03188nam 2200661Ia 450 991046356410332120200520144314.00-8232-4203-X0-8232-4660-4(CKB)3240000000065559(EBL)3239620(OCoLC)923763604(SSID)ssj0000611737(PQKBManifestationID)11394256(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000611737(PQKBWorkID)10667178(PQKB)10412891(StDuBDS)EDZ0000092897(MiAaPQ)EBC3239620(OCoLC)830023557(MdBmJHUP)muse14121(Au-PeEL)EBL3239620(CaPaEBR)ebr10539036(EXLCZ)99324000000006555920111012d2012 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe dream life of citizens[electronic resource] late Victorian novels and the fantasy of the state /Zarena AslamiNew York Fordham University Press20121 online resource (199 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8232-4199-8 Includes bibliographical references and index.Introduction : the lyricism of the State -- An imperial origin story : aloof rule in Schreiner's The story of an African farm -- "Rather a geographical expression than a country" : State fantasy and the production of Victorian Afghanistan -- The rise of The State as a sympathetic liberal subject in Hardy's The woodlanders -- The space of optimism : State fantasy and the case of Gissing's The odd women -- Hysterical citizenship in Grand's The heavenly twins -- Coda.Scholars have long argued that nations, as imagined communities, are constituted through the incitement of feelings and the operations of fantasy. Can we say the same about the set of disciplinary and regulatory institutions that we call the state? Can we think of it as constituted by feelings and fantasies, too? Zarena Aslami argues that late Victorian novels certainly did. Revisiting major works by Olive Schreiner, Thomas Hardy, and George Gissing, among others, Aslami shows how novels dramatized the feelings and fantasies of a culture that was increasingly optimistic, as well as increasinglVictorian novels and the fantasy of the stateEnglish fiction19th centuryHistory and criticismPolitics and literatureGreat BritainHistory19th centurySocial problems in literatureState, The, in literatureAfghanistanIn literatureElectronic books.English fictionHistory and criticism.Politics and literatureHistorySocial problems in literature.State, The, in literature.823/.8093581Aslami Zarena919872MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910463564103321The dream life of citizens2063224UNINA03524nam 22007213u 450 991045148650332120210301232938.01-281-39854-31-281-39821-797866113982170-87586-538-0(CKB)1000000000471037(EBL)319243(OCoLC)154704865(SSID)ssj0000095597(PQKBManifestationID)11999123(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000095597(PQKBWorkID)10074663(PQKB)11741757(MiAaPQ)EBC3001705(MiAaPQ)EBC5291994(Au-PeEL)EBL5291994(CaONFJC)MIL139821(OCoLC)1028186246(EXLCZ)99100000000047103720151005d2007 uy 0engurun#---uuuuutxtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrier25 doctrines of law you should know /Philip Chase TobinNew York :Algora Publishing,2007.1 online resource (222 pages)Description based upon print version of record.0-87586-536-4 Res Ipsa Loquitur -- The Doctrine of Promissory Estoppel -- Respondeat Superior -- The Sudden Emergency Doctrine -- The Rescue Doctrine -- The Doctrine of Comparative Negligence -- The Doctrine of Unjust Enrichment -- The Unclean Hands Doctrine -- The Doctrine of Unconscionability -- The Doctrine of the Fruit of the Poisonous Tree -- Attractive Nuisance Doctrine -- The Doctrine of Mitigated Damages -- The Doctrine of Quantum meruit -- The Doctrine of Sovereign Immunity -- The Doctrine of Absolute Immunity -- The Doctrine of Qualified Immunity -- The Last-Clear-Chance Doctrine -- The Open and Obvious Danger Doctrine -- The Assumption of Risk Doctrine -- The Public Duty Doctrine -- The Doctrine of the Statute of Limitations -- Doctrine Of Equitable Estoppel -- Res judicata -- The Doctrine of Collateral Estoppel -- Stare decisis.In America's litigious society, everyone needs to know a few basics to avoid being snowed, cowed and generally abused. Even those who can afford to hire lawyers need to know what they are up to. This introduction to legal doctrines is a good first step if you want to file suit or help prepare your own legal defenses. When a conflict arises, what are the main doctrines of law that give one side an advantage? What do they mean, and how do they apply? When you can see through the legal jargon, the intimidation factor loses its power and you can concentrate on real issues.JurisprudenceUnited StatesCasesLawUnited StatesPhilosophyActions and defensesUnited StatesCasesLawUnited StatesCasesLaw - U.SHILCCLaw, Politics & GovernmentHILCCLaw - U.S. - GeneralHILCCElectronic books.Electronic books.JurisprudenceLawPhilosophy.Actions and defensesLawLaw - U.S.Law, Politics & GovernmentLaw - U.S. - General349.73Tobin Philip Chase1039464AU-PeELAU-PeELAU-PeELBOOK991045148650332125 doctrines of law you should know2461688UNINA