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  • Corporate Romanticism

    Liberalism, Justice, and the Novel

    Series series Lit Z
    Corporate Romanticism offers an alternative history of the connections between modernity, individualism, and the novel. In early nineteenth-century England, two developments—the rise of corporate persons and the expanded scale of industrial action—undermined the basic assumption underpinning both liberalism and the law: that individual human persons can be meaningfully correlated with specific ... Leer más

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    Greatest Closing Arguments in Criminal Law

    From the authors of the acclaimed Ladies and Gentlemen of the Jury, and featuring some of the most important cases in criminal law, The Devil's Advocates is the final volume of a must-have trilogy of the best closing arguments in American legal history.Criminal law is considered by many to be the most exciting of the legal specialties, and here the authors turn to the type of dramatic crimes and ... Leer más

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  • The Due Process of Law

    Two central themes run through The Due Process of Law. The first is the workings of the various "measures authorised by the law so as to keep the streams of justice pure" - that is to say, contempt of court, judicial inquiries, and powers of arrest and search. The second is the recent development of family law, focusing particularly on Lord Denning's contribution to the law of husband and wife. ... Leer más

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  • Mummies Secrets of the Pharoahs: Ancient Egypt for Kids | Children's Archaeology Books Edition

    Jump back in time with the help of this highly educational book. Here, your child will be learning with pharaohs and going inside pyramids where mummies lay silent. It's a cool book to have because it widens your child's understanding of the ancient Egyptian civilization and how societies have changed since then. Buy a copy today! ... Leer más

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  • Down with Traitors

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    de Yun Xia ...
    Throughout the War of Resistance against Japan (1931–1945), the Chinese Nationalist government punished collaborators with harsh measures, labeling the enemies from within hanjian (literally, “traitors to the Han Chinese”). Trials of hanjian gained momentum during the postwar years, escalating the power struggle between Nationalists and Communists. Yun Xia examines the leaders of collaborationist ... Leer más

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  • American Legal History

    A Very Short Introduction

    Series series Very Short Introductions
    Law has played a central role in American history. From colonial times to the present, law has not just reflected the changing society in which legal decisions have been made-it has played a powerful role in shaping that society, though not always in positive ways. Eminent legal scholar G. Edward White-author of the ongoing, multi-volume Law in American History-offers a compact overview that sheds ... Leer más

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  • An Indispensable Liberty

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    Most Americans today view freedom of speech as a bedrock of all other liberties, a defining feature of American citizenship. During the nineteenth century, the popular concept of American freedom of speech was still being formed. In An Indispensable Liberty: The Fight for Free Speech in Nineteenth-Century America, contributors examine attempts to restrict freedom of speech and the press during and ... Leer más

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  • Before Dred Scott

    Slavery and Legal Culture in the American Confluence, 1787–1857

    de Anne Twitty ...
    Series series Cambridge Historical Studies in American Law and Society
    Before Dred Scott draws on the freedom suits filed in the St Louis Circuit Court to construct a groundbreaking history of slavery and legal culture within the American Confluence, a vast region where the Ohio, Mississippi, and Missouri Rivers converge. Formally divided between slave and free territories and states, the American Confluence was nevertheless a site where the borders between slavery ... Leer más

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  • The People’s Welfare

    Law and Regulation in Nineteenth-Century America

    Series series Studies in Legal History
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  • The Texas Supreme Court

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  • In Essentials, Unity

    An Economic History of the Grange Movement

    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 ... Leer más

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