Law Comes To Lawless

Author : Michael Taussig
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 0226790142
Total Pages : 225 pages
Book Rating : 4.45/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Law in a Lawless Land written by Michael Taussig and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2005-11-15 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A modern nation in a state of total disorder, Colombia is an international flashpoint—wracked by more than half a century of civil war, political conflict, and drug-trade related violence—despite a multibillion dollar American commitment that makes it the third-largest recipient of U.S. foreign aid. Law in a Lawless Land offers a rare and penetrating insight into the nature of Colombia's present peril. In a nuanced account of the human consequences of a disintegrating state, anthropologist Michael Taussig chronicles two weeks in a small town in Colombia's Cauca Valley taken over by paramilitaries that brazenly assassinate adolescent gang members. Armed with automatic weapons and computer-generated lists of names and photographs, the paramilitaries have the tacit support of the police and even many of the desperate townspeople, who are seeking any solution to the crushing uncertainty of violence in their lives. Concentrating on everyday experience, Taussig forces readers to confront a kind of terror to which they have become numb and complacent. "If you want to know what it is like to live in a country where the state has disintegrated, this moving book by an anthropologist well known for his writings on murderous Colombia will tell you."—Eric Hobsbawm

Author : Ray Hogan
Publisher : Center Point
ISBN 13 : 9781643580050
Total Pages : 348 pages
Book Rating : 4.51/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Law Comes to Lawless written by Ray Hogan and published by Center Point. This book was released on 2018-11 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Two western stories: In 'Ryker' Jake returns home after his brother is injured and ends up journeying across New Mexico and Texas to bring back a herd to stock their failing ranch. In 'Law Comes to Lawless' John Glyde becomes the town's marshal for $100 a month but he may not live long enough to be paid"--

Author : Wayne C. Lee
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 184 pages
Book Rating : 4.77/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Law of the Lawless written by Wayne C. Lee and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : David E. Bernstein
Publisher : Encounter Books
ISBN 13 : 1594038341
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.41/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Lawless written by David E. Bernstein and published by Encounter Books. This book was released on 2015-11-17 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Lawless, George Mason University law professor David E. Bernstein provides a lively, scholarly account of how the Obama administration has undermined the Constitution and the rule of law. Lawless documents how President Barack Obama has presided over one constitutional debacle after another—Obamacare; unauthorized wars in the Middle East; attempts to strip property owners, college students, religious groups, and conservative political activists of their rights; and many more. Violating his own promises to respect the Constitution’s separation of powers, Obama brazenly ignores Congress when it won’t rubber-stamp his initiatives. “We can’t wait,” he intones when amending Obamacare on the fly or signing a memo legalizing millions of illegal immigrants, as if Congress doing its job as a coequal branch of government somehow permits the president to rule like a dictator, free from the Constitution’s checks and balances. President Obama has also presided over the bold and rampant lawlessness of his underlings. Harry Truman famously said, “The buck stops here.” When confronted with allegations that his administration’s actions are illegal, Obama responds, “So sue me.” Lawless shows how President Obama has betrayed not only the Constitution but also his own stated principles. In the process, he has done serious and potentially permanent damage to our constitutional system. As America swings into election season, it will have to grapple with finding a president who can repair Obama’s lawless legacy.

Author : Nicolas P. Suzor
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1108481221
Total Pages : 221 pages
Book Rating : 4.29/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Lawless written by Nicolas P. Suzor and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2019-07-18 with total page 221 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Because social media and technology companies rule the Internet, only a digital constitution can protect our rights online.

Author : Matt Bondurant
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1416561404
Total Pages : 307 pages
Book Rating : 4.08/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Wettest County in the World written by Matt Bondurant and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2009-12-29 with total page 307 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bondurant weaves a compelling tale of violence, desperation, and greed, as three brothers run moonshine in Virginia during prohibition, in this story that is based on a true story about the author's grandfather and two uncles.

Author : Kody W. Cooper
Publisher : University of Notre Dame Pess
ISBN 13 : 0268103046
Total Pages : 413 pages
Book Rating : 4.40/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Thomas Hobbes and the Natural Law written by Kody W. Cooper and published by University of Notre Dame Pess. This book was released on 2018-03-30 with total page 413 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Has Hobbesian moral and political theory been fundamentally misinterpreted by most of his readers? Since the criticism of John Bramhall, Hobbes has generally been regarded as advancing a moral and political theory that is antithetical to classical natural law theory. Kody W. Cooper challenges this traditional interpretation of Hobbes in Thomas Hobbes and the Natural Law. Hobbes affirms two essential theses of classical natural law theory: the capacity of practical reason to grasp intelligible goods or reasons for action and the legally binding character of the practical requirements essential to the pursuit of human flourishing. Hobbes’s novel contribution lies principally in his formulation of a thin theory of the good. This book seeks to prove that Hobbes has more in common with the Aristotelian-Thomistic tradition of natural law philosophy than has been recognized. According to Cooper, Hobbes affirms a realistic philosophy as well as biblical revelation as the ground of his philosophical-theological anthropology and his moral and civil science. In addition, Cooper contends that Hobbes's thought, although transformative in important ways, also has important structural continuities with the Aristotelian-Thomistic tradition of practical reason, theology, social ontology, and law. What emerges from this study is a nuanced assessment of Hobbes’s place in the natural law tradition as a formulator of natural law liberalism. This book will appeal to political theorists and philosophers and be of particular interest to Hobbes scholars and natural law theorists.

Author : Sterling Edwin Edmunds
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 480 pages
Book Rating : 4.21/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Lawless Law of Nations written by Sterling Edwin Edmunds and published by . This book was released on 1925 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Jeffrey Salane
Publisher : Scholastic Inc.
ISBN 13 : 0545520681
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.83/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Lawless (The Lawless Trilogy, Book 1) written by Jeffrey Salane and published by Scholastic Inc.. This book was released on 2013-04-01 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Lawless School provides the right education for kids on the wrong side of the law. An action-packed, globe-spanning adventure begins here!Welcome to Lawless, where the head of the class is a dangerous place to be.M Freeman is the newest student at the prestigious (and mysterious) Lawless School. All she really wants is to fit in, but from the moment she arrives, her unusual skills have the whole academy buzzing. M excels at escape tactics. She's a whiz at spotting a forgery. But can she tell right from wrong? She'll have to figure it out fast, because some of her teachers are planning the crime of the century . . . and M and her classmates might be the only people who can stop them.Jeffrey Salane's debut novel is full of twists and turns, and the Ebook includes additional content from the author, unavailable anywhere else!

Author : Bruce Baker
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 9781138277809
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.00/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Taking the Law Into Their Own Hands written by Bruce Baker and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-11-10 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over much of Africa, crime and insurgency are a serious problem and one in which the distinction between the two is being eroded. Left without state protection people have sought to preserve their lives and property through vigilante groups and militias that pay scant attention to the law or human rights. Likewise, the state security forces, under pressure to cut crime and rebel activity, readily discard lawful procedures. Torture provides them with vital information, whilst extra-judicial executions save the need to go through the prolonged criminal justice system. After a general overview of the role of the rule of law in a democratic society, Bruce Baker provides five case studies that capture the current complex realities and their impact on the new democracies. The citizen responses considered are vigilantes in East African pastoral economies, The Bakassi Boys an anti-crime group in Nigeria and private policing initiatives in South Africa. The state responses are those of the Ugandan Defence Forces towards the Lords Resistance Army, the Senegalese army towards the Casamance secessionists and the Mozambique Police response towards criminals.