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A Neo-Institutional Explanation of State Supreme Court Responses in Search and Seizure Cases* [PDF]
, 2007 To better understand the relationship between the U.S. Supreme Court and state supreme courts, we examine how Supreme Court precedent affects state supreme court decision making. Examining state supreme court decisions in search and seizure cases decided
Comparato, Scott A, McClurg, Scott D.
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Buchanan and the Social Contract: Coordination Failures and the Atrophy of Property Rights
Southern Economic Journal, EarlyView.ABSTRACT James Buchanan advocated that societies should be based on a social contract. He rejected anarchy, seeing it as a “Hobbesian jungle” that calls for government intervention to maintain social order. He also opposed theories of spontaneous order. These views led to debates about the compatibility of Buchanan's works with classical liberalism and
Stefano Dughera, Alain Marciano
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Environmental protection and seizures in Supreme Court decisions
Lexambiente, 2019 The article offers a general examination of the system of seizures in environmental law with reference to different sectors, analysing the evolution of jurisprudence over the years and the different interpretative solutions adopted in the performance of ...
Luca Ramacci
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ECOWAS Court of Justice: its linkage with the African Charter on Human and People’s Rights
Groningen Journal of International LawThis article considers the Community Court of Justice (CCJ) of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and its linkage with the African Charter of Human and People’s Rights (ACHPR).
Joel Adelusi Adeyeye
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The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA): The Definition of Disability [PDF]
, 2006 [From Summary] The threshold issue in any Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) case is whether the individual alleging discrimination is an individual with a disability. The ADA definition is a functional one and does not list specific disabilities.
Jones, Nancy Lee
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A Femininomenon: Leadership Development Through Representation On‐Screen
New Directions for Student Leadership, Volume 2025, Issue 185, Page 67-74, Spring 2025.ABSTRACT Historically, films and television centered men, but there has recently been a shift toward focusing on women and people of color (and women of color) in leading roles. Films and shows like Black Panther, Barbie, and Ashoka reflect this trend, offering more complex stories and diverse representation.
Kathleen Callahan
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Protection against pollution of marine and coastal waters
Lexambiente, 2019 The paper is an overview of the main laws on the protection of the sea. It analyses, with references to doctrine and jurisprudence, both the laws directly designed to preserve the integrity of the marine environment, and those that ensure its indirect ...
Luca Ramacci
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The Case for Managed Judges: Learning from Japan after the Political Upheaval of 1993 [PDF]
Although the executive branch appoints Japanese Supreme Court justices as it does in the United States, a personnel office under the control of the Supreme Court rotates lower court Japanese judges through a variety of posts. This creates the possibility
J. Mark Ramseyer
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Strict Scrutiny & Fisher: The Court's Decision and its Implications [PDF]
, 2014 During the 2012-2013 term of the U.S. Supreme Court, many were in suspense over how the Court would rule on Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin, the latest higher education case involving race-conscious admissions.
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Papua New Guinea's Public Services Commission since independence: Sidelined or strengthened?
Australian Journal of Public Administration, EarlyView.Abstract This paper investigates reforms to the Public Services Commission (PSC) in Papua New Guinea (PNG) since independence in 1975. It looks at the original role of the PSC and then the various reforms it has been subject to: in 1986, 2003, and 2013, by constitutional and legislative change, and in 2019, by court ruling.
Nematullah Bizhan, Stephen Howes
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