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This work will provide an authoritative and illuminating overview of the U.

This authoritative set provides a one-stop resource for understanding specific FBI controversies as well as for those looking to understand the full history, law enforcement authority, and inner workings of the nation's most famous and important federal law enforcement agency.

This title undertakes an impartial, authoritative, and in-depth examination of the moral arguments and ideas behind the laws and policies that govern personal, corporate, and government behavior in the United States.

This up-to-date guide provides informational professionals and their clients with much-needed assistance in navigating the immense field of government information.

The book was inspired by an injustice to a family in Western NY being targeted by an animal rights organization in the southern district of NY over there heritage chickens.

The Articles of Confederation, formally the Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union, was an agreement among the 13 founding states that established the United States of America as a confederation of sovereign states and served as its first constitution.

Americans are generally apprehensive about what they perceive as big governmentespecially when it comes to measures that target their bodies.

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In this firsthand account, David Bernhardt, 53rd Secretary of the United States Department of the Interior, describes how he witnessed firsthand the administrative state's transformation from a collection of departments under the command of the President into a sprawling and unaccountable bureaucracy.

For better or worse, federal judges in the United States today are asked to resolve some of the nation's most important and contentious public policy issues.

A Brookings Institution Press and Governance Institute publicationPaul C.

Today''s struggle for free speech is placed into historical context to explore how laws protect, or threaten, less-powerful speakers.

Today''s struggle for free speech is placed into historical context to explore how laws protect, or threaten, less-powerful speakers.

Take a deep dive into rulings during the Obama presidency which laid the groundwork for today's questions over the Supreme Court's legitimacy.

A FINANCIAL TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR 2024'At a time when democracy feels threatened, Simon Kuper is fighting hard for a better vision of politics - he is brutally honest about our problems but never loses hope that we can build a better democracy' Rory Stewart'An intelligible, compelling and enraging narrative .

The time is ripe to revisit Canada's past and redress its historical wrongs.

The time is ripe to revisit Canada's past and redress its historical wrongs.

As the COVID-19 pandemic has unfolded, stark social inequalities have increasingly been revealed and, in many cases, exacerbated by the global health crisis.

As the COVID-19 pandemic has unfolded, stark social inequalities have increasingly been revealed and, in many cases, exacerbated by the global health crisis.

En el amplio legado docente e investigativo de la profesora María Teresa Uribe de Hincapié destacan su trabajo transdisciplinar, que le permitió acercamientos entre la sociología, la historia, la filosofía, la antropología y la filosofía política; la construcción de categorías analíticas originales para el estudio de los fenómenos políticos y sociales, y el profundo sentido ético de sus reflexiones.

Why do some prime ministers manage to get things done, while others miserably fail?

Conceived during the turbulent period of the late 1960s when rights talk was ubiquitous, Federal Service and the Constitution, a landmark study first published in 1971, strove to understand how the rights of federal civil servants had become so differentiated from those of ordinary citizens.

Reveals how the U.

How has the modern conservative movement thrived in spite of the lack of harmony among its constituent members?

Women war criminals are far more common than we think.

From 2007 to 2012, almost five percent of American adults-about ten million people-lost their homes because they could not make mortgage payments.

There are two oppositional narratives in relation to telling the story of indigenous peoples and minorities in relation to globalization and intellectual property rights.

Vital perspectives for the divided Trump era on what the Constitution's framers intended when they defined the extent-and limits-of presidential powerOne of the most vexing questions for the framers of the Constitution was how to create a vigorous and independent executive without making him king.

How access to resources and policymaking powers determines the balance of power between the legislative and executive branchesThe specter of unbridled executive power looms large in the American political imagination.

Corporate Governance Lessons from Transition Economy Reforms explores a timely topic at the intersection of economics, law, and policy reform.

A former Marine judge advocate and legal counsel to General Colin Powell, James Terry explores the genesis of the United States approach to terror violence and the legal foundation for the nation's response to the conflicts in Afghanistan and Iraq.

How the executive branch-not the president alone-formulates executive orders, and how this process constrains the chief executive's ability to act unilaterallyThe president of the United States is commonly thought to wield extraordinary personal power through the issuance of executive orders.

An authoritative guide to federal democracy from two respected experts in the fieldAround the world, federalism has emerged as the system of choice for nascent republics and established nations alike.

A unique primer on how to think intelligently about the thorniest public issues confronting us todayLet's be honest, we've all expressed opinions about difficult hot-button issues without always thinking them through.

According to the US Constitution, if a bill is not returned to Congress by the president within ten days of receiving it and Congress has adjourned, the bill is effectively vetoed.

Conceived during the turbulent period of the late 1960s when rights talk was ubiquitous, Federal Service and the Constitution, a landmark study first published in 1971, strove to understand how the rights of federal civil servants had become so differentiated from those of ordinary citizens.

Not so long ago, being aggressively "e;pro-free speech"e; was as closely associated with American political liberalism as being pro-choice, pro-affirmative action, or pro-gun control.

As American politics has become increasingly polarized, gridlock at the federal level has led to a greater reliance on state governments to get things done.

Until the eighteenth century, Western societies were hierarchical ones.

In the years since the passage of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA, or, colloquially, Obamacare), most of the discussion about it has been political.

Privacy Rights: Cases Lost and Causes Won Before the Supreme Court is a unique and timely study of the judicial process as it confronts four privacy issues: birth control, gay rights, abortion, and the right to die.

This book explores the history and evolution of sanctuary and asylum as a legal concept including treaties, laws, and court rulings by major geographic areas around the world, influences of Hebrew [Old Testament], classical sanctuary theory and practices,

Understanding the Department of the Interior reviews many of the major issues handled by the Department of the Interior and impacting the U.

Das Handbuch widmet sich dem nordrhein-westfälischen Tariftreue- und Vergabegesetz (TVgG-NRW) sowie den Konkretisierungen in den dazu erlassenen Rechtsverordnungen.