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“timothy stretton”

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  • Married Women and the Law

    Coverture in England and the Common Law World

    by K.J. Kesselring, Timothy Stretton ...
    Explaining the curious legal doctrine of "coverture," William Blackstone famously declared that "by marriage, husband and wife are one person at law." This "covering" of a wife's legal identity by her husband meant that the greatest subordination of women to men developed within marriage. In England and its colonies, generations of judges, legislators, and husbands invoked coverture to limit ... Read more

    $30.39 CAD

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  • Reflections on Judging

    by Richard A. Posner ...
    For Richard Posner, legal formalism and formalist judges--notably Antonin Scalia--present the main obstacles to coping with the dizzying pace of technological advance. Posner calls for legal realism--gathering facts, considering context, and reaching a sensible conclusion that inflicts little collateral damage on other areas of the law. ... Read more

    $46.19 CAD

  • Saving Nelson Mandela:The Rivonia Trial and the Fate of South Africa

    The Rivonia Trial and the Fate of South Africa

    by Kenneth S. Broun ...
    Series series Pivotal Moments in World History
    When South Africa's apartheid government charged Nelson Mandela with planning its overthrow in 1963, most observers feared that he would be sentenced to death. But the support he and his fellow activists in the African National Congress received during his trial not only saved his life, but also enabled him to save his country. In Saving Nelson Mandela, South African law expert Kenneth S. Broun ... Read more

    $19.19 CAD

  • Reason and Imagination

    The Selected Correspondence of Learned Hand

    Edited by Constance Jordan ...
    Judge Learned Hand is an icon of American Law. Though he was never nominated to our country's highest court, Hand is nevertheless more frequently quoted by legal scholars and in Supreme Court decisions than any other lower court judge in our history. He was the model for all judges who followed him, setting the standard for the bench with a matchless combination of legal brilliance and vast ... Read more

    $63.99 CAD

  • Summary and Analysis of American Heiress: The Wild Saga of the Kidnapping, Crimes and Trial of Patty Hearst

    Based on the Book by Jeffrey Toobin

    by Worth Books ...
    Series series Smart Summaries
    So much to read, so little time? This brief overview of American Heiress tells you what you need to know—before or after you read Jeffrey Toobin's book.Crafted and edited with care, Worth Books set the standard for quality and give you the tools you need to be a well-informed reader.This short summary and analysis of American Heiress by Jeffrey Toobin includes:Historical contextChapter-by-chapter ... Read more

    $6.29 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Magistrates, Police, and People

    Everyday Criminal Justice in Quebec and Lower Canada, 1764-1837

    by Donald Fyson ...
    Series series Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History
    The role and function of criminal justice in a conquered colony is always problematic, and the case of Quebec is no exception. Many historians have suggested that, between the Conquest and the Rebellions (1760s-1830s), Quebec's 'Canadien' inhabitants both boycotted and were excluded from the British criminal justice system. Magistrates, Police, and People challenges this simplistic view of the ... Read more

    $48.79 CAD

  • In Essentials, Unity

    An Economic History of the Grange Movement

    by Jenny Bourne, Paul Finkelman ...
    Series series New Approaches to Midwestern Studies
    The Patrons of Husbandry—or the Grange—is the longest-lived US agricultural society and, since its founding shortly after the Civil War, has had immeasurable influence on social change as enacted by ordinary Americans. The Grange sought to relieve the struggles of small farmers by encouraging collaboration. Pathbreaking for its inclusion of women, the Grange is also well known for its association ... Read more

    $31.89 CAD

  • Saving the Soul of Georgia

    Donald L. Hollowell and the Struggle for Civil Rights

    by Maurice C. Daniels ...
    Donald L. Hollowell was Georgia’s chief civil rights attorney during the 1950s and 1960s. In this role he defended African American men accused or convicted of capital crimes in a racially hostile legal system, represented movement activists arrested for their civil rights work, and fought to undermine the laws that maintained state-sanctioned racial discrimination. In Saving the Soul of Georgia, ... Read more

    $34.09 CAD

  • Exemptions

    Necessary, Justified, or Misguided?

    by Kent Greenawalt ...
    Should laws apply equally to everyone, or should some individuals and organizations be granted exemptions because of conflicting religious or moral convictions? In recent years, this question has become intensely controversial in America. The Supreme Court’s ruling on same-sex marriage, in particular, has provoked barbed debates about legal exemptions. At the core of these debates lies the ... Read more

    $62.69 CAD

  • The Supreme Court in the Early Republic

    The Chief Justiceships of John Jay and Oliver Ellsworth

    by William R. Casto ...
    Series series Chief Justiceships of the United States Supreme Court
    An insightful look at the first Supreme Court and the controversies that surrounded the judicial bodyWilliam R. Casto sheds a new light on America's federal judiciary and the changing legal landscape with his detailed examination of the Supreme Court's formative years. In a study that spans the period from the Court's tentative beginnings through the appointment of its third chief justice, Casto ... Read more

    $36.79 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Making the Modern American Fiscal State

    Law, Politics, and the Rise of Progressive Taxation, 1877–1929

    by Ajay K. Mehrotra ...
    Series series Cambridge Historical Studies in American Law and Society
    At the turn of the twentieth century, the US system of public finance underwent a dramatic transformation. The late nineteenth-century regime of indirect, hidden, partisan, and regressive taxes was eclipsed in the early twentieth century by a direct, transparent, professionally administered, and progressive tax system. This book uncovers the contested roots and paradoxical consequences of this ... Read more

    $40.79 CAD

  • The Japanese American Cases

    The Rule of Law in Time of War

    by Roger Daniels ...
    Series series Landmark Law Cases and American Society
    After Pearl Harbor, President Roosevelt, claiming a never documented “military necessity,” ordered the removal and incarceration of 120,000 Japanese Americans during World War II solely because of their ancestry. As Roger Daniels movingly describes, almost all reluctantly obeyed their government and went peacefully to the desolate camps provided for them.Daniels, however, focuses on four Nisei, ... Read more

    $32.99 CAD