Working desperately to expose the book's secret, they slowly uncover a Renaissance tale of passion and blood, a hidden crypt and a secret worth dying to protect.
Author: Dustin Thomason
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 9781448184538
Category: Fiction
Page: 544
View: 886
Tom Sullivan, about to graduate from Princeton, is haunted by the violent death of his father, an academic who devoted his life to studying one of the rarest, most complex and most valuable books in the world. Coded in seven languages, the Hypnerotomachia Poliphili, an intricate mathematical mystery and a tale of love and arcane brutality, has baffled scholars since 1499. Tom's friend Paul is similarly obsessed and when a long-lost diary surfaces, they finally seem to make a breakthrough. But only hours later, a fellow researcher is murdered and the two friends suddenly find themselves in great danger. Working desperately to expose the book's secret, they slowly uncover a Renaissance tale of passion and blood, a hidden crypt and a secret worth dying to protect.
The conservatives' problems arose from the "rule of four." Before 1925 the Supreme Court had to hear argument in almost every case brought to it. The justices found the burden of deciding all those cases nearly impossible and persuaded ...
Author: Mark Tushnet
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0195357655
Category: Law
Page: 256
View: 292
Following on Making Civil Rights Law, which covered Thurgood Marshall's career from 1936-1961, this book focuses on Marshall's career on the Supreme Court from 1961-1991, where he was the first African-American Justice. Based on thorough research in the Supreme Court papers of Justice Marshall and others, this book describes Marshall's approach to constitutional law in areas ranging from civil rights and the death penalty to abortion and poverty. It locates the Supreme Court from 1967 to 1991 in a broader socio-political context, showing how the nation's drift toward conservatism affected the Court's debates and decisions.
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Courts, Civil Liberties, and the Administration of JusticePublish On: 1984
April 1983 ) RULE OF FOUR 21 example , simply abandon the Rule of Four , or perhaps refuse to follow it whenever our backlog reaches a predetermined point . But there are reasons to beware of such a procedural change .
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Courts, Civil Liberties, and the Administration of Justice
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on CourtsPublish On: 1986
1984 ] SUPREME COURT CALENDARS 253 In another address , Justice Stevens questioned the wisdom of continuing the application of the Rule of Four , the rule by which the Supreme Court agrees to grant certiorari to any case that at least ...
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Courts
The Rule of Four Jesus was again using a very familiar concept: the rule of four. Rabbinic literature identified four kinds of disciples. For example, here are four characteristics of a disciple: 1. Quick to learn and quick to lose: His ...
Author: Jennifer Kennedy Dean
Publisher: New Hope Publishers
ISBN: 9781596691087
Category: Religion
Page: 205
View: 414
Author of Live a Praying Life, which has sold almost 50,000 units. A stand-alone study with content based on Scripture exposition.
The Court normally agrees to give plenary consideration to any case that at least four justices wish to hear. For a discussion of the history of the so-called Rule of Four, see Revesz and Karlan, Nonmajority Rules and the Supreme Court, ...
Author: Geoffrey R. Stone
Publisher: Wolters Kluwer
ISBN: 9781454876670
Category: Law
Page: 1662
View: 191
Buy a new version of this Connected Casebook and receive access to the online e-book, practice questions from your favorite study aids, and an outline tool on CasebookConnect, the all in one learning solution for law school students. CasebookConnect offers you what you need most to be successful in your law school classes - portability, meaningful feedback, and greater efficiency. Adhering to the multi-disciplinary and scholarly approach of its predecessors, the eighth edition of Constitutional Law guides students through all facets of constitutional law. Constitutional Law explores traditional constitutional doctrine through the lens of varying critical and social perspectives informed by political theory, philosophy, sociology, ethics, history, and economics. This comprehensive approach paired with carefully edited cases provides instructors with rich material for classroom discussion. Logically organized for a two-semester course, the first part of Constitutional Law tackles issues concerning separation of powers and federalism while the second part addresses all facets of individual rights and liberties. Constitutional Law also provides thoughtfully selected content on the First Amendment to give students a well-rounded understanding of religion and free speech issues. Key Features: The text's attention to policy, including discussion of competing critical and social perspectives. A multi-disciplinary approach that draws on political theory, philosophy, sociology, ethics, history, and economics. Thoughtful editing, including both lightly and more tightly-edited cases that balances close textual analysis with comprehensive converge of important opinions and pivotal cases. Streamlined treatment of First Amendment law, so that it efficiently provides the necessary fundamentals in free speech and religious liberties jurisprudence. CasebookConnect features: ONLINE E-BOOK Law school comes with a lot of reading, so access your enhanced e-book anytime, anywhere to keep up with your coursework. Highlight, take notes in the margins, and search the full text to quickly find coverage of legal topics. PRACTICE QUESTIONS Quiz yourself before class and prep for your exam in the Study Center. Practice questions from Examples & Explanations, Emanuel Law Outlines, Emanuel Law in a Flash flashcards, and other best-selling study aid series help you study for exams while tracking your strengths and weaknesses to help optimize your study time. OUTLINE TOOL Most professors will tell you that starting your outline early is key to being successful in your law school classes. The Outline Tool automatically populates your notes and highlights from the e-book into an editable format to accelerate your outline creation and increase study time later in the semester.
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Courts, Civil Liberties, and the Administration of JusticePublish On: 1983
The Rule of 34 / 360 U.S. at 246 247 . 35 / The Rule of Four being a " minority rule " there is the possibility that a majority of the Court may take the more formidable step of disposing of the case on the pleadings .
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Courts, Civil Liberties, and the Administration of Justice
Author: United States. Supreme CourtPublish On: 1986
Like the “ Rule of Four , " it grants to a minority of the Court the power to prevent the majority from denying a petition for certiorari when the minority is persuaded that the issues or questions presented in the case to be held are ...
THE RULES OF FOUR AND TWO I have found a quick and easy way of figuring out how often I will draw to a winning hand after the flop. First I count my "outs," or the cards that will give me a winning hand. For example, let's say I have T* ...
Author: Phil Gordon
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1439188092
Category: Games & Activities
Page: 320
View: 415
Phil Gordon plays poker with the best players in the world. He has won -- and lost -- in tournaments and cash games around the globe, all the while studying the game and learning from every hand dealt. As the resident expert and cohost of Celebrity Poker Showdown, Phil has quickly become one of the most sought-after teachers of No Limit Texas Hold'em. It's a tough game. But anyone can become a winning player with the right amount of courage, patience, aggression, observation, and, perhaps most important, dedication to becoming a better player. After fifteen years of keeping notes on the things he's learned, the greats he's played with, and the celebrities he's taught, Phil Gordon has poured every single thing he knows about No Limit Texas Hold'em into this little green book. Taking a page from Harvey Penick's bestselling book of golf wisdom, Phil plays the role of both teacher and student, offering up insightful tips on how to think about poker and how to develop a singular style of play. Through philosophy, psychology, strategy, math, and the knowledge gleaned from playing poker with everyone from T. J. Cloutier and Phil Ivey to Hank Azaria and Ben Affleck, Phil breaks down the game into enlightening instructional tidbits and illustrative anecdotes that inspire the kind of persistence and motivation necessary to improve your game. A book to rank with Doyle Brunson's Super System and David Sklansky's The Theory of Poker, Phil Gordon's Little Green Book deserves a spot on the shelf of every serious student of the game.
Rule of Four: Present four or fewer groups of items at a time. If you present more than four groups at any one time, you will tax your audience members ́ cognitive abilities, causing them to confuse parts of your message, ...
Author: Stephen Kosslyn
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 9780199704033
Category: Business & Economics
Page: 160
View: 458
Giving good presentations is not just common sense. Cognitive neuroscientist Stephen M. Kosslyn shows how to make presentations work better based on how our brains work. Where many books focus on how to create a first draft, Better PowerPoint gives you quick steps to improve one you already have. · 8 key rules that are easy to remember and use · Clear principles about how to design effective slides based on well-established scientific data · Quick steps to sharpen and strengthen your presentation · Easy-to-use checklists guide you through each aspect of your presentation · Chapters are structured to help you prioritize the most effective edits · Memorable examples and illustrations to show what works, and what doesn't · Lessons in what to fix can also help you create better first drafts faster. If you have a PowerPoint presentation that is not giving you the results you want, take advantage of what scientific research can tell you about how your audience is seeing and thinking about what you have to say.