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Showing 1 to 12 of 12 for “"United States law"”.
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The Role of the Circuit Courts in the Development of Federal Justice and the Shaping of United States Law in the Early Republic: Supreme Court Justices Washington, Livingston, Story, and Thompson on Circuit and on the Court
… the importance of the landmark decisions of the United States Supreme Court and its Chief Justice, John Marshall, in the rising influence of the federal justice system in the early Republic, the crucial role of the circuit courts in establishing uniformity of federal law and procedure across the …
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What Are We Protecting Here? The Cultural Construction of Gender in Obscenity Law
… examination of the written decision for Roth v. United States, and the oral transcript of the Supreme Court trial. Roth is a landmark case, not only because of its legal implications, but because it writes out of United States law, in relation to obscenity, the use of protectionist discourse as a …
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Restructuring of State Policing Post 9/11
<p>After September 11, 2001, the United States law enforcement community found itself ill prepared to handle the range of responsibilities required in a nation under the threat of terrorism. Police organizations hastily assigned resources to help mitigate areas hit hard by the attack while …
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Law enforcement dilemmas in the investigation of Internet sex crimes against minors
… minors. Data collected from a national sample of law enforcement agents provide insights into complications of three types of cases: (1) Internet crimes against identified victims, (2) Internet solicitations to undercover law enforcement, and (3) Internet child pornography crimes.</p><p>A mail …
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Federal income tax status of family partnerships, 1913-1947
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The influence of Federal income taxation on selected aspects of accounting practices and reports
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Reproductive Refugees: The Legacy of the One Child Policy on Chinese Refugees in the United States
… of China’s (PRC) one child policy to the United States from 1993-1995. I argue that the process of the one child policy’s enforcement to the asylum cases in the United States was a messy and confusing process. The legal definitions, understandings and practices of both the United States …
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An Analysis Of The Relationship Between Federal Education Legislation And Identifiable Economic, Political Or Social Crises In The United States
… was to determine whether the Congress of the United States, throughout its history, had enacted major federal education legislation as a response to a major economic, political or social crisis. Procedures. Data were gathered on major federal education legislation and major economic, political …
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Child Abuse Investigations: How CPS and Law Enforcement Engage in Collaboration
<p>Child welfare social workers (CPS) and law enforcement professionals are the sole professional groups in California assigned the task of investigating child physical and sexual abuse allegations. Both professional groups report that child-well-being is the ultimate outcome desired when …
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THE SERPENTINE WALL: JUDICIAL DECISION-MAKING IN SUPREME COURT CASES INVOLVING AID TO SECTARIAN SCHOOLS
<p>This dissertation uses the cases involving aid to sectarian schools, decided between 1945 and 1985, as a vehicle for examining decision making by the Supreme Court justices. The discussion of Everson v. Board of Education (1947) relies heavily on the private papers of individual justices, …
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The transformation of the American legal mind: Habeas corpus, federalism, and constitutionalism, 1787-1870
… on power rather than as a grant of power. States' rights doctrine had a tremendous impact on courts, state and federal, in the antebellum period. The supremacy of state courts was established by issuing writs of habeas corpus for prisoners confined under the authority of the federal …
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Sharia in the city: negotiation and construction of moral space
… and implications of sharia for Muslims in the United States. I argue that the multifaceted interpretations and practices of sharia in the United States are connected with the rhythms and everyday practices of Chicago and beyond. These connections, rhythms, and practices are reflected and …