Treasless Disappeared Part VI of VIII in the series is about PI Simon Fintch. In this episode, Simon commits to finding a missing person. It is Jeff, 14, who has disappeared from his home in Main, USA. Jeff's already been missing for a month when Simon gets the case. The local police have been unable to find any trace of Jeff. This is one of Simon's most difficult cases because he can't find any clues or the motive for why Jeff has disappeared. Yet during the course of the investigation, he manages to help solve other tricky cases. During one of Simon's many reconnaissance, he is discovered by a very dangerous gang that takes him prisoner. Simon is drugged and abused daily and his whole life becomes a fierce struggle to survive and to maintain his mental health. Finally, Simon understands that he will be beaten to death if he fails to escape. Simon has all the odds against him, but his great love for his family gives him hope, courage and the strength to get through daily terror and to overcome his fear. Simon manages to solve the case in the end, but the terrible treatment he has had to put up with has left a deep mark on him.

What is the relation between law and democracy and how might it be improved? What values should inform the body of laws that govern us all? How should we determine crimes from non-crimes? What justifies state punishment, if anything? Law and Legal Theory brings together some of the most important essays in the area of the philosophy of law written by leading, international scholars and offering significant contributions to how we understand law and legal theory to help shape future debates. Contributors include Christopher Bennett, Samantha Besson, Thom Brooks, Brian Butler, Sean Coyle, Rowan Cruft, Leonard Kahn, Richard Lippke, Andrew March, Matt Matravers, Adina Preda, Maria Cristina Redondo, Hanoch Sheinman and Leo Zaibert.

The present volume contains a selection of papers presented at the 21st and 22nd Comparative Germanic Syntax Workshop held at the University of California, Santa Cruz and the University of Stuttgart. The contributions provide insightful discussions of several topics of current interest for syntactic theory on the basis of comparative data from a wide range of contemporary and historical Germanic languages. The theoretical issues explored include: the left periphery, with a number of contributions touching on the pros and contras of cartographic accounts; different aspects of word order and how it arises from movement and clause structure; the interplay of thematic relations and case theory with the realization of DPs; and the treatment of finiteness and modal structures. This book is of interest to syntacticians working in a comparative perspective and to advanced undergraduates.

Explores the intimate relationship of non-Native and Native sexual politics in the United States