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Addicus Books
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
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Providing accurate and objective information to help make the right decisions during a divorce in Virginia, this guide provides answers to 360 queries such as What is the mediation process in Virginia and is it required? How quickly can one get a divorce? Who decides who gets the cars, the pets, and the house? What actions might influence child custody? How are bills divided and paid during the divorce? How much will a divorce cost? and Will a spouse...
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Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Straight from the mean streets, Walk the Blue Line is a first-person account of the days and nights of America's brave cops"--
America's cops are our eyes. Our ears. Our protectors. Those who wear a badge do their best to help people. These men and women serve their communities. They service their country-- even at the risk of their own lives. Here patrol officers, K9 handlers, sheriffs and detectives reveal what it's really like to wear the uniform....
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Berrett-Koehler Publishers
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
WINNER OF THE 2015 IBPA BENJAMIN FRANKLIN AWARD IN POLITICS/CURRENT EVENTS The Ecology of Law Fritjof Capra and Ugo Mattei argue that at the root of many of the environmental, economic, and social crises we face today is a legal system based on an obsolete worldview. Capra, a bestselling author, physicist, and systems theorist, and Mattei, a distinguished legal scholar, explain how, by incorporating concepts from modern science, the law can become...
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English
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"From the moment Lucy met her husband's mother, Diana, she was kept at arm's length. Diana was exquisitely polite, and properly friendly, but Lucy knew that she was not what Diana envisioned. But who could fault Diana? She was a pillar of the community, an advocate for social justice who helped female refugees assimilate to their new country. Diana was happily married to Tom, and lived in wedded bliss for decades. Lucy wanted so much to please her...
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Paramount Pictures
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
A wife and mother boldly assumes full responsibility for her family and re-enters the workforce after her husband's very public sex and political corruption scandal. In Season 3, Alicia continues balancing her professional and personal lives as she strives to provide a stable home for her children in the midst of separating from her husband and contemplating finally giving in to her feelings for fellow lawyer Will Gardner.
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Society Publishing
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"Politics is a very important aspect of the world we live in. It is the source of all important decisions being made and impacts our lives in direct way. It has been seen that politics involves a lot of criminal activities and a thing such as politics, with such a criminal influence, has a direct negative impact on our lives. The book Criminalization of Politics brings the subject to the readers attention and elaborates with describing the various...
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Worth Books
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
So much to read, so little time? This brief overview of The Wrong Carlos: Anatomy of a Wrongful Execution tells you what you need to know--before or after you read James S. Liebman and the Columbia DeLuna Project's book. Crafted and edited with care, Worth Books set the standard for quality and give you the tools you need to be a well-informed reader. This short summary and analysis of The Wrong Carlos: Anatomy of a Wrongful Execution by James S....
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UCT Press
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Description
The emergence of the Internet and the digital world has changed the way people access, produce and share information and knowledge. Yet people in Africa face challenges in accessing scholarly publications, journals and learning materials in general. At the heart of these challenges, and solutions to them, is copyright, the branch of intellectual property rights that covers written and related works. This book offers an understanding of the legal and...
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Springer Open
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Description
This book provides an authoritative insight on the Loss and Damage discourse by highlighting state-of-the-art research and policy linked to this discourse and articulating its multiple concepts, principles and methods. Written by leading researchers and practitioners, it identifies practical and evidence-based policy options to inform the discourse and climate negotiations.
With climate-related risks on the rise and impacts being felt around the...
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George Eyre and Andrew Strahan
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Description
An Act to provide for the paving, gravelling, lighting, and watching certain Footways and Carriageways in and near Brompton Square in the Parish of Saint Mary Abbotts Kensington, in the County of Middlesex; and to provide for the Maintenance of a Garden and Shrubbery in the said Square.
Publisher
SpringerOpen
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Description
This open access book presents twelve unique studies on mediation from researchers in Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden, respectively. Each study highlights important aspects of mediation, including the role of children in family mediation, the evolution and ambivalent application of restorative justice in the Nordic countries, the confusion of roles in court-connected mediation, and the challenges in dispute systems. Over the past 20-30 years,...
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University of Calgary Press
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Description
Canadian environmental law is a dynamic and exciting area that is playing an increasingly important role in furthering sustainable development policy. Environmental law has distinctive relevant principles, operating procedures, implications, and importance in comparison with other areas of law, and these distinctions must be appreciated both within the legal community and by all those who are concerned with the way that courts handle environmental...
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MDPI
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Description
The new field of Disability Human Rights Law is an amalgamation of human rights law, disability studies, and disability rights law. It views rights in a novel way, opening a new line of scholarly inquiry. It sees rights as they apply to the individual, with regard to the individual’s particular abilities, needs, and circumstances. The traditional, and often archaic, rights boundaries are broken down. Civil and political rights exist entwined with...
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ANU eText
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Description
Through personal recollections and a comprehensive analysis of administrative decision-making, the author brings his professional expertise and experience in this complex field of law. His examination of High Court decisions, parliamentary speeches and public opinion bring a contentious area of law and policy to life, enabling the reader to consider the impact that legislation and decision-making has upon the individual and society as a whole.
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