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Democracy, Liberty, and Property: The State Constitutional Conventions of the 1820s - Paperback

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by Merrill D. Peterson (Editor)In one volume, Democracy, Liberty, and Property provides an overview of the state constitutional conventions held in the 1820s. With topics as relevant today as they were then, this collection of essential primary sources sheds light on many of the enduring issues of liberty. Emphasizing the connection between federalism and liberty, the debates that took place at these conventions show how questions of liberty were central to the formation of state government, ...

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by Jennifer E. Beer (Author), Caroline C. Packard (Author), Eileen Stief (With)The classic resource for effective mediation - now fully updated and expandedThe popular Mediator's Handbook presents a time-tested, adaptable model for helping people work through conflict. Starting with a new chapter on assessing conflict and bringing people to the table, it explains the process step-by-step, from opening conversations and exploring the situation, through the phases of finding resolution-deciding...

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Modern Age: The First Twenty-Five Years: A Selection - Paperback

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by George A. Panichas (Editor)These seventy-eight essays characterize the richness and diversity of conservative scholarship. Modern Age was founded in 1957 by Russell Kirk, with Henry Regnery and David S. Collier. The magazine is now published by the Intercollegiate Studies Institute. George A. Panichas is the current editor of Modern Age and a Professor of English at the University of Maryland. Number of Pages: 914 Dimensions: 1.7 x 10 x 7 IN Publication Date: October 28, 1988

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by John M. Zane (Author)Written for the layman as well as the attorney, The Story of Law is the only complete outline history of the law ever published. "It is," too, noted journalist William Allen White of the original edition, "the sort of book that any lawyer could take home and give to his children in their teens and twenties as a justification of his career." Moreover, The Story of Law has well been termed "the perfect book for introducing the beginning law student to the origin and hist...

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We the Corporations: How American Businesses Won Their Civil Rights - Hardcover

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by Adam Winkler (Author) We the Corporations chronicles the astonishing story of one of the most successful yet least well-known "civil rights movements" in American history. Hardly oppressed like women and minorities, business corporations, too, have fought since the nation's earliest days to gain equal rights under the Constitution--and today have nearly all the same rights as ordinary people.Exposing the historical origins of Citizens United and Hobby Lobby, Adam Winkler explains how those...

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Breaking Chains: Slavery on Trial in the Oregon Territory - Paperback

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by R. Gregory Nokes (Author)When they were brought to Oregon in 1844, Missouri slaves Robin and Polly Holmes and their children were promised freedom in exchange for helping develop their owner's Willamette Valley farm. However, Nathaniel Ford, an influential settler and legislator, kept them in bondage until 1850, even then refusing to free their children. Holmes took his former master to court and, in the face of enormous odds, won the case in 1853. In Breaking Chains, R. Gregory Nokes tell...

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Loaded: A Disarming History of the Second Amendment - Paperback

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by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz (Author)Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz's Loaded is like a blast of fresh air. She is no fan of guns or of our absurdly permissive laws surrounding them. But she does not merely take the liberal side of the familiar debate.--Adam Hochschild, The New York Review of BooksIf . . . anyone at all really wants to 'get to the root causes of gun violence in America, ' they will need to start by coming to terms with even a fraction of what Loaded proposes.--Los Angeles Review of BooksHer ...

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The Green New Deal and Beyond: Ending the Climate Emergency While We Still Can - Paperback

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by Stan Cox (Author), Noam Chomsky (Foreword by)A clear and urgent call for the national, social, and individual changes required to prevent catastrophic climate change."An iconoclast of the best kind, Stan Cox has an all-too-rare commitment to following arguments wherever they lead, however politically dangerous that turns out to be."--Naomi Klein, author of On Fire: The (Burning) Case for the New Green DealMoving to zero net carbon emissions, and fast, is the point of Stan Cox's important n...

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A Short History of Presidential Election Crises: (And How to Prevent the Next One) - Paperback

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by Alan Hirsch (Author)An urgent primer on what can be done to combat emerging threats to the core of U.S. Democracy--presidential elections.In 2000, we learned that an exceptionally close presidential election can produce chaos, because we have no reliable Constitutional mechanism for resolving disputes. Joe Biden just won a presidential election that was extremely close in a number of states. Trump--and his many supporters--refuse to accept the legitimacy of those vote results, leading to a...

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by Ronald Pestritto (Author)Why does society punish criminals? What political principles underlie the determination of punishment to suit the crime? In Founding the Criminal Law, Pestritto studies policies concerning crime and punishment in early America to better understand political thought during the founding era, bringing fresh insights to modern debates about the consequences of lawbreaking. Basing his research on original government documents, state constitutions, the arguments of Ameri...

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by John Phillip Reid (Author)In the first decades of the nineteeth century, legal reformers in the United States strove to standardize courtroom procedures and expand judges' power at the expense of jurors while simultaneously imposing uniformity upon judicial decision making. Reid's previous book, Controlling the Law, offered a case study of this process, focusing on New Hampshire Chief Justice Jeremiah Smith and Governor William Plumer. Now in Legislating the Courts, Reid returns to the car...

Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law - Paperback

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by Merriam-Webster (Editor) A convenient, comprehensive guide to the language of law for everyone from the homeowner to the legal professional. This easy-to-understand guide defines more than 10,000 legal words and phrases with clear definitions written in common terminology. Many updated entries come from recent events that propelled legal terms into our daily lives, from the financial meltdown to the growth of the Internet Each entry includes definitions, pronunciations, example phrases and...

Intellectual Property and Us Relations with Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, and Thailand - Paperback

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by Elisabeth Uphoff (Author)Uphoff studies negotiations between the United States and Southeast Asian nations concerning intellectual property protection. She analyzes case studies showing how each of the ASEAN governments responded to American pressure to honor copyrights and patents. Her research is based on existing publications and interviews with government officials and scholars. Number of Pages: 67 Dimensions: 0.14 x 10 x 7 IN Publication Date: January 01, 1991

Teachers on Trial: Values, Standards, and Equity in Judging Conduct and Competence - Paperback

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by James A. Gross (Author)Teachers on Trial is a study of 260 case decisions in New York State which tenured teachers were charged with incompetence or conduct unbecoming a professional. The author analyzes what, in the deciders' opinion, constituted conduct unbecoming and incompetence and critiques the standards used in making determinations. Number of Pages: 128 Dimensions: 0.3 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN Publication Date: October 31, 1988

Thomas Merton: Early Essays, 1947-1952 Volume 266 - Paperback

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by Patrick F. O'Connell (Preface by), Jonathan Montaldo (Author)This volume gathers together twelve essays that Thomas Merton wrote for various journals between 1947 and 1952, the years that saw the publication of his best-selling autobiography The Seven Storey Mountain, his ordination to the priesthood, and his initial appointment as spiritual and intellectual guide of the young monks at the Abbey of Gethsemani. The essays, most of which have never been reprinted, focus above all on aspects ...

Full Circle - Race, Law & Justice: Inside My Life: Attorney James D. Montgomery, Sr. - Paperback

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by James D. Montgomery (Author), Walter M. Perkins (Author), Michelle Thompson (Author)Over the past six decades, Attorney James D. Montgomery, Sr. has transformed a blank canvas into a colorful legal landscape of successful civil and criminal cases. Some of these cases will be discussed, analyzed, and written about for years to come. Attorney James D. Montgomery, Sr. has been a public figure for more than 50 years. Multiple in-depth interviews with Attorney James D. Montgomery, Sr. have reve...

Beyond the Label: An Educational Kit to Promote Awareness and Understanding of the Impact of Stigma on People Living with Concurrent Mental Health and - Paperback

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by Camh (Author)Beyond the Label has been developed to support people working in the fields of mental health and/or addiction by providing them with an interactive framework to discuss, learn, understand and reflect on the impact of stigma on people living with concurrent mental health and substance use problems. Inside this easy-to- use kit you will find: - ten specially-created group activities - a presentation outline to set the stage for your workshop presentation - master-sheets, in prin...

Essential Writings in Violence Risk Assessment - Paperback

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by Christopher D. Webster (Editor), Hy Bloom (Editor)With Essential Writings in Violence Risk Assessment and Management, mental health and legal practitioners have quick access to the most important peer-reviewed writings in the field. The 31 journal articles and book chapters in this collection provide a complete foundational curriculum on the subject. Topics include: the historical shift from "dangerousness" to violence risk assessment the emergence of actuarial violence prediction clinical...

Kayanerenkó Wa: The Great Law of Peace - Paperback

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by Kayanesenh Paul Williams (Author)Several centuries ago, the five nations that would become the Haudenosaunee--Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga, and Seneca--were locked in generations-long cycles of bloodshed. When they established Kayanerenkó wa, the Great Law of Peace, they not only resolved intractable conflicts, but also shaped a system of law and government that would maintain peace for generations to come. This law remains in place today in Haudenosaunee communities: an Indigenous le...

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Laws of Early Iceland: Gragas II - Paperback

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by Andrew Dennis (Translator), Peter Foote (Translator)The laws of Mediaeval Iceland provide detailed and fascinating insight into the society that produced the Icelandic sagas. Known collectively as Gragas (Greygoose), this great legal code offers a wealth of information about early European legal systems and the society of the Middles Ages. This first translation of Gragas is in two volumes. Number of Pages: 472 Dimensions: 1.1 x 9 x 9.1 IN Publication Date: December 15, 2017

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Their Lives, Their Wills: Women in the Borderlands, 1750-1846 - Paperback

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by Amy M. Porter (Author), Nancy E. Baker (Foreword by)In 1815, in the Spanish settlement of San Antonio de Béxar, a dying widow named María Concepción de Estrada recorded her last will and testament. Estrada used her will to record her debts and credits, specify her property, leave her belongings to her children, make requests for her funeral arrangements, and secure her religious salvation. Wills like Estrada's reveal much about women's lives in the late Spanish and Mexican colonial communi...

Search, Seizure, and Privacy - Hardcover

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by Darien A. McWhirter (Author)Of all amendments to the U.S. Constitution, the Fourth has been called the most ambiguous, and it is from that amendment that search and seizure laws are primarily drawn. Students will learn about the legal issues and cases argued concerning protection of property and privacy, searching homes and businesses, searching people in public places, searching automobiles and baggage, and wiretapping. The Exclusionary Rule and the right to privacy beyond search and seiz...

Managing Planet Earth: Perspectives on Population, Ecology, and the Law - Hardcover

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by Miguel A. Santos (Author)Society cannot increase beyond its ability to acquire natural resources or to dispose safely of pollutants. One need not be an ecologist or environmental scientist to understand the dangers implicit in an uncontrolled degradation of the environment. Calculating how many people each individual nation should have and determining the means by which politically various populations will be controlled calls for difficult decisions. This book provides a concrete, easily u...

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From Guns to Gavels: How Justice Grew Up in the Outlaw West - Hardcover

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by Bill Neal (Author)When a thirteen-year-old boy strikes out on his own in 1885, leaving his Civil War-ravaged Mississippi homeland for the wild Red River borderland between North Texas and Indian Territory, the American West is a land beyond the reach of the law. Crime thrives in the absence of law officers, courtrooms, judges, and jails. Vigilante justice, the posse, and the hangman's noose fill the void. But by the time the young man--now a veteran outlaw--dies by the gun in 1929 after a ...

Res Judicata and Collateral Estoppel: Tools for Plaintiffs and Defendants - Hardcover

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by Warren Freedman (Author)With court calendars already overcrowded and the number of civil cases steadily mounting, prolonged litigation and successive lawsuits are becoming an increasing burden on plaintiffs, defendants, and the court system alike. The doctrines of res judicata and collateral estoppel, which are well respected by both the bench and the bar, offer the best means for avoiding such situations and for reaching swift and definitive judgement. This volume is the first work to pro...

Show Business Law: Motion Pictures, Television, Video - Hardcover

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by Peter Muller (Author)The entertainment business is a most democratic field, offering success to anyone who has the talent, ability, and drive to master their art. But in order to achieve this goal, an individual must also possess knowledge, particularly in the area of contracts and agreements. This work represents a comprehensive overview of the procedures, timing, and agreements used in the motion picture, television, and video industries, and provides model contracts and explanations as ...

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Men in Black: How the Supreme Court Is Destroying America - Hardcover

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by Mark R. Levin (Author)"A modern conservative classic." - Sean Hannity "Men in Black couldn't be more timely or important....a tremendously important and compelling book." - Rush Limbaugh "One of the finest books on the Constitution and the judiciary I've read in a long time....There is no better source for understanding and grasping the seriousness of this issue." - Edwin Meese III "The Supreme Court has broken through the firewalls constructed by the framers to limit judicial power." ...

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by Felix Morley (Author)Despite the centralizing tendencies of the American national government in the twentieth century, there have been surprisingly few books defending the federal system. Felix Morley's Freedom and Federalism, which examines the root causes of the problem, was thus a pioneering achievement when it first appeared in 1959. No less relevant today, the book provides a perceptive diagnosis of the collapse of States' rights in modern America; and it seeks the restoration of a c...

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by Richard T. Ely (Author) Number of Pages: 296 Dimensions: 0.75 x 8.03 x 5.05 IN Publication Date: October 20, 2000

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The Devil's Defender: My Odyssey Through American Criminal Justice from Ted Bundy to the Kandahar Massacre - Paperback

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by John Henry Browne (Author)In the tradition of bestselling legal memoirs from Johnnie Cochran, F. Lee Bailey, Gerry Spence, and Alan Dershowitz, John Henry Browne's memoir, The Devil's Defender, recounts his tortuous education in what it means to be an advocate--and a human being. For the last four decades, Browne has defended the indefensible. From Facebook folk hero "the Barefoot Bandit" Colton Moore, to Benjamin Ng of the Wah Mee massacre, to Kandahar massacre culprit Sgt. Robert Bales, ...

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by Henry James Sumner Maine (Author)Sir Henry Sumner Maine was one of the great intellects of the Victorian era. In Popular Government he examines the political institutions of men. He saw that popular governments, unless they are founded upon and consonant with the evolutionary development of a people, will crumble from their own excesses. George W. Carey is Professor of Government at Georgetown University and editor of the Political Science Reviewer. Number of Pages: 256 Dimensions: 0.6 x 8...

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by Felix Morley (Editor)"Individuality is freedom lived," wrote John Dos Passos in a passage that serves as a fitting introduction to this unusual volume dedicated to the critical examination of the place of the individual in contemporary society. Contributors are John Dos Passos; Arthur A. Ekirch, Jr.; Milton Friedman; Friedrich A. Hayek; Joseph Wood Krutch; William M. McGovern; James C. Malin; Felix Morley; Helmut Schoeck; Richard M. Weaver; Roger J. Williams; and Conway Zirkle. Number of P...