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The Counter-Reformation Of The Security Council, Mary Ellen O'Connell

Journal Articles

This article examines the 2003-2005 reform initiative relative to the Security Council's authority over the use of force. It looks at why the reform discussion began, what proposals grew out of the discussion, and the legal situation following the 2005 World Summit. The conclusion here is that the reform process has had positive results for the international legal regulation of the use of force, human rights protection, and international law generally. International law scholars are in a position to build on these results, supporting the revival and renewal of Charter law, explaining what exactly that law requires and why, and …

Effect Of Instructional Styles And The Duration Of Class Time On The Sense Of Classroom Community Of Military Urban Graduate Students, William J. Davis Jr.

Theses and Dissertations in Urban Services - Urban Education

This study measured the effect that instructional style, duration of class time, and repeated administrations of the Classroom Community Scale (CCS) had on the sense of classroom community of military urban graduate students (N = 263). The Instructional Styles Inventory (ISI) was used to determine instructional style, and the CCS was utilized to measure sense of classroom community. In addition, this research contained qualitative data that were extracted from a random sampling of participants during small focus groups.

Quantitative analysis of the data showed that duration of class time and instructional style had an effect on sense of classroom …