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Yale Law Journal‘s Issue 4, January 2012, Features Kaplow on burdens of proof and essays on sovereign debt and bankruptcy
This issue of Yale Law Journal features articles and essays by several notable scholars. Principal contributors are Louis Kaplow (on burdens of proof and their reasons), Richard Schragger (on democracy and debt), and Anna Gelpern (on quasi-sovereign bankruptcy). Also features student contributions on guilty pleas and on voting rights.
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Selznick’s Leadership in Administration, Exploring Institutional Character and Commitment, Is Digitally Remastered™
Foundational and influential analysis of how institutions work and how leadership promotes them. Featuring a substantive introduction by Robert Rosen, Philip Selznick's great book -- it practically invented the genre of executive leadership studies and is the lively response to the "rationalist" approach to organizations -- is re-released in ebooks. Adopted in courses on sociology, management, organizations, and leadership for business ... also government and the military. Original pagination is included.
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Stanford Law Review‘s 1st Issue of 2012 Explores Gun Rights, Federalism in Health Care Reform, Establishing Official Islam, and Lobbying
A leading law journal features a digital edition as part of its worldwide distribution, using quality ebook formatting and active links. In fact, Stanford Law Review, in January 2011, became the first general-interest law review to release current editions in ebook formats; six previous issues from volume 63 are available in Kindle, Nook and Apple formats. This current issue Stanford Law Review contains studies of law, economics, and social policy by recognized scholars on diverse topics of interest to the academic and professional community. Contents for this issue: • The Right Not to Keep or Bear Arms Joseph Blocher • The Ghost That Slayed the Mandate Kevin C. Walsh •…
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January 2012 Harvard Law Review: Rebecca Tushnet on Reimagining Copyright Law and Carol Steiker on the Contingency of Capital Punishment
Produced and available before the print edition is publicly released, the eBook edition of the latest issue of the Harvard Law Review features compelling scholarship and research from Rebecca Tushnet, Carol Steiker, and student members of the journal. Quid Pro Books is the exclusive eBook publisher of Harvard Law Review. Offered in a digital edition for ereaders, it features active Contents, linked footnotes and cross-references, legible images, and proper formatting. Featured articles in this issue are from such recognized scholars as Rebecca Tushnet, therorizing copyright law for images instead of the usual frame of text and words, and Carol Steiker, reviewing David Garland’s new book on capital punishment under the…
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University of Chicago Law Review for fall 2011 examines regulatory empiricism, statutory interpretation, insurance policy variations, and jury nullification
A leading law review in an eBook edition. This final issue of 2011 features articles and essays from internationally recognized legal scholars and governmental leaders, including Cass Sunstein (on empirically informed regulation), Jonathan Bressler (on jury nullification and Reconstruction), Daniel Schwarcz (on standardized insurance policies), and Bertral Ross II (writing against constitutional mainstreaming in statutory interpretation). In addition, the issue includes a review essay on the book The Master Switch, as well as student Comments on such subjects as same-sex divorce, religious practices by prisoners, falsely claiming Medal of Honor status, and enhancement in federal sentencing. The issue is presented in modern eBook formatting and features active Tables of Contents;…
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Baltimore and the 19th of April, 1861 is a first-hand account of the beginning of the Civil War in a contested border state
A vivid and fascinating first-person account of Maryland at the beginning of the Civil War, its Southern sympathizers and support for slavery, the attempted assassination of Lincoln, and the 1861 riots that tore Baltimore apart and brought the Union and martial law to the border state that fringed the nation’s capital. Author George William Brown was the mayor of Baltimore at the time of the crisis, and later wrote these memoirs—after his own imprisonment during the Civil War, and his restoration to public standing as a judge and trustee of Johns Hopkins University. Presented in an enhanced form by Quid Pro, this new but vintage edition of this important historical…
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Lawrence Friedman’s Mystery The Book Club Murder Drags Lawyer Frank May into his Wife’s Domain
Frank May hates trouble, as a lawyer and as a guy. But it likes him just fine. For someone who practices wills and trusts law because it is far from the scene of murder and mayhem, he has a knack for being caught up in it anyway. Which is why he thought he was fortune’s friend the night his wife stayed home from her book club meeting—a lucky migraine—when someone got smothered. He wouldn’t be caught up in it this time, nor his wife, and someone else could figure out all the tangles and suspicions of the book club women. Somehow it did not work out that way, and all…
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Acclaimed sociologist Amitai Etzioni’s newest book plays Law in a New Key
Most issues of law and social policy can be understood better through a lens that balances rights and interests --and protects all of us while protecting each of us--says Etzioni in his latest of 30 books. Explores drone wars, TSA scanners, internet privacy, norms, terrorism, shaming, and DNA banks. In paperback and eight digital formats for all e-readers.
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A Dictionary of Civil Law Terminology in Louisiana: Usufruct and Naked Owners Are Explained to Common Lawyers and Civilians
With obscure terms like emphyteusis and jactitation, the language of the civil law can sometimes confuse students and even seasoned practitioners. But the Louisiana Civil Law Dictionary can help. It defines every word and phrase contained in the index to the Louisiana Civil Code, plus many more–in clear and concise language–and provides current citations to the relevant statutes, code articles, and cases. Available in paperback (from our eStore, Amazon, etc.), plus hardcover and eBook formats linked below. The dictionary’s dedicated website is here. It is reviewed by iPhone JD Blog here. Whether you are a student, researcher, lawyer, or judge, if you deal with Louisiana and its laws, this volume…
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Eleanor Lothrop’s Throw Me a Bone Tells of Adventures in Archaeology in South America
“If you marry a man it is presumably because you like the man and not, necessarily, his profession. Marrying a mortician or a dentist, for instance, does not presuppose a passionate interest in and a knowledge of embalming or filling teeth. Yet an archaeologist’s bride is expected to emerge from the marriage ceremony with a fullblown understanding of history, sociology, linguistics and philosophy, to say nothing of the less frivolous aspects of anatomy.” Eleanor Lothrop picked up a lot along the way of her adventures with famed Harvard archaeologist Samuel Lothrop, but most of all was able to tell the tale through her own lens: witty, wide-eyed, exasperated, patient, and…
