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Deadly Dozen

Forgotten Gunfighters of the Old West, Vol. 3

By: Robert K. DeArment

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Deadly Dozen

Forgotten Gunfighters of the Old West, Vol. 3

By: Robert K. DeArment

For every Wild Bill Hickok or Billy the Kid, there was another western gunfighter just as deadly but not as well known. Robert K. DeArment has earned a reputation as the premier researcher of unknown gunfighters, and here he offers twelve more portraits of men who weren’t glorified in legend but were just as notorious in their day. Those who think they already know all about Old West gunfighters will be amazed at this new collection. Here are men like Porter Stockton, the Texas terror who bragged that he had killed eighteen men, and Jim Levy, who killed a man for disparaging his Irish blood, though he was also the only known Jewish gunfighter. These stories span eight decades, from the gold rushes of the 1850s to the 1920s. Telling of gunmen such as Jim Masterson, the brother of Bat Masterson, or the real Whispering Smith—the man behind the fictionalized persona—whose career spanned four decades, DeArment conscientiously separates fact from fiction to reconstruct lives all the more amazing for having remained unknown for so long. The product of iron-clad research, this newest Deadly Dozen delivers the goods for gunfighter buffs in search of something different. Together the Deadly Dozen volumes constitute a Who’s Who of western outlaws and prove that there’s more to the Wild West than Jesse James.

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University of Oklahoma Press

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0806184728

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John L. O'Sullivan and His Times

By: Robert Sampson

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John L. O'Sullivan and His Times

By: Robert Sampson

The life of nineteenth-century journalist, diplomat, adventurer, and enthusiast for lost causes John Louis O'Sullivan is usually glimpsed only in brief episodes, perhaps because the components of his life are sometimes contradictory. An exponent of romantic democracy, O'Sullivan became a defender of slavery. A champion of reforms for women, labor, criminals, and public schools, he ended his life promoting spiritualism. This first full-length biography reveals a man possessed of the idealism and promise, as well as the prejudices and follies, of his age, a man who sensed the revolutionary and liberating potential of radical democracy but was unable to acknowledge the racial barriers it had to cross to fulfill its promise. Sure to be welcomed by scholars of the Jacksonian era and others interested in nineteenth-century American history, John L. O'Sullivan and His Times presents an in-depth examination of O'Sullivan's ideas as they were expressed in the Democratic Review and other newspapers and literary magazines that he edited. O'Sullivan was a crusader whose efforts to end capital panishment came within a hair's breadth of ending hanging in New York; an editor who called down the w

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Kent State University Press

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0873387457

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Roster and Statistical Record of Company D, of the Eleventh Regiment Maine Infantry

By: Albert Brady, Robert Jr. Maxfield

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Roster and Statistical Record of Company D, of the Eleventh Regiment Maine Infantry

By: Albert Brady, Robert Jr. Maxfield

Reproduction of the original: Roster and Statistical Record of Company D, of the Eleventh Regiment Maine Infantry by Albert Maxfield, Robert Jr. Brady

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3752394633

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The Myth of American Inequality

How Government Biases Policy Debate (With a New Preface)

By: Phil Gramm,Robert Ekelund,John Early

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The Myth of American Inequality

How Government Biases Policy Debate (With a New Preface)

By: Phil Gramm,Robert Ekelund,John Early

A Wall Street Journal Best Book of 2022: Politics • Winner of the 2024 Hayek Book Prize, Manhattan Institute Hailed by the Wall Street Journal as one of the best books of 2022, The Myth of American Inequality demonstrates that the federal government egregiously overstates the degree of inequality and poverty in the world’s wealthiest nation. In doing so, the authors--a former United States senator, eminent economist, and a former senior leader at the Bureau of Labor Statistics-- challenge the prevailing consensus that income inequality is a growing threat to American society. Getting the facts straight reveals that the key measures of well-being are greater than the official statistics of the country would lead us to believe. Income inequality is lower today than at any time in post- World War II America. The facts reveal a very different and better America than the one that is currently described by policy advocates across much of the political spectrum. The updated edition brings will challenge political debate throughout the 2024 election season and provide clear and convincing evidence that the American Dream is alive and well.

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Rowman & Littlefield

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1538190141

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By My Side: The Tikrit Diaries

The Tikrit Diaries

By: Robert B. Repenning

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By My Side: The Tikrit Diaries

The Tikrit Diaries

By: Robert B. Repenning

In 2005, Robert Repenning, a Catholic priest served as an Army Chaplain in Iraq. This is the printed version of his on line journal, which he kept during his deployment. "By My Side" provides a unique perspective of his ministry in Iraq blending Catholicism, politics, rock and roll, and personal reflection while also being a vehicle to keep in touch with his loved ones while he was away.

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Lulu.com

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0557225701

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The Confederate Surrender at Greensboro

The Final Days of the Army of Tennessee, April 1865

By: Robert M. Dunkerly

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The Confederate Surrender at Greensboro

The Final Days of the Army of Tennessee, April 1865

By: Robert M. Dunkerly

Drawing upon more than 200 eyewitness accounts, this work chronicles the largest troop surrender of the Civil War, at Greensboro--one of the most confusing, frustrating and tension-filled events of the war. Long overshadowed by Appomattox, this event was equally important in ending the war, and is much more representative of how most Americans in 1865 experienced the conflict's end. The book includes a timeline, organizational charts, an order of battle, maps, and illustrations. It also uses many unpublished accounts and provides information on Confederate campsites that have been lost to development and neglect.

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McFarland

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1476603812

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The Free and Open Press

The Founding of American Democratic Press Liberty

By: Robert W. T. Martin

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The Free and Open Press

The Founding of American Democratic Press Liberty

By: Robert W. T. Martin

The current, heated debates over hate speech and pornography were preceded by the equally contentious debates over the "free and open press" in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Thus far little scholarly attention has been focused on the development of the concept of political press freedom even though it is a form of civil liberty that was pioneered in the United States. But the establishment of press liberty had implications that reached far beyond mere free speech. In this groundbreaking work, Robert Martin demonstrates that the history of the "free and open press" is in many ways the story of the emergence and first real expansions of the early American public sphere and civil society itself. Through a careful analysis of early libel law, the state and federal constitutions, and the Sedition Act crisis Martin shows how the development of constitutionalism and civil liberties were bound up in the discussion of the "free and open press." Finally, this book is a study of early American political thought and democratic theory, as seen through the revealing window provided by press liberty discourse. It speaks to broad audiences concerned with the public square, the history of the book, free press history, contemporary free expression controversies, legal history, and conceptual history.

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NYU Press

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0814764193

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9780814764190

Rufus King

American Federalist

By: Robert Ernst

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Rufus King

American Federalist

By: Robert Ernst

This is the first full-length biography of Rufus King. It emphasizes politics and diplomacy but also presents a well-rounded appraisal of King's personality, outlook, and interests. Many little-known facets of King's life are illuminated, including his relationship to the Burr-Hamilton duel. Originally published in 1968. A UNC Press Enduring Edition -- UNC Press Enduring Editions use the latest in digital technology to make available again books from our distinguished backlist that were previously out of print. These editions are published unaltered from the original, and are presented in affordable paperback formats, bringing readers both historical and cultural value.

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0807839485

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The Papers of Robert Morris, 1781-1784

Volume 8: May 5-December 31,1783

By: Robert Morris

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The Papers of Robert Morris, 1781-1784

Volume 8: May 5-December 31,1783

By: Robert Morris

Although Robert Morris (1734-1806), "the Financier of the American Revolution," was a signer of the Declaration of Independence, the Articles of Confederation, and the Constitution, a powerful committee chairman in the Continental Congress, an important figure in Pennsylvania politics, and perhaps the most prominent businessman of his day, he is today least known of the great national leaders of the Revolutionary era.This oversight is being rectified by this definitive publication project that transcribes and carefully annotates the Office of Finance diary, correspondence, and other official papers written by Morris during his administration as superintendent of finance from 1781 to 1784.

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University of Pittsburgh Pre

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0822938863

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9780822938866

Papers of Robert Morris, 1781–1784, Volume 8

By: Robert Morris

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Papers of Robert Morris, 1781–1784, Volume 8

By: Robert Morris

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0822970392

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Sacramento City and County Directory for 1868

By: Robert E. Draper

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Sacramento City and County Directory for 1868

By: Robert E. Draper

Reprint of the original, first published in 1868.

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3375048300

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Ballists, Dead Beats, and Muffins

Inside Early Baseball in Illinois

By: Robert D. Sampson

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Ballists, Dead Beats, and Muffins

Inside Early Baseball in Illinois

By: Robert D. Sampson

Baseball’s spread across Illinois paralleled the sport’s explosive growth in other parts of the country. Robert D. Sampson taps a wealth of archival research to transport readers to an era when an epidemic of “base ball on the brain” raged from Alton to Woodstock. Focusing on the years 1865 to 1869, Sampson offers a vivid portrait of a game where local teams and civic ambition went hand in hand and teams of paid professionals displaced gentlemen’s clubs devoted to sporting fair play. This preoccupation with competition sparked rules disputes and controversies over imported players while the game itself mirrored society by excluding Black Americans and women. The new era nonetheless brought out paying crowds to watch the Rock Island Lively Turtles, Fairfield Snails, and other teams take the field up and down the state. A first-ever history of early baseball in Illinois, Ballists, Dead Beats, and Muffins adds the Prairie State game’s unique shadings and colorful stories to the history of the national pastime.

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University of Illinois Press

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0252054342

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Ghost, Thunderbolt, and Wizard

Mosby, Morgan, and Forrest in the Civil War

By: Robert W. Black

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Ghost, Thunderbolt, and Wizard

Mosby, Morgan, and Forrest in the Civil War

By: Robert W. Black

Noted Ranger historian Robert W. Black turns his attention to a trio of the Confederacy's--and America's--most infamous raiders and cavalrymen: John Singleton Mosby, John Hunt Morgan, and Nathan Bedford Forrest. Combining speed, mobility, and boldness, these three soldiers struck critical blows against the Union during the Civil War, including Morgan's notorious 1863 raid that penetrated farther north than any other uniformed Confederate force. While not overlooking their flaws, Black believes these men revolutionized warfare and sees them as forerunners of the Rangers and Special Forces of the modern era.

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Stackpole Books

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081174955X

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Voluntary Initiatives and the New Politics of Corporate Greening

By: Robert B. Gibson

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Voluntary Initiatives and the New Politics of Corporate Greening

By: Robert B. Gibson

The diverse range of authors highlight the inherent complexities and controversial nature of the use of corporate voluntary initiatives for environmental improvements. This is an excellent reference book." - Dianne Humphries, Pollution Probe

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University of Toronto Press

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1551112183

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Korean War Filmography

91 English Language Features through 2000

By: Robert J. Lentz

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Korean War Filmography

91 English Language Features through 2000

By: Robert J. Lentz

The Korean experience changed the way Americans viewed war. The lack of a clear-cut victory inspired filmmakers to try to make sense of fighting another country's civil war and risking American lives for an unpopular cause. This filmography details more than 90 English-language films. Each entry includes complete cast and credit listings, a plot synopsis, evaluation, review snippets, and notice of video availability. This book places each film in its historical context, assesses the essential truthfulness of each film and evaluates its entertainment value, and discusses how--and why--Korean War films differ from other Hollywood war genres. Four appendices list the films by chronology; production company and studio; level of historical accuracy; and subject and theme. Additional appendices list films with incidental references to the Korean War; documentaries on the Korean War; and South Korean films about the war. Photographs, a bibliography, and an index are included.

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McFarland

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1476621543

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Children and Youth in America: 1600-1865

By: Robert Hamlett Bremner

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Children and Youth in America: 1600-1865

By: Robert Hamlett Bremner

This book, the first of three volumes that will provide the most complete documentary history of public provision for American children, traces the changing attitudes of the nation toward youth during the first two and one half centuries of its history.

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Harvard University Press

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0674116100

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The Wisdom of Pixar

By: Robert Velarde

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The Wisdom of Pixar

By: Robert Velarde

Kids and adults alike love Pixar's movies. We come out of the theater not just entertained or amused, but inspired. Everybody agrees: Pixar makes fun, clean, terrific movies. But what makes these movies so appealing is not merely amazing CGI animation, clever humor or fantastic imagination. These movies are not just great. Pixar's movies are goo...

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ReadHowYouWant.com

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1459600525

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The American Enlightenment, 1750-1820

By: Robert A. Ferguson

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The American Enlightenment, 1750-1820

By: Robert A. Ferguson

This concise literary history of the American Enlightenment captures the varied and conflicting voices of religious and political conviction in the decades when the new nation was formed. Robert Ferguson's trenchant interpretation yields new understanding of this pivotal period for American culture.

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0674023226

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Rezident

The Espionage Odyssey of Soviet General Vasily Zarubin

By: Robert K. Baker

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The Espionage Odyssey of Soviet General Vasily Zarubin

By: Robert K. Baker

Vasily Zarubin ranked as an important Soviet intelligence officer, but he has received little recognition in the history of intelligence in the United States. In Rezident, author Robert K. Baker, who worked with foreign counterintelligence matters for the FBI during a thirty-three-year career, presents the first English language biography of Zarubin, Stalins principal intelligence officer in this country during World War II. Rezident recounts the exploits of Zarubins work with Soviet intelligence during the twentieth century narrating how his odyssey extended from the Soviet Far East during the early years of Soviet Russia to deep cover assignments with his wife, Elizaveta, in France, Nazi Germany, and the United States. After Germany invaded the Soviet Union, Stalin appointed Zarubin as his intelligence emissary to the United States to gather political, military, and technological information. Zarubin was successful in providing valuable information to the Soviet Union during the war years. This biography of Zarubins life and times provides a greater appreciation and understanding of the role of the security and intelligence services in the sphere of national security.

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iUniverse

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1491742429

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The King of the Alley

William Duer, Politician, Entrepreneur, and Speculator, 1768-1799

By: Robert Francis Jones

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The King of the Alley

William Duer, Politician, Entrepreneur, and Speculator, 1768-1799

By: Robert Francis Jones

Jones offers a full study of the career of late-18th century entrepreneur William Duer, a member of the New York State Convention and the Continental Congress, and assistant to the Secretary of the Treasury when the Federal government was organized. Duer had a role in all the significant changes that occurred during the revolutionary period.

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American Philosophical Society

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0871692023

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Nothing but Love in God’s Water

Volume 2: Black Sacred Music from Sit-Ins to Resurrection City

By: Robert Darden

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Nothing but Love in God’s Water

Volume 2: Black Sacred Music from Sit-Ins to Resurrection City

By: Robert Darden

Volume 1 of Nothing but Love in God’s Water traced the music of protest spirituals from the Civil War to the American labor movement of the 1930s and 1940s, and on through the Montgomery bus boycott. This second volume continues the journey, chronicling the role this music played in energizing and sustaining those most heavily involved in the civil rights movement. Robert Darden, former gospel music editor for Billboard magazine and the founder of the Black Gospel Music Restoration Project at Baylor University, brings this vivid, vital story to life. He explains why black sacred music helped foster community within the civil rights movement and attract new adherents; shows how Martin Luther King Jr. and other leaders used music to underscore and support their message; and reveals how the songs themselves traveled and changed as the fight for freedom for African Americans continued. Darden makes an unassailable case for the importance of black sacred music not only to the civil rights era but also to present-day struggles in and beyond the United States. Taking us from the Deep South to Chicago and on to the nation’s capital, Darden’s grittily detailed, lively telling is peppered throughout with the words of those who were there, famous and forgotten alike: activists such as Rep. John Lewis, the Reverend Ralph Abernathy, and Willie Bolden, as well as musical virtuosos such as Harry Belafonte, Duke Ellington, and The Mighty Wonders. Expertly assembled from published and unpublished writing, oral histories, and rare recordings, this is the history of the soundtrack that fueled the long march toward freedom and equality for the black community in the United States and that continues to inspire and uplift people all over the world.

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Penn State Press

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0271080140

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9780271080147

'To Save the People from Themselves'

The Emergence of American Judicial Review and the Transformation of Constitutions

By: Robert J. Steinfeld

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'To Save the People from Themselves'

The Emergence of American Judicial Review and the Transformation of Constitutions

By: Robert J. Steinfeld

In this expansive history, Robert J. Steinfeld offers a thorough re-interpretation of the origins of American judicial review and the central role it quickly came to play in the American constitutional system. Beginning with Privy Council review of American colonial legislation, the book goes on to provide detailed descriptions of the character of the first American constitutions, showing that they drew heavily on traditional Anglo/American constitutional assumptions, which treated legislatures as the primary interpreters of constitutions. Steinfeld then expertly analyses the central role lawyers and judges played in transforming these assumptions, creating the practice and doctrine of American judicial review in a half dozen state cases during the 1780s. The book concludes by showing that the ideas formulated during those years shaped critical decisions taken by the Constitutional Convention of 1787, which turned the novel practice into a permanent, if still deeply controversial, feature of the American constitutional system.

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Cambridge University Press

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1108995985

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9781108995986

Addresses and Speeches

By: Robert C. Winthrop

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Addresses and Speeches

By: Robert C. Winthrop

Reprint of the original, first published in 1867.

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3752571470

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9783752571479

Legislative Principles

The History and Theory of Lawmaking by Representative Government

By: Robert Luce

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Legislative Principles

The History and Theory of Lawmaking by Representative Government

By: Robert Luce

In this remarkable work Luce [1862-1946] elucidates the often complex relations between legislatures and the law. He then addresses the nature, origin and development of law, representative institutions and organic law as embodied in the U.S. Constitution, constitutional conventions and statute law. Luce was a member of the Massachusetts General Court, Lieutenant-Governor and member of Congress. An expert on legislative government, he was also a member of the Massachusetts Constitutional Convention of 1917-1919.

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The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd.

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1584775432

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