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    A public empire : property and the quest for the common good in imperial Russia / by Pravilova, E. A. (Ekaterina Anatolevna)

    Published 2014
    Table of Contents: “…Environmentalism, industrialization, and the politics of property -- The meanings of property -- Forests, minerals, and the controversy over property in post-emancipation Russia -- Nationalizing rivers, expropriating lands -- The treasures of the fatherland -- Inventing national patrimony -- Private possessions and national art -- "Estates on Parnassus": literary property and cultural reform -- Writers and the audience: legal provisions and public discourse -- The private letters of national literature.…”
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    Giving It All Away The Story of William W. Cook and His Michigan Law Quadrangle / by Leary, Margaret A.

    Published 2011
    Table of Contents: “…The 1931 lawsuit -- 1858-82 : Hillsdale childhood, student days in Ann Arbor -- 1882-98 : the ambitious young New York lawyer, the brilliant writer on corporate law, the wooer and husband of Ida Olmstead, the indispensable employee of John Mackay -- 1898-1910 : divorcing Ida, thriving at the Mackay companies, losing a boss and mentor, becoming a man of property, establishing enduring friendships, making philanthropic plans for the University of Michigan -- 1910-19 : rapport with President Hutchins, less rapport with Dean Bates, meeting Myrtle White, making Michigan commitments, honoring a revered mother, moving into an elegant Manhattan town house, a possible case of heartbreak, continuing a distinguished legal career -- John T. …”
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    Giving It All Away : The Story of William W. Cook and His Michigan Law Quadrangle / by Leary, Margaret A.

    Published 2011
    Table of Contents: “…The 1931 lawsuit -- 1858-82 : Hillsdale childhood, student days in Ann Arbor -- 1882-98 : the ambitious young New York lawyer, the brilliant writer on corporate law, the wooer and husband of Ida Olmstead, the indispensable employee of John Mackay -- 1898-1910 : divorcing Ida, thriving at the Mackay companies, losing a boss and mentor, becoming a man of property, establishing enduring friendships, making philanthropic plans for the University of Michigan -- 1910-19 : rapport with President Hutchins, less rapport with Dean Bates, meeting Myrtle White, making Michigan commitments, honoring a revered mother, moving into an elegant Manhattan town house, a possible case of heartbreak, continuing a distinguished legal career -- John T. …”
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    Law in Japan a turning point /

    Published 2007
    Table of Contents: “…New knowledge concerning Japan's legal system before 1868, acquired from Japanese sources by Western writers since 1963 / Carl Steenstrup -- Criminal trials in the early Meiji-era-- with particular reference to the ukagai/shirei system / Nobuhiko Kasumi -- Law, culture, and conflict : dispute resolution in postwar Japan / Eric A. …”
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