Lawson: 689 books
Evidence of the Law
Proving Legal Claims
Language: English
Release Date: February 21, 2017
How does one prove the law? If your neighbor breaks your window, the law regulates how you can show your claim to be true or false; but how do you prove that in breaking your window your neighbor has broken the law? American jurisprudence devotes an elaborate body of doctrine—and an equally elaborate...
The Fast-Changing Arctic
Rethinking Arctic Security for a Warmer World
Language: English
Release Date: June 26, 2013
In this timely new book, international scholars and military professionals come together to explore the strategic consequences of the thawing of the Arctic. Their analyses of efforts by governments and defence, security, and coast guard organizations to address these challenges make timely and urgent...
Same Time, Yesteryear
The Ballad of Sylvia and Mickey
Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2018
Sylvia did not write the book of love, but when it comes to Mickey, love is certainly strange. On Halloween night 1959, Sylvia ditched her poodle skirts and sock hops when she abandoned Mickey, to burn to death in the trunk of a wicked greaser's fire streaked, '55 Chevy. Fifty years later, she is...
by Francesca R. Sborgi Lawson
Language: English
Release Date: December 5, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: December 5, 2016
In studying one of the world's oldest and most enduring musical cultures, academics have consistently missed one of the richest forms of Chinese cultural expression: performed narratives. Francesca R. Sborgi Lawson explores the relationships between language and music in the performance of four narrative...
Metamorphosis
How Jesus of Nazareth Vanquished the Legion of Fear
Language: English
Release Date: April 3, 2019
This book is the culmination of many years spent addressing two questions: Why did Christ come when He did? And what happened as a result? The first question has exercised the minds of countless theologians, philosophers, and historians, those who assume through faith that the Son of God could determine...
A Great Power of Attorney
Understanding the Fiduciary Constitution
Language: English
Release Date: May 5, 2017
What kind of document is the United States Constitution and how does that characterization affect its meaning? Those questions are seemingly foundational for the entire enterprise of constitutional theory, but they are strangely under-examined. Legal scholars Gary Lawson and Guy Seidman propose that...
by Steven J. Lawson
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2007
Looking to the past for outstanding Bible-based, Christ-centered, and life-changing preaching, Dr. Steven J. Lawson focuses on sixteenth-century Geneva, Switzerland. It was there that John Calvin ministered for decades as a faithful shepherd to a flock of believers.
Here is an intimate portrait...
by Steven J. Lawson
Language: English
Release Date: September 8, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: September 8, 2016
The doctrines of grace are often known as the five points of Calvinism, but they were not the invention of John Calvin or his reforming cohorts of the sixteenth century. Rather, they are biblical doctrines, as Dr. Steven J. Lawson demonstrates in his book Foundations of Grace. Now, in Pillars of Grace,...
The Nature of Social Reality
Issues in Social Ontology
Language: English
Release Date: May 23, 2019
The social sciences often fail to examine in any systematic way the nature of their subject matter. Demonstrating that this is a central explanation of the widely acknowledged failings of the social sciences, not least of modern economics, this book sets about rectifying matters.
Providing...
Ladies on the Lot
Women, Car Sales, and the Pursuit of the American Dream
Language: English
Release Date: May 30, 2000
In this unique and lively ethnography of women who sell cars, sociologist Helene M. Lawson and the “ladies on the lot” take readers behind the scenes of one of the last bastions of a predominantly male workplace: the car dealership. Linking the women's own stories within the broader framework...
by Steven J. Lawson
Language: English
Release Date: September 8, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: September 8, 2016
Understanding the doctrines of grace provides a clearer picture of God’s sovereignty, mercy, and majesty. From the lawgiver Moses to the Apostle John, and from the early church fathers to modern defenders of the faith, there has marched onto the stage of human history a long line of godly men, a...
by Thomas William Lawson
Language: English
Release Date: October 27, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: October 27, 2014
Friday the Thirteenth Thomas William Lawson, american businessman and author (1857-1925) This ebook presents «Friday the Thirteenth», from Thomas William Lawson. A dynamic table of contents enables to jump directly to the chapter selected. Table of Contents -01- About this book -02- DEDICATION -03- FRIDAY THE THIRTEENTH
Media Organizations and Convergence
Case Studies of Media Convergence Pioneers
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2006
This volume offers a timely examination of technology's impact on media companies and the results of convergence among media industries, considering the effects on journalistic, business, and economic practices. Media Organizations and Convergence: Case Studies of Media Convergence Pioneers considers...
What Happens to Rover When the Marriage Is Over?
And Other Doggone Legal Dilemmas
Language: English
Release Date: September 20, 2016
“If you love your dog, this is the most important book you’ll ever read” (Jane Velez-Mitchell, New York Times–bestselling author of Exposed).
Here is an engaging, informative, and no-nonsense look at the everyday situations and issues—and their legal consequences—that affect dogs...