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Product DescriptionWith the prior edition of this concise, up-to-date casebook having been adopted at over 100 law schools, the seventh edition preserves the authors tradition of providing a comprehensive overview of agency, partnership, and corporation law. It also continues to emphasize six basic editorial principles: Be... 

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ISBN13: 9781557091741 Condition: NEW Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark. Product DescriptionThe single most important essay about law ever written. The perfect gift for anyone who ever entered law school, this essay defines the responsibilities of the legal profession from one of lawis greatest practitioners. The... 

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ISBN13: 9780674049017 Condition: NEW Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark. Product Description We call habeas corpus the Great Writ of Liberty. But it was actually a writ of power. In a work based on an unprecedented study of thousands of cases across more than five hundred years, Paul Halliday provides a... 

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Product DescriptionRichard A. Epstein traces the Old Court’s treatment of federalism and economic liberty and shows how early 20th-century progressives prevailed eventually in undermining those principles, supplanting competitive markets with government-created cartels and monopolies How Progressives Rewrote the Constitution  Read More →

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Product DescriptionCompletely revised in 1999, the Seventh Edition of Black’s Law Dictionary is the premier legal reference resource. This edition contains over 24,000 definitions, 4,500 of which are completely new to the Seventh Edition. Helpful extras include a list of legal maxims, the U.S. Constitution, the Universal... 

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Product DescriptionA favorite among law students and professors alike, the Examples & Explanations series is ideal for studying, reviewing and testing your understanding through application of hypothetical examples. Authored by leading professors with extensive classroom experience, Examples & Explanations... 

Product DescriptionThe final and longest dialogue Plato wrote in his life, this work is set on the island of Crete, where three old men are journeying to the cave of Zeus in imitation of Minos, the ancient Cretan lawmaker. Along the way, they ask and attempt to answer many questions concerning legislation and governing. With... 

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Product Description This book confronts moral skepticism by using contemporary analytical tools to provide basic accounts of values and principles, community and “common good,” justice and human rights, authority, law, the varieties of obligation, unjust law, and the question of divine authority. Finnis deals with...