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28 Jun 2022, 10:50 am by Thorsten Bausch (Hoffmann Eitle)
Andrew Holt characterizes it as “perhaps the most powerful European state of the Middle Age”. [read post]
24 Mar 2022, 6:01 am by Joshua Braver
A review of Noah Feldman, “The Broken Constitution: Lincoln, Slavery, and the Refounding of America” (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2021). *** “It only has been radicals who have changed this country. [read post]
31 Aug 2021, 5:01 am by Fred Shapiro
  Some notable quotations misattributed by earlier quotation dictionaries include the following: "The opera ain't over until the fat lady sings" (actually by Ralph Carpenter, not Dan Cook); "Put all your eggs in one basket, and then watch that basket" (Andrew Carnegie, not Mark Twain); "Go west, young man" (Horace Greeley, not John Soule); "War is hell" (Napoleon, not William Tecumseh Sherman);"There ain't no such thing as… [read post]
4 May 2021, 6:13 am by Shannon O'Hare
The main body of statutes and laws governing civil law are set out in the Napoleonic Code (Code civil des Français) (the “Civil Code“), established under Napoleon I in 1804 and the Code de Commerce, the French commercial code. [read post]
1 May 2020, 2:11 am by Shannon O'Hare
The main body of statutes and laws governing civil law are set  out  in  the  Napoleonic  Code  (Code  civil  des  Français)  (the  “Civil  Code“), established  under  Napoleon  I  in  1804  and  the  Code  de Commerce, the French commercial code. [read post]
19 Dec 2019, 4:00 am by Cordell Parvin
Andrew Carnegie was one of the people Hill interviewed. [read post]
20 Nov 2019, 10:31 am
Contents include: Randall Lesaffer & Inge Van Hulle, Introduction James Crawford, Napoleon 1814–1815: A Small Issue of Status Camilla Boisen, The Law of Nations and the Common Law of Europe: The Case of Edmund Burke Viktorija Jakjimovska, Uneasy Neutrality: Britain and the Greek War of Independence (1821–1832) Andrew Fitzmaurice, Equality of Non-European Nations in International Law Inge Van Hulle, British Humanitarianism, International Law and Human… [read post]
13 Sep 2019, 6:00 am by Guest Blogger
And thus if a legislature (for Bentham, and for the Napoleon of the Napoleonic Code) or the Supreme Court (for Coan) sets forth precise and easily understood conduct rules, the domain of dispute and thus of judicial dispute resolution is contracted.Third, and relatedly, Coan demonstrates that doctrines of judicial deference to decisions of other branches or institutions may also reduce the scope of judicial power and the degree of judicial involvement with questions of policy. [read post]
15 Aug 2019, 1:01 am by rhapsodyinbooks
A recent and magnificent biography by Andrew Roberts, Napoleon: A Life, helps to dispel the myths and misinformation, and to edify readers about Napoleon’s brilliance, achievements, and innovations. [read post]
28 Jan 2019, 6:30 am by Dan Ernst
The commercial code of Belgium was inherited from the Napoleonic era and officially survived for more than 200 years. [read post]
18 Dec 2018, 4:00 am by Cordell Parvin
His big break came when he interviewed the wealthy steel baron, Andrew Carnegie. [read post]
24 Aug 2018, 1:01 am by rhapsodyinbooks
The news however did not reach the U.S. until 1815, allowing for Andrew Jackson to make his mark as a hero at the Battle of New Orleans in January. [read post]
18 Jun 2018, 12:16 pm by rhapsodyinbooks
Recent Napoleon biographer Andrew Roberts argued that Napoleon was not at all the quintessential warmonger he is commonly accused of being; not only was war was declared on him far more often than he declared it on others, but it was clear there were many times Napoleon tried his best to abide in peace, only to have other leaders unwilling to tolerate his presence in Europe. [read post]
24 Dec 2017, 1:45 am by NCC Staff
Napoleon had abdicated months earlier and the French threat had diminished for the British. [read post]
25 Jul 2017, 4:57 pm by Lou M
’ – Napoleon Bonaparte‘It’s just a job. [read post]
18 Jun 2017, 2:30 am by NCC Staff
Napoleon had abdicated months earlier and the French threat had diminished for the British. [read post]