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Courting Failure : How Competition for Big Cases Is Corrupting the Bankruptcy Courts / by LoPucki, Lynn M.

Table of Contents: “…New York's game : 1980-86 -- The rise of Delaware : 1990-96 -- The federal government strikes back -- Failure -- The competition goes national -- Corruption -- The competition goes global -- Global and out of control? …”
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State and citizen British America and the early United States /

Table of Contents: “…Hendrickson -- "A mongrel kind of government": The U.S. Constitution, the federal union, and the origins of the American state / Max M. …”
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Maritime law issues, challenges and implications /

Table of Contents: “…Rockefeller -- Framework agreement on integrated cross-border maritime law enforcement operations between the government of the United States of America and the government of Canada / Preamble -- Ocean Dumping Act : a summary of the law / Claudia Copeland -- America's advocate for the maritime industry : maritime administration policy paper / Maritime Administration -- Cruise ship pollution : background, laws and regulations, and key issues / Claudia Copeland.…”
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The new invisible college science for development / by Wagner, Caroline S.

Table of Contents: “…The new invisible college emerges -- The topology of science in the twenty-first century -- Networked science -- Tectonic shifts : the rise of global networks -- The virtual geography of knowledge -- Scientific capacity and infrastructure -- Governing the new invisible college.…”
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Anglican Church policy, eighteenth century conflict, and the American episcopate by Elliott, Kenneth Ray, 1953-

Table of Contents: “…The making of a controversy -- Churchmen and dissenters: continuities and discontinuities -- The ecclesiastical policy of Bishop Sherlock and colonial reaction -- Thomas Secker and eighteenth century discourse -- The sermon heard round the world -- Anglican tactics and the British government.…”
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One for the road : drunk driving since 1900 / by Lerner, Barron H.

Table of Contents: “…-- The discovery of drunk driving -- Science and government enter the fray -- The MADD mothers take charge -- The movement matures and splinters -- Lamb, lightner, and libertarians : a backlash -- Conclusion: more (and more) stories.…”
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Shakespeare, the Renaissance and empire. by Hart, Jonathan Locke, 1956-

Table of Contents: “…Geography, Asia and otherness -- Rhetoric and English history -- The language of history, governance and of civil war -- The words of kingship and war -- Political rhetoric in Rome -- Translation and history -- Empire, Ireland and the New World -- Hamlet on film in Asia.…”
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Policing the City : Crime and Legal Authority in London, 1780-1840 / by Harris, Andrew T. (Andrew Todd), 1968-

Table of Contents: “…Structures of policing and governance in the city of London -- The crisis decade, 1783-1793 -- War, revolution, and public legitimacy, 1793-1815 -- Ideology, pragmatism, and the "reform" of city policing, 1815-1827 -- Localism defeated, 1827-1838.…”
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Fat rights dilemmas of difference and personhood / by Kirkland, Anna Rutherford

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: The challenge of difference -- Imagining legal protections for fatness -- Shifting the blame -- Balancing functional individuals and embedded selves -- Governing risk : medicalization and normalization -- Accomodating fatness -- Conclusion: What is worth wanting in American antidiscrimination law?…”
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Sustainable banking the greening of finance /

Table of Contents: “…Environmental risk and banks' products -- pt. 5. The role of government, NGOs and multilateral banks.…”
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The new masters of capital : American bond rating agencies and the politics of creditworthiness / by Sinclair, Timothy J.

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- Good, bad or indifferent : the emergence of rating -- Unconscious power -- Rating corporations -- Rating state and local governments -- Global growth of the rating business -- Blown calls : rating challenges and crises -- A new constellation of power.…”
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Earthquakes, Tsunamis and Nuclear Risks Prediction and Assessment Beyond the Fukushima Accident /

Table of Contents: “…Foreword -- Preface -- Cooperators -- Part 1 Active Faults -- Part 2 Seismic Source Modeling and Seismic Motion -- Part 3 Probabilistic Risk Assessment with External Hazards -- Part 4 Nuclear Risk Governance in Society.…”
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Under a watchful eye : privacy rights and criminal justice / by Bloss, William P. (William Paul)

Table of Contents: “…Privacy in search of meaning -- Government power to search -- Investigating suspects wherever found -- Final verdict on defendant rights -- Being watched on the job -- Protecting crime victims -- Surveillance of nontraditional suspects -- Navigating the new privacy paradigm.…”
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Introduction to teaching : becoming a professional (Accompanied by a CD-Rom available at the Multimedia) / by Kauchak, Donald, 1946-

Table of Contents: “…-- Developing as a professional -- Helping diverse learners succeed in today's classrooms -- Changes in American society: their influences on today's schools -- Education in the United States: its historical roots -- Educational philosophy: the intellectual foundations of American education -- The organization of American schools -- Governance and finance: regulating and funding schools -- School law: ethical and legal influences on teaching -- The school curriculum -- Creating productive learning environments -- Instruction in American classrooms -- Technology in American schools.…”
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State of the world's cities. 2008/2009 : harmonious cities.

Table of Contents: “…The spatial distribution of the world's cities -- Urban growth patterns -- Which cities are growing and why -- Shrinking cities -- Why urban inequality matters -- Urban inequalities: regional trends -- Education, employment and city size -- Slums: the good, the bad and the ugly -- Slum cities and cities with slums -- Urban environmental risks and burdens -- Cities and climate change -- Cities at risk from rising sea levels -- Energy consumption in cities -- Urban energy consumption at the household level -- Urban mobility -- Inclusive urban planning for harmonious urban development -- Building bridges: social capital and urban harmony -- Unifying the divided city -- Addressing rural-urban disparities for harmonious regional development -- Metropolitan governance: governing in a city of cities.…”

Promises kept sustaining school and district leadership in a turbulent era / by Gross, Steven J.

Table of Contents: “…Understanding the patterns of leadership succession -- Leadership mentoring -- Teachers as school leaders -- Dealing with rapid growth -- Understanding rising expectations -- Shared governance as a crucial democratic forum -- Integrating new faculty -- Integrating new families and students -- Supporting advanced teacher-learners -- Dealing effectively with district leadership -- When the state and the feds come marching in -- Recasting the vision without selling out : one school's story.…”
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Elusive equity education reform in post-apartheid South Africa / by Fiske, Edward B.

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- The racial context of South Africa -- Education and apartheid -- Educational aspirations and political realities -- Governance and access to schools -- Financing schools : initial steps toward equity -- Balancing public and private resources -- Outcomes-based education and equity -- Educational outcomes -- Equity in higher education -- Conclusion.…”
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Environment and citizenship integrating justice, responsibility and civic engagement / by Smith, Mark J., 1962-

Table of Contents: “…From environmental justice to environmental citizenship -- Citizens, citizenship and citizenization -- Rethinking environment and citizenship -- Environmental governance, social movements and citizenship in a global context -- Corporate responsibility and environmental sustainability -- Environmental borderlands -- Insiders and outsiders in environmental mobilizations in South-East Asia -- The new vocabulary of ecological citizenship.…”
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Addressing China's water scarcity recommendations for selected water resource management issues /

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- Water scarcity in China : current situation -- Water resources management in China : an overview of determinant variables -- Improving water governance -- Deepening water rights administration and developing water markets -- Improving efficiency and equity in water pricing -- Protecting ecosystems in river basins through market-oriented eco-compensation instruments -- Controlling water pollution -- Preventing water pollution disasters -- Summary, action plan and issues for the future.…”
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When insurers go bust an economic analysis of the role and design of prudential regulation / by Plantin, Guillaume

Table of Contents: “…-- Conclusion : Prudential regulation as a substitute for corporate governance.…”
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