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Law Out of Context
Alan Watson
Discloses flagrant inconsistencies in the interpretation of laws from ancient Roman edicts to the present-day crisis in legal education
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Cases and Materials on Workers' Compensation (4th edition)
Thomas A. Eaton, Joseph W. Little, and Gary R. Smith
A casebook on workers' compensation law which focuses solely on workers' compensation instead of the more generalized employment rights approach of the previous edition.
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Real Estate Transactions: Problems, Cases, and Materials
Jim Smith and Robin Paul Malloy
A detailed text which explains the basic elements and market factors involved in each area of real estate law, and presents cases and problems to illustrate the key points, pinpointing the manner in which such issues arise in practice.
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Employment Law and Employment Discrimination: Essential Terms and Concepts
Rebecca White
A succinct but substantive overview of employment law which covers jurisdiction issues surrounding employment discrimination law and federal and state procedural topics surrounding the filing of administrative charges of discrimination and civil lawsuits.
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Jesus and the Law
Alan Watson
Investigates Jesus' actions against contemporary Jewish order and his challenges to Jewish law.
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The Trial of Stephen: The First Christian Martyr
Alan Watson
Explores the trial and execution of Stephen in its historical context with careful attention to Stephen's own defense and his place among the early Christian leaders.
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Jesus and the Jews: the Pharisaic tradition in John
Alan Watson
Investigation into a hypothetical source S as a resource in the construction of the Gospel of John.
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Spirit of Roman Law
Alan Watson
Explores the values and approaches of Roman lawmakers and jurists from the Twelve Tables, around 451 B.C., to the end of the so-called classical period, around A.D. 235.
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The Trial of Jesus
Alan Watson
Explores religious writings to discern the most consistent tradition outlining the events leading to Jesus' trial and execution, not by the Jewish Sanhedrin but by Roman authorities in Palestine.
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Cases and Materials on Workers' Compensation (3rd edition)
Thomas A. Eaton, Joseph W. Little, and Gary R. Smith
Explores the historical foundations of workers' compensation, its economic theory underpinnings, and its current relationship with FELA, Social Security, OSHA, and tort litigation. Also covers occupational disease, vocational rehabilitation, stress claims, and changes designed to stem the rising costs of the system.
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Legal Transplants: An Approach to Comparative Literature, 2nd edition
Alan Watson
Argues that laws are borrowed from pre-existing laws in other legal systems without any initial inherent relationship between these laws (transplants) and society. However, once brought over, the interpretation and impact of the law is adapted locally.
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Copyright Cases and Materials
David Shipley, Sheldon W. Halpern, and Howard B. Abvrams
A comprehensive treatment, which includes newly emerging matters and cutting edge opinions, as well as the guiding principles of copyright law.
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Joseph Story and the Comity of Erros
Alan Watson
Critical look at the writings of legal scholar Joseph Story, particularly his interpretation of Ulrich Huber's comity of nations, and Story's impact on the Dred Scott case.
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The State, Law and Religion: Pagan Rome
Alan Watson
Explores the interaction of law and religion in Rome from the founding of the republic, through the empire, and until Christianity was recognized legally.
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Roman Law & Comparative Law
Alan Watson
Provides a comprehensive description of the system of Roman law and the ways in which Roman law influenced later European legal systems.
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Slave Law in the Americas
Alan Watson
Focuses on differences between slave law in various European colonies and former-colonies in America to deepen understanding of the interplay between law and society.
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Roman Slave Law
Alan Watson
Contrasts the law of slavery in the American South with that in ancient Rome. Focuses on the inherently racist nature of American slavery.
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State and Local Taxation of Natural Resources in the Federal System: Legal, Economic and Political Perspectives
Walter Hellerstein
Examines the legal, economic and political issues spawned by state and local taxation of national resources.
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