Author: Marc Lange
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Keywords: laws, nature, metaphysics, science, lawmakers
Number of Pages: 280
Published: 2009-07-09
List price: $24.95
ISBN-10: 0195328140
ISBN-13: 9780195328141
Laws of nature have long puzzled philosophers. What distinguishes laws from facts about the world that do not rise to the level of laws? How can laws be contingent and nevertheless necessary? In this brief, accessible study, Lange offers provocative and original answers to these questions. He argues that laws are distinguished by their necessity, which is grounded in primitive subjunctive facts (expressed by counterfactual conditionals). While recognizing that natural necessity is distinct from logical, metaphysical, and mathematical necessity, Lange explains how natural necessity constitutes
Authors:Richard Pascale, Mark Milleman, Linda Gioja,
Publisher: Three Rivers Press
Keywords: laws, new, business, nature, surfing, chaos, edge
Number of Pages: 336
Published: 2001-12
List price: $15.95
ISBN-10: 0609808834
ISBN-13: 9780609808832
Surfing the Edge of Chaos is a brilliant, powerful, and practical book about the parallels between business and naturetwo fields that feature nonstop battles between the forces of tradition and the forces of transformation. It offers a bold new way of thinking about and responding to the personal and strategic challenges everyone in business faces these days.
Authors:Raphael Lemkin, William A. Schabas, Samantha Power
Publisher: The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd.
Keywords: laws, proposals, redress, foundations, war, government, occupation, rule, occupied, europe, axis, analysis
Number of Pages: 712
Published: 2008-06-30
List price: $59.95
ISBN-10: 1584779012
ISBN-13: 9781584779018
Raphael LemkinAxis Rule in Occupied Europe: Laws of Occupation, Analysis of Government, Proposals for Redress. Washington: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Division of International Law, 1944. xxxviii, 674 pp. Second Edition by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd.Introduction to the Second Edition by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. by William A. Schabas, OC, MRIA, Professor of Human Rights Law, National University of Ireland, Galway and Director, Irish Centre for Human Rights; Global Legal Scholar, University of Warwick; Professor, Queen’s University Belfast; Visiting Fellow, All Souls Colle
Authors:Blaine Harris, Charles Coonradt, Lee Nelson,
Publisher: The Financial Wellness Group
Keywords: prosperity, laws, new, financial, free, debt, four
Number of Pages: 118
Published: 1996-06-01
List price: $12.95
ISBN-10: 0965287408
ISBN-13: 9780965287401
THE FOUR LAWS OF DEBT FREE PROSPERITY (Now order the New Edition by going to our new book title The 4 Laws of Financial Prosperity. Same great book, updated version and new cover.) Inspired by actual occurrences, this entertaining and captivating book shows that how much a person earns isn’t nearly as important in achieving financial security as most people think-that nearly anyone, on any income, can achieve debt-free prosperity by applying the four laws in the story. Inspired by a true story . . . you will discover four basic laws that will change your life. Simple principles . . . lea
Author: Samuel Haye
Publisher: Martinus Nijhoff Publisher
Keywords: islamic, arab, laws, vol, series, risk, law, finance, religion, return
Number of Pages: 350
Published: 1998-01-01
List price: $124.00
ISBN-10: 9041105476
ISBN-13: 9789041105479
Mirroring the expansion of wealth in the Middle East and Asia and a surge in Islamic self-identity, Islamic banking practices have either become the law of the land or coexist and compete with Western practices in at least six countries. A growing number of institutions and mutual funds (akin to Western ’’socially responsible’’ funds) have established Islamic investment and other practices to cater to this burgeoning market. Because of its prevalence, practitioners in every banking-related area must familiarize themselves with current Islamic finance practices in order
Authors:Sir William Blackstone, Richard J. Goldstone,
Publisher: American Bar Association
Keywords: commentaries, laws, england, aba, classics, constitution, knight, sir, william, blackstone
Number of Pages: 496
Published: 2011-07-16
List price: $39.95
ISBN-10: 1604427191
ISBN-13: 9781604427196
This handsome book is part of the new, ABA Classics Series. These authoritative, affordable, and beautifully designed editions of the world’s greatest law books are perfect for any law library or office or as a gift for anyone involved or interested in the law. This volume of the ABA Classics Series is Blackstone’s Commentaries. This legal classic from famed eighteenth-century judge, jurist, and professor Sir William Blackstone.
Author: Robert Greene
Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics)
Keywords: power, laws
Number of Pages: 452
Published: 2000-09-01
List price: $20.00
ISBN-10: 0140280197
ISBN-13: 9780140280197
Amoral, cunning, ruthless, and instructive, this piercing work distills three thousand years of the history of power in to forty-eight well explicated laws. As attention--grabbing in its design as it is in its content, this bold volume outlines the laws of power in their unvarnished essence, synthesizing the philosophies of Machiavelli, Sun-tzu, Carl von Clausewitz, and other great thinkers. Some laws teach the need for prudence ("Law 1: Never Outshine the Master"), the virtue of stealth ("Law 3: Conceal Your Intentions"), and many demand the total absence of mercy ("Law 15: Crush Your Enemy T
