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Showing 1 to 20 of 308 for “"In-Law"”.
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Inconsistencies in Law
Inconsistencies have been the object of study of numerous analytical legal philosophers like H. L. A. Hart, Hans Kelsen, Alf Ross, Norberto Bobbio, Lon Fuller, Ronald Dworkin, Carlos Alchourrón, Eugenio Bulygin, and Pierluigi Chiassoni. Although these authors hold differing views on …
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A qualitative study of mother-in-law/daughter-in-law relationships
The study investigated the mother-in-law/daughter-in-law relationship from the perspective of the daughter-in-law. A qualitative, phenomenological approach was used to gain insight into how daughters-in-law perceive their relationship with their mothers-in-law, what influences the relationship, and …
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Mothers in Law: A Critical Discourse Analysis of Mothers in Law School
<p>Mothers are an increasing student population in higher education but an extensively under-researched population. While research examining motherhood is limited, the dearth of studies examining motherhood in higher education is especially limited, with even less available in the legal field and …
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Essays in Law and Economics
<p>This dissertation comprises of three essays in law and economics. The first chapter, a joint work with my advisor - Marjorie McElroy, examines the longly debated effect of the liberalized divorce laws in the United States on the divorce rates during 1956-1989. The first and the second chapter …
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Three essays in law and economics
The first chapter presents a model of legal interpretation in a hierarchical court. Using a two-level court in which judges have spatial preferences over doctrine, the model examines how appeals, panels, and other structural features of the court affect the incentives of judges and promote uniform …
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Essays in law and microeconomic theory
Thesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Economics, 1992.
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Curative Measures in Law for Financially Distressed Municipalities
This search for curative measures was initiated by the need for a law that regulates how the national and provincial government levels intervene in municipalities that cannot or do not fulfil their executive obligations (section 139(8) of the Constitution of South Africa). However, informed by …
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The Importance of Mentoring for Women in Law
The literature on support networks indicates that the mentoring relationship is vital in the professional socialization process. The purpose of this study is to investigate possible gender differences between male and female lawyers in areas such as who mentors whom, job satisfaction, the mentoring …
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Exploration of the Impostor Phenomenon in Law School Students
Law schools compel students to think like lawyers by using intensive Socratic dialogue built around voluminous case readings. This method sometimes pushes students to feel overwhelmed, to lose self-confidence, and even to wonder whether law school was the right choice for them. To some extent, such …
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The Experiences of Taiwanese Women Caregiving for Parents-in-Law
Using grounded theory, a semi-structured in-depth interview was conducted to explore the experiences of Taiwanese women who were caregivers for their parents-in-law. Thirty-one Taiwanese women aged 23 to 58 participated in this study. Just Doing was identified as the core category to indicate the …
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Strengthening The Shield: Exploring Post-Traumatic Growth In Law Enforcement
<p>Law enforcement officers are routinely exposed to traumatic incidents that can lead to psychological distress, including posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). However, emerging literature highlights the potential for posttraumatic growth (PTG), a positive psychological change following …
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Naturalistic Decision-Making in Law Enforcement Practice — Exploring The Process
… by which several experienced and successful law enforcement officials arrive at the most effective method of decision-making. It draws from traditional decision theory models, but uses the naturalistic decision-making (NDM) paradigm as its guide. Studies framed by the NDM model have included …
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The Control and Determination of Gender and Sexual Identity in Law.
… control over their sexual and gender identity in law. In other words, I suggest that identity is controlled not by the individual, but by law. My focus is female gender and sexual identity with particular reference to lesbian sexual identity. I suggest that the legal 'meaning' given by law to …
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A Causal Framework to Evaluate Racial Bias in Law Enforcement Systems
We are interested in developing a data-driven method to evaluate race-induced biases in law enforcement systems. While the recent works have addressed this question in the context of police-civilian interactions using police stop data, they have two key limitations. First, bias can only be properly …
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