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Legal hermeneutics: history, theory, and practice

Author: Leyh, Gregory

Publisher: University of California Press, 1992

Abstract: Interpretation of the law is based on assumptions about the nature of texts, language, and the act…

By popular demand: revitalizing representative democracy through deliberative elections

Author: Gastil, John

Publisher: University of California Press, 2000

Abstract: John Gastil challenges conventional assumptions about public opinion, elections, and political exp…

Storm over Mono: the Mono Lake battle and the California water future

Author: Hart, John 1948-

Publisher: University of California Press, 1996

Abstract: A dramatic environmental saga unfolds in John Hart's compelling story of the fight to save Mono La…

The feminine sublime: gender and excess in women's fiction

Author: Freeman, Barbara Claire

Publisher: University of California Press, 1997

Abstract: The Feminine Sublime provides a new and startling insight into the modes and devices employed in t…

Willie Brown: a biography

Author: Richardson, James 1953-

Publisher: University of California Press, 1996

Abstract: This is the first comprehensive biography of Willie Brown, one of California's most enduring and c…

The implementation perspective: a guide for managing social service delivery programs

Author: Williams, Walter

Publisher: University of California Press, 1980

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The power of Thetis: allusion and interpretation in the Iliad

Author: Slatkin, Laura M

Publisher: University of California Press, 1992

Abstract: In The Power of Thetis, Laura M. Slatkin reveals the full importance of mythic allusion in Homeric…

The courtier and the King: Ruy Gómez de Silva, Philip II, and the court of Spain

Author: Boyden, James M 1954-

Publisher: University of California Press, 1995

Abstract: Ruy Gómez de Silva, or the prince of Eboli, was one of the central figures at the court of Spain i…

Columbus and the ends of the earth: Europe's prophetic rhetoric as conquering ideology

Author: Kadir, Djelal

Publisher: University of California Press, 1992

Abstract: Columbus is the first blazing star in a constellation of European adventurers whose right to claim…

Imperatores victi: military defeat and aristocratic competition in the middle and late republic

Author: Rosenstein, Nathan Stewart

Publisher: University of California Press, 1990

Abstract: Given the intense competition among aristocrats seeking public office in the middle and late Roman…