The shackles of conviction
Title | The shackles of conviction PDF eBook |
Author | James R. Meyer |
Publisher | |
Pages | 346 |
Release | 2008 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 9781906706005 |
People v. Dunn, 446 MICH 409 (1994)
Title | People v. Dunn, 446 MICH 409 (1994) PDF eBook |
Author | |
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Pages | 218 |
Release | 1994 |
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93832
Briefs of Leading Cases in Corrections
Title | Briefs of Leading Cases in Corrections PDF eBook |
Author | Rolando V. del Carmen |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 279 |
Release | 2014-10-10 |
Genre | Law |
ISBN | 1317524071 |
The briefs in this edition provide accurate and concise coverage of topics of vital importance to criminal justice personnel — prison law, probation, parole, the death penalty, juvenile justice, and sentencing. Each chapter contains an introduction to the topic area, making the book more user-friendly and a better source of succinct legal information than before.
Annotated Cases, American and English
Title | Annotated Cases, American and English PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 1158 |
Release | 1907 |
Genre | Law |
ISBN |
American and English Annotated Cases
Title | American and English Annotated Cases PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 1144 |
Release | 1907 |
Genre | Law |
ISBN |
The Law of Possession
Title | The Law of Possession PDF eBook |
Author | William Sturman Sax |
Publisher | Oxford University Press |
Pages | 273 |
Release | 2015 |
Genre | Body, Mind & Spirit |
ISBN | 019027574X |
Rituals combining healing with spirit possession and court-like proceedings are found around the world and throughout history. For example, a person suffers from an illness that cannot be cured, and in order to be healed he performs a ritual involving prosecution and defense, a judge and witnesses. Divine beings give evidence through human oracles, spirits possess their human victims and are exorcized, and local gods intervene to provide healing and justice. Such practices seem to be the very antithesis of modernity and many modern, secular states have systematically attempted to eliminate them. Why are such rituals largely absent from modern societies, and what happens to them when the state attempts to expunge them from their health and justice systems, or even to criminalize them? Despite the prevalence of rituals involving some or all of these elements, The Law of Possession represents the first attempt to compare and analyze them systematically. The volume brings together historical and contemporary case studies from East Asia, South Asia, and Africa, and argues that, despite consistent attempts by states to discourage, eliminate, and criminalize them, such rituals persist and even thrive because they meet widespread human needs.
American Law Reports
Title | American Law Reports PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 1476 |
Release | 1979 |
Genre | Law reports, digests, etc |
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