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“john sassoon”

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  • Ancient Laws and Modern Problems

    The Balance Between Justice and A Legal System

    by John Sassoon ...
    John Sassoon’s study of the written laws of four thousand years ago puts paid to the belief that the most ancient laws were merely arbitrary and tyrannical. On the contrary, the earliest legal systems honestly tried to get to the truth, do justice to individuals, and preserve civil order. They used the death penalty surprisingly seldom, and then more because society had been threatened than an ... Read more

    $23.79 USD

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    In Honour of R.C.B. Risk

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    Series Book 8 - Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History
    This volume in the Osgoode Society's distinguished series on the history of Canadian law is a tribute to Professor R.C.B. Risk, one of the pioneers of Canadian legal history and for many years regarded as its foremost authority. The fifteen original essays are by notable scholars, some of whom were students of Professor Risk, and represent some of the best and most original work in the area of ... Read more

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  • Empirical Legal Analysis

    Assessing the performance of legal institutions

    Edited by Yun-chien Chang ...
    Series series The Economics of Legal Relationships
    This innovative volume explores empirical legal issues around the world. While legal studies have traditionally been worked on and of letters and with a normative bent, in recent years quantitative methods have gained traction by offering a brand new perspective of understanding law. That is, legal scholars have started to crunch numbers, not letters, to tease out the effects of law on the ... Read more

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  • At the Origins of Modernity

    Francisco de Vitoria and the Discovery of International Law

    Edited by José María Beneyto, Justo Corti Varela ...
    Series series Law and Criminology (R0)
    This book is based on an international project conducted by the Institute for European Studies of the University CEU San Pablo in Madrid and a seminar on Vitoria and International Law which took place on July 2nd 2015 in the convent of San Esteban, the place where Vitoria spent his most productive years as Chair of Theology at the University of Salamanca. It argues that Vitoria not only lived at a ... Read more

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  • The Making of the Modern Chinese State

    Cement, Legal Personality and Industry

    by Humphrey Ko ...
    Series series History (R0)
    This text addresses the corporate causes of the collapse of the Qing Dynasty and the emergence of modern Republican China. Weaving together political, legal and business histories, it focuses on the key relationship between China, cement and corporations, and demonstrates how the particular circumstances of cement manufacturing in nineteenth- and early twentieth-century China serve to illuminate ... Read more

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  • A History of the Application of Islamic Law in Nigeria

    by Yushau Sodiq ...
    Series series Philosophy and Religion (R0)
    This work analyzes the history of the application of Islamic law (Shari`ah) in Nigeria. It analyzes how Islamic law emerged in Nigeria toward the beginning of the 19th century and remained applicable until the arrival of the British Colonial regime in Northern Nigeria in 1903. It sheds light on how the law survived colonial rule and continues until today.Dr. Yushau Sodiq analyzes progressive ... Read more

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  • Toward Kantian Cosmopolitanism

    by Lorena Cebolla Sanahuja ...
    Series series Philosophy and Religion (R0)
    This book examines the history of cosmopolitanism from its origins in the ancient world up to its use in Kantian political philosophy. Taking the idea of ‘common property of the land’ as a starting point, the author makes the original case that attention to this concept is needed to properly understand the notion of cosmopolitan citizenship.Offering a reconstruction of cosmopolitanism from an ... Read more

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  • The Dynamics of Judicial Independence

    A Comparative Study of Courts in Malaysia and Pakistan

    by Lorne Neudorf ...
    Series series Law and Criminology (R0)
    This book examines the legal principle of judicial independence in comparative perspective with the goal of advancing a better understanding of the idea of an independent judiciary more generally. From an initial survey of judicial systems in different countries, it is clear that the understanding and practice of judicial independence take a variety of forms. Scholarly literature likewise provides ... Read more

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  • 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

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  • Justice at Dachau

    The Trials of an American Prosecutor

    by Joshua Greene ...
    The world remembers Nuremberg, where a handful of Nazi policymakers were brought to justice, but nearly forgotten are the proceedings at Dachau, where hundreds of Nazi guards, officers, and doctors stood trial for personally taking part in the torture and execution of prisoners inside Dachau, Mauthausen, Flossenburg, and Buchenwald concentration camps. In Justice at Dachau, Joshua M. Greene, maker ... Read more

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  • Between Indigenous and Settler Governance

    Edited by Lisa Ford, Tim Rowse ...
    Between Indigenous and Settler Governance addresses the history, current development and future of Indigenous self-governance in four settler-colonial nations: Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the United States. Bringing together emerging scholars and leaders in the field of indigenous law and legal history, this collection offers a long-term view of the legal, political and administrative ... Read more

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  • Aristotle on Emotions in Law and Politics

    Edited by Liesbeth Huppes-Cluysenaer, Nuno M.M.S. Coelho ...
    Series Book 121 - Law and Philosophy Library
    In this book, experts from the fields of law and philosophy explore the works of Aristotle to illuminate the much-debated and fascinating relationship between emotions and justice. Emotions matter in connection with democracy and equity – they are relevant to the judicial enforcement of rights, legal argumentation, and decision-making processes in legislative bodies and courts. The decisive role ... Read more

    $143.09 USD