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Paul V. The Clintons, Et Al: Fec Complicity And A Plea For Real And Present Campaign Finance Reform, Ellis Washington

Ellis Washington

This Article is an analysis of current legislation, case law and election law policy regarding campaign finance disclosure rules and the need for a truly independent Federal Election Commission to efficiently enforce existing election laws. Admittedly, this article isn’t as theoretical as other scholarly works on this subject, however, since campaign finance reform is a rather complex subject, I didn’t want to get caught up in the endless minutiae of legislative and court opinion other than a general review in the context of the case at bar as well as the present state of campaign finance reform policy. I also …

Peter Paul V. The Clintons: Fec Complicity And A Plea For Real And Present, Ellis Washington

Ellis Washington

No abstract provided.

Are Regulatory Mandate And Independence Necessary For Audit Quality?, Shyam Sunder, Karim Jamal

Shyam Sunder

Testing The Over- And Under-Exploitation Hypotheses: Bestselling Musical Compositions (1913-32) And Their Use In Cinema (1968-2007), Paul J. Heald

Paul J. Heald

Some economists assert that as valuable works transition from copyrighted status and fall into the public domain they will be underexploited and their value dissipated. Others insist instead that without an owner to control their use, valuable public domain works will be overexploited or otherwise debased. This study of the most valuable musical compositions from 1913-32 demonstrates that neither hypothesis is true as it applies to the exploitation of songs in movies from 1968-2007. When compositions fall into the public domain, they are just as likely to be exploited in movies, suggesting no under-exploitation. And the rate of exploitation of …

The Direction Of Corporate Law: The Scholars' Perspective, John C. Coffee Jr., Richard A. Booth Marbury Research Professor Of Law, R. Franklin Balotti, David C. Mcbride, Edward P. Welch

Richard A Booth

Transcript of a panel on a scholar's approach to corporation law.

Nonviolence Insights, Brian Martin

Brian Martin

‘You’ve been working a long time towards a more nonviolent society. What have you learned? Can you tell me?’ That’s basically what we asked eleven experienced and committed individuals. We wanted to learn some of the insights they had acquired over many years of action and reflection. Our interviews were open-ended. We talked to nonviolent activists, trainers, educators and community-builders. Six were from the Netherlands and five from Australia. Six were men and five were women. Their ages ranged from 20s to 60s. Many are quite well known in nonviolence circles and beyond. We took extensive notes on the interviews, …

Fantastic Covers, Ellen K. Corrigan

Ellen K. Corrigan

Introductory and caption text from “Fantastic Covers,” an independently curated exhibit on display at Booth Library, Eastern Illinois University, October-December 2008. The exhibit featured cover art from a collection of pulp science fiction paperbacks and magazines dating from the 1950s to the early 1970s, housed in the library's Special Collections. Text reformatted from original presentation.

'Unknitting: Challenging Textile Traditions' Exhibition Catalog, Anne M. Giangiulio

Anne M. Giangiulio

'Unknitting: Challenging Textile Traditions' catalog designed for the exhibit at the Stanlee and Gerald Rubin Center for the Visual Arts. Please be patient when downloading as file is 12.1 MB.

Teaching Lolita Through Pushkin’S Onegin, Priscilla Meyer

Priscilla Meyer

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Pitch Black, Anne M. Giangiulio

Anne M. Giangiulio

'Pitch Black' by Anthony Horton and Youme Landowne is a graphic tale I designed. Published by El Paso's Cinco Puntos Press, 'Pitch Black' was honored by the American Librarian Association as one of 2008's top ten graphic novels for young adults. The book also received a rave Kirkus review on September 15, 2008 noting its design “...and the fluid black-and-white sequential panels tell it well.” Finally, on October 7, 2008, The New York Times did a feature on the book both in print and online in its 'City Room' page: http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/10/07/rules-for-living-in-subway-tunnels/?hp Please be patient when downloading as file is 6.6 …

Factors Contributing To Depression In Latina Women Of Mexican Origin Residing In The United States: Implications For Nurses, Mona Shattell, Katherine Smith, Ann Quinlan-Colwell, Jose Villalba

Mona Shattell

Background: Latinas experience more depression and are less likely to receive mental health support. Latinas of Mexican origin living in the United States (US) are the focus of this review since almost two-thirds of the US Latina/o population is of Mexican descent.

Objective: This paper synthesizes the research on depression in adult Latinas of Mexican origin residing in the US.

Study Design: The Cumulative Index of Nursing and Allied Health Literature (CINAHL), Medline (PubMed), and PsycINFO databases for the years 2000 through 2008 were searched using the keywords Latina, Latino, Hispanic, Mexican-American, Mexican immigrant, women, and depression. The identified articles …

Repetition And Rupture In The Films Of Kawase Naomi / Ripetizione E Rottura Nei Film Di Kawase Naomi / Repetición Y Ruptura En Las Peliculas De Naomi Kawase, Aaron Gerow

Aaron Gerow

Communications/Excommunications: An Interview With Armand Mattelart, Costas M. Constantinou

Costas M. Constantinou

Excerpt From Conspiracy Theories: Secrecy And Power In American Culture (Revised And Updated Edition), Mark Fenster

Mark Fenster

This is the introduction to the revised and updated edition of Conspiracy Theories: Secrecy and Power in American Culture (Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, forthcoming 2008). The book challenges the dominant academic and popular approach to conspiracy theories, which views them as a paranoid, extremist expression of marginal groups and individuals that pathologically challenges the basic assumptions of American history and the pluralistic political system of the United States. The book is premised on the contrary proposition that the prevalence of conspiracy theories is neither necessarily pernicious nor external to American politics and culture but instead an integral aspect of …