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History and Power in the Study of Law : New Directions in Legal Anthropology /

Table of Contents: “…Constructing and shaping law:…”
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Knowledge, Spirit, Law, Book 2: The Anti-Capitalist Sublime by Keeney, Gavin

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Cicero's Law : Rethinking Roman Law of the Late Republic /

Table of Contents: “…Part I. On law -- A Barzunesque view of Cicero : from giant to dwarf and back / Philip Thomas -- Reading a dead man's mind : Hellenistic philosophy, rhetoric and Roman law / Olga Tellegen-Couperus and Jan Willem Tellegen -- Law's nature : philosophy as a legal argument in Cicero's writings / Benedikt Forschner -- Part II. …”
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New Horizons in Spanish Colonial Law : Contributions to Transnational Early Modern Legal History /

Table of Contents: “…Theater of conscience in the "living law" of the Indies /…”
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While Waiting for Rain : Community, Economy, and Law in a Time of Change / by Schlegel, John Henry

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Presidential Accountability in Wartime : President Bush, the Treatment of Detainees, and the Laws of War / by Streichler, Stuart, 1957-

Table of Contents: “…The law of war -- The new paradigm -- Congress and an unchecked presidency -- The court versus the Commander in Chief -- The torture debate.…”
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In Contempt : Nineteenth-Century Women, Law, and Literature / by Kalsem, Kristin, 1962-

Table of Contents: “…Narrative advocacy, outlaw texts, and nineteenth-century Portias -- A novel approach to feminist jurisprudence : narrating the gothic reality of coverture -- Legislative histories and literary herstories : infanticide, bastardy, and the "lewd woman" -- Birth control on trial : law, literature, and libel -- Sitting in judgment : a cross-examination of women, law, and empire -- Appealing women : late-century publication of private wrongs.…”
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Doing the Right Thing : Collective Action and Procedural Choice in the New Legislative Process / by Becker, Lawrence, 1969-

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Executing Race : Early American Women's Narratives of Race, Society, and the Law / by Harris, Sharon M.

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Pursuing Johns : Criminal Law Reform, Defending Character, and New York City's Committee of Fourteen, 1920-1930 / by Mackey, Thomas C., 1956-

Table of Contents: “…"To live correctly": themes and the significance of character -- "Only the Barbarian waits": New York City's committee of fourteen -- Drifted: feminist reformers and prostitution's changes in the twenties -- "The time has come": vagrancy law, police procedure, and proceeding against the customers -- People v. …”
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One Word - Yak Kaleme : 19th Century Persian Treatise Introducing Western Codified Law / by Mustashār al-Dawlah, Yūsuf ibn Kāẓim, -1895 or 1896

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Literary Obscenities : U.S. Case Law and Naturalism after Modernism / by Bachman, Erik M., 1981-

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Maurice Sugar : Law, Labor, and the Left in Detroit, 1912-1950 / by Johnson, Christopher H.

Table of Contents: “…Prison and Politics, 1918-23; 4. Law and the Class Struggle, 1924-32; 5. The Left Community and the Labor Movement, 1932-35; 6. …”
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South Boston, My Home Town : The History of an Ethnic Neighborhood / by O'Connor, Thomas H., 1922-2012

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Sacred Men : Law, Torture, and Retribution in Guam / by Camacho, Keith L.

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Storm over Savannah : The Story of Count d'Estaing and the Siege of the Town in 1779 / by Lawrence, Alexander A., 1906-1979

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Following in Footsteps or Marching Alone? : How Institutional Differences Influence Renewable Energy Policy / by Parinandi, Srinivas C.

Subjects: “…Renewable energy sources States Law and legislation United States 21st century Case studies. 176881…”
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La vida y la muerte ante el poder policiaco : Raza, violencia y resistencia en Puerto Rico / by LeBrón, Marisol

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Les relations du travail au Québec, 2e édition / by Leclerc, Michel, 1939-

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Obscenity and the Limits of Liberalism /

Table of Contents: “…Forging hetero-collectives : obscenity law in India /…”
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