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Book In re Carlson s Estate  Swenson v  Barrett  218 MICH 262  1922

Download or read book In re Carlson s Estate Swenson v Barrett 218 MICH 262 1922 written by and published by . This book was released on 1922 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 90

Book Take Up Space

Download or read book Take Up Space written by The Editors of New York Magazine and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2022-02-22 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A stunning four-color biography of Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez in the bestselling tradition of Notorious RBG and Pelosi that explores her explosive rise and impact on the future of American culture and politics. The candidate was young—twenty-eight years old, a child of Puerto Rico, the Bronx, and Yorktown Heights. She was working as a waitress and bartender. She was completely unknown, and taking on a ten-term incumbent in a city famous for protecting its political institutions. “Women like me aren’t supposed to run for office,” Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said in a video launching her campaign, the camera following her as she hastily pulled her hair into a bun. But she did. And in perhaps the most stunning upset in recent memory, she won. At twenty-nine, she was sworn in as the youngest member of the 116th Congress and became the youngest woman to serve as a representative in United States history. Before long, Ocasio-Cortez had earned her own shorthand title—AOC—and was one of the most talked-about public figures (loved and loathed) in the world. Her natural ability to connect with everyday people through the social media feeds grew her following into the multimillions. Every statement she made, every tweet and Instagram Live, went viral, and her term had barely begun before people were speculating that she could one day be president. The question seemed to be on everyone’s mind: How did this woman come from nowhere to acquire such influence, and so fast? Now, in Take Up Space, that question is answered through a kaleidoscopic biography by the editors of New York magazine that features the riveting account of her rise by Lisa Miller, an essay by Rebecca Traister that explains why she is an unprecedented figure in American politics, and multiform explorations (reportage, comic, history, analysis, photography) of AOC’s outsize impact on American culture and politics. Throughout, AOC is revealed in all her power and vulnerability, and understood in the context of the fast-changing America that made her possible—and perhaps even inevitable.

Book The Adult Guardianship Experiment

Download or read book The Adult Guardianship Experiment written by Terry Carney and published by Federation Press. This book was released on 1997 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the 1980s, Australia remade its 'adult guardianship' laws that governed people unable to manage their own affairs or property. The reforms embraced UN principles and took a common pattern with reformist North American and European countries - with one key exception. The rest of the world chose courts to administer the laws; Australia created specialist multi-disciplinary tribunals. This book compares the work of guardianship tribunals and courts and argues forcefully that Australia's adult guardianship experiment in popular justice is a success. Carney and Tait present work on the Australian tribunals in NSW and Victoria and compare them with overseas studies on courts (and the Family Court of Australia). On every measure tribunals outperform courts. They are more inclusive. They pay more attention to social context and functioning, and are better at incorporating the affected person into the hearing, striking an 'alliance' with them. Courts, by contrast, favour alliances with families and the medical profession. Even in areas where courts might be expected to perform better, they are less successful than the tribunals, collecting and testing evidence and avoiding unnecessary intervention.

Book MAGGIE S GUARDIAN

    Book Details:
  • Author : Anna Adams
  • Publisher : Harlequin
  • Release : 2012-04-16
  • ISBN : 1459240561
  • Pages : 275 pages

Download or read book MAGGIE S GUARDIAN written by Anna Adams and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2012-04-16 with total page 275 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Noah and Tessa Gabriel—once they were in love, happy, married Of course, that was then. Now they’re two people who’ve lost all the things that matter most, including each other. But after Tessa’s best friend, David, is killed and she becomes the prime suspect, she turns to Noah for help. He’s a homicide cop—the best—and even though the crime doesn’t take place in his jurisdiction, he’s going to search for the killer. He has no other choice; the police are focusing all their energy on finding the evidence to convict Tessa. He failed Tessa once. He won’t do that again. Noah and Tessa have to learn how to work together, how to be together. It’s the only way to keep David’s baby safe and to catch the murderer.

Book Mr Darwin s Gardener

    Book Details:
  • Author : Kristina Carlson
  • Publisher : Peirene Press
  • Release : 2013-06-14
  • ISBN : 1908670126
  • Pages : 104 pages

Download or read book Mr Darwin s Gardener written by Kristina Carlson and published by Peirene Press. This book was released on 2013-06-14 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A postmodern Victorian novel about faith, knowledge and our inner needs. The late 1870s, the Kentish village of Downe. The villagers gather in church one rainy Sunday. Only Thomas Davies stays away. The eccentric loner, father of two and a grief-stricken widower, works as a gardener for the notorious naturalist, Charles Darwin. He shuns religion. But now Thomas needs answers. What should he believe in? And why should he continue to live? Why Peirene chose to publish this book: 'This is Peirene's most poetic book yet. A tale of God, grief and talking chickens. Like Dylan Thomas in Under Milk Wood, Carlson evokes the voices of an entire village, and, through them, the spirit of the age. This is no page-turner, but a story to be inhabited, to be savoured slowly.' Meike Ziervogel 'The translation is terrific and the author's grasp of England circa 1880 is utterly convincing.' Sally Vickers, Observer 'It's hard to believe this novel originated in another country. But it did, and the way Carlson shows us to ourselves should make us wonder.' Nicholas Lezard, Guardian 'Allow layers of meaning to emerge after you finish reading, and you may be rewarded.' Harriet Paterson, Tablet 'The collective consciousness in this novel is an amazing choir: Carlson makes the souls of Downe Parish sing.' Helsingin Sanomat 'Carlson writes beautifully, wisely and with effortless humour.' Suomen Kuvalehti LONGLISTED FOR THE INTERNATIONAL IMPAC DUBLIN LITERARY AWARD 2015 OBSERVER BEST HOLIDAY READS 2013

Book Lethal Guardian

    Book Details:
  • Author : M. William Phelps
  • Publisher : Pinnacle Books
  • Release : 2010-05-21
  • ISBN : 0786027207
  • Pages : 500 pages

Download or read book Lethal Guardian written by M. William Phelps and published by Pinnacle Books . This book was released on 2010-05-21 with total page 500 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The complex true-crime story of a Connecticut lawyer who had her brother-in-law killed, by the New York Times bestselling author of Perfect Poison. On a cold spring night in 1994, passing motorists discovered the bullet-riddled body of Anson “Buzz” Clinton along an interstate's exit ramp in Connecticut. Buzz, a former exotic dancer, was married to Kim Carpenter, whose family believed he was an unfit guardian for Kim's daughter, Rebecca. Kim's parents had unsuccessfully sued for custody. Kim's sister, Beth Ann Carpenter—a bright, beautiful real-estate lawyer—became convinced that only Buzz's death would ensure Rebecca's safety. Investigating detectives soon uncovered a twisted trail of murder for hire, obsession, manipulation, and secrets that would tear more than one family apart. The aftermath of this brutal crime would set investigators and prosecutors on a long and twisted path strewn with lies, treachery, and deceit that would cross the Atlantic Ocean before finally bringing justice home. Praise for Lethal Guardian “An intense roller coaster of a crime story . . . complex, with a plethora of twists and turns worthy of any great detective mystery, and yet so well-laid out, so crisply written with such detail to character and place that it reads more like a novel than your standard nonfiction crime book.” —Steve Jackson, New York Times bestselling author of Monster Includes sixteen pages of revealing photos

Book West s California Digest

Download or read book West s California Digest written by and published by . This book was released on 1971 with total page 488 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Corpus Juris Secundum

Download or read book Corpus Juris Secundum written by and published by . This book was released on 1957 with total page 1254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A complete restatement of the entire American law as developed by all reported cases.

Book Amusing Ourselves to Death

Download or read book Amusing Ourselves to Death written by Neil Postman and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2005-12-27 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What happens when media and politics become forms of entertainment? As our world begins to look more and more like Orwell's 1984, Neil's Postman's essential guide to the modern media is more relevant than ever. "It's unlikely that Trump has ever read Amusing Ourselves to Death, but his ascent would not have surprised Postman.” -CNN Originally published in 1985, Neil Postman’s groundbreaking polemic about the corrosive effects of television on our politics and public discourse has been hailed as a twenty-first-century book published in the twentieth century. Now, with television joined by more sophisticated electronic media—from the Internet to cell phones to DVDs—it has taken on even greater significance. Amusing Ourselves to Death is a prophetic look at what happens when politics, journalism, education, and even religion become subject to the demands of entertainment. It is also a blueprint for regaining control of our media, so that they can serve our highest goals. “A brilliant, powerful, and important book. This is an indictment that Postman has laid down and, so far as I can see, an irrefutable one.” –Jonathan Yardley, The Washington Post Book World

Book Ginsberg and Martin on Bankruptcy

Download or read book Ginsberg and Martin on Bankruptcy written by Ginsberg, Martin, Kelley and published by Wolters Kluwer. This book was released on with total page 3720 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book North western reporter  Second series  N W  2d  Cases argued and determined in the courts of Iowa  Michigan  Minnesota  Nebraska  North Dakota  South Dakota  Wisconsin

Download or read book North western reporter Second series N W 2d Cases argued and determined in the courts of Iowa Michigan Minnesota Nebraska North Dakota South Dakota Wisconsin written by and published by . This book was released on 1967 with total page 1070 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book West s Revised Code of Washington Annotated

Download or read book West s Revised Code of Washington Annotated written by Washington (State) and published by . This book was released on 1961 with total page 508 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Wills  Trusts  and Estates in Context

Download or read book Wills Trusts and Estates in Context written by Scott Andrew Shepard and published by Aspen Publishing. This book was released on 2018-09-14 with total page 611 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wills, Trusts, and Estates in Context offers law school professors and students an accessible, student-friendly coursebook with narrative exposition, replete with significant caches of examples before and after cases. The narrative sections often build slowly in complexity, allowing students to learn the subject from the foundations up. The organization allows equal effectiveness for teaching Wills first or Trusts first, though the text—following tradition—presents Wills first. The book does not rely primarily on cases to teach doctrine. Instead of “hiding the ball,” Shepard offers students the ball and then “plays catch” with students by offering cases that guide an exploration and confirmation of the student’s understanding of doctrine. The accessibility of this book is complemented by a Practicum Problem, a case file that is designed to offer students a practice-based, team-organized, drafting and negotiation opportunity at the end of the semester; the book’s website, accessible to students, will also include previously used practicum problems that could be discussed throughout the semester to give students context and motivation by putting the student in the role of the lawyer handling a case. The curriculum is divided into three parts: (1) intestacy, other default rules, and mandatory rules that apply to both wills and trusts; (2) wills; and (3) trusts. It is structured to invite – but not require – instructors to offer students multiple in-semester assessments by testing the materials covered in each section at the end of the section, and before the practicum begins. The author will include some multiple choice problems to strengthen the formative assessment feature of the book. The practicum problem will have rich TM support to allow it to be used in different ways and to different degrees, and it will be revised or replaced annually. (The author uses these three section tests and the practicum problem as a substitute for a final exam, but it will be no problem to use this text in more traditional ways.) Professors and students will benefit from: Coverage of topics that is generally proportional to the coverage of topics on the bar exam Example- and hypothetical-heavy narrative exposition 20 highly relevant and illustrative cases, including some of the most teachable and often-used in the field Materials presented more quickly than traditional textbooks, in a manner that has proven accessible to a wide range of students Tests at the end of the three primary divisions of the text. End-of-the-semester practicum. The practicum is a practice-based, writing, negotiation and team-work project that gives students a chance to apply what they’ve learned in a setting that models real practice. Teaching materials include: Integrated Teacher’s Manual (the teaching information in the manual is integrated right into the student text at the appropriate point, highlighted, to make the electronic version of the teacher’s manual extremely user friendly). Online Case Bank (a repository of full cases to supplement the more succinct coverage within the printed text).

Book Executive Documents of the State of Minnesota for the Year

Download or read book Executive Documents of the State of Minnesota for the Year written by Minnesota and published by . This book was released on 1922 with total page 1314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book West s Pacific Digest

Download or read book West s Pacific Digest written by and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 652 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book West s California Jurisprudence 3d

Download or read book West s California Jurisprudence 3d written by and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page 484 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book In Re D D

Download or read book In Re D D written by and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: