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News Letter of the Los Angeles County Public Library, Vol. 1 No. 7
News Letter of the Los Angeles County Public Library, Vol. 1 No.
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Rylands v Fletcher Redux: Rubis Bahamas Ltd v Russell
The decision of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council in Rubis Bahamas Ltd v Russell is the most significant development in the law of Rylands v Fletcher for decades. Rejecting the view that the rule is merely a sub‐species of private nuisance, the Committee reconstructed it as an independent rule of strict liability governing harm caused by ...
Marco Cappelletti
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News Letter of the Los Angeles County Public Library, Vol. 2 No. 3
News Letter of the Los Angeles County Public Library, Vol. 2 No.
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‘Fine Men from Afar’: Cricket and Empire on the Home Front
Abstract During the Second World War, contrary to enduring images of bombardment and scarcity, people on Britain's ‘Home Front’ continued to take part in a broad array of sporting activities. Cricket played a more significant role in the wartime sporting landscape than many historians have previously recognized.
Michael Collins
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Metropolitan Counties Branch: The Organisation of the Profession [PDF]
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News Letter of the Los Angeles County Public Library, Vol. 3 No. 2-3
News Letter of the Los Angeles County Public Library, Vol. 3 No. 2-
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School Board Elections in England and Wales, 1870–1902: An Electoral Experiment?
Abstract The 1870 Elementary Education Act enabled the creation of school boards in England and Wales. Members were directly elected by the cumulative vote. This method gave each individual voter as many votes as there were seats on a school board, in some cases up to fifteen.
ED GREEN
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Background Healthcare costs in the U.S. are high and variable, which can hinder access and impact health outcomes across communities. This study examined hospital‐ and county‐level characteristics to identify factors that explain geographic variation in ...
Jennifer L. Moss +3 more
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News Letter of the Los Angeles County Public Library, Vol. 4 No. 1
News Letter of the Los Angeles County Public Library, Vol. 4 No.
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A Very Social History: South American Cricketing Tourists in Britain in 1932
Abstract Drawing on both the rich Anglophone cricket historiography and the new Latin American sports scholarship, this article maps out the entangled global networks that shaped the tour of Britain made in 1932 by a team of South American cricketers.
Matthew Brown
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