Law In A Lawless Land

Author : Michael Taussig
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2005-11-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9780226790145

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Law in a Lawless Land by Michael Taussig Pdf

A modern nation in a state of total disorder, Colombia is an international flashpoint—wracked by more than half a century of civil war, political conflict, and drug-trade related violence—despite a multibillion dollar American commitment that makes it the third-largest recipient of U.S. foreign aid. Law in a Lawless Land offers a rare and penetrating insight into the nature of Colombia's present peril. In a nuanced account of the human consequences of a disintegrating state, anthropologist Michael Taussig chronicles two weeks in a small town in Colombia's Cauca Valley taken over by paramilitaries that brazenly assassinate adolescent gang members. Armed with automatic weapons and computer-generated lists of names and photographs, the paramilitaries have the tacit support of the police and even many of the desperate townspeople, who are seeking any solution to the crushing uncertainty of violence in their lives. Concentrating on everyday experience, Taussig forces readers to confront a kind of terror to which they have become numb and complacent. "If you want to know what it is like to live in a country where the state has disintegrated, this moving book by an anthropologist well known for his writings on murderous Colombia will tell you."—Eric Hobsbawm

Author : Michael T. Taussig
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Death squads
ISBN : OCLC:1345626904

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Law in a Lawless Land by Michael T. Taussig Pdf

Author : Alexander M. Yakovlev
Publisher : M.E. Sharpe
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1563246392

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Striving for Law in a Lawless Land by Alexander M. Yakovlev Pdf

An insider account of the struggle to reform the Soviet/Russian legal system and create a law-based society. This text situates the formal commitment to democratic politics, and the creation of a legal and constitutional order within the context of Russian history and tradition.

Author : Wayne C. Lee
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 1977
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:2951877

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Law of the Lawless by Wayne C. Lee Pdf

Author : William W. Johnstone,J.A. Johnstone
Publisher : Pinnacle Books
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2021-01-26
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780786040278

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Nathan Stark, Army Scout by William W. Johnstone,J.A. Johnstone Pdf

In this blazing new series, William W. and J.A. Johnstone tell the tale of a man who became a myth—and a myth that became a legend. This is the epic story of Nathan Stark, Army Scout . . . Johnstone Justice. What America Needs Now. They slaughtered his family. Killed his young bride. And ever since that tragic day, Nathan Stark has devoted his life to fighting the hostile tribes who massacred those he loved. As a civilian scout for the Army, he’s served with such famous commanders as Custer and Crook. He’s battled against such notorious war chiefs as Crazy Horse and Sitting Bull. Among the fiercest natives of the untamed west, Nathan Stark is a living legend—one that must be destroyed . . . Against his better judgment, Nathan agrees to be teamed up with a rival Crow scout named Moses Red Buffalo. Their mission: to forge a trail deep into Indian territory under the command of a bloodthirsty army colonel. But the mission is not what it seems. If Stark and Red Buffalo want to stay alive, they’ll have to work together as a team—if they don’t kill each other first . . . Live Free. Read Hard.

Author : Sylvia McAdam (Saysewahum)
Publisher : Purich Publishing
Page : 120 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2019-01-31
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780774880329

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Nationhood Interrupted by Sylvia McAdam (Saysewahum) Pdf

Traditionally, nêhiyaw (Cree) laws are shared and passed down through oral customs — stories, songs, ceremonies — using lands, waters, animals, land markings and other sacred rites. However, the loss of the languages, customs, and traditions of Indigenous peoples as a direct result of colonization has necessitated this departure from the oral tradition to record the physical laws of the nêhiyaw. McAdam, a co-founder of the international movement Idle No More, shares nêhiyaw laws so that future generations, both nêhiyaw and non-Indigenous people, may understand and live by them to revitalize Indigenous nationhood.

Author : John Phillip Reid
Publisher : Huntington Library Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Law
ISBN : 0873281640

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Law for the Elephant by John Phillip Reid Pdf

An account, taken mostly, from diaries, correspondence and newspapers on how the pioneers dealt with legal issues while on the Overland Trail.

Author : John Borrows
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 326 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2017-06-22
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781487516758

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Recovering Canada by John Borrows Pdf

Canada is covered by a system of law and governance that largely obscures and ignores the presence of pre-existing Indigenous regimes. Indigenous law, however, has continuing relevance for both Aboriginal peoples and the Canadian state. In his in-depth examination of the continued existence and application of Indigenous legal values, John Borrows suggests how First Nations laws could be applied by Canadian courts, and tempers this by pointing out the many difficulties that would occur if the courts attempted to follow such an approach. By contrasting and comparing Aboriginal stories and Canadian case law, and interweaving political commentary, Borrows argues that there is a better way to constitute Aboriginal / Crown relations in Canada. He suggests that the application of Indigenous legal perspectives to a broad spectrum of issues that confront us as humans will help Canada recover from its colonial past, and help Indigenous people recover their country. Borrows concludes by demonstrating how Indigenous peoples' law could be more fully and consciously integrated with Canadian law to produce a society where two world views can co-exist and a different vision of the Canadian constitution and citizenship can be created.

Author : Robert M. Lawless,Jennifer K. Robbennolt,Thomas Ulen
Publisher : Aspen Publishers
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : Droit
ISBN : 1454875801

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Empirical Methods in Law by Robert M. Lawless,Jennifer K. Robbennolt,Thomas Ulen Pdf

The book explains basic principles and concepts in an intuitive style requiring no prior knowledge of math or statistics. The text also continues its emphasis on the importance of research design as well as statistical methods.

Author : Law Commission of Canada
Publisher : UBC Press
Page : 189 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2008-01-01
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780774843737

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Indigenous Legal Traditions by Law Commission of Canada Pdf

The essays in this book present important perspectives on the role of Indigenous legal traditions in reclaiming and preserving the autonomy of Aboriginal communities and in reconciling the relationship between these communities and Canadian governments. Although Indigenous peoples had their own systems of law based on their social, political, and spiritual traditions, under colonialism their legal systems have often been ignored or overruled by non-Indigenous laws. Today, however, these legal traditions are being reinvigorated and recognized as vital for the preservation of the political autonomy of Aboriginal nations and the development of healthy communities.

Author : Marc Bookman
Publisher : The New Press
Page : 237 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2021-06-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781620976593

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A Descending Spiral by Marc Bookman Pdf

Powerful, wry essays offering modern takes on a primitive practice, from one of our most widely read death penalty abolitionists As Ruth Bader Ginsburg has noted, people who are well represented at trial rarely get the death penalty. But as Marc Bookman shows in a dozen brilliant essays, the problems with capital punishment run far deeper than just bad representation. Exploring prosecutorial misconduct, racist judges and jurors, drunken lawyering, and executing the innocent and the mentally ill, these essays demonstrate that precious few people on trial for their lives get the fair trial the Constitution demands. Today, death penalty cases continue to capture the hearts, minds, and eblasts of progressives of all stripes—including the rich and famous (see Kim Kardashian’s advocacy)—but few people with firsthand knowledge of America’s “injustice system” have the literary chops to bring death penalty stories to life. Enter Marc Bookman. With a voice that is both literary and journalistic, the veteran capital defense lawyer and seven-time Best American Essays “notable” author exposes the dark absurdities and fatal inanities that undermine the logic of the death penalty wherever it still exists. In essays that cover seemingly “ordinary” capital cases over the last thirty years, Bookman shows how violent crime brings out our worst human instincts—revenge, fear, retribution, and prejudice. Combining these emotions with the criminal legal system’s weaknesses—purposely ineffective, arbitrary, or widely infected with racism and misogyny—is a recipe for injustice. Bookman has been charming and educating readers in the pages of The Atlantic, Mother Jones, and Slate for years. His wit and wisdom are now collected and preserved in A Descending Spiral.

Author : Art Downs
Publisher : Heritage House Publishing Co
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2014-07-02
Category : History
ISBN : 9781927527870

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The Law and the Lawless by Art Downs Pdf

They looked impressive in their red tunics, but the members of the fledgling North West Mounted Police had little experience as they departed from Fort Garry in 1874 on a mission to bring order to the lawless territories west of the Red River. There they found a vast and rugged land ruled by whiskey traders, outlaws, and First Nations determined to defend their way of life from encroaching settlers. From remote barracks in Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba, the new recruits quickly rose to the job of dispatching justice to criminals such as the Plains Cree trapper Swift Runner, hanged for murder and cannibalism, and the notorious Regina crime duo of Gaddy and Raclette. They put their lives on the line and sometimes paid the ultimate price for it, as revealed in the story of Constable Graburn, shot in the back at Cypress Hills by an unknown killer, and of Manitoba’s beloved first police chief, Richard Power, who drowned while pursuing the fugitive Mike Carroll. In other stories, the frontier town of Calgary is the site of the first hanging of a white man in western Canada, while further east, a quick-witted Métis from St. Boniface earns the title of Manitoba’s first indigenous outlaw. These are amazing stories indeed of a formative time in Canada’s history and the steadfast constabulary who helped bring order to a lawless land.

Author : Charles Rembar
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 1980
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:642038160

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The law of the land by Charles Rembar Pdf

Author : Bob Joseph
Publisher : Indigenous Relations Press
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2018-04-10
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0995266522

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21 Things You May Not Know about the Indian Act by Bob Joseph Pdf

Based on a viral article, 21 Things You May Not Know About the Indian Act is the essential guide to understanding the legal document and its repercussion on generations of Indigenous Peoples, written by a leading cultural sensitivity trainer.Since its creation in 1876, the Indian Act has shaped, controlled, and constrained the lives and opportunities of Indigenous Peoples, and is at the root of many enduring stereotypes. Bob Joseph's book comes at a key time in the reconciliation process, when awareness from both Indigenous and non-Indigenous communities is at a crescendo. Joseph explains how Indigenous Peoples can step out from under the Indian Act and return to self-government, self-determination, and self-reliance--and why doing so would result in a better country for every Canadian. He dissects the complex issues around truth and reconciliation, and clearly demonstrates why learning about the Indian Act's cruel, enduring legacy is essential for the country to move toward true reconciliation.

Author : M. T. G. Humphreys
Publisher : Oxford Studies in Byzantium
Page : 337 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : History
ISBN : 9780198701576

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Law, Power, and Imperial Ideology in the Iconoclast Era, C.680-850 by M. T. G. Humphreys Pdf

Revision of author's thesis (doctoral) -- Cambridge University, 2012.