قانون

تتردد في أروقة العدالة قصص مؤثرة عن السلطة والحقوق والآلية المعقدة للقانون التي تشكّل مجتمعنا. ستجد هنا روايات نافذة من خطوط المواجهة الأمامية للفقه القانوني، من مذكرات المحكمة العليا إلى تحليلات معمّقة للسلطة الدستورية وإصلاح العدالة الجنائية والرقصة المعقدة بين الحرية والنظام.

قانون ملخصات الكتب

Kill Chain

بقلم Andrew Cockburn • 2015

Precision warfare is a lie. Drone strikes miss, breed enemies, and only the contractors profit.

3.82

٥٠٠+

🛸 Drone Warfare 🎯 Targeted Killings 🏭 Military-Industrial Complex 👁️ Surveillance State 💥 Intelligence Failures

Kill Chain

Precision warfare is a lie. Drone strikes miss, breed enemies, and only the contractors profit.

بقلم Andrew Cockburn 2015 320 صفحة

3.82

٥٠٠+ تقييم

🛸 Drone Warfare 🎯 Targeted Killings 🏭 Military-Industrial Complex 👁️ Surveillance State 💥 Intelligence Failures

New Abnormal

بقلم Aaron Kheriaty • 2022

The emergency never ended. It became a permanent way for the state to manage your body.

4.38

١٤٨

🏥 Public Health Policy ⚖️ Medical Ethics 🧬 Biopolitics 👁️ Digital Surveillance 🔬 Scientism

New Abnormal

The emergency never ended. It became a permanent way for the state to manage your body.

بقلم Aaron Kheriaty 2022 304 صفحة

4.38

١٤٨ تقييم

🏥 Public Health Policy ⚖️ Medical Ethics 🧬 Biopolitics 👁️ Digital Surveillance 🔬 Scientism

How Judges Think

بقلم Richard A. Posner • 2008

Judges aren't umpires. They're workers with incentives and ideology who make law, not just find it.

3.83

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⚖️ Judicial Behavior 📚 Legal Realism 🇺🇸 American Judiciary 🔧 Legal Pragmatism 🧠 Cognitive Biases

How Judges Think

Judges aren't umpires. They're workers with incentives and ideology who make law, not just find it.

بقلم Richard A. Posner 2008 400 صفحة

3.83

٣٨٢ تقييم

⚖️ Judicial Behavior 📚 Legal Realism 🇺🇸 American Judiciary 🔧 Legal Pragmatism 🧠 Cognitive Biases

Attack from Within

بقلم Barbara McQuade • 2024

The one freedom America cannot defend itself against is the one it cherishes most: free speech.

4.13

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📡 Disinformation Warfare 📰 Media Manipulation 🏛️ Authoritarian Tactics 🧠 Cognitive Biases 💻 Digital Polarization

Attack from Within

The one freedom America cannot defend itself against is the one it cherishes most: free speech.

بقلم Barbara McQuade 2024 385 صفحة

4.13

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📡 Disinformation Warfare 📰 Media Manipulation 🏛️ Authoritarian Tactics 🧠 Cognitive Biases 💻 Digital Polarization

Coding Freedom

بقلم Gabriella Coleman • 2012

They built a free software revolution while insisting they were not political at all.

3.82

٢٨٠

💻 Hacker Culture 🐧 Free Software Movement 🌐 Digital Ethnography 📜 Intellectual Property 👥 Online Communities

Coding Freedom

They built a free software revolution while insisting they were not political at all.

بقلم Gabriella Coleman 2012 272 صفحة

3.82

٢٨٠ تقييم

💻 Hacker Culture 🐧 Free Software Movement 🌐 Digital Ethnography 📜 Intellectual Property 👥 Online Communities

Prophet's Prey

بقلم Sam Brower • 2011

Seven years hunting a prophet who married 13-year-olds and exiled boys to keep the numbers right.

3.98

٧٬٠٠٠+

⛪ Polygamist Cults 🕵️ Cult Investigation 👰‍♀️ Child Brides 👥 Polygamy 🚪 Leaving Cults

Prophet's Prey

Seven years hunting a prophet who married 13-year-olds and exiled boys to keep the numbers right.

بقلم Sam Brower 2011 336 صفحة

3.98

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⛪ Polygamist Cults 🕵️ Cult Investigation 👰‍♀️ Child Brides 👥 Polygamy 🚪 Leaving Cults

The Discipline of Law

بقلم Baron Alfred Denning • 1979

The law is not a machine of rules, but a craft of words wielded toward justice.

4.17

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🏛️ English Common Law ⚖️ Judicial Reasoning 📚 Legal Philosophy ✒️ Judicial Activism 🔧 Rule Of Law

The Discipline of Law

The law is not a machine of rules, but a craft of words wielded toward justice.

بقلم Baron Alfred Denning 1979 353 صفحة

4.17

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🏛️ English Common Law ⚖️ Judicial Reasoning 📚 Legal Philosophy ✒️ Judicial Activism 🔧 Rule Of Law

You Can't Read This Book

بقلم Nick Cohen • 2012

Censorship didn't vanish after book burnings. It learned to smile and send a legal notice.

4.08

٥٠٠+

🗽 Free Speech Defense 🙊 Religious Censorship 🏢 Corporate Silence 📢 Whistleblowing 🖥️ Digital Authoritarianism

You Can't Read This Book

Censorship didn't vanish after book burnings. It learned to smile and send a legal notice.

بقلم Nick Cohen 2012

4.08

٥٠٠+ تقييم

🗽 Free Speech Defense 🙊 Religious Censorship 🏢 Corporate Silence 📢 Whistleblowing 🖥️ Digital Authoritarianism

A Letter to Liberals

بقلم Robert F. Kennedy Jr. • 2022

Science silenced, dissent crushed, trillions siphoned: the pandemic response that liberals policed.

4.39

٣٥٩

🏥 Public Health Policy 💉 Vaccine Safety ⚖️ Civil Liberties 🏛️ Regulatory Capture 🗽 Classical Liberalism

A Letter to Liberals

Science silenced, dissent crushed, trillions siphoned: the pandemic response that liberals policed.

بقلم Robert F. Kennedy Jr. 2022 123 صفحة

4.39

٣٥٩ تقييم

🏥 Public Health Policy 💉 Vaccine Safety ⚖️ Civil Liberties 🏛️ Regulatory Capture 🗽 Classical Liberalism

The Anarchist In The Library

بقلم Siva Vaidhyanathan • 2004

The web set free-sharing anarchists against control-hungry oligarchs, and neither side is winning.

3.50

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🛡️ Digital Rights ⚖️ Copyright Politics 🏛️ Cultural Commons 🌐 Network Society 💻 Digital Counterculture

The Anarchist In The Library

The web set free-sharing anarchists against control-hungry oligarchs, and neither side is winning.

بقلم Siva Vaidhyanathan 2004 272 صفحة

3.50

١٧٥ تقييم

🛡️ Digital Rights ⚖️ Copyright Politics 🏛️ Cultural Commons 🌐 Network Society 💻 Digital Counterculture

Caged Lion

بقلم John Howard Steel • 2020

A prison camp origin, a community of dancers, and a courtroom fight that kept Pilates free.

4.32

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🏋️ Fitness Biography 📜 Exercise History 🧘 Modern Pilates 🧠 Mind-Body Method ⚖️ Trademark Battles

Caged Lion

A prison camp origin, a community of dancers, and a courtroom fight that kept Pilates free.

بقلم John Howard Steel 2020 215 صفحة

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🏋️ Fitness Biography 📜 Exercise History 🧘 Modern Pilates 🧠 Mind-Body Method ⚖️ Trademark Battles

Intermediate Accounting

بقلم Donald E. Kieso • 1902

GAAP and IFRS are principles, not recipes. Here is how professional judgment fills the gap.

3.95

٥٠٠+

📊 Financial Reporting 📋 Accounting Standards ⚖️ Professional Judgment 🏛️ Standard Setting 🔗 Integrated Reporting

Intermediate Accounting

GAAP and IFRS are principles, not recipes. Here is how professional judgment fills the gap.

بقلم Donald E. Kieso 1902 1416 صفحة

3.95

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📊 Financial Reporting 📋 Accounting Standards ⚖️ Professional Judgment 🏛️ Standard Setting 🔗 Integrated Reporting

Do You Believe in Magic?

بقلم Paul A. Offit • 2013

A billion-dollar industry runs on loopholes, hope, and the placebo effect, not science.

4.11

٣٬٠٠٠+

🧪 Alternative Medicine Critique 🩺 Evidence-Based Medicine 🦆 Medical Quackery 🔬 Scientific Skepticism 💊 Supplement Industry

Do You Believe in Magic?

A billion-dollar industry runs on loopholes, hope, and the placebo effect, not science.

بقلم Paul A. Offit 2013 304 صفحة

4.11

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🧪 Alternative Medicine Critique 🩺 Evidence-Based Medicine 🦆 Medical Quackery 🔬 Scientific Skepticism 💊 Supplement Industry

Bourbon

بقلم Fred Minnick • 2016

Elijah Craig didn't invent bourbon. Rivers, tariffs, and a doctor's prescription actually built it.

3.80

٥٠٠+

🥃 American Whiskey 🏭 Distilling History 🛑 Prohibition Era 📜 Taxation And Regulation 🏢 Industry Consolidation

Bourbon

Elijah Craig didn't invent bourbon. Rivers, tariffs, and a doctor's prescription actually built it.

بقلم Fred Minnick 2016 240 صفحة

3.80

٥٠٠+ تقييم

🥃 American Whiskey 🏭 Distilling History 🛑 Prohibition Era 📜 Taxation And Regulation 🏢 Industry Consolidation

In Service of the Republic

بقلم Vijay Kelkar • 2019

India's economic crisis is a crisis of state capacity, not of policy ideas.

4.23

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🇮🇳 Indian Economy 🏛️ Public Policy Design ⚙️ State Capacity Building 📜 Institutional Economics 🗳️ Public Choice Theory

In Service of the Republic

India's economic crisis is a crisis of state capacity, not of policy ideas.

بقلم Vijay Kelkar 2019 448 صفحة

4.23

٣٧٩ تقييم

🇮🇳 Indian Economy 🏛️ Public Policy Design ⚙️ State Capacity Building 📜 Institutional Economics 🗳️ Public Choice Theory

Butler to the World

بقلم Oliver Bullough • 2022

How post-imperial Britain became a concierge service for oligarchs, criminals, and tax dodgers.

3.98

٣٬٠٠٠+

🏝️ Offshore Finance 💸 Money Laundering 🏛️ Regulatory Capture 🔍 Investigative Journalism 💰 Financial Crime

Butler to the World

How post-imperial Britain became a concierge service for oligarchs, criminals, and tax dodgers.

بقلم Oliver Bullough 2022 288 صفحة

3.98

٣٬٠٠٠+ تقييم

🏝️ Offshore Finance 💸 Money Laundering 🏛️ Regulatory Capture 🔍 Investigative Journalism 💰 Financial Crime

International Law

بقلم Malcolm N. Shaw • 1991

From treaty-making to the laws of war: how international law governs relations between states.

4.20

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🌐 International Law 🏛️ State Sovereignty 📜 Legal Positivism 🩺 Humanitarian Law ⚖️ International Courts

International Law

From treaty-making to the laws of war: how international law governs relations between states.

بقلم Malcolm N. Shaw 1991 1434 صفحة

4.20

٤٣٤ تقييم

🌐 International Law 🏛️ State Sovereignty 📜 Legal Positivism 🩺 Humanitarian Law ⚖️ International Courts

Johnny Carson

بقلم Henry Bushkin • 2013

His first job for Johnny Carson: a break-in. The next 18 years got stranger.

3.79

٩٬٠٠٠+

📺 Late-Night Television 💼 Hollywood Dealmaking 🎭 Fame And Isolation 🔍 Insider Accounts 💔 Maternal Rejection

Johnny Carson

His first job for Johnny Carson: a break-in. The next 18 years got stranger.

بقلم Henry Bushkin 2013 323 صفحة

3.79

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📺 Late-Night Television 💼 Hollywood Dealmaking 🎭 Fame And Isolation 🔍 Insider Accounts 💔 Maternal Rejection

Propaganda and the Public Mind

بقلم Noam Chomsky • 1998

How humanitarian words sell one bombing and bury another, and the machinery behind the script.

4.06

١٬٠٠٠+

📡 Propaganda Studies 🎙️ Media Criticism 🧠 Mass Persuasion 🗣️ Doublespeak 🏛️ State Capture

Propaganda and the Public Mind

How humanitarian words sell one bombing and bury another, and the machinery behind the script.

بقلم Noam Chomsky 1998 256 صفحة

4.06

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📡 Propaganda Studies 🎙️ Media Criticism 🧠 Mass Persuasion 🗣️ Doublespeak 🏛️ State Capture

Legal Research And Writing for Paralegals

بقلم Deborah E. Bouchoux • 1994

Legal research that won't get your attorney sued: find it, check it, write it up.

3.80

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📚 Legal Research ✍️ Legal Writing 📑 Legal Citation 🏛️ American Legal System 🔍 Legal Analysis

Legal Research And Writing for Paralegals

Legal research that won't get your attorney sued: find it, check it, write it up.

بقلم Deborah E. Bouchoux 1994 793 صفحة

3.80

١١٠ تقييم

📚 Legal Research ✍️ Legal Writing 📑 Legal Citation 🏛️ American Legal System 🔍 Legal Analysis

Shadow of A Doubt

بقلم William J. Coughlin • 1991

A down-and-out lawyer in recovery defends an old flame's stepdaughter on a murder charge.

4.23

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🏛️ Courtroom Drama ⚖️ Flawed Lawyer 🍷 Addiction Recovery 🎭 Manipulative Defendant 🖤 Gritty

Shadow of A Doubt

A down-and-out lawyer in recovery defends an old flame's stepdaughter on a murder charge.

بقلم William J. Coughlin 1991 418 صفحة

4.23

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🏛️ Courtroom Drama ⚖️ Flawed Lawyer 🍷 Addiction Recovery 🎭 Manipulative Defendant 🖤 Gritty

أساسيات الطب الشرعي الرقمي

بقلم جون سامونز • 2011

From crime scene to courtroom: the core tools and techniques for extracting digital evidence.

3.95

١١٨

🧑‍🔬 Digital Forensics 🚨 Incident Response 💾 Data Recovery 📱 Mobile Forensics 🌐 Network Forensics

أساسيات الطب الشرعي الرقمي

From crime scene to courtroom: the core tools and techniques for extracting digital evidence.

بقلم جون سامونز 2011 208 صفحة

3.95

١١٨ تقييم

🧑‍🔬 Digital Forensics 🚨 Incident Response 💾 Data Recovery 📱 Mobile Forensics 🌐 Network Forensics

It Is Dangerous to Be Right When the Government Is Wrong

بقلم Andrew P. Napolitano • 2011

Government doesn't give you your rights; it just punishes anyone who proves it.

4.26

٢٦١

🏛️ Natural Rights 🗽 Classical Liberalism 🐍 Libertarian Thought 📜 Constitutional Originalism 🇺🇸 American Founding

It Is Dangerous to Be Right When the Government Is Wrong

Government doesn't give you your rights; it just punishes anyone who proves it.

بقلم Andrew P. Napolitano 2011 320 صفحة

4.26

٢٦١ تقييم

🏛️ Natural Rights 🗽 Classical Liberalism 🐍 Libertarian Thought 📜 Constitutional Originalism 🇺🇸 American Founding

How to Solve a Crime

بقلم Professor Angela Gallop • 2022

DNA gets headlines, but fiber and pollen close cases: a life in forensic science.

3.59

٢٧٧

🔬 Forensic Science 🩸 Crime Scene Investigation 🧬 Forensic Dna 🔍 Trace Evidence 💻 Digital Forensics

How to Solve a Crime

DNA gets headlines, but fiber and pollen close cases: a life in forensic science.

بقلم Professor Angela Gallop 2022 284 صفحة

3.59

٢٧٧ تقييم

🔬 Forensic Science 🩸 Crime Scene Investigation 🧬 Forensic Dna 🔍 Trace Evidence 💻 Digital Forensics

Life Of Crime

بقلم Harry Ognall • 2018

A British judge on prosecuting the Ripper, freeing Stagg, and the case that still haunts him.

3.70

٥٠٠+

⚖️ Criminal Justice 🏛️ English Law 🔍 High-Profile Trials 🧑‍⚖️ Judicial Ethics 🧠 Expert Testimony

Life Of Crime

A British judge on prosecuting the Ripper, freeing Stagg, and the case that still haunts him.

بقلم Harry Ognall 2018 160 صفحة

3.70

٥٠٠+ تقييم

⚖️ Criminal Justice 🏛️ English Law 🔍 High-Profile Trials 🧑‍⚖️ Judicial Ethics 🧠 Expert Testimony

Conversations with RBG

بقلم Jeffrey Rosen • 2019

She built gender equality case by case, often representing men. The legal mind behind Notorious RBG.

4.15

٤٬٠٠٠+

⚖️ Constitutional Law 👩‍⚖️ Women And The Law 🏛️ Judicial Restraint 📜 Strategic Litigation 🩺 Reproductive Rights

Conversations with RBG

She built gender equality case by case, often representing men. The legal mind behind Notorious RBG.

بقلم Jeffrey Rosen 2019 272 صفحة

4.15

٤٬٠٠٠+ تقييم

⚖️ Constitutional Law 👩‍⚖️ Women And The Law 🏛️ Judicial Restraint 📜 Strategic Litigation 🩺 Reproductive Rights

Seeing through the Smoke

بقلم Peter Grinspoon • 2023

Your body's ancient cannabis system changes everything about the drug war and medicine.

4.03

٨٧

🧑‍⚕️ Medical Cannabis ⚖️ Drug Policy Reform 🛡️ Harm Reduction 🔬 Cannabinoid Science 🌿 Plant Medicine

Seeing through the Smoke

Your body's ancient cannabis system changes everything about the drug war and medicine.

بقلم Peter Grinspoon 2023 427 صفحة

4.03

٨٧ تقييم

🧑‍⚕️ Medical Cannabis ⚖️ Drug Policy Reform 🛡️ Harm Reduction 🔬 Cannabinoid Science 🌿 Plant Medicine

Static

بقلم Amy Goodman • 2006

When government lies, the press should expose it. Instead, they broadcast the script.

4.05

٣٨٤

📺 Media Criticism 🌐 U.S. Foreign Policy 🔍 Investigative Journalism 🤫 Government Secrecy 📢 Whistleblowing

Static

When government lies, the press should expose it. Instead, they broadcast the script.

بقلم Amy Goodman 2006 338 صفحة

4.05

٣٨٤ تقييم

📺 Media Criticism 🌐 U.S. Foreign Policy 🔍 Investigative Journalism 🤫 Government Secrecy 📢 Whistleblowing

Democracy Rules

بقلم Jan-Werner Müller • 2021

Losing is the skill democracy forgot, and without institutions to structure conflict, it unravels.

3.46

١٦٨

🏛️ Democratic Theory 📜 Political Philosophy 🗳️ Populism Critique 🏢 Democratic Institutions 💰 Campaign Finance

Democracy Rules

Losing is the skill democracy forgot, and without institutions to structure conflict, it unravels.

بقلم Jan-Werner Müller 2021 256 صفحة

3.46

١٦٨ تقييم

🏛️ Democratic Theory 📜 Political Philosophy 🗳️ Populism Critique 🏢 Democratic Institutions 💰 Campaign Finance

How Woke Won

بقلم Joanna Williams • 2022

Woke ideology was not a grassroots uprising: it was imposed from above to divide and control.

4.09

١٧٥

🏛️ Identity Politics ⚔️ Culture Wars 🎓 Academic Freedom 🗣️ Free Speech 😢 Victimhood Culture

How Woke Won

Woke ideology was not a grassroots uprising: it was imposed from above to divide and control.

بقلم Joanna Williams 2022 305 صفحة

4.09

١٧٥ تقييم

🏛️ Identity Politics ⚔️ Culture Wars 🎓 Academic Freedom 🗣️ Free Speech 😢 Victimhood Culture

The Future of Violence

بقلم Benjamin Wittes • 2014

The state's monopoly on violence is ending. Networked technology handed individuals strategic power.

3.42

٣١٨

🔒 Cybersecurity 🛡️ National Security 💻 Technology Policy 🏛️ State Sovereignty ⚔️ Asymmetric Warfare

The Future of Violence

The state's monopoly on violence is ending. Networked technology handed individuals strategic power.

بقلم Benjamin Wittes 2014 336 صفحة

3.42

٣١٨ تقييم

🔒 Cybersecurity 🛡️ National Security 💻 Technology Policy 🏛️ State Sovereignty ⚔️ Asymmetric Warfare

"I Have Nothing to Hide"

بقلم Heidi Boghosian • 2021

Mass surveillance survives on one belief: privacy is for wrongdoers. Twenty myths keep it expanding.

3.64

١٩١

🛰️ Mass Surveillance 🔒 Digital Privacy 🏢 Corporate Surveillance 👮 Predictive Policing 🔐 Encryption Politics

"I Have Nothing to Hide"

Mass surveillance survives on one belief: privacy is for wrongdoers. Twenty myths keep it expanding.

بقلم Heidi Boghosian 2021 240 صفحة

3.64

١٩١ تقييم

🛰️ Mass Surveillance 🔒 Digital Privacy 🏢 Corporate Surveillance 👮 Predictive Policing 🔐 Encryption Politics

It Takes a Pillage

بقلم Nomi Prins • 2009

Bankers designed the crisis. Government paid the tab. The $13 trillion bill landed on your desk.

3.96

١٩٥

🏦 Investment Banking 💰 Government Bailouts 🏢 Too Big To Fail 🚪 Revolving Door 📊 Financial Derivatives

It Takes a Pillage

Bankers designed the crisis. Government paid the tab. The $13 trillion bill landed on your desk.

بقلم Nomi Prins 2009 304 صفحة

3.96

١٩٥ تقييم

🏦 Investment Banking 💰 Government Bailouts 🏢 Too Big To Fail 🚪 Revolving Door 📊 Financial Derivatives

Move Fast and Break Things

بقلم Jonathan Taplin • 2017

How three digital monopolies gutted music and news, and why democracy is their next casualty.

3.59

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🏢 Platform Capitalism 🔗 Tech Monopolies 🎨 Creative Economy 📡 Surveillance Advertising ©️ Digital Copyright

Move Fast and Break Things

How three digital monopolies gutted music and news, and why democracy is their next casualty.

بقلم Jonathan Taplin 2017 320 صفحة

3.59

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🏢 Platform Capitalism 🔗 Tech Monopolies 🎨 Creative Economy 📡 Surveillance Advertising ©️ Digital Copyright

On Fascism

بقلم Matthew C. Macwilliams • 2020

Forty percent of Americans carry latent authoritarianism, waiting for fear to flip the switch.

3.96

٥٠٠+

🏛️ American Politics 📏 Authoritarian Personality 😨 Fear-Based Politics 🏚️ Democratic Erosion ⚖️ Civil Liberties

On Fascism

Forty percent of Americans carry latent authoritarianism, waiting for fear to flip the switch.

بقلم Matthew C. Macwilliams 2020 200 صفحة

3.96

٥٠٠+ تقييم

🏛️ American Politics 📏 Authoritarian Personality 😨 Fear-Based Politics 🏚️ Democratic Erosion ⚖️ Civil Liberties

Dealmaking

بقلم Guhan Subramanian • 2020

Today's deals blend auction and negotiation. A framework for winning against rivals on both sides.

3.88

٤٢

🏢 Corporate Dealmaking 🎯 Negotiation Strategy 🔨 Auction Theory 🧠 Behavioral Economics ♟️ Game Theory

Dealmaking

Today's deals blend auction and negotiation. A framework for winning against rivals on both sides.

بقلم Guhan Subramanian 2020 243 صفحة

3.88

٤٢ تقييم

🏢 Corporate Dealmaking 🎯 Negotiation Strategy 🔨 Auction Theory 🧠 Behavioral Economics ♟️ Game Theory

Zoned in the USA

بقلم Sonia A. Hirt • 2014

The detached home with its own yard is globally rare. American zoning manufactured it at scale.

4.01

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🏛️ Zoning Law 🏙️ Urban Planning 🌍 Comparative Urbanism 🏡 American Sprawl 🏘️ Single-Family Housing

Zoned in the USA

The detached home with its own yard is globally rare. American zoning manufactured it at scale.

بقلم Sonia A. Hirt 2014 256 صفحة

4.01

١٣٦ تقييم

🏛️ Zoning Law 🏙️ Urban Planning 🌍 Comparative Urbanism 🏡 American Sprawl 🏘️ Single-Family Housing

The Grim Sleeper

بقلم Christine Pelisek • 2016

He murdered Black women for decades while police looked away. A piece of pizza ended it.

3.92

١٬٠٠٠+

🕵️ Serial Murder Cases 📁 Cold Case Investigations 🤝 Police Mistrust 💊 Crack Epidemic 👤 Marginalized Victims

The Grim Sleeper

He murdered Black women for decades while police looked away. A piece of pizza ended it.

بقلم Christine Pelisek 2016 325 صفحة

3.92

١٬٠٠٠+ تقييم

🕵️ Serial Murder Cases 📁 Cold Case Investigations 🤝 Police Mistrust 💊 Crack Epidemic 👤 Marginalized Victims

How to Fix the Future

بقلم Andrew Keen • 2017

The digital revolution feels unprecedented. It isn't. The fix is the same as last time.

3.36

٢٧٣

🌐 Digital Society ⚖️ Tech Policy 🔮 Technological Determinism ✋ Digital Humanism 🏙️ Smart Cities

How to Fix the Future

The digital revolution feels unprecedented. It isn't. The fix is the same as last time.

بقلم Andrew Keen 2017 288 صفحة

3.36

٢٧٣ تقييم

🌐 Digital Society ⚖️ Tech Policy 🔮 Technological Determinism ✋ Digital Humanism 🏙️ Smart Cities

The Power and Independence of the Federal Reserve

بقلم Peter Conti-Brown • 2016

The Fed wasn't born independent: three political remakings built it, each driven by personality.

4.21

١٣٧

🏦 Central Banking 📉 Monetary Policy 🗳️ Political Economy 🏛️ Institutional Governance 📋 Bureaucratic Politics

The Power and Independence of the Federal Reserve

The Fed wasn't born independent: three political remakings built it, each driven by personality.

بقلم Peter Conti-Brown 2016 368 صفحة

4.21

١٣٧ تقييم

🏦 Central Banking 📉 Monetary Policy 🗳️ Political Economy 🏛️ Institutional Governance 📋 Bureaucratic Politics

The World of Fatwas or the Shariah in Action

بقلم Arun Shourie • 1995

Fatwas build a totalitarian legal order. Clerics enforce it. Reformers cannot stop it.

4.17

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📜 Islamic Jurisprudence 🕌 Shariah Studies 🔒 Religious Separatism 👳 Clerical Power 🔄 Islamic Reformism

The World of Fatwas or the Shariah in Action

Fatwas build a totalitarian legal order. Clerics enforce it. Reformers cannot stop it.

بقلم Arun Shourie 1995 685 صفحة

4.17

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📜 Islamic Jurisprudence 🕌 Shariah Studies 🔒 Religious Separatism 👳 Clerical Power 🔄 Islamic Reformism

V13

بقلم Emmanuel Carrère • 2022

A year inside France's biggest trial: 250 voices, unrepentant killers, and the cost of dying awake.

4.45

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🏛️ Trial Journalism 💣 Jihadist Radicalization 🎙️ Survivor Testimony 🕵️ Intelligence Failures ⚖️ Law And Morality

V13

A year inside France's biggest trial: 250 voices, unrepentant killers, and the cost of dying awake.

بقلم Emmanuel Carrère 2022 267 صفحة

4.45

١٣٬٠٠٠+ تقييم

🏛️ Trial Journalism 💣 Jihadist Radicalization 🎙️ Survivor Testimony 🕵️ Intelligence Failures ⚖️ Law And Morality

Zero Fail

بقلم Carol Leonnig • 2021

A bulletproof reputation, repeated near misses, and the rot the Secret Service hid for decades.

4.23

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🏛️ Presidential History 🚔 Federal Law Enforcement 🏚️ Institutional Failure 📋 Investigative Journalism 🕵️ Government Cover-Ups

Zero Fail

A bulletproof reputation, repeated near misses, and the rot the Secret Service hid for decades.

بقلم Carol Leonnig 2021 526 صفحة

4.23

١٠٬٠٠٠+ تقييم

🏛️ Presidential History 🚔 Federal Law Enforcement 🏚️ Institutional Failure 📋 Investigative Journalism 🕵️ Government Cover-Ups

The Case of the Stuttering Bishop

بقلم Erle Stanley Gardner • 1936

A bishop's secret, a fake heiress, a murdered tycoon: Perry Mason must clear an accused mother.

3.86

١٬٠٠٠+

🕵️ Golden Age Mystery ⚖️ Courtroom Drama 👤 Hidden Heir 🎭 Impostor Plot 📻 1930s Crime

The Case of the Stuttering Bishop

A bishop's secret, a fake heiress, a murdered tycoon: Perry Mason must clear an accused mother.

بقلم Erle Stanley Gardner 1936 250 صفحة

3.86

١٬٠٠٠+ تقييم

🕵️ Golden Age Mystery ⚖️ Courtroom Drama 👤 Hidden Heir 🎭 Impostor Plot 📻 1930s Crime

Crisis and Command

بقلم John Yoo • 2010

America's greatest presidents kept breaking the rules. That was the point.

3.64

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🏛️ Executive Power 📜 Constitutional History 🇺🇸 Presidential History 🎖️ Wartime Powers ⚖️ Separation Of Powers

Crisis and Command

America's greatest presidents kept breaking the rules. That was the point.

بقلم John Yoo 2010

3.64

١٣٢ تقييم

🏛️ Executive Power 📜 Constitutional History 🇺🇸 Presidential History 🎖️ Wartime Powers ⚖️ Separation Of Powers

Broken Government

بقلم John W. Dean • 2007

Nixon's White House counsel reveals how Republicans broke Congress, the presidency, and the courts.

4.06

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🏛️ Separation Of Powers ⚠️ Executive Overreach 🔒 Partisan Gridlock ⚖️ Judicial Politics 📜 Constitutional Erosion

Broken Government

Nixon's White House counsel reveals how Republicans broke Congress, the presidency, and the courts.

بقلم John W. Dean 2007 364 صفحة

4.06

٣٣١ تقييم

🏛️ Separation Of Powers ⚠️ Executive Overreach 🔒 Partisan Gridlock ⚖️ Judicial Politics 📜 Constitutional Erosion

داخل الحرب السيبرانية

بقلم جيفري كار • 2009

Cyberwar is a proxy war: states pull the strings, criminals and patriots pull the triggers.

3.36

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🖥️ Cyber Warfare 🕶️ Proxy Warfare 💰 Cyber Crime Nexus 🔍 Attribution Problem ✊ Hacktivism

داخل الحرب السيبرانية

Cyberwar is a proxy war: states pull the strings, criminals and patriots pull the triggers.

بقلم جيفري كار 2009 240 صفحة

3.36

٢١٦ تقييم

🖥️ Cyber Warfare 🕶️ Proxy Warfare 💰 Cyber Crime Nexus 🔍 Attribution Problem ✊ Hacktivism

The Givers

بقلم David Callahan • 2017

When the richest Americans give, they also take: control over public life, without a vote.

3.73

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🏛️ Money In Politics 💰 Wealth And Democracy 🕶️ Dark Money 💼 Venture Philanthropy 💸 Billionaire Influence

The Givers

When the richest Americans give, they also take: control over public life, without a vote.

بقلم David Callahan 2017 352 صفحة

3.73

٤٨٥ تقييم

🏛️ Money In Politics 💰 Wealth And Democracy 🕶️ Dark Money 💼 Venture Philanthropy 💸 Billionaire Influence

Saving Five

بقلم Amanda Nguyen • 2025

Her rape kit had a six-month destruction clock. That betrayal launched a civil rights fight.

4.25

٤٬٠٠٠+

📖 Survivor Memoirs ⚖️ Sexual Assault Justice 💔 Trauma And Healing 🏛️ Legislative Advocacy 🌊 Grief Processing

Saving Five

Her rape kit had a six-month destruction clock. That betrayal launched a civil rights fight.

بقلم Amanda Nguyen 2025 224 صفحة

4.25

٤٬٠٠٠+ تقييم

📖 Survivor Memoirs ⚖️ Sexual Assault Justice 💔 Trauma And Healing 🏛️ Legislative Advocacy 🌊 Grief Processing

International Relations

بقلم Joshua S. Goldstein • 1993

War, trade, climate: one puzzle runs through them all. How nations cooperate when selfishness pays.

3.81

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🌐 International Relations 🏛️ Political Realism 🕊️ Liberal Internationalism 🧱 Constructivism 🤝 Collective Action

International Relations

War, trade, climate: one puzzle runs through them all. How nations cooperate when selfishness pays.

بقلم Joshua S. Goldstein 1993 624 صفحة

3.81

٤٤١ تقييم

🌐 International Relations 🏛️ Political Realism 🕊️ Liberal Internationalism 🧱 Constructivism 🤝 Collective Action

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