Who was Fay Abrahams Stender? A giant among Movement lawyers from the McCarthy Era to the 1970s intent on forcing society to change. Friends could easily picture her as the heroine of a grand opera. A child prodigy, she abandoned the concert piano to become a zealous advocate for society’s most scorned and vilified criminal defendants: from the Rosenberg espionage case during the Cold War to militant black clients, Black Panther Party leader Huey Newton and revolutionary prisoner George Jackson...
Transformative Years is Daniel Meador's account of his four years as dean of the School of Law at the University of Alabama from 1966 to 1970. Those were indeed transformative years, bridging the Law School of the past to the Law School of the future. Working on the premise that this institution was a crucial training ground for the state’s future legal and political leadership, the author, with the backing of university president Frank Rose, moved rapidly to build the school up in every...
This book presents in-depth yet practical information on the most important issues concerning international residence and citizenship planning for private clients. <p>It is the quintessential guide for global citizens and their advisers, such as law firms, tax consultants, private banks and family offices. At the same time the handbook is also an invaluable guide for private individuals and families, business owners, entrepreneurs and investors who are interested in expanding their...
Global Residence and Citizenship Programs 2016 provides a comprehensive, systematic analysis and benchmarking of the world’s most relevant investor immigration and citizenship-by-investment programs. A distinguished panel of independent experts – immigration and citizenship lawyers, economists, country risk experts, academic researchers and other specialists – have created the Global Residence Program Index and the Global Citizenship Program Index as part of the Report. These two Indexes...
Current and future managers are regularly confronted with decisions that create risk in the legal environment of business. This book provides a framework for qualifying legal risk and then determining if the legal risk is worth taking. This framework begins by looking at the relationship between the firm, its suppliers, customers, owners, agents, and others in society as a whole to understand specific risks in personal injury, agreements, products, borrowing money, employees, independent...
Maßgeschneidert für die Bundespolizei Dieses Lernbuch bietet eine umfassende Darstellung des Beamtenrechts aus der Sicht von Bundespolizeibeamtinnen und -beamten. Es basiert auf der Lehrtätigkeit der beiden Verfasser am bislang größten Aus- und Fortbildungszentrum der Bundespolizei (BPOLAFZ) in Bamberg. Die Autoren erläutern die Thematik anhand praxisnaher Beispiele mit bundespolizeilichem Bezug. Zusammenfassende Übersichten und Hinweise zu einschlägigen Gerichtsurteilen vermitteln anschaulich...
Ein parapsychologisches Forscherteam verbringt einige Tage im legendären Schweizer Spukhaus der Familie Lufer und verschwindet daraufhin spurlos. Die unheimliche Geschichte des Orts und die dunklen Geheimnisse der Forscher vermischen sich zu einem Strudel unvorhersehbarer Ereignisse. Lediglich die kürzlich aufgefunden Tonaufnahmen der Expeditionliefern ein verstörendes Zeugnis der Geschehnisse. Schonungslos, real, authentisch – und definitiv nicht zum Einschlafen geeignet! U. a. mit Oliver...
The Law of the Constitution elucidates the guiding principles of the modern constitution of England: the legislative sovereignty of Parliament, the rule of law, and the binding force of unwritten conventions.A. V. Dicey (1835–1922) was an English jurist, Vinerian Professor of English Law at Oxford University, and author of, among other works, The Law of the Constitution. Please note: This title is available as an ebook for purchase on Amazon, Barnes and Noble, and iTunes.
Combining practical legal tips with an exhaustive review of the law in the United States, this comprehensive reference answers more than 1,200 questions ranging from Where did the word tort come from? and How are state court judges selected? to Where did the first U.S. Supreme Court meet? Useful advice includes how to find a lawyer, how to file a complaint against a lawyer, how to document discrimination in the workplace, and how to handle oneself in court. Interspersed throughout are fun...
Filozofia prawa. Normy i fakty to wyjątkowa publikacja, której autorami są wybitni polscy naukowcy – zarówno filozofowie, jak i prawnicy. Jej forma jest wzorowana na cenionych w krajach anglosaskich książkach typu Handbook. Zawiera czterdzieści oryginalnych tekstów dotyczących szeroko obecnie dyskutowanych zagadnień, m.in. rządów prawa, konstytucji, suwerenności, równości i dyskryminacji, wolności słowa, prawa własności, charakteru norm prawnych, funkcjonowania prawa, sędziów i sądów, etyki...