Author: Robert Freedman
Publisher: Freedman Publishing Limited
ISBN: 9780692711385
Category : Judges
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Abraham L. Freedman (1904-1971) was heavily involved in public, charitable, and legal affairs in Philadelphia for 30 years in the mid twentieth century-as a drafter of the City's Home Rule Charter, as City Solicitor in the reform administration of Joseph S. Clark, Jr., as the first President of the Federation of Jewish Agencies, as a leading Federal judge, and in other roles. This book consists of extracts from his diary describing the events and personalities he encountered in those activities. As a thoughtful, idealist, intellectual, and yet at the same time practical person, the diary offers unusual insights and reflections on politics and law.
Abraham L. Freedman
Author: Robert Freedman
Publisher: Freedman Publishing Limited
ISBN: 9780692711385
Category : Judges
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Abraham L. Freedman (1904-1971) was heavily involved in public, charitable, and legal affairs in Philadelphia for 30 years in the mid twentieth century-as a drafter of the City's Home Rule Charter, as City Solicitor in the reform administration of Joseph S. Clark, Jr., as the first President of the Federation of Jewish Agencies, as a leading Federal judge, and in other roles. This book consists of extracts from his diary describing the events and personalities he encountered in those activities. As a thoughtful, idealist, intellectual, and yet at the same time practical person, the diary offers unusual insights and reflections on politics and law.
Publisher: Freedman Publishing Limited
ISBN: 9780692711385
Category : Judges
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Abraham L. Freedman (1904-1971) was heavily involved in public, charitable, and legal affairs in Philadelphia for 30 years in the mid twentieth century-as a drafter of the City's Home Rule Charter, as City Solicitor in the reform administration of Joseph S. Clark, Jr., as the first President of the Federation of Jewish Agencies, as a leading Federal judge, and in other roles. This book consists of extracts from his diary describing the events and personalities he encountered in those activities. As a thoughtful, idealist, intellectual, and yet at the same time practical person, the diary offers unusual insights and reflections on politics and law.
Philadelphia
Author: Russell Frank Weigley
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 9780393016109
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 870
Book Description
In this, the definitive comprehensive history of Philadelphia, the reader will discover a rich and colorful portrait of one of America's most vital, interesting, and illustrious cities.
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 9780393016109
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 870
Book Description
In this, the definitive comprehensive history of Philadelphia, the reader will discover a rich and colorful portrait of one of America's most vital, interesting, and illustrious cities.
Giants
Author: John Stauffer
Publisher: Twelve
ISBN: 0446543004
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 365
Book Description
Frederick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln were the preeminent self-made men of their time. In this masterful dual biography, award-winning Harvard University scholar John Stauffer describes the transformations in the lives of these two giants during a major shift in cultural history, when men rejected the status quo and embraced new ideals of personal liberty. As Douglass and Lincoln reinvented themselves and ultimately became friends, they transformed America. Lincoln was born dirt poor, had less than one year of formal schooling, and became the nation's greatest president. Douglass spent the first twenty years of his life as a slave, had no formal schooling-in fact, his masters forbade him to read or write-and became one of the nation's greatest writers and activists, as well as a spellbinding orator and messenger of audacious hope, the pioneer who blazed the path traveled by future African-American leaders. At a time when most whites would not let a black man cross their threshold, Lincoln invited Douglass into the White House. Lincoln recognized that he needed Douglass to help him destroy the Confederacy and preserve the Union; Douglass realized that Lincoln's shrewd sense of public opinion would serve his own goal of freeing the nation's blacks. Their relationship shifted in response to the country's debate over slavery, abolition, and emancipation. Both were ambitious men. They had great faith in the moral and technological progress of their nation. And they were not always consistent in their views. John Stauffer describes their personal and political struggles with a keen understanding of the dilemmas Douglass and Lincoln confronted and the social context in which they occurred. What emerges is a brilliant portrait of how two of America's greatest leaders lived.
Publisher: Twelve
ISBN: 0446543004
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 365
Book Description
Frederick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln were the preeminent self-made men of their time. In this masterful dual biography, award-winning Harvard University scholar John Stauffer describes the transformations in the lives of these two giants during a major shift in cultural history, when men rejected the status quo and embraced new ideals of personal liberty. As Douglass and Lincoln reinvented themselves and ultimately became friends, they transformed America. Lincoln was born dirt poor, had less than one year of formal schooling, and became the nation's greatest president. Douglass spent the first twenty years of his life as a slave, had no formal schooling-in fact, his masters forbade him to read or write-and became one of the nation's greatest writers and activists, as well as a spellbinding orator and messenger of audacious hope, the pioneer who blazed the path traveled by future African-American leaders. At a time when most whites would not let a black man cross their threshold, Lincoln invited Douglass into the White House. Lincoln recognized that he needed Douglass to help him destroy the Confederacy and preserve the Union; Douglass realized that Lincoln's shrewd sense of public opinion would serve his own goal of freeing the nation's blacks. Their relationship shifted in response to the country's debate over slavery, abolition, and emancipation. Both were ambitious men. They had great faith in the moral and technological progress of their nation. And they were not always consistent in their views. John Stauffer describes their personal and political struggles with a keen understanding of the dilemmas Douglass and Lincoln confronted and the social context in which they occurred. What emerges is a brilliant portrait of how two of America's greatest leaders lived.
Records and Briefs of the United States Supreme Court
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Category : Law reports, digests, etc
Languages : en
Pages : 1378
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Category : Law reports, digests, etc
Languages : en
Pages : 1378
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United States Government Organization Manual
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Category : Executive departments
Languages : en
Pages : 1916
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Category : Executive departments
Languages : en
Pages : 1916
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United States Government Manual
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Category : Administrative agencies
Languages : en
Pages : 820
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Category : Administrative agencies
Languages : en
Pages : 820
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Housing in Philadelphia ...
Author: Philadelphia Housing Association
Publisher:
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Category : Housing
Languages : en
Pages : 636
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Category : Housing
Languages : en
Pages : 636
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Official Congressional Directory
Author: United States. Congress
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Languages : en
Pages : 1100
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Languages : en
Pages : 1100
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Common Law Marriage
Author: Goran Lind
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0199710538
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 1246
Book Description
The extraordinary recent increase in rates of cohabitation and non-marital birth presents a major challenge to traditional family law principles, and the legal rules governing cohabitation are thus among the most hotly contested areas of family law and policy today. In many nations, courts, legislatures, and law-reform bodies are "reinventing" common law marriage, seemingly without any sense of its history, doctrinal development, or limitations. The current law surrounding common law marriage is extremely complex. Professor Göran Lind has undertaken the demanding task of writing the most well-researched text on this topic to date. Separated into three Parts, Common Law Marriage covers the origins of the doctrine, its legal aspects in modern America, and the future of cohabitation law across the globe and in the 11 American jurisdictions that currently recognize common law marriage. It provides a cultural and historical history of the subject, from Ancient Roman Law to Medieval Canon Law, and analyzes over 2,000 American cases which have utilized the doctrine. This timely book is an excellent resource for scholars, legislators, and policymakers who are interested in the complex legalities of common law marriage.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0199710538
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 1246
Book Description
The extraordinary recent increase in rates of cohabitation and non-marital birth presents a major challenge to traditional family law principles, and the legal rules governing cohabitation are thus among the most hotly contested areas of family law and policy today. In many nations, courts, legislatures, and law-reform bodies are "reinventing" common law marriage, seemingly without any sense of its history, doctrinal development, or limitations. The current law surrounding common law marriage is extremely complex. Professor Göran Lind has undertaken the demanding task of writing the most well-researched text on this topic to date. Separated into three Parts, Common Law Marriage covers the origins of the doctrine, its legal aspects in modern America, and the future of cohabitation law across the globe and in the 11 American jurisdictions that currently recognize common law marriage. It provides a cultural and historical history of the subject, from Ancient Roman Law to Medieval Canon Law, and analyzes over 2,000 American cases which have utilized the doctrine. This timely book is an excellent resource for scholars, legislators, and policymakers who are interested in the complex legalities of common law marriage.
Studies in the History of the United States Courts of the Third Circuit
Author: Stephen B. Presser
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Category : Judges
Languages : en
Pages : 316
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Judges
Languages : en
Pages : 316
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