Our nursery legends and popular superstitions are fast becoming matters of history, except in the more remote and secluded portions of the country. The age of the steam engine, and the electric battery, and the many other practical adaptations of the triumphs of physical science, is apparently not the one in which such "waifs and strays" from the mythical lore of the dim and distant Past are very likely to be much sought after or honoured.
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This book draws together a wide range of material from statutes, cases, reports, professional codes and academic commentaries.The topics covered include sources of law; the civil courts; the criminal courts; the judiciary; case and statute law; the legal profession and legal services; legal aid and advice; the civil process; the criminal process; the jury; arbitration and alternative dispute resolution; and the theory of the system. This book aims to help the reader to develop a sound understanding of each topic and the theory which underlies the legal system. Each theme is given an introduction in which the outlines and issues are made clear.
Tom Tit Tot - An Essay on Savage Philosophy in Folk-Tale
THE sentence from Montaigne, which faces the title-page of this little book, indicates its scope and purpose. It is based upon studies in the philosophy of folk-tales, in the course of which a large number of examples of curious beliefs and customs bearing on the main incident in certain groups have been collected. Some of these are now 'shuffled up together' round an old Suffolk tale, whose vivacity and humour secure it the first place among the 'Rumpelstiltskin' variants with which it is classed.
Is there such a thing as human nature? In Marxism and Human Nature, Sean Sayers defends the controversial theory that human nature is a historical phenomenon. Those who disagree with this theory counter that it leads to forms of scepticism and relativism which are at odds with morality; Sayers argues that this need not be the case. Drawing on the work of Marx and Hegel, he develops a historical account of human needs and powers which provides the basis for a distinctive form of Marxist humanism.