It is a truth universally acknowledged that a young woman who desires a law career must be in want of a case. So when sixteen year old Lizzie Bennet hears about a scandalous society murder, she sees an opportunity to prove herself as a solicitor by solving the case and ensuring justice is served. Except the man accused of the crime already has a lawyer on his side: Mr. Fitzwilliam Darcy, the…
From the philosophical, religious, and moral codes of the world's earliest societies, such as the Law Code of Hammurabi and the Ten Commandments, through groundbreaking legislation such as The Book of Punishments, Magna Carta and the Slavery Abolition Act, The Law Book offers an engaging and accessible overview of legal history across the world all the way into the 21st century with copyright i…
This book of villains is a catalogue of wickedness. Between the covers you'll find every kind of beastly,vile crook who ever lived. There are the cheats, liars, and forgers, the small-town swindlers and scheming, evil kings. Each of them has a gripping t
Dahulu, Orang Rimba melihat orang luar yang pandai membaca dan menulis menggunakan bacaan hukum dan peraturan untuk mencaplok hutan mereka. Karena itulah Orang Rimba menyebut pensil sebagai “setan bermata runcing”. Setan ini begitu menyeramkan karena ia membawa perubahan-perubahan yang sering kali merugikan kehidupan masyarakat adat yang sedianya damai dan berkecukupan dari sumber daya alam…
Robin Hood is the best-loved outlaw of all time. In this edition, Henry Gilbert tells of the adventures of the Merry Men of Sherwood Forest - Robin himself, Little John, Friar Tuck, Will Scarlet, and Alan-a-Dale, as well as Maid Marian, good King Richard, and Robin's deadly enemies Guy of Gisborne and the evil Sheriff of Nottingham.
Sesungguhnya dia punya pilihan gampang dan menyenangkan. Dengan gelar Meester in de Rechten dari Universitas Leiden, ia tak kurang suatu apa untuk menjadi kaya raya dan sejahtera. Namun, Yap Thiam Hien memilih jalan lain. Misalnya: Ketika kantor pengacara lain mengenakan tarif Rp40 juta per klien, biaya yang dikutip Yap hanya Rp5-10 juta. Tak jarang ia menggratiskan jasa kepengacaraannya. Pe…
Ia termasuk lima besar di kelasnya di Harvard Law School. Tawaran pekerjaan mengalir dari biro-biro hukum terbaik di Amerika. Tapi pilihannya justru membawa bencana. Ketika memutuskan bekerja pada biro hukum Bendini, Lambert dan Locke di Memphis, Mitch McDeere mengira jalan menuju kesuksesan telah terbuka bagi dirinya dan istrinya yang cantik, Abby. Biro itu membelikan BMW baginya, membayar …