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The Ozark National Scenic Riverways And The Sagebrush Rebellion In Missouri, John W. Ragsdale Jr
The Ozark National Scenic Riverways And The Sagebrush Rebellion In Missouri, John W. Ragsdale Jr
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This article focuses on the back country-the Ozark National Scenic Riverways (ONSR) and the community around and with the rivers. It begins historically, tracing the origins and courses of stable-state, subsistence agricultural societies in the rugged hills overlooking the Current and Jacks Fork Rivers. It shows that such societies, though autonomous, are vulnerable to outside aggression. War, raiders, industrial timbermen, and modern technology can shatter the environmental balance. Dam builders, government land managers, and tourism can erode internal sovereignty, custom, and self-esteem. These forces befell the Ozark highlands around the ONSR.
Out of the breakdown of land and economy, and …
You Can't Go Holmes Again, Lumen N. Mulligan
You Can't Go Holmes Again, Lumen N. Mulligan
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Under the standard interpretation of 28 U.S.C. § 1331, the so called Holmes test, pleading a federal cause of action is sufficient for finding federal question jurisdiction. In January 2012, the Supreme Court, in Mims v. Arrow Financial Services, LLC, recharacterized this standard test for § 1331 jurisdiction as one that considers whether “federal law creates [both] a private right of action and furnishes the substantive rules of decision.” In this first piece to address the Mims Court’s significant change to the § 1331 canon, I applaud its rights-inclusive holding. I contend that this rights-inclusive view rests upon a firmer …
Anasazi Jurisprudence, John W. Ragsdale Jr
The Rise And Fall Of The Chacoan State, John W. Ragsdale Jr
The Rise And Fall Of The Chacoan State, John W. Ragsdale Jr
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Law And Economics: Nexus Of Science And Belief, Robert C. Downs
Law And Economics: Nexus Of Science And Belief, Robert C. Downs
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