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The English Legal System

2014-2015

By: Gary Slapper,David Kelly

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Slapper and Kelly’s The English Legal System explains and critically assesses how our law is made and applied. Annually updated, this authoritative textbook clearly describes the legal rules of England and Wales and their collective influence as a sociocultural institution. This latest edition of The English Legal System has been substantially rewritten and updated to include: updates to anti-terrorism legislation and control orders; an entirely new chapter on Family Courts and Process; the new Crime and Courts Act 2013; coverage of the Ministry of Justice proposals for reform of judicial review; expanded coverage of mediation and the Children and Families Bill 2013 and this edition also includes substantial updates arising from the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012. Key learning features include: a clear and logical structure with short, manageable, well-structured individual chapters; useful chapter summaries which act as a good check point for students; sources for further reading and suggested websites at the end of each chapter to point students towards further learning pathways; an online skills network including how tos, practical examples, tips, advice and interactive examples of English law in action. Relied upon by generations of students, Slapper and Kelly’s The English Legal System is a permanent fixture in this everevolving subject. Companion Website Visit The English Legal System companion website: www.routledge.com/cw/slapper Here you can find a bank of activities and exercises corresponding to the chapters in the book designed to give you the opportunity to test your knowledge and further your understanding of the English legal system. These include: • News and updates • Comprehensive legal skills guide • Multiple choice questions • Interactive glossary

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Moral Dealing

Contract, Ethics, and Reason

By: David Gauthier

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Moral Dealing

Contract, Ethics, and Reason

By: David Gauthier

David Gauthier is one of the most outstanding and influential philosophers working in moral theory today, and his book Morals by Agreement (1986) has established him as a preeminent defender of contractarian moral theory. This volume brings together a selection of his best essays on contractarianism, many of which have become difficult to find.

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Cornell University Press

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1501745794

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The English Legal System

2013-2014

By: David Kelly

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The English Legal System

2013-2014

By: David Kelly

Slapper and Kelly’s The English Legal System explains and critically assesses how our law is made and applied. Annually updated, this authoritative textbook clearly describes the legal rules of England and Wales and their collective influence as a sociocultural institution. This latest edition of The English Legal System presents and analyses changes made to the legal system and digests recent legislation and case law. The Protection of Freedom Act 2012, the Defamation Bill, the Justice and Security Bill 2012, the Mental Health (Discrimination) Bill 2012, and the July 2012 vote on Parliamentary reform are all incorporated into the text, and this edition also considers changes to the Crown Prosecution Service, Mediation and Judicial Diversity. The cases Alvi v Secretary of State for the Home Department (judicial review), AXA General Insurance Limited v The Lord Advocate (Scotland) (devolution), R v J, S, M and R v KS (jury tampering), and Rolf v De Guerin (mediation) are all digested in the text. The text also includes the latest government papers on antisocial behaviour, and criminal justice reform, the Practice Direction on citing authorities in court, and the Leveson Inquiry. Key learning features include: a clear and logical structure with short, manageable, well-structured individual chapters; useful chapter summaries which act as a good check point for students; ‘food for thought’ sections help to deepen understanding of key issues in each chapter; sources for further reading and suggested websites at the end of each chapter to point students towards further learning pathways; an online skills network including how-to-do practical examples, tips, advice and interactive examples of English law in action. Relied upon by generations of students, Slapper and Kelly’s The English Legal System is a permanent fixture in this ever evolving subject.

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1134066503

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Colonial Justice

Justice, Morality, and Crime in the Niagara District, 1791-1849

By: David Murray

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Colonial Justice

Justice, Morality, and Crime in the Niagara District, 1791-1849

By: David Murray

In 1791 when the Constitutional Act created a legislative assembly for Upper Canada, the colonists and their British rulers decreed that the operating criminal justice system in the area be adopted from England, to avoid any undue influence from the nearby United States. In this new study of early Canadian law, David Murray has delved into the court records of the Niagara District, one of the richest sets of criminal court records surviving from Upper Canada, to analyze the criminal justice system in the district during the first half of the nineteenth century. Murray explores how far local characteristics affected the operation of a criminal justice system transplanted from England; his analysis includes how legal processes affected Upper Canadian morality, the treatment of the insane, welfare cases, crimes committed in the district, and an examination of the roles of the Niagara magistrates, constables, and juries. Murray concludes by arguing that while the principles and culture of British justice were firmly implanted in the Niagara district, this did not prevent justice from being unequal, especially for women and visible minorities. Integrating the stories of the individuals caught up in the legal system, Murray explores law from a local perspective, and illuminates how the Niagara region's criminal justice system operated under hybrid influences from both Britain and the United States.

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University of Toronto Press

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1442655968

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Moonlight Magic

By: David S. Gillis

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Moonlight Magic

By: David S. Gillis

Moonlight Magic will delight young imaginations by showing how beautiful the world can be. Written in verse for children, three to eight years old. Moonlight Magic is a story of whimsy and creative possibilities to fill the reader with joy and fanciful happenings. Hopefully, the story of Moonlight Magic will replace thoughts of violence and fear children are exposed to today. Take them on this journey; Awake their imaginations; Fill their hearts with happiness, expose their young minds to whimsical creativity. For more information and other books by Joan Lake, please visit: joan-lake.com

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Covenant Books, Inc.

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1646704908

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Stasis and Stability

Exile, the Polis, and Political Thought, C. 404-146 BC

By: Benjamin David Gray

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Stasis and Stability

Exile, the Polis, and Political Thought, C. 404-146 BC

By: Benjamin David Gray

The continued vitality of the Greek city (polis) in the centuries after the Peloponnesian War has now been richly demonstrated by historians. But how does that vitality relate to the prominence in the same period of both civic unrest, or stasis, and utopian political thinking? In order to address this question, this volume uses exile and exiles as a lens for investigating the later Classical and Hellenistic polis and the political ideas which shaped it. The issue of the political and ethical status of exile and exiles necessarily raised fundamental questions about civic inclusion and exclusion, closely bound up with basic ideas of justice, virtue, and community. This makes it possible to interpret the varied evidence for exile as a guide to the complex, dynamic ecology of political ideas within the later Classical and post-Classical civic world, including both taken-for-granted political assumptions and more developed political ideologies and philosophies. In the course of its investigation, Stasis and Stability discusses the rich evidence for varied forms of expulsion and reintegration of citizens of poleis across the Mediterranean, analysing the full range of relevant civic institutions, practices, and debates. It also investigates civic activity and ideology outside the polis, addressing the complex and diverse political organization, agitation, and ideas of exiles themselves. Using this evidence, the volume develops an argument that the rich Greek civic political culture and political thought of this period were marked by significant extremes, contradictions, and indeterminacies in ideas about the relative value of solidarity and reciprocity, self-sacrifice and self-interest. Those features of the polis' political culture and political thought are integral to explaining both civic unrest and civic flourishing, both stasis and stability.

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0198729774

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Glamorous Sorcery

Magic and Literacy in the High Middle Ages

By: David Rollo

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Glamorous Sorcery

Magic and Literacy in the High Middle Ages

By: David Rollo

David Rollo considers a series of texts produced in England and the Angevin Empire to reassess the value and nature of literacy in the High Middle Ages. He does this by scrutinizing metaphors that represent writing as a form of sorcery or magic in Latin texts and in the work of the Old French writer Benoit de Sainte-Maure. Rollo then examines the ambiguous representation of literacy as a skill that can be exploited as a commodity.".

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U of Minnesota Press

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1452904693

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The Message of the Psalter

An Eschatological Programme in the Book of Psalms

By: David C. Mitchell

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The Message of the Psalter

An Eschatological Programme in the Book of Psalms

By: David C. Mitchell

What's really going on in the Psalms? Is it just an anthology of old Israelite songs? Or is there more to it than anyone ever guessed? This evergreen classic is the book that first proposed, in 1997, a messianic metanarrative in the Psalms. It explains how someone arranged the Psalms to outline a program of future events like in Zechariah 9-14. There is an appendix of apocalyptic midrashim, translated into English for the first time. A bridegroom-Messiah gathers exiled Israel. He sets up a kingdom, but dies a violent death. Israel are scattered in the wilderness of the nations. Then they are gathered again in troublous times. Finally, they are rescued by a king from the heavens. He sets his throne on Zion and receives the homage of the nations. 160,000 words. Read all about it!

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Campbell Publishers

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191661907X

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Computerized Adaptive Testing

From Concept to Implementation

By: David J. Weiss,Alper Sahin

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Computerized Adaptive Testing

From Concept to Implementation

By: David J. Weiss,Alper Sahin

Used worldwide in assessment and professional certification contexts, computerized adaptive testing (CAT) offers a powerful means to measure individual differences or make classifications. This authoritative work from CAT pioneer David J. Weiss and Alper Şahin provides a complete how-to guide for planning and implementing an effective CAT to create a test unique to each person in real time. The book reviews the history of CAT and the basics of item response theory used in CAT. It walks the reader through developing an item bank, pretesting and linking items, selecting required CAT options, and using simulations to design a CAT. Available software for CAT delivery is described, including links to free and commercial options. Engaging multidisciplinary examples illustrate applications of CAT for measuring ability, achievement, proficiency, personality, attitudes, perceptions, patients’ reports of their symptoms, and academic or clinical progress.

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Guilford Publications

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1462554520

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Coriander: Orders of Blood

By: David LeBarron

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Coriander: Orders of Blood

By: David LeBarron

Magick Users run the government, heal the sick and are priests to the Goddess who blesses them. And yet, they have been rendered useless in the face of an unknown murderous fiend. Covered in blood, Coriander and Vushi, lowly magick school apprentices, are cleaning up the ghastly remains of a slaughtered farmer and his family. No one, not even the master-Magi, can figure out who or what is responsible for this terrible deed. Coriander is sent to warn Madraceas, a nearby town, but he is too late. They have all been slaughtered. Wandering the empty, silent town, Coriander prays for answers. Magick leads him to a clue - a terrified young boy alone and hiding in the carnage. When the true murderer is revealed every precaution is taken but swords and magicks fail against this mighty foe. Can anyone prevent this seemingly unstoppable monster from killing again? Can clever Coriander save them all? Travel back to the Bronze Age where harpies, minotaurs, and other cruel monsters battle pre-Hellenistic Gods and their mortal heroes. Where magick wielding warriors protect towns from sea raiders and mountain Scavengers. Where ghosts, faeries and nymphs bless or destroy roads, homes and the helpless. And where a young man learning this magick is just trying to get through school. He has an extraordinary gift...for getting into trouble. His name is Coriander and these are his stories.

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146895718X

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Perspectiva

By: David C. Lindberg

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Perspectiva

By: David C. Lindberg

David Lindberg presents the first critical edition of the text of Roger Bacon's classic work Perspectiva, prepared from Latin manuscripts, accompanied by a facing-page English translation, critical notes, and a full study of the text. Also included is an analysis of Bacon's sources, influence, and role in the emergence of the discipline of perspectiva.

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Oxford University Press

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0198239920

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The Doors of the Sea

Where Was God in the Tsunami?

By: David Bentley Hart

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The Doors of the Sea

Where Was God in the Tsunami?

By: David Bentley Hart

As news reports of the horrific December 2004 tsunami in Asia reached the rest of the world, commentators were quick to seize upon the disaster as proof of either God s power or God s nonexistence, asking over and over, How could a good and loving God if such exists allow such suffering? In The Doors of the Sea David Bentley Hart speaks at once to those skeptical of Christian faith and to those who use their Christian faith to rationalize senseless human suffering. He calls both to recognize in the worst catastrophes not the providential will of God but rather the ongoing struggle between the rebellious powers that enslave the world and the God who loves it wholly.

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Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing

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0802866867

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Medieval Marriage

Symbolism and Society

By: David d'Avray

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Medieval Marriage

Symbolism and Society

By: David d'Avray

This study shows how marriage symbolism emerged from the world of texts to become a social force affecting ordinary people. It covers the whole medieval period but identifies the decades around 1200 as decisive. New arguments for regarding preaching as a mass medium from the thirteenth century are presented, building on the author's Medieval Marriage Sermons. In marriage preaching symbolism was central. Marriage symbolism also became a social force through law, and lay behind the combination of monogamy and indissolubility which made the medieval Church's marriage system a unique development in world history. Symbolism is not presented as an explanation on its own: it interacted with other causal factors, notably the eleventh-century Gregorian Reform's drive for celibacy, which made the higher clergy like a third gender and less sympathetic to patriarchal polygamous tendencies. Sexual intercourse as a symbol of Christ's union with the Church became central, not just in mysticism but in society as structured by Church law. Symbolism also explains apparently bizarre rules, such as the exemption from capital punishment of clerics in minor orders provided that they married a virgin not a widow. The rules about blessing second marriages are also connected with this nexus of thought. The book is based on a wide range of manuscript sources: sermons, canon law commentaries, Apostolic Penitentiary registers, papal bulls, a gaol delivery roll, and pastoral handbooks. The collection of documents at the end of the book expands the source base for the history of medieval marriage generally as well as underpinning the thesis about symbolism.

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OUP Oxford

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0191518751

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Freedom, Truth, and Human Dignity

The Second Vatican Council's Declaration on Religious Freedom

By: David L. Schindler,Nicholas J. Healy Jr.

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Freedom, Truth, and Human Dignity

The Second Vatican Council's Declaration on Religious Freedom

By: David L. Schindler,Nicholas J. Healy Jr.

In this Book David L. Schindier and Nicholas J. Healy Jr. promote a deeper understanding of the Second Vatican Council's Declaration on Religious Freedom - Dignitatis Humanae - which Pope Paul VI characterized as one of the greatest documents of Vatican II. In addition to presenting a new translation of the approved text of the Declaration, they make available for the first time in English the five schemas (drafts) of the document that were presented to the Council bishops leading up to the final version. The book also includes an original interpretive essay on Dignitatis Humanae by Schindier and an essay on the genesis and redaction history of the text by Healy. Book jacket.

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Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing

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0802871550

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Johannes Sinapius (1505-1560)

Hellenist and Physician in Germany and Italy

By: John L. Flood,David J. Shaw

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Johannes Sinapius (1505-1560)

Hellenist and Physician in Germany and Italy

By: John L. Flood,David J. Shaw

Cette biographie retrace la vie et l'oeuvre de Johannes Sinapius, helléniste en Allemagne, devenu médecin en Italie, ami intime d'Erasme, de Melanchton, de Bucer, de Camerarius, de Calvin et de nombreux autres personnages importants. En appendice, on trouve le texte intégral de sa correspondance, ainsi que celui de sa production littéraire.

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Librairie Droz

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2600002073

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Outline of Roman History from Romulus to Justinian (including Translation of the Twelve Tables, the Institutes of Gaius, and the Institutes of Justinian), with Special Reference to the Growth, Development and Decay of Roman Jurisprudence

By: David Nasmith

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Outline of Roman History from Romulus to Justinian (including Translation of the Twelve Tables, the Institutes of Gaius, and the Institutes of Justinian), with Special Reference to the Growth, Development and Decay of Roman Jurisprudence

By: David Nasmith

A significant work of cultural history based on a study of legal institutions. Many students are familiar with the landmarks of Roman jurisprudence but know little about their background. This is unfortunate because these texts lose meaning when they are extracted from their original social and cultural context. Nasmith solves this problem.

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The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd.

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1584776129

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The Genevan Reformation and the American Founding

By: David W. Hall

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The Genevan Reformation and the American Founding

By: David W. Hall

In this provocative study, David W. Hall argues that the American founders were more greatly influenced by Calvinism than contemporary scholars, and perhaps even the founders themselves, have understood. Calvinism's insistence on human rulers' tendency to err played a significant role in the founders' prescription of limited government and fed the distinctly American philosophy in which political freedom for citizens is held as the highest value. Hall's timely work countervails many scholars' doubt in the intellectual efficacy of religion by showing that religious teachings have led to such progressive ideals as American democracy and freedom.

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Lexington Books

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073911106X

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9780739111062

Collected Writings

By: Elizabetha Johanna Westonia,David K. Money

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Collected Writings

By: Elizabetha Johanna Westonia,David K. Money

The first modern edition and translation of the writings of the Neo-Latin poet Elizabeth Jane Weston (c. 1581-1612). Sheds new light on the possibilities of artistic self-representation available to women at the end of the 16th century.

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University of Toronto Press

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0802044727

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Hume: Political Writings

By: David Hume,Stuart D. Warner,Donald W. Livingston

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Hume: Political Writings

By: David Hume,Stuart D. Warner,Donald W. Livingston

The first thematically arranged collection of Hume's political writings, this new work brings together substantive selections from A Treatise on Human Nature, An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals, and Essays: Moral, Political and Literary, with an interpretive introduction placing Hume in the context of contemporary debates between liberalism and its critics and between contextual and universal approaches.

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Hackett Publishing

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0872201600

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9780872201606

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