Mercy and the Rule of Law - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Mercy and the Rule of Law write by Gerald J. Bednar. This book was released on 2021-08-15. Mercy and the Rule of Law available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Given the Catholic Church’s complex history concerning divorce and remarriage, it’s not surprising that the promulgation of Amoris Laetitia in 2016 caused such a stir among the laity, the press, some theologians, and even some bishops. This book endeavors to introduce concepts and contexts for understanding the document in a new light, explain what the rule of law actually means, and hopefully open a door to further discussion among theologians and clergy whose critical comments have so often missed the point of Francis’s apostolic exhortation.
Mercy and the Rule of Law
Mercy and the Rule of Law - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Mercy and the Rule of Law write by Gerald Bednar. This book was released on 2021-08-15. Mercy and the Rule of Law available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Given the Catholic Church’s complex history concerning divorce and remarriage, it’s not surprising that the promulgation of Amoris Laetitia in 2016 caused such a stir among the laity, the press, some theologians, and even some bishops. This book endeavors to introduce concepts and contexts that will help all these groups understand the document in a new light, explaining what the rule of law actually means, and hopefully open a door to further discussion among theologians and clergy whose critical comments have so often missed the point of Francis’s apostolic exhortation.
The Justice of Constantine
The Justice of Constantine - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Justice of Constantine write by John Dillon. This book was released on 2012-07-20. The Justice of Constantine available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. An examination of Constantine the Great's legislation and government
Rule of Law, Misrule of Men
Rule of Law, Misrule of Men - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Rule of Law, Misrule of Men write by Elaine Scarry. This book was released on 2010-04-02. Rule of Law, Misrule of Men available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. A passionate call for citizen action to uphold the rule of law when government does not. This book is a passionate call for citizen action to uphold the rule of law when government does not. Arguing that post-9/11 legislation and foreign policy severed the executive branch from the will of the people, Elaine Scarry in Rule of Law, Misrule of Men offers a fierce defense of the people's role as guarantor of our democracy. She begins with the groundswell of local resistance to the 2001 Patriot Act, when hundreds of towns, cities, and counties passed resolutions refusing compliance with the information-gathering the act demanded, showing that citizens can take action against laws that undermine the rights of citizens and noncitizens alike. Scarry, once described in the New York Times Sunday Magazine as “known for her unflinching investigations of war, torture, and pain,” then turns to the conduct of the Iraqi occupation, arguing that the Bush administration led the country onto treacherous moral terrain, violating the Geneva Conventions and the armed forces' own most fundamental standards. She warns of the damage done to democracy when military personnel must choose between their own codes of warfare and the illegal orders of their civilian superiors. If our military leaders uphold the rule of law when civilian leaders do not, might we come to prefer them? Finally, reviewing what we know now about the Bush administration's crimes, Scarry insists that prosecution—whether local, national, or international—is essential to restoring the rule of law, and she shows how a brave town in Vermont has taken up the challenge. Throughout the book, Scarry finds hope in moments where citizens withheld their consent to grievous crimes, finding creative ways to stand by their patriotism.
The Mercy Rule
The Mercy Rule - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Mercy Rule write by John Lescroart. This book was released on 1999-08-10. The Mercy Rule available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. “A stylish whodunit . . . Lescroart [is] in his best form yet.”—People Once Dismas Hardy was a cop. Now he spends his days in a lawyer’s suit, billing hours to a corporate client in a downtown San Francisco office. Hardy’s wife and kids like it that way. Then one client changes everything. Graham Russo, a former baseball star, is charged with murdering his dying father. Was it suicide, the last desperate act of a dying man? Was it murder? Or mercy? Now, as a carnival of reporters, activists, cops, lovers, and families throng around the case, Dismas Hardy is going to trial with a client he doesn’t trust, a key witness he cannot believe, and a system that almost destroyed him once. For Dismas, this case will challenge everything he believes about the law, about his family, and about himself. Because a chilling truth is beginning to emerge about an old man’s lonely death. And what Dismas knows could put him next in line to die. . . . Praise for The Mercy Rule “Very entertaining . . . a large and emotionally sprawling novel.”—Chicago Tribune “As usual in a Lescroart novel, character dominates plot as the author proves, yet again, that resonant drama can be found in family.”—The Philadelphia Inquirer “An edge-of-the-seat legal thriller that has it all—hot-button issues, deception, greed, corruption, and a labyrinthine plot that will keep you guessing until the very last page.”—Faye Kellerman
