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Mention the phrase Homeland Security and heated debates emerge about state uses and abuses of legal authority. This timely book is a comprehensive treatise on the constitutional and legal history behind the power of the modern state to police its citizens.

Dubber explores the roots of the power to police — the most expansive and least limitable of governmental powers — by focusing on its most obvious and problematic manifestation: criminal law. He argues that the defining characteristics of this power, including the inability to accurately define it, reflect its origins in the discretionary and virtually limitless patriarchal power of the householder over his household. The paradox of patriarchal police power as the most troubling yet least scrutinized of governmental powers can begin to be resolved by subjecting this branch of government to the critical analysis it merits. Dubber shows us that the question must become how can the police power and criminal law together serve the goals of social equity that define and give direction to contemporary democratic societies? This book goes to the heart of this neglected but crucial topic.

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With one of the foremost authorities on sociological theory as lead author, this best-selling text gives readers a comprehensive overview of the major classical theorists and contemporary schools of sociological thought. Spanning the history of sociological theory from its inception to the latest theoretical developments, it integrates key theories with biographical sketches of theorists, placing readings in context and helping students understand the original works of classical authors as well as compare and contrast the newest substantive theories.

The thoroughly updated sixth edition reflects current debates in sociology and includes new sections on Actor-Network theory, neo-Marxian theories of space, and more!

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This book is part of the Our Name in History series, a collection of fascinating facts and statistics, alongside short historical commentary, created to tell the story of previous generations who have shared this name. The information in this book is a compendium of research and data pulled from census records, military records, ships’ logs, immigrant and port records, as well as other reputable sources. Topics include:

• Name Meaning and Origin
• Immigration Patterns and Census Detail
• Family Lifestyles
• Military Service History
• Comprehensive Source Guide, for future research

Plus, the “Discover Your Family” section provides tools and guidance on how you can get started learning more about your own family history.
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Nearly 300,000 titles are currently available in the Our Name in History series, compiled from Billions of records by the world’s largest online resource of family history, Ancestry.com.
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What if you could try out life as another person? Who would you choose? Izzy Mantic, a freewheeling cynic, is given that choice; but heâ??s not too sure that he likes his options. Izzyâ??s car skids off a mountain road, and as he tumbles towards almost certain death he is saved by a beautiful girl from the future. Rhonda Heart leaves him with the technology to time travel within his own past and take over the bodies of anyone he desires. Thatâ??s the good news. The bad news is that he is trapped in that past; and he’s being hunted by some vicious temporal enforcers. As his pursuers start closing in, Rhonda returns to let Izzy know that there is a way he can save himself and repair her future. He has to invent a new religion. There is only one problem: Izzy doesn’t believe in religion.
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Through examples from Lincoln’s great speeches and closing arguments–Lincoln’s Inaugural Speeches, the Gettysburg Address, the Emancipation Proclamation and more–this book instructs you in the art of persuasion in two simple ways: by providing lessons from Lincoln’s career as a lawyer and politician, and by analyzing those lessons and discussing how to apply them to your own life. Lincoln’s Counsel gives important advice about advocacy straight from the very best.
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