Skip to main content

Shopping Cart

You're getting the VIP treatment!

Item(s) unavailable for purchase
Please review your cart. You can remove the unavailable item(s) now or we'll automatically remove it at Checkout.
itemsitem
itemsitem

Recommended For You

Loading...


“leonard w levy”

Showing 1 - 12 of 12 results for “leonard w levy”
Skip side bar filters
  • Origins of the Fifth Amendment: The Right Against Self-Incrimination

    Winner of the Pulitzer Prize in history and a landmark in the study of constitutional origins, Leonard Levy's now-classic study appears for the first time in paperback. Origins probes the intentions of the framers of the Fifth Amendment and emphasizes their belief that in a society based upon respect for the individual, it is more important that the accused not unwillingly contribute to his ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD

  • A License to Steal

    The Forfeiture of Property

    Leonard Levy traces the development and implementation of forfeiture and contends that it is a questionable practice, which, because it is so often abused, serves only to undermine civil society. Arguing that civil forfeiture is unconstitutional, Levy provides examples of the victimization of innocent people and demonstrates that it has been used primarily against petty offienders rather than ... Read more

    $22.39 CAD

  • The Establishment Clause

    Religion and the First Amendment

    Leonard Levy’s classic work examines the circumstances that led to the writing of the establishment clause of the First Amendment: 'Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion. . . .' He argues that, contrary to popular belief, the framers of the Constitution intended to prohibit government aid to religion even on an impartial basis. He thus refutes the view of ... Read more

    $31.19 CAD

  • Original Intent and the Framers' Constitution

    For more than two hundred years a debate has raged between those who believe that jurists should follow the original intentions of the Founding Fathers and those who argue that the Constitution is a living document subject to interpretation by each succeeding generation. The controversy has flared anew in our own time as a facet of the battle between conservatives and liberals. In Original Intent ... Read more

    $29.19 CAD

  • The Number Concept

    Its Origin and Development

    The Number Concept: Its Origin and Development by Levi Leonard Conant is a pioneering work in the field of mathematical anthropology, first published in 1896. This comprehensive study explores the evolution of numerical systems among various cultures, tracing the origins of counting and the development of number concepts from primitive societies to more advanced civilizations. Conant meticulously ... Read more

    $29.99 CAD

  • Audiobook

    Number Concept, The

    Narrated by Mark Walkman ...

    Unabridged

    5 hours 30 min

    With respect to finger counting among civilized peoples, we fail, then, to find any universal law; the most that can be said is that more begin with the little finger than with the thumb. But when we proceed to the study of this slight but important particular among savages, we find them employing a certain order of succession with such substantial uniformity that the conclusion is inevitable that ... Read more

    $11.68 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

People who read these also enjoyed

  • Thomas Paine's Rights of Man

    Series series Books That Changed the World
    A "brief but potent" appreciation of one of the most influential and revolutionary works of political thought "mixing biography, criticism and philosophy" ( Los Angeles Times).Christopher Hitchens, the #1 New York Times–bestselling author of God Is Not Great, has been called a Tom Paine for our times. In this addition to the Books that Changed the World Series, Hitchens vividly introduces Paine ... Read more

    $17.59 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Hot Protestants

    A History of Puritanism in England and America

    "The rise and fall of transatlantic puritanism is told through political, theological, and personal conflict in this exceptional history." ( Publishers Weekly, starred review)Begun in the mid-sixteenth century by Protestant nonconformists keen to reform England's church and society while saving their own souls, the puritan movement was a major catalyst in the great cultural changes that ... Read more

    $25.59 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • William Wilberforce

    A Hero for Humanity

    Dramatized in the major motion picture Amazing Grace, the story of William Wilberforce is the remarkable account of how one man’s vision, courage, and relentless pursuit of justice brought freedom to thousands and changed the course of history. “That the greatest and most successful reformer in all history is almost unknown today is a crying shame. Kevin Belmonte puts this right with his inspiring ... Read more

    $8.99 CAD

  • George Whitefield: God's Anointed Servant in the Great Revival of the Eighteenth Century

    This fast-paced, easy-to-read narrative reveals how God used one man of great courage, discipline, and humility to bring countless souls to Christ. God's accomplishments through George Whitefield are to this day virtually unparalleled. In an era when many ministers were timid and apologetic in their preaching, he preached the gospel with aggressive zeal and undaunted courage. In the wake of his ... Read more

    $19.79 CAD

  • The Un-Discovered Islands

    An Archipelago of Myths and Mysteries, Phantoms and Fakes

    A critically acclaimed author invites readers on fascinating adventures to the mysterious and forgotten corners of the map.Be prepared to be captivated by the astounding tales of two dozen islands once believed to be real but no longer on the map. These are the products of the imagination, deception, and human error: an archipelago of ex-islands and forgotten lands. From the well-known story of ... Read more

    $23.19 CAD

  • Inventing the People

    "The best explanation that I have seen for our distinctive combination of faith, hope and naiveté concerning the governmental process." —Michael Kamman, Washington PostThis book makes the provocative case here that America has remained politically stable because the Founding Fathers invented the idea of the American people and used it to impose a government on the new nation. His landmark analysis ... Read more

    $21.99 CAD