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"Taking a historical view from the ratification of the U.S. Constitution through to the Trump administration, The Death of Public Integrity details efforts by reformers to protect public confidence in the integrity of government at the local, state and federal levels"--
First Published in 1995. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
In arecent plenary address to the American College of Cardiology, Dr. Leroy Hood stated that he expected the application of the techniques of recombinant DNA and molecular biology to medicine would advance the field more in the next twenty years than all of the progress that has been made in the past 2,000 years.
An annotated introduction exploring the contemporary importance of the book "The House Servants Directory", the identity and character of the author, and its significance in American history.
This work sets out in a concise format, the laws governing Islamic society as dictated by the Qoran. Among the topics discussed are fundamental social matters relating to marital relations, slavery, inheritance, charities, criminal offences, trade and commerce, and food. In addition, various appendices treat sects and divisions, and other matters relating to the main theme. Muhammed not only codified the religion, he also appeared as a social reformer, and the direction his reforms took was naturally determined by the character of the practices which operated in Arabia at the time of his appearance. Furthermore, allowance has also to be made for the debt which Islamic laws owe to those found in the Old Testament and Talmudic literature. This work is full of Qoranic quotations which support the main theme, and thereby give scriptual authority to the interpretation of the social laws of Islam.
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