Subjects:  1. Abortion    2. Abortion & Birth Control    3. Abortion (Sociological Aspects)    4. Feminism    5. Government policy    6. Law and legislation    7. Political Science    8. Political aspects    9. Politics / Current Events    10. Politics/International Relations    11. Public Policy - Social Policy    12. Social Policy    13. Women's Studies - General    14. Political Science / Social Policy    15. Political control & influence    16. Political science & theory    17. Politics | Political Theory    18. Postwar period, 1945 to c 2000    19. Private, property, family law   

Subjects:  1. Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice    2. Law    3. Legal Reference / Law Profession    4. Property   

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The Way They Were
With numerous deftly chosen stories of husbands and wives and their contact and experience of the law from the Colonial Era to the present, Hartog describes the slow development of our modern conception of individual rights.This is for the most part the story of wives' evolution from the state of coverture (where the husband was sovereign) to that of an equal partnership of two individuals.Along the way, Hartog develops some striking insights such as his conception of frontier states competing in a "divorce market" for divorcing couples in order to draw potential settlers to their states.Other states, such as California, wrote liberal laws that promised equal treatment for wives as a way to entice women settlers to there -- a kind of rights marketplace.His great achievment is to evoke over the course of U.S. history, the changing expectations and the responsibilities of husbands and wives as to what constitutes a proper marriage.At the same time, he discusses societal ideals embedded in the law, and the pragmatic judges who refashioned those ideals to better reflect the evolving relationships of husbands and wives.He shows that the institution of marriage, ostensibly the most intimate and private and natural of all personal relationships, has close and obtrusive links to conceptions of public governance and individual rights. Too, he show that the two "institutions," which seem so different from one another -- marriage, (private and personal), as compared to the state (public and bureaucratic) -- modify and reinforce each other through the agency of the judiciary.Thoughtful, illuminating, substantial, this is a long pleasant walk through the past with a very engaging, studious and knowledgeable, but never pedantic, friend. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. General    2. History    3. History - General History    4. History: American    5. Modern - 19th Century    6. Jurisprudence & philosophy of law    7. Law / Legal History    8. Private, property, family law    9. Social history    10. USA    11. c 1800 to c 1900   

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Buy another book!
This book was ok, however, I was hoping more detail and less basic information. It provides good info for a new real estate player, but seasoned players who want more information on what and how can do better by contacting their CPA. I was hoping to get more and in the end I found -0- ideas that I was not aware off. Rename the book-real estate tax relief for newbies! Seasoned players do not BUY!

Don't waist your money - Go to the Library
There is nothing special about this book that makes it worth so much more than other similar books that cost a lot less. Most of it is dumb common sense and is freely available online from the IRS website. Your first money saving tip, find another book. It really is a rip off for what you get. This book is very shallow and very vague. Where's the beef? The quality is not much better than a glued magazine. Go to the library. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Business / Economics / Finance    2. General    3. Law    4. Law and legislation    5. Real Estate    6. Real estate investment    7. Real property and taxation    8. Tax planning    9. Taxation    10. United States    11. Business & Economics / Real Estate    12. Property, real estate, land & tenancy law   

Subjects:  1. General    2. Legal Reference / Law Profession    3. Political Science    4. Politics/International Relations    5. Practical Guides    6. Property    7. Laws of Other Jurisdictions & General Law   

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Important Work of Historical Detection with Much Food for Thought for the Future
It is not granted to every historian to discover a trunkful of old documents up in an attic somewhere.The fact that the Illinois-Wabash papers, which fortuitously fell into the capable hands of this particular historian, were located in a basement instead, hardly alters the aura surrounding this discovery, nor does it affect the drama of the issues involved. In sifting through the evidence brought to light by this remarkable find, Lindsay G. Robertson has provided more than a mere tale of "olden days" which might be of interest to a cloistered few: he has produced a revolutionary document which may have far-reaching consequences on the "history" of the future, as well as on our reading of the past.
Intrigue, Indians & History - Told like a Novel
The story told in Conquest by Law could be the Enron scandal of the 19th Century...the irony is that it is all true and that you wouldn't have imagined it in your wildest dreams. We are used to a context in which the Supreme Court of the United States is the highest court of the land. It is implicit today that when the Supreme Court says what the law "is"...that is it, 'the final word'! However, when this story began there was no such confidence and no history of Supreme Court precedent! The Supreme Court was just another forum for speculation and that is what the protagonists do in Conquest by Law.
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Subjects:  1. History    2. History - General History    3. History - U.S.    4. History: American    5. Illinois    6. Indian land transfers    7. Indians of North America    8. Land tenure    9. Land titles    10. Legal History    11. Native American    12. Trials, litigation, etc    13. United Illinois and Wabash Lan    14. United States    15. United States - 19th Century    16. American history: c 1800 to c 1900    17. History / United States / 19th Century    18. Indigenous peoples    19. Law | Legal History    20. Property, real estate, land & tenancy law    21. USA   

Subjects:  1. Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice    2. Law    3. Law and legislation    4. Legal Reference / Law Profession    5. Mortgages    6. Real Estate    7. Real estate development    8. United States    9. Vendors and purchasers    10. Property, real estate, land & tenancy law   

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Daniels Describes Basics of Preserving AG Land
Tom Daniels provides this concise yet detailed description of several land use based agriculture preservation tools including, TDR's, PDR's, conservation easements, ag zoning, urban growth boundaries, and local right-to-farm laws.There are model documents provided in the appendices which give a detailed view of specific preservation measures.Read more

Subjects:  1. Agriculture    2. Agriculture - Sustainable Agriculture    3. Economic aspects    4. Environmental Studies    5. Land Use    6. Land use, Rural    7. Law    8. Natural Resources    9. Nature/Ecology    10. Regional planning    11. Rural Planning    12. United States    13. Use Of Rural Lands    14. City & town planning - architectural aspects    15. Property & real estate    16. Property, real estate, land & tenancy law    17. Rural communities    18. Technology / Agriculture / Sustainable Agriculture   

Reviews (7)

The material is presented in a language too technical
I just took the state exam (and passed!!), I have to say this book is writtenin too much of a technical manner and too many details for it to be an easy read. I felt I had to constantly translate paragrapgs into "plain english" to keep me going ...the material is presented in too much of a "dry" manner. Lots of times it was confusing to understand what was said, it was very contradictory. If you are taking the state exam, I highly recommend that you form a study group to "disect" what all the languge is...

You MUST take the class in order to take the licensing exam.
This is the text book for the class you are required to take AND pass in order to qualify to take the Florida Real Estate Licensing Exam. So don't buy this book if you don't intend to earn your Florida Real Estate License or continue on to broker status. But if you do, you MUST have this book.

DO NOT BUY THIS BOOK!!!!!
The rub with this product is that it contains quizes and a review test BUT THEY DO NOT PROVIDE THE ANSWERS!!!!!I spoke with the publisher and I was told that the book is for classroom use only and the answers will not be provided.If you are studying for the FL RE sales exam, this book is virtually usless without the answer key.SHAME ON AMAZON FOR SELLING THIS PRODUCT WITHOUT DISCLOSURE!! ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Business & Economics    2. Business / Economics / Finance    3. Business/Economics    4. Real Estate    5. Real Estate - General    6. Business & Economics / Real Estate    7. Florida    8. Management of real estate, property & plant    9. Property & real estate    10. Property, real estate, land & tenancy law   

Subjects:  1. Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice    2. Cases    3. Law    4. Legal Reference / Law Profession    5. Property    6. United States   

Subjects:  1. Economic aspects    2. Law    3. Legal Reference / Law Profession    4. Property    5. Social aspects    6. Economics    7. Land rights    8. Law / Property    9. Political Science and International Relations    10. Political economy    11. Property, real estate, land & tenancy law    12. USA   

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Good, but could use explicit guidelines
Glasser's book is an admirable compilation of the different rules in most of the major countries where reporters would want to operate. It seems to be one of the few books that unifies all the rules for all the different jurisdictions. The book highlights a series of key questions such as the definitions of libel, the abilities of companies to sue on their own behalf or to protect their products, possible restrictions on covering criminal/secret procedures and privacy rules. Drawing on the knowledge of lawyers from the different countries, Glasser organizes their expertise according to these themes.
Fascinating, comprehensive, indispensible
For any journalist, lawyer or for anyone with an international point of view, this book, focusing on media law throughout the Americas, Europe and Asia is at once a handbook, a compendium, a guide, and a window into different cultures and societies, offering insight as to how each nation deals with the issues of defamation, privacy, freedom of expression, and state power.
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Subjects:  1. Freedom of speech    2. Intellectual Property    3. Journalism    4. Language    5. Language Arts & Disciplines    6. Legal Reference / Law Profession    7. Libel and slander    8. Media & the Law    9. Media Studies    10. Privacy, Right of    11. Defamation law (slander & libel)    12. International Law    13. Language Arts & Disciplines/Journalism    14. Law / Media & the Law    15. Law and legislation    16. Mass media    17. Private, property, family law    18. Social Science/Media Studies   

Subjects:  1. Eminent domain    2. Law    3. Property    4. United States    5. Private, property, family law   

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The Deeper Question
I studied this book in law school. I think the central question of this book is a little deeper than the way the previous reviewer phrased it. The book explores the conflict that occurs when a judgeperceives that the law applying to a case before him is not a just one and will result in injustice if applied in the current case. Does the judge simply apply the law, or find some way around it to allow for a just result? This is an interesting question today, given the debate between "strict construction" of the Constitution and Holmes' popular notion that the Constitution is a "living document" whose interpretation must evolve with the times. The chief example used in this book is the infamous Dred Scott decision, in which a slave who had lived for many years on free soil, sued for his freedom, but was turned down by the Supreme Court on Constitutional grounds -- although presumably the judges knew that this was not a just result.

One of my favorite book
Justice Accused addresses why antebellum judges who opposed slavery nonetheless felt powerless to do any thing but enforce it. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. History    2. History: American    3. Judicial process    4. Law and legislation    5. Legal History    6. Legal Reference / Law Profession    7. Legal System    8. Natural law    9. Slavery    10. U.S. History - Slavery Question And Abolitionism    11. United States    12. American history: c 1800 to c 1900    13. Law / Legal History    14. Private, property, family law    15. USA   

Subjects:  1. Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice    2. Bankruptcy    3. Bankruptcy & Insolvency    4. Estate Planning    5. Law    6. Legal Reference / Law Profession    7. Tax Law    8. United States    9. Bankruptcy & insolvency law    10. Business & Economics / General    11. Financial law    12. Property, real estate, land & tenancy law   

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Hypes minor legal thinkers, misrepresents major ones
Alexander's book reads like a standard history of property law turned upside down; it is as if the footnotes and text had been reversed. He glorifies obscure, minor, and in many cases simply bizarre theorists ofAmerican property law. Conventional wisdom holds that the winners write thehistory; in this case Alexander not only writes the losers' version ofhistory but argues that they haven't even lost. To understand the thrust ofthe book, consider that although it contains 386 pages of text and another82 pages of endnotes, it presents no substantive discussion of the takingsclause of the Fifth Amendment, despite (or perhaps because of) thatclause's seemingly unambiguous constitutional affirmation of the"property as commodity" view (Richard A. Epstein, Takings:Private Property and the Power of Eminent Domain). John Locke gets only ahandful of passing mentions. By contrast, the views of many obscure andlong-forgotten theorists receive extended discussion.Read more

Subjects:  1. Economics - Theory    2. Law    3. Legal History    4. Legal Reference / Law Profession    5. Property    6. Law / Property    7. Property & real estate    8. Property, real estate, land & tenancy law    9. Sociology, Social Studies    10. USA   

Subjects:  1. General    2. Law    3. Philosophy    4. Political Science    5. Politics / Current Events    6. Politics/International Relations    7. Property    8. Political Science / General    9. Property, real estate, land & tenancy law    10. USA   

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Smith, Currie & Hancock's LLP Common Sense Construction Law
A great introduction to Construction Law for any aspiring Project Manager or Construction Professional.

Great overview, but lacks some depth in places
This book was used as the text for a Construction Law case I took in law school.Overall I found the book to be very good.It was clear, concise, well written, and easy to understand.It also brought a pretty wide range of topics into the mix, and provided a fair amount of places to go for additional information (by way of case law).If I had to complain, and for the purposes of this review I will, I would make two comments: 1) There are areas where a little more depth would be nice.Frankly, I don't think the scope of this book really includes in-depth analysis on anything so this might be a non-issue for many folks.I just found that there were a few times (a very few) when I was looking for more information.2. This book does a really nice job incorporating definitions for new terms into the text.However, there are a LOT of new terms and a glossary would have beeen a nice addition to the text.

Smith, Currie & Hancock LLP's Common Sense Construction Law
An outstanding work -- easy to follow, yet powerful.It delivers in-depth coverage of current law on hot construction topics.As a General Contractor, I found the book very helpful.I strongly recommend it. The industry has become so litigious that you cannot afford to not know. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Building Laws And Regulations    2. Construction    3. Construction - General    4. Construction contracts    5. Construction industry    6. Engineering Construction Management    7. Law    8. Law and legislation    9. Legal Reference / Law Profession    10. Practical Guides    11. United States    12. Commercial law    13. Environment law    14. Property, real estate, land & tenancy law    15. Technology / Engineering / Civil    16. USA   

Subjects:  1. Business / Economics / Finance    2. Business and politics    3. Congresses    4. Convergence (Economics)    5. Corporate governance    6. Industries - General    7. Labor & Industrial Relations - General    8. Law and legislation    9. Political Science    10. Politics/International Relations    11. Property    12. Public Policy - Economic Policy    13. Business & Economics / Management    14. Ownership & organization of enterprises   

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Beginner in matters of Cyberspace with a good computer skill
I'm actually reading this book and, even though my knowledge is about Italian industrial matters, I have found this book very well written ad very complete. It's worth the price. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice    2. Computer Networks    3. Industrial property    4. Internet    5. Law    6. Law and legislation    7. Legal Reference / Law Profession    8. Property    9. United States