Prima Facie

Author : Suzie Miller
Publisher : Henry Holt and Company
Page : 330 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2024-01-30
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781250292216

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Prima Facie by Suzie Miller Pdf

“Enthralling and sharp-witted...Highly recommended.” —Karin Slaughter, New York Times and #1 international bestselling author “Bold, fearless...Prima Facie is a deeply rewarding, absolute must read.” —Chris Whitaker, New York Times bestselling author of We Begin at the End This is not life, this is law... Tessa Ensler loves her job. She’s worked her way up to being a top criminal defense barrister against all the odds, and fights to defend those pleading not guilty. Tessa believes in the law, believes in the system. Her quick-witted cross-examinations and intelligence in the courtroom see her clocking up win after win - including securing freedom for men accused of rape and sexual assault. Innocence until proven guilty is, after all, the bedrock of a civilized society. But when Tessa is raped by a coworker, she struggles to find the strength to bring him to justice in the face of the barriers and opposition within that same system. Determined to have her day in court, Tessa is forced to confront the stark reality that the law was not written for victims, and that she is the one on trial. She fights on, even as her evidence is manipulated to make her look like a liar, even while she is retraumatized in the stand. Based on the Olivier and Tony Award-winning play, Suzie Miller’s Prima Facie is an unforgettable story of what happens when a victim is asked to navigate a system that is not set up to accommodate the lived experience of sexual assault survivors.

Author : Downie, Ruth
Publisher : Grampus Press
Page : 156 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2019-07-09
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1916469485

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Prima Facie by Downie, Ruth Pdf

Intrigue, betrayal and murder in the sunny south of Roman Gaul. Featuring Roman medic Ruso and his partner Tilla - a novella from the author of the New York Times bestseller MEDICUS.

Author : Suzie Miller
Publisher : Henry Holt and Company
Page : 330 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2024-01-30
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781250292216

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Prima Facie by Suzie Miller Pdf

“Enthralling and sharp-witted...Highly recommended.” —Karin Slaughter, New York Times and #1 international bestselling author “Bold, fearless...Prima Facie is a deeply rewarding, absolute must read.” —Chris Whitaker, New York Times bestselling author of We Begin at the End This is not life, this is law... Tessa Ensler loves her job. She’s worked her way up to being a top criminal defense barrister against all the odds, and fights to defend those pleading not guilty. Tessa believes in the law, believes in the system. Her quick-witted cross-examinations and intelligence in the courtroom see her clocking up win after win - including securing freedom for men accused of rape and sexual assault. Innocence until proven guilty is, after all, the bedrock of a civilized society. But when Tessa is raped by a coworker, she struggles to find the strength to bring him to justice in the face of the barriers and opposition within that same system. Determined to have her day in court, Tessa is forced to confront the stark reality that the law was not written for victims, and that she is the one on trial. She fights on, even as her evidence is manipulated to make her look like a liar, even while she is retraumatized in the stand. Based on the Olivier and Tony Award-winning play, Suzie Miller’s Prima Facie is an unforgettable story of what happens when a victim is asked to navigate a system that is not set up to accommodate the lived experience of sexual assault survivors.

Author : William Atkins Edmundson
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 366 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Law
ISBN : 0847692558

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The Duty to Obey the Law by William Atkins Edmundson Pdf

The question, 'Why should I obey the law?' introduces a contemporary puzzle that is as old as philosophy itself. The puzzle is especially troublesome if we think of cases in which breaking the law is not otherwise wrongful, and in which the chances of getting caught are negligible. Philosophers from Socrates to H.L.A. Hart have struggled to give reasoned support to the idea that we do have a general moral duty to obey the law but, more recently, the greater number of learned voices has expressed doubt that there is any such duty, at least as traditionally conceived. The thought that there is no such duty poses a challenge to our ordinary understanding of political authority and its legitimacy. In what sense can political officials have a right to rule us if there is no duty to obey the laws they lay down? Some thinkers, concluding that a general duty to obey the law cannot be defended, have gone so far as to embrace philosophical anarchism, the view that the state is necessarily illegitimate. Others argue that the duty to obey the law can be grounded on the idea of consent, or on fairness, or on other ideas, such as community.

Author : Anton Chekhov
Publisher : Stanford University Press
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2010-10-21
Category : Drama
ISBN : 9780804775748

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Five Plays by Anton Chekhov Pdf

Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (1860–1904) overturned the dramatic conventions of his day and laid the groundwork for contemporary approaches to directing and acting. Now, for the first time, the full lyricism, humor, and pathos of his greatest plays are available to an English-speaking audience. Marina Brodskaya's new translations of Ivanov, The Seagull, Uncle Vanya, Three Sisters, and The Cherry Orchard not only surpass in accuracy all previous translations, but also provide the first complete English text of the plays, restoring passages entirely omitted by her predecessors. This much-needed volume renders Chekhov in language that will move readers and theater audiences alike, making accessible his wordplay, unstated implications, and innovations. His characters' vulnerabilities, needs, and neuroses—their humanity—emerge through their genuine, self-absorbed conversations. The plays come to life as never before and will surprise readers with their vivacity, originality, and relevance.

Author : William David Ross
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 1930
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:459948452

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The Right and the Good by William David Ross Pdf

Author : D. Vaver
Publisher : Essentials of Canadian Law
Page : 835 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Law
ISBN : 1552212092

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Intellectual Property Law by D. Vaver Pdf

One of the most important treatises on the subject in Canada for scholars, practitioners, policy analysts and students alike. The book has been cited as a leading authority by all levels of courts, including the Supreme Court of Canada.

Author : Marko Novak,Vojko Strahovnik
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 203 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2019-01-24
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781527527041

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Modern Legal Interpretation by Marko Novak,Vojko Strahovnik Pdf

Legalism or legal formalism usually depicts judges as resolving cases by allegedly merely applying pre-existing legal rules. They do not seem to legislate, exercise discretion, balance or pursue policies, and they definitely do not look outside of conventional legal texts for guidance in deciding new cases. For them, the law is an autonomous domain of knowledge and technique. What they follow are the maxims of clarity, determinacy, and coherence of law. This perception of law and adjudication is sometimes designated as “an orthodox lawyering”. However, at least in certain cases, it is very difficult to say that legalism is not an inappropriate theory or a method of legal interpretation. Different theories have attested that legal interpretation is much more than just legalism, which appears to be far too naïve. In the framework of modern legal interpretation, the following questions can be raised. Is it possible to integrate legalism in a coherent theory of legal interpretation? Is legalism as a distinctive theory of legal interpretation still a feasible theory of interpretation? How can such a formalist approach withstand a critique from Dworkinian moral interpretivism or accusations of being a myth, masking political preferences from legal realists? These and many other issues about legal interpretation are discussed in this book by prominent legal philosophers and legal theorists.

Author : Joseph Raz
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 1978
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : MINN:31951001154166E

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Practical Reasoning by Joseph Raz Pdf

Author : David Phillips
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 233 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9780190602185

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Rossian Ethics by David Phillips Pdf

W.D. Ross (1877-1971) was the most important opponent of utilitarianism and consequentialism in British moral philosophy between 1861 and 1939. In Rossian Ethics, David Phillips offers the first monograph devoted exclusively to Ross's seminal contribution to moral philosophy.The book has two connected aims. The first is to interpret and evaluate Ross's moral theory, focusing on its three key elements: his introduction of the concept of prima facie duty, his limited pluralism about the right, and his limited pluralism about the good. The metaethical and epistemologicalframework within which Ross develops his moral theory is the subject of the fifth and final chapter of the book.The second aim is to articulate a distinctive view intermediate between consequentialism and absolutist deontology, which Phillips calls "classical deontology." According to classical deontology the most fundamental normative principles are principles of prima facie duty, principles which specifygeneral kinds of reasons. Consequentialists are right to think that reasons always derive from goods; ideal utilitarians are right, contra hedonistic utilitarians, to think that there are a small number of distinct kinds of intrinsic goods. But consequentialists are wrong to think that all reasonshave the same weight for all agents. Instead there are a small number of distinct kinds of agent-relative intensifiers: features that increase the importance of certain goods for certain agents. Phillips claims that classical deontology combines the best elements of the moral theories of Ross and ofSidgwick, ultimately arguing that Ross is best interpreted as a classical deontologist.

Author : John Baldessari
Publisher : Walther Konig Verlag
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Artists' books
ISBN : 3865600883

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Prima Facie by John Baldessari Pdf

The distinctive, desolate, yet slyly magical landscapes of the young London painter Nigel Cooke (b. 1973) have been making powerful regular appearances at top international museums and galleries in recent years. This substantial first monograph features full-scale reproductions, essays, and a plethora of generous details.

Author : Samuel Deutsch
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 1934
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:1164543586

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How to Prove a Prima Facie Case by Samuel Deutsch Pdf

Author : Charles C. Hinkley II
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2005-01-01
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9789401201780

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Moral Conflicts of Organ Retrieval by Charles C. Hinkley II Pdf

This book addresses ethical conflicts arising from saving the lives of patients who need a transplant while treating living and dead donors, organ sellers, animals, and embryos with proper moral regard. Our challenge is to develop a better world in the light of debatable values and uncertain consequences.

Author : California. Legislature. Assembly
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 466 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 1948
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UCBK:C109115521

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Assembly Bills, Original and Amended by California. Legislature. Assembly Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1248 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 1894
Category : Law reports, digests, etc
ISBN : UCAL:B3501221

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The Pacific Reporter by Anonim Pdf