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Product Description: Law in Perspective is intended to encourage critical, responsible and creative thinking about law as a system of ideas and a social institution. This second edition has been revised to include new chapters on human rights, liberal democracy, economic efficiency, problems of the market, and distributive justice...read more

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A thorough guide to Linux TCP/IP network adminstration examines the major flavors of Linux; covers routing, file management, directory services, e-mail, security, and internetworking with Samba; and provides implementation examples, troubleshooting tips, and much more. Original. (Advanced). (view table of contents)

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Seeks to explain the origin and development of religion in social, economic and political life.

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