1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910151593403321

Autore

Thornton Phil (Business writer)

Titolo

The great economists : ten economists whose thinking changed the way we live / / Phil Thornton

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Harlow, England : , : Pearson, , [2014]

©2014

ISBN

1-292-00943-8

Edizione

[1st edition]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (viii, 249 pages )

Disciplina

330.092/2

Soggetti

Economists

Economics - History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- About the author -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: Adam Smith  - the 'founding father' of economics -- Chapter 2: David Ricardo  - from immigrant to gentleman -- Chapter 3: Karl Marx  - the fallen hero? -- Chapter 4: Alfred Marshall  - microeconomics arrives -- Chapter 5: John Maynard Keynes  - the rise, fall, rise ... and fall -- Chapter 6: Friedrich Hayek  - the archetypal libertarian -- Chapter 7: Milton Friedman  - father of monetarism -- Chapter 8: Paul Samuelson  - the neoclassical synthesist -- Chapter 9: Gary Becker  - economics in the real world -- Chapter 10: Daniel Kahneman  - economic psychologist -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

The Great Economists succinctly and accurately describes the thinking of the world’s leading economic thinkers. It captures their key beliefs, explores their backgrounds, assesses their thinking and evaluates their legacy. It explains the schools of thought named after them and clearly shows how they influence our everyday lives.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910790011603321

Autore

Oldham James

Titolo

Trial by Jury : The Seventh Amendment and Anglo-American Special Juries / / James Oldham

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, NY : , : New York University Press, , [2006]

©2006

ISBN

0-8147-6259-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (365 p.)

Disciplina

347.73/752

Soggetti

Constitutional law - United States

Jury - England - History

Jury - United States - History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 229-312) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1. The Scope of the Seventh Amendment Guarantee -- 2. The “Complexity Exception” -- 3. Law versus Fact -- 4. Determining Damages -- 5. The Jury of Matrons -- 6. The Self-Informing Jury -- 7. The English Origins of the Special Jury -- 8. Special Juries in England -- 9. Special Juries in the United States and Modern Jury Formation Procedures -- Appendix 1 -- Appendix 2 -- Appendix 3 -- Appendix 4 -- Notes -- Table of Statutes -- Table of Cases -- Index -- About the Author

Sommario/riassunto

While the right to be judged by one's peers in a court of law appears to be a hallmark of American law, protected in civil cases by the Seventh Amendment to the Constitution, the civil jury is actually an import from England. Legal historian James Oldham assembles a mix of his signature essays and new work on the history of jury trial, tracing how trial by jury was transplanted to America and preserved in the Constitution. Trial by Jury begins with a rigorous examination of English civil jury practices in the late eighteenth century, including how judges determined one's right to trial by jury and who composed the jury. Oldham then considers the extensive historical use of a variety of “special juries,” such as juries of merchants for commercial cases and juries of women for claims of pregnancy. Special juries were used for



centuries in both English and American law, although they are now considered antithetical to the idea that American juries should be drawn from jury pools that reflect reasonable cross-sections of their communities. An introductory overview addresses the relevance of Anglo-American legal tradition and history in understanding America's modern jury system.

3.

Record Nr.

UNIORUON00483821

Autore

Macintyre, Alasdair

Titolo

Dopo la virtu : saggio di teoria morale / Alasdair MacIntyre

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Milano, : Feltrinelli, 1993

ISBN

88-07-10099-1

Edizione

[2. ed]

Descrizione fisica

335 p. ; 22 cm.

Disciplina

170

Soggetti

FILOSOFIA MORALE

Lingua di pubblicazione

Italiano

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia