The Poor Had No Lawyers - 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 Poor Had No Lawyers write by Andy Wightman. This book was released on 2013-04-18. The Poor Had No Lawyers available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. New and Updated Edition Who owns Scotland? How did they get it? What happened to all the common land in Scotland? Has the Scottish Parliament made any difference? Can we get our common good land back? In this book, Andy Wightman updates the statistics of landownership in Scotland and explores how and why landowners got their hands on the millions of acres of land that were once held in common. He tells the untold story of how Scotland's legal establishment and politicians managed to appropriate land through legal fixes. Have attempts to redistribute this power more equitably made any difference, and what are the full implications of the recent debt-fuelled housing bubble, the Smith Commission and the new Scottish Government's proposals on land reform? For all those with an interest in urban and rural land in Scotland, this updated edition of The Poor Had No Lawyers provides a fascinating analysis of one the most important political questions in Scotland.
William Wallace
William Wallace - 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 William Wallace write by Andrew Fisher. This book was released on 2012-11-01. William Wallace available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. William Wallace has always been one of the great heroes of Scottish history. By no means prepared by birth, education or training for leadership, Wallace nevertheless rose to prominence during the Wars of Independence, leading forces which broke the sequence of English victories and inspiring his countrymen in the process. While others yielded and collaborated, Wallace set an example of constancy and perseverence and became the Guardian of Scotland. Even his terrible death in London in 1305 can be seen as a victory as it provided inspiration for the continuance of the struggle against English domination. Despite Wallace's almost mythical status, modern-day perceptions of him are not always based on objective analysis of the historical facts. In this revised and expanded edition of his best-selling biography, Andrew Fisher investigates the man and his times to create a more authentic picture of Wallace than has ever been available previously.
No Contest
No Contest - 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 No Contest write by Ralph Nader. This book was released on 1998-12-22. No Contest available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The legal rights of Americans are threatened as never before. In No Contest, Ralph Nader and Wesley J. Smith reveal how power lawyers--Kenneth Starr perhaps the most notorious among them--misuse and manipulate the law at the expense of fairness and equity. Nader and Smith document how corporate lawyers File baseless lawsuits Use court secrecy to their unfair advantage Engage in billing fraud Nader and Smith sound the warning that this system-wide abuse is eroding our basic legal rights, and propose a positive, commonsense vision of what should be done to reverse the corporate-inspired corruption of civil justice. Timely, incisive, and highly readable, this is a book for all citizens who believe that prompt access to justice is the backbone of democracy, and a precious right to be reclaimed.
First Thing We Do, Let's Deregulate All the Lawyers
First Thing We Do, Let's Deregulate All the Lawyers - 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 First Thing We Do, Let's Deregulate All the Lawyers write by Clifford Winston. This book was released on 2011-08-01. First Thing We Do, Let's Deregulate All the Lawyers available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Not many Americans think of the legal profession as a monopoly, but it is. Abraham Lincoln, who practiced law for nearly twenty-five years, would likely not have been allowed to practice today. Without a law degree from an American Bar Association–sanctioned institution, a would-be lawyer is allowed to practice law in only a few states. ABA regulations also prevent even licensed lawyers who work for firms that are not owned and managed by lawyers from providing legal services. At the same time, a slate of government policies has increased the demand for lawyers' services. Basic economics suggests that those entry barriers and restrictions combined with government-induced demand for lawyers will continue to drive the price of legal services even higher. Clifford Winston, Robert Crandall, and Vikram Maheshri argue that these increased costs cannot be economically justified. They create significant social costs, hamper innovation, misallocate the nation's labor resources, and create socially perverse incentives. In the end, attorneys support inefficient policies that preserve and enhance their own wealth, to the detriment of the general population. To fix this situation, the authors propose a novel solution: deregulation of the legal profession. Lowering the barriers to entry will force lawyers to compete more intensely with each other and to face competition from nonlawyers and firms that are not owned and managed by lawyers. The book provides a much-needed analysis of why legal costs are so high and how they can be reduced without sacrificing the quality of legal services.
Athenaeum
Athenaeum - 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 Athenaeum write by James Silk Buckingham. This book was released on 1873. Athenaeum available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
