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Twilight In Afghanistan: An Introduction, Feisal Amin Istrabadi, Sumit Ganguly Jan 2015

Twilight In Afghanistan: An Introduction, Feisal Amin Istrabadi, Sumit Ganguly

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No abstract provided.


Making The World In Atlanta's Image: The Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, Morris Abram, And The Legislative History Of The United Nations Race Convention, H. Timothy Lovelace Jan 2014

Making The World In Atlanta's Image: The Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, Morris Abram, And The Legislative History Of The United Nations Race Convention, H. Timothy Lovelace

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Review Of Prigg V. Pennsylvania: Slavery, The Supreme Court, And The Ambivalent Constitution, Susan David Demaine Oct 2013

Review Of Prigg V. Pennsylvania: Slavery, The Supreme Court, And The Ambivalent Constitution, Susan David Demaine

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In 1842, the Supreme Court issued a landmark decision in Prigg v. Pennsylvania, resolving a dispute about fugitive slave rendition that had raged between the states for decades. H. Robert Baker’s analysis of the decision and the events that led up to it is the first book-length work to investigate Prigg and its place in American history. Baker traces the development of fugitive slave laws and recounts the heart-wrenching story that lies behind Prigg to shed light on the Supreme Court’s decision and the gradual clarification of American federalism.


On The Incompatibility Of Political Virtue And Judicial Review: A Neo-Aristotelean Perspective, Ralph F. Gaebler Jan 2011

On The Incompatibility Of Political Virtue And Judicial Review: A Neo-Aristotelean Perspective, Ralph F. Gaebler

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Part I of this essay outlines a neo-Aristotelean theory of political virtue, an instance of virtue generally, that serves as the basis of excellent citizenship in the polis. As such, political virtue contributes its share to the achievement of eudaimonia, or the fulfillment of an individual’s natural, human function. In fact, political virtue is especially important because people are political beings, i.e. they seek the good most comprehensively in the context of association with others. Therefore, Aristotle describes politics as the master science of the supreme good, because politics orders the community of the polis and thereby establishes the norms …


The Price Of Conflict: War, Taxes, And The Politics Of Fiscal Citizenship, Ajay K. Mehrotra Jan 2010

The Price Of Conflict: War, Taxes, And The Politics Of Fiscal Citizenship, Ajay K. Mehrotra

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Since 2003 American political leaders and lawmakers have been committed to the simultaneous pursuit of tax cuts and military excursions abroad. Just a few decades ago, when military hawks were also deficit hawks, such a position would have seemed incongruous. This essay reviews, War and Taxes, a provocative and fascinating new book that seeks to explain the apparent dissonance of recent American wartime tax policy. In contrast to conventional wisdom which presumes that wartime patriotism has always and everywhere trumped self-interest, War and Taxes shows that the history of U.S. wartime taxation is not quite such a heroic tale. By …


Book Review. Liberty: Rethinking An Imperiled Ideal By Glenn Tinder, Daniel O. Conkle Jan 2009

Book Review. Liberty: Rethinking An Imperiled Ideal By Glenn Tinder, Daniel O. Conkle

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"Render Unto Caesar...": Religion/Ethics, Expertise, And The Historical Underpinnings Of The Modern American Tax System, Ajay K. Mehrotra Jan 2009

"Render Unto Caesar...": Religion/Ethics, Expertise, And The Historical Underpinnings Of The Modern American Tax System, Ajay K. Mehrotra

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A variety of scholars and commentators have been recently exploring the connections between religion and current U.S. tax policy. The relationship between religion and American taxation, however, runs much deeper than our present period. Indeed, it is no coincidence that roughly a century ago the foundations of our current tax system were taking shape at the height of the religious and ethical fervor known as the Social Gospel movement. At that time, religious and ethical sentiments played a central, though ambivalent, role in fiscal reform. This Article investigates the influence of religious and ethical values on the tax reform struggles …


Forging Fiscal Reform: Constitutional Change, Public Policy, And The Creation Of Administrative Capacity In Wisconsin, 1880-1920, Ajay K. Mehrotra Jan 2008

Forging Fiscal Reform: Constitutional Change, Public Policy, And The Creation Of Administrative Capacity In Wisconsin, 1880-1920, Ajay K. Mehrotra

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In 1911, Wisconsin became one of the first U.S. states to adopt an effectively administered income tax. Wisconsin reformers were able to overcome several institutional barriers to create the administrative capacity necessary to assess and collect a graduated income tax that in time raised significant revenue, but did not supplant the property tax. With this limited success, the Wisconsin income tax soon became a model for other states and even the national government. In this sense, Wisconsin was a leader in forging fiscal reform. Political activists, lawmakers, and other government actors in the Badger State led a turn-of-the-century property tax …


Book Review. Einhorn, Robin L., American Taxation, American Slavery, Ajay K. Mehrotra Jan 2008

Book Review. Einhorn, Robin L., American Taxation, American Slavery, Ajay K. Mehrotra

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Constructive Haiku And The Law Of Contracts: Raintree County Memorial Library Occasional Paper No. 3, Douglass Boshkoff Jan 2007

Constructive Haiku And The Law Of Contracts: Raintree County Memorial Library Occasional Paper No. 3, Douglass Boshkoff

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Rebuilding A Nation: Myths, Realities, And Solutions In Iraq, Feisal Amin Istrabadi Jan 2007

Rebuilding A Nation: Myths, Realities, And Solutions In Iraq, Feisal Amin Istrabadi

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No abstract provided.


There Is A Land In The Far Off West, Michael Maben Jan 2007

There Is A Land In The Far Off West, Michael Maben

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No abstract provided.


"More Mighty Than The Waves Of The Sea": Toilers, Tariffs, And The Income Tax Movement, 1880-1913, Ajay K. Mehrotra Jan 2004

"More Mighty Than The Waves Of The Sea": Toilers, Tariffs, And The Income Tax Movement, 1880-1913, Ajay K. Mehrotra

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No abstract provided.


African-Americans Within The Context Of International Oppression, Kevin D. Brown Jan 2003

African-Americans Within The Context Of International Oppression, Kevin D. Brown

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No abstract provided.


Violence And The American Legal Landscape, David C. Williams Apr 2002

Violence And The American Legal Landscape, David C. Williams

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No abstract provided.


Book Review. American War In The 1990s, David G. Delaney Jan 2002

Book Review. American War In The 1990s, David G. Delaney

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No abstract provided.


Book Review. Roman Law After The Fall Of Rome, David V. Snyder Jan 1999

Book Review. Roman Law After The Fall Of Rome, David V. Snyder

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Review of: Stein, Peter, Roman Law in European History. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1999.


The International Legal Implications Of "Non-Lethal" Weapons, David P. Fidler Jan 1999

The International Legal Implications Of "Non-Lethal" Weapons, David P. Fidler

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No abstract provided.


More Selected Poems On The Law Of Contracts: Raintree County Memorial Library Occasional Paper No. 2, Douglass Boshkoff Jan 1996

More Selected Poems On The Law Of Contracts: Raintree County Memorial Library Occasional Paper No. 2, Douglass Boshkoff

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No abstract provided.


Balancing Acts: Crisis, Change, And Continuity In American Family Law, 1890-1990, Michael Grossberg Jan 1995

Balancing Acts: Crisis, Change, And Continuity In American Family Law, 1890-1990, Michael Grossberg

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No abstract provided.


English Legal History In The Age Of Mansfield: Three Perspectives: Introduction, Michael Grossberg Jan 1994

English Legal History In The Age Of Mansfield: Three Perspectives: Introduction, Michael Grossberg

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No abstract provided.


Book Review. The Magic Mirror: Law In American History By Kermit L. Hall, Michael Grossberg Jan 1992

Book Review. The Magic Mirror: Law In American History By Kermit L. Hall, Michael Grossberg

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No abstract provided.


Selected Poems On The Law Of Contracts, Douglass Boshkoff Jan 1991

Selected Poems On The Law Of Contracts, Douglass Boshkoff

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No abstract provided.


A European Peace Order And The German Question: Legal And Political Aspects, Jost Delbruck Jan 1990

A European Peace Order And The German Question: Legal And Political Aspects, Jost Delbruck

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No abstract provided.


Feminism's Search For The Feminine: Essentialism, Utopianism, And Community, Susan H. Williams Jan 1990

Feminism's Search For The Feminine: Essentialism, Utopianism, And Community, Susan H. Williams

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No abstract provided.


Book Review. From Medieval Group Litigation To The Modern Class Action By Stephen C. Yeazell, Richard M. Fraher Jan 1990

Book Review. From Medieval Group Litigation To The Modern Class Action By Stephen C. Yeazell, Richard M. Fraher

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No abstract provided.


Conviction According To Conscience: The Medieval Jurists' Debate Concerning Judicial Discretion And The Law Of Proof, Richard M. Fraher Jan 1989

Conviction According To Conscience: The Medieval Jurists' Debate Concerning Judicial Discretion And The Law Of Proof, Richard M. Fraher

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No abstract provided.


Book Review. The Political Theology Of Abbo Of Fleury: A Study Of The Ideas About Society And Law Of The Tenth-Century Monasic Reform Movement By Marco Mostert, Richard M. Fraher Jan 1989

Book Review. The Political Theology Of Abbo Of Fleury: A Study Of The Ideas About Society And Law Of The Tenth-Century Monasic Reform Movement By Marco Mostert, Richard M. Fraher

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No abstract provided.


Book Review. The Origins Of Medieval Jurisprudence: Pavia And Bologna, 850-1150 By Charles M. Radding, Richard M. Fraher Jan 1989

Book Review. The Origins Of Medieval Jurisprudence: Pavia And Bologna, 850-1150 By Charles M. Radding, Richard M. Fraher

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No abstract provided.


Book Review. The Constitutionalism Of "The Common-Law Mind", Stephen A. Conrad Jan 1988

Book Review. The Constitutionalism Of "The Common-Law Mind", Stephen A. Conrad

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This essay reviews the following: Constitutional History of the American Revolution, Vol. 1: The Authority of Rights by John Phillip Reid and Peripheries and Center: Constitutional Development in the Extended Polities of the British Empire and the United States, 1607-1788 by Jack P. Greene.