Legal Studies

"Hamilton's novel centers on a fascinating, little-known figure from history - Elisabeth Samson emerges as intriguing and distinctive. An intriguing fictionalization of circumstances with an ample romantic angle. Hamilton's prose style is warm, even, and voice-driven." - The BookLife Prize In the 18th century Dutch plantation colony of Suriname, where wealth is measured by the number of slaves one owns, the educated Free Negress Elisabeth Samson, owner of several flourishing coffee plantations, desires the one thing her wealth cannot buy: a legal marriage with her consort, a White colonial ...

On a moonless night in the summer of 1793 a crime was committed in the back room of a New York brothel—the kind of crime that even victims usually kept secret. Instead, seventeen-year-old seamstress Lanah Sawyer did what virtually no one in US history had done before: she charged a gentleman with rape. Her accusation sparked a raw courtroom drama and a relentless struggle for vindication that threatened both Lanah’s and her assailant’s lives.

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In The End of Power, award-winning columnist and former Foreign Policy editor Moisés Naím illuminates the struggle between once-dominant megaplayers and the new micropowers challenging them in every field of human endeavor. Drawing on provocative, original research and a lifetime of experience in global affairs, Naím explains how the end of power is reconfiguring our world.

Order in the court! What do free speech, due process, freedom of assembly, and search and seizure have to do with our legal rights? Learn to decipher our nation's complex legal system and understand their rights under the law.

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You are no doubt a busy student with a lot of things going on! It can be challenging to find the time to read your textbook in preparation for the LSAT exam. However, the truth is that the LSAT exam is a challenging test. Thorough preparation cannot be overlooked. That is why the author Dennis Reed developed the LSAT Study Guide!. This edition is a practice questions edition. It reviews all essential concepts found on the exam, from all categories of the test. You can listen to it while at the gym or stuck in traffic!

"Conquer the Series 65 Exam: Study Guide for the Investment Advisers Law Exam" is your comprehensive resource for mastering the essential knowledge required to pass the Series 65 exam. This study guide covers all key topics, including investment strategies, portfolio management, ethics, and legal guidelines. Designed for aspiring investment advisers, this guide offers clear explanations, practical examples, and expert insights to help you understand complex concepts and apply them effectively. The book is structured to facilitate efficient learning, with each chapter dedicated to a specific...

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Mission at Nuremberg is Tim Townsend's gripping story of the American Army chaplain sent to save the souls of the Nazis incarcerated at Nuremberg, a compelling and thought-provoking tale that raises questions of faith, guilt, morality, vengeance, forgiveness, salvation, and the essence of humanity.

Despite what major media sources say, violence against Native women is not an epidemic. An epidemic is biological and blameless. Violence against Native women is historical and political, bounded by oppression and colonial violence. This book, like all of Sarah Deer's work, is aimed at engaging the problem head-on - and ending it. The Beginning and End of Rape collects and expands the powerful writings in which Deer has advocated for cultural and legal reforms to protect Native women from endemic sexual violence and abuse.

Are you struggling to memorize those tricky LSAT vocabulary words? Do legal terms like abrogate, jurisprudence, and tortfeasor make your head spin? You're not alone! The LSAT is packed with high-frequency legal vocabulary, and mastering these words is the key to acing the exam, crushing logic games, and reading case law like a pro. But let's be real-memorizing hundreds of legal terms the old-fashioned way is boring and ineffective.

(Annotated: Contains background information and historical context, as well as extensive analysis of the work and its current application to legal education, not found in the original text. Adds explanatory notes where appropriate to update legal terms and references from the original.) Written over 80 years ago, but highly relevant today, THE BRAMBLE BUSH remains one of the books most frequently and strongly recommended for students to read when considering law school, just before beginning its study, or early in the first semester. Its first edition began as a collection from a series of ...

Escape the ordinary and transform the world around you with "Reinventing Spaces," a trailblazing eBook that will redefine your understanding of architecture, history, and sustainability. Bring your imagination to the very edges of innovation as you embark on a comprehensive journey through the dynamic field of adaptive reuse—a movement proving that the past can be the foundation for a future charged with creativity and environmental consciousness. Venture into the philosophical core of adaptive reuse in the enthralling opening chapters, where you’ll explore the nuanced balance between ...

This audiobook will let you learn and review the core elements of federal evidence rules which apply in most states and local districts as well. Morton covers the 11 important areas: General Provisions, Judicial Notice, Presumptions, Relevancy, Privileges, Witnesses, Opinions & Expert Testimony, Hearsay, Authentication & Identification, Contents of WritingRecordingsPhotos & Miscellaneous Rules. A must listen for every law student, lawyer, and people interested in the law or involved in legal cases.

Historian Orville Vernon Burton and civil rights lawyer Armand Derfner shine a powerful light on the Court's race record - a legacy at times uplifting, but more often distressing and sometimes disgraceful. For nearly a century, the Court ensured that the 19th-century Reconstruction Amendments would not truly free and enfranchise African Americans. And the 21st century has seen a steady erosion of commitments to enforcing hard-won rights.

Even the most die-hard atheist would consent that justice was lacking in the trial of Jesus Christ. There was absolutely no appearance of compliance with the laws that were in place in any of Jesus' six separate trials.

This Legal Assistant Exam Review will test your knowledge with questions and answers,after you have read the manual to increase your chances of passing your Legal Assistant Exam. .

Conquer the Pennsylvania Real Estate Broker Exam is your guide to passing the Pennsylvania real estate broker licensing exam with confidence. Designed for experienced agents preparing to advance their careers, this study guide covers everything you need to know—without overwhelming you with filler. Aligned with the most recent Pearson VUE content outline, this book breaks down both the national and Pennsylvania-specific exam sections into digestible topics, from agency relationships and contract law to fair housing regulations, financing, disclosures, and ethics. While it does not attempt...

Beliefs are very powerful. When you change your beliefs, you change your behavior and thus your outcomes. This is not some new age feel-good idea. There is solid research to back this up. I'll give you two examples. Gunder Hägg, a Swedish athlete, held the record for the one-mile run at 4:01.4, which he achieved on July 17, 1945. It took nine years for that record to be broken. On May 6, 1954, Roger Bannister broke that record and ran the one mile at 3:59.4. Only two months later, that record was broken, and every few years since then the record is set lower and lower.