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Law and Humanities Roundtable 2020: Call For Papers, University of Southampton, Friday, July 3, 2020
28 Oct 2019, 2:51 pm
Beethoven’s life and music are marked by acute ambivalences towards political power (initially dedicating his Symphony No.3 to Napoléon Bonaparte and then furiously withdrawing that dedication upon learning that Napoleon had declared himself ‘Emperor’), and towards community and social norms (the composer was [in Goethe’s words] ‘an utterly untamed personality’ who often found ‘the world detestable’ but nevertheless joyfully celebrated… [read post]
9 Feb 2013, 12:36 pm
Officially known as the Sovereign Military Order of Malta it has been without land to govern since Napoleon pushed them out of Malta in 1798. [read post]
9 Jan 2023, 7:42 pm
Each of the four most famous dictators in modern Western history, Adolf Hitler, Porfirio Díaz, Napoleon Bonaparte, and Oliver Cromwell, were legal positivists. [read post]
1 Nov 2023, 6:42 am
That made me think of the old adage attributed to Napoleon: "The tools belong to the man who can use them. [read post]
9 Jan 2023, 7:42 pm
Each of the four most famous dictators in modern Western history, Adolf Hitler, Porfirio Díaz, Napoleon Bonaparte, and Oliver Cromwell, were legal positivists. [read post]
27 Apr 2023, 7:40 am
"The case involved a photograph of Oscar Wilde taken by Napoleon Sarony. [read post]
13 Feb 2025, 9:18 am
The conference will illustrate how Louisiana, as the first jurisdiction in the world to codify its private law following the Napoleonic Code, developed a code that is not merely a replica of the French Civil Code. [read post]
27 Nov 2023, 6:21 am
However, Napoleon’s triumphant act still faces disapproval. [read post]
11 Jan 2010, 5:10 am
Napoleon changed Europe to the rightThe US followed France. [read post]
5 May 2010, 9:44 am
.: Cinco de Mayo, from the Battlefield to the Beer Bottle Cinco de Mayo celebrates the Mexican victory in the Battle of Puebla on May 5, 1862, against the invading French army of Napoleon III... [read post]
20 May 2012, 12:00 am
Agustina is known as Spain's Joan of Arc for having defended her country against troops from Napoleon's France. [read post]
27 Jul 2015, 10:34 am
Helena in 1821 might nevertheless still identify as Napoleon. [read post]
27 Jan 2009, 6:04 am
The former Abingdon Gaol looks set to be turned into apartments and restaurants after planners gave their approval to the redevelopment.The jail was built in 1811 and was turned into a leisure centre in 1974 before closing in 2002.Plans to convert it have been controversial with many local people who wanted more community space.Planners at the Vale of White Horse District Council have voted unanimously in favour of the scheme.The 19th Century jail in an Oxfordshire town was completed by… [read post]
18 Feb 2011, 6:07 am
I'll be speaking at two sessions on Friday: (1) Paperless Lawyering, which will take place at 1:30 pm in the Rosedown Ballroom, and (2) 60 Tech Tips in 60 Minutes—along with Jim Calloway and Catherine Sanders—at 4:00 pm in the Napoleon Ballroom. [read post]
30 Jun 2008, 11:47 pm
[Prettier Than Napoleon (Amber Taylor) via Volokh Conspiracy (Ilya Somin)] * Senators David Vitter and Larry Craig: defenders of marriage. [read post]
20 May 2012, 12:00 am
Agustina is known as Spain's Joan of Arc for having defended her country against troops from Napoleon's France. [read post]
5 May 2020, 11:54 am
In fact, Cinco de Mayo commemorates the Battle of Puebla de Los Angeles which took place on May 5, 1862, in which defending Mexican forces, led by General Ignacio Zaragoza, defeated the invading French army of Napoleon III. [read post]
28 Mar 2007, 10:15 am
Law School in a Box [Mental Floss] Lawyer From Top Firm, NYU JD, CA Bar, for Non-Legal Ent & Media Job [craigslist] "Scrupulous Editing Abilities" [Prettier Than Napoleon] Earlier: Non-Sequiturs: 03.27.07 [read post]
17 Apr 2009, 5:46 am
A sharp salute to Marine Sergeants Tim "Flightline" Harrington and James Bancroft for this heads up:Obama Pentagon Advisor Suggests Radical Plan for Newspaper BailoutAnyone who clings to the historically untrue -- and -- thoroughly immoral doctrine that violence never solves anything I would advise to conjure up the ghosts of Napoleon Bonparte and the Duke of Wellington and let them debate it. [read post]
22 Nov 2011, 9:29 am
But would it be too much to add Deng to the list of outsider-leaders, along with the Corsican Napoleon Bonapart, the Georgian Joseph Stalin, the Ukranian Nikita Khrushchev, the Hungarian Nicolas Sarkozy and of course the Kryptonian Barack Obama? [read post]
