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Presidential Powers

By: Harold J Krent

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Framed in Article II of the Constitution, presidential powers are dictated today by judicial as well as historical precedent. To understand the ways the president wields power as well as how this power is kept in check by other branches of government, Harold J. Krent presents three overlapping determinants of the president's role under the Constitution-the need for presidential initiative in administering the law and providing foreign policy leadership, the importance of maintaining congressional control over policymaking, and the imperative to ensure that the president be accountable to the public. Krent’s examination is sweeping, ranging from the president's ability to appoint and remove executive branch officials, to the president's role in proposing and implementing treaties and the power to conduct war, to the extent the president can refuse to turn over information in response to congressional and judicial requests. Finally, Krent addresses the history and purposes of presidential pardons. By drawing on historic and contemporary presidential actions to illustrate his points, Krent reminds us that the president is both an exalted leader with the regalia of power and an American who is and should be accountable to fellow citizens-important considerations as we elect and assess our presidents.

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NYU Press

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081474933X

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Power and Society

A Framework for Political Inquiry

By: Harold D. Lasswell

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Power and Society

A Framework for Political Inquiry

By: Harold D. Lasswell

In Power and Society, Harold D. Lasswell collaborates with a brilliant young philosopher, Abraham Kaplan, to formulate basic theoretical concepts and hypotheses of political science, providing a framework for further inquiry into the political process. This is a classic book of political theory written by two of the most influential social scientists of the twentieth century.The authors find their subject matter in interpersonal relations, not abstract institutions or organizations, and their analysis of power is related to human values. They argue that revolution is a part of the political process, and ideology has a role in political affairs. The importance of class, both as social fact and social symbol, is reflected in their detailed analysis, and emphasis on merit rather than rank, skill rather than status, as keystones of democratic rule.The authors note that power is only one of the values and instruments manifested in interpersonal relations; it cannot be understood in abstraction from other values. Lasswell and Kaplan call for the replacement of "power politics," both in theory and in practice, by a conception in which attention is focused on the human consequences of power as the major concern of both political thought and political action. The basic discussions of core concepts in political science make Power and Society of continuing importance to scholars, government officials, and politicians.

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Routledge

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135149743X

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Ephesians

An Exegetical Commentary

By: Harold W. Hoehner

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Ephesians

An Exegetical Commentary

By: Harold W. Hoehner

Destined to become the definitive commentary on Ephesians, this resource combines detailed exegesis and extensive interaction with contemporary scholarship.

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Baker Academic

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0801026148

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The National Security Constitution

Sharing Power After the Iran-Contra Affair

By: Harold Hongju Koh

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The National Security Constitution

Sharing Power After the Iran-Contra Affair

By: Harold Hongju Koh

Discusses the Iran-Contra affair and its implications.

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Yale University Press

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0300044933

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An Introduction to the Love of Wisdom

An Essential and Existential Approach to Philosophy

By: James A. Harold

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An Introduction to the Love of Wisdom

An Essential and Existential Approach to Philosophy

By: James A. Harold

The purpose of this engaging book is twofold: to explain and justify the primary objects and methods of the discipline of philosophy, and to show how philosophy is relevant to a person's life and happiness. Both purposes are implied in the idea of wisdom in its theoretical and existential dimensions. Philosophy is the 'love of wisdom, ' and wisdom involves coming into a right relation to the world of beauty, goodness, and truth

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University Press of America

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0761830065

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Edward S. Corwin's The Constitution and what it Means Today

By: Edward S. Corwin,Harold William Chase,Craig R. Ducat

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Edward S. Corwin's The Constitution and what it Means Today

By: Edward S. Corwin,Harold William Chase,Craig R. Ducat

Provides a concise explanation of U.S. Constitutional law and constitutional interpretation.

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Princeton University Press

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0691027587

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Essays in Constructive Mathematics

By: Harold M. Edwards

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Essays in Constructive Mathematics

By: Harold M. Edwards

Contents and treatment are fresh and very different from the standard treatments Presents a fully constructive version of what it means to do algebra The exposition is not only clear, it is friendly, philosophical, and considerate even to the most naive or inexperienced reader

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Springer Nature

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303098558X

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The Wonder of Consciousness

Understanding the Mind Through Philosophical Reflection

By: Harold L. Langsam

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The Wonder of Consciousness

Understanding the Mind Through Philosophical Reflection

By: Harold L. Langsam

An argument that what makes consciousness wonderful is its intelligibility.

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MIT Press

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0262015854

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A Preface to Peace

By: Harold Callender

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A Preface to Peace

By: Harold Callender

This book, first published in 1944, assesses the prospects of peace following the Allied victory in the Second World War. It examines the tasks that victory would impose on the victors; the development during the war of US policies, military and political; the errors that caused the war; and the viewpoints and needs of the Allied powers. Concluding that the future peace could be only achieved through the power and influence of the United States, it argues that the process of uniting the Allies in peace would need greater statesmanship than united them in war against a common enemy.

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Taylor & Francis

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1000371190

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Jurisprudence for a Free Society

Studies in Law, Science and Policy, Volume I

By: Harold D. Lasswell,Myres S. McDougal

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Jurisprudence for a Free Society

Studies in Law, Science and Policy, Volume I

By: Harold D. Lasswell,Myres S. McDougal

Jurisprudence For a Free Society is a remarkable contribution to legal theory. In its comprehensiveness and systematic elaboration, it stands among the major theories. It is also the most important jurisprudential statement to emerge in the post-war period. The pioneering work of Lasswell and McDougal on law and policy is already legendary. Most of the work produced by these scholars together and in collaboration with their students represent applications of their basic theory to a wide assortment of international and national legal and policy problems. Now, for the first time, the authoritative statement of their legal philosophy appears as a single volume. In Part I the authors develop their fundamental criteria for a theory about law, including the requirements of clarifying observational standpoint, focus of inquiry and the pertinent intellectual tasks incumbent on the scholar and decisionmaker for determining and achieving common interests. Trends in theories about law, including Natural Law, the Historical School, Positivism, the Sociological Study of Law, American Legal Realism and other contemporary theories, are explored for what they might contribute to the achievement to the authors' conception of an adequate jurisprudence. The print edition is available as a set of two volumes (9780792309895).

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Martinus Nijhoff Publishers

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9004534253

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The United States Tax Court

An Historical Analysis

By: Harold Dubroff,Brant J. Hellwig

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The United States Tax Court

An Historical Analysis

By: Harold Dubroff,Brant J. Hellwig

The United States Tax Court has played a key role in the development of Federal tax law since its founding as the Board of Tax Appeals in 1924. The United States Tax Court-An Historical Analysis (Second Edition) is a 13-part scholarly work which provides insight into the forces which created and shaped the United States Tax Court, its procedures, and its jurisdiction through the present day.

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Government Printing Office

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0160926882

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United States Tax Court: A Historical Analysis

A Historical Analysis

By: Harold Dubroff,Brant J. Hellwig

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United States Tax Court: A Historical Analysis

A Historical Analysis

By: Harold Dubroff,Brant J. Hellwig

NOTE: NO FURTHER DISCOUNT FOR THIS PRODUCT-OVERSTOCK SALE -Significantly reduced list price The United States Tax Court has played a key role in the development of Federal tax law since its founding as the Board of Tax Appeals in 1924. The United States Tax Court-An Historical Analysis (Second Edition) is a 13-part scholarly work which provides insight into the forces which created and shaped the United States Tax Court, its procedures, and its jurisdiction through the present day. This comprehensive work is packaged with two paperback volumes. Parts I through IV of the book detail the history of the United States Tax Court, beginning with the creation of the Board of Tax Appeals through the 1969 congressional chartering of the United States Tax Court as a court of record established under article I of the United States Constitution. Part V discusses the judicial consideration of the United States Tax Court's constitutional status that culminated in the United States Supreme Court's 1991 decision in Freytag v. Commissioner. Part VI addresses foundational aspects of the United States Tax Court's jurisdiction, such as its deficiency and refund jurisdiction. Part VII examines a number of recent innovations in the United States Tax Court's jurisdiction that are intended to improve the efficiency of tax litigation. Part VIII explores the jurisdiction of the United States Tax Court to review the administration of certain specified taxpayer rights. Parts IX through XI discuss pretrial matters, trial procedure, and post-trial considerations, respectively. Part XII discusses the position of the Special Trial Judge. Part XIII addresses the various means by which the United States Tax Court provides institutional support to self-represented taxpayers.

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Jurisprudence for a Free Society

Studies in Law, Science, and Policy

By: Harold Dwight Lasswell,Myres Smith Macdougal

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Studies in Law, Science, and Policy

By: Harold Dwight Lasswell,Myres Smith Macdougal

Jurisprudence For a Free Society" is a remarkable contribution to legal theory. In its comprehensiveness and systematic elaboration, it stands among the major theories. It is also the most important jurisprudential statement to emerge in the post-war period. The pioneering work of Lasswell and McDougal on law and policy is already legendary. Most of the work produced by these scholars together and in collaboration with their students represent applications of their basic theory to a wide assortment of international and national legal and policy problems. Now, for the first time, the authoritative statement of their legal philosophy appears as a single volume. In Part I the authors develop their fundamental criteria for a theory about law, including the requirements of clarifying observational standpoint, focus of inquiry and the pertinent intellectual tasks incumbent on the scholar and decisionmaker for determining and achieving common interests. Trends in theories about law, including Natural Law, the Historical School, Positivism, the Sociological Study of Law, American Legal Realism and other contemporary theories, are explored for what they might contribute to the achievement to the authors' conception of an adequate jurisprudence. In Part II, the social process as a whole and the particular value-institutional processes that comprise it are described and analyzed. Because people establish, maintain and change institutions, the dynamics of personality and personality's relation to law is delineated. Part III explores the intellectual tasks of policy thinking, from clarification of values, through description of trend, the scientific examination of conditions, projection of futuredevelopments and the invention of alternatives. Part IV examines the structure of decision in a free society, a society in which the achievement of human dignity is confirmed in both word and deed. Six appendices bring together monographs by the authors over a period of forty years which deal, in more detail, with particular matters treated in the body of the book.

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Martinus Nijhoff Publishers

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0792309898

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Riemann's Zeta Function

By: Harold M. Edwards

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Riemann's Zeta Function

By: Harold M. Edwards

Superb high-level study of one of the most influential classics in mathematics examines landmark 1859 publication entitled “On the Number of Primes Less Than a Given Magnitude,” and traces developments in theory inspired by it. Topics include Riemann's main formula, the prime number theorem, the Riemann-Siegel formula, large-scale computations, Fourier analysis, and other related topics. English translation of Riemann's original document appears in the Appendix.

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Courier Corporation

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0486417409

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The National Security Constitution in the Twenty-First Century

By: Harold Hongju Koh

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The National Security Constitution in the Twenty-First Century

By: Harold Hongju Koh

A deeply researched, fully updated edition of The National Security Constitution that explores the growing imbalance of institutional powers in American foreign affairs and national security policy Since the beginning of the American Republic, a package of norms has evolved in the U.S. Constitution to protect the operation of checks and balances in national security policy. This “National Security Constitution” promotes shared powers and balanced institutional participation in foreign policymaking. Today it is under attack from a competing claim of executive unilateralism generated by recurrent patterns of presidential activism, congressional passivity, and judicial tolerance. This dynamic has pushed presidents of both parties to press the limits of law in foreign affairs. In his award-winning National Security Constitution (1990), Harold Hongju Koh traced the evolution of this constitutional struggle across America’s history. This new book, based on the earlier volume but with roughly 70 percent new material, brings the story to the present, placing recent events into constitutional perspective. Reviewing the presidencies of the twenty-first century, he explains why modern national security threats have given presidents of both parties incentives to monopolize foreign policy decision-making, Congress incentives to defer, and the courts reasons to rubber-stamp. Koh suggests both a workable strategy and crucial prescriptions to restore the balance of our constitutional order in addressing modern global crises.

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Yale University Press

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0300277466

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9780300277463

Introduction to Arbitration

By: Harold Crowter

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Introduction to Arbitration

By: Harold Crowter

This book provides a highly accessible yet practical guide to all aspects of arbitration, from the drafting of an arbitration agreement through to the award, including enforcement and appeals. Being comprehensive in its approach, every stage of the arbitral process under the Arbitration Act 1996 is covered including a separate chapter covering special types of arbitration such as consumer schemes and arbitrations under statute. Written in simple non-legalistic language and intentionally general in its coverage, it should be of relevance to arbitration matters whatever trade or profession practised.

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1000340929

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The Serial Killer Files

The Who, What, Where, How, and Why of the World's Most Terrifying Murderers

By: Harold Schechter

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The Serial Killer Files

The Who, What, Where, How, and Why of the World's Most Terrifying Murderers

By: Harold Schechter

THE DEFINITIVE DOSSIER ON HISTORY’S MOST HEINOUS! Hollywood’s make-believe maniacs like Jason, Freddy, and Hannibal Lecter can’t hold a candle to real life monsters like John Wayne Gacy, Ted Bundy, Jeffrey Dahmer, and scores of others who have terrorized, tortured, and terminated their way across civilization throughout the ages. Now, from the much-acclaimed author of Deviant, Deranged, and Depraved, comes the ultimate resource on the serial killer phenomenon. Rigorously researched and packed with the most terrifying, up-to-date information, this innovative and highly compelling compendium covers every aspect of multiple murderers–from psychology to cinema, fetishism to fan clubs, “trophies” to trading cards. Discover: WHO THEY ARE: Those featured include Ed Gein, the homicidal mama’s boy who inspired fiction’s most famous Psycho, Norman Bates; Angelo Buono and Kenneth Bianchi, sex-crazed killer cousins better known as the Hillside Stranglers; and the Beanes, a fifteenth-century cave-dwelling clan with an insatiable appetite for human flesh HOW THEY KILL: They shoot, stab, and strangle. Butcher, bludgeon, and burn. Drown, dismember, and devour . . . and other methods of massacre too many and monstrous to mention here. WHY THEY DO IT: For pleasure and for profit. For celebrity and for “companionship.” For the devil and for dinner. For the thrill of it, for the hell of it, and because “such men are monsters, who live . . . beyond the frontiers of madness.” PLUS: in-depth case studies, classic killers’ nicknames, definitions of every kind of deviance and derangement, and much, much more. For more than one hundred profiles of lethal loners and killer couples, Bluebeards and black widows, cannibals and copycats– this is an indispensable, spine-tingling, eye-popping investigation into the dark hearts and mad minds of that twisted breed of human whose crimes are the most frightening . . . and fascinating.

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Ballantine Books

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0345472004

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9780345472007

The Supreme Court in the American Legal System

By: Jeffrey A. Segal,Harold J. Spaeth,Sara C. Benesh

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The Supreme Court in the American Legal System

By: Jeffrey A. Segal,Harold J. Spaeth,Sara C. Benesh

This book examines the American legal system, including a comprehensive treatment of the U.S. Supreme Court. Despite this treatment, the 'in' from the title deserves emphasis, for it extensively examines lower courts, providing separate chapters on state courts, the US District Courts, and the US Courts of Appeals. The book analyzes these courts from a legal/extralegal framework, drawing different conclusions about the relative influence of each based on institutional structures and empirical evidence. The book is also tied together through its attention to the relationship between lower courts and the Supreme Court. Additionally, Election 2000 litigation provides a common substantive topic linking many of the chapters. Finally, it provides extended coverage to the legal process, with separate chapters on civil procedure, evidence, and criminal procedure.

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Cambridge University Press

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0521780381

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The Encyclopedia of Indian Philosophies, Volume 5

The Philosophy of the Grammarians

By: Harold G. Coward,K. Kunjunni Raja

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The Encyclopedia of Indian Philosophies, Volume 5

The Philosophy of the Grammarians

By: Harold G. Coward,K. Kunjunni Raja

This volume of the monumental reference series being prepared under the general editorship of Karl Potter provides summaries of the main works in the Grammarian tradition of Indian philosophy. Describing the functions of language on different levels, from ordinary empirical speech to the poetic intuition of the divine, the Grammarians sought to demonstrate that the correct grammatical use of language and the devotional chanting of mantras are ways of moving from lower to higher stages of knowledge and self-realization. This work gives special emphasis to the thought of Bhartrhari, the great systematizer of the Grammarian philosophy. For those unacquainted with Indian philosophy, the editors' introduction provides an explanation of the basic concepts found in the Grammarian texts. Grammarian thought is based on the Vedas, and the writings of Panini, Patanjali, Bhartrhari, and others develop implicit Vedic ideas about language and its function. Their works combine a grammatical analysis of Sanskrit language with a philosophy that takes language as divine. Originally published in 1991. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

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1400872707

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