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A Public Empire

Property and the Quest for the Common Good in Imperial Russia

by Ekaterina Pravilova ...

"Property rights" and "Russia" do not usually belong in the same sentence. Rather, our general image of the nation is of insecurity of private ownership and defenselessness in the face of the state. Many scholars have attributed Russia's long-term development problems to a failure to advance property rights for the modern age and blamed Russian intellectuals for their indifference to the issues of ... Read more

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"Property rights" and "Russia" do not usually belong in the same sentence. Rather, our general image of the nation is of insecurity of private ownership and defenselessness in the face of the state. Many scholars have attributed Russia's long-term development problems to a failure to advance property rights for the modern age and blamed Russian intellectuals for their indifference to the issues of
... Read more
L'édition musicale, 2e édition

de la partition à la musique virtuelle

by Daniel Lafrance, Me Serge Provençal ...

Profession pourtant cinq fois centenaire, l'édition musicale n'en est pas moins l'une des plus méconnues du monde de la musique. On l'associe encore parfois à la publication de partitions, alors qu'elle ne cesse d'évoluer sous la pression des révolutions technologiques et de la mondialisation du droit d'auteur. La première édition de ce livre a rempli son indispensable mission: créer une tradition ... Read more

$34.99 CAD

Profession pourtant cinq fois centenaire, l'édition musicale n'en est pas moins l'une des plus méconnues du monde de la musique. On l'associe encore parfois à la publication de partitions, alors qu'elle ne cesse d'évoluer sous la pression des révolutions technologiques et de la mondialisation du droit d'auteur. La première édition de ce livre a rempli son indispensable mission: créer une tradition
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Settling Estates for Everyone

A Practical Guide and Action Plan to Handle Assets, Benefits, Taxes, Debts, Minors, and Much More

by Ronald Farrington Sharp ...

Learn how to prepare your estate and settle the estates of loved ones.What needs to be done at the death of a loved one? There are four basic steps that must be followed. First is the arrangements for burial or cremation. Then the assets of the deceased have to be inventoried, followed by getting all debts paid and legal requirements met, followed by distributing the assets to the people who are ... Read more

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Learn how to prepare your estate and settle the estates of loved ones.What needs to be done at the death of a loved one? There are four basic steps that must be followed. First is the arrangements for burial or cremation. Then the assets of the deceased have to be inventoried, followed by getting all debts paid and legal requirements met, followed by distributing the assets to the people who are
... Read more
The Mystery of Capital

Why Capitalism Triumphs in the West and Fails Everywhere Else

by Hernando De Soto ...

A renowned economist argues for the importance of property rights in "the most intelligent book yet written about the current challenge of establishing capitalism in the developing world" (Economist)"The hour of capitalism's greatest triumph," writes Hernando de Soto, "is, in the eyes of four-fifths of humanity, its hour of crisis." In The Mystery of Capital, the world-famous Peruvian economist ... Read more

$16.99 CAD

A renowned economist argues for the importance of property rights in "the most intelligent book yet written about the current challenge of establishing capitalism in the developing world" (Economist)"The hour of capitalism's greatest triumph," writes Hernando de Soto, "is, in the eyes of four-fifths of humanity, its hour of crisis." In The Mystery of Capital, the world-famous Peruvian economist
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On Property

Policing, Prisons, and the Call for Abolition

by Rinaldo Walcott ...

Series Book 2 - Field Notes
Nominated for the Heritage Toronto Book Award • Longlisted for the Toronto Book Awards•A Globe and Mail Book of the Year•A CBC Books Best Canadian Nonfiction of 2021From plantation rebellion to prison labour's super-exploitation, Walcott examines the relationship between policing and property.That a man can lose his life for passing a fake $20 bill when we know our economies are flush with fake ... Read more

$11.99 CAD

Nominated for the Heritage Toronto Book Award • Longlisted for the Toronto Book Awards•A Globe and Mail Book of the Year•A CBC Books Best Canadian Nonfiction of 2021From plantation rebellion to prison labour's super-exploitation, Walcott examines the relationship between policing and property.That a man can lose his life for passing a fake $20 bill when we know our economies are flush with fake
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Mine!

How the Hidden Rules of Ownership Control Our Lives

by Michael A. Heller, James Salzman ...

“Mine” is one of the first words babies learn, and by the time we grow up, the idea of ownership seems natural, whether we are buying a cup of coffee or a house. But who controls the space behind your airplane seat: you, reclining, or the squished laptop user behind you? Why is plagiarism wrong, but it’s okay to knock off a recipe or a dress design? And after a snowstorm, why does a chair in the ... Read more

$16.99 CAD

“Mine” is one of the first words babies learn, and by the time we grow up, the idea of ownership seems natural, whether we are buying a cup of coffee or a house. But who controls the space behind your airplane seat: you, reclining, or the squished laptop user behind you? Why is plagiarism wrong, but it’s okay to knock off a recipe or a dress design? And after a snowstorm, why does a chair in the
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Nowhere to Live

The Hidden Story of America's Housing Crisis

by James S. Burling ...

A century of policy mistakes ruined America’s cities and created an unprecedented housing crisis.For many families, homelessness is no longer someone else’s problem. It is right around the corner, a real threat in their own immediate future. Our housing crisis is the result of a long history of government policies, court cases, and political manipulation. While these disparate causes make up a ... Read more

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A century of policy mistakes ruined America’s cities and created an unprecedented housing crisis.For many families, homelessness is no longer someone else’s problem. It is right around the corner, a real threat in their own immediate future. Our housing crisis is the result of a long history of government policies, court cases, and political manipulation. While these disparate causes make up a
... Read more
Grains

Monsanto contre Schmeiser

by Annabel Soutar ...

Translated by Fanny Britt ...

Grains raconte le célèbre procès intenté par la multinationale Monsanto contre un cultivateur de la Saskatchewan. En 1998, le géant des produits chimiques et des biotechnologies accuse Percy Schmeiser d’avoir violé son brevet sur une semence de colza génétiquement modifié : le canola Roundup Ready. Schmeiser prétendait que les graines étaient arrivées dans son champ par contamination aérienne. L ... Read more

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Grains raconte le célèbre procès intenté par la multinationale Monsanto contre un cultivateur de la Saskatchewan. En 1998, le géant des produits chimiques et des biotechnologies accuse Percy Schmeiser d’avoir violé son brevet sur une semence de colza génétiquement modifié : le canola Roundup Ready. Schmeiser prétendait que les graines étaient arrivées dans son champ par contamination aérienne. L
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The Common Law

by Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. ...

The Common Law is a book about common law in the United states, including torts, property, contracts and crime, written by Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. This classic is a must read for anyone wishing to understand American Common Law from an historical perspective. Simply one of the most important books ever written on American Law. ... Read more

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The Common Law is a book about common law in the United states, including torts, property, contracts and crime, written by Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. This classic is a must read for anyone wishing to understand American Common Law from an historical perspective. Simply one of the most important books ever written on American Law.
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Who Owns England?

How We Lost Our Green and Pleasant Land, and How to Take It Back

by Guy Shrubsole ...

‘A formidable, brave and important book’ Robert Macfarlane‘Absolutely brilliant…You cannot read this book and defend the establishment’ Alastair Campbell, The Rest is PoliticsWho owns England?Behind this simple question lies this country’s oldest and best-kept secret. This is the history of how England’s elite came to own our land, and an inspiring manifesto for how to open up our countryside once ... Read more

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‘A formidable, brave and important book’ Robert Macfarlane‘Absolutely brilliant…You cannot read this book and defend the establishment’ Alastair Campbell, The Rest is PoliticsWho owns England?Behind this simple question lies this country’s oldest and best-kept secret. This is the history of how England’s elite came to own our land, and an inspiring manifesto for how to open up our countryside once
... Read more
Colonial Lives of Property

Law, Land, and Racial Regimes of Ownership

by Brenna Bhandar ...

Series series Global and Insurgent Legalities
In Colonial Lives of Property Brenna Bhandar examines how modern property law contributes to the formation of racial subjects in settler colonies and to the development of racial capitalism. Examining both historical cases and ongoing processes of settler colonialism in Canada, Australia, and Israel and Palestine, Bhandar shows how the colonial appropriation of indigenous lands depends upon ... Read more

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In Colonial Lives of Property Brenna Bhandar examines how modern property law contributes to the formation of racial subjects in settler colonies and to the development of racial capitalism. Examining both historical cases and ongoing processes of settler colonialism in Canada, Australia, and Israel and Palestine, Bhandar shows how the colonial appropriation of indigenous lands depends upon
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The Celebration Chronicles

Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Property Value in Disney's New Town

by Andrew Ross Ph.D. ...

Scholar and iconoclast Andrew Ross spent a year living in the much scrutinized, and often demonized, Celebration--the picture-perfect town that Disney is building for 20,000 people in the swamp and scrub of central Florida. Lavishly planned with a downtown center and newly minted antique homes, and front-loaded with an ultraprogressive school, hospital, and high-tech infrastructure, Celebration ... Read more

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Scholar and iconoclast Andrew Ross spent a year living in the much scrutinized, and often demonized, Celebration--the picture-perfect town that Disney is building for 20,000 people in the swamp and scrub of central Florida. Lavishly planned with a downtown center and newly minted antique homes, and front-loaded with an ultraprogressive school, hospital, and high-tech infrastructure, Celebration
... Read more
Zombis. Enquête sur les morts-vivants

by Philippe Charlier ...

Visages et corps décharnés, titubant à travers les villes, marchant comme des somnambules : dans l’imaginaire occidental, les zombis suscitent l’effroi et servent d’exutoire aux angoisses et aux fantasmes les plus crus et parfois les plus farfelus. Ces morts-vivants, qui ont pour patrie d’origine Haïti, nous fascinent, nous inquiètent, tout en excitant notre curiosité. Qui sont-ils au juste ? D’où ... Read more

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Visages et corps décharnés, titubant à travers les villes, marchant comme des somnambules : dans l’imaginaire occidental, les zombis suscitent l’effroi et servent d’exutoire aux angoisses et aux fantasmes les plus crus et parfois les plus farfelus. Ces morts-vivants, qui ont pour patrie d’origine Haïti, nous fascinent, nous inquiètent, tout en excitant notre curiosité. Qui sont-ils au juste ? D’où
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Q&A Equity & Trusts

by Mohamed Ramjohn ...

Series series Questions and Answers
Routledge Q&As give you the tools to practice and refine your exam technique, showing you how to apply your knowledge to maximum effect in an exam situation.Each book contains essay and problem-based questions on the most commonly examined topics, complete with expert guidance and fully worked model answers that help you to:Plan your revision:introducing how best to approach revision in each ... Read more

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Routledge Q&As give you the tools to practice and refine your exam technique, showing you how to apply your knowledge to maximum effect in an exam situation.Each book contains essay and problem-based questions on the most commonly examined topics, complete with expert guidance and fully worked model answers that help you to:Plan your revision:introducing how best to approach revision in each
... Read more
Property Law For Dummies

by Alan R. Romero ...

The easy way to make sense of property lawUnderstanding property law is vital for all aspiring lawyers and legal professionals, and property courses are foundational classes within all law schools. Property Law For Dummies tracks to a typical property law course and introduces you to property law and theory, exploring different types of property interests—particularly "real property."In ... Read more

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The easy way to make sense of property lawUnderstanding property law is vital for all aspiring lawyers and legal professionals, and property courses are foundational classes within all law schools. Property Law For Dummies tracks to a typical property law course and introduces you to property law and theory, exploring different types of property interests—particularly "real property."In
... Read more
Property Cases and Materials

3rd edition

by Matthew P. Harrington, Louis Brousseau ...

This casebook provides a basic introduction to the common law of property for students in Canadian law schools. In addition, to the “classic” cases from English and Canadian jurisprudence, this book utilises materials from around the common law world in an attempt to show the interconnectedness of the common law tradition. Topics include theories of property ownership, the acquisition of property, ... Read more

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This casebook provides a basic introduction to the common law of property for students in Canadian law schools. In addition, to the “classic” cases from English and Canadian jurisprudence, this book utilises materials from around the common law world in an attempt to show the interconnectedness of the common law tradition. Topics include theories of property ownership, the acquisition of property,
... Read more
L'évaluation des biens immobiliers

Comment estimer la valeur d'un bien immobilier en Belgique

by Pierre Jammar ...

Un guide qui présente des méthodes fiables pour déterminer avec justesse la valeur d'un bien immobilier.La recherche de la valeur d'un immeuble est aussi ancienne que la propriété privée.Ce n'est pas pour autant que les méthodes d'estimation utilisées par les professionnels sont immuables.L'évolution de la construction, ainsi que notre mode de vie, font qu'un expert doit être avant tout un bon ... Read more

$39.99 CAD

Un guide qui présente des méthodes fiables pour déterminer avec justesse la valeur d'un bien immobilier.La recherche de la valeur d'un immeuble est aussi ancienne que la propriété privée.Ce n'est pas pour autant que les méthodes d'estimation utilisées par les professionnels sont immuables.L'évolution de la construction, ainsi que notre mode de vie, font qu'un expert doit être avant tout un bon
... Read more
Cosmic Constitutional Theory

Why Americans Are Losing Their Inalienable Right to Self-Governance

by J. Harvie Wilkinson, III ...

Series series Inalienable Rights
American constitutional law has undergone a transformation. Issues once left to the people have increasingly become the province of the courts. Subjects as diverse as abortion rights and firearms regulations, health care reform and counterterrorism efforts, not to mention a millennial presidential election, are more and more the domain of judges. What sparked this development? In this engaging ... Read more

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American constitutional law has undergone a transformation. Issues once left to the people have increasingly become the province of the courts. Subjects as diverse as abortion rights and firearms regulations, health care reform and counterterrorism efforts, not to mention a millennial presidential election, are more and more the domain of judges. What sparked this development? In this engaging
... Read more
An Introduction to Property Theory

by Gregory S. Alexander, Eduardo M. Peñalver ...

Series series Cambridge Introductions to Philosophy and Law
This book surveys the leading modern theories of property - Lockean, libertarian, utilitarian/law-and-economics, personhood, Kantian and human flourishing - and then applies those theories to concrete contexts in which property issues have been especially controversial. These include redistribution, the right to exclude, regulatory takings, eminent domain and intellectual property. The book ... Read more

$39.19 CAD

This book surveys the leading modern theories of property - Lockean, libertarian, utilitarian/law-and-economics, personhood, Kantian and human flourishing - and then applies those theories to concrete contexts in which property issues have been especially controversial. These include redistribution, the right to exclude, regulatory takings, eminent domain and intellectual property. The book
... Read more
Real Estate Law

Fundamentals for The Development Process

by Peter Smirniotopoulos ...

Unlike existing textbooks written for law students on specific subjects impacting real estate transactions, Real Estate Law: Fundamentals for The Development Process uses "The Development Process" as a framework for understanding how the U.S. legal system regulates, facilitates, and generally impacts real estate transactions and their outcomes.This book not only addresses the nature of specific ... Read more

$359.66 CAD

Unlike existing textbooks written for law students on specific subjects impacting real estate transactions, Real Estate Law: Fundamentals for The Development Process uses "The Development Process" as a framework for understanding how the U.S. legal system regulates, facilitates, and generally impacts real estate transactions and their outcomes.This book not only addresses the nature of specific
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Corrective Justice

by Ernest J. Weinrib ...

Series series Oxford Legal Philosophy
Private law governs our most pervasive relationships with other people: the wrongs we do to one another, the property we own and exclude from others' use, the contracts we make and break, and the benefits realized at another's expense that we cannot justly retain. The major rules of private law are well known, but how they are organized, explained, and justified is a matter of fierce debate by ... Read more

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Private law governs our most pervasive relationships with other people: the wrongs we do to one another, the property we own and exclude from others' use, the contracts we make and break, and the benefits realized at another's expense that we cannot justly retain. The major rules of private law are well known, but how they are organized, explained, and justified is a matter of fierce debate by
... Read more
Le crédit hypothécaire

Actualités et réponses pour la pratique

by Collectif, Anthemis ...

Les Éditions Anthemis vous proposent un outil complet à propos du crédit hypothécaire et de sa pratiqueLe crédit hypothécaire est une opération importante de la vie économique et financière de l’emprunteur. Il constitue pourtant, dans la pratique notariale, un acte souvent banalisé, dont les différents intervenants ne mesurent que trop rarement la portée réelle. Cet ouvrage balaie la matière de ... Read more

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Les Éditions Anthemis vous proposent un outil complet à propos du crédit hypothécaire et de sa pratiqueLe crédit hypothécaire est une opération importante de la vie économique et financière de l’emprunteur. Il constitue pourtant, dans la pratique notariale, un acte souvent banalisé, dont les différents intervenants ne mesurent que trop rarement la portée réelle. Cet ouvrage balaie la matière de
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John Rawls: Reticent Socialist

by William A. Edmundson ...

This book is the first detailed reconstruction of the late work of John Rawls, who was perhaps the most influential philosopher of the twentieth century. Rawls's 1971 treatise, A Theory of Justice, stimulated an outpouring of commentary on 'justice-as-fairness,' his conception of justice for an ideal, self-contained, modern political society. Most of that commentary took Rawls to be defending ... Read more

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This book is the first detailed reconstruction of the late work of John Rawls, who was perhaps the most influential philosopher of the twentieth century. Rawls's 1971 treatise, A Theory of Justice, stimulated an outpouring of commentary on 'justice-as-fairness,' his conception of justice for an ideal, self-contained, modern political society. Most of that commentary took Rawls to be defending
... Read more
Feminist Perspectives on Land Law

Edited by Hilary Lim, Anne Bottomley ...

Series series Feminist Perspectives
The first book to examine the critical area of land law from a feminist perspective, it provides an original and critical analysis of the gendered intersection between law and land; ranging land use and ownership in England and Wales to Botswana, Papua New Guinea and the Muslim world.The authors draw upon the diverse disciplinary fields of law, anthropology and geography to open up perspectives ... Read more

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The first book to examine the critical area of land law from a feminist perspective, it provides an original and critical analysis of the gendered intersection between law and land; ranging land use and ownership in England and Wales to Botswana, Papua New Guinea and the Muslim world.The authors draw upon the diverse disciplinary fields of law, anthropology and geography to open up perspectives
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