Regional government law Books
University of British Columbia Press The Challenges of a Secular Quebec
Book SynopsisThe Challenges of a Secular Quebec opens up the debates that gave rise to a controversial law on state religious neutrality, taking an open-minded look at how secularism is understood and how it has imposed itself in the Quebec social space.Table of ContentsForeword / Roberto PerinIntroduction / Lucia Ferretti and François RocherPart 1: Things in Perspective1 Putting Things in Perspective: The Many Varieties of Secularism / François Rocher2 Beyond Defending Religious Symbols: The Desire to Put Quebec In Its Place / Lucia FerrettiPart 2: Historical and Sociological Perspectives3 Quebec: Under the Rule of its Two Cities / Marc Chevrier4 The Difficult Search for a Quebec Model of Laicity / Micheline Labelle5 Some Muslim Quebec Women and Men Are in Favour of Bill 21 / Yasmina ChouakriPart 3: Legal Perspectives6 The Laicity of the State: The Cornerstone of Individual Civil and Political Rights / Julie Latour7 Arguments Relating to the Unconstitutionality of the Act Respecting the Laicity of the State: A Massive Rebuttal / Daniel Turp8 Rights Guaranteed Equally to Both Sexes, the Notwithstanding Clause, and the Act Respecting the Laicity of the State: Overview and Contribution to the Debate from a Quebec Perspective / Guillaume Rousseau9 Laicity in the Light of Institutional Dialogue in Canada / Patrick TaillonPart 4: Educational Perspectives10 The Medium is the Message: There’s No Point Cluttering Educational Communication / Charles-Étienne Gill11 Thinking About Laicity Today with Ferdinand Buisson / Normand Baillargeon12 Secularism and the Symbolic: The Quebec School as a Place of Immanent Knowledge / Paul SabourinConclusion: The Fate Of Bill 21 in the Courts and in Public Opinion in English Canada / Lucia Ferretti and François RocherList of Contributors; Index
£69.70
Legare Street Press A Treatise on the Mechanics Lien Laws of the
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£25.60
Creative Media Partners, LLC Express Trusts Under the Common Law A Superior
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£21.80
University of Texas Press The Educators Guide to Texas School Law
Book SynopsisThe standard legal resource for Texas educators.
£73.95
University of Texas Press The Educators Guide to Texas School Law
Book SynopsisMuch has changed in the area of school law since the first edition of The Educator’s Guide to Texas School Law was published in 1986. This new tenth edition of The Educator’s Guide offers an authoritative source on Texas school law through the 2021 legislative sessions. Intended for educators, school board members, attorneys, and taxpayers, it explains what the law is and what the implications are for effective school operations; it helps professional educators avoid expensive and time-consuming lawsuits by taking effective preventive action; and it serves as a highly valuable resource for school law courses and staff development sessions.The tenth edition begins with a review of the legal structure of the Texas school system, incorporating recent features such as charter schools and districts of innovation, then addresses the instructional program, service to students with special needs, the rights of public school employees, the role of religion, s
£23.39
New York University Press The Poverty Industry
Book SynopsisThe shocking truth about how state governments and their private industry partners are profiting from the social programs meant to support disadvantaged Americans Government aid doesn't always go where it's supposed to. Foster care agencies team up with companies to take disability and survivor benefits from abused and neglected children. States and their revenue consultants use illusory schemes to siphon Medicaid funds intended for children and the poor into general state coffers. Child support payments for foster children and families on public assistance are converted into government revenue. And the poverty industry keeps expanding, leaving us with nursing homes and juvenile detention centers that sedate residents to reduce costs and maximize profit, local governments buying nursing homes to take the facilities' federal aid while the elderly languish with poor care, and counties hiring companies to mine the poor for additional funds in modern day debtor's prisTrade ReviewHatcher exposes an urgent paradox at the heart of American governance: why, and how, are states and localities teaming up with corporations to squeeze profits from societys poorest? The Poverty Industry breaks fresh ground. Every American who cares about the intersection of private profits and public justice should read this book, and wrestle with its arguments. Hatcher marshals years of legal experience and research towards fulfilling the muckrakers calling: 'to comfort the afflicted, and afflict the comfortable.' But he also goes a step further. In The Poverty Industry, he combines a practitioners depth with a journalists flair for storytelling, to generate the first complete account of a little-known phenomenon that should be of interest to every reader with a conscience. -- Sarah Stillman, staff writer for The New YorkerEveryone today is skeptical of charitable organizations that spend too little of their money on charity. After reading this book, Americans are sure to become just as skeptical when state and local governments spend federal tax dollars. Hatchers tour-de-force spells out how federal government spending on services for the poor are being wasted. . . . No one who reads this book will ever feel the same about fiscal federalism. . . . Hatcher shows that a shocking amount of money is going to profit private businesses. Even worse, these businesses are teaching state and local governments how to scam the feds by taking money for one purpose and misusing it to help fill a hole in the state budget outside of the purposes for which the money is being given. An extremely important book. -- Martin Guggenheim, Fiorello LaGuardia Professor of Clinical Law, New York UniversityIn the tradition of great muckraking, Hatcher has exposed how states and localities have misdirected and misused public funds envisioned to benefit the most vulnerable among us. . . . Should be required reading for lawmakers and public officials, to remind them of their legal and moral responsibilities and to inspire them to stop these disturbing practices and direct these crucial resources to their rightful recipients. -- Jane M. Spinak, Edward Ross Aranow Clinical Professor of Law, Columbia University[An] important book...Hatcher has done a great public service by shining a light on these massive distortions. * Stanford Social Innovation Review *In this meticulously researched book Hatcher, who has represented vulnerable people in court for years, including children in foster care, lifts the lid on a system that rather than helping the needy, systematically turns them into 'a source of revenue'. * The Guardian,Mary O'Hara *Daniel Hatcher meticulously explains the impact of deregulated privatisation on America's already residual care services. * Times Higher Education *Hatcher provides beautiful examples of unintended consequences of government policies: states rip off the federal government because the federal government has unwittingly incentivized the states to do exactly that. * Choice *A law professor at the University of Baltimore who has represented Maryland victims of such schemes, Hatcher presents a distressing picture of how states routinely defraud taxpayers of millions of federal dollars. * Boston Review *Hatcher throws light on what can be hidden processes in human services budgeting, contracting, and implementation. The Poverty Industry walks through the evolution of legal doctrine regarding rights of vulnerable persons...The narrative provides compelling evidence that scholars, policymakers, and advocates should take a closer look at the political and business relationships shaping contracting decisions involving for-profit firms. * Political Science Quarterly *"Poverty is here painted as an industry that, like the defense industry, has an iron triangle. As explored by Hatcher, it depicts revenue maximization services and contingency fees that decrease the funds from the federal government that go to helping children and the poor. * Library Journal *The Poverty Industry exposes the venality of a startling number of public servants and private contractors who misdirect and misuse public funds intended to benefit those most in need. * Jewish Currents *
£62.90
University of Toronto Press Policing Canadas Century
Book SynopsisAlthough the RCMP is often identified as a national symbol, Canadian police history is largely the story of municipal and provincial police forces who have had little influence on popular culture but considerable impact on the lives of Canadians. Municipal police forces predate the Mounties by a generation and first began to articulate their concerns through the Chief Constables’ Association of Canada (CCAC) in 1905. The development of this little-studied, non-governmental organization, known since the 1950s as the Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police (CACP), has been a crucial part of our criminal-justice history.The CACP/CCAC story mirrors the social and intellectual history of policing in twentieth-century Canada. Beginning with and overview of nineteenth-century policing and the conditions that led to the establishment of this first policy lobby. Policing Canada’s Century is a chronicle of police reaction to social change and the rise of new institutions, r
£35.10
School of Government Land Use Law in North Carolina
Book SynopsisAddresses various components of local government development regulation, including the types and legal authority for regulations that are used, roles and responsibilities of those involved, the scope of city and county jurisdiction, and a wealth of detailed legal analysis. The new edition incorporates legal developments since 2006.
£110.15
School of Government Digital Evidence
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£37.46
School of Government In Prison: Serving a Felony Sentence in North
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£18.55
American Bar Association Fundamentals of Municipal Finance, Second Edition
Book SynopsisThis book offers an introductory overview, for nonspecialist attorneys, to the often intricate process of financing local capital projects through the sale of municipal bonds. It considers the major institutional and individual players in the bond issuance process, as well as those sometimes complex facets of the law that establish the ground rules for - and some limitations on - municipal debt financing.
£74.89
American Bar Association The Community Resilience Handbook
Book SynopsisCommunity resilience requires collaboration across many sectors and professions, and this book’s interdisciplinary authorship reflects that collaboration. Chapters present perspectives on: Recommended approaches and resources; Resilient infrastructure; Avoiding legal challenges to higher standards for development and redevelopment; Organizational resilience and business continuity; Resilient agriculture and environmental considerations; Financial considerations; Measuring and assessing risk; The role of lawyers in promoting resilience; Government leadership in promoting resilience; Collaboration and building a culture of continuity; and International standards on resilience.
£68.52
School of Government 2020 Cumulative Supplement to North Carolina
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£33.71
School of Government Juvenile Justice Reinvestment Act: N.C. Juvenile
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£7.12
Spiramus Press Town and Parish Councils VAT Guide
Book SynopsisThis Town and Parish Council VAT Guide is an easy reference guide for those engaged in administering the financial affairs of town and parish councils in England and community councils in Wales. It focuses on the typical range of activities that these local authorities will have. It will be of use to town and parish clerks or treasurers and those responsible for the book-keeping of these organisations, as well as those responsible for auditing such bodies.The authors have avoided using unnecessary jargon and overly technical language in this book, while giving the reader the basic concepts of the tax and a degree of familiarity with the common technical terms used by H M Revenue and Customs (HMRC) in its own guidance. The most common terms are set out in the glossary. This makes it easier to understand how to recognise your VAT liabilities and what the associated implications and compliance requirements are.Table of Contents Town and Parish Councils VAT Guide Table of contents 1. What and who is this book for? 2. An overview of VAT 2.1. HMRC Guidance 3. Basic philosophy and mechanics of VAT 3.1. The mechanics of VAT 3.2. VAT Returns 3.3. Making Tax Digital 3.4. Supplies of Goods or Services 3.5. VAT Reliefs 3.6. VAT recovery 3.7. Obligation to provide an invoice 3.8. Correcting Errors 3.9. Tax Points 3.10. Trading outside the UK – Reverse Charge 4. VAT for Local Authorities 4.1. Overview 4.2. Definition of local authority 4.3. VAT registration 4.4. Recovery of VAT by local authorities (including unregistered bodies) 4.5. Business or Non-Business? 4.6. Recovering VAT on exempt business activities, including partial exemption 5. Specific Activities 5.1. Advertising 5.2. Allotments 5.3. Cemeteries 5.4. Community Projects 5.5. Crèches and Playgroups 5.6. Crematoria 5.7. Council as Trustee 5.8. District Council Delegated Functions 5.9. Events & Tourism 5.10. Fundraising events 5.11. Garage Rental 5.12. Grants and Donations 5.13. Land, Property and Building Works (including the option to tax) 5.14. Markets 5.15. Parking facilities 5.16. Planning and Licensing 5.17. Publications 5.18. Public Toilets 5.19. Recreational Facilities 5.20. Room hire 5.21. Section 106 Funding 5.22. Shared Services and Partnerships 5.23. Sponsorship 5.24. Sporting Services 5.25. Storage facilities 5.26. Supplies of staff 5.27. Youth Clubs 6. Glossary of Terms 7. List of Useful HMRC Publications 8. WORKED EXAMPLES 8.1. Registration issues 8.2. VAT Returns 8.3. Partial Exemption 9. Relevant Legislation 9.1. Principal VAT Directive 9.2. VAT Act 1994 9.3. Value Added Tax Regulations (SI 1995/2518)
£42.30
ACA Publishing Limited Shanghai - the 'Pacesetter' of China's Reform and
Book SynopsisShanghai was the economic center of the far east in the early 20th century, when it was known as the ‘Paris of the orient’. Decades of relative decline followed until the start of China’s reform and opening-up policy and the decision to develop Pudong. Since then, Shanghai has regained its status as the country’s leading industrial and commercial center, and emerged as a key city in the Asia-Pacific region.Today, it is focusing on a four-pronged development approach with the target of becoming not only one of the world’s top financial centers by 2020 but also a global economic, trade and shipping hub. In 2015, Shanghai’s financial sector grew by 23%, contributing 16.2% to the city’s GDP. In shipping, it has supplanted Hong Kong and Singapore to become the busiest container port in the world with a total throughput of more than 37m TEUs in 2016. Shanghai, the Pacesetter of China’s Reform and Opening Up provides a comprehensive overview of the historical, cultural and social characteristics of Shanghai, its national and global status, and its development before and after reform and opening up. It charts the transformation of Shanghai’s economy, and goes on to assess its pioneering national role in terms of social administration and cultural development. Lesser-known aspects of the city, including the ecological environment and administrative operations, are also analysed in depth. The book concludes with a look at the future development of Shanghai, the integration of the Yangtze River Delta and the vision to create a cosmopolitan city with the capability to allocate global resources.
£9.50
