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4 Mar 2008, 10:16 pm
Through all of these evaluations, assessments and hagiographies, commentators sometimes lose sight of the fact that Tocqueville was, by training and choice, an attorney, and what is more, a civil law trained attorney, a magistrate, a member of the Legislative Assembly, a drafter of the Constitution of France's Second Republic and a member of Louis-Napoleon Bonaparte's Cabinet. [read post]
3 Jun 2009, 3:02 am
Rather,aspects of each method now occur in the other to a degree that distinguishing the two 'is almost a "metaphysical question" which is now sterile and obsolete,'as I wrote a while back (p. 833 n.144), quoting a chapter by Françoise Tulkens (left), then a law professor at Belgium's University of Louvain and since 1998 a Judge on the European Court of Human Rights, in The Criminal Process and Human Rights (1995).The nutshell above is also… [read post]
19 May 2011, 8:43 am
Discusses Cyrano de Bergerac, Joan of Arc, and Napoleon Bonaparte. [read post]
2 Nov 2009, 9:09 am
Resources: Online: fool.com daveramsey.com frugaldad.com Books: "You Have More Than You Think" - Motley Fool (David and Tom Gardner) "The Millionaire Next Door" - Dr Thomas Stanley "Rich Dad, Poor Dad" - Robert Kiyosaki "The Total Money Makeover" - Dave Ramsey "Think and Grow Rich" - Napoleon Hill Documentary film: "Maxed Out" [read post]
1 Feb 2007, 4:00 am
When the monarchy was restored after the defeat of Napoleon, a top priority was finding the remains of the unfortunate couple, who had been beheaded during the Revolution, and giving them a "proper" burial. [read post]
23 Mar 2025, 3:08 pm
Welcome Cocktail Reception Prior to the start of the conference, on Wednesday evening, MBLB in conjunction with our vendor relationship partner InSpectre Solutions, hosted a welcome cocktail reception for industry colleagues and friends at the Napoleon House in the French Quarter. [read post]
28 Aug 2014, 12:34 pm
You don't see that sort of thing in Napoleon's Invalides.Biggest surprise: We got there just after it opened, and the parking lot was completely full, requiring us to park in the Quaker church lot (I think it was) across the street. [read post]
22 Jun 2015, 12:39 am
It should not to be confused with the Battle of Borodino and Napoleon's subsequent retreat from Moscow in the same year, for which Tchaikovsky wrote the musical score]. [read post]
26 Dec 2012, 8:49 am
The Florida Priory’s witnesses testified that, when Napoleon invaded Malta in 1798, some Knights of Malta fled to Russia, where the original Order of Malta essentially ceased to exist, but related non-Catholic and Catholic Orders emerged. [read post]
18 Jan 2023, 4:09 am
Here's the trailer: It's a pretty amusing collection of clips related to the January 6th incident.Callaghan — who looks like a combination of Weird Al and Napoleon Dynamite — mostly lets other people speak. [read post]
31 May 2017, 5:47 pm
and by the wedding day the evil inspectors of the City of Miami Beach had shut down the function rooms of the Deauville and after the couple was joined in wedlock off site, the guests repaired to the Deauville where they were ensconced in "the Napoleon pre-function area", which in Orwellian speak was The Lobby. [read post]
20 Sep 2021, 6:15 pm
The way these systems were adopted showed some hybridity between public law (based on the separation of American and French powers) and civil law (adapted from the Napoleonic Code). [read post]
8 Jun 2021, 10:54 am
She was the first recipient of the Napoleon A. [read post]
7 Aug 2014, 10:41 am
It does not, however, seem to take much inspiration from Russia, even if it features a “crazy Napoleon” pastry on the menu and serves caviar in egg-shaped cups (see this video at 3: 26). [read post]
8 Oct 2014, 9:17 am
" Data QualityMap error hastened Napoleon’s Waterloo defeat (The Telegraph) "We compared the printed map used on the battlefield with the original handdrawn one it was copied from,” Mr Ferrand said. [read post]
22 Aug 2018, 10:19 am
A prominent early opinion supporting such speech restriction came in a grand jury charge by Pennsylvania Supreme Court Justice Thomas McKean, aimed at William Cobbett, who was accused of libeling the King of Spain and the Spanish ambassador (Spain was them in the pocket of Napoleon's France): At a time when misunderstandings prevail between the Republic of France and the United States, and when our General Government have appointed public ministers to endeavour to effect their… [read post]
6 Mar 2017, 5:57 am
Napoleon Public Schools, decided by the Supreme Court on February 22. [read post]
17 Jan 2010, 4:55 pm
On April 10, 1803 Napoleon told Treasury minister Barbé-Marbois that he was considering selling the whole Louisiana Territory to the U.S.. [read post]
16 Jun 2007, 6:44 am
Tyler concludes by citing Napoleon's maxim that "a leader is a dealer in hope. [read post]
4 Dec 2007, 9:54 pm
Hat tip: Prettier than Napoleon, who writes that the "blog is almost certainly a hoax (any competent attorney would have put the kibosh on it), but does it matter? [read post]
