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Legal friction law, narrative, and identity politics in biblical Israel / by Hepner, Gershon

Table of Contents: “…Moses' unsuccessful attempt to resolve disputes reflects an attempt to enforce the covenant code -- Surviving the construction industry : Pharaoh's decrees force the Israelites to violate the Sabbath and the covenant code -- The remains of the day : Manna, God's seed, is resurrected by the Sabbath like the resurrection of two boys by Elijah and Elisha -- Overexposed : the Israelites' suspicion that Moses had violated the prohibition of exposing one's nakedness before God leads to the sin of the golden calf -- Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow : 'the morrow of the Sabbath' in Leviticus 23:11-17 commemorates a 'high-handed' exodus -- So goodbye, dear, and amen : the priestly law of the jealous husband transforms the deuteronomic law of divorce -- Divine dermatology : Miriam's scale disease resembles a food forbidden in Leviticus 11 and constitutes a hidden polemic condoning intermarriage -- Holy war : interplay between the deuteronomic law of warfare (Deuteronomy 20:1-4), Exodus 14, and Isaiah 52:7-12 -- Blood suckers : the deuteronomic law of Amalek reflects the concern for underdogs -- Le(vite) divorce : the fate of the concubine at Giveah reflects the deuteronomic law of divorce -- Le mariage : the Benjaminites' marriage echoes the holiness code's marriage sacrament described in the law of the horticultural holiness (Leviticus 19:23-25) -- Hemorrhoid city : the Philistines' plague of hemorrhoids alludes to Pharaoh's fecal heart syndrome and to a deuteronomic law regarding the disposal of excrement -- Sticks and stones : holiness code's law of the blasphemer and Talion law allude to events involving Shimei the Son of Gera and Goliath -- Beyond the fringes : the tassel law cited in Ruth counters anti-davidic polemics associated with Tamar and Lot's daughters --…”
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Family upheaval generation, mobility and relatedness among Pakistani migrants in Denmark / by Rytter, Mikkel

Table of Contents: “…Histories -- Macro-perspectives : the usual suspects -- Micro-perspectives : contested notions of improvements -- Part 2. Marriages -- Between preferences : love marriages as symbolic mobility -- Welfare-state nomads in the borderlands of Sweden and Denmark -- "The Danish family" and "the aliens" -- Part 3. …”
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By force and fear taking and breaking monastic vows in early modern Europe / by Schutte, Anne Jacobson

Table of Contents: “…Forced monachization, 1668-1793 : an overview -- Literary and historiographical contexts -- Elders and forced monachization -- Waging law in the congregation of the council -- Contracts and fear in monachization and marriage -- Witnesses to forced monachization -- Degrees of separation -- War and coerced monachization -- Continuity and change in forced monachization.…”
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Essays on Halakhah in the New Testament by Jackson, Bernard S.

Table of Contents: “…Historical observations on the relationship between letter and spirit -- The prophet and the law in early Judaism and the New Testament -- The trials of Jesus and Jeremiah -- Testes singulares in early Jewish law and the New Testament -- Susanna and the singular history of singular witnesses -- The Jewish background to the prodigal son : an unresolved problem -- Risk-taking shepherds -- "Holier than thou"? …”
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Autour de l' enfant du droit canonique et romain médiéval au code civil de 1804 / by Lefebvre-Teillard, Anne

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Crimes against women

Table of Contents: “…Nyamongo -- Female genital mutilation in Senegal and Somalia / Tobe Levin -- Patriarchal dominance and female subservience in Ethiopia / Melissa Krall -- Honour killings and the law in Turkey / Ece Göztepe -- Female suicide in Afghanistan / Carol Mann -- An Ngo's long-term strategy in Pakistan / Naeem Sarfraz -- Dowries in India / Ruchi Anand -- The dalit women of India / Rajeni Chagar -- Acid attacks in Bangladesh / Mahera Khaleque -- The Jhumma women of Bangladesh / Anonymous -- Trafficking in women in Russia / Anonymous -- Abuse of women in medieval and early modern Spain / Isabel Pérez Molina -- Forced marriage as a foreign policy issue in the United Kingdom / Sir Christopher MacRae -- A celebrated lynching in the United States / Carol Lee Bowers.…”
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Out of the closets & into the courts legal opportunity structure and gay rights litigation / by Andersen, Ellen Ann

Table of Contents: “…The puzzle of gay rights litigation -- LOS and the emergence of gay rights litigation -- An overview of Lambda and its litigation -- Sodomy reform from Stonewall to Bowers -- Sodomy reform from Bowers to Lawrence -- The law and politics of antigay initiatives -- The case of same-sex marriage -- LOS and legal change.…”
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Critical tax theory an introduction /

Table of Contents: “…Brown -- Tax and race : the impact on Asian Americans / Mylinh Uy -- Race and equality across the law school curriculum : tax exempt law / David A. …”
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Reconceptualizing children's rights in international development living rights, social justice, translations /

Table of Contents: “…Living Rights: 2. Ukugana: 'informal marriage' and children's rights discourse among rural 'AIDS-orphans' in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa Patricia C. …”
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Wife to widow lives, laws, and politics in nineteenth-century Montreal / by Bradbury, Bettina

Table of Contents: “…pt. 1. Marriage, identity, and the law -- pt. 2. Individual itineraries of widowhood.…”
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Rabbinic perspectives rabbinic literature and the Dead Sea scrolls : proceedings of the eighth International Symposium of the Orion Center for the Study of the Dead Sea Scrolls and...

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Illuminating Leviticus a study of its laws and institutions in the light of biblical narratives / by Carmichael, Calum M.

Table of Contents: “…Introduction : the nature of biblical law -- Looking at Leviticus : Leviticus 10-14 -- Genital impurity in the lineages of David and Jonathan : Leviticus 15 -- The Day of Atonement : Leviticus 16 -- The slaughter of animals : Leviticus 17:2-9 -- The blood taboo : Leviticus 17:10-16 -- Mourning and marriage rules for priests : Leviticus 21 -- Life and lies of David : Leviticus 22 and 23 -- Blasphemies : Leviticus 24 -- The Year of Jubilee : Leviticus 25 -- Three laws on the release of slaves : Exodus 21:2-11, Deuteronomy 15:12-18, and Leviticus 25:39-46.…”
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Justice at war civil liberties and civil rights during times of crisis / by Delgado, Richard

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Incest & influence the private life of bourgeois England / by Kuper, Adam

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Opening doors gender equality and development in the Middle East and North Africa /

Table of Contents: “…-- Religion is too simplistic an explanation -- Oil endowments alone cannot explain the paradox either -- Social norms and the legal framework limit women's agency -- Social and cultural norms constrain women's roles outside the home -- Evolving norms and the invisible hand of marriage -- Equality under the law and its enforcement is critical for women's agency -- Legal systems differ widely and derive from multiple sources -- Legal constraints to women's agency in MENA -- Economic incentives dampen participation in the workforce -- A social contract underpinned by a generous but costly welfare state -- Extensive public sector employment with generous compensation -- Generous subsidies encourage women to stay at home -- State regulation and intervention in the market -- Heavy investment in education, but not the kind that businesses want -- Unequal access to entrepreneurship opportunities -- The time for reform is now -- Aspirations are changing -- As education levels increase, female labor force participation will likely increase -- A demographic gift? …”
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Occupying power sex workers and servicemen in postwar Japan / by Kovner, Sarah (Sarah C.), 1973-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction : a special business -- "To transship them to some suitable island" : making policy in the midst of chaos -- Violence, commerce, marriage -- When flesh glittered : selling sex in Sasebo and Tokyo -- Legislating women : the push for a prostitution prevention law -- The high politics of base pleasures : regulating morality for the postwar era -- The presence of the past : controversies over sex work since 1956 -- Conclusion : beyond victimhood.…”
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Mishpachah /

Table of Contents: “…Family values and biblical courtship and marriage: spanning the time barrier /…”
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Contested constitutionalism reflections on the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms /

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E.D.E.N. Southworth recovering a nineteenth-century popular novelist /

Table of Contents: “…Intertextual Southworth -- pt. 4. Southworth, marriage, and the law.…”
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America's prophets : how judicial activism makes America great / by Dow, David R.

Table of Contents: “…Connecticut and the rise of judicial prophecy -- Prophetic interpretation of biblical law -- The idea of American law -- Contemporary problems for the activist judge : race, religion, same-sex marriage, abortion, and euthanasia.…”
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