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An insider's guide to the UN by Fasulo, Linda M.

Table of Contents: “…An overview -- UN founding documents -- The Secretary General and the Secretariat -- The American ambassadors -- The Security Council -- Peace operations -- The General Assembly -- Coordinating to fight international terrorism -- The UN village -- Rights versus sovereignty: the US and the International Criminal Court -- The call for reform -- UN finances -- A tour of UN headquarters -- The coup against Boutros-Ghali -- UN advocates, donors, and friends -- Keeping tabs on how nations vote -- Making a career at the UN -- ECOSOC -- Agencies, programs, and commissions -- Rule of law and human rights -- Social and economic development -- Protecting the biosphere and its inhabitants -- UN to the rescue -- Nuclear, biological, and chemical threats -- Guiding globalization: how the UN helps make things work -- International crime and drug trafficking.…”
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Promoting the rule of law abroad in search of knowledge /

Table of Contents: “…/ Matthew Stephenson -- The complexity of success in Russia / Matthew Spence -- Middle East dilemmas / David Mednicoff -- Time to learn, time to act in Africa / Laure-Hélène Piron -- Measuring the impact of criminal justice reform in Latin America / Lisa Bhansali and Christina Biebesheimer -- Steps toward knowledge / Thomas Carothers.…”
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Promoting the rule of law abroad in search of knowledge /

Table of Contents: “…/ Matthew Stephenson -- The complexity of success in Russia / Matthew Spence -- Middle East dilemmas / David Mednicoff -- Time to learn, time to act in Africa / Laure-Hélène Piron -- Measuring the impact of criminal justice reform in Latin America / Lisa Bhansali and Christina Biebesheimer -- Steps toward knowledge / Thomas Carothers.…”
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Brownlie's principles of public international law / by Crawford, James, 1948-

Table of Contents: “…The sources of international law -- The relations of international and national law -- Subjects of international law -- Creation and incidence of statehood -- Recognition of states and governments -- International Organizations -- Forms of governmental authority over territory -- Acquisition and transfer of territorial sovereignty -- Status of territory : further problems -- The territorial sea and other maritime zones -- Maritime delimitation and associated questions -- Maritime transit and the regime of the high seas -- Common spaces and the co-operation in the use of natural resources -- Legal aspects of the protection of the environment -- The law of treaties -- Diplomatic and consular relations -- Unilateral acts; estoppel : Succession to rights and duties -- Sovereignty and equality of states -- Jurisdictional competence -- Privileges and immunities of foreign states -- The relations of nationality -- Nationality of corporations and assets -- The conditions for international responsibility -- Consequences of an internationally wrongful act -- Multilateral public order and issues of responsibility -- The international minimum standard : persons and property -- International human rights -- International criminal justice -- The claims process -- Third-party settlement of international disputes -- The use of threat of force by states.…”

An insider's guide to the UN by Fasulo, Linda M.

Table of Contents: “…An overview -- UN founding documents -- The Secretary General and the Secretariat -- The American ambassadors -- The Security Council -- Peace operations -- The General Assembly -- Coordinating to fight international terrorism -- The UN village -- Rights versus sovereignty: the US and the International Criminal Court -- The call for reform -- UN finances -- A tour of UN headquarters -- The coup against Boutros-Ghali -- UN advocates, donors, and friends -- Keeping tabs on how nations vote -- Making a career at the UN -- ECOSOC -- Agencies, programs, and commissions -- Rule of law and human rights -- Social and economic development -- Protecting the biosphere and its inhabitants -- UN to the rescue -- Nuclear, biological, and chemical threats -- Guiding globalization: how the UN helps make things work -- International crime and drug trafficking.…”
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Legal issues in information security / by Grama, Joanna Lyn

Table of Contents: “…Laws influencing information security -- Security and privacy of consumer financial information -- Security and privacy of information belonging to children and in educational records -- Security and privacy of health information -- Corporate information security and privacy regulation -- Federal government information security and privacy regulations -- State laws protecting citizen information and breach notification laws -- Intellectual property law -- The role of contracts -- Criminal law and tort law issues in cyberspace -- Part Three. …”

Legal issues in information security / by Grama, Joanna Lyn

Table of Contents: “…Laws influencing information security -- Security and privacy of consumer financial information -- Security and privacy of information belonging to children and in educational records -- Security and privacy of health information -- Corporate information security and privacy regulation -- Federal government information security and privacy regulations -- State laws protecting citizen information and breach notification laws -- Intellectual property law -- The role of contracts -- Criminal law and tort law issues in cyberspace -- Part Three. …”

National security law /

Table of Contents: “…Forces after 9/11 -- Extraordinary rendition -- Criminalizing terrorism and material support -- Prosecuting accused terrorists and their supporters in criminal courts -- Trial by military commission -- Homeland security -- The military's domestic rules -- Regulating access to national security information -- Statutory access to national security information -- Other grounds for access to national security information -- Restraining unauthorized disclosures of national security information -- Restraints on publication of national security information.…”

National security law /

Table of Contents: “…Forces after 9/11 -- Extraordinary rendition -- Criminalizing terrorism and material support -- Prosecuting accused terrorists and their supporters in criminal courts -- Trial by military commission -- Homeland security -- The military's domestic rules -- Regulating access to national security information -- Statutory access to national security information -- Other grounds for access to national security information -- Restraining unauthorized disclosures of national security information -- Restraints on publication of national security information.…”

American law in the 20th century by Friedman, Lawrence Meir, 1930-

Table of Contents: “…Structure, power, and form : American public law, 1900-1932 -- The legal profession in the early twentieth century -- The law of business and commerce -- Crime and punishment in the new century -- Race relations and civil liberties -- The Roosevelt Revolution -- War and postwar : prosperity and the flowering of the welfare state -- Crime and criminal justice in the postwar world -- Courts, trials, and procedures in the twentieth century -- Race relations and civil rights -- The liability explosion : personal-injury law in the twentieth century -- Business law in an age of change -- The law of property -- Family law and family life -- Internal legal culture : the legal profession -- American legal culture in the twentieth century -- Backward and forward : counterrevolution and its aftershocks -- Getting around and spreading the word -- Law : an American export -- Taking stock.…”
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Nothing to hide the false tradeoff between privacy and security / by Solove, Daniel J., 1972-

Table of Contents: “…-- The first amendment as criminal procedure -- Will repealing the Patriot Act restore our privacy? …”
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Nothing to hide the false tradeoff between privacy and security / by Solove, Daniel J., 1972-

Table of Contents: “…-- The first amendment as criminal procedure -- Will repealing the Patriot Act restore our privacy? …”
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American law in the 20th century by Friedman, Lawrence Meir, 1930-

Table of Contents: “…Structure, power, and form : American public law, 1900-1932 -- The legal profession in the early twentieth century -- The law of business and commerce -- Crime and punishment in the new century -- Race relations and civil liberties -- The Roosevelt Revolution -- War and postwar : prosperity and the flowering of the welfare state -- Crime and criminal justice in the postwar world -- Courts, trials, and procedures in the twentieth century -- Race relations and civil rights -- The liability explosion : personal-injury law in the twentieth century -- Business law in an age of change -- The law of property -- Family law and family life -- Internal legal culture : the legal profession -- American legal culture in the twentieth century -- Backward and forward : counterrevolution and its aftershocks -- Getting around and spreading the word -- Law : an American export -- Taking stock.…”
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Law and disorder in the postcolony

Table of Contents: “…Caldeira -- Death squads and democracy in Northeast Brazil / Nancy Scheper-Hughes -- Some notes on disorder in the Indonesian postcolony / Patricia Spyer -- Witchcraft and the limits of the law: Cameroon and South Africa / Peter Geschiere -- The ethics of illegality in the Chad Basin / Janet Roitman -- Criminal obsessions, after foucault: postcoloniality, policing, and the metaphysics of disorder / Jean Comaroff and John L. …”
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Brownlie's principles of public international law / by Crawford, James, 1948-

Table of Contents: “…The sources of international law -- The relations of international and national law -- Subjects of international law -- Creation and incidence of statehood -- Recognition of states and governments -- International organizations -- Forms of governmental authority over territory -- Acquisition and transfer of territorial sovereignty -- Status of territory : further problems -- The territorial sea and other maritime zones -- Maritime delimitation and associated questions -- Maritime transit and the regime of the high seas -- Common spaces and cooperation in the use of natural resources -- Legal aspects of the protection of the environment -- The law of treaties -- Diplomatic and consular relations -- Unilateral acts, acquiescence, and estoppel -- Succession to rights and duties -- Sovereignty and equality of states -- Jurisdictional competence -- Privileges and immunities of foreign states -- The relations of nationality -- Nationality of corporations and assets -- The conditions for international responsibility -- Consequences of an internationally wrongful act -- Multilateral public order and issues of responsibility -- The international minimum standard : diplomatic protection and protection of investments -- International human rights -- international criminal justice --The claims process -- Third party settlement of international disputes -- Use or threat of force by states.…”

Brownlie's principles of public international law / by Crawford, James, 1948-

Table of Contents: “…The sources of international law -- The relations of international and national law -- Subjects of international law -- Creation and incidence of statehood -- Recognition of states and governments -- International organizations -- Forms of governmental authority over territory -- Acquisition and transfer of territorial sovereignty -- Status of territory : further problems -- The territorial sea and other maritime zones -- Maritime delimitation and associated questions -- Maritime transit and the regime of the high seas -- Common spaces and cooperation in the use of natural resources -- Legal aspects of the protection of the environment -- The law of treaties -- Diplomatic and consular relations -- Unilateral acts, acquiescence, and estoppel -- Succession to rights and duties -- Sovereignty and equality of states -- Jurisdictional competence -- Privileges and immunities of foreign states -- The relations of nationality -- Nationality of corporations and assets -- The conditions for international responsibility -- Consequences of an internationally wrongful act -- Multilateral public order and issues of responsibility -- The international minimum standard : diplomatic protection and protection of investments -- International human rights -- international criminal justice --The claims process -- Third party settlement of international disputes -- Use or threat of force by states.…”

Law and disorder in the postcolony

Table of Contents: “…Caldeira -- Death squads and democracy in Northeast Brazil / Nancy Scheper-Hughes -- Some notes on disorder in the Indonesian postcolony / Patricia Spyer -- Witchcraft and the limits of the law: Cameroon and South Africa / Peter Geschiere -- The ethics of illegality in the Chad Basin / Janet Roitman -- Criminal obsessions, after foucault: postcoloniality, policing, and the metaphysics of disorder / Jean Comaroff and John L. …”
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Phantom Billing, Fake Prescriptions, and the High Cost of Medicine : Health Care Fraud and What to Do about It / by Leap, Terry L., 1948-

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Phantom Billing, Fake Prescriptions, and the High Cost of Medicine : Health Care Fraud and What to Do about It / by Leap, Terry L., 1948-

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Lines in the sand congressional redistricting in Texas and the downfall of Tom DeLay / by Bickerstaff, Steve

Table of Contents: “…-- Republican triumph in the Senate -- Redistricting by cabal: the final redistricting plan -- The effects of the final plan -- The dilemma for racial- and ethnic-minority lawmakers and advocacy organizations -- The role of congressman Tom DeLay, Republican activists and donors, and the White House -- The legal implications of the 2003 redistricting -- Criminal investigations and indictments -- The fall of Congressman DeLay -- Conclusion.…”
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