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Legendary lawyer of the people, Louis Brandeis, displays his
knowledge of the banking financial system and describes how it
asserts staggering control over the economy of the United States.
As relevant today as it was when first published in 1914, this book
serves to demystify aspects of the banking system which are lost on
those who are not employed within the finance sector. Explaining
how banks have become a powerful oligarchy, Brandeis describes how
the money trusts hold enormous and growing influence upon almost
every large industry in the United States and much of the wider
world. The monopolies of money trusts, and their role in
controlling the economy, is described in detail. The deposits and
savings of millions of ordinary Americans are put to work by the
likes of J. P. Morgan who both lend to and purchase other banks and
parts of companies. The trend towards small banks combining into
larger entities, and the anti-competitive monopolies this entails
are detailed.
The Economist magazine recently called him "a Robin Hood of the
law": American lawyer LOUIS DEMBITZ BRANDEIS (1856-1941) developed
the concept of the "right to privacy" in an 1890 law journal
article, and-in this classic 1914 work-he denounced investment
banking, corporatism, monopolies, and the consolidation of American
wealth in the hands of a privileged few. In this collection of
essays first published the year before in Harper's Weekly, Brandeis
championed the progressive economic ideals of Woodrow Wilson's "New
Freedom," explained how entrepreneurial efforts and small
businesses were being stifled and innovation and competition
smothered in the fiscal environment he saw, and offered suggestions
for reversing the trend. Hugely influential at the time, Other
People's Money and How The Bankers Use It may have contributed to
Brandeis's ascension to the United States Supreme Court Justice in
1916 (he would serve until 1939). Today, it serves another purpose:
to remind us how the great experiment of American capitalism went
astray... again, even in the wake of this powerful and important
warning about the same dangers a century ago.
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The Right to Privacy (Hardcover)
Samuel D. Warren, Louis D. Brandeis; Foreword by Steven Alan Childress
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R538
Discovery Miles 5 380
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The Economist magazine recently called him "a Robin Hood of the
law": American lawyer LOUIS DEMBITZ BRANDEIS (1856-1941) developed
the concept of the "right to privacy" in an 1890 law journal
article, and-in this classic 1914 work-he denounced investment
banking, corporatism, monopolies, and the consolidation of American
wealth in the hands of a privileged few. In this collection of
essays first published the year before in Harper's Weekly, Brandeis
championed the progressive economic ideals of Woodrow Wilson's "New
Freedom," explained how entrepreneurial efforts and small
businesses were being stifled and innovation and competition
smothered in the fiscal environment he saw, and offered suggestions
for reversing the trend. Hugely influential at the time, Other
People's Money and How The Bankers Use It may have contributed to
Brandeis's ascension to the United States Supreme Court Justice in
1916 (he would serve until 1939). Today, it serves another purpose:
to remind us how the great experiment of American capitalism went
astray... again, even in the wake of this powerful and important
warning about the same dangers a century ago.
Legendary lawyer of the people, Louis Brandeis, displays his
knowledge of the banking financial system and describes how it
asserts staggering control over the economy of the United States.
As relevant today as it was when first published in 1914, this book
serves to demystify aspects of the banking system which are lost on
those who are not employed within the finance sector. Explaining
how banks have become a powerful oligarchy, Brandeis describes how
the money trusts hold enormous and growing influence upon almost
every large industry in the United States and much of the wider
world. The monopolies of money trusts, and their role in
controlling the economy, is described in detail. The deposits and
savings of millions of ordinary Americans are put to work by the
likes of J. P. Morgan who both lend to and purchase other banks and
parts of companies. The trend towards small banks combining into
larger entities, and the anti-competitive monopolies this entails
are detailed.
A key document in the Progressive era, Other People's Money conveys
a sense of moral outrage and political anger over the costs of the
industrialization of the United States on traditional social and
political values. A devastating book, "Other People's Money" was
written with eloquence, force, and passion by Louis D. Brandeis,
who would one day be a future Supreme Court justice and one of
history's greatest Americans. As it turns out, he wrote a book that
applies just as well in the early 21st century as it did in the
early 20th. Perhaps the best part, for busy readers, is that "Other
People's Money" is a short tome which can be polished off in one
sitting. Expect to be floored, however, by how effortlessly
Brandeis's arguments of so many years ago carry over to today.
Full Title: "The People of the State of New York, Respondent,
against Charles Schweinler Press, a Corporation,
Defendant-Appellant."Description: "The Making of the Modern Law:
Trials, 1600-1926" collection provides descriptions of the major
trials from over 300 years, with official trial documents,
unofficially published accounts of the trials, briefs and arguments
and more. Readers can delve into sensational trials as well as
those precedent-setting trials associated with key constitutional
and historical issues and discover, including the Amistad Slavery
case, the Dred Scott case and Scopes "monkey" trial."Trials"
provides unfiltered narrative into the lives of the trial
participants as well as everyday people, providing an unparalleled
source for the historical study of sex, gender, class, marriage and
divorce.++++The below data was compiled from various identification
fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is
provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition
identification: ++++Court RecordYale Law LibraryNew York: National
Consumers' League, 289 Fourth Avenue, c.1918
Full Title: "No. 819. Cargo of 3408 Tons of Pocahontas Coal Samuel
D. Warren et al., Claimants, Appellants, v. Alexander Ross et al.,
Libellants, Appellees, No. 820. Cargo of 3639 Tons of Pocahontas
Coal Samuel D. Warren et al., Defendants, Appellants, v. John G.
Crow"Description: "The Making of the Modern Law: Trials, 1600-1926"
collection provides descriptions of the major trials from over 300
years, with official trial documents, unofficially published
accounts of the trials, briefs and arguments and more. Readers can
delve into sensational trials as well as those precedent-setting
trials associated with key constitutional and historical issues and
discover, including the Amistad Slavery case, the Dred Scott case
and Scopes "monkey" trial."Trials" provides unfiltered narrative
into the lives of the trial participants as well as everyday
people, providing an unparalleled source for the historical study
of sex, gender, class, marriage and divorce.++++The below data was
compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic
record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool
in helping to insure edition identification: ++++819-820Court
RecordHarvard Law School Libraryc.1903
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Frank C. Stettler, Plaintiff in Error, vs. Edwin V. O'Hara, et al., Constituting the Industrial Welfare Commission, Defendants in Error. Elmira Simpson, Plaintiff in Error, vs. Edwin V. O'Hara, et al., Constituting the Industrial Welfare Commission, ... (Paperback)
Louis D. Brandeis
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R945
Discovery Miles 9 450
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Full Title: "Frank C. Stettler, Plaintiff in Error, vs. Edwin V.
O'Hara, Et Al., Constituting The Industrial Welfare Commission,
Defendants in Error. Elmira Simpson, Plaintiff in Error, vs. Edwin
V. O'Hara, Et Al., Constituting The Industrial Welfare Commission,
Defen"Description: "The Making of the Modern Law: Trials,
1600-1926" collection provides descriptions of the major trials
from over 300 years, with official trial documents, unofficially
published accounts of the trials, briefs and arguments and more.
Readers can delve into sensational trials as well as those
precedent-setting trials associated with key constitutional and
historical issues and discover, including the Amistad Slavery case,
the Dred Scott case and Scopes "monkey" trial."Trials" provides
unfiltered narrative into the lives of the trial participants as
well as everyday people, providing an unparalleled source for the
historical study of sex, gender, class, marriage and
divorce.++++The below data was compiled from various identification
fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is
provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition
identification: ++++507-508Court Record1914Harvard Law School
Libraryc.1915
Full Title: "Frank C. Stettler, Plaintiff and Appellant, vs. Edwin
V. O'Hara, Bertha Moores, Amedee M. Smith, Constituting The
Industrial Welfare Commission of The State of Oregon, Defendants
and Respondents"Description: "The Making of the Modern Law: Trials,
1600-1926" collection provides descriptions of the major trials
from over 300 years, with official trial documents, unofficially
published accounts of the trials, briefs and arguments and more.
Readers can delve into sensational trials as well as those
precedent-setting trials associated with key constitutional and
historical issues and discover, including the Amistad Slavery case,
the Dred Scott case and Scopes "monkey" trial."Trials" provides
unfiltered narrative into the lives of the trial participants as
well as everyday people, providing an unparalleled source for the
historical study of sex, gender, class, marriage and
divorce.++++The below data was compiled from various identification
fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is
provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition
identification: ++++MonographHarvard Law School Libraryc.1915
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger
Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain
imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed
pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger
Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and
hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger
Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain
imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed
pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger
Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and
hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone!
Kessinger Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of
rare and hard-to-find books with something of interest for
everyone!
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger
Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain
imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed
pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger
Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and
hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone!
Kessinger Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of
rare and hard-to-find books with something of interest for
everyone!
Warren and Brandeis's "The Right to Privacy," with 2010 Foreword
by Steven Alan Childress, J.D., Ph.D., a senior law professor at
Tulane University. Includes photos and rare news clippings. Part of
the "Legal Legends Series" by Quid Pro Books.
The most influential piece of legal scholarship, many scholars
say, is this 1890 "Harvard Law Review" article by two Boston
lawyers (one of whom later became a legendary Supreme Court
Justice). Warren and Brandeis created -- by cleverly weaving
strands of precedent, policy, and logic -- the legal concept of
privacy and the power of legal protection for that right. Their
clear and effective prose stands the test of time, and influenced
such modern notions as "inviolate personality" and law's
"elasticity." They saw the threat of new technology.
Most of all, they asserted the fundamental "right to be let
alone," and its implications to modern law are profound. Their
privacy concept has grown over the decades, now raising issues
about abortion, drug testing, surveillance, sexual orientation,
free speech, the "right to die," and medical confidentiality. All
these spinoffs trace their origins to this master work. It is
simply one of the most significant parts of the modern canon of
law, politics, and sociology.
The extensive new Foreword by Professor Childress shares not
only this import and effect, but also the fascinating backstory
behind the article. Its origins are found in Warren's own prickly
experiences with the press and the "paparazzi" of the day, famously
after their reports about and photos of his family weddings.
Kessinger Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of
rare and hard-to-find books with something of interest for
everyone!
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