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The Common Law Tradition
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 394

The Common Law Tradition

  • Categories: Law

This book commemorates a place and a time in American law teaching, but more importantly, an outlook: the common law tradition. That outlook was empirical and tolerant. These values were carried into expression by a group of people who were not part of a cult or faction nor ruled by the herd instinct. Now in paperback, The Common Law Tradition is a collective portrait of five scholars who epitomize the tradition. The focus is Chicago in the 1960s. The five figures considered--Edward H. Levi, Harry Kalven, Jr., Karl Llewellyn, Philip Kurland, and Kenneth Culp Davis--did much to broaden the perspectives of the legal academy. Levi made use of sociology, economics, and comparative law. Kalven co...

The Poverty Law Canon
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 313

The Poverty Law Canon

Engaging narratives that move beyond the final opinions of the Supreme Court to reveal the people and stories behind key poverty-law cases of the last 50 years

The Gallows in the Grove
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 272

The Gallows in the Grove

  • Categories: Law
  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 1997-10-28
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  • Publisher: Praeger

A summary of the the alarming effects of well-intentioned constitutional doctrines that have blighted local and voluntary initiative and given rise to sterile and increasingly lawless national politics; and a description of many of the hopeful developments in public policy that will be possible if more restrained judicial policies are adopted.

Reform of the Federal Criminal Laws
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 448
The Voluntary City
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 516

The Voluntary City

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From Charity to Social Work
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 312

From Charity to Social Work

Mary E. Richmond (1861-1928) was a contemporary of Jane Addams and an influential leader in the American charity organization movement. In this biography--the first in-depth study of Richmond's life and work--Elizabeth N. Agnew examines the contributions of this important, if hitherto under-valued, woman to the field of charity and to its development into professional social work. Orphaned at a young age and largely self-educated, Richmond initially entered charity work as a means of self-support, but came to play a vital role in transforming philanthropy--previously seen as a voluntary expression of individual altruism--into a valid, organized profession. Her career took her from charity or...

Private Neighborhoods and the Transformation of Local Government
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 500

Private Neighborhoods and the Transformation of Local Government

From 1980 to 2000, half the new housing in the United States was built in a development project governed by a neighborhood association. More than 50 million Americans now live in these associations. In Private Neighborhoods and the Transformation of Local Government, Robert Nelson reviews the history of neighborhood associations, explains their recent explosive growth, and speculates on their future role in American society. Unlike many previous studies, Nelson takes on the whole a positive view. Neighborhood associations are providing the neighborhood environment controls desired by the residents, high quality common services, and a stronger sense of neighborhood community. Identifying significant operating problems, Nelson proposes new options for improving the future governance of neighborhood associations.

Neighborhood Futures
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 218

Neighborhood Futures

Two conflicting developments have recently characterized civic life in the United States. The first, the centralization of formal agencies of government, too often leads to diminishing political liberties and tyranny. The second, which is characterized by a greater amount of civic participation and individual self-actualization, is the formation of a whole new layer of sublocal institutions, both public and private. These include residential community and condominium associations; property owner-based business improvement districts in nearly all major cities; neighborhood improvement districts in large cities; and even self-governing public schools. Neighborhood Futures is a realistic explor...

Nuclear Waste Disposal
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 770

Nuclear Waste Disposal

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 1982
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  • Publisher: Unknown

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Contract with America--welfare Reform
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 962