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UNINA9910962066903321 |
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Autore |
Sagafi-nejad Nancy Black <1937-> |
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Titolo |
Friends at the bar : a Quaker view of law, conflict resolution, and legal reform / / Nancy Black Sagafi-nejad |
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Albany, : State University of New York Press, c2011 |
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ISBN |
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9781438434155 |
1438434154 |
9781441687067 |
1441687068 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (275 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Quakers - Legal status, laws, etc - United States |
Religion and law - United States |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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About friends -- Friends' beginnings in England -- Penn's holy experiment in Pennsylvania and his changes to its laws -- Quakers as plaintiffs and defendants in court and as "divine lobbyists" -- Quaker lawyers and lawyer ethics -- Mediation and arbitration : past and future. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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A Quaker lawyer looks at Friends' relationship with the American legal system and at Friends' legal ethics. |
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