A controversial call to put honor at the center of moralityTo the modern mind, the idea of honor is outdated, sexist, and barbaric. It evokes Hamilton and Burr and pistols at dawn, not visions of a well-organized society. But for philosopher Tamler Sommers, a sense of honor is essential to living moral lives. In Why Honor Matters, Sommers argues that our collective rejection of honor has come at great cost. Reliant only on Enlightenment liberalism, the United States has become the home of the cowardly, the shameless, the selfish, and the alienated. Properly channeled, honor encourages virtues like courage, integrity, and solidarity, and gives a sense of living for something larger than oneself. Sommers shows how honor can help us address some of society's most challenging problems, including education, policing, and mass incarceration. Counterintuitive and provocative, Why Honor Matters makes a convincing case for honor as a cornerstone of our modern society. Read more

El presente libro nace de la vocación de apoyar la maternidad y visibilizar la necesidad de reconocer la realidad actual y diferentes contextos de las familias y maternidad, con la finalidad de crear conciencia de la importancia de la maternidad en nuestra sociedad.Maternidad "encuentra tu comunidad e identidad" se divide en cinco capítulos. Uno centrado en el enfoque de una maternidad real, que es buena e importante, pero no sólo debería ser romantizada. En segundo lugar, la importancia de las redes de apoyo y comunidad para la maternidad, ya que nadie debería atravesarla en solitario. Tercero, la importancia de la salud mental en la maternidad, pues es una etapa de gran vulnerabilidad, cambios y nuevas responsabilidades. El penúltimo capítulo es centrado en qué es lo que la biblia dice de la maternidad, basándose en la maternidad que Dios creó. Finalmente, el último habla de la importancia de reconocer nuestra identidad en la maternidad y lo necesario que es para disfrutar de nuestra maternidad. Read more

MPRE Study Guide & Practice Questions: This comprehensive 2025 edition offers our most direct path to MPRE success with a practical, results-focused approach to professional responsibility. Completely updated to reflect the latest changes in ethical standards and testing patterns, this guide delivers exactly what you need to pass with confidence.The first section provides a clear, concise breakdown of all tested content, organized by exam weight to maximize your study efficiency. Each chapter begins with "Must Know" principles that immediately highlight the core concepts examiners consistently test. Complex ethical scenarios are explained in straightforward language with practical examples that help you apply rules to real-world situations.The second half features an extensive collection of 573 practice questions that mirror the actual exam's difficulty and format. Each question comes with detailed answer explanations that don't just tell you what's correct but why—developing the analytical thinking essential for navigating the MPRE's nuanced scenarios.Fully revised for 2025, this is our most comprehensive edition yet, covering all twelve exam domains from conflicts of interest and confidentiality to judicial ethics and lawyer advertising. Whether you're a first-time test-taker or retaking the exam, this guide transforms abstract ethical principles into practical knowledge that will serve you throughout your legal career.Don't just study for the MPRE—master it. Your path to ethical practice and professional advancement starts here. Read more

As the world reels from crisis to crisis, the most serious one seems to draw the least attention. And that is the crisis of the Western mind. The seeds of radical subjectivism sown at the time of a previous such crisis, chronicled in Paul Hazard's Crisis of the European Mind, have now borne fruit, fruit of such stupendous magnitude that they threaten to drag us down into the depths of cultural despair.In The Rise and Fall of Natural Law, this descent into the maelstrom was chronicled from its origin to its inevitable conclusion - at least, in the world of intellect. Culture lags intellect, but it is never insulated from it. Ideas do have consequences. The intellectual counterpart to our cultural crisis already played itself out 200 years ago. And the crisis of the European mind, by which intellectual culture shifted from Revelation to Reason, found its fitting conclusion in the work of the ultimate solipsist, Johann Gottlieb Fichte. Fichte's focus on enthusiastic conviction and the primacy of the subjective makes him the prophet of the modern world. Indeed, his orientation has now triumphed for all to see. His story, and the stories of those leading up to him - the leading characters in "the Rise and Fall of Natural Law" - are crucial to understanding the genesis of the modern world.But that is not the end of the story, for history goes on. That spot, precisely where the first half of Stahl's history of legal philosophy leaves off, is where the second half picks up. The Recovery of Historical Law narrates the attempts to overcome this radical subjectivism and establish a functioning social order in which the ideal matches up with the real, the theory is in harmony with the practice.After discussing the work of Locke, Montesquieu, Constant, and the Doctrinaires, all of whom functioned fully within the framework of autonomous natural law while attempting to mitigate it, Stahl reveals the hero of the story: Friedrich Schelling. It was Schelling who initiated the gargantuan task of reorienting philosophy away from subjectivism and back toward objective reality. Stahl characterizes this as a "Samsonesque act" whereby Schelling "lifted the temple of the previous philosophy off of its pillars and buried the whole army of enemies, himself included, under its ruins." For one thing, this explains the cover illustration, "Samson Destroying the Philistine Temple." For another, it intimates how Schelling, like Moses, stood at the entry to the Promised Land without entering in. Schelling's philosophy is an exercise in pantheism, an orientation from which he struggled to free himself later in life. And in fact, Hegel, his great fellow laborer in so-called "speculative philosophy," took that pantheism and turned it into a mighty system in its own right. A rabbit trail that carried many into another dead end, one with which we wrestle today: "conscious" or "woke" big government.But that is not the end of the story. Schelling's first fruits were recovered by the Historical School of Jurisprudence, led by Friedrich Carl von Savigny. Here the work of Counter-Revolutionaries such as Joseph de Maistre and Edmund Burke was carried forward to bear fruit for jurisprudence. And this is the foundation for Stahl's own system, as contained in Volume II: The Doctrine of Law and State on the Basis of the Christian World-View. It is on this basis that the laborious task to reconstruct Western civilization can begin. And not a moment too soon. Read more

Explore the Absurd and Astonishing in "Legal Bloopers and Blunders" 🌍🔍🤯Immerse yourself in "Legal Bloopers and Blunders," a compilation that navigates the fascinating and often humorous world of law. This book uncovers some of the most bewildering lawsuits from around the globe 🌏, each revealing the eccentricities of legal battles and human nature 😄📚.Discover the tale of a talking parrot in India that turns key witness in a murder case 🦜🔑, and follow the misadventure of an American dentist who ends up in Grenada instead of Granada due to an airline's blunder ✈️😅. Delight in the absurdity of a legal dispute over Starbucks' iced coffee proportions ☕️🧊, the peculiar courtroom debate on whether Pringles are a potato snack 🥔🤔, and the story of Trina Thompson who sued her college for not securing her a job post-graduation 🎓💼.These cases are just the tip of the iceberg 🗻. "Legal Bloopers and Blunders" offers many more riveting stories, each more surprising and entertaining than the last. From bizarre legal rulings to the quirkiest lawsuits, this book is a must-read for anyone fascinated by the odd intersections of law and daily life 📖👀. Prepare to be amused, perplexed, and thoroughly entertained as you journey through a world where the legal becomes laughable, and the courtroom dramas are stranger than fiction 🎭🌐. Read more

Freedom of religion is an issue of universal interest and scope. However, in the last two centuries at least, the philosophical, religious and legal terms of the question have been largely defined in the West. In an increasingly global world, widening our knowledge of this right’s roots in different cultural and legal systems becomes a priority. This Handbook seeks to attain this goal through a better understanding of the historical roots and expressions of the right to freedom of religion on the one hand and, on the other, of its theological background in different religious traditions. History and theology provide the setting for the analysis of the politics of freedom of religion, that is, how this right is used in the context of the dialogue/confrontation between countries placed in different cultural regions of the world, and of the legal strategies and tools that have been developed and are employed to protect and foster the right to freedom of religion. Behind these legal and political strategies, there is an ongoing debate about the nature of this right, whose main features are explored in the final section.Global, historical and interdisciplinary in approach, this book studies the new relevance of freedom of religion worldwide and develops suitable categories to analyze and understand the role that freedom of religion can play in managing religious and cultural diversity in our societies. Authored by experts, through the contributions collected in these chapters, scholars and students will be able to broaden and deepen their knowledge of the right to freedom of religion and to develop the ability to go beyond the borders of the different cultural environments in which this right took shape and developed. Read more

Approximately one thousand years ago Gypsies, or Roma, left their native India. Today Gypsies can be found in countries throughout the world, their distinct culture still intact in spite of the intense persecution they have endured. This authoritative collection brings together leading Gypsy and non-Gypsy scholars to examine the Romani legal system, an autonomous body of law based on an oral tradition and existing alongside dominant national legal networks.For centuries the Roma have survived by using defensive strategies, especially the absolute exclusion of gadje (non-Gypsies) from their private lives, their values, and information about Romani language and social institutions. Sexuality, gender, and the body are fundamental to Gypsy law, with rules that govern being pure (vujo) or impure (marime). Women play an important role in maintaining legal customs, having the power to sanction and to contaminate, but they are not directly involved in legal proceedings.These essays offer a comparative perspective on Romani legal procedures and identity, including topics such as the United States' criminalization of many aspects of Gypsy law, parallels between Jewish and Gypsy law, and legal distinctions between Romani communities. The contributors raise broad theoretical questions that transcend the specific Gypsy context and offer important insights into understanding oral legal traditions. Together they suggest a theoretical framework for explaining the coexistence of formal and informal law within a single legal system. They also highlight the ethical dilemmas encountered in comparative law research and definitions of "human rights." Read more

È un'opera davvero tormentata, incompiuta a causa della prematura morte dell'autore. L'opera risulta essere un realistico e preciso dipinto della Russia contadina e zarista, tutta imbrigliata in un complicatissimo apparato burocratico ereditato dalle riforme di Pietro il Grande. Read more

Anne Beddingfeld is on her own and ready for adventures when one comes her way. She sees a man die in a tube station and picks up a piece of paper dropped nearby. The message on the paper leads her to South Africa as she fits more pieces of the puzzle together about the death she witnessed... Read more

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This book contains the dissertation thesis of Dr. Martin Ivanaj, which he defended at the Royal University of Rome in 1921. It is a one-century-old document that analyses the Code of Lekë Dukagjini (ancient Albanian customary laws), with a focus on the practices followed by the Northern Albania Tribes of Trieshi, Hoti, and Gruda.In this thesis, Dr. Ivanaj has elaborated comparative analysis with compelling and scientific arguments in many aspects, such as legal, social, and even in terms of love that prevailed among members of Albanian families.Dr. Martin Ivanaj was among the first lawyers and judges in Albania with Western education, and before his demise, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court and a Member of the Council of State (1932-1939). He left behind an invaluable legacy in the field of Law, with numerous articles interpreting and enriching the Civil and Penal Codes. The Ivanaj Foundations in New York and Tirana bear the name of Dr. Martin and Prof. Mirash Ivanaj and carry on their legacy.The thesis is available in its original version in Italian, as well as translations in English or Albanian. In this edition, you will find only the English version. Read more

There are approximately 150 million people of African descent in Latin America yet Afro-descendants have been consistently marginalized as undesirable elements of the society. Latin America has nevertheless long prided itself on its absence of U.S.-styled state-mandated Jim Crow racial segregation laws. This book disrupts the traditional narrative of Latin America's legally benign racial past by comprehensively examining the existence of customary laws of racial regulation and the historic complicity of Latin American states in erecting and sustaining racial hierarchies. Tanya Katerí Hernández is the first author to consider the salience of the customary law of race regulation for the contemporary development of racial equality laws across the region. Therefore, the book has a particular relevance for the contemporary U.S. racial context in which Jim Crow laws have long been abolished and a “post-racial” rhetoric undermines the commitment to racial equality laws and policies amidst a backdrop of continued inequality. Read more

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In Stateless Commerce, Barak Richman uses the colorful case study of the diamond industry to explore how ethnic trading networks operate and why they persist in the twenty-first century. How, for example, does the 47th Street diamond district in midtown Manhattan―surrounded by skyscrapers and sophisticated financial institutions―continue to thrive as an ethnic marketplace that operates like a traditional bazaar? Conventional models of economic and technological progress suggest that such primitive commercial networks would be displaced by new trading paradigms, yet in the heart of New York City the old world persists. Richman’s explanation is deceptively simple. Far from being an anachronism, 47th Street’s ethnic enclave is an adaptive response to the unique pressures of the diamond industry.Ethnic trading networks survive because they better fulfill many functions usually performed by state institutions. While the modern world rests heavily on lawyers, courts, and state coercion, ethnic merchants regularly sell goods and services by relying solely on familiarity, trust, and community enforcement―what economists call “relational exchange.” These commercial networks insulate themselves from the outside world because the outside world cannot provide those assurances.Extending the framework of transactional cost and organizational economics, Stateless Commerce draws on rare insider interviews to explain why personal exchange succeeds, even as most global trade succumbs to the forces of modernization, and what it reveals about the limitations of the modern state in governing the economy. Read more

Some legal rules are not laid down by a legislator but grow instead from informal social practices. In contract law, for example, the customs of merchants are used by courts to interpret the provisions of business contracts; in tort law, customs of best practice are used by courts to define professional responsibility. Nowhere are customary rules of law more prominent than in international law. The customs defining the obligations of each State to other States and, to some extent, to its own citizens, are often treated as legally binding. However, unlike natural law and positive law, customary law has received very little scholarly analysis. To remedy this neglect, a distinguished group of philosophers, historians and lawyers has been assembled to assess the nature and significance of customary law. The book offers fresh insights on this neglected and misunderstood form of law. Read more

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In this gripping sequel to “The Laws that Lie Volume 1,” “The Laws that Lie Volume 2”, Gives a much deeper explanation of the laws outlined in Vol.1… Vol.2 is a continuation and fuller explanation of Vol.1, it examines the profound challenges and achievements of African Americans as they traverse through a history defined by segregation and systemic obstacles. This volume explores the critical themes of forming and habilitation, shedding light on the transformative efforts within the African American community to overcome decades of injustice. It underscores the grim presence of prison with the historical echoes of slavery, presenting a powerful narrative on the parallels that still impact all people today. The Laws That Lie Vol.2 Furthermore, this book is a reference guide and celebrates the often-overlooked contributions of African Americans in building the very fabric of America, from its cities to its cultural values. Read more

In May 2016 at Freedom Hotel, and in February 2017 at Park Palace Hotel, over hundred traditional chiefs from Duk, Bor and Twic East Counties, comprising of Paramount chiefs, Head Chiefs, and Executive Chiefs plus representatives of the youth, women, religious and local government authorities, gathered in Bor, Jonglei state, to review, harmonize and standardize the customary laws of the Greater Bor Dinka community. The chiefs’ conference in Bor was the first time that traditional leaders from Bor, Twic, Nyarweng and Hol communities met formally to discuss the evolving role of customary authority, the effects of war and cattle raiding, the politicization of chiefship, customary and statutory laws, security and peacebuilding within the Greater Bor Dinka community. In particular, national level civil strife and ubiquitous youth militarization have undermined the authority and influence of the traditional authorities. Most of the old, experienced chiefs have been lost to the civil wars, diseases, and old age. The inexperienced new chiefs that replaced the old ones lack knowledge of the traditions and customs. Thus, when it comes to the dispensation of justice in the community, these young new chiefs lack authority and knowledge on customary laws. As a result, traditional chiefs are losing their authority. Furthermore, corruption in election of new chiefs, lack of justice in court cases as well as lack of compensation, have further eroded the authority, legitimacy, and influence of traditional chiefs in the community. Nonetheless, customary authorities of the Greater Bor Dinka community have retained a privileged capacity to mobilize communities, to settle conflicts, to maintain judicial processes in adverse circumstances and to represent the views of their communities. In particular, according to a research conducted by the Rift Valley Institute, traditional system and institutions continue to fulfill important functions in terms of conflict resolution and security, both because kinship remains the basic social structure, and because traditional leadership – contrary to the state – is historically a main source of legitimate authority. As chiefs are the mainstay of the Greater Bor Dinka society, this book therefore seeks to further the essential roles and strengthen the capacity of customary authorities of the Greater Bor Dinka community in peace building, conflict resolution and traditional governance. Read more