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Everything You Need to Know about the American Legal System, Fourth EditionIn each of the first three editions of the bestselling Law 101, Jay Feinman gave readers an upbeat and vivid examination of the American legal system. Since the third edition was published in 2010, much has happened: several key Supreme Court cases have been decided, we&'ve...

Vision, praxis, and courageMental disorders are ubiquitous, profoundly disabling and people suffering from them frequently endure the worst conditions of life. In recent decades both mental health and human rights have emerged as areas of practice, inquiry, national policy-making and shared international concern. Human-rights monitoring and...

Serfdom, Subjection, and Reform in Prussia, 1648-1848Building on a new reading of archival material, this volume attempts a fundamental re-appraisal of the continuing orthodoxy that a 'serf' economy embodied peasant exploitation....

Essays on His Organ WorksIn J. S. Bach at His Royal Instrument, author Russell Stinson delves into various unexplored aspects of the organ works of Johann Sebastian Bach. Drawing on previous research and new archival sources, he sheds light on many of the most mysterious aspects of these masterpieces, and their reception, and shows how they have...

Shakespeare and Memory explores Shakespeare's plays and poems in the light of current interest in memory studies. It sets out key features of the historical, religious, and cultural context of Shakespeare's own time....

Adopting a distinctive narrative approach based on the chronology of a claim, Blackstone's Civil Practice 2014: The Commentary provides authoritative guidance on the process of civil litigation from commencement of a claim to enforcement of judgments. It addresses civil procedure in the county courts, the High Court, the Court of Appeal, and...