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Book SynopsisTitle 40 presents regulations governing care of the environment from the 14 subchapters of Chapter I and from the provisions regarding the Council on Environmental Quality found in Chapter V. Programs addressing air, water, pesticides, radiation protection, and noise abatement are included. Practices for waste and toxic materials disposal and clean-up are also prescribed. Additions and revisions to this section of the code are posted annually by July. Publication follows within six months.

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Book SynopsisTitle 40 presents regulations governing care of the environment from the 14 subchapters of Chapter I and from the provisions regarding the Council on Environmental Quality found in Chapter V. Programs addressing air, water, pesticides, radiation protection, and noise abatement are included. Practices for waste and toxic materials disposal and clean-up are also prescribed. Additions and revisions to this section of the code are posted annually by July. Publication follows within six months.

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Book SynopsisTitle 40 presents regulations governing care of the environment from the 14 subchapters of Chapter I and from the provisions regarding the Council on Environmental Quality found in Chapter V. Programs addressing air, water, pesticides, radiation protection, and noise abatement are included. Practices for waste and toxic materials disposal and clean-up are also prescribed. Additions and revisions to this section of the code are posted annually by July. Publication follows within six months.

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Book SynopsisTitle 40 presents regulations governing care of the environment from the 14 subchapters of Chapter I and from the provisions regarding the Council on Environmental Quality found in Chapter V. Programs addressing air, water, pesticides, radiation protection, and noise abatement are included. Practices for waste and toxic materials disposal and clean-up are also prescribed. Additions and revisions to this section of the code are posted annually by July. Publication follows within six months.

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Book SynopsisTitle 40 presents regulations governing care of the environment from the 14 subchapters of Chapter I and from the provisions regarding the Council on Environmental Quality found in Chapter V. Programs addressing air, water, pesticides, radiation protection, and noise abatement are included. Practices for waste and toxic materials disposal and clean-up are also prescribed. Additions and revisions to this section of the code are posted annually by July. Publication follows within six months.

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Book SynopsisTitle 40 presents regulations governing care of the environment from the 14 subchapters of Chapter I and from the provisions regarding the Council on Environmental Quality found in Chapter V. Programs addressing air, water, pesticides, radiation protection, and noise abatement are included. Practices for waste and toxic materials disposal and clean-up are also prescribed. Additions and revisions to this section of the code are posted annually by July. Publication follows within six months.

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Book SynopsisTitle 40 presents regulations governing care of the environment from the 14 subchapters of Chapter I and from the provisions regarding the Council on Environmental Quality found in Chapter V. Programs addressing air, water, pesticides, radiation protection, and noise abatement are included. Practices for waste and toxic materials disposal and clean-up are also prescribed. Additions and revisions to this section of the code are posted annually by July. Publication follows within six months.

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Book SynopsisTitle 40 presents regulations governing care of the environment from the 14 subchapters of Chapter I and from the provisions regarding the Council on Environmental Quality found in Chapter V. Programs addressing air, water, pesticides, radiation protection, and noise abatement are included. Practices for waste and toxic materials disposal and clean-up are also prescribed. Additions and revisions to this section of the code are posted annually by July. Publication follows within six months.

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Book SynopsisTitle 40 presents regulations governing care of the environment from the 14 subchapters of Chapter I and from the provisions regarding the Council on Environmental Quality found in Chapter V. Programs addressing air, water, pesticides, radiation protection, and noise abatement are included. Practices for waste and toxic materials disposal and clean-up are also prescribed. Additions and revisions to this section of the code are posted annually by July. Publication follows within six months.

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Book SynopsisTitle 40 presents regulations governing care of the environment from the 14 subchapters of Chapter I and from the provisions regarding the Council on Environmental Quality found in Chapter V. Programs addressing air, water, pesticides, radiation protection, and noise abatement are included. Practices for waste and toxic materials disposal and clean-up are also prescribed. Additions and revisions to this section of the code are posted annually by July. Publication follows within six months.

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Book SynopsisTitle 41 sets forth practices of wage determination, health and safety standards, regulations governing purchase from people who are blind or severely disabled, and employment practices expected of federal contractors. The system for property management covers inventories, management and use of records, acquisition, construction and alteration of public buildings. Procurement of products, management and use of telecommunications resources, management of means of transportation and travel expenditures and reimbursement are included as well. Additions and revisions to this section of the code are posted annually by July. Publication follows within six months.

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Book SynopsisTitle 41 sets forth practices of wage determination, health and safety standards, regulations governing purchase from people who are blind or severely disabled, and employment practices expected of federal contractors. The system for property management covers inventories, management and use of records, acquisition, construction and alteration of public buildings. Procurement of products, management and use of telecommunications resources, management of means of transportation and travel expenditures and reimbursement are included as well. Additions and revisions to this section of the code are posted annually by July. Publication follows within six months.

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Book SynopsisTitle 41 sets forth practices of wage determination, health and safety standards, regulations governing purchase from people who are blind or severely disabled, and employment practices expected of federal contractors. The system for property management covers inventories, management and use of records, acquisition, construction and alteration of public buildings. Procurement of products, management and use of telecommunications resources, management of means of transportation and travel expenditures and reimbursement are included as well. Additions and revisions to this section of the code are posted annually by July. Publication follows within six months.

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Book SynopsisTitle 41 sets forth practices of wage determination, health and safety standards, regulations governing purchase from people who are blind or severely disabled, and employment practices expected of federal contractors. The system for property management covers inventories, management and use of records, acquisition, construction and alteration of public buildings. Procurement of products, management and use of telecommunications resources, management of means of transportation and travel expenditures and reimbursement are included as well. Additions and revisions to this section of the code are posted annually by July. Publication follows within six months.

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Book SynopsisThe Case Against George W. Bush chronicles the presidency of George W. Bush through almost 600 quotes from over ninety authors, including former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, former President George W. Bush, former Vice President Dick Cheney, former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, and writers and journalists such as Steve Coll, Frank Rich, Craig Unger, and Bob Woodward. Steven C. Markoff presents sourced evidence of three crimes committed by George W. Bush during his presidency: his failure to take warnings of coming terror attacks on our country seriously; taking the United States, by deception, into an unnecessary and disastrous 2003 war with Iraq; costing the lives of more than 4,000 Americans and 500,000 others; and breaking domestic and international laws by approving the torture as means to extract information. While Markoff lays out his case of the crimes, he leaves it up to the reader to decide the probable guilt of George W. Bush and his actions regarding the alleged crimes.Trade Review"A sharp prosecution against the former president for the disasters of 9/11 and the Iraq War. A provocative, readable indictment for our time."—Kirkus"This book will help all who study it better understand the potential danger of misplaced loyalty."—Victor Madeson, Valor Publishing "Steven Markoff’s The Case Against George W. Bush is a meticulously documented indictment of President George W. Bush’s criminal dereliction of duty in failing to protect our country from the foreseen 9/11 terrorist attacks, manufacturing justification for invading Iraq in the pursuit of oil, and committing war crimes in approving, and then lying about his authorization of, illegally torturing captives in the so-called War on Terror. With almost 600 sources from government reports and documents, eyewitnesses, and reputable scholars and journalists, Markoff skillfully lays out his case in the best tradition of a brilliant prosecutor. As I savored his compelling narrative, it felt like I was once again reading transcripts from the Nuremberg Trials. If we want to avoid a similar future assault on our historic commitment to humanitarian values, The Case Against George W. Bush is required reading."—Pierce O’Donnell, constitutional lawyer and author of In Time of War: Hitler’s Terrorist Attack on America

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Book SynopsisIn the past decade the Rule of Law developments in the world have become contentious; its idea, concept, and global implementation have met growing resistance, which may soon shift the global balance of power, prompting international crisis.This book offers insights into the globally relevant Rule-of-Law ramifications for human rights, consitutional law, and philosophy of law in the time of such considerable challenges to it. From this legal perspective, the contributors analyze the questions of independence of judiciary, liberal education, freedom of mass media; populism, and corruption. They discuss global civic education, enhanced social inclusion, violence prevention, restorative justice and other methods of civic participation that can create larger opportunities for freedom in a UN world and help overcome increased ideological division between global North and South.Trade ReviewIn this warning to the globe, Redo has gathered the musings of highly respected authors on general challenges to the Rule of Law, and to specific concerns such as independence of the judiciary, freedom of mass media, populism, and corruption. -- Philip Reichel, University of Northern ColoradoThis is a brilliantly and logically organized volume. It includes erudite, clearly elucidated chapters on the differential challenges to and the erosion of the Rule of Law in 'Democratic' societies. Chapters by scholars on Poland, Hungary, Brazil, India, the EU and the U.S. outline different yet consistent authoritarian processes to interfere with the administration of justice. Central to these processes are autocratic executive interference with the independence of the judiciary and university legal education, the erosion in the separation of powers, and legislative manipulation of the electoral process.But this manuscript also includes more optimistic, if not more modest, ideological options for progress in the promotion of respect for democracy and the Rule of Law. To wit: The relevance of Montesquieu’s and Machiavelli’s philosophies reinterpreted and adapted to current political, social, and even climatic challenges. Such is found in the closing and insightful chapters.Unlike many edited volumes, this one has a clearly consistent theme, similarities of style, and progressive context and insight with each succeeding chapter. It is comprehensive yet parsimonious. -- Paul C. Friday, University of North Carolina-CharlotteTable of ContentsChapter 1: Corruption of the Rule of Law and the United Nations by Mallika Mahajan, PawanKumar Sinha, and Thomas StelzerChapter 2: The Rule of Law in the Voluntary Reviews of the Implementation of the UnitedNations 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda by Megan CappChapter 3: Power Politics v. the Rule of Law in Brazil: A Case Study by Eduardo PinheiroGranzotto da Silva and Newton Tavares FilhoChapter 4: Power Politics v. the Rule of Law in India: A Case Study by Murgesan Srinivasan andVarsha VijayanChapter 5: Power Politics v. the Rule of Law in the United States: A Case Study by Cora True-FrostChapter 6: Power Politics v. the Rule of Law in Turkey: A Case Study by Ceren UysalChapter 7: Power Politics v. the Rule of Law in Hungary: A Case Study by Bernadette SomodyChapter 8: The Rule of Law and the European Union in Challenging Times by Rita HaverkampChapter 9: The Future of International Criminal Justice Cooperation: A Retreat from the Rule ofLaw? by Yvon Dandurand and Jessica JahnChapter 10: Exordinum by William SchabasChapter 11: Dialogue in Hell between Montesquieu and Machiavelli on Climate Change,Migration, and the Rule-of-Law Governance by Friedrich Forsthuber, Michael Platzer,Sławomir Redo, and Gerhard ReissnerChapter 12: On the Dialogues in Hell between Machiavelli and Montesquieu from thePerspective of Climate Change, Migration, and the Rule-of Law-Governance bySławomir RedoChapter 13: Art and Faith in the Prevention of Crime and Conflict by Marian Liebmann

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Book SynopsisIn the twenty-first century, governments around the world began to engage the private sector with the objective of achieving public service delivery targets, and the African continent has as such, been experiencing transformation, particularly since the introduction of Public-Private Partnerships (PPP), as a measure of reform and method of procurement. Unfortunately, there is a mixed bag of successes and challenges through this implementation of PPPs, causing a gap in infrastructure, leaving more than 640 million Africans without access to energy. Muhiya Tshombe Lukamba, Thekiso Molokwane, Alex Nduhura, and Innocent Nuwagaba in Public-Private Partnerships in Africa: Exploring Africa’s Growth Potential explore ways in which the government can collaborate with the private sector in order to close these gaps. The chapters analyze the implementation of PPPs and provide case studies on the use of PPPs in different African countries and industry sectors. This book unearths new findings on PPPs within Africa and provides solutions that are beneficial to scholars, the government, and the PPP industry through the theoretical underpinning of various contemporary issues. Trade ReviewPublic-Private Partnerships in Africa: Exploring Africa's Growth Potential explores PPPs' role in Africa's growth potential. While presenting a broader perspective of the entire African continent, this book zooms into several exciting case studies such as Botswana, Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe to give the reader a taste of the potential challenges of using PPP initiatives to achieve developmental objectives in different socio-economic sectors in the western, eastern, and southern parts of the continent. The Afrocentrism approach applied by the authors of this book makes it the best book for global readers interested in knowing what works in the African context and why it works. -- Dominique E. Uwizeyimana, University of JohannesburgPublic-Private Partnerships in Africa is a book that takes full account of the holistic approach to public-private partnerships. It combines the necessary theoretical foundation with a comprehensive presentation of the implementation context (public procurement, legal framework, management). The concretization on the basis of several sectors of Public Private Partnership in different African countries is very important for the practical use of the book. Thus, this volume is a great asset for all who deal with Public Private Partnership in science and practice. -- Jan Ziekow, German Research Institute of Public AdministrationTable of ContentsList of FiguresList of TablesForeword by Jörg RöberAcknowledgmentsList of Abbreviations Part I: Public Private Partnerships: Theoretical and Pragmatic UnderpinningsIntroduction by Muhiya Tshombe Lukamba and Thekiso MolokwaneChapter 1: Theoretical Framework for Public Private Partnerships by Muhiya Tshombe LukambaChapter 2: Public Private Partnerships and Public Procurement in Africa by Emmanuel BotlhaleChapter 3: Public Private Partnerships in Africa’s Electricity Markets by Alex Ndhuhara and Ivan Kiiza TwinomuhweziChapter 4: Public Private Partnership Legal Frameworks in Selected African Jurisdictions: Trends and Future Prospects by Gosego Rockfall LekgoweChapter 5: The Politics of Managing Public Private Partnership Projects to Ensure Value for Money: A Contextual Analysis of the Uganda National Roads Authority by Innocent NuwagabaPart II: The Dynamic World of Public Private PartnershipsChapter 6: Public Private Partnerships in Botswana by Thekiso MolokwaneChapter 7: The Drivers and Impediments of Public Private Partnerships in Kenya by Joseph O. ObosiChapter 8: Public Private Partnerships in Nigeria: Socio-Economic and National Security Impact and Challenges by Richard Obinna Iroanya, Gabriella Nguluwe and Salomo NdapulamoChapter 9: Public Private Partnerships and Toll Road Concessions in South Africa by Thabo Daniel Borole Chapter 10: Public Private Partnerships in Uganda’s Health Sector by John Paul Settumba and Alex NduhuraChapter 11: Public-Private Partnerships and the Quality of Public Service Delivery in Zambia by Royd Malisase, Tambulani C. Nyirenda and Moses CheweChapter 12: The Governance Framework Question in Public Private Partnerships (PPPs): The Case of Independent Power Producers (IPP) in Zimbabwe by Edson Basera, Gideon Zhou and Alouis ChilunjikaConclusion and Recommendations by Alex Nduhura and Innocent NuwagabaAbout the Editors and Contributors

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Book SynopsisThe author argues that we the people’s rights under the Constitution as amended cannot be characterized as “specific prohibitions” against government. Life, liberty, and property rights, and the freedoms of religion, speech, and press, for example, are neither self-defining nor precise. Accordingly, in our representative democracy, the unelected, unaccountable, life-tenured judges on the Supreme Court should defer to the laws of Congress affecting these rights absent a clear constitutional violation. But the modern conservative Court has become increasingly willing to overturn the laws and policy choices of our nation’s elected representatives based on the judges’ political and ideological preferences. Congress has the constitutional power to control the jurisdiction of the lower federal courts and the appellate jurisdiction of the Supreme Court, but it has not chosen to exercise this power in any meaningful way to preserve and protect the American people’s right to be governed by majoritarian ruleTrade ReviewWilliam B. Glidden mourns the evisceration of the Fourteenth Amendment and the erection of a juristocracy that has disrespected Congress’s powers almost from the first. Calling for a new constitutional provision requiring unanimity on the Supreme Court to overturn legislation, Regulating Our Constitutional Rights is an essential contribution for our age of revived debate about whether American democracy should continue to allocate so much power to judges. -- Samuel Moyn, Yale UniversityGlidden presents a history of the U.S. Constitution and its judicial interpretation that leads him to the skeptical conclusion that the U.S. Supreme Court’s interpretations of the Constitution have on balance failed to improve the working of our democratic system. Addressing recent proposals for “Court reform,” he offers a constitutional amendment that would restate the core meaning of the Constitution and implement it by requiring that any decision invalidating a federal statute be unanimous. A useful contribution to on-going debates about the Supreme Court and its role in our government. -- Mark Tushnet, Harvard Law SchoolTable of ContentsIntroductionChapter 1: Should We Reform the Role and Operation of the Court?Chapter 2: The Drafting and Ratification of Our ConstitutionChapter 3: The Original Meaning of the Bill of RightsChapter 4: The Original Meaning of the Fourteenth AmendmentChapter 5: The Court Shreds Congress’s Fourteenth Amendment Enforcement PowerChapter 6: Fourteenth Amendment Due ProcessChapter 7: The Fourteenth Amendment and the Bill of Rights in the StatesChapter 8: The Court’s Enforcement of the Bill of Rights Against CongressChapter 9: Choosing Policies for Abortion, Religious Liberty, and Free SpeechChapter 10: The Court Should Veto Only Clear Mistakes of CongressAppendix: Table of CasesBibliographyIndexAbout the Author

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Book SynopsisPresident Putin’s explicit declaration that the country that makes progress in artificial intelligence will rule the world has launched a new race for dominance. In this era of cognitive competition and total automation, every country understands that it must rapidly adopt AI or go bust. To stay competitive a country must have a strategy. But how should a government proceed? What areas it must focus on? Where should it even start? This book provides answers to these important, yet pertinent, questions and more. Presenting the viewpoints of global experts and thought leaders on key issues relating to AI and government policies, this book directs us to the future.Trade Review“A timely book on a critical issue. The future of any government should include its ability to adopt and embrace the AI revolution. This book supports this vision.” —Tanice (TK) Gonsalves, President of WTI, Washington DC“The government now recognizes that intelligent automation (AI and RPA) are the key strategies for national security and development. The question remains “how to do it” effectively. This book takes a strategic perspective and focuses on a national strategy for AI.” —Michael McGeehan, Blue Prism, Executive Director of Strategy and Business Development – Public Sector, Washington, DCTable of ContentsList of Illustrations; Chapter 1, Introduction, J. Mark Munoz and Al Naqvi; Part I, Strategic Frameworks of AI; Chapter 2, How to develop a country strategy for AI, Al Naqvi; Chapter 3, Global governance of artificial intelligence, Nicolas Miailhe and Yolanda Lannquist; Chapter 4, Government 4.0 and evidence-based policies : AI and data analytics to the rescue, Nathalie de Marcellis-Warin and Thierry Warin; Chapter 5, The strategic implications of artificial intelligence for international security, Jean-Marc Rickli; Part II, AI and Economic Development, Chapter 6, Using AI to improve economic productivity : A business model perspective, Oleksiy Osiyevskyy, Yongjian Bao and Carlos M. DaSilva; Chapter 7, Handling resultant unemployment from artificial intelligence, Margaret Goralski and Krystyna Gorniak-Kocikowska; Chapter 8, Building tech zones to enhance AI, Melodena Stephens; Part III, AI and the Enhancement of Governance; Chapter 9, Ai-government vs. e-government: How to reinvent government with AI?, Al Naqvi; Chapter 10, Economic governance when humans and Ai are at work; Dirk Nicolas Wagner; Chapter 11, Legal systems at a crossroads: Justice in the age of artificial intelligence, Nicolas Economou and Bruce Hedin; Chapter 12, The curious case of fake news: Fighting smart Machiavellian machines, Daniel Lemus Delgado and Armando Lopez-Cuevas; Chapter 13, Applications of artificial intelligence and RPA to improve government performance, Luis Soto and Sergio Biggemann; Chapter 14, Conclusion, J. Mark Munoz and Al Naqvi; Notes on Contributors; Index.

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Book SynopsisThe Era of Political Partisanship on the U.S. Supreme Court challenges conventional notions of consensus-building and neutral decision-making on the U.S. Supreme Court and argues that the justices vote their partisan preferences on election law cases. By focusing specifically on election law, Rebe reveals a consistent pattern of partisanship on the Court. The findings controvert popular perceptions of non-biased decision-making and fundamental fairness. The aggregate analysis shows that the justices vote along party-lines in a majority of election law cases, and consensus-building is rare when there is a contentious electoral issue at stake. Moreover, these decisions often conflict with principles of stare decisis, originalism, or judicial restraint. The topics covered include: gerrymandering, campaign finance, voter ID laws, and mail-in voting, among others. Rebe also conducts a content analysis of the most controversial election law cases of the past twenty years, such as: Vieth v. Jubelirer, Crawford v. Marion County, Citizens United v. FEC, and Shelby County v. Holder. This book provides a thorough overview of two decades of election law cases and sheds light on the impact these decisions have had on remaking America’s electoral institutions. Table of ContentsChapter 1: Partisan Preferences in Supreme Court Decision-MakingChapter 2: Bush v. Gore (2000)Chapter 3: Republican Party of Minnesota v. White (2002)Chapter 4: Georgia v. Ashcroft (2003)Chapter 5: Vieth v. Jubelirer (2004)Chapter 6: FEC v. Wisconsin Right to Life, Inc. (2007)Chapter 7: Crawford v. Marion County Election Board (2008)Chapter 8: Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission (2010)Chapter 9: Arizona Free Enterprise Club’s Freedom Club PAC v. Bennett (2011)Chapter 10: Shelby County v. Holder (2013)Chapter 11: McCutcheon v. Federal Election Commission (2014)Chapter 12: Husted v. A. Philip Randolph (2018)Chapter 13: Republican National Committee, et al. v. Democratic Nat’l Committee, et al. (2020)

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Book SynopsisThe Era of Political Partisanship on the U.S. Supreme Court challenges conventional notions of consensus-building and neutral decision-making on the U.S. Supreme Court and argues that the justices vote their partisan preferences on election law cases. By focusing specifically on election law, Rebe reveals a consistent pattern of partisanship on the Court. The findings controvert popular perceptions of non-biased decision-making and fundamental fairness. The aggregate analysis shows that the justices vote along party-lines in a majority of election law cases, and consensus-building is rare when there is a contentious electoral issue at stake. Moreover, these decisions often conflict with principles of stare decisis, originalism, or judicial restraint. The topics covered include: gerrymandering, campaign finance, voter ID laws, and mail-in voting, among others. Rebe also conducts a content analysis of the most controversial election law cases of the past twenty years, such as: Vieth v. Jubelirer, Crawford v. Marion County, Citizens United v. FEC, and Shelby County v. Holder. This book provides a thorough overview of two decades of election law cases and sheds light on the impact these decisions have had on remaking America’s electoral institutions. Table of ContentsChapter 1: Partisan Preferences in Supreme Court Decision-MakingChapter 2: Bush v. Gore (2000)Chapter 3: Republican Party of Minnesota v. White (2002)Chapter 4: Georgia v. Ashcroft (2003)Chapter 5: Vieth v. Jubelirer (2004)Chapter 6: FEC v. Wisconsin Right to Life, Inc. (2007)Chapter 7: Crawford v. Marion County Election Board (2008)Chapter 8: Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission (2010)Chapter 9: Arizona Free Enterprise Club’s Freedom Club PAC v. Bennett (2011)Chapter 10: Shelby County v. Holder (2013)Chapter 11: McCutcheon v. Federal Election Commission (2014)Chapter 12: Husted v. A. Philip Randolph (2018)Chapter 13: Republican National Committee, et al. v. Democratic Nat’l Committee, et al. (2020)

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Book SynopsisThe United States Supreme Court is commonly thought to be an institution far removed from American public opinion. Yet nearly two-thirds of modern Supreme Court decisions reflect popular attitudes. Comparing over 500 Supreme Court decisions with timely nationwide poll questions since the mid-1930s, Thomas R. Marshall shows that most Supreme Court decisions agree with poll majorities or pluralities across time and across issues and often represent Americans’ views to the same degree as federal policymakers. This book looks beyond the litigants, economic interests, social movements, organized interest groups, or units of governments typically involved and instead examines how well the Court or the justices represent Americans’ views. Using nationwide public opinion, broken down by key subgroups, race, gender, education, and party affiliation, better describes exactly whom Supreme Court decisions and the justices’ individual votes best represent. His book will be of interest to scholars in political science, legal studies, history, and sociology. Trade ReviewAn extraordinary, one-of-a-kind analysis comparing hundreds of public opinion polls since the 1930s on issues before the Supreme Court to the Court’s decisions. The two are closer than might be expected, one of the findings in a comprehensive study of a critical linkage in democratic representation. -- William Crotty, Northeastern UniversityMarshall draws on hundreds of poll questions on specific decisions to demonstrate the modern Supreme Court represents American public opinion. The author traces this patten of representation primarily to a handful of ideologically flexible justices whose votes reflect American attitudes on specific issues. Compiling an invaluable wealth of data on the topic, this book is the most detailed polling-based account of the Supreme Court to date. -- Kayla Canelo, University of Texas at ArlingtonTable of ContentsChapter 1: Viewing the Supreme Court as a Representative InstitutionChapter 2: Measuring the Supreme Court’s Representative RoleChapter 3: The Norm of RepresentationChapter 4: The Justices’ Representative RoleChapter 5: Representing Group OpinionsChapter 6: Representation, Public Opinion, and the Modern Court

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Book SynopsisThis book analyzes the causes of five dilemmas that are shaping European integration— population, migration, the Euro, Brexit, and enlargement. While critical of the responses of European Union actors in handling these crises, the author outlines avenues which might avoid the potential collapse of Europe.Table of ContentsChapter One: A Europe of Anger: PopulismChapter Two: A Europe of Coercion: Economic and Monetary UnionChapter Three: A Europe of Acrimony: MigrationChapter Four: A Europe of Rejection: BrexitChapter Five: A Europe of Incoherence: Enlargement

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Book SynopsisThis original approach to value provides a foundation for a new imaginative landscape in philosophy of law. "Value essentialism" identifies value formations such as a sacred cow and scapegoat tandem and the intensification of "oughtness" as it approaches sacred zenith values. Readers learn how Occam’s razor has been responsible for the death of many ideas; how the celebrated Other gains nuance as near and remote; and where a spectral assessment of probability and necessity leads. Analyses of Supreme Court cases grow out in different and exciting directions. Bell was not about eugenics, but another iteration of the value of efficiency and Yo Wick was as much about classism as it was about racism. Lochner involved not an ideological binary but three distinct value schemes. “Separate but equal” was refined as parallelism and exploitative tangents. In Brown, the Fourteenth Amendment took a significant subjective turn. In Heller, the communitarian position of stopping violence before it could start could be contrasted with the individualistic position of waiting until you see the whites of their eyes in your bedroom. Citizens United represented the best example of this axiological approach, raising the question: was the First Amendment designed to maximize participation or maximize democracy? Table of ContentsPart I: Introduction to a New Theory of LawChapter 1: The Primacy of ValueChapter 2: Law Theories through the Lens of ValuePart II: Supreme Court CasesChapter 3: Self-Determination v. Efficiency, Buck v. BellChapter 4: Human Being v. Degraded Being, Yo Wick v. HopkinsChapter 5: Security of Free Speech v. Wartime National Security, Abrams v. United StatesChapter 6: Partial Personhood v. Property, Dred Scott v. SandfordChapter 7: Integration as a Means of Securing Personal Liberty for All v. Segregation as a Meansof Securing White Supremacy and Limiting Personal Freedom, Plessy v. FergusonChapter 8: Liberty Over Paternalism v. Judicious State Intervention Over Exploitative Liberty,Lochner v. New YorkChapter 9: The Value of Interdependence v. Value of a Private and Independent EconomicSphere, Wickard v. FilburnChapter 10: The Sacred Value of Privacy in Marriage v. Traditionalism, Griswold v. ConnecticutChapter 11: Malicious Free Speech v. Libel of a Government Official, New York Times Co. v.SullivanChapter 12: The Subjective Turn of the Fourteenth Amendment vs. Separate but Equal, Brown v.Board of Education of TopekaChapter 13: Collective Safety Net v. Individualistic Self-Defense, District of Columbia v. HellerChapter 14: The Absolute Value of the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment v. Value ofSpiritual Heritage, Engel v. VitaleChapter 15: The Value of Privacy in the Bedroom vs. the Value of Social Stability, Lawrence v.TexasChapter 16: Weaponized Words v. Fruition of Conscience in Action, Brandenburg v. OhioChapter 17: Invidious Discrimination v. the Purity of White Supremacy, Loving v. VirginiaChapter 18: Health v. Liberty, National Federation of Independent Business v. SebeliusChapter 19: Venerated Objects v. Freedom of Speech, Texas v. JohnsonChapter 20: Functional Judiciary v. National Security, United States v. NixonChapter 21: The First Amendment as a Means to Secure Corporate Dominance v. FirstAmendment as a Means to Secure Democracy, Citizens United v. Federal ElectionCommissionConclusion: One Hundred Eleven Mic Drop Takeaways, Conversation Starters & Stuff That CanStartle the Stymied into Writing Creatively

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Book SynopsisPakistan and Human Rights consists of a series of innovative and carefully chosen chapters by leading experts and specialists in the field of human rights law. With insightful contributions from a number of young emerging scholars, many of whom based in Pakistan itself, the volume provides a critical perspective on the legal ordering of human rights issues, at a time when the legitimacy and politics of national regulatory governance over the lives of people is in question as never before in that troubled country. into three sections. Table of ContentsPart IChapter 1: The Law & Economy of Human Rights in Pakistan by Uzair J. KayaniChapter 2: The Plight of Minority Rights in Pakistan by Javaid Rehman and Adrija GhoshChapter 3: Poverty, Bonded Labor and Unaccountable Supply Chains: The Case of Brick Kiln Workers in Pakistan by Maleeha Sattar and Adnan SattarChapter 4: Pakistan’s Constitution and The Right to Health by Muhammad KhanPart IIChapter 5: Crime and Punishment in Pakistan by Satvinder S. JussChapter 6: The Legal Status of Ahmadis in Pakistan by Yasser Latif HamdaniChapter 7: Honour Crimes in Pakistan: A Human Rights Critique of Swara Practice by Neha Ali GauharChapter 8: Taking Children’s Rights Seriously: Is Pakistan Ready? by Adnan SattarPart IIIChapter 9: Pakistan’s Death Penalty Law by Satvinder S. JussChapter 10: Enforced Disappearances in Pakistan: A Tool of Terror? by Reema OmerChapter 11: The Use of Special Criminal Courts and Tribunals in Pakistan by Marva KhanChapter 12: The Pakistani Judiciary and the Suo Motu Jurisdiction by Waris Husain

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Book Synopsis The economist Kenneth Arrow proved in 1951 that a society of diverse individual preferences could only by ordered by dictatorship. His impossibility theorem is still an axiom of contemporary welfare economics and has never been seriously challenged. The American philosopher John Dewey, who died in 1952, had claimed that voting and electoral mechanisms do not define democratic self-government. His broad conception of social conflict addresses preference diversity and resolves Arrow’s impossibility. Since the 1980s, political scientists have focused on decision through democratic “deliberation.” Dewey saw that conversation alone is inadequate for resolution of conflicts in a democracy. Conflict is accompanied by discourse, but preferences are grounded in habits. Social habits resist adjustment in response to discourse alone, but demonstrably adjust in the process of conflict resolution, Preference conflict is distinguished from Marxist and later models, as a discovery and transformation process. It advances an original, updated theory of social conflict in a democracy relevant to today's problematic situations from discrimination to climate change and political polarization. Trade ReviewIn this timely work, Kellogg unearths the flawed assumptions in Kenneth Arrow’s highly influential General Possibility Theorem using John Dewey’s concept of organic democracy. In so doing, Democracy and Conflict illustrates the role that extended conflict plays in continuously reconstructing the preferences and values of the public in the process of democratic deliberation. The book is a welcomed resource for readers concerned with the heightened polarization of our democratic processes as it replaces Arrow’s overly abstract and synchronic understanding of aggregated preferences with a diachronic and situated model of constant preference and habit reformation in public, democratic debate. -- Seth Vannatta, Morgan State UniversityTable of ContentsIntroductionChapter 1: Arrow’s Impossibility TheoremChapter 2: Dewey’s Agonistic PragmatismChapter 3: Problematic Conflict and TransformationChapter 4: Dewey’s Naturalized UtilitarianismChapter 5: Agonistic DeliberationChapter 6: Uncertainty in Legal TheoryChapter 7: Legal PrinciplesChapter 8: Empirical Naturalism in LawChapter 9: Naturalizing ObjectivityChapter 10: Dewey’s Democracy and ConflictBibliographyAbout the Author

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Book SynopsisThe End of Corruption and Impunity advances a novel idea: it is feasible to limit the corruption that plagues the efforts of nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) and activists working to end poverty and advance human rights in developing regions of the world. Using a mixed methods approach, this book analyzes the problem of corruption and specific factors contributing to corruption, offering a direct, effective solution, that could be adopted by the international community. Yeh suggests a system designed to restore accountability in dysfunctional domestic criminal justice systems, by implementing a powerful Anticorruption Protocol to the United Nations Convention against Corruption (APUNCAC). This treaty would establish a body of United Nations (UN) inspectors to conduct investigations into allegations of corruption, create dedicated anti-corruption courts, implement aggressive measures to fight money laundering, and provide incentives for private parties to pursue civil actions when they have knowledge of corruption. Using the International Criminal Court (ICC) as precedent, Yeh argues that an international treaty is a promising approach for addressing the governmental impunity that prevails in developing nations—impunity that undermines efforts to reduce poverty, promote development, and restore human rights. This book would be of interest to students and scholars interested in international law, international criminal justice, and political science.Trade ReviewThis book extensively examines the consequences of corruption and failures of established anticorruption strategy, with the use of illustrative cases. It convincingly develops a much-needed model international treaty – that can become a reality like the International Criminal Court – to finally stamp out corruption. -- Danny Singh, Teesside UniversityTable of ContentsChapter 1: The Locust EffectChapter 2: Ending CorruptionChapter 3: Ending ImpunityChapter 4: Corruption and the Drug WarChapter 5: Corruption and InsurgencyChapter 6: Six TheoriesChapter 7: The World Bank/IMF ViewChapter 8: Systemic CorruptionChapter 9: Ending Money LaunderingChapter 10: Six Case ExamplesChapter 11: Treble DamagesChapter 12: Treaty ManagementChapter 13: ComplementarityChapter 14: Why Would Leaders and States Agree?

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Book SynopsisThis past June, the Supreme Court decided a question at the heart of one of America's most impassioned debates, ruling that individual citizens have the constitutional right to possess guns. With that decision, the District's handgun banone of the toughest and most controversial in the nationwas ended. In Gun Control on Trial, journalist Brian Doherty tells the full story behind the landmark District of Columbia v. Heller ruling. With exclusive, behind the scenes access throughout the case, Doherty delved into the issues of this monumental case to provide a compelling look at the inside stories, including: The plaintiffs' fight for the right to protect themselves and their families from violent neighborhoods. The activist lawyers who worked exhaustively to affirm that right. The forces that fought to stop the case, including city officials and the NRA. The story of the Heller case stretches back to long before the decision struck down D.C.'s restrictive gun ban and forward to the future of the political and legal battle over gun control in America. Doherty provides clear, concise explanations of the issues and battles that have driven the gun control debate for decades, detailing how the Heller decision is a new starting point for the gun control debate as it passionately and energetically continues in the years ahead. It's important to note that the Heller decision does not settle every controversy in the gun control debate. It only settles the legal question of whether or not the right to possess weapons under the Second Amendment extends to personal self-defense: it does, writes Doherty. What the Supreme Court decided in Heller may be narrow in its direct and immediate effect; but it's deep in its implications for the relationship between the government and the American people, explains Doherty. It establishes a new shape to the arena in which the legal and political struggle over guns and gun control will be fought. And that fight assuredly continues.

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