude and the roll of white indentured servants in the development of the colony of Virginia. Special attention is also paid to the legislation needed to manage this segment of the population and...