The Vanishing Rights of the States

The Vanishing Rights of the States
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Total Pages : 136
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ISBN-10 : UOM:39015008684048
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Synopsis The Vanishing Rights of the States by : James Montgomery Beck

Introduction.--The erosion of the Constitution.--The right of expulsion and the case of John Wilkes.--The proceedings in the Constitutional convention.--The provisions of the Constitution.--The prima facie validity of certificates of election.--The federal regulation of primary elections.--Appendices: A. The parliamentary precedents in England and the colonies. B. Grenville's speech for John Wilkes. C. The result of the November elections.

The Vanishing American Adult

The Vanishing American Adult
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Publisher : St. Martin's Griffin
Total Pages : 313
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ISBN-10 : 9781250114419
ISBN-13 : 1250114411
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Synopsis The Vanishing American Adult by : Ben Sasse

THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER In an era of safe spaces, trigger warnings, and an unprecedented election, the country's youth are in crisis. Senator Ben Sasse warns the nation about the existential threat to America's future. Raised by well-meaning but overprotective parents and coddled by well-meaning but misbegotten government programs, America's youth are ill-equipped to survive in our highly-competitive global economy. Many of the coming-of-age rituals that have defined the American experience since the Founding: learning the value of working with your hands, leaving home to start a family, becoming economically self-reliant—are being delayed or skipped altogether. The statistics are daunting: 30% of college students drop out after the first year, and only 4 in 10 graduate. One in three 18-to-34 year-olds live with their parents. From these disparate phenomena: Nebraska Senator Ben Sasse who as president of a Midwestern college observed the trials of this generation up close, sees an existential threat to the American way of life. In The Vanishing American Adult, Sasse diagnoses the causes of a generation that can't grow up and offers a path for raising children to become active and engaged citizens. He identifies core formative experiences that all young people should pursue: hard work to appreciate the benefits of labor, travel to understand deprivation and want, the power of reading, the importance of nurturing your body—and explains how parents can encourage them. Our democracy depends on responsible, contributing adults to function properly—without them America falls prey to populist demagogues. A call to arms, The Vanishing American Adult will ignite a much-needed debate about the link between the way we're raising our children and the future of our country.

Vanishing Frontiers

Vanishing Frontiers
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Publisher : PublicAffairs
Total Pages : 294
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ISBN-10 : 9781610399029
ISBN-13 : 1610399021
Rating : 4/5 (29 Downloads)

Synopsis Vanishing Frontiers by : Andrew Selee

There may be no story today with a wider gap between fact and fiction than the relationship between the United States and Mexico. Wall or no wall, deeply intertwined social, economic, business, cultural, and personal relationships mean the US-Mexico border is more like a seam than a barrier, weaving together two economies and cultures. Mexico faces huge crime and corruption problems, but its remarkable transformation over the past two decades has made it a more educated, prosperous, and innovative nation than most Americans realize. Through portraits of business leaders, migrants, chefs, movie directors, police officers, and media and sports executives, Andrew Selee looks at this emerging Mexico, showing how it increasingly influences our daily lives in the United States in surprising ways -- the jobs we do, the goods we consume, and even the new technology and entertainment we enjoy. From the Mexican entrepreneur in Missouri who saved the US nail industry, to the city leaders who were visionary enough to build a bridge over the border fence so the people of San Diego and Tijuana could share a single international airport, to the connections between innovators in Mexico's emerging tech hub in Guadalajara and those in Silicon Valley, Mexicans and Americans together have been creating productive connections that now blur the boundaries that once separated us from each other.

Congressional Record

Congressional Record
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Total Pages : 1322
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ISBN-10 : MSU:31293011645383
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Rating : 4/5 (83 Downloads)

Synopsis Congressional Record by : United States. Congress

Boilerplate

Boilerplate
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Publisher : Princeton University Press
Total Pages : 358
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ISBN-10 : 9780691163352
ISBN-13 : 0691163359
Rating : 4/5 (52 Downloads)

Synopsis Boilerplate by : Margaret Jane Radin

Why the increasing use of boilerplate is eroding our rights Boilerplate—the fine-print terms and conditions that we become subject to when we click "I agree" online, rent an apartment, enter an employment contract, sign up for a cellphone carrier, or buy travel tickets—pervades all aspects of our modern lives. On a daily basis, most of us accept boilerplate provisions without realizing that should a dispute arise about a purchased good or service, the nonnegotiable boilerplate terms can deprive us of our right to jury trial and relieve providers of responsibility for harm. Boilerplate is the first comprehensive treatment of the problems posed by the increasing use of these terms, demonstrating how their use has degraded traditional notions of consent, agreement, and contract, and sacrificed core rights whose loss threatens the democratic order. Margaret Jane Radin examines attempts to justify the use of boilerplate provisions by claiming either that recipients freely consent to them or that economic efficiency demands them, and she finds these justifications wanting. She argues, moreover, that our courts, legislatures, and regulatory agencies have fallen short in their evaluation and oversight of the use of boilerplate clauses. To improve legal evaluation of boilerplate, Radin offers a new analytical framework, one that takes into account the nature of the rights affected, the quality of the recipient's consent, and the extent of the use of these terms. Radin goes on to offer possibilities for new methods of boilerplate evaluation and control, among them the bold suggestion that tort law rather than contract law provides a preferable analysis for some boilerplate schemes. She concludes by discussing positive steps that NGOs, legislators, regulators, courts, and scholars could take to bring about better practices.

The Constitutional Review

The Constitutional Review
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Total Pages : 534
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ISBN-10 : IND:30000108166988
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Rating : 4/5 (88 Downloads)

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Manufacturers Record

Manufacturers Record
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Total Pages : 1864
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ISBN-10 : UFL:31262073445081
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Rating : 4/5 (81 Downloads)

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Law at the Vanishing Point

Law at the Vanishing Point
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 244
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ISBN-10 : 9781317107651
ISBN-13 : 1317107659
Rating : 4/5 (51 Downloads)

Synopsis Law at the Vanishing Point by : Aaron Fichtelberg

Two central questions are at the core of international legal theory: 'What is international law?', and 'Is international law really law?' This volume examines these critical questions and the philosophical foundations of modern international law using the tools of Anglo-American legal theory and western political thought. Engaging with both contemporary and historical legal theory and with an analysis of international law in action, the book builds an understanding and theory of law from the perspective of those who actually use this legal system and understand it, rather than constructing an artificial system from the standpoint of political scientists and moral philosophers. Law at the Vanishing Point provides a fascinating new challenge to those who reduce international law either to ethics or to politics and provides a critical new appraisal of its power as an independent force in human social relations.

Addresses Delivered at the Feneral Sessions

Addresses Delivered at the Feneral Sessions
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Total Pages : 272
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ISBN-10 : UCAL:B3143294
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Rating : 4/5 (94 Downloads)

Synopsis Addresses Delivered at the Feneral Sessions by : University of Virginia. Institute of Public Affairs

State and Federal Corrupt-practices Legislation

State and Federal Corrupt-practices Legislation
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Total Pages : 344
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ISBN-10 : UOM:39015030798865
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Synopsis State and Federal Corrupt-practices Legislation by : Earl Ray Sikes

This study was undertaken in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of doctor of philosophy at Cornell university.