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Every Man Has A Right To Decide His Own Destiny: The Development Of Native Hawaiian Self-Determination Compared To Self-Determination Of Native Alaskans And The People Of Puerto Rico, Michael W. Carroll
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Fox Hunting, Pheasant Shooting And Comparative Law, Alan Watson, Khaled Abou El Fadl
Fox Hunting, Pheasant Shooting And Comparative Law, Alan Watson, Khaled Abou El Fadl
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The Roman jurists, ancient rabbis and Muslim jurists were very different people. Above all, the rabbis and Muslim jurists were engaged on a search for law as truth. And the Roman jurists were much more obviously upper-class gentlemen.91 But the similarities are great. All three had a passion for legal interpretation. They delighted in discussing hypothetical cases. They chased after solutions by ways of reasoning devised by themselves. Practical utility, while present, was in the background. At times, to outsiders, their opinions seem outr6, even callous, remote from reality. They have little interest in what actually happens in court: their …