The Law And The Lawless

Author : Michael Taussig
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 49,9 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 : Alexander M. Yakovlev
Publisher : M.E. Sharpe
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 54,5 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 : Jeffrey Salane
Publisher : Scholastic Inc.
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2013-04-01
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780545520683

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Lawless (The Lawless Trilogy, Book 1) by Jeffrey Salane Pdf

The Lawless School provides the right education for kids on the wrong side of the law. An action-packed, globe-spanning adventure begins here!Welcome to Lawless, where the head of the class is a dangerous place to be.M Freeman is the newest student at the prestigious (and mysterious) Lawless School. All she really wants is to fit in, but from the moment she arrives, her unusual skills have the whole academy buzzing. M excels at escape tactics. She's a whiz at spotting a forgery. But can she tell right from wrong? She'll have to figure it out fast, because some of her teachers are planning the crime of the century . . . and M and her classmates might be the only people who can stop them.Jeffrey Salane's debut novel is full of twists and turns, and the Ebook includes additional content from the author, unavailable anywhere else!

Author : Wayne C. Lee
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 1977
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:2951877

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Law of the Lawless by Wayne C. Lee Pdf

Author : Bruce Baker
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2016-11-10
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1138277800

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Taking the Law Into Their Own Hands by Bruce Baker Pdf

Over much of Africa, crime and insurgency are a serious problem and one in which the distinction between the two is being eroded. Left without state protection people have sought to preserve their lives and property through vigilante groups and militias that pay scant attention to the law or human rights. Likewise, the state security forces, under pressure to cut crime and rebel activity, readily discard lawful procedures. Torture provides them with vital information, whilst extra-judicial executions save the need to go through the prolonged criminal justice system. After a general overview of the role of the rule of law in a democratic society, Bruce Baker provides five case studies that capture the current complex realities and their impact on the new democracies. The citizen responses considered are vigilantes in East African pastoral economies, The Bakassi Boys an anti-crime group in Nigeria and private policing initiatives in South Africa. The state responses are those of the Ugandan Defence Forces towards the Lords Resistance Army, the Senegalese army towards the Casamance secessionists and the Mozambique Police response towards criminals.

Author : Ronald Bartle
Publisher : Churchman Pub
Page : 95 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : Crime and criminals
ISBN : 1850930694

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The Law and the Lawless by Ronald Bartle Pdf

Author : Nicolas P. Suzor
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 221 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2019-07-18
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9781108481229

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Lawless by Nicolas P. Suzor Pdf

Because social media and technology companies rule the Internet, only a digital constitution can protect our rights online.

Author : Jeffrey Salane
Publisher : Scholastic Inc.
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2016-04-26
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780545885713

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Mayhem (The Lawless Trilogy, Book 3) by Jeffrey Salane Pdf

Whose side are you on in the action-packed conclusion to the Lawless series? M Freeman has been a star pupil at the Lawless School for criminal masterminds. She's been a top agent at the Fulbright Academy for extreme law enforcement. Now she finds herself in a situation she never, ever expected: a normal life!If M thinks danger is a thing of the past, however, she couldn't be more wrong. Because before she left her old life behind her, she learned a dangerous secret -- one that's made her a target. Now, with the forces of Lawless and the Fulbrights on the verge of open war, she has no choice but to rely on a ragtag team of outcasts, misfits, and troublemakers.On their own, they don't amount to much. But under M's leadership, they might just become a force to change the world.The fast-paced, unpredictable conclusion to the Lawless series is sure to appeal to fans of Spy School and The School for Good and Evil.

Author : David E. Bernstein
Publisher : Encounter Books
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2015-11-17
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781594038341

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Lawless by David E. Bernstein Pdf

In Lawless, George Mason University law professor David E. Bernstein provides a lively, scholarly account of how the Obama administration has undermined the Constitution and the rule of law. Lawless documents how President Barack Obama has presided over one constitutional debacle after another—Obamacare; unauthorized wars in the Middle East; attempts to strip property owners, college students, religious groups, and conservative political activists of their rights; and many more. Violating his own promises to respect the Constitution’s separation of powers, Obama brazenly ignores Congress when it won’t rubber-stamp his initiatives. “We can’t wait,” he intones when amending Obamacare on the fly or signing a memo legalizing millions of illegal immigrants, as if Congress doing its job as a coequal branch of government somehow permits the president to rule like a dictator, free from the Constitution’s checks and balances. President Obama has also presided over the bold and rampant lawlessness of his underlings. Harry Truman famously said, “The buck stops here.” When confronted with allegations that his administration’s actions are illegal, Obama responds, “So sue me.” Lawless shows how President Obama has betrayed not only the Constitution but also his own stated principles. In the process, he has done serious and potentially permanent damage to our constitutional system. As America swings into election season, it will have to grapple with finding a president who can repair Obama’s lawless legacy.

Author : Art Downs
Publisher : Heritage House Publishing Co
Page : 97 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2015-04-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781772030273

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The Law and the Lawless by Art Downs Pdf

At the end of the nineteenth century, Canada’s prairies were still sparsely populated. Crimes such as horse theft, random murders, and prison escapes were the order of the day, and the North West Mounted Police continued to rely on their horses, their contacts, and their wits to apprehend the culprits. By the mid-1930s, a sea change in technology and police science had changed the game. Major advances in transportation, communications, and sleuthing techniques made crime-solving a new art—but the criminals also had access to the new ways. The US had Bonnie and Clyde, and John Dillinger, but Canada had its fair share of bad apples committing equally vicious crimes: a serial rapist and strangler who most often chose female proprietors of rooming houses as his victims; a father-and-son murder team, tracked by an enterprising detective all the way to Kentucky; and a group of murderous youths who sparked a manhunt across two provinces and a bloody shootout resulting in the deaths of four policemen. These stories offer an intriguing look at the skill, determination, and bravery of Prairie law enforcers as they risked their all to bring ruthless outlaws to justice.

Author : Steven A. Ramirez
Publisher : NYU Press
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780814776490

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Lawless Capitalism by Steven A. Ramirez Pdf

In this innovative and exhaustive study, Steven A. Ramirez posits that the subprime mortgage crisis, as well as the global macroeconomic catastrophe it spawned, is traceable to a gross failure of law. The rule of law must appropriately channel and constrain the exercise of economic and political power. Used effectively, it ensures that economic opportunity isn’t limited to a small group of elites that enjoy growth at the expense of many, particularly those in vulnerable economic situations. In Lawless Capitalism, Ramirez calls for the rule of law to displace crony capitalism. Only through the rule of law, he argues, can capitalism be reconstructed.

Author : Art Downs
Publisher : Heritage House Publishing Co
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2014-04-21
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781927527863

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The Law and the Lawless by Art Downs Pdf

Stories of the diverse people who played a role in bringing justice to the western plains during Canada's formative years.

Author : Kody W. Cooper
Publisher : University of Notre Dame Pess
Page : 413 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2018-03-30
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780268103040

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Thomas Hobbes and the Natural Law by Kody W. Cooper Pdf

Has Hobbesian moral and political theory been fundamentally misinterpreted by most of his readers? Since the criticism of John Bramhall, Hobbes has generally been regarded as advancing a moral and political theory that is antithetical to classical natural law theory. Kody W. Cooper challenges this traditional interpretation of Hobbes in Thomas Hobbes and the Natural Law. Hobbes affirms two essential theses of classical natural law theory: the capacity of practical reason to grasp intelligible goods or reasons for action and the legally binding character of the practical requirements essential to the pursuit of human flourishing. Hobbes’s novel contribution lies principally in his formulation of a thin theory of the good. This book seeks to prove that Hobbes has more in common with the Aristotelian-Thomistic tradition of natural law philosophy than has been recognized. According to Cooper, Hobbes affirms a realistic philosophy as well as biblical revelation as the ground of his philosophical-theological anthropology and his moral and civil science. In addition, Cooper contends that Hobbes's thought, although transformative in important ways, also has important structural continuities with the Aristotelian-Thomistic tradition of practical reason, theology, social ontology, and law. What emerges from this study is a nuanced assessment of Hobbes’s place in the natural law tradition as a formulator of natural law liberalism. This book will appeal to political theorists and philosophers and be of particular interest to Hobbes scholars and natural law theorists.

Author : Art Downs
Publisher : Heritage House Publishing Co
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : History
ISBN : 9781772030297

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The Law and the Lawless by Art Downs Pdf

Stories of the diverse people who played a role in bringing justice to British Columbia and Yukon during the early twentieth century.

Author : C. Courtney Joyner
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 267 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2015-02-12
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780786455683

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The Westerners by C. Courtney Joyner Pdf

Actors, writers, directors and producers who helped define the genre offer unique insight about western movies from the early talkies to the present. Interviewed here are Glenn Ford, Warren Oates, Virginia Mayo, Andrew V. McLaglen, Harry Carey, Jr., Julie Adams, A.C. Lyles, Burt Kennedy, Edward Faulkner, Aldo Sambrell, Jack Elam, Andrew J. Fenady, and Elmore Leonard. Movies they discuss include Red River, The Searchers, 3:10 to Yuma, High Noon, Bend of the River, Rio Bravo, The Wild Bunch, and The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly, among many others.