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Corporations and Partnerships in Canada - Paperback

$187.20

by Mark Gillen (Author)Derived from the renowned multi-volume International Encyclopaedia of Laws, this practical analysis of the law of business formations in Canada provides quick and easy guidance on a variety of corporate and partnership considerations such as mergers, rights and duties of interested parties, stock exchange rules, labour laws, and takeovers. Lawyers who handle transnational business will appreciate the explanation of local variations in terminology and the distinctive con...

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Separating Church and State: How the Minnesota Civil Liberties Union Led the Nation in Religious Liberty - Paperback

$20.00

by Bruce J. Dierenfield (Author)"Dr. Bruce Dierenfield's new book is a pleasure to read, a real page-turner. He has marshalled an incredible body of historical data into a truly compelling account of the MCLU's work under the late Dr. Matthew Stark, its former president and executive director. Stark was like an army general, totally dedicated to winning. He would map out his strategy, gather intelligence about the enemy from newspaper clippings and surveys sent to schools, and send his troops...

Between Market Economy and State Capitalism - Paperback

$45.88

by Henry Gao (Author), Weihuan Zhou (Author)This book is a valuable source for research and teaching on the nexus between international trade law and China's state capitalism. It provides fresh insights and practical solutions for policymakers and practitioners on key issues concerning state-owned enterprises, subsidies and beyond. Number of Pages: 223 Dimensions: 0.47 x 9 x 6 IN Publication Date: November 14, 2024

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Blackstone's Police Q&A Volume 3: General Police Duties 2025 - Paperback

$59.85

by Anjali Howard (Author) Dimensions: 0.75 x 8.68 x 6.18 IN Publication Date: January 31, 2025

Restorative Justice in the Book of Philemon - Paperback

$19.42

by Shimba (Author)Restorative Justice in the Book of Philemon Dr. Maxwell Shimba's book, Restorative Justice in the Book of Philemon, provides a comprehensive and insightful examination of the principles of restorative justice as demonstrated in Paul's brief but powerful letter to Philemon. The book delves into the historical and cultural context of the letter, providing readers with a deeper understanding of the dynamics between Philemon, Onesimus, and Paul. By situating the narrative within...

A Cop's Son: One G-Man's Fight Against Jihad, Global Fraud and the Cartels - Paperback

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by Kenneth Strange (Author)This mesmerizing true crime memoir takes the reader behind fortress-like doors into a secret world of terrorists, financial predators and sicarios. What sets this book apart from any other in the genre is not only the variety of federal criminal and intelligence cases or the posthumous homage paid to the author's father, a thirty-eight-year high-ranking veteran of the NYPD, but the raw and honest portrayal of being an FBI agent on a high-profile JJTF squad, of being...

The Future of the American Family: An Unprecedented Crisis - Hardcover

$28.78

by Jerry Cammarata (Author)The Future of the American Family-An Unprecedented Crisis-explores the events that have molded the very idea of family. From the Iron Age to the Enlightenment, from the Industrial Revolution to social media, the family has been subject to storm and squaller as it adapts and struggles to find itself in these modern times. Together, we will examine the forces that have brought the American family to its current state of being, the political architecture that will shap...

Serving in Marin: Stories from the Life of a Process Server - Paperback

$21.06

by Kent A. Philpott (Author), Katie LC Philpott (Designed by)Process serving is the business; the era is the early 1980s; the locale is the San Francisco Bay Area, but most of the work is done in now famous Marin County. The author is the process server, a Baptist minister who left the ministry temporarily, as a consequence of a divorce, after fourteen years serving churches. At first, the author found the lowly job of process serving humiliating and embarrassing, not to mention scary. Howeve...

A Murder on Campus: The Professor, The Cop, And North Carolina's Most Notorious Cold Case - Hardcover

$31.84

by Brian Santana (Author), Cameron Santana (Author)The fascinating story of how two brothers-one an English professor, the other a cop, and as different as night and day-tag team as authors to solve North Carolina's most notorious cold case ...A MURDER ON CAMPUS: The Professor, The Cop, And North Carolina's Most Notorious Cold Case by Brian and Cameron Santana is a true crime investigation that unveils the shocking story behind the brutal 1973 murder on campus of 19-year-old Virginia Marie Ol...

Conan Doyle for the Defense: How Sherlock Holmes's Creator Turned Real-Life Detective and Freed a Man Wrongly Imprisoned for Murder - Paperback

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by Margalit Fox (Author)"A wonderfully vivid portrait of the man behind Sherlock Holmes . . . Like all the best historical true crime books, it's about so much more than crime."--Tana French, author of In the Woods A sensational Edwardian murder. A scandalous wrongful conviction. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle to the rescue--a true story. After a wealthy woman was brutally murdered in her Glasgow home in 1908, the police found a convenient suspect in Oscar Slater, an immigrant Jewish cardsharp. Thou...

Essays in Maltese Legal History and Comparative Law: Volume 1 - Hardcover

$56.70

by Mark a. Sammut (Author), Raymond Mangion (Foreword by)This book contains four essays: 1. Judicial Importation into Maltese Law of Italian Private Law Solutions and Its Implications2. Historical Facts and Myths surrounding the Criminal Code of Malta3. Medieval (Legal) Beasts in our Midst? A Terminological Ad Fontes Look at the Dissolution of Contracts under Maltese Law4. Latin Wine Decanted into a Semitic Carafe: The Obscure Term "Midheb" in Vassalli's Lexicon and its Possible Usefulness fo...

The Routledge International Handbook of Children's Rights and Disability - Paperback

$97.18

by Angharad E. Beckett (Editor), Anne-Marie Callus (Editor)This handbook provides authoritative and cutting-edge analyses of various aspects of the rights and lives of disabled children around the world.Taking the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) and the UN Convention of the Rights of the Child (CRC) as conceptual frameworks, this work appraises the current state of affairs concerning the rights of disabled children across different stages of childhood, differen...

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by James Hammond Trumbull (Author)The Natick Dictionary, written by James Hammond Trumbull and published in 1903, is a comprehensive guide to the Natick language of the Nipmuc people. The book includes a detailed introduction to the language and its history, as well as a thorough dictionary of Natick words and their English translations. The dictionary is organized alphabetically, with each entry providing the Natick word, its pronunciation, and its English equivalent. In addition to the dict...

The Shamama Case: Contesting Citizenship Across the Modern Mediterranean - Paperback

$46.08

by Jessica Marglin (Author)How a nineteenth-century lawsuit over the estate of a wealthy Tunisian Jew shines new light on the history of belonging In the winter of 1873, Nissim Shamama, a wealthy Jew from Tunisia, died suddenly in his palazzo in Livorno, Italy. His passing initiated a fierce lawsuit over his large estate. Before Shamama's riches could be disbursed among his aspiring heirs, Italian courts had to decide which law to apply to his estate--a matter that depended on his nationality...

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Breaking the Medicine Monopolies: Reflections of a Generic Drug Pioneer - Paperback

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by Alfred Engelberg (Author)Breaking the Medicine Monopolies is a lawyer's personal narrative of the events that led to the widespread use of low-cost generic drugs and the current drug price crisis. Breaking the Medicine Monopolies is a personal narrative about Alfred Engelberg's fifty years of legal work in the drug industry. He takes you inside the mysterious world of patents to provide a basic understanding of how drug makers have gamed the laws governing brand and generic competition, mi...

Justice Never Rests: A U.S. Attorney's Battle Against Murderers, Drug Lords, Mob Kingpins & Cults - Paperback

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by William Kolibash (Author), Jon Land (With), Shariane Kolibash Taylor (Author)Groundbreaking U.S. Attorney William Kolibash's battle against organized crime, drug kingpins, cults, and more across his twenty-year career in the Northern District of West Virginia. As soon as I slid the contents from the envelope, I knew it was a bomb. So opens Justice Never Rests, the story of U.S. Attorney William Kolibash's relentless fight against organized crime in the foothills of West Virginia and beyond...

Courts Unmasked: Civil Legal System Reform and COVID-19 - Paperback

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by Alyx Mark (Author)The COVID-19 pandemic changed the work practices of nearly every industry around the globe, forcing institutions to quickly adapt to the evolving public health emergency. The state court systems in the United States-from trial courts all the way up the hierarchy to state supreme courts-were no exception. In response to the crisis, they were forced to make dramatic changes to the way they processed cases. The alterations ranged from selecting which types of cases should be...

Free Internet Access as a Human Right - Hardcover

$168.30

by Merten Reglitz (Author)Merten Reglitz proposes a new human right that ensures Internet access for those who cannot afford it and protects that right from arbitrary interferences by those that would exploit it for harm. The first part of the book justifies the claim for this new right by showing how Internet access is vital for the enjoyment of human rights around the globe. In the second part, Reglitz specifies the content of this right, assessing today's standard threats to Internet acces...

Briefs of Leading Cases in Law Enforcement - Paperback

$95.56

by Rolando V. del Carmen (Author), Jeffery T. Walker (Author)This resource offers extensive updates on the leading Supreme Court cases impacting law enforcement in the United States, creating a must-have reference for police officers to stay up-to-date and have a strong understanding of the law and their function within it. All cases are briefed in a common format to allow for comparisons among cases and include facts, relevant issues, and the Court's decision and reasoning. The significance ...

International Law and the Significance of Disciplinary Boundaries - Hardcover

$198.90

by Ulf Linderfalk (Author), Eric de Brabandere (Author) Number of Pages: 220 Dimensions: 0.56 x 9 x 6 IN Publication Date: November 28, 2024

Pauline Principles of Restorative Justice - Paperback

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by Shimba (Author)Pauline Principles of Restorative Justice"Pauline Principles of Restorative Justice" by Dr. Maxwell Shimba delves into the timeless teachings of Apostle Paul, uncovering how his writings offer a profound foundation for modern restorative justice practices. The book explores how Paul's emphasis on love, forgiveness, and reconciliation can be effectively applied to address conflicts and heal relationships in contemporary Christian communities. Dr. Shimba provides a detailed an...

Restorative Justice in the Book of Romans - Paperback

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by Shimba (Author)Restorative Justice in the Book of RomansRestorative justice principles are intricately woven into the fabric of the Book of Romans, and they form a foundational aspect of the Apostle Paul's theological teachings. The essence of restorative justice is evident in Paul's vision of healing and reconciliation, which he sees as central to the Christian faith. In the very opening chapters of Romans, Paul lays the groundwork for restorative justice by addressing the consequences of...

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A Practitioner's Guide to Tax Evidence, Third Edition - Hardcover

$186.39

by Joni D. Larson (Author)A must-read for anyone preparing for trial before the U.S. Tax Court, this book takes the reader step-by-step through the Federal Rules of Evidence as applied by the Tax Court and brings coverage of Tax Court opinions current through 2021.This compilation results in an easy-to-follow collection of cases to support or guide a practitioner facing an evidentiary problem before the Tax Court. New material in the third edition includes a discussion of the scope of review ...

Courts Unmasked: Civil Legal System Reform and Covid-19 - Hardcover

$125.98

by Alyx Mark (Author)A groundbreaking new study based on extensive and original data that examines court policies and proceedings during the COVID-19 pandemic to uncover the realities of power, procedure, and reform in state civil courts.The COVID-19 pandemic changed the work practices of nearly every industry around the globe, forcing institutions to quickly adapt to the evolving public health emergency. The state court systems in the United States--from trial courts to state supreme courts-...

The U.S. Military's Quest for Useable Weapons - Paperback

$59.67

by David A. Koplow (Author)This book addresses an important but little-noticed phenomenon in the revolutionary world of military technology. Across a wide range of otherwise-unrelated weapons programs, the Pentagon is now pursuing arms that are deliberately crafted to be less powerful, less deadly, and less destructive than the systems they are designed to supplement or replace. This direction is historically anomalous; military forces generally pursue ever-bigger bangs, but the modern condit...

Every Airbnb Host's Tax Guide - Paperback

$21.99

by Stephen Fishman (Author)The complete tax guide for Airbnb and other short-term rental hostsAs a short-term rental host, you're entitled to many valuable deductions and other tax benefits. This book--the first of its kind--shows you how to make the most of your hosting business without risking problems with the IRS.Learn everything you need to know about taxes, including: what expenses you can deduct how to report your short-term rental income how to deduct losses, and vacation home and ta...

Tax Savvy for Small Business: A Complete Tax Strategy Guide - Paperback

$31.99

by Glen Secor (Author)Create a business tax strategy that will save you time, effort, and moneyGetting your tax matters on track will free up your time to do what really counts: run a profitable business. Tax Savvy for Small Business shows you how to: maximize business deductions write off long-term assets quickly take home office deductions use your business to save for retirement save taxes in your family business track and report employment taxes offer fringe benefits and retirement plans...

Plundered: How Racist Policies Undermine Black Homeownership in America - Hardcover

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by Bernadette Atuahene (Author)"Clear. Accessible. Compelling." --Ibram X. Kendi, MacArthur Genius fellow and author of Stamped from the Beginning and How to Be an Antiracist In the spirit of Evicted, a property law scholar uses the stories of two grandfathers--one white, one Black--who arrived in Detroit at the turn of the twentieth century to reveal how racist policies weaken Black families, widen the racial wealth gap, and derive profit from pain. When Professor Bernadette Atuahene move...

Divorce After 50: A Guide to the Unique Legal and Financial Challenges of Your Divorce - Paperback

$29.99

by Janice Green (Author)A road map for complex divorceDivorce can be devastating at any time, but the emotional and financial challenges are even greater for those who divorce later in life, with complicated issues of blended families, health care concerns, and retirement planning.Attorney Janice Green gives you the benefit of her decades of experience as a divorce lawyer who specialized in counseling and fighting for clients over 50. She addresses: divorce options (including mediation and c...

Superbloom: How Technologies of Connection Tear Us Apart - Hardcover

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by Nicholas Carr (Author)From the telegraph and telephone in the 1800s to the internet and social media in our own day, the public has welcomed new communication systems. Whenever people gain more power to share information, the assumption goes, society prospers. Superbloom tells a startlingly different story. As communication becomes more mechanized and efficient, it breeds confusion more than understanding, strife more than harmony. Media technologies all too often bring out the worst in us...

Tchinovnicks, Sketches Of Provincial Life: From The Memoirs Of The Retired Conseiller De Cour Stchedrin Saltikow (1861) - Paperback

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by Mikhail Evgrafovich Saltykov (Author), Frederic Aston (Translator)""Tchinovnicks, Sketches Of Provincial Life: From The Memoirs Of The Retired Conseiller De Cour Stchedrin Saltikow"" is a book written by Mikhail Evgrafovich Saltykov and published in 1861. The book is a collection of sketches that depict the lives of bureaucrats and officials in provincial Russia during the 19th century. The main character, Stchedrin Saltikow, is a retired court counselor who provides an insider's perspecti...

New Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia And Posology: Or The Mode Of Preparing Homeopathic Medicines, And The Administration Of Doses (1850) - Paperback

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by Joseph Benedict Buchner (Author), Carl Ernst Gruner (Author), G. H. G. Jahr (Author)The New Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia and Posology: or the Mode of Preparing Homeopathic Medicines, and the Administration of Doses is a book written by Joseph Benedict Buchner in 1850. The book is a comprehensive guide to the preparation and administration of homeopathic medicines. It includes detailed instructions on the selection of remedies, the preparation of tinctures and dilutions, and the administration...