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Cunningham v. California [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
In Cunningham v. California, the United States Supreme Court voted 6-3 to invalidate California\u27s determinate sentencing law ( DSL ) as violative of the Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments. The Court held that, notwithstanding the California Supreme Court\
Raab, Christopher P.
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Critical Discourse Analysis in Corporate Reports: Legitimation Strategies in the Context of Environmental Controversies

open access: yesCorporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines the use of environmental disclosure as a strategic tool to manage legitimacy crises in a mining company, adopting critical discourse analysis (CDA) as the main methodology. Focusing on a case of environmental disaster, this research reveals how corporate narratives can be manipulated to minimize responsibility and reinforce
Renata Luiza de Castilho Rossoni   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Challenges Facing the European Union in Taxing the Digital Economy

open access: yesActa Universitatis Lodziensis Folia Iuridica
The world of the digital economy is constantly evolving and will be the main vehicle for global trade in the future. The transfer of transactions to the Internet requires appropriate tax regulations that, on the one hand, prevent tax fraud and abuse ...
Roman Wiatrowski
doaj   +1 more source

High Court Contests: Competition, Controversy and Cash in Pennsylvania & Wisconsin [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
Fund raising for the 2007 and 2008 judicial elections in Pennsylvania and Wisconsin fell in line with the national trend of increasingly expensive judicial races.
Linda Casey
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Researching Attitude–Identity Dynamics to Understand Social Conflict and Change

open access: yesEuropean Journal of Social Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract Societies undergo constant change, manifested in various ways such as technological developments, economic transitions, reorganization of cultural values and beliefs, or changes in social structures. Individuals play an active role in shaping social and societal change by interactively negotiating its manifestation.
Adrian Lüders   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Reviewing Research on Transgender and Nonbinary People in Social Psychology: Insights and Future Research Directions

open access: yesEuropean Journal of Social Psychology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Transgender and nonbinary (TGNB) identities and issues faced by TGNB people are receiving growing attention in social psychology. At the same time, this is a relatively new area, and most research on LGBTQ+ issues primarily focuses on sexual minorities, whereas most research on gender focuses on women and men.
Thekla Morgenroth, Kira Kay Means
wiley   +1 more source

Supreme Court Institute Annual Report, 2013-2014 [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
During the 2013-2014 academic year–corresponding to the U.S. Supreme Court’s October Term (OT) 2013–the Supreme Court Institute (SCI) provided moot courts for advocates in 96% of the cases heard by the Court this Term, offered a variety of programs ...
Georgetown University Law Center, Supreme Court Institute
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Zivotofsky v. Kerry: Of Passports, Politics, and Foreign Policy Powers [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
This commentary profiles the upcoming Supreme Court decision in Zivotofsky v. Kerry, which will decide, for the first time in United States history, the dividing line between legislative and executive authority to recognize foreign nations.
Evalill Nilsson, Margareta Kristenson
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On the Applicability of the Advocacy Coalition Framework for Analyzing EU Policy Processes

open access: yesEuropean Policy Analysis, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Initially developed for the US context, the Advocacy Coalition Framework (ACF) is increasingly used to analyze policy processes in the EU. But policymaking in EU differs from the US context, why the applicability of ACF in the EU context should be scrutinized.
Fredrik von Malmborg
wiley   +1 more source

The Warren Court and the Concept of a Right [PDF]

open access: yes, 1999
The Warren Court is dead. None of its Justices remain on the benchindeed, only Justice White survives-and the recent history of the Supreme Court has been in large part a history of repudiating controversial Warren Court doctrines.
Luban, David
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