Product Description: English summary: Adopted 60 years ago as a provisional constitution, the Basic Law now governs a German state that has meanwhile regained full sovereignty over its domestic and foreign affairs. With the German reunification 20 years ago, the Basic Law, which was originally conceived only as a provisional draft but had in effect functioned for a long time as a full- fledged constitution, expressly became the final version...read more

Product Description: This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process...read more

As our nation's most beloved and recognizable president, Abraham Lincoln is best known for the Emancipation Proclamation and for guiding our country through the Civil War. But before he took the oath of office, Lincoln practiced law for nearly twenty-five years in the Illinois courts. Abraham Lincoln, Esq.: The Legal Career of America's Greatest President examines Lincoln's law practice and the effect it had on his presidency and the country. Editors Roger Billings and Frank J. Williams, along with a notable list of contributors, examine Lincoln's career as a general-practice attorney, looking both at his work in Illinois and at the time he spent in Washington. Each chapter offers an expansive look at Lincoln's legal mind and covers diverse topics such as Lincoln's legal writing, ethics, the Constitution, and international law. Abraham Lincoln, Esq. emphasizes this often overlooked period in Lincoln's career and sheds light on Lincoln's life before he became our sixteenth president.

Captures the life-and-death drama of a big city hospital and the lives and passions of its staff--Dr. Ellie Winter, head of the birth defects clinic, successful surgeon Adrian Winter, Bobby Truman, the hospital's first Black chief resident, and the gentle David Powell