Today's (2/7/2012) New Book Releases on Law

The Game of Conservation: International Treaties to Protect the World's Migratory Animals (Ecology & History) by Mark Cioc - 232 pages

$42.95 - $92.44

The Game of Conservation is a brilliantly crafted and highly readable examination of nature protection around the world.

Twentieth-century nature conservation treaties often originated as attempts to regulate the pace of killing rather than as attempts to protect animal habitat. Some were prompted by major breakthroughs in firearm techniques, such as the invention of the elephant gun and grenade harpoons, but agricultural development was at least as important as hunting regulations in determining the fate of migratory species. The treaties had many defects, yet they also served the goal of conservation to good effect, often saving key species from complete extermination and sometimes keeping the population numbers at viable levels. It is because of these treaties that Africa is dotted with large national parks, that North America has an extensive network of bird refuges, and that there are any whales left in the oceans. All of these treaties are still in effect today, and all continue to influence nature-protection efforts around the globe.

Drawing on a wide variety of primary and secondary sources, Mark Cioc shows that a handful of treaties—all designed to protect the world’s most commercially important migratory species—have largely shaped the contours of global nature conservation over the past century. The scope of the book ranges from the African savannahs and the skies of North America to the frigid waters of the Antarctic.

Breaking the Logjam: Environmental Protection That Will Work by Professor David Schoenbrod, Richard B. Stewart, Katrina M. Wyman - 216 pages

$23.99 - $49.39

After several decades of significant but incomplete successes, environmental protection in the United States is stuck. Administrations under presidents of both parties have fallen well short of the goals of their environmental statutes. Schoenbrod, Stewart, and Wyman, distinguished scholars in the field of environmental law, identify the core problems with existing environmental statutes and programs and explain how Congress can fix them. Based on a project the authors led that incorporated the work of more than fifty leading environmental experts, this book is a call to action through public understanding based on a nonpartisan argument for smarter, more flexible regulatory programs to stimulate the economy and encourage green technology.

Songs for our pilgrimage by Worthie Harris Holden - 58 pages

$12.93 - $14.82

This is an OCR edition without illustrations or index. It may have numerous typos or missing text. However, purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original rare book from GeneralBooksClub.com. You can also preview excerpts from the book there. Purchasers are also entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books Club where they can select from more than a million books without charge. Original Published by: Review and Herald Pub. Association in 1920 in 151 pages; Subjects: LawAmerican literature; Music; Motion pictures; American drama; American periodicals; Maps; Art museums; Law / Intellectual Property / General; Law / Intellectual Property / Copyright; Literary Criticism / American / General; Performing Arts / Film & Video / General; Performing Arts / Film & Video / History & Criticism;

The bachelor's Christmas and The matrimonial tontine benefit association by Robert Grant - 36 pages

$14.13

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated.1902 Excerpt: ... growled Joe. "Before you go, old man," he said, hooking his arm into his brother's, and dragging him in the direction of the diningroom, "-we'll have a drink. I put a pint of fizz on the ice this morning for your special benefit. It won't take two minutes to mix the cock-tail." Thereupon Joe gave the bell-handle a wrench, and directed that the bottle in the ice-chest should be brought up together with the cracked ice which he had ordered to be in readiness, and in a very short space of time the white-capped maid reappeared with a waiter laden with all the necessary ingredients for the delectable beverage in question. Joe carefully measured out some bitters, pop went the cork of the Perrier Jouet, and presently the brothers were looking at each other over two brimming glasses. "Wish you merry Christmas, Joe." "Wish you merry Christmas, Tom. And here's to her" Joe paused an instant before he drank to add, " It's a big mistake you're not married, Tom. All I can say is some girl is losing a first-class husband. I say here's to her" Tom, who had waited at the words, raised his glass solemnly. "There is no her and there never will be," he said, with quiet decision. "Still, since you give the toast, Joe, I'll drink it. It's not poisonous," he added, with a wry smile--" so here's to her." He drained his glass and set it down on the waiter, then for an instant stood ruminantly with his back to the open fire. "The drink was better than the toast in my case, Joe. My her must have died in infancy." "Honest Injun, Tom?" asked Joe, as he gripped his brother's hand held out for a parting shake and looked into his face. Tom's eyes quailed before the honest gaze. His lip quivered. "I'm an infernal liar, Joe, and you know it. But what's the use? She wouldn't have me, man--an...

The brotherhood of men, its laws and lessons by William Unsworth - 58 pages

$19.99

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated.1872 Excerpt: ... this duty because of special positions in society. Without exception it enjoins justice upon every human being in every social condition. Men everywhere are required to do justly, as well as to love mercy, and walk humbly with their God. What they would that others should do to them, they are bound to do toward others. Herein people must exercise themselves to have a conscience void of offence toward God and man. These are some of the cardinal laws of human conduct, the principal rules by which we are to be guided in our actions toward our brother men. There is to be no disposition, no attempt whatever, to lower the exalted standard of Christian morality. If our practice falls below the Christian standard we must blame ourselves, not the Gospel. We cannot and must not dare to attempt to alter that sublime law of human procedure. It is given by the common Father of the race, enforced and expounded by Christ our Elder Brother. It is intended to regulate'human dealings and intercourse down to the latest generations. It plainly informs us that we ought to conduct ourselves on the strictest principles of justice toward the property of men,--not to defraud in any matter, and to owe no man anything (1 Thess. iv. 6, &c.); toward the character of men,--to speak evil of no man (Titus iii. 2); and toward the person of men,--to do violence to no man. (Luke iii. 14.) Indeed, "whatsoever things are just," as well as lovely and of good report, we must, according to the injunction of the Apostle, " think on these things," not as mere matters of curious speculation or idle amusement, but as the daily principles of procedure. If justice be considered in its distributive character, then magistrates and rulers must give right and equity to every man, according to the laws and ...

A Casebook on Roman Property Law (American Philological Association Classical Resources Series) by Herbert Hausmaninger, Richard Gamauf, George A. Sheets - 384 pages

$27.49

This book provides a thorough introduction to Roman property law by means of "cases," consisting of brief excerpts from Roman juristic sources in the original Latin with accompanying English translations. The cases are selected and grouped so as to provide an overview of each topic and an orderly exposition of its parts. To each case is attached a set of questions that invite the reader to, e.g., clarify ambiguities in the jurist's argument, reconcile one holding with another, supply missing but necessary facts to account for the holding, and/or engage in other analytical activities. The casebook also illustrates the survival and adaptation of elements of Roman property law in the modern European civil codes, especially the three most influential of those codes: the General Civil Code of Austria (Allgemeines Bï¿½rgerliches Gesetzbuch), the German Civil Code (Bï¿½rgerliches Gesetzbuch), and the Civil Code of Switzerland (Zivilgesetzbuch). All code excerpts are accompanied by English translations. By comparing and contrasting how the codes have adopted, adapted, or rejected an underlying Roman rule or concept, it is possible for the reader to observe the dynamic character and continuing life of the Roman legal tradition. To facilitate comparison with corresponding rules and concepts in the English common law tradition, additional texts and questions prepared by the translator will be mounted on an accompanying website, www.oup.com/us/romanpropertylaw.

The Land-title registration act of the state of New York; indexed with introduction by Dorr Viele - 46 pages

$14.13 - $84.00

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated.1916 Excerpt: ... INTRODUCTORY STATEMENT THE PURPOSE OF REGISTRATION. Purpose. The purpose of land title registration (the Torrens System) is to furnish for land an evidence of the title which shall be always available, complete in itself, and as to which the right to rely thereon shall not be restricted to one person, as in the case of an attorney's opinion, but shall extend to all who have occasion to be interested. How Met. This purpose is met by the certificate of registered title issued by the County Registrar, who is the County Clerk acting in another capacity. (In the counties of Kings, Westchester and New York the County Register is the Registrar.) Certificate of Title. The certificate is a simple statement of the ownership of the land which it describes, giving the owner's name and address and if married his wife's name. It is evidence in any court of the facts on its face and that the provisions of law up to the time of its issue have been complied with. The certificate is issued in duplicate; the original is a page in a book in the Registrar's office, the duplicate is given the owner. As changes in the title to registered property are made through the Registrar (exhibited in the certificate itself or by endorsements on it attested by his signature) the certificate at all times shows the condition of the title by mere inspection. How Registered Title Transferred. Title after it has once been registered is transferred on sale by the Registrar's issuing a new certificate in the name of the purchaser and cancelling the earlier original and duplicate. The keynote of the system is the handling of the title by the certificate. To authorize the Registrar to certify a new owner he requires a deed in any of the customary forms to be filed with him and the parties to agree i...

Letters between Emilia and Harriet; on a variety of familiar and interesting occasions by Maria Susanna Cooper - 48 pages

$14.13 - $15.39

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated.1762 Excerpt: ... LETTER X. Emilia to Harriet. YOUR Letter, my beloved Friend, astonished and shocked me. My Surprize was greatly inferior to my Concern, for I always had a bad Opinion of Sir George, though, I now find, a better than he deserved. Poor Laurinda! How I pity her? What must she have suffered? I rejoice at her Perseverance in resisting the Attacks of Vice. Happy is she, who early sees and reforms the Errors of her Conduct. I rejoice, that the All-gracious Being has enabled her to consider properly on the past. May she fully atone for it, by a future Regularity of Behaviour. Her ingenuous Confession proves the Sincerity of her Repentance. That Repentance and Sincerity must render der her dear to the truly generous and benevolent Mind. They ar? the only Pretenders to Virtue, who are inflexible to penitent Offenders. Real Goodness is. never severe, but delights to perceive a Return to Virtue; and indeed, how can we reasonably expect Forgiveness of our own Faults, if we refuse it to others? Let us reflect on our frequent Deviations, which while they convince us of our Fallibility, will prove beneficial to us, both with regard to our own, and others Conduct. Would the wretched Sensualist indulge some Moments of Reflection, surely it would be impossible he should pursue a Course of Life, fatal to himself, and which involves in his own, the Ruin of many unhappy Creatures! Can any Man be so wholly lost to Goodness, as to look back without Horror and Contrition on the. dreadful Consequences of a Moment's Pleasure? Can he reconcile to himself the SeF 4 jff duction duction of an innocent Creature, whom he has introduced to all the Miseries of Guilt, perhaps to Poverty and Contempt; and, what is far more shocking, of whose eternal Condemnation he is perhaps.tfce first Occasi...

New commentaries on the laws of England (Volume 76); (Partly founded on Blackstone). by Henry John Stephen - 376 pages

$26.59

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated.1841 Excerpt: ... SECTION II. OF THE NATURE OF LAWS IN GENERAL. By the term Laws we here intend to denote the rules of human action or conduct; that is, the precepts by which man, the noblest of all sublunary beings, a creature endowed with both reason and free-will, is commanded to make use of those faculties in the general regulation of his behaviour. Man, considered as a creature, must necessarily be subject to the laws of his Creator, for he is entirely a dependent being. A being, independent of any other, has no rule to pursue, but such as he prescribes to himself; but a state of dependence will inevitably oblige the inferior to take the will of him on whom he depends as the rule of his conduct; not, indeed, in every particular, but in all those points wherein his dependence consists. This principle, therefore, has more or less extent and effect, in proportion as the superiority of the one and the dependence of the other is greater or less, absolute or limited. And consequently, as man depends absolutely upon his Maker for every thing, it is necessary that he should, in all points, conform to his Maker's will. This will of his Maker is called the law of nature. For as God, when he created matter, and endued it with a principle of mobility, established certain rules for the perpetual direction of that motion, so, when he created man, and endued him with free-will to conduct himself in all parts of life, he laid down certain immutable laws of human nature, whereby that free-will is in some degree regulated and restrained, and gave him also the faculty of reason to discover the purport of those laws. Such, among others, are these principles: that we should live reputably, should hurt nobody, and should render to every one his due; to which three general precepts Justinian ...

Occasional poems and verses by J. Cumming Goodfellow - 64 pages

$16.22

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated.1893 Excerpt: ... When thought and feeling Have passed away, And dead I lie Among kindred clay At rest then. Oh Death! sweet and kind Is thy cold embrace, Though no smile is seen On the placid face; For 'tis thine to bless, When life's course is o'er, All earth's wearied ones With rest evermore, Evermore. THINKINGS, OCTOBER 13, 1885. I try to woo the muse to-night, But fear my trying is in vain; For though my senses feel the glow Of power, it is akin to pain. The inspiration that I crave, And sit and wish for, does not come; And thus the feeling that I have Is that 'twere better I were dumb, Than thus to hunger after thoughts Which seem to hang before my eye; Yet dance and glitter in mid air, And when I try to seize them, fly. Oh! bright, delusive, fleeting forms, Oh! thoughts that tempt a poet's pen; Why is thy substance ill to grasp, And show unto my fellow men? Am I without the poet's power? Are no strong words of passion mine? Must I for ever try to grasp What me eludes, and make no sign? To me the fervour of a cause, The nobler part hath ever seemed; That can exalt the soul of man, Or make this life the heaven he dreamed. Behold the higher, holier law, That down through all the ages floats--The law which makes self sacrifice The noblest work the world notes. He, who on Calvary lost his life, Though born a poor, ignoble Jew, Whose bitter words and narrow creed To life and thought were most untrue, Receives to-day the world's acclaim, Because he dared to face the strife Of base hypocrisy and pride, That held fast bound a nation's life. He came and freed the mind from chains That held it firm, as jailor's hand The prisoners in a dungeon deep Holds fast in an unhappy land. 'Tis true that bigots since that time, Have fetters forged, and in his name Have tried to rule the wor...

Ohio Canal Era: A Case Study of Government and the Economy, 1820-1861 by Harry N. Scheiber - 460 pages

$34.95 - $37.58

Ohio Canal Era, a rich analysis of state policies and their impact in directing economic change, is a classic on the subject of the pre–Civil War transportation revolution. This edition contains a new foreword by scholar Lawrence M. Friedman and a bibliographic note by the author. Professor Scheiber explores how Ohio—as a “public enterprise state,” creating state agencies and mobilizing public resources for transport innovation and control—led in the process of economic change before the Civil War. No other historical account of the period provides so full and insightful a portrayal of “law in action.” Scheiber reveals the important roles of American nineteenth- century government in economic policy-making, finance, administration, and entrepreneurial activities in support of economic development. His study is equally important as an economic history. Scheiber provides a full account of waves of technological innovation and of the transformation of Ohio’s commerce, agriculture, and industrialization in an era of hectic economic change. And he tells the intriguing story of how the earliest railroads of the Old Northwest were built and financed, finally confronting the state- owned canal system with a devastating competitive challenge. Amid the current debate surrounding “privatization,” “deregulation,” and the appropriate use of “industrial policy” by government to shape and channel the economy. Scheiber’s landmark study gives vital historical context to issues of privatization and deregulation that we confront in new forms today.

Perran-Zabuloe; with an account of the past and present state of the oratory of St. Piran in the Sands, and remarks on its antiquity by William Haslam - 74 pages

$19.99

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated.1844 Excerpt: ... which we have given a representation above. The projecting ears, the peculiar lines by which the features of the face are delineated, correspond exactly, line for line, with the heads alluded to, which are in the Museum in Truro. Evidently these were copied from the figure itself, or executed by the hand of the same ingenious sculptor of remote times. The position in which the figure is carved is singular, and may also have its meaning, if we did but know it. It will be observed the Saint is sitting in a 'very unnatural posture, and shewing his heels; indeed it seems the great effort of the position that he should shew his heels. The word "Seir," in the name "Seir-Kyran," signifies a "heel y" but what connection there is between these incidents, or what interesting legend ought to be known concerning the Saint's heels, we have not been able yet to discover. The date of this figure we suppose must be subsequent to the period of the Saint's departure from the place of his first ministration: probably it was executed as a monument to his memory soon after, and we should add, very soon after, his departure; for the history of the progress of the arts in Ireland would lead us to expect better specimens of it even so early as the sixth century. St. Kyran lived in this place in the middle of the fifth: at this time, and before this period, we may suppose it was a place of importance, for there are many remains of early military defences, such as fosses and ramparts; among them, in pretty good preservation, is a square encampment, formed by a turf rampart and ditch. The ancient name of this place was "Saiger," derived, it is supposed, from " Saigeoir," a sawyer, "owing to the wooden buildings of which the town was originally composed." There can be little doubt tha...

Pictures from English literature by Sara A. Hamlin - 58 pages

$15.96

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated.1892 Excerpt: ... Pictures From English Literature, JClNQ RTHUR AND 4lg Jcniqht?. The first picture that I want to show you was not the work of a single artist. It was begun, more than six hundred years ago, by a Welsh monk, called Geoffrey of Monmouth. In later times, other artists made many additions to it, some of which greatly increased its beauty. At length, the great painter, Alfred Tennyson, retouched the whole picture, giving it its present rich coloring and perfect finish; so that it is numbered to-day among the most fascinating paintings in the whole gallery of literature. It represents King Arthur and his twelve brave knights, seated about the famous Round Table, which was built by Merlin, the wonderful magician. Do you see the king at the head of the table?-There, at his right, sits the bold Sir Launcelot du Lac; next to him, is the gentle Sir Perceval; while there, in the " Seat Perilous," where, until this time,-no man was allowed to sit, is the peerless Sir Galahad. Arthur loved his noble knights,' and he was never so happy as when listening to the recital of their valiant deeds. Has not the king a noble face? Truly, he does look as though he wore " the white flower of a blameless life." As he sits there talking with Launcelot, his favorite knight, can you mark the difference between the two countenances? Arthur's face, calm and pale, tells of a life dedicated to high thoughts and noble deeds; while that of the handsome Launcelot is seamed with lines of unrest and secret trouble. But what a grand-looking set of men they all are! It would be strange indeed did they look otherwise, if they have kept the vows to which they are pledged; to do no outrage nor murder, never to take part in a wrongful quarrel, and always to do battle for the weak and oppressed. From t...

"Scratches" of a surgeon by William Tod Helmuth - 64 pages

$19.99

This is an OCR edition without illustrations or index. It may have numerous typos or missing text. However, purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original rare book from GeneralBooksClub.com. You can also preview excerpts from the book there. Purchasers are also entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books Club where they can select from more than a million books without charge. Original Published by: W. A. Chatterton and company in 1879 in 130 pages; Subjects: Medicine; Law / General; Law / Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice; Law / International; Literary Collections / Essays; Medical / General; Medical / History; Travel / Essays & Travelogues;

Sketches of Judaism and the Jews by Alexander Mccaul - 60 pages

$16.94

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated.1838 Excerpt: ... THE SOCIAL AND RELIGIOUS CONDITION OF THE RABBINIC JEWESS. The progress of Jewish reform has created schools for Jewish female children, both free schools for the poor, and establishments of a higher order for the wealthy. But who ever heard of a female school amongst old-fashioned Rabbinical Jews? or who ever saw a Rabbinical schoolmistress, or a Rabbinical Jewess who gained a livelihood by teaching? The female schools in London, in Germany, in Warsaw, have all emanated from the power of Christian example, or the direct influence of the Government; they are not the natural offspring of Rabbinism, and consequently where this system still reigns, as in the East, and Poland generally, they are not to be found. Very many of the Jewish female children do not learn to read at all. Those that do learn are not taught by one of their own sex, but by a melammed, or a rabbi, or a tutor. In very rare instances they learn to translate Hebrew, but in general they only learn to read the words, that they may be able to repeat prayers which they do not understand. In Poland, they learn besides to read the vernacular dialect, and frequently also to write it, as they are much employed in shopkeeping, and sometimes manage all the worldly business, that the husband may give himself unreservedly to the study of the Talmud; and this last circumstance shows, if it were not abundantly attested by the high degree of mental cultivation and accomplishment commonly found amongst the Jewesses in Germany, that this want of education is not to be ascribed to any defect in the Jewish female mind, but to some external cause. The spirit of Rabbinism it is which degrades womankind, and does not suffer her to exercise the faculties which God has given. Rabbinism lays it down as an axiom, that...

Reminiscences of Samuel Dexter; Originally written for the Boston evening transcript by Lucius Manlius Sargent - 44 pages

$14.13 - $43.81

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated.1857 Excerpt: ... No. XIII. In those feverish days, some four and forty years ago, the office of the Suffolk Insurance Company was more noted, for its daily, political harangues, than for its semi-annual dividends. There, the prominent leaders of the Federal party were in the habit of dropping in, and talking over the topics of the day, and, especially, during that exciting period, over the grievances of the country--the embargo--the accursed war--and the weak and wicked administration, that was plunging the nation into irretrievable ruin. Such were the honest views and opinions of those, who freely and frequently expressed them. The honorable of the earth were there collected, from day to day--men, whose motives were unimpeachable. The voice of Mr. Parsons, then Chief Justice of the Commonwealth, was often heard in those conventicles; not in his official capacity, of course, but as the Magnus Apollo of the assembly. This, however, was at an early stage of these political discussions; for he died in October, 1813. "He was," says Dr. Allen, "a most determined Federalist. His political influence, in the party divisions of his day, was very great." Mr. George Cabot was not unfrequently present; eminently dignified in his manners and exterior, and upright in all his purposes. He also was a decided Federalist; and was elected President of the Eastern Convention, which assembled at Hartford, in 1814, whose real designs will continue to be misrepresented, from time to time, for party purposes, until the Millennium. For this gentleman, Mr. Dexter entertained a very high and cordial respect, of which I recollect an amusing illustration. Conversing upon the subject of the Cock lane ghost, and referring to the story of Lord Littleton,s death, and other tales of apparitions, I incidenta...

Dominion home rule in practice (Volume 1-2) by Arthur Berriedale Keith - 42 pages

$12.71

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated.1921 Excerpt: ... Provincial governments have regarded with anxiety as an effort to place them under Dominion tutelage in matters within the scope of their legal authority. CHAPTER III THE POWERS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM In normal circumstances the Imperial government exercises no control over theexecutive governments of the Dominions, althoughtheTTead of the administration in the Dominions and the States is an Imperial officer, subject to the instructions of the Crown issued through the Secretary of State for the Colonies. By constitutional practice the Governor accepts the advice of his ministers, or declines it if he believes he can secure anotherseFof advisers to undertake responsibility for his action in the few cases where this is practicable, without instructions from the Imperial government. In strict law a Governor might dismiss his ministers and carry on the government for a period with a ministry which did not possess support or even seats in the legislature; for even in the latest constitutions the only rule affecting his choice of ministers is that they must have, or within a limited period obtain, seats in Parliament. But the power of the legislature to refuse supplies would speedily compel him to have recourse to ministers possessing the confidence of the legislature, and for practical purposes independent action of this kind is now out of the question. On the other hand, the Imperial government possesses wide power over Dominion legislation; no Dominion measure can become law save on theasserifof the Goyelnowho m giving oFwithholding 'assent must act on t£e_mstrucnonsgiven him by the_Crowh. The refusal oTassent outright is now obsolete, but in lieu Governors may reserve bills for the consideration of the Imperial government, and, unless the assent of the Cr...

Tax Planning and Compliance for Tax-Exempt Organizations: Rules, Checklists, Procedures (Wiley Nonprofit Authority) by Jody Blazek - 896 pages

$207.59 - $219.80

An essential, timesaving guide for accountants, lawyers, nonprofit executives and directors, consultants, and volunteers

This book is an indispensable guide to navigating the complex maze of nonprofit tax rules and regulations. A clear and fully cited description of the requirements for the various categories of tax-exempt entities from public charities, private foundations, civic associations, business leagues, and social clubs to title-holding companies and governmental entities can be found. Practical guidance on potential for income tax on revenue-producing enterprises along with explanations of many exceptions to taxability is provided. Issues raised by Internet activity, advertising, publishing, providing services, and much more are explained.

This useful guide covers the many significant issues facing nonprofit organizations, including compensation and possible private inurement, affiliation, separations and mergers, donor disclosures, lobbying and electioneering, and employment taxes.

Offers a supplemental, annual update to keep subscribers current on relevant changes in IRS forms, requirements, and related tax procedures
Includes easy-to-use checklists highlighting such critical concerns as tax-exempt eligibility, reporting to the IRS, and comprehensive tax compliance issues
Features a variety of sample documents for private foundations, including penalty abatement requests and sharing space agreements
Provides helpful practice aids, such as a comparison of the differences between public and private charities, charts reflecting lobbying limits for different types of entities, and listings of rulings and cases that illustrate permissible activity for each type of organizations compared to impermissible activity

Filled with practical tips and suggestions for handling such critical situations as preparing for and surviving an IRS examination, Tax Planning and Compliance for Tax-Exempt Organizations, Fifth Edition provides guidance for the significant issues facing nonprofit organizations.

Review of a pamphlet on the trust deed of the Hanover Church by Lyman Beecher - 36 pages

$14.13 - $16.15

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated.1828 Excerpt: ... are referred to and included. They are not indeed towns, or parishes, or precincts. But they were, at the time of the adoption of the constitution and are now, both "bodies politic" and "religious societies." The churches were considered at the time of the adoption of the constitution "bodies politic," for they are expressly called "bodies politic" in a law of 1754, which was re-enacted in 1786, but a few years after the adoption of the constitution That they are and have ever been "religious societies" cannot be questioned. Are they not voluntary associations of professedly religious persons for purely religious purposes? And what are such associations if they are not "religious societies "? Churches may therefore be fairly included among those "bodies politic or religious societies" to which the constitution secures the right of electing their religious teachers; and no one will venture to affirm that they were not understood by the people who adopted the constitution to be so included. There are then other bodies besides towns, parishes and precincts, to which are secured by the constitution rights in relation to the election of religious teachers. And, consequently, the doctrine of our author now under examination is unsound. 4. There are many instances in which property has been given to churches or congregations on the express condition of its being appropriated for the continued support of a particular form of ecclesiastical organization and inculcation of a particular form of religious belief; and in some of these instances the pews in the houses of worship which have been erected, are sold on the express condition that the doctrine and discipline shall be unchanged. Thus the land and meeting-house of each of the Orthodox Congregational Churches in ...

The Glannon Guide to Criminal Law: Learning Criminal Law Through Multiple-Choice Questions, 3rd Edition by Laurie L. Levenson - Paperback

$41.95

The popular Glannon Guide to Criminal Law is a concise, clear, effective review of criminal law topics organized around multiple-choice questions. Employing a student-friendly, accessible tone, this text includes brief explanatory text about each topic under discussion, followed by one or two multiple-choice questions. After each question, the author explains how the correct choice was chosen and clarifies why other options were not correct. A more sophisticated "Closer" question at the end of each chapter challenges students to stretch their analytical abilities and examine subtle nuances of the topic. Unlike other titles, this approach emphasizes learning the concepts, rather than mastering test-taking techniques.

The author has thoroughly updated the Third Edition and has added numerous new hypotheticals including many that feature situations involving the Model Penal Code.

Hallmark features:

Integrates multiple-choice questions into a full-fledged review of first-year criminal law course.

Student-friendly, accessible tone emphasizes concepts of law , rather than test-taking strategies.

Lead-up discussion of law in the text prepares students to learn effectively from subsequent questions.

Clear explanations of correct and incorrect answers help to clarify nuances in the law.

Multiple-choice questions are sophisticated but fair , neither too difficult nor unrealistically straightforward.

Equally useful to all students, regardless of whether they will be tested by multiple-choice questions on their exams.

Embodies a far more user-friendly and interactive approach than other exam preparation aids.

A more challenging final question in each chapter (the " Closer") illustrates a more sophisticated problem in the area under discussion.

"Closing Closer" questions in the last chapter provide practice and helpful review of concepts in earlier chapters.

Valuable exam-taking pointers interspersed within the substantive text.

The Third Edition of this popular title has been updated throughout and features:

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Island of Vice: Theodore Roosevelt's Doomed Quest to Clean Up Sin-Loving New York by Richard Zacks - 448 pages

$18.07

When young Theodore Roosevelt was appointed police commissioner of New York City, he had the astounding gall to try to shut down the brothels, gambling joints, and after-hours saloons. This is the story of how TR took on Manhattan vice . . . and vice won.

In the 1890s, New York City was America’s financial, manufacturing, and entertainment capital, and also its preferred destination for sin, teeming with forty thousand prostitutes, glittery casinos, and all-night dives. Police captains took hefty bribes to see nothing while reformers writhed in frustration.

In Island of Vice, Richard Zacks paints a vivid portrait of the lewd underbelly of 1890s New York, and of Theodore Roosevelt, the puritanical, cocksure police commissioner resolved to clean it up. Writing with great wit and zest, Zacks explores how young Roosevelt goes head to head with Tammany Hall, takes midnight rambles with muckraker Jacob Riis, and tries to convince two million New Yorkers to enjoy wholesome family fun. When Roosevelt’s crackdown succeeds too well, even his supporters turn on him, and TR discovers that New York loves its sin more than its salvation.

With cameos by Stephen Crane, Mark Twain, and a horde of very angry cops, Island of Vice is an unforgettable snapshot of turn-of-the-century New York in all its seedy glory and a brilliant miniature of one of America’s most colorful presidents.

Maritime Private Security: Market responses to piracy, terrorism and waterborne security risks in the 21st century (Cass Series: Naval Policy and History) by Patrick Cullen - 272 pages

$135.00

This book examines the evolution, function, problems and prospects of private security companies in the maritime sector.

The private security industry continues to evolve after its renaissance over the past few decades, first in Africa, and later in Iraq and Afghanistan. Despite this, little academic work has been done to date on the role of private security in the maritime environment. This lacuna has become more pronounced as the threat of piracy, terrorism, and other acts of maritime political violence have caused littoral states and commercial entities alike to consider the use of private security to mitigate risks.

Maritime Private Security is an edited volume specifically dedicated to combating the absence of academic research in this area. The discussion of this multi-faceted subject is organised into four key parts:

Part I: The Historical and Contemporary Market in Maritime Private Security Services

Part II: The Emergence of Private Anti-Piracy Escorts in the Commercial Sector

Part III: The Privatization of Coast Guard Services

Part IV: Private Security Responses to Maritime Terrorism

This book will be of much interest to students of naval policy and maritime security, private security companies, piracy and terrorism, international law and IR in general.

On the evidence of accomplices; By Henry Joy by Henry Joy - 48 pages

$14.13 - $44.37

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated.1836 Excerpt: ... "circumstances concurring." He says to Tonge, "' through the whole business you are a principal "person." And again, towards the conclusion he says, "it is plain by several circumstances you "have been a principal person, a leader in the "business." Besides, those circumstances were deposed to by the accomplices themselves; and it is the first time I ever heard that an accomplice can corroborate himself, by the circumstances which he swears to. The next authority which the writer alluded to cites, is that of Lord Hale; and here also he misleads his reader by giving a garbled extract, instead of the entire of what Lord Hale says upon the subject upon which he was speaking. "The "case of Tonge," says the anonymous writer, "was afterwards discussed on other points by the "twelve judges, among whom was the Chief "Baron Hale. It is reported by him in his Pleas "of the Crown, together with other decisions on "the same point, and then he (Lord Hale) "observes--" And yet though such a party be "admissible as a witness in law, yet the credibility "of his testimony is to be left to the jury; and "truly it would be hard to take away the life of "any person upon such a witness, that swears to "save his own, and yet confesseth himself guilty "of so great a crime, unless there be also very "considerable circumstances, which may give "greater weight to what he swears." " Referring," the writer adds, "to the case of Tonge then, it is "not too much to infer, that the very considerable "circumstances contemplated by Lord Hale, were "of the same nature as those concurring circum"stances dwelt upon by Sir O. Bridgman, in the "case then before him; and these, we have seen, "were independent circumstantial evidence." Now, with all respect to the author, it is quite too much to m...

Cheating Justice: How Bush and Cheney Attacked the Rule of Law, Plotted to Avoid Prosecution, and What We Can Do about It by Elizabeth Holtzman, Cynthia Cooper - 224 pages

$17.61

President George W. Bush and Vice President Cheney deceived Congress and the people to drive us into a war in Iraq; they claimed the right to wiretap illegally and to eavesdrop on citizens; and they authorized torture, unilaterally upending laws and violating international treaty obligations. Yet, both Bush and Cheney are audaciously unapologetic about their crimes. In his recent memoir, President Bush makes no apologies for his decision to start a war in Iraq, though no weapons of mass destruction, the ostensible reason for the war, were found there. Regarding his approval of the waterboarding form of torture, he proudly said, "Damn right."

Time and again throughout his term, President Bush proclaimed sternly "we do not torture." However, the 2009 release of secret torture documents revealed otherwise. The documents paint a bleak picture of the involvement of President Bush, Vice President Cheney, and top administration officials in unleashing, sanctioning, and conspiring in the infliction of torture. Holtzman and Cooper cite unlawful torture as only one of the many ways that the Bush-Cheney administration transgressed the law, trampled the Constitution, and harmed the image of the United States around the world. Bush and Cheney, the authors argue, authorized and condoned behavior and practices that starkly violate human-rights principles and the rights of American citizens. Congress chose not to pursue impeachment, despite multitudes of citizens advocating for it, Holtzman and Cooper among them. New revelations, however, about the extent and depth of their crimes make the need for accountability imperative.

Holtzman posits that the failure to indict, prosecute, or hold accountable officials at the highest level makes a mockery of U.S. law and sets frightening precedents. With Holtzman's legal expertise and Cooper's bold journalism, Cheating Justice explains why the nation needs to address the Bush-Cheney administration's abuse of power and manipulation of the law.

As a member of Congress and part of the committee that investigated and held hearings on the conduct of President Richard Nixon in the Watergate scandal, Elizabeth Holtzman balks at Bush's echo of Nixon's claim that he was acting in the interest of national security. Using Watergate-era reforms as a model, Holtzman details the steps necessary to undo the damage that the Bush-Cheney administration inflicted and explains how we can establish new protections that will block future presidents from similarly abusing the law. Cheating Justice is a call to empower the American people, and a firm insistence that the nation's leaders are not above the law.

Commentaries on the law of infancy; including guardianship and custody of infants and the law of coverture embracing dower, marriage and divorce by Ransom Hebbard Tyler - 722 pages

$82.15

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated.1882 Excerpt: ... CHAPTER XLIV. IHE DECREE IN A DIVORCE SUIT--ALIMONY AND THE RULES RESPECTING IT--THE EFFECT OF THE DECREE OF DIVORCE VALIDITY OF FOREIGN DIVORCES CONCLUSION. § 677. The decree in a divorce suit is the sentence or judgment of the court, dissolving the marriage relation, or separating the parties from bed and board, as the case maj be, and determining the incidental rights of the parties in respect to each other and to society. In England they have a statute which provides that "every decree for a divorce shall in the first instance be a decree nisi, not to be made absolute till after the expiration of such time, not less than three months from the pronouncing thereof, as the court shall by general or special order from time to time direct; and during that period any person shall be at liberty, in such manner as the court shall by general or special order in that behalf from time to time direct, to show cause why the Baid decree should not be made absolute by reason of the same having been obtained by collusion, or by reason of material facts not brought before the court; and, on cause being shown, the court shall deal with the case by making the decree absolute, or by reversing the decree nisi, or by requiring further inquiry, or otherwise, as justice may require." (23 and 24 Vict. ch. 144, § 7. And vide Boulton v. Boulion, 2 Swab. (& Trie. R. 405. Sioate v. Stoate, Ib. 384. Lewis v. Lewie, Ib. 394.) But this practice does not generally obtain in the American States. The decree in the first instance is made absolute, although, for good cause shown, the court would open the decree and hear the cause further. If, however, the divorced party has married in the mean time, the case would have to be an extreme one for the court to interfere. (Vide Olin v...

Leaves from a Cambridge note-book by O. Jocelyn Dunlop - 46 pages

$14.13

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated.1907 Excerpt: ... THE LITTLE ROMAN. The Roman road runs from Cambridge in a bee-line to Huntingdon. Two miles from the town, on the right of the road, lie the grounds of Girton College. Workmen, digging the foundations of the building, struck their spades upon metal, and disclosed a Roman burial ground. In our Library now rest the relics of those road builders of centuries ago, the builders of Empire, and of mankind, clipped from the shaggy life. In a glass case lie heavy vases, earthenware bowls and jars, ladies' hairpins, warriors' brooches, children's bangles. With dumb eyes, they pathetically strive to tell the tale of a great people to whom they were the objects of simple and daily use. There is a little bracelet, a child's. She was the daughter of an old soldier. Maimed in the frontier wars of Rome, he was among those sent out to the new lands of Britain. With his wife, he settled as a colonist in Cambridge, and, late in life, came to them there a little daughter. The woman, in her dawning motherhood, smiled into the blue heavens of the gods, who had at length granted her reiterated prayer. But she never knew the happy mother's love. For from the first the little Cornelia was crippled, and a love fierce to cruelty drove joyful content from their hearth. Sorrow sat in the father's eyes, and the pain of love gripped at the mother's throat until she feared to breathe. Yet the little Cornelia struggled bravely through her babyhood. Though her body was crooked and her feet malformed, the pale face under its golden hair was wonderfully beautiful, and her arms in movement were as the rippling of tiny waves on the sunny shore. Curves played over her bending wrists and broke upon a dimple, and her dainty hand was as delicately pretty as a fair shell, humming to the sea. With bi...

Why wars come or forms of government and foreign policies in relation to the causes of wars by Albert Parker Niblack - 58 pages

$14.40

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated.1922 Excerpt: ... CHAPTER m FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC POLICIES What Is Policy? IF YOU ask the most intelligent man or woman of your acquaintance to enumerate, off-hand, some of the national or foreign policies of their own country you will prohably get a rather halting and lame reply, and yet nearly every country has many national policies and several very definite ones which may involve them at any time in war if the policies are too brusquely flouted. By policy we mean an attitude or an avowed course of action which constantly influences or determines our relations with other countries. For instance, the "Monroe Doctrine" is a definite policy which America is ready to go to war about, and which is, therefore, effective. But there are many other forms or phases of policy which any country may have which are less definite, but just as real, such as holding to a political ideal (such as religious toleration); or as isolation (no entangling alliances); or as exclusion (such as exclusion of Asiatics); or rivalry (such as between England and Prussia); or selfishness; or pride; or ambition; or as racial or religious antipathy or fear; or suspicion; or misrepresentation in the daily papers (propaganda); or race hatred, always in danger of degenerating into secret intrigue, secret alliances, and secret preparation for war, or into war itself, a people's war, sweeping rulers and cabinets over the brink, as in the Balkan Wars of 1912-1913. While policy itself may be only an attitude, your neighbors or geography may provide you with one, as in the case of Switzerland, where a defensive policy compells her to maintain a national army and girdle her borders with forts. Climate induced Russia to seek ice-free outlets to the sea and brought her in conflict in turn with Japan, Turkey, and then ...

Habitual drunkenness and insane drunkards by John Charles Bucknill - 64 pages

$19.99

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated.1878 Excerpt: ... II. DR. BUCKNILL ON DRUNKARDS. To the Editors of the "journal Of Mental Science." Sirs,--Yesterday I received a printed letter from Dr. Peddie, addressed to me, purporting to be for publication in your Journal, and I natually thought that I owed the sight of this letter, before actual publication, to his courtesy; but this morning I learn from the printer that this letter was sent to me in error. It can, therefore, scarcely surprise Dr. Peddie that, under these circumstances, I prefer to reply to his attack in a letter to yourselves. In the friendly discussion which I have recently had with one of you on "The Relations of Drink and Insanity," I said--" If you will read Peddie's and Bodington's papers on the subject read last August before the British Medical Association at Edinburgh you will, I think, see that I was justified in my statement." That is to say, in the statement that "members of our profession were considering drunkenness, not as a cause of disease, but as a disease in itself." Little did I expect that this reference would have brought upon my head the accusations from Dr. Peddie:--First--That I have mis-stated and mis-represented his opinions about insane drinkers; Secondly--That I have ignored them; Thirdly--That I have not read them; accusations inconsistent with each other, and reminding one of the old pleadings which are now happily abolished, even in the casuistry of the law. It would help me if I knew which count of the indictment contained the real offence, because then, perchance, I might be able to remove or atone for it. To a gentleman who, according to his own statement, has given more thoughtful consideration to these matters "than any other man in the profession," "the felt injustice of having his opinions ignored" might possibly...

Cheating Justice: How Bush and Cheney Attacked the Rule of Law, Plotted to Avoid Prosecution, and What We Can Do About It by Cynthia Cooper, Elizabeth Holtzman - 224 pages

$26.95

Justice and Security in the 21st Century: Risks, rights and the rule of law (Routledge Studies in Liberty and Security) by Barbara Hudson - 256 pages

$124.65

This book examines the question of whether justice or security is the primary virtue of 21st-century society.

The issue of enhancing security without undermining justice – managing risk without undermining the rule of law – has always been problematic. However, recent developments such as new counter-terrorism measures, the expanding scope of criminal law, harsher migration control and an increasingly pronounced concern with public safety, have posed new challenges. The key element of these contemporary challenges is that of membership and exclusion: that is, who is to be included within the community of justice, and against whom is the just community aiming to defend itself?

Justice and Security in the 21^st Century brings together researchers from various academic disciplines and different countries in order to explore these developments. It attempts to chart the complex landscapes of justice, human rights and the rule of law in an era when such ideals are challenged by increasing demands for efficiency, effectiveness, public safety and security.

This edited volume will be of much interest to students of critical legal studies, criminology, critical security studies, human rights, sociology and IR in general.

A discussion among upwards of 250 theological inquirers on the unity, duality, and trinity, of the godhead; the press corrected [or rather, the work ... by Ranley, the reporter of the discussion by Ranley - 246 pages

$32.75

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated.1864 Excerpt: ... same Committee of Management be appointed to arrange farther proceedings--that, at the next Meeting, the Trinitarians shall Open the Discussion--and that, No one shall be allowed to take an active part, who is not in the Hall at the instant the Chair shall be taken. M. Green. I second the various Motions, embodied in One! Carried with Acclamations Nothing farther was heard hy the Reporter, of whatever was said, by several Speakers--so great was the Commotion and Noise, iu hurrying out of the Hall. Editor, TT.B. The following Quotations have been Omitted, somewhere; but, the Editor has not, now, the means of ascertaining by which Speaker they were adduced--For ever--In the exhaustless variety of nature and of art, in the equally infinite variety of the analogies and relations of objects, the human intellect may expatiate For EVER, and never find lack of arguement, wit, and fancy; but, how small a portion can be preserved or retained. Edinburgh Review, for April, 1849. If one half of the Bar be the shields of innocence, the other half is For Ever sharpening and driving home the two-edged sword of craft and oppression. Social Condition and Character of the Bar. For ever and a day--I have no more to say, But bid Bianca farewell For Evee And A Day. Taming of the Shrew. Act iv. Sc. 4. For ever and for ever--Juno, we are told, when she had killed Argus, took the poor fellow's eyes and fixed them For Ever And For Ever on her peacock's tail. History of St. Giles and St. James. The king shall have my service; but, my prayers Foe Ever And For Ever, shall be yours! Cromwell to Wolsey. Henry VIII. Act iii. Sc. 2. Eternal--I could not have slept this night on my bed, nor even reposed my head upon my pillow, without giving vent to my Eternal abhorrence of such enormous an...

Labor turnover, loyalty and output; a consideration of the trend of the times as shown by the results of war activities in the machine shops and elsewhere by Fred Herbert Colvin - 82 pages

$13.44 - $15.38

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated.1919 Excerpt: ... CHAPTER IV SECURING INTEREST BY INSTRUCTION The following suggestions as to methods of interesting the employees in various plants are based upon hints from the experience of Robert B. Wolf. His work has been among pulp and paper mills so that his plans must be modified to some extent for machine shop work. As will be seen the method is based upon a systematic effort to educate the workers in the theory as well as the practice of their occupation, and in this way differs from much that has been previously done in modern shops. It has, however, the sound basis that no one can be interested in things which they do not understand, and is absolutely opposed to the plan which makes employees merely automatons or appendages of a machine of any kind. An excellent method of arousing interest in the individual is to make him see his relation to the rest of the shop, and the part he plays in the group as a whole. This is one of the reasons that the working of men in teams is beneficial in several ways. The group or team makes it very evident to all that no one member is independent but that all depend on each other. The man with an extremely individualistic nature soon learns that he cannot hold himself aloof from the rest but that all must do their share and do it at the proper time, to secure the maximum output. Team work shows every man in the group the necessity for cooperation. A spurt on the part of one and a lagging on the part of another, both interfere with securing the best results. These practical examples of the benefits of cooperation help in making each man a better citizen as well as a better man for the organization. The group or team plan can be used extensively in securing both quality and quantity and is much better in every way than inciting indiv...

Malvern, as I found it by Timothy Pounce - 78 pages

$13.69

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated.1858 Excerpt: ... MALVERN. CHAPTER I. HOW I GET THERE. Comparisons have been often drawn between the relative positions of old maids and old bachelors. It is generally allowed that both states agree in this--no one ever looks forward to be ranked in either the one or the other. At twenty we indifferently herd them all into one pen, and say that either chance or necessity drove them there, and self-complacently determine never to make one of their number. Yet, may be, thirty comes, and perhaps forty, and then the debatable land between their country and ours visibly decreases, and then we go on advancing imperceptibly till we arrive at the great wall of separation; and here, generally, we are terribly agitated--escape is all our thought: but while we are thinking of the means still left us, the wall is invisibly built up around us, and when we wake up from our spellbound astonishment, we find ourselves gathered to our kindred, and in familiar discourse with our O.M.s or O.B.s, as the case may be. "Like begets like," saith the proverb; but then the word is not taken in its acceptation of species, but love, and that is a nonentity so soon as we enter the magic circle; for instinctively we gather up ourselves into ourselves, and move upon our separate axis with stellary regularity. But even the planets (thanks to our wiseacres for their information) are sometimes a little agitated, and don't keep theirown path with astronomical precision. Mercury jostles Jupiter, and he, in dudgeon, revenges himself upon Venus; so we now and then (I speak of myself as a type of the species) get tired of our bed to the club, and our club to our bed, especially when London goes out of town, and we feel ourselves in the unhappy position of some unfortunate chicken or duckling left behind, after a s...

Memoir of Sir Brenton Halliburton, late chief justice of the province of Nova Scotia (Volume 1) by George William Hill - 150 pages

$23.84

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated.1864 Excerpt: ... CHAPTER III. Captain Halliburton having resumed his study of the Law, with Mr. Stewart, Solicitor-General, was, in a short time, admitted to the Bar. He signed the Roll on 12th July, 1803, as Attorney, and on the same day was admitted as a Barrister. Seated on the Bench of Nova Scotia at this time, were Chief Justice Blowers, and assistant Judges Monk and Brenton. He could have but little supposed at the time of his admission and of commencing the practice of his profession, that he himself so soon should occupy a seat upon the Bench. The practice at the Courts was lucrative and important, consisting chiefly of causes arising out of the shipping interest. The general war, in which all the European powers were more or less involved, had the effect of making the mercantile marine of the United States of America the carriers of a great part of the commerce of the world, and particularly of that connected with the American continent. Hence arose constant difficulties, seizure of vessels, charges of illicit traffic, and a host of similar troubles, prolific of litigation. Mr. Halliburton was engaged in some of these cases, and proved-himself a successful practitioner. Nothing remarkable, however, appears to have transpired during the short period of time that he practised at the Bar. There can be little doubt that he occupied himself diligently in the discharge of his duties, and in accumulating information on all subjects of general interest, as well as of a local nature. In addition to his legal studies and business, we find him, during the time that he was practising at the Bar, acting as Secretary to the Board of Governors of King's College, Windsor. He then became interested in that young institution, nor did his interest in it ever flag. Down to the day of ...

Memoranda of Springhead and its neighbourhood, during the primeval period [by A. J. Dunkin]. by Alfred John Dunkin - 102 pages

$20.00

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated.1848 Excerpt: ... The duties of legislation devolved upon the second order of Druids. It was their province to enactr expound and enforce the laws; taking cognizance of their breach--they sat as judges, either to acquit or punish, since from their decision there was no appeal.6 Criminals found guilty of the gravest offences, they condemned to be burned in osier cages; and, here may be incidentally contradicted the popular fallacy of innocent victims being offered on Druidical altars. Historical researches combined with recent discoveries, have most satisfactorily shewn that British augurs never predicted future events by the manner in which blood oozed from the palpitating forms of human sacrifices; and, that the consuming of living men by fire, with the Druids,, was entirely a judicial proceeding, and not a religious rite. In truth, execution and not sacrifice.7 cold grave," "The dark grave," "The silent grave." It is not unnatural that amongst the Celtic nations the notion should have existed that the place of eternal punishment for evil-doers was in coldness, since it formed a diametrical contrast with their belief that to be in the lightsome beams of the sua, the emblem of their religion, was happiness. But the Sun was not worshipped, as has been erroneously supposed, but only regarded by the Britons as the symbol of the Supreme Moral Light of the Universe. 6 The ceans themselves were amenable to the Druid decrees.--la feet, Dio Chris., says of the British ceans--it is the Druids who reign in reality; and the ceans, though they sit on thrones, feast in splendour, and live in palaces, are only instruments for executing their designs. 7 Much stress has been laid upon the fires seen kindled in Anglesea, to burn the Romans. But we must remember that the intrusion into "Holy ...

Physiology for schools by Caroline Bray - 66 pages

$20.00

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated.1860 Excerpt: ... skin should always have the comfort of warm water to be washed in, especially in winter time. Q. What happens when we take cold 1 A. The waste matter which ought to come out through the skin is driven inwards, and causes inflammation and disease. Q. When are we most liable to take cold? A. When the blood is not circulating fast and vigorously. Q. What is the best way to prevent taking cold? A. To keep the skin healthy by plenty of washing and rubbing; and to keep the circulation of the blood active by plenty of exercise and fresh air. LESSON 26. MISCHIEF OF TIGHT CLOTHING. A Few years ago there was an account in the newspapers of a young girl who suddenly fell down dead; and the doctor, who was called in, found that she had killed herself by lacing her stays too tight. This is not the only poor girl who has shortened her days from the foolish idea that a small waist looks pretty, and because she does not think or does not know what it is that she is crushing and squeezing when she pulls the lace tighter and tighter. We wonder and laugh at the folly of the Chinese women who force their feet into shoes so small that the foot has no room to grow, and becomes in time an ugly little stump that is of hardly any use to walk with. If we were to see the Chinese ladies hobbling along on their poor crippled feet, we should think to ourselves, "Is it possible that anybody can admire what is so very ugly; and that women can submit to spoil their feet and torture themselves in this way, just because it is the fashion to do it!" But in our own country we may find hundreds of young women who cramp and cripple parts of their bodies which are much more important than the feet; who make themselves gasp and pant for breath whenever they run fast; who make themselves liable to ...

Practical observations on the British grasses; especially such as are best adapted to the laying down or improving of meadows and pastures likewise an enumeration of the British grasses by William Curtis - 60 pages

$20.00

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated.1812 Excerpt: ... pears to be best adapted for such a purpose, and ought to form a principle part of the crop: its foliage may appear coarse to some, but it should be remembered, that no grass can be productive that is not in some degree coarse; if mown early, just as it comes into bloom, though the leaves are large, the hay will not be coarse; in general, the great advantage arising from the earliness of this and the preceding grass, is entirely lost at a distance from London, where hay-making commences late, and where the husbandman seems to wait for a crop of general indiscriminate herbage, rather than of grass. The Meadow Fox-Tail is more confined as to its place of growth, growing naturally in a moist soil only; hence it is best adapted to improve very wet ground that may be drained of ittr superfluous moisture, or to form or meliorate meadows that have a moist bottom, and are not apt to be burnt up in dry summers. Its seeds are easily collected; but a great number of them, in certain seasons, are destroyed by a very minnte orange-coloured larva or maggot, which feeds on the embryo of the seed, andmost probably produces some small species of Jlfusca, Tbis grass is distinguished in some degree, by the largeness of its foliage, and by its producing a soft spike on a long stalk early in May.. The Meadow Cafs-Tail Grass, or Timothy Grass, produces a spike somewhat similar, but rougher to the touch, and much later in the summer. IH. POA PRATENSIS. Smooth-Stalked Meadow Grass.--Tab. 3. The foliage of this grass begins to shoot, and to assume a beautiful verdure very early in the spring, but its flowering stems are not produced so soon, by a week at least, as those of the jf lopecurus; this trifling difference, however, in. point of earliness of flowering, does not prevent it ...

Principles of truth on the present state of the Church also reasons for retiring from the Independent body by William H. Dorman - 64 pages

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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated.1838 Excerpt: ... but all, as Christians in their inward life and dispositions, were to be men, dead to the ungodliness of the world, and thus far departed out of the world; men animated by the Spirit of God, and not by the spirit of the world. The peculiar and prevailing capabilities of Christians, as far as they were sanctified and consecrated by this Spirit, and employed by it as the organs of its active influence, became charismata, or gifts of grace. Hence the apostle Paul began his address to the Corinthian church, on the subject of gifts, in this manner (1 Cor. xii.) "Once, when ye were heathen ye suffered yourselves to be led blindly by your priests to dumb idols; ye were dead and dumb as they. Now while ye serve the living God through Christ, ye have no longer any such leaders, to draw you blindly by leading strings. Ye have yourselves now the Spirit of God for your guide, who enlightens you. Ye no more follow in silence, he speaks out of you; there are many gifts, but there is one Spirit." Who shall arrogate that to himself which the enlightened apostle ventured not to do, to he lord over the faith of Christians? "The condition of the Corinthian church, as it is depicted in the epistles of St. Paul, deficient as it was in many respects, shews us bow a Christian church should act; how all in that church should mutually co-operate with their mutual gifts, as members of the same body, with equal honour, supplying one another's deficiencies. The office of a teacher was not here exclusively assigned to one or more, but every one who felt a call to that office, might address a discourse to the assembly of the church for the instruction of all. "As Christianity did not annihilate the arrangements of our nature, founded in the laws of our original creation (although, in re...

The relations between ancient Russia and Scandinavia and the origin of the Russian state; Three lectures delivered at the Taylor institution, Oxford, ... of Lord Ilchester's bequest to the University by Vilhelm Thomsen - 106 pages

$6.87

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated.1877 Excerpt: ... LECTURE II. ON THE SCANDINAVIAN ORIGIN OF THE ANCIENT RUSS. In the preceding lecture I sought to take a survey of the ethnography of ancient Russia; I gave you Nestor's relation of the foundation of the Russian state, and I added a description of its founders, the Russ, derived from Greek and Oriental sources. I am now going to lay before you evidence from other sources to corroborate Nestor's account of the Scandinavian origin of the Russ. I freely confess that most of this evidence is by no means new; but considering the opposition which has been raised against this view, it cannot be too often repeated, and I hope also to be able to present to you fresher and more correct views as to some of the details of the subject than have hitherto been entertained. As I have mentioned before, the Greek form of the name Russ is Rhds, 'P&jy (or Rusioi, 'Povo-wi), and from the close of the ninth century Byzantine literature abounds in references to the Rhos. There is no doubt that the Greeks were thoroughly acquainted with this people, and it is evident that they well knew how to distinguish them from other neighbouring nations and particularly from the Slavs. But if we ask for the real nationality of the people to whom the Greeks applied the name Rhds, Byzantine literature itself gives us no direct and positive answer. A designation of them which sometimes occurs, is Scyths (skv&cll) or Tauroscyths (TavpoTKv8al); but that is a learned name, not a popular one, referring only to their dwelling in the territory of the ancient Scyths, north of the Black Sea, without reference to their nationality. A few of the Byzantine authors give us a little more definite suggestion on this subject, inasmuch as, in mentioning the expedition of 941, they design the Rhos as 'being of th...

The remains of Henry Kirke White [ed.] with an acount of his life by R. Southey by Henry Kirke White - 174 pages

$26.06

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated.1811 Excerpt: ... "Nymphs of Paeon" is an allowable liberty i The allusion is to their healthy and bracing qualities. The last line of the seventh stanza contains an apparent pleonasm, to say no worse of it, and yet it was not written as such. The idea was from the shriek of Death (personified) and the scream of the dying man. ELEGY Occasioned by the Death of Mr. GUI, who was drowned in the river Trent, while bathing, 9th August, 1802. 1. HE sunk--th' impetuous river roll'd along, The sullen wave betray'd his dying breath ; And rising sad the rustling sedge among, The gale of evening touch'd the cords of death. 2. Nymph of the Trent! why didst not thou appear To snatch the victim from tby felon wave? Alas! too late thou cam'st to embalm his bier, And deck with water flags his early grave. This line may appear somewhat obscure. It alludes to the last bubbling of the water, after a person has sunk, caused by the final expiration of the air from the lungs; inhalation, by introducing the water, produces suffocation. 3. Triumphant, riding o'er its tumid prey, Rolls the red stream in sanguinary pride; While anxious crouds, in vain, expectant stay, And ask the swoln corse from the murdering tide..4.-. The stealing tear-drop stagnates in the eye, The sudden sigh by friendship's bosom prov'd, I mark them rise--I mark the gen'ral sigh: Unhappy youth! and wert thou so belov'd? 5. On thee, as lone I trace the Trent's green brink, When the dim twilight slumbers on the glade; On thee my thoughts shall dwell, nor Fancy shrink To hold mysterious converse with thy shade. 6. Of thee, as early I, with vagrant feet, Hail the grey-sandal'd morn in Colwick's vale, Of thee my sylvan Teed shall warble sweet, And wild wood echoes shall repeat the tale. r. And oh! ye nymphs of Paeon! who preside O...

Suspension of the power of alienation, and postponement of vesting, under the laws of New York, Michigan, Minnesota and Wisconsin; With an appendix ... the states of California, Idaho, Indiana, Io by Stewart Chaplin - 226 pages

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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated.1891 Excerpt: ... INDEX. (The references are to sections.) ABSOLUTE FEE. See Absolute Power Of Disposition; Es-Tates; Fee; Fee Simple; Restraints On Use; Restrictions On Alienation; Suspension Op Power Of Alienation. meaning, 9, 513. same as indefeasible fee, 64 et teg. repugnant restrictions, how far good, 513 note. when result from power in trust, 283. ABSOLUTE POWER OF DISPOSITION, 513 note. when implies fee, 513 note. ABSOLUTE VESTING. See Vesteb; Defeasible; Contingen-Cies. ACCELERATION. of remainder, when, 321-323. ACCUMULATION. See Beneficiary; Express Trusts. I. Of Rents And Profits Of Land, 252-276. 1. In General. one of the express trusts, 144. how directed, 253. will or deed, 253. statutory provisions, 252, 254, 255. purposes and limits, 2".2. implied direction to accumulate, when, 273. implied from future legacies, when, 273. disposition of corpus, 260. where rents undisposed of, result, 275. rights of infants to use of rents, 276. foreign accumulation not forbidden, 530, 541. 2. When mutt begin. must begin during minority, 254, 256, 257, 258. and within time allowed for vesting, 254, 256. either at creation of estate or later, 254, 256. See Creation Of Estate. The references are to sectionB. ACCUMULATION.--continued. for child yet unborn, 257. in what cases permitted, 257. for successive infants, 260. postponement of beginning; limits, 258. 3. For whom. only for sole benefit of infant, 254,259,260. limitations over of principal, 259. accumulation after two lives, when, 259. successive accumulations, 260. how measured, 260. 4. Duration. statutory provisions, 261. illegal measures of, 263. when after two lives, vesting of corpus, 261. measured by tiro lives and also by minority, 261. not for fixed period, 261. nor for unmeasured term, 261. term how measured, 254, ...

Suspension of the power of alienation, and postponement of vesting, under the laws of New York; With an appendix containing references to the statutes ... states of Michigan, Minnesota and Wisconsin by Stewart Chaplin - 310 pages

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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated.1911 Excerpt: ... APPENDIX. Michigan, Minnesota and Wisconsin. § 523. In these States the general statutory scheme in relation to suspension of the absolute power of alienation of real property, its nature and test, and the length of its maximum authorized " statutory period," is in most particulars the same or nearly the same, as that of New York, with certain exceptions. The principal statutory provisions and authorities indicating the general lines of the scheme are given in the note below.1 1 The statutory references are confined to the general revisions or compilations mentioned below. Michigan: Compiled Laws 1897, Estates in Real Prop., $8 87838828; Uses and Trusts, §§ 8829-8855; Powers, Si 8856-8917. Mclrnerny v. Haase, 163 Mich. 364; Root v. Snyder, 161 Mich. 200; Mandlebaum v. McDonell, 29 Mich. 78; Fitz Gerald v. City of Big Rapids, 123 Mich. 281; Niles v. Mason, 126 Mich. 482; Foster v. Stevens, 146 Mich. 131; Farrand v. Petit, 84 Mich. 671; St. Amour v. Rivard, 2 Mich. 294; Trufant v. Nunneley, 106 Mich. 554; Dean v. Mumford, 102 Mich. 510; Toms v. Williams, 41 Mich. 552; Mulreed v. Clark, 110 Mich. 229; Casgrain v. Hammond, 134 Mich. 419; Goodell v. Hibbard, 32 Mich. 47; Bennett v. Chapin, 77 Mich. 526; Downing v. Birney, 117 Mich. 675; Hull v. Osborn, 151 Mich. 8; Thatcher v. St. Andrews Church, 37 Mich. 264; Case v. Green, 78 Mich. 540; Ford v. Ford, 80 Mich. 42; Cole v. Lee, 143 Mich. 267; State v. Holmes, '115 Mich. 456; Torpy v. Betts, 123 Mich. 239; Meth. Church v. Clark, 41 Mich. 730; Paton v. Langley, 50 Mich. 428; Defreese v. Lake, 109 Mich., 415. Minnesota: Revised Laws, 1905 and Supp. 1909. Estates in Real Property, S§ 3191-3239; Uses and Trusts, §§ 3240-3265; Powers. S8 3266-3326. Rong v. Haller, 109 Minn. 191; Atwater v...

Report on the landed property of the Buena Vista Company by William Henry Ruffner - 52 pages

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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated.1889 Excerpt: ... Calciferous, Quebec and Chazy. This group also is pro-uores6 ductive of iron ores. In southwest Virginia their best ores come from this Canadian group. These rocks occupy all the Buena Vista territory west of the line of division above named. Besides these ancient deposits there are transported DiIurtumearths, gravel and boulders, which form the bottom lands and top-dress of many of the hills. Probably these were deposited at the close of the Glacial epoch. There is also an interesting deposit of marl still more Marlrecent, found on Marl Run, which enters South River from the Timber Ridge side opposite to the old Buena Vista furnace. It is a calcareous tufa, formerly used for flux at the furnace. RESOURCES OF BUENA VISTA. I will now report systematically on the economical features of the Buena Vista estate in the following order: 1.--Minerals--To Wit: a.--Iron Ore. b.--Manganese. c.--Clays, Ochres, Umber and Sand. d.--Building Stones. e.--Hydraulic Cement Rocks, Limestones, Marl and Lime. 2.--Forests. 3.--Water And Water Power. 4.--Agricultural Lands. 5.--Miscellaneous. a.--Climate. b.--Scenery. c--Neighboring Objects of Interest. d.--A Good Point for Scientists. (a.) IRON ORES. The large deposits of iron ore command special attention. I studied their geological relations, their surface indications, the character of the beds themselves, so far as they could be seen, and their analyses, made from samples selected by myself and others in whom I have confidence. I also took what testimony I could get from those who had worked in the mines now "fallen shut." Unfortunately I could not get a sight of the great Colonial bed, which was formerly the main dependence for furnace ore, and which by all testimony is the richest and largest of all the beds. But we have th...

War Time: An Idea, Its History, Its Consequences by Mary Dudziak - 232 pages

$14.16

When is wartime? On the surface, it is a period of time in which a society is at war. But we now live in what President Obama has called "an age without surrender ceremonies," as the Administration announced an "end to conflict in Iraq," even though conflict on the ground is ongoing. It is no longer easy to distinguish between wartime and peacetime. In this inventive meditation on war, time, and the law, Mary Dudziak argues that wartime is not as discrete a time period as we like to think. Instead, America has been engaged in some form of ongoing overseas armed conflict for over a century. Meanwhile policy makers and the American public continue to view wars as exceptional events that eventually give way to normal peace times. This has two consequences. First, because war is thought to be exceptional, "wartime" remains a shorthand argument justifying extreme actions like torture and detention without trial. Second, ongoing warfare is enabled by the inattention of the American people. More disconnected than ever from the wars their nation is fighting, public disengagement leaves us without political restraints on the exercise of American war powers.

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