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Thomas Reed Powell’s classic Vagaries and Varieties of Constitutional Interpretation is digitally remastered to new eBooks; and in paperback
The classic study of historical and then-emerging ways in which the U.S. Constitution has been interpreted and applied, especially as regards judicial power to review congressional acts, sharing of power between states and the federal government, Lochnerism, the change in the Supreme Court during the Roosevelt years, taxing power, and interstate commerce. Thomas Reed Powell presented this material first as lectures at Columbia Law School, and their enduring nature and historical insider-ness makes them of current interest to law professors and students, historians, and political scientists who see constitutional structure, and not only rights and liberties, as crucial to understanding U.S. government, the federal-state balance, and the infusion of government…
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Abbott and Johnson’s classic study of public administration in ancient Rome is republished as digitally remastered
MUNICIPAL ADMINISTRATION IN THE ROMAN EMPIRE is Frank Abbott and Allan Johnson’s classic and much-cited study of the origins of professional administration and bureaucracy in the Roman Empire. The text features source materials and extensive notes, including municipal documents in Greek and Latin from Italy and the provinces, as well as documents from Egypt. Generations of scholars of ancient history and public administration have used these source materials and the authors’ sophisticated analysis to good advantage. This new print republication from Quid Pro Books is digitally corrected to eliminate underlines, stray marks, and printer artifacts typically found in such reprints. It is ideal for research, libraries, and classroom adoption. Part…
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Lawyer, Train Robber, Convict, Candidate for Governor, Author. They All Wore the Same Hat.
Finally a lawyer and politician who openly campaigned on the fact that he was a thief. The New York Times, April 5, 1914: “HOW I ROBBED TRAINS: BY A CANDIDATE FOR GOVERNOR; Al Jennings, Reformed Outlaw and Ex-Convict, Who Expects to be Chief Executive of Oklahoma, Tells the Story of His Exploits as Head of ‘The Jennings Gang.’ … AL JENNINGS has written his autobiography. Or, to be exact, he has dictated it to a stenographer, and Will Irwin has edited it. So Mr. Irwin says, by way of preface and explanation; and he adds (Irwin does) that the stenographer alternately chuckled and sobbed as she made her hen-tracks.” Alphonso…
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Krislov’s foundational The Negro in Federal Employment studies affirmative action at the beginning
Samuel Krislov’s much-cited study of civil rights in the U.S. civil service at a time of tumultuous change and reexamination is Digitally Remastered. Praised widely on its initial publication in 1967, the book remains an important part of the canon of literature on African American history, labor and civil service, the political science of federal employment and bureaucratic representativeness, affirmative action, and flashpoint issues of race, discrimination, and accommodation—in short, the continuing quest for equal opportunity. The modern Classics of the Social Sciences edition from Quid Pro adds a new, reflective preface by the author and a new foreword by Keith Boyum, Professor Emeritus of Political Science at California State…
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John Dewey’s 1910 How We Think Becomes a Digitally Remastered Book™ in Paperback
The “thought process” laid bare. One of America’s greatest philosophers and educators examines the nature and process of human reasoning, intellect, and emotion. John Dewey took a common sense approach to the subject, using examples and explanations that resonate today. His pragmatism has influenced much modern philosophy and the social sciences—and in the effort he produced a timeless, captivating, and universally accessible study of the subject of human thought and logical decision-making. John Dewey (1859–1952) was a U.S. philosopher, education reformer, and psychologist, and an influential professor at the University of Michigan, University of Chicago, and Columbia University. His belief in an empirically based theory of knowledge informed much of…
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Meltsner’s Cruel and Unusual: Inside Story of the NAACP Inc. Fund Lawyers Who Fought to Abolish the Death Penalty
Michael Meltsner's inside account, accessible to a wide audience and reading like a novel, of a small band of Fund lawyers and their 9-year struggle to end the death penalty. New edition features a 2011 Foreword by death-penalty author Evan Mandery of CUNY's John Jay College of Criminal Justice, as well as a new Preface by the author. In paperback and 9 ebook formats. The mission seemed as impossible then as going to the moon...
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James Fenimore Cooper spins tale of sailing, smuggling and romance in The Water-Witch
This unabridged and complete presentation of THE WATER-WITCH is unlike any reproduction of a vintage printing available (as is apparent in Previewing other offerings). It is unlike both new formattings which use small print to pack the story into half the pages (or give half the book), and typical vintage republications, whose distracting stray marks and printer artifacts mar the reading experience. Instead, the Quid Pro edition is in the quality collection of Digitally Remastered Books™, a process that retains the nostalgia and font size of earlier printings while reducing stray marks, broken letters, and blotched print. James Fenimore Cooper (1789-1851) was one of the most popular and creative American…
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University of Chicago Law Review‘s issue 3 of 2012 now out: internet censorship, spreading pollution, juries nullifying comparative fault
A leading law review offers a quality ebook edition. This third issue of 2012 features articles from internationally recognized legal scholars, and extensive research in Comments authored by University of Chicago Law School students. Contents for the issue include: ARTICLES: “Orwell’s Armchair,” by Derek E. Bambauer “Jury Nullification in Modified Comparative Negligence Regimes,” by Eli K. Best & John J. Donohue III “Allocating Pollution,” by Arden Rowell COMMENTS: “A State-Centered Approach to Tax Discrimination under 11501(b)(4) of the 4-R Act” “A Felony, I Presume? 21 USC 841(b)’s Mitigating Provision and the Categorical Approach in Immigration Proceedings” “Home Is Where the Court Is: Determining Residence for Child Custody Matters under the…
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Neil Smelser’s Foundational Theory of Collective Behavior Adds Marx’s Extensive New Introduction
This golden anniversary edition is a modern take on a sociological and social psychology classic. Features a reflective new Preface by the author--and an extensive, analytical Foreword by MIT's Gary Marx; he notes, "The book is elegant, original, carefully crafted and forcefully argued. In its totality, it is a fine example of an effort to define a field, identify major types and systematically connect central variables." Available now in hardcover, paperback, and 9 ebook formats.
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Timeless TVA and the Grass Roots by Philip Selznick now in modern edition, in print and eBooks
One of the great works of sociology, digging into government, business and organizations in an intense and telling way. The book is foundational as to modern organizational theory and practice. New Foreword by Jonathan Simon. All formats have embedded page numbers from the previous editions, for full continuity of citation and ease of classroom adoptions. Digital formats include active Contents and linked subject Index.
