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The Supreme Judicial Court In Its Fourth Century: Meeting The Challenge Of The "New Constitutional Revolution", Charles Baron
The Supreme Judicial Court In Its Fourth Century: Meeting The Challenge Of The "New Constitutional Revolution", Charles Baron
Charles H. Baron
In the mid-19th century, when the United States was confronted with daunting changes wrought by its expanding frontiers and the advent of the industrial revolution, its state supreme courts developed the principles of law which facilitated the nation's growth into the great continental power it became. First in influence among these state supreme courts was the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts-whose chief justice, Lemuel Shaw, came widely to be known as "America's greatest magistrate." It is this tradition that the court brings with it as it develops its place in the "new constitutional revolution" presently sweeping our state supreme courts. …
Las Reformas Constitucionales En Materia De Libertad Religiosa, Jorge Carlos Adame
Las Reformas Constitucionales En Materia De Libertad Religiosa, Jorge Carlos Adame
Jorge Adame Goddard
No abstract provided.
Francis Bacon, Daniel Coquillette
Francis Bacon, Daniel Coquillette
Daniel R. Coquillette
This is the first modern book to describe Francis Bacon's jurisprudence. He has long been famous as a scientist, philosopher, politician and literary giant, but his career as one of England's greatest lawyers and jurists has been largely overlooked. Bacon's major contribution to Anglo-American jurisprudence is presented in such a way as to be suitable to specialists and non-specialists alike. The purpose is to restore Bacon to his rightful place as England's first true critical and analytical jurist, and to describe how his legal thought related to his other great intellectual achievements.
Popes, Teachers And Canon Law In The Middle Ages, Laurent Mayali
Popes, Teachers And Canon Law In The Middle Ages, Laurent Mayali
Laurent Mayali
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