Stanford University Press: 1317 books
by Alexander Kelle, Kathryn Nixdorff, Malcolm Dando
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2012
Preventing a Biochemical Arms Race responds to a growing concern that changes in the life sciences and the nature of warfare could lead to a resurgent interest in chemical and biological weapons (CBW) capabilities. By bringing together a wide range of historical material and current literature in...
by Aysegul Aydin
Language: English
Release Date: July 11, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: July 11, 2012
Intervention in armed conflicts is full of riddles that await attention from scholars and policymakers. This book argues that rethinking intervention—redefining what it is and why foreign powers take an interest in others' conflicts—is of critical importance to understanding how conflicts evolve...
Balance Sheet
The Iraq War and U.S. National Security
Language: English
Release Date: July 6, 2009
The last six years have witnessed a virtually unending debate over U.S. policy toward Iraq, a debate that is likely to continue well into the new administration and perhaps the next, notwithstanding recent improvements on the ground. Too often, however, the debate has been narrowly framed in terms...
Coercion, Survival, and War
Why Weak States Resist the United States
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2015
In asymmetric interstate conflicts, great powers have the capability to coerce weak states by threatening their survival—but not vice versa. It is therefore the great power that decides whether to escalate a conflict into a crisis by adopting a coercive strategy. In practice, however, the coercive...
Judicial Independence and the American Constitution
A Democratic Paradox
Language: English
Release Date: March 21, 2017
The Framers of the American Constitution took special pains to ensure that the governing principles of the republic were insulated from the reach of simple majorities. Only super-majoritarian amendments could modify these fundamental constitutional dictates. The Framers established a judicial branch...
The Sincerity Edge
How Ethical Leaders Build Dynamic Businesses
Language: English
Release Date: September 5, 2017
Recognizing their role as "corporate citizens," companies are seeking guidance on how to be true to their missions, principled in practice, and well regarded for their contributions to society. As this book reveals, the key lies in sincerity—the sum of values like authenticity, integrity,...
by Jonathan S. Feinstein
Language: English
Release Date: May 18, 2006
Language: English
Release Date: May 18, 2006
The Nature of Creative Development presents a new understanding of the basis of creativity. Describing patterns of development seen in creative individuals, the author shows how creativity grows out of distinctive interests that often form years before one makes his/her main conributions. The book...
California School Law
Third Edition
Language: English
Release Date: October 2, 2013
Now in its third edition, California School Law is the only comprehensive source discussing how federal and state law affects the day-to-day operation of the state's traditional public, charter, and private schools. While the book is comprehensive, the authors have written it for a broad audience....
by Guyora Binder
Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 2012
The felony murder doctrine is one of the most widely criticized features of American criminal law. Legal scholars almost unanimously condemn it as irrational, concluding that it imposes punishment without fault and presumes guilt without proof. Despite this, the law persists in almost every U.S. jurisdiction....
The Global Organ Shortage
Economic Causes, Human Consequences, Policy Responses
Language: English
Release Date: January 9, 2013
Although organ transplants provide the best, and often the only, effective therapy for many otherwise fatal conditions, the great benefits of transplantation go largely unrealized because of failures in the organ acquisition process. In the United States, for instance, more than 10,000 people die...
More than Money
Five Forms of Capital to Create Wealth and Eliminate Poverty
Language: English
Release Date: December 11, 2013
Is poverty inevitable? No, says author Paul Godfrey. More than Money shows how organizations can win the fight against poverty and create prosperity for people at the base of the pyramid in the developing and developed world.
This book presents a novel framework that shows how five types of...
by Joshua C. Wilson
Language: English
Release Date: June 8, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: June 8, 2016
The 2014 Supreme Court ruling on McCullen v. Coakley striking down a Massachusetts law regulating anti-abortion activism marked the reengagement of the Supreme Court in abortion politics. A throwback to the days of clinic-front protests, the decision seemed a means to reinvigorate the old street politics...
The Puzzle of Unanimity
Consensus on the United States Supreme Court
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2013
The U.S. Supreme Court typically rules on cases that present complex legal questions. Given the challenging nature of its cases and the popular view that the Court is divided along ideological lines, it's commonly assumed that the Court routinely hands down equally-divided decisions. Yet the justices...
Framing Equal Opportunity
Law and the Politics of School Finance Reform
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2009
In the struggle to ensure that schools receive their fair share of financial and educational resources, reformers translate policy goals into legal claims in a number of different ways. This enlightening new work uncovers the options reformers have in framing legal challenges and how the choices they...