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Mergers & Acquisitions for Dummies - Paperback

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by Bill Snow (Author)Explore M&A, in simple terms Mergers & Acquisitions For Dummies provides useful techniques and real-world advice for anyone involved with - or thinking of becoming involved with - transactional work. Whether you are a transactions pro, a service provider tangentially involved in transactions, or a student thinking of becoming an investment banker, this book will provide the insights and knowledge that will help you become successful. Business owners and executives...

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Life Sentence: The Brief and Tragic Career of Baltimore's Deadliest Gang Leader - Hardcover

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by Mark Bowden (Author)In this unprecedented deep dive into inner-city ganglife, Mark Bowden takes readers inside a Baltimore gang, offers an in-depthportrait of its notorious leader, and chronicles the 2016 FBI investigationthat landed eight gang members in prisonSandtown is one of the deadliest neighborhoods in the world;it earned Baltimore its nickname Bodymore, Murderland, and was made notoriousby David Simon's classic HBO series "The Wire." Drug deals dominate streetcorners, and ruthless...

Contract Law in Changing Times: Asian Perspectives on Pacta Sunt Servanda - Paperback

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by Normann Witzleb (Editor)This collection of essays provides a rich and contemporary discussion of the principle of pacta sunt servanda. This principle, which requires that valid agreements are to be honoured, is a cornerstone of contract law. Focusing on contributions from Asia, this book shows that, despite its natural and universal appeal, the pacta sunt servanda principle is neither absolute nor immutable. Exceptions to the binding force of contract must be available in limited circumsta...

A History of Crime in Australia: Australian Underworlds - Paperback

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by Nancy Cushing (Author)This book provides a lively and accessible account of Australia's most prominent crimes and criminals of the nineteenth and twentieth century and offers an informative background for those seeking to understand crimes committed today. A History of Crime in Australia examines the imposition of English law on this ancient continent, and how its operation affected both transported offenders from Great Britain and Ireland, and the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander p...

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by William Summey (Editor), Greg Doepke (Author)As an end-of-life organizational notebook for your family. Love Letters to My Family is a personal journal that conveys your leaves legacy of love in four sections:: My Life's Journey: Share your wisdom to include life lessons learned, life's themes, values, and favorites. My Aspirations: Share your wishes, wants, hopes, and dreams for family, loved ones, and special friends. My Special Causes: Clarifies special causes and organizations that...

Perversion of the Pentagon Papers Trial - Paperback

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by David R. Nissen (Author)Perversion of the Pentagon Papers TrialBy: David R. NissenFor the first time, former federal prosecutor, David Nissen, reveals the true story behind the Pentagon Paper Trial. A United States District Court judge, obsessed with obtaining higher public office was assigned to preside over the criminal trial. The judge was convinced that any conviction of the defendants would be overturned on appeal and would leave a mark on his record that could disqualify him for a hi...

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Naval Law, 4th Edition: Justice and Procedure in the Sea Services - Hardcover

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by Brent G. Filbert (Author), John G. Baker (Author), Mark Jamison (Author)Naval Law is a comprehensive work focusing on military justice, military criminal and administrative law, international law, and the law of armed conflict in the naval service. Although attorneys and law students may find the text a helpful primer on these topics, the book is primarily intended for use by midshipmen, undergraduates and others interested in military law and the law of war. Actual courts-martial and othe...

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The Revolution Will Not Be Litigated: People Power and Legal Power in the 21st Century - Paperback

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by Mark Gevisser (Editor), Katie Redford (Editor), Jane Fonda (Foreword by)Written from the maxim "it takes a lawyer, an activist, and a storyteller to change the world", The Revolution Will Not Be Litigated shows how the law and social movements can reinforce each other in the struggle for justice and freedom.In these vibrant narratives, 25 of the world's most accomplished movement lawyers and activists become storytellers, reflecting on their experiences at the frontlines of some of the mos...

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The Secret to Getting Your K-1 (F N?é) Visa Approved - Paperback

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by Walter D. Shaw Esq (Author)If you are currently in a long-distance relationship with your fiancé who is a foreign national living in another country, you can get a K-1 fiancé visa to bring them to the U.S.A so you two can be together. This book walks you through the fiancé visa process IN PLAIN ENGLISH. The book is really short with the intent to give you a straightforward general guide in what to look for and the common pitfalls. The book ensures that you have the necessary roadmap and re...

The Asia-Pacific Road Safety Observatory's Indicators for Member Countries - Paperback

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by Asian Development Bank (Author)This report prepared by an Asia-Pacific Road Safety Observatory (APRSO) taskforce analyzes how improving crash and accident data collection can better protect lives on the region's roads. It looks at the type of data countries should prioritize and explains why bolstering data quality would help reach targets of halving road injuries and deaths. APRSO recommends collecting aggregated data to analyze trends and set strategic priorities. In presenting a sample ...

The Penalty Is Death: State Power, Law, and Justice - Paperback

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by Barry Jones (Editor), Barry Jones (Introduction by)An updated edition of the classic study of capital punishment originally published 50 years ago, with a new introduction by Barry Jones. The Penalty Is Death was first published in 1968, in the aftermath of the hanging of Ronald Ryan in Victoria--the last man executed in Australia. At the time, capital punishment had been abolished as the penalty for murder in only 30 nations, although there was a moratorium on its use in many more. In 202...

The Fear of Too Much Justice: Race, Poverty, and the Persistence of Inequality in the Criminal Courts - Hardcover

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by Stephen Bright (Author), James Kwak (Author), Bryan Stevenson (Preface by)A legendary lawyer and a legal scholar reveal the structural failures that undermine justice in our criminal courts"An urgently needed analysis of our collective failure to confront and overcome racial bias and bigotry, the abuse of power, and the multiple ways in which the death penalty's profound unfairness requires its abolition. You will discover Steve Bright's passion, brilliance, dedication, and tenacity when y...

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by Mark Wonnacott (Author)Do you ever worry that all our modern textbooks tell the same story about land law in England and Wales, and that it might be the wrong story? That fewer than half a dozen books came through the great extinction event of the 1925 Birkenhead legislation, to frame the way that we have thought about land law ever since? This book is about the narratives that were forgotten. It is about what needs to be remembered, for principled decision making today. And if it were pos...

Editing and Advocacy: Volume 1 - Paperback

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by Patrick Barry (Author)Good editors don't just see the sentence that was written. They see the sentence that might have been written. They know how to spot words that shouldn't be included and summon up ones that haven't yet appeared. Their value comes not just from preventing mistakes but from discovering new ways to improve a piece of writing's style, structure, and overall impact. This book-- which is based on a popular course taught at the University of Chicago Law School, the Universi...

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Truth and Repair: How Trauma Survivors Envision Justice - Hardcover

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by Judith Lewis Herman (Author)From one of America's most influential psychiatrists, an "extraordinary" and "profound" (New York Times) manifesto for reimagining justice for survivors of sexual trauma The #MeToo movement brought worldwide attention to sexual violence, but while the media focused on the fates of a few notorious predators who were put on trial, we heard far less about the outcomes of those trials for the survivors of their abuse.   The conventional retributive process fails ...

Houses of Multiple Occupation and Selective Licensing - Hardcover

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by Neli Borisova (Author), David Smith (Author)The aim of this book is to provide a comprehensive and up-to-date overview of the law relating to houses in multiple occupation (HMOs) in part 2 of the Housing Act 2004 that local authorities environmental health practitioners use to regulate this sector. This book emerged from a set of course notes developed for a course on HMO property but took on a life of its own as the law has become increasingly complex. The law on HMOs is constantly evolvi...

Law, Lordship and Tenure: The Fall of the Black Douglases - Paperback

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by Alan R. Borthwick (Author), Hector L. Macqueen (Author)This book is a new interpretation of the fall of later medieval Scotland's greatest noble family, the Black Douglases, in 1455. The discussion reaches back in time to over a century before, as the family began its rise to the pinnacle of Scottish society. The killing of William eighth earl of Douglas by King James II in 1452 receives particular attention, as also the way in which he, his brother James (his successor as earl), and their...

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We Dissent: Justices Breyer, Sotomayor, and Kagan on Dobbs V. Jackson, the Supreme Court's Decision Banning Abortion - Paperback

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by Stephen Breyer (Author), Elena Kagan (Author), Sonia Sotomayor (Concept by)The full text of one of the most radical and controversial Supreme Court decisions in American history, highlighting the galvanizing dissent by Justices Breyer, Sotomayor, and Kagan ... Dobbs v Jackson, the landmark decision to overthrow the rights first granted to women in the Roe v Wade decision fifty years ago, is the first U.S. Supreme Court decision in American history to actually take away from citizens a Con...

What Is a Criminal?: Answers from Inside the Us Justice System - Paperback

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by Katherine S. Gaudet (Editor)Bringing together a collection of essays by writers with diverse knowledge of the US criminal justice system, from those with personal experience in prison and on patrol to scholarly researchers, What Is a Criminal? explores the category of "criminal" through the human stories of those who bear and administer that label.This book performs a rare feat in bringing together the perspectives of justice-impacted people, those who work in law enforcement and social se...

Intellectual Property Goes Online: Basics in Digital Rights Management Systems and Lex Informatica - Paperback

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by Christos Th Dimitriou (Author)The nature of cyberspace is not established by territoriality and it is rather ubiquitous. So, the legal regime has to confront the norms of a new reality, as it is structured online.Cyberspace is an amorphous space that does not occupy a set physical or geographic location. An introduction to the significance of the Digital Rights Management Systems with a comment in Lex Informatica. You probably need to know how the online content owners ( of music, films, p...

Perversion of the Pentagon Papers Trial: How Selfish Ambition and Leftist Perfidy Displaced Duty and Law to Thwart Justice - Hardcover

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by David R. Nissen (Author)For the first time, former federal prosecutor, David Nissen, reveals the true story behind the Pentagon Paper Trial. A United States District Court judge, obsessed with obtaining higher public office was assigned to preside over the criminal trial. The judge was convinced that any conviction of the defendants would be overturned on appeal and would leave a mark on his record that could disqualify him for a higher position. To avoid this, he decided to prevent the ju...

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The Handy Supreme Court Answer Book: The History and Issues Explained - Paperback

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by David L. Hudson (Author)The U.S. Supreme Court, its decisions, and its nominating process for new justices are often in the news ... but are just as often not well understood. Constitutional law professor David L. Hudson, Jr., explains the cases, processes, and important history with this in-depth primer on the U.S. Supreme Court.How has the Supreme Court justices' thinking on gun rights, abortion, free speech, freedom of religion, and many other controversial issues evolved? What were som...

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by John Howard (Author)On how our sense of balance has defined us as a nation and will safeguard our future. In the years that John Howard served in the national parliament he came to understand the special character of Australia; to appreciate its strengths and weaknesses; and most importantly to respect the sense of balance in the formulation of public policy that has long defined us as a nation and made Australia an attractive destination for people from across the world.In this book he ex...

The Smart Society's Guide on How to Fight Crime, Reduce Recidivism, and Close Jails & Prisons: 10 Things American Society Can Do to Decrease Crime and - Paperback

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by Richard Bovan (Author), Demico Boothe (Author)An old social phenomenon known today as "cancel culture" is largely responsible for America's incessantly high crime, incarceration, and recidivism rates. It began with the unreasonable discrimination and disenfranchisement of virtually all ex-prisoners being enshrined into national law by the Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth Amendments of the U.S. Constitution. The nefarious wording within these post-Civil War amendments paved the way for...

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Believing: Our Thirty-Year Journey to End Gender Violence - Paperback

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by Anita Hill (Author)"An elegant, impassioned demand that America see gender-based violence as a cultural and structural problem that hurts everyone, not just victims and survivors... It's at times downright virtuosic in the threads it weaves together."--NPR Winner of the 2022 ABA Silver Gavel Award for Books From the woman who gave the landmark testimony against Clarence Thomas as a sexual menace, a new manifesto about the origins and course of gender violence in our society; a combination ...

Practical English Language Skills for Lawyers: Improving Your Legal English - Paperback

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by Natasha Costello (Author), Louise Kulbicki (Author)A high level of English remains essential for any lawyer wishing to work internationally, but transferring language skills from the classroom to the workplace can be challenging. This book shows non-native, English speaking lawyers how to apply their English language skills to everyday legal situations and contexts, providing essential guidance to ensure they can work confidently in different settings and mediums. Including activities base...

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The basics of international law: The UK context - Paperback

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by Math Noortmann (Author), Luke D. Graham (Author)The basics of international law: The UK context presents a comprehensive and accessible entry level text which provides the most essential and basic rules and facts of international law. This is an essential study guide for students and an invaluable reference for practitioners.Back JacketFrom the UK government's Brexit Bill, to China's territorial claims in the South China Sea, to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, violations of international ...

Code of Federal Regulations, Title 08 Aliens and Nationality, Revised as of January 1, 2024 - Paperback

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by Office of the Federal Register (U S ) (Author)Title 8 presents regulations governing the process and procedures which impact immigration and naturalization. Additions and revisions to this section of the code are posted annually by January. Publication follows within six months. Number of Pages: 630 Dimensions: 1.27 x 9 x 6 IN Publication Date: February 03, 2023

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Code of Federal Regulations, Title 07 Agriculture 700-899, Revised as of January 1, 2024 - Paperback

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by Office of the Federal Register (U S ) (Author)Presents regulations on activities including marketing services, food and consumer services, crop insurance, plant and animal inspection, agricultural research, natural resources, etc. Number of Pages: 690 Dimensions: 1.39 x 9 x 6 IN Publication Date: February 15, 2023

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Judging Iran: A Memoir of the Hague, the White House, and Life on the Front Line of International Justice - Hardcover

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by Charles N. Brower (Author) From a divided Berlin to The Hague, the Reagan White House, the forests of Costa Rica, and more, Judge Charles N. Brower shares a personal history of a life spent at the forefront of international justice-- and a case for the role of law in preserving global peace. A judge of the Iran- United States Claims Tribunal for four decades, Charles N. Brower is an internationally recognized leader in arbitration and has handled cases on six continents. With quick wit and...

Introduction to Contract Law in India - Paperback

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by Siva Prasad (Author)Contract Law is an important branch of law that governs contracts. They are essential to most or all commercial transactions. In this book, we discuss what is a contract, the history of contract law and the important laws in India that govern contracts, namely the Indian contract act and the sale of goods act. We also discuss the conditions for a valid or invalid contract, the elements of a contract and some special types of contracts. It is hoped that this book might...