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The Ides of March
Mary Beard • SPQR
But one may sometimes cite an unpublished decision from another jurisdiction to persuade the court to decide in one’s favor.
Vibeke Norgaard Martin • 101 Things I Learned® in Law School
Another casualty of the treaty fracas was Washington’s relationship with James Monroe, who had fought with him at Trenton. “He has in every instance,” Washington then declared, “maintained the reputation of a brave, active, and sensible officer.”23 In appointing Monroe as minister to France in 1794, Washington aimed to reduce tensions between
... See moreRon Chernow • Washington
THE SENATE HAD WON AGAIN. The citadel of the South, the dam against which so many liberal tides had broken in vain, was still standing, as impenetrable as ever. And it was standing thanks in substantial part to its Majority Leader. For years, the South had had a formidable general in Richard Russell. In 1956, as in 1955 and 1954 and 1953, it had
... See moreRobert A. Caro • Master of the Senate: The Years of Lyndon Johnson III
PROLOGUE · THE HISTORY OF ROME
Mary Beard • SPQR
As a result of Austria’s defeat combined with Woodrow Wilson’s doctrine of national self-determination and democratic ideology, a plethora of states weak in structure and inadequate in resources now faced Germany in Eastern and Central Europe. Any future resurgence of German military capacity would have to be defeated by a French offensive into the
... See moreHenry Kissinger • Leadership: Six Studies in World Strategy
The law is a powerful tool for social ordering and, if used wisely, has the potential to serve a broad range of social objectives; yet, for reasons and with implications that I attempt to explain, the law has been placed firmly in the service of capital.
Katharina Pistor • The Code of Capital: How the Law Creates Wealth and Inequality
The United States entered the war on the British side in 1917, and President Woodrow Wilson declared that the principle of self-determination should govern any postwar reorganization of territories that were formerly controlled by the Ottoman Empire.
Alan Dershowitz • The Case for Israel
good democrat.” Jefferson