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Speeches on Questions of Public Policy, Volume 1 – John Bright

John Bright was a British Radical and Liberal statesman and one of the greatest orators of his generation. From 1868 to 1871 he was President of the Board of Trade and heavily promoted free trade policies. His speeches are nothing less than legendary. This is volume one out of two, covering his speeches on India, America, Ireland, Canada and Russia.

Speeches on Questions of Public Policy, Volume 1

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Speeches on Questions of Public Policy, Volume 1.

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The Positive Theory of Capital – Eugen von Böhm-Bawerk

Von Boehm-Bawerk is one of the leading economists of the so-called Austrian school. With Karl Menger and others, he has contributed to the development of a theory of value which has received wide acceptance, and has been the cause of still wider discussion, in the economic world. This theory, as elaborated by Boehm von Bawerk, is based largely upon psychological principles. Its chief feature consists in a searching analysis of ‘subjective value.’ In his “Capital and Interest”, the author makes a brilliant and original study of these two subjects. “The Positive Theory of Capital” is the successor to the work mentioned above.

The Positive Theory of Capital

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Capital and Interest: A Critical History of Economic Theory – Eugen von Böhm-Bawerk

Von Boehm-Bawerk is one of the leading economists of the so-called Austrian school. With Karl Menger and others, he has contributed to the development of a theory of value which has received wide acceptance, and has been the cause of still wider discussion, in the economic world. This theory, as elaborated by Boehm von Bawerk, is based largely upon psychological principles. Its chief feature consists in a searching analysis of ‘subjective value.’ In his “Capital and Interest”, the author makes a brilliant and original study of these two subjects. He does not accept the connuon classification of land, labor, and capital as the three sources of production, … Read more.../Mehr lesen ...

Commentaries on the Laws of England Book IV: On Public Wrongs – Sir William Blackstone

The Commentaries were long regarded as the leading work on the development of English law and played a role in the development of the American legal system. They were in fact the first methodical treatise on the common law suitable for a lay readership since at least the Middle Ages. This is book four out of four, including more than 1700 footnotes and annotations.

Commentaries on the Laws of England Book IV: On Public Wrongs

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Commentaries on the Laws of England Book IV: On Public Wrongs.

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Commentaries on the Laws of England Book III: On Private Wrongs – Sir William Blackstone

The Commentaries were long regarded as the leading work on the development of English law and played a role in the development of the American legal system. They were in fact the first methodical treatise on the common law suitable for a lay readership since at least the Middle Ages. This is book three out of four, including more than 1900 footnotes and annotations.

Commentaries on the Laws of England Book III: On Private Wrongs

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Commentaries on the Laws of England Book III: On Private Wrongs.

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Commentaries on the Laws of England Book II: Of the Rights of Things – Sir William Blackstone

The Commentaries were long regarded as the leading work on the development of English law and played a role in the development of the American legal system. They were in fact the first methodical treatise on the common law suitable for a lay readership since at least the Middle Ages. This is book two out of four, including more than 3000 footnotes and annotations.

Commentaries on the Laws of England Book II: Of the Rights of Things

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Commentaries on the Laws of England Book II: Of the Rights of Things.

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Commentaries on the Laws of England Book I: Of the Rights of Persons – Sir William Blackstone

The Commentaries were long regarded as the leading work on the development of English law and played a role in the development of the American legal system. They were in fact the first methodical treatise on the common law suitable for a lay readership since at least the Middle Ages. This is book one out of four, including more than 1000 footnotes and annotations.

Commentaries on the Laws of England Book I: Of the Rights of Persons

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Commentaries on the Laws of England Book I: Of the Rights of Persons.

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The Declaration of Independence – Carl Lotus Becker

In this long essay Becker analyzed the structure, drafting, and philosophy of the Declaration. He recognizes that it was not intended as an objective historical statement of the causes of the Revolution, but merely furnished a moral and legal justification for rebellion. Step by step, the colonists modified their theory to suit their needs.
Whenever men become sufficiently dissatisfied with the existing regime of positive law and custom, they will be found reaching out beyond it for the rational basis of what they conceive ought to be. This is what the Americans did in their controversy with Great Britain.

The Declaration of Independence

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The Declaration of Independence.

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The Code Napoleon – Napoleon Bonaparte

Code Napoleon, the first code of the French civil law, known at first as the Code civil des Français, was promulgated in its entirety by a law of the 30th Ventose in the year XII. (31st of March 1804). The influence of the Code Civil has been very great, not only in France but also abroad. Belgium has preserved it, and the Rhine provinces only ceased to be subject to it on the promulgation of the civil code of the German empire. Its ascendancy has been due chiefly to the clearness of its provisions, and to the spirit of equity and equality which inspires them. Numerous more recent codes have also taken it as … Read more.../Mehr lesen ...