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Modern German Positivism
This is perhaps as important a German history as there is. Rather difficult to read without some background in law, nevertheless indispensable to any serious scholar of modern Germany. Wieackerunequivocably indicts positivism (and it's direct ancestor - pandecticism)as a proximate cause of the Nazi debacle. In his view, the extraordinarychanges wrought there, particularly the Industrial Revolution, outstrippeddevelopment of law. The rigidity of the Civil Code of 1900 prevented theintervention of professional jurists in the Weimar crisis, and the Codeitself was too favorable to commercial interests. Essentially, Wieackerargues, German law depended on the auspices of a responsible government tomaintain the balance between big business and the ordinary citizens. Theextirpation of natural law from the legal system shifted the balance towardindustry, and the appearance of an irresponsible legislature led to theextinction of individual rights. He concludes that the Code represented anextreme position in the decades long tug-of-war between the Germanicistsand the Europeanists, and warns that WWII may not have interrupted thenormal swing of the pendulum. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Civil law    2. Europe    3. Europe - Germany    4. Germany    5. History    6. History: World    7. Law    8. Legal History    9. Legal Reference / Law Profession    10. Philosophy    11. Private Law    12. Taxation    13. Jurisprudence & General Issues    14. Law / Legal History    15. Law | Legal History    16. Private, property, family law   

Subjects:  1. Children    2. Children's rights    3. Constitutional    4. Custody of children    5. Legal Reference / Law Profession    6. Legal status, laws, etc.    7. Moral and ethical aspects    8. Movements - General    9. Philosophy    10. United States    11. Practical & applied ethics    12. Private, property, family law   

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Great supplement
I would highly recommend this book as a supplement to the case book. It really summed up the material well. It applies many of the cases that appear in Cribbet, Johnson, Findley, and Smith's Casebook on Property, 8th Edition. Even if that's not the casebook you're using, this book is still a really valuable resource as it is simply a summary of the concepts.

The best canned brief book you can buy
The "High Court Case Summaries" is the best "canned brief" book you can buy.
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Subjects:  1. Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice    2. Cases    3. Law    4. Legal Reference / Law Profession    5. Property    6. United States   

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Estate Planning Explained
Knowing little about estate planning, I was forced (quickly) to bring myself up to speed on the subject. I found this book to cover, and explain, the processes behind estate planning. The book explains the topic well andgives the reader several good references. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice    2. Consumer Finance    3. Estate Planning    4. Estates & Trusts    5. Law    6. Personal Finance - Financial Planning    7. Popular works    8. United States    9. Business & Economics / Taxation / General    10. Personal property law    11. Property, real estate, land & tenancy law   

Subjects:  1. Civil Procedure    2. Environmental Science    3. Environmental Studies    4. Environmental law    5. Liability for environmental da    6. Liability for environmental damages    7. Real Estate Administration    8. Reference    9. United States    10. Vendors and purchasers    11. Environment law    12. Pollution & threats to the environment    13. Property & real estate    14. Property, real estate, land & tenancy law    15. USA   

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Tenant's do have rights!!!!
Until you read this book, you will be taken advantage of from landlords who know you haven't read the book. I have rented for years and thought if I am a good tenant and pay my rent everything will be wonderful...UNTIL that day!!! By reading this book, I learned there were many times as a renter my rights were violated. I am an excellent tenant with more knowledge. By knowing my rights I have been able to keep situations from getting to the UGLY stage between the tenant and landlord.

Great info - easy browsing
Very informative book.Easy to browse Table of Contents and find what you're looking for.Goes along with "Renter's Rights: The Basics" ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Landlord And Tenant    2. Law    3. Legal Reference / Law Profession    4. Popular works    5. Practical Guides    6. Property    7. Property Law    8. Real Estate    9. Real Estate - General    10. United States    11. Landlords   

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An extraordinary treatment of law affecting native peoples
Having studied, taught and practiced Federal Indian law for nearly twenty years, I believe that this is the finest examination of the historical roots of legal colonialism in the Americas yet written. Williams is masterful in his research and examination of the Christian, European foundations for the invasion of the Western Hemisphere. Although I disagree with Williams' conclusions about the writings of Franciscus de Victoria, his discussion of the Elizabethan colonization of Ireland and, through extension of the same legal doctrines, native North America, is excellent.

Required for native/history majors and everyone else in N.A.
This book is a methodically brings the legal thought of the western world into context of how it relates to the American Indian, a necessary background to the subject.This is done by reviewing medival and reformperiod of history, the seperation of church and state and land laws, andfollowed up by the occupation of North America.How this subjecation cameto be and how laws not used equally facilitated the holocast in NorthAmerica.I am glad i read it and have considered doing a second MA at theinstitution Robert A Williams teaches and have bought his second book andlook forward to reading it AFTER i reread the american indian in westernlegal thought (ps keep a dictionary handy). ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Civil Rights    2. Ethnic Studies - Native American Studies    3. Law    4. Legal History    5. Legal Reference / Law Profession    6. Native American    7. History-Native American    8. Human rights    9. Indigenous peoples    10. Law / Civil Rights    11. Law / Legal History    12. Law | Indigenous & Native American Law    13. Private, property, family law    14. Social Science-Ethnic Studies - Native American Studies    15. USA   

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I agree.
I agree with the reviewer below (or is it above?).I'm almost done with this semester and this has been and will be my toughest course, not because of the material, but because of the way the material is delivered in the casebook.I started with the 1999 edition and was shocked to find that it didnt include a table of cases.A casebook w/o table of cases??? come on!The 2005 edition fixed this problem, but many remain.The problems were clearly listed in the other review, and I concur.

Disappointing attempt at a case book
Professor Bernhardt's book is little more than a compilation of cases.There is very little editing and no clarifying information.The comments in between the cases are mostly statutes and some excerpts of other cases- there is very little commentary or even hypotheticals.He includes lots of clever little cartoons, but they are a poor substitute for actual content.The book is basically a cut-and-paste job, and a poor one at that- there are a plethora of typos and grammatical errors.
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Subjects:  1. Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice    2. Cases    3. Civil Procedure    4. Law    5. Legal Reference / Law Profession    6. Property    7. United States   

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An invaluable single-volume reference
Now in an updated and expanded second edition, the Encyclopedia Of Real Estate Terms is an invaluable single-volume reference for students and professionals on real estate terminology. This 1,472-page compendium defines more than 8,000 terms based on American and English real estate practice, as well as terms from civil law, Scots and French law. With more than 11,000 references (including more than 3900 cases, 2100 statutory or code references, and 4750 bibliographical references) Encyclopedia Of Real Estate Terms is enhanced with an exhaustive cross-referencing system extending to over 30,000 entries and a Bibliography of over 900 books, as well as information on more than 55 real estate associations. Encyclopedia Of Real Estate Terms is an indispensable, core title addition to academic and professional real estate library reference collections. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Business / Economics / Finance    2. Dictionaries    3. Real Estate - Sales    4. Real estate business    5. Real property    6. Reference    7. Business & Management    8. Finance & Accounting    9. Property, real estate, land & tenancy law   

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Subjects:  1. Developing countries    2. Intellectual property    3. Intellectual property (Interna    4. Intellectual property (International law)    5. International    6. Law    7. Legal Reference / Law Profession    8. Political aspects    9. Property   

Subjects:  1. Comparative    2. Contracts    3. Law    4. Legal History    5. Legal Reference / Law Profession    6. Property    7. Torts    8. Foundations of law    9. Law / Legal History    10. Law | Legal History    11. Private, property, family law   

Subjects:  1. Business & Economics    2. Business/Economics    3. Law    4. Legal Reference / Law Profession    5. Mortgages    6. Real Estate    7. Real Estate - General    8. Real property    9. United States    10. Vendors and purchasers    11. Business & Economics / Real Estate    12. Education    13. Property, real estate, land & tenancy law    14. USA   

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Interesting facts, but unclear on the bigger picture
Whites treat Indians badly.If you think that park rangers are saints who protect America's natural and cultural heritage-well, don't forget that these rangers are almost all white, and whites treat Indians badly.Keep these things in mind and nothing in this book will surprise you.
A superb contribution to Native American studies.
Indian Country, God's Country is a freelance expose of developmenthistories of selected national parks and Indian reservations, includingGlacier National Park and the Blackfeet Reservation, The Badlands and PineRidge, Mesa Verde and the Utes, Grand Canyon and the Havasupai and DeathValley and the Shoshone.Obtaining information from a variety ofsources including personal visits and interviews as well as research,author Burn ham traces beginnings of the National Park Service,Congressional attempts to mainstream Indian expansion of the parksfrequently at the cost of reservation land, and the parks as they are seentoday from both tribal representatives and government employees,superintendents and rangers.It is a series of tales rife with conflict. The few successes are carefully described as "hard-woncompromises that have given tribes more autonomy and greater culturalrecognition in recent years, while highlighting stubborn conflicts thatcontinue to mark relations between tribes and parks (cover flap)." Of all the sites explored, Burnham is most optimistic about the seed ofjustice sprouting in Death Valley, ironically.The Shoshone withspokesperson Pauline Esteves has reinstituted interest in use of theShoshone language and also learned to use publicity and other strategies toencourage sovereignty and empowerment of the Timbisha."From the SunTours transportation contract at Glacier to the Shoshone claim for a landbase at Death Valley to the Havasupai struggle for land in the Grand Canyonto the Oglala fight for development in the Badlands, the Park Service hasnever surrendered anything in disputes over Indian land without aprotracted struggle (p. 309)."There are many unansweredquestions on both sides.There is no doubt that continued bargaining willensue.The power of a book like Indian Country, God's Country is the lightit sheds on the ongoing struggle, in all its complex history.Read more

Subjects:  1. Environmental Conservation & Protection - General    2. Government relations    3. History    4. History - General History    5. Indians of North America    6. Indians, Treatment of    7. Industries - Park & Recreation Management    8. Land Tenure Systems    9. Land Use    10. Land tenure    11. Native American    12. Native Americans    13. Relocation    14. Sociology    15. American history    16. History of specific racial & ethnic groups    17. Indigenous peoples    18. North America    19. Property & real estate    20. Property, real estate, land & tenancy law    21. Science / Environmental Science   

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Subjects:  1. Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice    2. Culture    3. Intellectual property    4. Law    5. Law Of Intellectual Property    6. Legal Reference / Law Profession    7. Property    8. Social aspects    9. Social life and customs    10. United States   

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Bartsch is a Breath of Fresh Air to a World of Contamination
Bartsch makes Brownfields fun in this work that will most definately make him a national wonder. He explains the importance of rehabilitation of these rundown disasters. Within the next few years, Brownfields should be ahousehold name. Bartsch was like the Jesus that opened my eyes with the mudtitled "Brownfields".The book shows that there is a lot ofpotential in this world for disgusting areas to br turned into healthy,thriving land to be home of new commerce, industry, and residential areas.Brownfields are the beginning of the next industrial revolution!

Bartsch is a Breath of Fresh Air to a World of Contamination
Bartsch makes Brownfields fun in this work that will most definately make him a national wonder. He explains the importance of rehabilitation of these rundown disasters. Within the next few years, Brownfields should be ahousehold name. Bartsch was like the Jesus that opened my eyes with the mudtitled "Brownfields".The book shows that there is a lot ofpotential in this world for disgusting areas to br turned into healthy,thriving land to be home of new commerce, industry, and residential areas.Brownfields are the beginning of the next industrial revolution! ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Brownfields    2. Business/Economics    3. Environmental Policy    4. Environmental Science    5. Environmental Studies    6. Environmental aspects    7. Factories    8. Political Science    9. Public Policy - General    10. Public Policy - Regional Planning    11. United States    12. Urban Renewal    13. Environment law    14. Industry & Industrial Studies    15. Political Science / Public Policy    16. Pollution & threats to the environment    17. Property, real estate, land & tenancy law    18. USA   

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Avoids controversy
I can't remember where I first saw this book reviewed and recommended, but I do remember that I couldn't check it out in the school library because one of the Range Science professors put it on reserve for his class.That intrigued me enough to just buy it.
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Subjects:  1. Endangered species    2. Environmental Conservation & Protection - General    3. Environmental Law    4. Environmental Studies    5. Essays    6. Law and legislation    7. Life Sciences - Ecology    8. Nature conservation    9. Nature/Ecology    10. United States    11. Wildlife Conservation    12. Conservation of wildlife & habitats    13. Environment law    14. Nature / Environmental Conservation & Protection    15. Property, real estate, land & tenancy law