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The Insanity Defense
For more than a century, the insanity defense has been the most passionately debated issue in criminal law, the focal point of deeply rooted conflicts as to the function of a law of crime. Unfortunately, however, the debate...
Character Text for Advanced Chinese
This character version of Advanced Chinese contains also pinyin transcriptions of infrequently used characters at each occurrence. Both texts were supported by the U.S. Office of Education. Yale Linguistic Series.
Advanced Chinese
Designed to be used after either Beginning or Intermediate Chinese, this work is based on recordings of twenty lectures on academic topics in pinyin Romanization. The new material in each lesson is presented in...
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The Tractate "Mourning"(Semahot)
Regulations Relating to Death, Burial and Mourning
Generally referred to by the euphemistic title Sema-Hot ("Rejoicings"), this tractate, dating probably from the third century, is the oldest known Rabbinic text that sets forth the laws governing death, burial, and...
Images of Authority
A Consideration of the Concepts of Regnum and Sacerdotium
Starting from the premise that supreme authority requires justification, and pointing out that from medieval times the authority of both Church and State has been deemed as delegated from God, Mr. Cameron investigates...
The Papers of Benjamin Franklin, Vol. 9
Volume 9: January 1, 1760 through December 31, 1761
Early in the period covered by this volume Franklin wrote the "Canada Pamphlet," one of his earliest and most important efforts to influence British public opinion. In it he urged that in peace negotiations with France, Great...
The Papers of Benjamin Franklin, Vol. 10
Volume 10: January 1, 1762 through December 31, 1763
In the summer of 1762 Franklin wound up his business in England as agent for the Pennsylvania Assembly and returned to Philadelphia. William Franklin was married in London and soon followed his father to take office as...
The Records of the Federal Convention of 1787
1937 Revised Edition in Four Volumes, Volume 1
The Federal Convention of 1787 engaged in the great and complex labor of framing the constitution for the union of the states. For thirty years afterwards, little was known of its deliberations, and nothing official was...
The Poems of Alexander Pope
A reduced version of the Twickenham Text
"At last we have easily available a one-volume edition of Pope's poems, with a dependable text and modern annotation. . . . Superb."—Johnsonian Newsletter A splendid presentation of Pope...
Political Oppositions in Western Democracies
The idea that the opposition has a right to organize and to appeal for votes against the government in elections and in parliament is one of the most important milestones in the development of democratic institutions. Mr....