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81) The children act
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"Fiona Maye is a High Court judge in London presiding over cases in family court. She is fiercely intelligent, well respected, and deeply immersed in the nuances of her particular field of law. Often the outcome of a case seems simple from the outside, the course of action to ensure a child's welfare obvious. But the law requires more rigor than mere pragmatism, and Fiona is expert in considering the sensitivities of culture and religion when handing...
82) Exposed
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Rosato and DiNunzio novel volume 5
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English
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Mary DiNunzio wants to represent her old friend Simon Pensiera, a sales rep who was wrongly fired by his company, but her partner Bennie Rosato represents the parent company. When she confronts Mary, explaining this is a conflict of interest, an epic battle of wills and legal strategy between the two ensues -- ripping the law firm apart, forcing everyone to take sides and turning friend against friend. Sometimes loyalty can be lethal.
83) The rooster bar
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English
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Mark, Todd, and Zola came to law school to change the world, to make it a better place. But now, as third-year students, these close friends realize they have been duped. They all borrowed heavily to attend a third-tier, for-profit law school so mediocre that its graduates rarely pass the bar exam, let alone get good jobs. And when they learn that their school is one of a chain owned by a shady New York hedge-fund operator who also happens to own...
84) The alternate
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Dutton
Pub. Date
1999
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English
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Courtroom adversaries Grace Harris and Barrett Dickson become dangerously close outside the halls of justice when they are called upon to try the case of Elliot Ashford, an ex-congressman with mob connections who has been accused of killing his trophy wife.
85) Breach of trust
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G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
c2011
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English
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Criminal defense attorney Jason Kolarich, determined to learn the truth about the deaths of his wife and baby daughter, as well as the murder of the informant whose call he was waiting for the night his family died, takes a job in the governor's office and soon finds himself caught up in an FBI investigation and a conspiracy that runs to the highest levels of power.
89) False Prophet
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NYLA
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[2021]
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English
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"When an arsonist destroys Windy Ridge Community Church, Pastor Dan is shaken to the core. He calls on attorney Olivia Murray and her boyfriend Grant Baxter to help secure a place for worship services. Shockingly, the City of Windy Ridge denies the church's application to use the civic center, and Olivia brings a lawsuit to protect the church's constitutional rights. During this already challenging time for the Windy Ridge community, an outside pastor...
91) Tight lines
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English
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Brady Coyne suspects murder when he finds the drowned body of the heir to an estate in Concord, Massachusetts.
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English
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A romantic trip to the Florida Keys turns deadly as Gail Connor and Anthony Quintana return in another thrilling murder mystery. When a young former client of Quintana's comes under investigation for murder, it seems like an open-and-shut case of innocence. But strange lies and more dead bodies lie hidden in the lush landscape of the Keys. As Gail and Anthony meet the island's odd assortment of inhabitants, they find that everyone has a scheme of...
93) Sullivan's law
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Kensington Books
Pub. Date
c2004
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English
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Parole officer, law student, and single mom Carolyn Sullivan's already hectic life is thrown into a tailspin when one of her probationers is accused of rape, and to make matters worse, she is assigned to supervise Daniel Metroix, a convicted killer and paranoid schizophrenic whose claims of innocence in the death of the police chief's son twenty-three years earlier begin to ring true when it becomes apparent someone is now trying to kill him.
95) The last juror
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.8 - AR Pts: 19
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English
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#1 NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER • In 1970, one of Mississippi's more colorful weekly newspapers, The Ford County Times, went bankrupt. To the surprise and dismay of many, ownership was assumed by a 23 year-old college dropout, named Willie Traynor.
The future of the paper looked grim until a young mother was brutally raped and murdered by a member of the notorious Padgitt family. Willie Traynor reported...
The future of the paper looked grim until a young mother was brutally raped and murdered by a member of the notorious Padgitt family. Willie Traynor reported...
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In the early part of the twentieth century, Upton Sinclair earned a reputation as a prolific writer, committed socialist, and political activist. He gained enormous popularity when his eloquent 1906 novel The Jungle exposed conditions in the U.S. meat-packing industry, and years later, he earned a Pulitzer Prize for his series tale, Dragon's Teeth. In The Money Changers, Sinclair explores the Wall Street panic of 1907 in novel form, exposing greed...
98) Wild justice
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English
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Vice squad detective Bobby Vasques teams up with lawyer Amanda Jaffe to try and track down a killer who has been missing for years, but as they follow the clues they begin to wonder if they are chasing the wrong man.
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Every year, thousands of medical, financial, and legal issues crop up due to the confusion surrounding the specific directions of an individual incapable of making the necessary decisions about their estate, body, or finances. The same problems can arise for small businesses and, for that reason, understanding what power of attorney entails, and how you go about establishing it, is a vital step. This guide helps you cut away the confusing red tape...
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Español
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La exigencia de argumentación o fundamentación, como parte de la arquitectura del pensar contemporáneo, conlleva la tarea de afrontar en escenarios específicos la acción de la razón práctica, que pese al contexto posmoderno de racionalidad sosegada o de racionalidad precaria, enfrenta consideraciones y apuestas por racionalidades que se aproximen al sentido o a los sentidos que emergen de las construcciones simbólicas y complejas en el derecho,...
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