multinational contemplative enlightenment controversies

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Rousseau's Dog: Two Great Thinkers at War in the Age of Enlightenment (P.S.)

14 reviews
David Edmonds, John Eidinow

Harper Perennial, 2007

Hume the human
First, a note or two about some other comments about this book as philosophy or not. Edmonds and Eidenow don't make that claim, any blurbs aside. But, they do presume at least an enclyopedia of philosophy or Wikipedia page knowledge of the main philosophical ideas of Rousseau and Hume. For people complaining they didn't learn anything new about the philosophy of either one, that's not the ...

A Modern Legal Ethics: Adversary Advocacy in a Democratic Age
Daniel Markovits

Princeton University Press, 2008

A Modern Legal Ethics proposes a wholesale renovation of legal ethics, one that contributes to ethical thought generally. Daniel Markovits reinterprets the positive law governing lawyers to identify fidelity as its organizing ideal. Unlike ordinary loyalty, fidelity requires lawyers to repress their personal judgments concerning the truth and justice of their clients' claims. Next, the book asks what it is like--not psychologically but ...

The Bigger They Are, the Harder They Fall: How to Defeat a Larger and Stronger Adversary in a Street Fight

5 reviews
Sammy Franco

Paladin Press, 2000

Summer's Here & the Time is Right for Fighting in the Street
Only a fool would attack a muscle-bound, 6' 10", college lineman out on an evening stroll with a snarling pack of pet Dobermans. A balding, sedentary 50-something walking a fluffy white Bichon Frise is a different matter. Our dog's diminutive bladder requires regular outings at the strangest of hours, and I recently acquired Mr. Franco's fascinating book as a precautionary matter. Herein ...

Neighborly Adversaries: Readings in U.S.-Latin American Relations
Michael LaRosa

Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., 2006

Providing a balanced and interdisciplinary interpretation, this comprehensive reader traces the troubled U.S.-Latin American relationship from the beginning of the nineteenth century to the post 9/11 period. Thoroughly revised and updated, the second edition includes original essays on critical issues such as immigration and the environment. In addition, a new section helps students understand the most important themes and topics that unify and ...

Copperheads: The Rise and Fall of Lincoln's Opponents in the North

15 reviews
Jennifer L. Weber

Oxford University Press, USA, 2006

A Much-Needed Work On A Previously Untouched Topic
Copperheads were those anti-war Democrats in the North who, throughout the war, were Lincoln's most vocal critics. Though it is generally accepted these days that no account of any war is complete without a thorough discussion of the strength of political opposition, the Copperheads have received very limited attention in the historiography of the Civil War. Though the Copperheads are usually ...

Allies and Adversaries (Star Wars: Empire, Vol. 5) (Star Wars: Empire)

4 reviews
Jeremy Barlow, Ron Marz, ...

Dark Horse, 2006

Empire Vol 5
goof stories, especially hte Han story, the Lke story helps tie together the clone wars and original trilogy

Allies and Adversaries: The Joint Chiefs of Staff, the Grand Alliance, and U.S. Strategy in World War II

3 reviews
Mark A. Stoler

The University of North Carolina Press, 2003

Strategic and command decision study of the highest caliber
"Allies and Adversaries: The Joint Chiefs of Staff, The Grand Alliance, and U.S. Strategy in World War II" by Mark A. Stoler is a tour-de-force piece of military history, certainly of the highest academic standard. One can usually tell how 'serious' a work of military history is by what types of sources are used by the author for information and how many. Of the 380 pages of Stoler's book ...

The Javelin of Saul: Serving in the Shadow of an Adversary

1 review
Paulette Wilson

BookSurge Publishing, 2008

The Javelin of Saul
Sensational!! Long over due! This book is my answer to many unanswered questions to the actions of myself and others. It's a must to read for all. It teaches the ways of identifying and overcoming the "Adversaries" of life. Thanks you Paulette Adessa Wilson PH.D May God continue to bless you in doing His work. Vineta

Cover Your Assets: Lawsuit Protection: How to Safeguard Yourself, Your Family, and Your Business in the ...

4 reviews
Jay Mitton

Three Rivers Press, 1995

I read this book and it was great!
I found this book very easy to understand and informative. I have attended estate planning seminars and other financial conferences, but came away overwhelmed and confused. Jay has a great personal story that really adds to his credibility. After I finished reading it, I immediately read it again. I know what to do and what not to do. I have changed the way I do business since I read this book. ...

Regulatory Encounters: Multinational Corporations and American Adversarial Legalism (California Series in ...

University of California Press, 2000

Regulatory Encounters reports on a path-breaking study of how government regulation of business in the United States differs in practice from regulation in other economically advanced democracies. In each of ten in-depth case studies, the contributors to this volume compare a particular multinational corporation's experience with parallel regulatory regimes in the United States and in Japan, Canada, Great Britain, Germany, The Netherlands, ...

The Origins of Adversary Criminal Trial (Oxford Studies in Modern Legal History)

2 reviews
John H. Langbein

Oxford University Press, USA, 2003

A Terrific Resource
This a really terrific explanation of the history of our modern adversarial system and would be particularly useful to trial lawyers who work within the adversarial criminal system. (It's one thing to know that one CAN object to hearsay...but haven't you ever wondered why we do?)

Useful Adversaries
Thomas J. Christensen

Princeton University Press, 1996

This book provides a new analysis of why relations between the United States and the Chinese Communists were so hostile in the first decade of the Cold War. Employing extensive documentation, it offers a fresh approach to long-debated questions such as why Truman refused to recognize the Chinese Communists, why the United States aided Chiang Kai-shek's KMT on Taiwan, why the Korean War escalated into a Sino-American conflict, and why Mao shelled ...

Liberal Modernity and Its Adversaries (Studies in Critical Social Sciences)
Zafirovski

BRILL, 2007

The book rediscovers liberal modernity as the master process and destination of Western civilization, and its anti-liberal adversaries, notably conservatism, as the ghosts of a dead past. The anti-liberal rumors of the dead of liberalism are greatly exaggerated.

Adversary in the House. A Biographical Novel.

1 review
Irving Stone

Publisher Unknown, 1947

Biography of Eugene Debbs
I read this many years ago and it has remained with me ever since. It is a fascinating recounting of Mr. Debbs' lifelong battle for better treatment of workers, especially with the Pullman company, which was evil in its total disregard for the health and welfare of its workers. He ultimately formed the first union. He also was the first Socialist to run for president. The Adversary of the title ...

The Japanese Adversary System in Context: Controversies and Comparisons

Palgrave Macmillan, 2002

The Japanese legal system is at a crossroads. The contributors to this book explore the most important features of the adversary process as it works in the Japanese criminal justice system. Topics include the right to remain silent, wire tapping, the role of defense counsel, plea bargaining, the power of prosecutors, juvenile justice and judicial independence. Many of the essays seek comparison with practices in Anglo-American countries.

The Contemplative Church: Joachim And His Adversaries (Marquette Studies in Theology)
George H. Tavard

Marquette University Press, 2005

The Northern Rebellion of 1569: Faith, Politics and Protest in Elizabethan England
Krista Kesselring

Palgrave Macmillan, 2007

The Northern Rebellion of 1569 offers the first full-length study of the only armed rebellion in Elizabethan England. Addressing recent scholarship on the Reformation and popular politics, it highlights the religious motivations of the rebel rank and file, the rebellion's afterlife in Scotland, and the deadly consequences suffered in its aftermath. An important and accessible analysis of the rebellion's role in key developments of the ...

Adversary in the House

3 reviews
Irving Stone

Signet, 1969

My Grandfather's Namesake
Eugene V. Debs is the only prisoner who ever ran for president of the U.S.!! He got about a million votes too! He was convicted by the U.S. government under the espionage act and sentenced to 10 years. The title is very telling and I interpret as being a fulfillment of scripture even if Mr. Stone didn't intend it to be. Read Daniel Chapter 2, especially verses 40-45. Daniel is able to ...

Adversaries and Authorities: Investigations into Ancient Greek and Chinese Science (Ideas in Context)

2 reviews
G. E. R. Lloyd

Cambridge University Press, 1996

Lloyd is the rare expert in two cultures
Lloyd has written a number of books on this topic. He is the only one I know with an in-depth knowledge of both ancient China and ancient Greece. Both civilizations faced similar problems but dealt with them in different ways, and Lloyd deals with this in neither a China-centric or Euro-centric way. If there is any bias, it is minimizing or ignoring the few areas that Greece was better. In ...

The Adversary: Saga of Pliocene Exile (Vol. 4 in the Saga of Pliocene exile)

1 review
Julian May

Houghton Mifflin (T), 1984

An end and a beginning
This book is the final in the pliocene saga, it deals with the period of time following the subsumation of Mercy and Nodonn, the start of the Nightfall wall (end of the world), the children of the Rebels attempts to escape back to the Milieu. The war between the Firvulag and Tanu has taken on a new focus, an armistice is technically in effect, however the Firvulag are going to war. The time ...

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