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Rule of law, misrule of men
This book is a passionate call for citizen action to uphold the rule of law when government does not. Arguing that post-9/11 legislation and foreign policy severed the executive branch from the will of the people, Elaine Scarry in Rule of Law, Misrule of Men offers a fierce defense of the people's role as guarantor of our democracy. She begins with the groundswell of local resistance to the 200…
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- 9780262266116
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- 1 online resource (xxii, 191 pages).
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The economic dynamics of environmental law
This text shows in detail how the concept of economic dynamics can reshape thinking about environmental law and policy. It argues that environmental policymaking in the US has been poorly served by the view of the relationship between environmental regulation and economy, technology and business.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 9780262272001
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- 1 online resource (viii, 268 pages)
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The economic effects of constitutions
"The authors of The Economic Effects of Constitutions use econometric tools to study what they call the "missing link" between constitutional systems and economic policy. Taking recent theoretical work as a point of departure, they ask which theoretical findings are supported and which are contradicted by the facts. The results are based on comparisons of political institutions across countries…
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- 9780262281423
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- 1 online resource (xiii, 306 pages) :1 map.
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Liberating Kosovo: Coercive Diplomacy and U. S. Intervention
A compelling account of the diplomatic and military actions that led to Kosovo's independence and their implications for future U.S. and UN interventions.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 9780262306041
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- 1 online resource.
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Blaming Islam
Why fears about Muslim integration into Western society--propagated opportunistically by some on the right--misread history and misunderstand multiculturalism.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 9780262301855
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- 1 online resource (xi, 121 pages).
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From the Corn Laws to Free Trade: Interests, Ideas, and Institutions in Histo…
The overlapping and interacting forces that caused a Conservative government to repeal the protectionist Corn Laws against its own political principles and economic interests: extensive qualitative and quantitative analysis.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 9780262283205
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- 1 online resource (xiii, 426 pages) :illustrations, maps
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Data and democracy at work :advanced information technologies, labor law, and…
"An exploration of how labor law has protected companies' rights to surveil their employees and limit worker power, and how it might be reformed"--OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 9780262373357
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- 1 online resource
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The theory of collusion and competition policy
A review of the theoretical research on unlawful collusion, focusing on the impact and optimal design of competition law and enforcement.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 9780262342995
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- 1 online resource (x, 133 pages)
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Managing Institutional Complexity: Regime Interplay and Global Environmental …
"A Core Research Project of the International Human Dimensions Programme on Global Environmental Change (IHDP)."Here, experts investigate how states and other actors can improve inter-institutional synergy. They examine the complexity of over-lapping environmental governance structures.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 9780262298346
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- 1 online resource (xvi, 353 pages) :illustrations.
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Heuristics and the law
"Report of the 94th Dahlem Workshop on Heuristics and the Law, Berlin, June 6-11, 2004"--Page ii.Series from jacket.Experts in law, psychology, and economics explore the power of "fast and frugal" heuristics in the creation and implementation of law.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 9780262273824
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- 1 online resource (xiv, 485 pages) : illustrations.
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- Dahlem Workshop Reports
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- 340 HEU
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