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Anger, Irony, And The Formal Rationality Of Professionalism, Ajay K. Mehrotra Jan 2010

Anger, Irony, And The Formal Rationality Of Professionalism, Ajay K. Mehrotra

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Lawyers, Guns & Public Monies: The U.S. Treasury, World War One, And The Administration Of The Modern Fiscal State, Ajay K. Mehrotra Jan 2010

Lawyers, Guns & Public Monies: The U.S. Treasury, World War One, And The Administration Of The Modern Fiscal State, Ajay K. Mehrotra

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The First World War was a pivotal event for American political and economic development, particularly in the realm of public finance. For it was during the war years that the federal government ended its traditional reliance on regressive import duties and excise taxes as principal sources of revenue and began a modern era of fiscal governance, one based primarily on the direct and progressive taxation of personal and corporate income. Like other aspects of war mobilization, this fiscal revolution required an enormous infusion of national administrative resources. Nowhere was this more evident than within the corridors of the U.S. Treasury …


Some Problems With "Origins", Stephen A. Conrad Jan 1992

Some Problems With "Origins", Stephen A. Conrad

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The Arkansas Colonial Legal System, 1686-1766, Morris S. Arnold Jan 1983

The Arkansas Colonial Legal System, 1686-1766, Morris S. Arnold

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An Early Opinion Of An Arkansas Trial Court, Morris S. Arnold Jan 1982

An Early Opinion Of An Arkansas Trial Court, Morris S. Arnold

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Property As Government In Eighteenth-Century America: The Case Of New York City, Hendrik Hartog Jan 1981

Property As Government In Eighteenth-Century America: The Case Of New York City, Hendrik Hartog

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A Historical Inquiry Into The Right To Trial By Jury In Complex Civil Litigation, Morris S. Arnold Jan 1980

A Historical Inquiry Into The Right To Trial By Jury In Complex Civil Litigation, Morris S. Arnold

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Because All The World Was Not New York City: Governance, Property Rights, And The State In The Changing Definition Of A Corporation, 1730-1860, Hendrik Hartog Jan 1979

Because All The World Was Not New York City: Governance, Property Rights, And The State In The Changing Definition Of A Corporation, 1730-1860, Hendrik Hartog

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Book Review. The Transformation Of American Law, 1780-1860 By Morton J. Horwitz, Morris S. Arnold Jan 1977

Book Review. The Transformation Of American Law, 1780-1860 By Morton J. Horwitz, Morris S. Arnold

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Book Review. The Growth Of American Law: The Law Makers By James Willard Hurst, Frank Edward Horack Jr. Jan 1951

Book Review. The Growth Of American Law: The Law Makers By James Willard Hurst, Frank Edward Horack Jr.

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Book Review. Readings In American Legal History By M. D. Howe, John P. Frank Jan 1949

Book Review. Readings In American Legal History By M. D. Howe, John P. Frank

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Book Review. Pound, R., The Formative Era Of American Law, Jerome Hall Jan 1939

Book Review. Pound, R., The Formative Era Of American Law, Jerome Hall

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