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Public vs. Private
The Early History of School Choice in America
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2017
Americans today choose from a dizzying array of schools, loosely lumped into categories of "public" and "private." How did these distinctions emerge in the first place, and what do they tell us about the more general relationship in the United States between public authority and private enterprise?...
Attorney Services
The Nation’s Most Distinguished Book On Attorney Services, Attorney Referral Service and More
Language: English
Release Date: May 16, 2013
A consumer's guide to attorney services, attorney referral service and much more.
Rethinking the Law School
Education, Research, Outreach and Governance
Language: English
Release Date: December 11, 2014
Law, by its very nature, tends to think locally, not globally. This book has a broader scope in terms of the range of nations and offers a succinct journey through law schools on different continents and subject matters. It covers education, research, impact and societal outreach, and governance....
The Misery of International Law
Confrontations with Injustice in the Global Economy
Language: English
Release Date: March 23, 2018
Poverty, inequality, and dispossession accompany economic globalization. Bringing together three international law scholars, this book addresses how international law and its regimes of trade, investment, finance, as well as human rights, are implicated in the construction of misery, and how international...
The Lawyers Who Made America
From Jamestown to the White House
Language: English
Release Date: April 20, 2017
No other nation's creation, both politically and socially, owes such a debt to lawyers as the United States of America. This book traces the story of that creation through the human lives of those who played important parts in it: amongst others, of English lawyers who established the form of the...
Lincoln Apostate
The Matson Slave Case
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2011
In 1847, in a small rural courthouse in Coles County, Illinois, Abraham Lincoln represented a Kentucky slave owner named Robert Matson in his attempt to recover a runaway slave woman and her four children. Most Americans, even those with a penchant for the nation's history, have never heard of this...
by James M. Branum
Language: English
Release Date: June 22, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: June 22, 2014
This book discusses the history behind Oklahoma’s exemption laws (the laws that determine what property can a debtor keep safe from seizure by creditors), the current function of these laws, as well as suggestions for reform of both the homestead and personal property exemptions. This book would be of interest not only to lawyers but also to policymakers and legal historians.
by Martin Shenkman,Jonathan Blattmachr
Language: English
Release Date: September 17, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: September 17, 2012
2012 may be the most important year in history for tax planning. More wealth may be transferred in the waning months of 2012 than any other year. What can and should you do to take advantage of the potentially astounding planning opportunities that are available? What are the risks associated with this...
American Conservatism
NOMOS LVI
Language: English
Release Date: May 17, 2016
The topic of American conservatism is especially timely—and perhaps volatile. Is there what might be termed an “exceptional” form of conservatism that is characteristically American, in contrast to conservatisms found in other countries? Are views that are identified in the United States as...
Legalist Empire
International Law and American Foreign Relations in the Early Twentieth Century
Language: English
Release Date: June 3, 2016
America's empire expanded dramatically following the Spanish-American War of 1898. The United States quickly annexed the Philippines and Puerto Rico, seized control over Cuba and the Panama Canal Zone, and extended political and financial power throughout Latin America. This age of empire, Benjamin...
Slavery and Freedom in Texas
Stories from the Courtroom, 1821–1871
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2017
In these absorbing accounts of five court cases, Jason A. Gillmer offers intimate glimpses into Texas society in the time of slavery. Each story unfolds along boundaries—between men and women, slave and free, black and white, rich and poor, old and young—as rigid social orders are upset in ways...
Business Law
A Straightforward Guide
Language: English
Release Date: April 25, 2014
This latest publication in the Straightforward Guides Series - A Guide to Business Law - is a comprehensive introduction to the law as it affects the business environment. The areas that affect business specifically are the English Legal system generally, contract law, employment law and company law. Also important is the law of intellectual property.
Contract Law
A Straightforward Guide
Language: English
Release Date: February 25, 2019
Contract law is a very complex area, one that affects us all, in one way or another. Quite often we find ourselves in need of clear advice which isn't available. However, this latest edition of A Straightforward Guide to Contract Law provides clear and comprehensive answers to all aspects of contract...
by Emily Finch, Stefan Fafinski
Language: English
Release Date: July 3, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: July 3, 2018
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