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Power, Constraint, and Policy Change

Courts and Education Finance Reform

by Robert M. Howard, Christine H. Roch, Susanne Schorpp, Shane A. Gleason ...

Series series SUNY series in American Constitutionalism
Examines how state courts change public policy through an analysis of their influence on state education finance reform.Power, Constraint, and Policy Change analyzes state court influence on state education finance reform. Beginning in the early 1970s litigants began filing suits in state courts to change state education funding in order to prevent disparities in education resources between ... Read more

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Examines how state courts change public policy through an analysis of their influence on state education finance reform.Power, Constraint, and Policy Change analyzes state court influence on state education finance reform. Beginning in the early 1970s litigants began filing suits in state courts to change state education funding in order to prevent disparities in education resources between
... Read more
Achieving sustainable turfgrass management

by Prof Michael Fidanza, Dr John Dempsey, Dr Marco Schiavon, Dr Matteo Serena, Dr Adam W. Thoms, Dr Alex J. Lindsey, Dr Gerald M. Henry, Dr Rebecca Grubbs-Bowling, Dr Joseph Young, Dr James Kerns0, Dr Benjamin A. McGraw1, Dr David Jespersen2, Dr Audrey Simard3, Dr Garrett Y. Price4, Dr Matthew T. Elmore5, Dr Aaron J. Patton6, Dr Travis W. Gannon7, Dr James T. Brosnan8, Dr David Gardner9, Dr Ed Nangle0, Dr Charles Fontanier1, Dr Chrissie A. Segars2, Dr Benjamin Wherley3, Dr Alec Kowalewski4, Dr Charles Schmid5, Dr Ruying Wang6, Dr Emily Braithwaite7, Dr Cale Bigelow8, Dr Stanley Kostka9, Dr Erik Ervin0, Dr Roch Gaussoin1, Dr Frank Rossi2, Dr Michelle DaCosta3, Dr John Cisar4, Dr F. Dan Dinelli5, Dr John Pope6, Dr James Steffel7, Dr Dale J. Bremer8, Dr Jing Zhang9, Dr Mu Hong0, Dr Dana G. Sullivan1, Dr David McCall2, Dr Kevin Morris3, Dr Phillip L. Vines4, Dr Yuanshuo Qu5, Dr Len Kne6, Dr Steve Graham7, Dr Michelle Wisdom8, Dr Michael Richardson9, Dr Paige Boyle0, Dr Brian Whitlark1, Dr Kai Umeda2, Dr Bernhard R. Leinauer3, Dr Cole Thompson4, Dr Ambika Chandra5, Dr Elizabeth Guertal6, Dr Pauric McGroary7, Prof Bryan G. Hopkins8, Dr Trent M. Tate9, Dr Douglas J. Soldat0, Dr Paul L. Koch1 ...

Series Book 125 - Burleigh Dodds Series in Agricultural Science
Reviews the impact of climate change on the increasing threat of biotic and abiotic stresses to the turfgrass industry, as well as the challenge of treating diseased turf in the face of fungicide resistanceConsiders the development of alternative, more sustainable management practices that utilise and/or optimise fewer agricultural outputs, such as fertilisers, pesticides and fuel to power ... Read more

$193.99 USD

Reviews the impact of climate change on the increasing threat of biotic and abiotic stresses to the turfgrass industry, as well as the challenge of treating diseased turf in the face of fungicide resistanceConsiders the development of alternative, more sustainable management practices that utilise and/or optimise fewer agricultural outputs, such as fertilisers, pesticides and fuel to power
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Urate Deposition in Man and its Clinical Consequences

by R.D. de Abreu, G. van den Berghe, G. Calabrese, D.J. McCarty, B.T. Emmerson, B. Gathof, M. Gonella, U. Gresser, W. Gröbner, I. Kamilli, W. Löffler, W. Mohr, G. Nuki, D. Perrett, J.G. Puig, F. Roch-Ramel, M. Schattenkirchner, J.T. Scott, H.A. Simmonds, O. Sperling, R. Terkeltaub, R.W.E. Watts, H.F. Woods, N. Zöllner, K.L. Schmidt ...

One person in four in the industrialized countries suffers from hyperuricemia and is therefore at risk of developing gouty arthritis, nephrolithiasis, or any of the other consequences of urate deposition. At present, far too little is known about urate deposition and the mechanisms by which it occurs, as well as about its clinical consequences, which include formation of toph; over the helix of ... Read more

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One person in four in the industrialized countries suffers from hyperuricemia and is therefore at risk of developing gouty arthritis, nephrolithiasis, or any of the other consequences of urate deposition. At present, far too little is known about urate deposition and the mechanisms by which it occurs, as well as about its clinical consequences, which include formation of toph; over the helix of
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Law and Society

Canadian Edition

by Steven Vago, Adie Nelson, Veronica Nelson, Steven E. Barkan ...

Law and Society provides a balanced and comprehensive analysis of the interplay between law and society using both Canadian and international examples. This clear and readable text is fi lled with interesting information, ideas and insights. All materials and supporting statistics have been carefully updated. This edition includes an expanded discussion of the law and First Nations people, recent ... Read more

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Law and Society provides a balanced and comprehensive analysis of the interplay between law and society using both Canadian and international examples. This clear and readable text is fi lled with interesting information, ideas and insights. All materials and supporting statistics have been carefully updated. This edition includes an expanded discussion of the law and First Nations people, recent
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Judges and Their Audiences

A Perspective on Judicial Behavior

by Lawrence Baum ...

What motivates judges as decision makers? Political scientist Lawrence Baum offers a new perspective on this crucial question, a perspective based on judges' interest in the approval of audiences important to them.The conventional scholarly wisdom holds that judges on higher courts seek only to make good law, good policy, or both. In these theories, judges are influenced by other people only in ... Read more

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What motivates judges as decision makers? Political scientist Lawrence Baum offers a new perspective on this crucial question, a perspective based on judges' interest in the approval of audiences important to them.The conventional scholarly wisdom holds that judges on higher courts seek only to make good law, good policy, or both. In these theories, judges are influenced by other people only in
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The School-to-Prison Pipeline

Structuring Legal Reform

by Catherine Y. Kim, Daniel J. Losen, Damon T. Hewitt ...

An in-depth analysis of the legal entry points and remedies in the school-to-prison pipelineThe “school-to-prison pipeline” is an emerging trend that pushes large numbers of at-risk youth—particularly children of color—out of classrooms and into the juvenile justice system. The policies and practices that contribute to this trend can be seen as a pipeline with many entry points, from under ... Read more

$26.99 USD

An in-depth analysis of the legal entry points and remedies in the school-to-prison pipelineThe “school-to-prison pipeline” is an emerging trend that pushes large numbers of at-risk youth—particularly children of color—out of classrooms and into the juvenile justice system. The policies and practices that contribute to this trend can be seen as a pipeline with many entry points, from under
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Shattered Bonds

The Color Of Child Welfare

by Dorothy Roberts ...

The story of foster care in the United States is the story of the failure of the social safety net to aid poor, largely black, parents in their attempt to make a home for their children.Shattered Bonds tells this story as no other book has before -- from the perspective of a prominent black, female legal theoretician. The current state of the child-welfare system in America is a well-known tragedy ... Read more

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The story of foster care in the United States is the story of the failure of the social safety net to aid poor, largely black, parents in their attempt to make a home for their children.Shattered Bonds tells this story as no other book has before -- from the perspective of a prominent black, female legal theoretician. The current state of the child-welfare system in America is a well-known tragedy
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The Transformation of the Supreme Court of Canada

An Empirical Examination

by Donald R. Songer ...

In the last half-century, the Supreme Court of Canada has undergone major upheaval. The most drastic change occurred with the adoption of the Charter of Rights in 1982, which substantially increased the Court's role in resolving controversial political and social issues. The Transformation of the Supreme Court of Canada examines the impact of institutional changes on the proceedings and decisions ... Read more

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In the last half-century, the Supreme Court of Canada has undergone major upheaval. The most drastic change occurred with the adoption of the Charter of Rights in 1982, which substantially increased the Court's role in resolving controversial political and social issues. The Transformation of the Supreme Court of Canada examines the impact of institutional changes on the proceedings and decisions
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The Evolution of a Nation

How Geography and Law Shaped the American States

by Daniel Berkowitz, Karen B. Clay ...

Series series The Princeton Economic History of the Western World
Although political and legal institutions are essential to any nation's economic development, the forces that have shaped these institutions are poorly understood. Drawing on rich evidence about the development of the American states from the mid-nineteenth to the late twentieth century, this book documents the mechanisms through which geographical and historical conditions--such as climate, ... Read more

$41.79 USD

Although political and legal institutions are essential to any nation's economic development, the forces that have shaped these institutions are poorly understood. Drawing on rich evidence about the development of the American states from the mid-nineteenth to the late twentieth century, this book documents the mechanisms through which geographical and historical conditions--such as climate,
... Read more
The Behavior of Federal Judges

a theoretical and empirical study of rational choice

by Lee Epstein, William M Landes, Richard A Posner ...

Federal judges are not just robots or politicians in robes, yet their behavior is not well understood, even among themselves. Using statistical methods, a political scientist, an economist, and a judge construct a unified theory of judicial decision-making to dispel the mystery of how decisions from district courts to the Supreme Court are made. ... Read more

$55.79 USD

Federal judges are not just robots or politicians in robes, yet their behavior is not well understood, even among themselves. Using statistical methods, a political scientist, an economist, and a judge construct a unified theory of judicial decision-making to dispel the mystery of how decisions from district courts to the Supreme Court are made.
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The American Dream and the Public Schools

by Jennifer L. Hochschild, Nathan Scovronick ...

The American Dream and the Public Schools examines issues that have excited and divided Americans for years, including desegregation, school funding, testing, vouchers, bilingual education, and ability grouping. While these are all separate problems, much of the contention over them comes down to the same thing--an apparent conflict between policies designed to promote each student's ability to ... Read more

$19.99 USD

The American Dream and the Public Schools examines issues that have excited and divided Americans for years, including desegregation, school funding, testing, vouchers, bilingual education, and ability grouping. While these are all separate problems, much of the contention over them comes down to the same thing--an apparent conflict between policies designed to promote each student's ability to
... Read more
Law’s Abnegation

From Law’s Empire to the Administrative State

by Adrian Vermeule ...

Ronald Dworkin once imagined law as an empire and judges as its princes. But over time, the arc of law has bent steadily toward deference to the administrative state. Adrian Vermeule argues that law has freely abandoned its imperial pretensions, and has done so for internal legal reasons.In area after area, judges and lawyers, working out the logical implications of legal principles, have come to ... Read more

$37.79 USD

Ronald Dworkin once imagined law as an empire and judges as its princes. But over time, the arc of law has bent steadily toward deference to the administrative state. Adrian Vermeule argues that law has freely abandoned its imperial pretensions, and has done so for internal legal reasons.In area after area, judges and lawyers, working out the logical implications of legal principles, have come to
... Read more

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