After public law / by Oxford Scholarship Online

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Gigs : jazz and the cabaret laws in New York City / by Chevigny, Paul, 1935-

“…After the law…”

Neither fugitive nor free : Atlantic slavery, freedom suits, and the legal culture of travel / by Wong, Edlie L.

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: traveling slaves and the geopolitics of freedom -- Emancipation after "the Laws of Englishmen" -- Choosing kin in antislavery literature and law -- Gender of freedom before Dred Scott -- Crime of color in the Negro Seaman Acts -- Conclusion: fictions of free travel.…”

Questioning Judaism /

Table of Contents: “…Against the murderers of memory / Pierre Vidal-Naquet -- A given testimony / Jacques Derrida -- Women of resistance / Rita Thalmann -- Humanity is biblical / Emmanuel Levinas -- Humanity, nationality, bestiality / Léon Poliakov -- Before the law, after the law / Jean-François Lyotard -- Born in 1943 / Luc Rosenzweig.…”

Early Modern Natural Law Theories : Contexts and Strategies in the Early Enlightenment / by PALCI EBSCO books

Table of Contents: “…Before and after Natural Law: Models of Natural Law in Ancient and Modern Times -- Taming the Leviathan -- Reading Hobbes in Seventeenth-Century Europe -- Malebranche and Natural Law -- The Reception of Hugo Grotius's De Jure Belli AC Pacis in the Early German Enlightenment -- Revolution Principles, IUS Naturae, and IUS Gentium in Early-Enlightenment Scotland: The Contribution of Sir Francis Grant, Lord Cullen (C.1660-1726) -- Natural Jurisprudence, Argument from History and Constitutional Struggle in the Early Enlightenment: The Case of Gottlieb Samuel Treuer's Polemic Against Absolutism in 1719 -- The Love of a Sage or the Command of a Superior: The Natural Law Doctrines of Leibniz and Pufendorf -- Voluntarism and Moral Obligation: Barbeyrac's Defence of Pufendorf Revisited -- The Politics of Self-Preservation: Toleration and Identity in Pufendorf and Locke -- De Sympathia et Antipathia Rerum: Natural Law, Religion and the Rejection of Mechanistic Science in the Works of Christian Thomasius -- 'Decorum' and 'Politesse': Thomasius's Theory of Civilised Society in Comparative Perspective -- Natural Law and Enlightenment in France and Scotland -- A Comparative Perspective -- Notes onContributors.…”
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Early modern natural law theories : contexts and strategies in the early Enlightenment /

Table of Contents: “…Introduction / Tim Hochstrasser, Peter Schröder -- Before and after natural law : models of natural law in ancient and modern times / Merio Scattola -- Taming the leviathan, reading Hobbes in seventeenth-century Europe / Jon Parkin -- Malebranche and natural law / Patrick Riley -- The reception of Hugo Grotius's De jure belli ac pacis in the early German enlightenment / Frank Grunert -- Revolution principles, ius naturae, and ius gentium in early-enlightenment Scotland : the contribution of Sir Francis Grant, Lord Cullen (c.1660-1726) / Clare Jackson -- Natural jurisprudence, argument from history and constitutional struggle in the early enlightenment : the case of Gottlieb Samuel Treuer's polemic against absolutism in 1719 / Robert von Friedeburg -- The love of a sage or the command of a superior : the natural law doctrines of Leibniz and Pufendorf / Ian Hunter -- Voluntarism and moral obligation : Barbeyrac's defence of Pufendorf revisited / Petter Korkman -- The politics of self-preservation : toleration and identity in Pufendorf and Locke / Michael J. …”

The Broken mirror : China after Tiananmen /

Table of Contents: “…Spano -- Tiananmen and the rule of law / Jerome Alan Cohen -- Human-rights exception no longer / Nihal Jayawickrama -- Punishment season : human rights in China after martial law / Asia Watch -- Deng's 'Middle Kingdom' strategy / Richard C. …”

Professional autonomy and the public interest : the Barristers' Society and Nova Scotia's lawyers, 1825-2005 / by Cahill, Barry, JSTOR

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A history of money / by Davies, Glyn, 1919-2003

Table of Contents: “…Printing: a new alternative to mintingThe rise and fall of the world's first paper money; Bullion's dearth and plenty; Potosi and the silver flood; Henry VII: fiscal strength and sound money, 1485-1509; The dissolution of the monasteries; The Great Debasement; Recoinage and after: Gresham's Law in Action, 1560-1640; The so-called price revolution of 1540-1640; Usury: a just price for money; Bullionism and the quantity theory of money; Banking still foreign to Britain?…”
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