E Nelson: 77 books
The Common Law in Colonial America
Volume IV: Law and the Constitution on the Eve of Independence, 1735-1776
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2018
The eminent legal historian William E. Nelson's magisterial four-volume The Common Law in Colonial America traces how the many legal orders of Britain's thirteen North American colonies gradually evolved into one American system. Initially established on divergent political, economic, and religious...
In Pursuit of Right and Justice
Edward Weinfeld as Lawyer and Judge
Language: English
Release Date: August 30, 2004
In Pursuit of Right and Justice chronicles the life of the United States District Court's Judge Edward Weinfeld, from his humble Lower East Side origins to his distinction as one of the nation's most respected federal judges. Judge Edward Weinfeld's personal growth and socio-economic mobility provides...
The Common Law in Colonial America
Volume III: The Chesapeake and New England, 1660-1750
Language: English
Release Date: April 20, 2016
In a projected four-volume series, The Common Law in Colonial America, William E. Nelson will show how the legal systems of Britain's thirteen North American colonies, which were initially established in response to divergent political, economic, and religious initiatives, slowly converged until it...
Spiritual Intelligence
Discover Your SQ. Deepen Your Faith.
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2010
Western culture has long prized the Intelligence Quotient (IQ) as a benchmark of a person's mental abilities. And since the mid-nineties we have known of other forms of intelligence such as emotional and social. Now, prolific author, former pastor, and leadership development specialist Alan E. Nelson...
Marbury v. Madison
The Origins and Legacy of Judicial Review, Second Edition, Revised and Expanded
Language: English
Release Date: May 19, 2018
On the surface, the case itself seems a minor one at best. William Marbury, a last-minute judicial appointee of outgoing Federalist president John Adams, demanded redress from the Supreme Court when his commission was not delivered. But Chief Justice John Marshall could clearly see the danger his...
Three Crazy Careers Seventy-Two Years
One Lucky Man
Language: English
Release Date: August 20, 2013
This account of three unplanned careers supports the theory that life does not pursue a set of plans. As the author at ninety-two explains to friends, If it werent for World War II, Id likely still be milking cows today. While in elementary school, Nelson and his older brother, Roy, became key parts...
by William E. Nelson
Language: English
Release Date: October 10, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: October 10, 2017
Nelson identifies three principal institutions involved in conflict resolution: the twon meeting, the church congregation, and the courts of law. He subsequently determines the type of cases over which each institution had jurisdiction and studies the procedures by which each functioned. He examines...
The Common Law in Colonial America
Volume I: The Chesapeake and New England 1607-1660
Language: English
Release Date: August 5, 2008
Drawing on groundbreaking and overwhelmingly extensive research into local court records, The Common Law in Colonial America proposes a "new beginning" in the study of colonial legal history, as it charts the course of the common law in Early America, to reveal how the models of law that emerged differed...
The Legalist Reformation
Law, Politics, and Ideology in New York, 1920-1980
Language: English
Release Date: January 14, 2003
Based on a detailed examination of New York case law, this pathbreaking book shows how law, politics, and ideology in the state changed in tandem between 1920 and 1980. Early twentieth-century New York was the scene of intense struggle between white, Anglo-Saxon, Protestant upper and middle classes...
What Color Is Your Parachute? for Retirement, Second Edition
Planning a Prosperous, Healthy, and Happy Future
Language: English
Release Date: September 21, 2011
Plan Now for the Life You Want
Today’s economic realities have reset our expectations of what retirement is, yet there’s still the promise for what it can be: a life stage filled with more freedom and potential than ever before. Given the new normal, how do you plan for a future filled...
by Lisa E. Nelson
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2011
Christians often give up on fasting, or don't try it at all, because they lack thorough advice. Most fasting books explain the biblical reasons to fast, but they provide inadequate practical guidance. This concise book shows women the essential steps to successful fasting. Key topics include how to...
by Bishop Philip E. Nelson III
Language: English
Release Date: October 3, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: October 3, 2011
Operating in Time and Eternity means to function both in the physical and the spiritual realms. It is performance and transaction within both spheres: the natural and the supernaturaltime and eternity. Time is in the natural, the physical, while eternity is the supernatural, the spiritual. Time is...
by Vince Pultorak, Jon E. Nelson, David Pultorak
Language: English
Release Date: February 2, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: February 2, 2012
This book helps people prepare for the ITIL® 2011 Edition Foundation qualification exam. It contains direct links to the full syllabus and specifies the terms and definitions required. In addition it gives sample questions for practice both within the text and also a number of the official exams...
Neighbors
A Summer-Winter Affair
Language: English
Release Date: July 29, 2010
At seventy-five, widower Ted Butler is content to spend his day growing prize-winning tomatoes, fishing on his mountain lake, and visiting with his children and grandchildren. His expectations of life suddenly change when he delivers a basket of tomatoes to his new forty-something neighbor and finds...