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Are We to Be a Nation?: The Making of the Constitution
Richard B. Bernstein and Kym S. Rice
The Constitution of the United States is the product of a revolution in political thought as momentous as the winning of American independence. This profusely illustrated volume is a magnificent tribute to the oldest surviving charter of a federal republic. In a felicitous blend of words and pictures, Richard B. Bernstein retells the entire story of this revolution: the problems under the Articles of Confederation; the intense, often vituperative debate between Americans and Europeans over the brave new republican experiment; the arguing, reasoning, and reconciliation of interests before, during, and after the Federal Convention in 1787; the often bitter struggle for ratification in the thirteen states and the critical importance of The Federalist in the accompanying propaganda war; the beginnings of government under the Constitution; and the states’ adoption of the Bill of Rights.
The delegates to the Federal Convention were the foremost men of their states and regions—bookish but not reclusive, activist but not undisciplined, principled but not rigid. Bernstein’s colorful description of the intellectual and political ferment they first created and then controlled brings to life their heroic effort. Along with these lost chapters of our history, he shows how experiments in government were a critical part of Americans’ attempts to define their identity as a nation and a people.
The Constitution was the result of no miracle; the outcome was never foreordained. A blend of theory and practicality, it was to be understood by all, not just by experts, and was no talisman against evils or unyielding to new experiences. As it bound up the founding generation, it was to be a guide to their successors. Illuminating his discussion—and our understanding—of the Constitution is a huge array of rare, in some cases unique, documents assembled by The New York Public Library for its exhibition commemorating the bicentennial of the Constitution.
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Law of international telecommunication in the United States
Stephen Barnett, Michael Botein, and Eli Noam
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The Manager’s Guide to Resolving Legal Disputes: Better Results Without Litigation (1985)
James F. Henry and Jethro K. Lieberman
This is the first book to authoritatively explain an important and growing trend among corporations--what has been described by the New York Times as a "quiet revolution" in the way corporations are handling legal disputes. Its message is simple: disputes need not lead inevitably to the courtroom. Corporate decision-makers, using their business skills of negotiation and compromise, can help resolve legal disputes and avoid the trap of costly and time-consuming litigation. The Manager's Guide to Resolving Legal Disputes is the first book to examine the fundamentals of alternative dispute resolution, or ADR, an approach that has dramatically decreased the cost of litigation for many businesses and public institutions
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The Role of Courts in American Society: The Final Report of the Council on the Role of the Courts
Jethro K. Lieberman
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Marriage Settlements 1601-1740
Lloyd Bonfield
The history of the family has become an area of great interest, yet the property arrangements entered into upon marriage, a crucial aspect of the process of familial wealth transmission and distribution in the landed classes in early modern England, have never been systematically studied. In the light of evidence provided by hitherto unused family muniments, Dr Bonfield analyses the legal, social and economic aspects of these settlements, and discusses the development and impact of the strict settlement.
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Videotex and Electronic Publishing : A Legal, Regulatory, and Economic Analysis
Michael Botein, Alan Pearce, and Michael Sprague
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Checks and balances: The Alaska Pipeline Case
Jethro K. Lieberman
Illustrates the complex workings of the system of checks and balances by examining the building of the Alaska pipeline which involved the federal government, a state government, and the actions of private citizens.
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Development and Regulation of New Communications Technologies
David Rice, Michael Botein, and Edward Samuels
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Human Rights and World Public Order: The Basic Policies of an International Law of Human Dignity
Myres S. McDougal, Harold D. Lasswell, and Lung-chu Chen
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The process of cable television franchising : a New York City case study
New York Law School, Rena Friedlander, and Michael Botein
This report was prepared by Ms. Rena Friedlander, Research Associate, and Professor Michael Botein, Director, Communications Media Center, New York Law School.
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Privacy and the Law
Jethro K. Lieberman
This is the first of a three-book series on law for the secondary school market. It examines in an accessible way questions about privacy that the framers of our Constitution could not foresee, including electronic surveillance, monitoring of telephone conversations, and the unauthorized use of personal information stored in computers. Privacy and the Law examines the issue through several case studies, and concludes with cases posed to students, with answers at the back of the book.
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How the Government Breaks the Law (1973)
Jethro K. Lieberman
A study of government lawlessness — of "official lawbreaking" — published just as Watergate was beginning to unfold, with case studies illustrating the many ways governments from the village level to the courts, Congress, and the White House duck, ignore, and defy the laws that it is their duty to enforce and uphold.
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The Tyranny of the Experts: How the Professionals and Specialists are Closing the Open Society (1970)
Jethro K. Lieberman
In a detailed analysis of the rise of the professional class in the United States, Jethro K. Lieberman describes how we have turned over to others the power to make many of our most important decisions — from the governmental to the personal. Far from shunning such responsibilities, these modern-day guilds have vigorously sought to establish themselves as untrammeled arbiters in a host of activities. Lieberman explores the subtle ways in which licensing, self-regulation, elaborate codes of ethics, and even the educational system provide the professional with not only a good image but high profits and a shield from public scrutiny and interference.
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Formosa, China and the United Nations: Formosa in the World Community
Lung-chu Chen and Harold Lasswell
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