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The History of the New York Court of Appeals, 1847-1932

By: Francis Bergan

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The History of the New York Court of Appeals, 1847-1932

By: Francis Bergan

From 1932 to 2003, the New York Court of Appeals-the highest court in the state- decided crucial cases pertaining to the social and legal issues of the day. The judges' rulings affected laws regarding motion picture censorship; obscenity, indecency, and immorality; religion; capital punishment; torts; the right to control personal medical care; and abortion. This comprehensive history completes a two volume series that began with The History of the New York Court of Appeals, 1847-1932. Each case is richly recounted and analyzed, detailing the decisions and dissenting opinions. Short biographies are provided for the judges who served during this period, and changes in the selection of judges, as well as the court's jurisdiction, are thoroughly explained. Particular to this volume, the authors provide the legal, social, and political contexts for these cases, showing how the law has evolved over time. They examine the court's view concerning its constitutional power to respond to an economic emergency during the Great Depression; they outline cases in which the judges ruled on the government's role in legislating morals and morality; and they focus on the evolution of the court's opinions regarding statutory interpretation, judicial federalism, censorship, constitutional reform, criminal law and capital punishment, rules of evidence, education, family law, and antitrust and labor law.

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Columbia University Press

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0231059507

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9780231059503

The History of the New York Court of Appeals

1932-2003

By: Bernard S. Meyer,Francis Bergan,Burton C. Agata,Seth H. Agata

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The History of the New York Court of Appeals

1932-2003

By: Bernard S. Meyer,Francis Bergan,Burton C. Agata,Seth H. Agata

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0231509901

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9780231509909

SAS Trooper

Charlie Radford's Operations in Enemy Occupied France and Italy

By: Francis Mackay

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SAS Trooper

Charlie Radford's Operations in Enemy Occupied France and Italy

By: Francis Mackay

A British Army veteran revisits his military career, sharing thrilling stories of Special Forces missions behind enemy lines during World War II. A pre-war Sapper, Charlie Radford served in North Africa until he returned to the UK for parachute training. He volunteered and joined 2SAS in Scotland. His first behind-the-lines operation was in France (Op. Rupert) cutting railway lines, and he then took park in Operation Loyton, now in armed jeeps. His next assignment (Operation Zombie) involved parachuting into the Italian Dolomites to disrupt the vital German link North of Verona between Italy and Austria. This operation ended in failure due to fool hardy leadership, inadequate manning and poor preparation. His OC was captured, tortured and executed, but Charlie escaped to live with the Partisans before being repatriated to the UK. After the war he returned to France to help with the exhumation and reburial of SAS men executed in the Vosges mountains. Postwar he served in Kenya and Somaliland and his experiences there form an interesting epilogue. But SAS Trooper is first and foremost a thrilling account of Special Force soldiering told from the perspective of a young man who more than did his duty under the most testing conditions. Those who imagine that this was a glamorous role in war need only read of the shortcomings of preparation and leadership that led to the disastrous failure of Operation Zombie and the hardships and dangers of fighting with the ruthless Partisans in the Dolomites. Praise for SAS Trooper “This is an interesting autobiography examining the British experience of the Second World War from . . . a pre-war long-service army man rather than the more normal wartime entry, with a mix of special forces and engineer service. Radford and his editor Mackay have produced an interesting book, of special value for those with an interest in the SAS but also of use for those with an interest in the wider British army.” —HistoryOfWar.org

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348

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Casemate Publishers

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1844683621

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9781844683628

Hiking

By: D. Francis Morgan

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Hiking

By: D. Francis Morgan

You will have built up for yourselves a wonderful store of memories which will not leave you as long as you live: memories of sun and wind, of the songs of birds, the patter of rain upon the leaves and the smell of the warm, wet earth: memories of white, dusty roads, clear streams and cool, shady places: perhaps, too, of dark clouds and great winds: but, most of all, you know that you will remember the sparks rising from your camp fire and the small circle of flickering light keeping the darkness at bay.

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Garrett County Press

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189105306X

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9781891053061

Look Out Below!

A Story of the Airborne by a Paratrooper Padre

By: Francis L. Sampson

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A Story of the Airborne by a Paratrooper Padre

By: Francis L. Sampson

A veteran of the Second World War and the Korean War, Francis L. Sampson was a real-life hero whose exploits inspired one of the most famous war films of all time, Saving Private Ryan. From rural beginnings in northwestern Iowa, Sampson's life would take him from the University of Notre Dame to the battlefields of Normandy on D-Day, the ambitious failure of Operation Market Garden, the harshness of a winter as a POW of the Germans during the closing stages of the Second World War, to the fall of North Korean capital Pyongyang in the early stages of the Korean War. Part of the very rare breed of Parachute Chaplains, in his case with the 101 st Airborne Division, Sampson spent much of his career as an army chaplain in the center of maelstroms of the 20 th century. Throughout it all, Sampson offered a valuable Christian witness in the darkest of times and the most difficult of circumstances. This second edition of his memoirs, Look Out Below! contains material on his service during the Korean War and occupation duty in Germany and Japan as well as the Second World War, with a new historical introduction by University of Scranton Professor Sean Brennan.

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CUA Press

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0813236576

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9780813236575

Pebble Island

The Falklands War 1982

By: Francis Mackay,Jon Cooksey

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Pebble Island

The Falklands War 1982

By: Francis Mackay,Jon Cooksey

This is the story of the SAS raid on Pebble Island during the Falklands War.In atrocious weather, 48 men of 22 SAS Regiment were landed by Sea King Helicopter on the Island. Their task was to destroy the 11 enemy aircraft located at the Airstrip on the Island and neutralize the Argentinean force posted there to guard it.The raid was successful and all the Aircraft were destroyed but debate still goes on as to whether the raid was a political gesture to give the British Public some action or whether it was to knock out the Airbase that could have made life difficult for the landings at San Carlos Bay later in the War.The book covers sections on: history of the engagement, training and planning involved, equipment used, weapons file, breakdown of forces engaged, consequences and controversies as well as personal accounts of those involved.

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Casemate Publishers

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147389297X

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9781473892972

A Comparative Grammar of the Anglo Saxon Language. In which its Forms are Illustrated by Those of the Sankrit, Greek, Latin, Gothic, Old Saxon, Old Friesic, Old Norse, and Old High German

By: Francis Andrew March

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A Comparative Grammar of the Anglo Saxon Language. In which its Forms are Illustrated by Those of the Sankrit, Greek, Latin, Gothic, Old Saxon, Old Friesic, Old Norse, and Old High German

By: Francis Andrew March

Reprint of the original, first published in 1877.

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3385522129

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9783385522121

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The History of the New York Court of Appeals, 1847-1932

The History of the New York Court of Appeals, 1847-1932

The History of the New York Court of Appeals

The History of the New York Court of Appeals

SAS Trooper

SAS Trooper

Hiking

Hiking

Look Out Below!

Look Out Below!

Pebble Island

Pebble Island

A Comparative Grammar of the Anglo Saxon Language. In which its Forms are Illustrated by Those of the Sankrit, Greek, Latin, Gothic, Old Saxon, Old Friesic, Old Norse, and Old High German

A Comparative Grammar of the Anglo Saxon Language. In which its Forms are Illustrated by Those of the Sankrit, Greek, Latin, Gothic, Old Saxon, Old Friesic, Old Norse, and Old High German

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