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Quels sont les principaux discours théoriques qui justifient le contrat? Cet ouvrage est un recueil de divers travaux qui vont puiser, au sein de l'univers sociétal et culturel, de nouvelles pistes de réflexion quant au sens à donner au contrat juridique de droit civil. Nous avons opté pour des détours hors du discours doctrinal usuel afin de nourrir une recherche de renouveau épistémologique sans cesse à poursuivre. En empruntant ces chemins...
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"Navigating Homosexualism in the Muslim World: Legal Challenges" is a compelling, in-depth examination of the intricate and often contentious relationship between Islamic law, societal norms, and homosexuality. This groundbreaking book delves into the legal and social challenges faced by homosexual individuals in various Muslim-majority countries, offering a nuanced exploration of a subject that remains largely taboo and misunderstood in these regions.The...
3) City Bound
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Ann is in desperate need of help. Will she get it from two strangers in the middle of a storm? Ann meets Jesse's parents. Short Story - Prequel of Orphan Gun
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The year 1885 ushered in dramatic changes for the utopic city of Austin. Dramatic racial lines blurred from the Civil War and the introduction of the railroad brought new challenges and excitement to those who ventured into the rolling hills of Texas. Yet, there was evil lurking, watching in the shadows, waiting to pounce on the defenseless. A homicidal executioner stalked the nights, dragging women and sometimes even children from their beds. The...
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Eu égard à notre responsabilité de Berger et sans être partisan d'un quelconque courant politique, nous considérons qu'il est impérieux d'orienter cette population abattue et languissante et de ne pas la laisser à la merci des opportunistes ou des personnes sans scrupules, qui n'ont qu'une pensée en tête, à savoir la conquête du pouvoir à tout prix même sans respect de la vie humaine, ni la prise en compte des lois et des intérêts suprêmes...
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As she enters the Commencement Ball at West Point Military Academy on a spring evening in 1837, in her pink gown with white silk roses and ropes of pearls, Cecelia Stovall looks---and feels---like the perfect, innocent Southern belle. Little does she know that at that dance she will meet the man who will change her life---and the lives of all her fellow Southerners---forever. Cecelia falls instantly in love with the dashing young Northern cadet, William...
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"Splendid-a distinctive clear-eyed perspective on a fresh corner of the Civil War." -Charles Frazier, New York Times bestselling author of Cold Mountain
"A wise and timely book." -Ron Rash, New York Times bestselling author of Serena
Rooted in the history of the only secessionist town north of the Mason Dixon Line, Daren Wang's The Hidden Light of Northern Fires tells a story of redemption amidst a war that tore families and the country apart.
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Question everything, Ernestine vows while growing up in a Poland ravaged by the Napoleonic wars. Accept nothing blindly.
Rejecting her rabbi father's religion and an arranged marriage, Ernestine strikes out on her own, arriving in New York in 1836. Distressed by the injustices around her, she takes to the public speaking platform, pressing for the abolition of slavery and for women's rights alongside activists like Frederick Douglass, Susan B....
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"David Blixt pens a heroine for the ages in "What Girls Are Good For," which follows the extraordinary career of pioneer newspaperwoman Nellie Bly. A pint-sized dynamo who refuses to stay in the kitchen, Nellie fights tooth and nail to make a name for herself as a journalist, battling complacent men, corrupt institutions, and her own demons along the way. This real-life Lois Lane had me cheering aloud as I turned the pages - simply a delight!" - Kate...
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Winner of the American Library Association's 2014 Boyd Award for Literary Excellence in Military Fiction.
Between May 5 and June 3, 1864, the Union and Confederate armies suffered 88,000 casualties. Twenty-nine thousand were killed, wounded or captured in the first two days of combat. The savagery shocked a young, divided nation.
Against this backdrop of the birth of modern warfare and the painful rebirth of the United States, New York Times...
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"This work will become the defining text on progressive constitutionalism - a parallel to Thomas Picketty's contribution but for all who care deeply about constitutional law. Beautifully written and powerfully argued, this is a masterpiece." --Lawrence Lessig, Harvard Law School, and author of Free Culture
Worried about what a super conservative majority on the Supreme Court means for the future of civil liberties? From gun control to reproductive...
12) The Greatest Brigade: How the Irish Brigade Cleared the Way to Victory in the American Civil War
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Faugh a Ballagh! Clear the Way!
This is the story of a band of heroes that covered the Yankee retreat at Bull Run, drove the Confederates from the Sunken Road at Antietam, and made charge after charge up Marye's Heights at Fredericksburg. The gallantry of the Irish Brigade won them the admiration of the high command of both North and South, earned them seven Medals of Honor, and after the war, went a long way to helping the Irish assimilate into...
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One hundred and fifty years after Abraham Lincoln's death, the full story of his extraordinary relationship with Jews is told here for the first time. Lincoln and the Jews: A History provides readers both with a captivating narrative of his interactions with Jews, and with the opportunity to immerse themselves in rare manuscripts and images, many from the Shapell Lincoln Collection, that show Lincoln in a way he has never been seen before.
Lincoln's...
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The complete trilogy of exciting Accidental Spy novels!Captured and mistaken as a spy, can she unravel a conspiracy before her secrets cost a man his life?★ The Accidental Spy Series is a 2020 rewrite of the previously published Liberator Series. Book One: An Accidental SpySome secrets change the worldOnce a privileged heiress, Annabelle Ross is now struggling to hold her home and her life together through the devastation of the War Between the...
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How does America, founded on the promise of freedom for all, find itself poised to become a police state?
In Police State, legendary "country lawyer" Gerry Spence reveals the unnerving truth of our criminal justice system. In his more than sixty years in the courtroom, Spence has never represented a person charged with a crime in which the police hadn't themselves violated the law. Whether by hiding, tampering with, or manufacturing evidence; by...
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A revealing book about how government, law enforcement, and bureaucratic interests are seizing our property, our children, our savings, and our fundamental American rights-and how to fight back.
Liberty and justice for all is the bedrock of American democracy, but has America betrayed our founders' vision for the nation? In When They Come For You, New York Times bestselling author David Kirby exposes federal, state, and local violations of basic...
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The Toss of a Coin – voices from a modern crisis is the life stories of refugees from across Africa and the Middle East, in their own words. It is the story of a Civil War, its causes and aftermath, told by Libyans who fought on either side – and those forced from their homes by a war they could not or did not want to fight. It is the story behind the term 'intervention': the people it affects, and how they respond. It is the story of how Libya...
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Le nouveau code civil est une évolution du texte ancien et apporte également quelques nouveautés dont l'essentiel est abordé dans le présent abrégé qui à pour but d'être d'abord un manuel pratique.
Le Livre 3 du nouveau Code civil rassemble les dispositions relatives à la gestion du patrimoine.
Au travers des différents chapitres de ce abrégé pratique, les nouveautés sont abordées et discutées :
• Les biens & droit réels...
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This story is a tapestry woven with threads of resilience, love, and adventure. It's about more than working on the original Star Trek or her slave ancestor's love story; it's a journey through history, loss, and triumph.
Andreea has walked alongside giants, and mourned the loss of friends like Malcolm X and Martin Luther King. She has navigated the complexities of love and faced the challenges of breaking through the glass ceiling. She has...
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The partial inspiration for the ABC television mini-series!
"You could read Cleve Jones's book because you should know about the struggle for gay, lesbian, and transgender rights from one of its key participants--maybe heroes--but really, you should read it for pleasure and joy."--Rebecca Solnit, author of Men Explain Things to Me
Born in 1954, Cleve Jones was among the last generation of gay Americans who grew up wondering if there were others...
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