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Record Nr.

UNINA9910453015403321

Autore

MacNeil Neil <1923-2008.>

Titolo

The American Senate [[electronic resource] ] : an insider's history / / Neil MacNeil and Richard A. Baker

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford, : Oxford University Press, Inc., 2013

ISBN

1-299-48627-4

0-19-971011-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (470 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

BakerRichard A

Disciplina

328.73/071

Soggetti

Electronic books.

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 and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Prologue: Entering the Contemporary Senate; 1. Money and Politics: Electing US Senators; 2. The Collapse of Campaign Finance Reform; 3. Dancing with Presidents: A Wary Embrace; 4. Struggling for Primacy: From TR to FDR; 5. Losing Ground to the Imperial Presidency; 6. Living with the House of Representatives; 7. The Center to Which Everyone Comes; 8. Leadership Empowered: The Modern Era; 9. The Senate Investigates; 10. The Watchdogs; 11. Debate, Deliberation, and Dispute; 12. Dilatory Tactics; 13. Reform and Reaction; To the Future; Notes

Selected BibliographyIndex; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z

Sommario/riassunto

The United States Senate has fallen on hard times. Once known as the greatest deliberative body in the world, it now has a reputation as a partisan, dysfunctional chamber. What happened to the house that forged American history's great compromises? In this groundbreaking work, a distinguished journalist and an eminent historian provide an insider's history of the United States Senate. Richard A. Baker, historian emeritus of the Senate, and the late Neil MacNeil, former chief congressional correspondent for Time magazine, integrate nearly a century of combined experience on Capitol Hill with de



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910452693303321

Titolo

Medieval law [[electronic resource] ] : lawyers and their work / / translated by Samuel Parsons Scott ; edited by Robert I. Burns

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Philadelphia, : University of Pennsylvania Press, 2001

ISBN

1-283-89376-2

0-8122-0854-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (394 p.)

Collana

The Middle Ages series

Las siete partidas ; ; v. 3

Altri autori (Persone)

BurnsRobert I

Alfonso, King of Castile and Leon,  <1221-1284.>

ScottSamuel Parsons

Disciplina

340.550946

Soggetti

Law - Spain

Law, Medieval

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- Introduction to the Third Partida -- Partida III: Analytical Table of Contents -- THIRD PARTIDA: PROCEDURE AND PROPERTY -- Title I: Justice -- Title II: Plaintiff (demandante) -- Title III: Defendant (Demandado) -- Title IV: Judges -- Title V: Attorneys in Fact -- Title VI: Advocates (Abogados) -- Title VII: The Summons -- Title VIII: Judicial Award of Possession -- Title IX: Sequestration -- Title X: Commencement of Actions -- Title XI: Oaths of Parties -- Title XII: Examination of Parties After Action Begun -- Title XIII: Admissions -- Title XIV: Proof and Presumptions -- Title XV: Time for Taking Proof -- Title XVI: Witnesses -- Title XVII: Official Investigators -- Title XVIII: Documentary Evidence -- Title XIX: Notaries -- Title XX: Seals and Authentication -- Title XXI: Assessors -- Title XXII: Judgments -- Title XXIII: Appeals -- Title XXIV: Clemency -- Title XXV: Restitutio In Integrum -- Title XXVI: Vacation of Judgments on Special Grounds -- Title XXVII: Execution of Judgments -- Title XXVIII: Ownership -- Title XXIX: Prescription -- Title XXX: Possession -- Title XXXI: Servitudes -- Title XXXII: Buildings



Sommario/riassunto

Las Siete Partidas, or Seven Divisions, is the major law code of thirteenth-century Spain, compiled by Alfonso X the Learned of Castile. Seven centuries later, this compendium of legal and customary information remains the foundation of modern Spanish law. In addition, its influence is notable in the law of Spain's former colonies, including Texas, California, and Louisiana. The work's extraordinary scope offers unparalleled insight into the social, intellectual, and cultural history of medieval Spain. Built on the armature of a law code, it is in effect an encyclopedia of medieval life.Long out of print, the English translation of Las Siete Partidas-first commissioned in 1931 by the American Bar Association-returns in a superior new edition. Editor and distinguished medieval historian Robert I. Burns, S.J., provides critical historical material in a new general Introduction and extensive introductions to each Partida. Jerry Craddock of the University of California, Berkeley, provides updated bibliographical notes, and Joseph O'Callaghan of Fordham University contributes a section on law in Alfonso's time.Las Siete Partidas is presented in five volumes, each available separately:The Medieval Church, Volume 1: The World of Clerics and Laymen (Partida I)Medieval Government, Volume 2: The World of Kings and Warriors (Partida II)The Medieval World of Law, Volume 3: Lawyers and Their Work (Partida III)Family, Commerce, and the Sea, Volume 4: The Worlds of Women and Merchants (Partidas IV and V)Underworlds, Volume 5: The Dead, the Criminal, and the Marginalized (Partidas VI and VII)