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The Birth of the Bill of Rights, 1776-1791 - Paperback

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Report copyright infringementby Robert Allen 1922- Rutland (Author)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, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is...

Using Small Claims Court in Oregon, Second Edition: An Oregon Legal Guides Book - Paperback

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by Janay a. Haas J. D. (Author)Using Small Claims in Oregon Second Edition (2019) is the only guide to small claims court written exclusively for Oregon. It will help you: Value your claim Work with court staff Understand what judges need to know about your claim Find the law that supports your claim Prepare witnesses Collect judgements Work with mediators Appeal Number of Pages: 228 Dimensions: 0.48 x 10 x 7.01 IN Publication Date: June 07, 2019

E.D. Nixon: The Unsung Father of the Montgomery Bus Boycott - Paperback

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by Michael Escoffery (Illustrator), Michael Eaddy (Author)Before Dr. Martin Luther King, E.D. Nixon was the principal black leader in Montgomery, Alabama. He helped sparked the Civil Rights Movement and bailed imprisoned civil rights icon, Rosa Parks out of jail. Mr. Nixon's contributions in civil rights, voter registration, leadership, and social justice was paramount in the success of the Montgomery Bus Boycott and advancing the civil rights movement. A true story about the man behind the m...

My Mother's Money: A Guide to Financial Caregiving

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Report copyright infringementby Beth Pinsker (Author)A comprehensive, compassionate guide for navigating end-of-life financial decisions for an aging parent or other loved one--from an award-winning journalist who is also a Certified Financial Planner Have you just gotten the dreaded phone call--a parent or loved one has taken a turn for the worse and suddenly the burden is on you to manage their affairs? Or are you simply hoping to navigate complex financial conversations with your aging mot...

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Report copyright infringementby Ron Da Costa (Author)WHEN CHALLENGING PRECONCEPTIONS OF PUNISHMENT AND PRISONS, CRIMINAL JUSTICE INFORM WOULD BE MORE PERTINENT THAN REFORM.Criminal justice reform is inevitable; yet the public remains stoic, even complacent. It has been deformed and contorted through political fearmongering. This unjustly targets and exploits justice-impacted persons by predisposing them to heinous political agendas and profitable commercial schemes. True reform requires no pr...

Entering the Arena: The Spectacular History of Women at the United States Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York

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Report copyright infringementby Lisa Zornberg (Author)This book tells the spectacular history of women lawyers at the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York (SDNY). SDNY is a storied institution, the oldest federal prosecutor's office in the United States and its most renowned--and a critical player in New York City's high-stakes legal arena. But its history has been only sparsely written about, and this is the first book to share the riveting account of how SDNY's doors...

The Crime Of Vaccination: Or Bacteria, X. Y. Z. (1913)

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Report copyright infringementby Tenison Deane (Author)The Crime of Vaccination: Or Bacteria, X. Y. Z. is a book written by Tenison Deane in 1913. The book is a critical analysis of the practice of vaccination and its potential dangers. Deane argues that vaccinations are not only ineffective but also harmful to the human body. He cites examples of people who have suffered adverse reactions to vaccines and argues that the medical establishment is hiding the truth about the dangers of vaccinatio...

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Report copyright infringementby Grover Cleveland (Author)"Good Citizenship" explores the foundational principles of civic duty and responsible citizenship within a democracy. Authored by Grover Cleveland, this work delves into the rights and responsibilities inherent in a system of self-governance. Examining the core tenets of citizenship, the book emphasizes the importance of active participation and informed engagement in civic life. It serves as a valuable examination of the social contrac...

The Whistleblowers vs. the Big Guy: Two Special Agents, the Biden Crime Family, and a Corrupt Bureaucracy

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Report copyright infringementby Joe Ziegler (Author), Gary Shapley (Author)In this gripping account, IRS special agents-turned-whistleblowers Gary Shapley and Joseph Ziegler expose the shocking truth behind their investigation into the Biden family--and the powerful forces that tried to stop them. Shapley and Ziegler made headlines when they testified before Congress, revealing political interference, bureaucratic stonewalling, and outright obstruction in the Hunter Biden criminal case. Desp...

Intellectual Property Futures: Exploring the Global Landscape of IP Law and Policy

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Report copyright infringementby Graham J. Reynolds (Editor), Alexandra Mogyoros (Editor), Teshager W. Dagne (Editor)The past few decades have been witness to a number of important developments with respect to the global intellectual property (IP) system, including shifts in focus between multilateralism and bilateralism/regionalism; growing recognition of the various ways in which IP intersects with and impacts areas including human rights, development, trade, and social justice; broad acknow...

Environmental Justice: A Very Short Introduction

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Report copyright infringementby Pamela Hill (Author)Environmental justice recognizes that environmental benefits and burdens should be distributed fairly, and that the people making policy decisions should incorporate the views of those most often harmed: people of color, Indigenous populations, low-income communities, and those who are underserved and disenfranchised for other reasons such as age, gender, or disability. It encompasses not only traditional environmental issues like clean air ...

The Master-Servant Doctrine: How Old Legal Rules Haunt the Modern Workplace

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Report copyright infringementby Elizabeth Chika Tippett (Author) The field of employment law used to be called "master-servant law." Even if this term has fallen out of favor, a central truth has not changed: modern employment law still draws on centuries-old ideas about the rights and obligations of workers. In The Master-Servant Doctrine, Elizabeth Chika Tippett combines historical context with contemporary case studies and interviews to reveal how modern law and management practices are st...

In Our Future We Are Free: The Dismantling of the Youth Prison

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Report copyright infringementby Nell Bernstein (Author)A master class in social change--how a coalition of parents, activists, and prison officials brought a racist and destructive institution to its knees "Nell Bernstein's book could be for juvenile justice what Rachel Carson's book was for the environmental movement." --Andrew Cohen, correspondent, ABC News, about Bernstein's Burning Down the House Over the past twenty years, one state after another has shuttered its youth prisons and sto...

The Love List of a Lifetime: Your Essential End-Of-Life Planner with Practical Notes and Instructions for the Loved Ones You Leave Behind (Final Life

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Report copyright infringementby Sherry Richert Belul (Author), Barbara Hinske (Foreword by)Follow performance coach Sherry Richert Belul's logistical and compassionate recommendations for navigating your final moments. Number of Pages: 254 Dimensions: 0.53 x 10 x 7 IN Publication Date: November 04, 2025

Six Degrees of Corruption - The Fleecing of a City

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Report copyright infringementby L. P. Smith (Author)The Next All the President's Men-for State and Municipal CorruptionSix Degrees of Corruption - The Fleecing of a City is a whistleblower true crime investigation that exposes how a forged police certification in Methuen, Massachusetts spiraled into one of the most disturbing municipal scandals in recent American history.Described by early readers as "the All the President's Men of state and local government," the book peels back the layers o...

Correction: Parole, Prison, and the Possibility of Change

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Report copyright infringementby Ben Austen (Author)NYT EDITOR'S CHOICE - Peabody Award finalist - National Headliner Award winner - WASHINGTON POST BEST NONFICTION OF 2023 - Shortlisted for the 2024 Chicago Review of Books Award - FROM THE CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED AUTHOR OF HIGH-RISERS comes a groundbreaking and honest investigation into the crisis of the American criminal justice system-through the lens of parole. Perfect for fans of Michelle Alexander's The New Jim Crow and Bryan Stevenson's Ju...

38 Londres Street: On Impunity, Pinochet in England, and a Nazi in Patagonia

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Report copyright infringementby Philippe Sands (Author)In this intimate legal and historical detective story, the world-renowned lawyer and acclaimed author of East West Street traces the footsteps of two of the twentieth century's most merciless criminals--accused of genocide and crimes against humanity--testing the limits of immunity and impunity after Nuremberg. "Though nearly a decade in the making, this book could not arrive at a better time, because its subject is one of the most pressi...

Socio-Economic Rights in Times of Crisis and Normality: Article 4 Limitations Under the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

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Report copyright infringementby Amanda Cahill-Ripley (Author)This groundbreaking book explores the under examined nature and scope of Article 4 of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR), which governs permissible restrictions on these rights. Challenging the assumption that such limitations apply only during crises, it analyses their application in diverse contexts, from financial crises and public health emergencies, to situations of armed conflict. Thro...

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Report copyright infringementby Gerard N. Magliocca (Author)Since the adoption of the US constitution, there has been ongoing calibration of the power balance between the three branches of government, often in the face of rapidly changing social and political contexts. In 1952, US Supreme Court Justice Robert H. Jackson took up this debate in Youngstown Sheet & Tube Company v. Sawyer, a watershed case that barred President Harry S. Truman from seizing privately operated steel mills during...

Compilation of Selected Surface Transportation Laws Vol 2: Surface Transportation Authorizations (Part I)

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Report copyright infringementby Michael S. Twinchek (Compiled by)This series brings together the foundational statutes and authorizations that govern U.S. highways, transit, motor carrier safety, and surface transportation security. Each volume is carefully organized to provide legal professionals, policymakers, and researchers with direct access to the legislative framework shaping America's transportation system.Volume 2: Surface Transportation Authorizations (Part I) Moving Ahead for Progr...

Your Lovable Lawyer's Guide to Legal Wellness: Fighting Back Against a World That's Out to Cheat You

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Report copyright infringementby Danny Karon (Author)Whether it's understanding such things as what to do when you're in an auto accident, the limitations of what you can say about someone online, or the perils your family might face when you don't have a will and trust, you deserve--nay, require--legal guidance that offers you the tools to fight back against a world that's out to cheat you. Over my thirty years in legal practice, I've observed a societal bias that denies justice to people who...

Compilation of Selected Surface Transportation Laws Vol. 3: Surface Transportation Authorizations (Part II)

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Report copyright infringementby Michael S. Twinchek (Compiled by)This series brings together the foundational statutes and authorizations that govern U.S. highways, transit, motor carrier safety, and surface transportation security. Each volume is carefully organized to provide legal professionals, policymakers, and researchers with direct access to the legislative framework shaping America's transportation system.Volume 3: Surface Transportation Authorizations (Part II) Fixing America's Surf...

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Report copyright infringementby Aziza Ahmed (Author)How did women come to be seen as 'at-risk' for HIV? In the early years of the AIDS crisis, scientific and public health experts questioned whether women were likely to contract HIV in significant numbers and rolled out a response that effectively excluded women. Against a linear narrative of scientific discovery and progress, Risk and Resistance shows that it was the work of feminist lawyers and activists who altered the legal and public hea...

Signed, Sealed, and Screwed: How One Bill Revealed the GOP's Collapse

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Report copyright infringementby Jenna Wyner (Author)Signed, Sealed, and Screwed is a searing indictment of the legislation that shattered any illusion of a principled Republican Party. When a rural hospital in Nebraska shut its doors just hours before Donald Trump signed the Big Beautiful Bill into law, it was more than a local tragedy, it was a national warning.In this gripping political exposé, the author dismantles the myth that this bill was a victory for "every hardworking American." Ins...

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Report copyright infringementby Gary Watt (Author)Shakespeare and the Law appreciates Shakespeare and his works as expressions of an English early modern culture in which the shared rhetorical practices of dramatists and lawyers were informed by the renaissance of classical practice. It argues that Shakespeare was not primarily concerned with the technical accuracy of law, legal ideas, and legal performances, but with their capacity to generate dramatic interest through dispute, trial, the br...

A Theory of International Organizations in Public International Law

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Report copyright infringementby Orfeas Chasapis Tassinis (Author)Greater, lesser, or just different than the sum of their parts? For all their prominence in global affairs, international organizations remain relative strangers from the perspective of international legal theory. Drawing insights from philosophical discourse, this book moves past binary models that would have international organizations either be nothing over and above their members or simply analogous to them. Rather than comp...

Compilation of Selected Surface Transportation Laws Vol 5: Motor Carrier Safety and Surface Transportation Security Laws (Part II)

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Report copyright infringementby Michael S. Twinchek (Compiled by)This series brings together the foundational statutes and authorizations that govern U.S. highways, transit, motor carrier safety, and surface transportation security. Each volume is carefully organized to provide legal professionals, policymakers, and researchers with direct access to the legislative framework shaping America's transportation system.Volume 5: Motor Carrier Safety and Surface Transportation Security Laws (Part I...

Compilation of Selected Surface Transportation Laws Vol 1: Highway, Transit, and Highway Safety Laws

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Report copyright infringementby Michael S. Twinchek (Compiled by)This series brings together the foundational statutes and authorizations that govern U.S. highways, transit, motor carrier safety, and surface transportation security. Each volume is carefully organized to provide legal professionals, policymakers, and researchers with direct access to the legislative framework shaping America's transportation system.Volume 1: Highway, Transit, and Highway Safety Laws Title 23 U.S.C. - Highways ...

Compilation of Selected Water Pollution, Waste Cleanup, and Water Resources Laws Vol. 5: Water Resources Development Acts (2020 - 2024)

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Report copyright infringementby Michael S. Twinchek (Compiled by)Compilation of United States Water Pollution, Waste Cleanup, and Water Resources Laws (5-Volume Series)This comprehensive five-volume series provides a meticulously curated compilation of federal laws pertaining to United States water pollution, waste cleanup, and water resources management. It serves as an essential resource for legal professionals, students, researchers, and anyone seeking a readily accessible and organized co...

Compilation of Selected Water Pollution, Waste Cleanup, and Water Resources Laws Vol. 3: Selected Water Resource Laws

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Report copyright infringementby Julianne Warren (Author)This Element supports Gwich'in, Iñupiat, and all Alaska Natives' collective continuance and reparative justice from the perspective of a settler in the traditional territories of lower Tanana Dene Peoples. It stands with Alaska Natives' recovering and safe-keeping: kinships obstructed by settler-colonialism; ontologies and languages inseparable from land-relations and incommensurable with English-language perspectives; and epistemologies...