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Legal Literacy

An Introduction to Legal Studies

by Archie Zariski
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2014

To understand how the legal system works, students must consider the law in terms of its structures, processes, language, and modes of thought and argument—in short, they must become literate in the field. Legal Literacy fulfills this aim by providing a foundational understanding of key concepts...
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by Amit Tiwary
Language: English
Release Date: May 17, 2017

The overall functions of a government impact a wide range of sectors in society. It is imperative for governments to work at full capacity and potential in order to ensure quality progress for its citizens. Driving Efficiency in Local Government Using a Collaborative Enterprise Architecture Framework:...
Cover of The Golden Years…the Florida Legislature, the 70s and 80s
by Robert McKnight
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2011

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Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2014

This anthology explores the political nature of making order through policing activities in densely populated spaces across Africa, Asia and Latin America. Based on ethnographic research, the chapters analyze this complex with respect to marginalized young men in Haiti, community policing members...
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by Daniel P. Dalton
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2017

Litigating Religious Land Use Cases, Second Edition is a thorough, detailed treatise that explains how to manage complex religious land use cases book in a manner that is easily understood. Although the subject-matter is complex, the author, Daniel P. Dalton, the authority on land use issues, took...
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Governing the Climate Change Regime

Institutional Integrity and Integrity Systems

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Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2016

This volume, the second in a series of three, examines the institutional architecture underpinning the global climate integrity system. This system comprises an inter-related set of institutions, governance arrangements, regulations, norms and practices that aim to implement the United Nations Framework...
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by Tilman Becker
Language: German
Release Date: December 18, 2015

Das Buch beschäftigt sich mit dem Zusammenhang zwischen der Verfügbarkeit von Glücksspielen und dem Ausmaß pathologischen Glücksspiels in der Bevölkerung. Die Thematik wird kontrovers diskutiert und betrifft insbesondere das Automatenspiel. Die Gesetzgebung sieht Maßnahmen vor, die auf eine...
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by N. Douglas Lewis
Language: English
Release Date: September 10, 2012

This book describes the nature of these changes and identifies the accountability gaps which have inevitably opened up in the absence of a written constitution or a considered Administrative Procedure Act. 
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Toward Mainstreaming and Sustaining Community-Driven Development in Indonesia

Understanding Local Initiatives and the Transition from the National Rural Community Empowerment Program to the Village Law

by Asian Development Bank
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2016

Indonesia has adopted community-driven development as a major strategy for poverty reduction, and replicated the approach nationwide through a number of programs. Over the past few years, the country has formulated a road map for sustaining the systems, procedures, and benefits of community-driven...
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by Asian Development Bank
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2012

This report assesses the KALAHI-CIDSS community-driven development project in the Philippines to determine its contribution toward improved service delivery and governance in the beneficiary communities. KALAHI-CIDSS was found to be especially effective in facilitating broad-based participation of...
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Privilege-Resistant Policies in the Middle East and North Africa

Measurement and Operational Implications

by Syed Akhtar Mahmood, Meriem Ait Ali Slimane
Language: English
Release Date: February 6, 2018

Renewing the social contract, one of the pillars of the new World Bank Group strategy for the Middle East and North Africa, requires a new development model built on greater trust; openness, transparency, inclusive and accountable service delivery; and a stronger private sector that can create jobs...
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Government Contract Law

The Deskbook for Procurement Professionals

by John T. Jones, Jr.
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2018

This fourth edition of the ABA's revisions to the Judge Advocate General's Legal Center and School's Contract Law Deskbook, includes updates to references, new chapters (which do not appear in the JAG School's version) as well as chapter revisions that include material that is useful to contractor...
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Land Use Regulation

A Legal Analysis and Practical Application of Land Use Law

by Peter W. Salsich, Jr., Timothy J. Tryniecki
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2017

Written by specialists in the field, Land Use Regulation provides real estate specialists, general practitioners, and planning officials with a convenient and practical resource for handling typical land use problems. It is written from the perspective of the administrative process that most often...
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Coordinating the Criminal Justice System

A Guide to Improve the Effective Administration of Justice

by Leslie J. Smith
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2007

This guide was developed to assist students, professors, executives of local criminal justice systems, and appointed and elected officials of general government to have a better understanding on how the criminal justice system should function. It may also be of special interest to citizens and public...
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