Law Audiobooks | Non-Fiction

[Dutch; Flemish] - Wegwijs in de WIA: Hoe vind je moeiteloos de weg in het doolhof van de WIA?

Ontdek alles over de arbeidsongeschiktheidsuitkering WIA. OVER DIT BOEK Ben je bijna twee jaar arbeidsongeschikt, dan moet je de WIA-aanvraag indienen. Naast je onzekere gezondheidssituatie kan dit veel stress, angst en onrust veroorzaken. Zeker omdat je grotendeels zelf uit moet zoeken hoe het werkt. Heb je geen idee wat je hierbij te wachten staat? Dit luisterboek neemt je stap voor stap mee in de wereld van de WIA, op een manier dat je het kunt begrijpen en zodat je weet wat er van je wordt verwacht. Je krijgt concrete antwoorden op belangrijke vragen zoals: • Hoe vraag je een WIA-uitkering aan? • Hoe lang heb je recht op een WIA-uitkering? • Hoe weet je of je moet solliciteren? • Hoe zit het met de financiële gevolgen van een WIA-uitkering? • Hoe gaat het als je weer gaat werken? Nicoline vertelt je alles over de WIA, vanaf het moment dat je de WIA-aanvraag indient tot de beslissing over het wel of niet krijgen van een WIA-uitkering. Ook hoor je hoe het arbeidsongeschiktheidspercentage tot stand komt en waar je allemaal rekening mee moet houden. Nicoline van Klaveren is arbeidsdeskundige, WIA-casemanager en bekend als de WIA-expert. Door haar uitgebreide kennis van de Wet WIA weet ze precies hoe een WIA-beoordeling eraan toe gaat en heeft ze al veel mensen persoonlijk mogen bijstaan tijdens hun traject. Daarnaast helpt zij mensen bij het aanvragen van een herbeoordeling en maakt bezwaar tegen beslissingen van UWV. INTERESSES • WIA • UWV • Uitkering • IVA • Verzekeringsarts • Arbeidsdeskundige • Arbeidsongeschiktheid

Nicoline Van Klaveren (Author), Nicoline Van Klaveren (Narrator)

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[Italian] - Dichiarazione Universale dei diritti dell'Uomo

Nazioni Unite, United Nations (Author), Valerio Di Stefano (Narrator)

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Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass

Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass is an 1845 memoir and treatise on abolition written by famous orator and former slave Frederick Douglass during his time in Lynn, Massachusetts. It is generally held to be the most famous of a number of narratives written by former slaves during the same period. In factual detail, the text describes the events of his life and is considered to be one of the most influential pieces of literature to fuel the abolitionist movement of the early 19th century in the United States. Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass encompasses eleven chapters that recount Douglass's life as a slave and his ambition to become a free man. It contains two introductions by well-known white abolitionists: a preface by William Lloyd Garrison, and a letter by Wendell Phillips, both arguing for the veracity of the account and the literacy of its author. The most famous and inspirational works of Frederick Douglass include: Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave, My Bondage and My Freedom, Life and Times, Letter to Thomas Auld, The Frederick Douglass Papers Edition and many more.

Frederick Douglass (Author), Sarah Rife (Narrator)

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The Worst Thing We've Ever Done: One Juror's Reckoning With Racial Injustice

In May of 1976, twenty-four-year-old Carol Menaker was impaneled with eleven others on a jury in the trial of Freddy Burton, a young Black prison inmate charged with the grisly murders of two white wardens inside Philadelphia's Holmesburg Prison. After being sequestered for twenty-one days, the jury voted to convict Mr. Burton, who was then sentenced to life in prison without parole. For more than forty years, Menaker did what she could to put the intensely emotional experience of the sequestration and trial behind her, rarely speaking of it to others and avoiding jury service when at all possible. But the arrival of a jury summons at her home in Northern California in 2017 set her on a path to unravel the painful experience of sequestration and finally ask the question: What ever happened to Freddy Burton-and is it possible that my youth and white privilege were what led me to convict him of murder? The Worst Thing We've Ever Done is Menaker's inspirational account of journeying back in time to uncover the personal bias that may have led her to judge someone whose shoes she never could have walked in.

Carol Menaker (Author), Nan Mcnamara (Narrator)

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All You Need to Know About the Music Business: 11th Edition

Dubbed "the industry bible" by the Los Angeles Times, All You Need to Know About the Music Business by veteran music lawyer Donald Passman is the go-to guide for everyone in the music business through ten editions, over thirty years, and over a half a million copies sold. Now with updates explaining why musicians have more power today than ever in history; discussion of the mega-million-dollar sales of artists' songs and record catalogs; how artist access to streaming media, and particularly TikTok, has completely reshaped the music business; the latest on music created by AI; and a full update of the latest numbers and trends. For more than thirty years, All You Need to Know About the Music Business has been universally regarded as the definitive guide to the music industry. Now in its eleventh edition, Passman leads novices and experts alike through what has been the most profound change in the music business since the days of wax cylinders and piano rolls: streaming. For the first time in history, music is no longer monetized by selling something—it's monetized by how many times a listener streams a song. And also, for the first time, artists can get their music to listeners without a record company gatekeeper, creating a new democracy for music. The "industry bible" (Los Angeles Times), now updated, is essential for anyone in the music business—musicians, songwriters, lawyers, agents, promoters, publishers, executives, and managers—and the definitive guide for anyone who wants to be in the business. So, whether you are—or aspire to be—in the music industry, veteran music lawyer Passman's comprehensive guide is an indispensable tool. He offers timely information about the latest trends, including the reasons why artists have more clout than ever in history, the massive influence of TikTok, the mega million dollar sales of artists' songs and record catalogs, music in Web3 and the Metaverse, music created by AI, and a full update of the latest numbers and practices.

Donald S. Passman (Author), Gibson Frazier (Narrator)

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The Trump Indictments: The 91 Criminal Counts Against the Former President of the United States

Edited and introduced by MSNBC’s Ali Velshi, The Trump Indictments collects the complete charging documents brought by the Department of Justice and the Fulton County (GA) and Manhattan (NY) district attorneys—a riveting and shocking narrative of the former president’s alleged crimes and conspiracies. “Despite having lost, the defendant was determined to remain in power…” So reads the compelling introduction to the Department of Justice’s second indictment against Donald Trump—one of four criminal cases brought against the former president. Purposely crafted as narratives to be read by the public, these documents are among the most consequential in American history, forcing the country to grapple with the critical question: does justice apply to the most powerful? Edited and with an introduction by MSNBC host Ali Velshi, The Trump Indictments collects all the charging documents against Trump and his co-defendants, providing critical insight on a decisive moment in our history. It is required reading as the country faces a pivotal reckoning—both in our justice system and at the ballot box. United States of America v. Donald J. Trump: 4 felony counts for conspiring to overturn the 2020 U.S. presidential election results United States of America v. Donald J. Trump, et al: 40 felony counts for mishandling of classified documents The State of Georgia v. Donald John Trump, et al.: 13 felony counts for leading a “criminal organization” that conspired to overturn Georgia’s election People of the State of New York v. Trump: 34 felony counts concerning hush money payments made before the 2016 U.S. presidential election Supplemental enhancement PDF accompanies the audiobook.

Ali Velshi (Author), Ali Velshi, Joe Knezevich (Narrator)

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The U.S. Supreme Court: A Very Short Introduction

For thirty years, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Linda Greenhouse chronicled the activities of the U.S. Supreme Court and its justices as a correspondent for the New York Times. In this Very Short Introduction, she draws on her deep knowledge of the court's history and of its written and unwritten rules to show listeners how the Supreme Court really works. Greenhouse offers a fascinating institutional biography of a place and its people-men and women who exercise great power but whose names and faces are unrecognized by many Americans and whose work often appears cloaked in mystery. How do cases get to the Supreme Court? How do the justices go about deciding them? What special role does the chief justice play? What do the law clerks do? How does the court relate to the other branches of government? Greenhouse answers these questions by depicting the justices as they confront deep constitutional issues or wrestle with the meaning of confusing federal statutes. Throughout, the author examines many individual Supreme Court cases to illustrate points under discussion. The third edition of Greenhouse's Very Short Introduction tracks the changes in the Court's makeup over the past decade, including the landmark decisions of the Obama and Trump eras and the emergence of a conservative supermajority.

Linda Greenhouse (Author), Dina Pearlman (Narrator)

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The Elements of Style

The founding classic of modern editing practice. From the wiki The Elements of Style is an American English writing style guide in numerous editions. The original was written by William Strunk Jr. in 1918, and it was published by Harcourt in 1920, comprising eight 'elementary rules of usage,' ten 'elementary principles of composition,' 'a few matters of form,' a list of 49 'words and expressions commonly misused,' and a list of 57 'words often misspelled Strunk concentrated on the cultivation of good writing and composition; the original 1918 edition exhorted writers to 'omit needless words,' use the active voice, and employ parallelism appropriately.

William Strunk (Author), Charles Featherstone (Narrator)

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[Spanish] - No estudies derecho: Una revisión a la función social de los abogados

¿Desde hace cuánto tiempo se dirá, a modo de chiste, que los abogados y los plátanos se parecen en que no hay uno derecho? ¿Por qué en México, a pesar de que se abre una nueva escuela de Derecho cada semana —¡hay más facultades de Derecho en Puebla que en todo Canadá!—, no vivimos en una cultura de la legalidad? ¿Por qué parece que es necesario disfrazarse para ejercer la profesión o hablar en un idioma tan extraño que tiene su propio nombre: el abogañol? Algo anda mal con la formación y el papel que desempeñan los abogados en la sociedad. Quienes deberían fungir como garantes del Estado de Derecho e igualadores de los ciudadanos ante el sistema de justicia, muchas veces terminan como guardianes del statu quo y defensores de los intereses de unos cuantos. Por ello, la primera parte de este libro revisa con mirada crítica los principales vicios y obstáculos que afectan la labor de los abogados: desde el conservadurismo dentro del gremio hasta la dificultad para adaptarse a los cambios tecnológicos, pasando por el machismo y la uniformidad aplastante. Por supuesto, este libro no defiende la idea de un mundo sin abogados. De lo que se trata, nos dice Juan Jesús Garza Onofre, es de estudiar y practicar el Derecho de una forma distinta, con creatividad, empatía y tolerancia. Así, la segunda parte de No estudies Derecho ofrece múltiples salidas al atolladero descrito en la primera, para poder contar con mejores abogados y abogadas, libres de estereotipos anquilosados, y que ayuden a construir sociedades más justas.

Juan Jesús Garza Onofre (Author), Juan Jesús Garza Onofre (Narrator)

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Hidden Barriers in the Setup

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice. Nothing exposed the racism in the societies like the Covid19 did. Nothing exposed the hidden racism as the Covid19 did. Nothing exposed the racism in the healthcare as the Covid19 did. Nothing, not even all the preachments from times past, exposed the impact of racism on minority’s poor populations as the Covid19 did. What was hidden was exposed. The stinking waste matter smeared and covered under the carpet started to stink for all to smell. It was indeed a foul smell. The deniers of racism were exposed for their pretend denials and for the lies they told. The design to keep certain segments of society down while elevating others was all laid bare for the world to see. The hypocrisy was laid bare. And the world saw the dirty linens. The “Hidden Barriers in the Setup” were exposed. Greed? This is more like it. Greed is good for those at the top. Greed is good for the few landowners represented by corporations now. The rich have a need to create an imaginary enemy. They do not want to be seen as the enemy just like the corporations don’t want you to know that they manage the world’s resources for a select few. They hand out some minute resources, here and there to the operators/managers of the corporations, who are the middle class. Thus, the middle class thinks they are buddy-buddy with the landowners. The landowners must provide an incentive so as to maintain a grip at their corporations, so the design is to make the middle class believe that the lower class is at that level because they are lazy and seeking handouts. Were black people lazy during slavery? Did black folks seek handouts during slavery? Of course, they received handouts in shapes of chit lings, pig feet and cow feet. How all of a sudden, blacks became lazy, as soon as slavery was “over”. Can you begin to see the design now? By design? It is a design hidden in plain sight. Many people cannot see it. Those who see it, are incapable of doing anything about it...

Sam Oputa (Author), Digital Voice Mike G (Narrator)

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Our Voices From The Heart: The authorised story of the community campaign that changed Australia

A behind-the-scenes book about the Uluru Statement From The Heart, from the co-chairs of the Uluru Dialogue, Professor Megan Davis and Patricia Anderson, AO. The Australian story began long before the arrival of the First Fleet. We Australians all know this. We have always known this. Australia finds itself standing on the edge of a 60,000-year-old precipice. The Uluru Statement From The Heart respectfully asks for First Nations people to finally be given a Voice - but what path led us here? The story of the twelve Regional Dialogues and the Uluru National Constitutional Convention has never been told. It is a yarn borne from centuries of struggle, full of vision, determination and courage. These community gatherings, led and attended by fifteen hundred everyday First Peoples, represent the largest ever consultation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders in history. The unanimous result was the Uluru Statement From The Heart, and its call for Voice and Makarrata. Our Voices From The Heart is the official celebration of the grassroots campaign that guided us to this inspiring moment in Australia's history. It is a profound call to action for the nation, but is also an offering of peace and unity that recognises the past and reconciles it with the truth. Filled with powerful never-before-seen photography and helpful information to share with friends and family alike, this book charts the world's oldest living civilisation's ongoing fight for constitutional recognition and is destined to become a treasured keepsake for years to come. It's time, Australia. History is calling.

Patricia Anderson Ao, Professor Megan Davis (Author), Patricia Anderson Ao, Professor Megan Davis (Narrator)

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[Portuguese] - Harmonização dos Sistemas Jurídicos: a construção de uma base mínima normativo-jurisp

Esta obra, resultado de longa pesquisa no Brasil e na Europa, revela desde logo em seu título e subtítulo a profundidade, a preocupação e o ineditismo no tratamento de um tema tão relevante na atualidade – o Meio Ambiente e a Sustentabilidade. Não estamos diante de mais um livro jurídico. O raciocínio claro e muito bem construído convida o leitor a realizar um agradável passeio, desde a sociedade primitiva até o advento do Estado Constitucional contemporâneo e seus pilares fundamentais. Segundo o Autor, os fenômenos da Globalização e da Transnacionalidade deixaram todos cada vez mais próximos, irrecusavelmente interligados (em rede), mesmo distantes fisicamente. Por conta disso, nossas ações passaram a interferir na vida uns dos outros diariamente, muitas vezes com reflexos graves e negativos. Os fluxos dos mercados financeiros, a migração forçada de pessoas, a disseminação de doenças, a precarização da vida e dos ecossistemas são questões que desafiam a capacidade de controle dos governos nacionais. As mudanças climáticas, constatadas por dados científicos confiáveis emprestam à proposta de harmonização jurídica no plano ambiental o signo da urgência e da emergência e exigem uma pronta resposta dos líderes mundiais em uma acelerada sociedade de risco. Este é um livro disruptivo, um marco temporal, leitura obrigatória na pesquisa acadêmica ao provocar a discussão e lançar os elementos básicos para uma harmonização constitucional e jurisprudencial no contexto global.

Luiz Felipe Siegert Schuch (Author), Voz Sintética (Narrator)

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Law Audiobooks in Non-Fiction