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In Honor Of Professor Harold G. Maier, David P. Stewart

Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law

Among his many other significant accomplishments and career achievements, Professor Maier can count a singular experience which few in the field of international law are privileged to enjoy-that of spending a year as the Counselor on International Law at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C.

The Counselor occupies a senior position within the Office of the Legal Adviser. Organizationally, the incumbent reports to and works directly with the Legal Adviser and his Deputies in advising the Secretary of State and other senior officials on whatever fast-moving issues might occupy the foreign policy attention of the government at a …

He Knew Why He Was Here, D. D. Welch

Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law

Hal was passionate about his Transnational Legal Studies Program. He was brought to Vanderbilt in 1965 to build an international law program from scratch. In these days of globalization, it is difficult to remember how innovative his work was. In his first year, there were three international law courses at the Law School, all taught by him. There was a testy difference of opinion on campus about whether international law materials should be housed in the Law Library or remain in the University's Central Library...and there were not many materials in that collection. When Maier was named Director of the …

Human Dignity In The Line Of Fire: The Application Of International Human Rights Law During Armed Conflict, Occupation, And Peace Operations, John Cerone

Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law

One of the most controversial and politically charged issues in current human rights discourse is whether and to what extent states are bound by human rights obligations with respect to the conduct of their armed forces abroad in armed conflict, occupation, and peace operations. Underlying the controversy are a number of complex legal questions, several of which have eluded definitive resolution. Chief among these questions is whether individuals affected by the conflict are among those whose rights states are obliged to secure. Answering these questions is further complicated in situations of collective action, giving rise to such questions as whether …

The Detainee Treatment Act Of 2005: Embodying U.S. Values To Eliminate Detainee Abuse By Civilian Contractors And Bounty Hunters In Afghanistan And Iraq, Ryan P. Logan

Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law

The growth in the number of bounty hunters and civilian contractors accompanying the U.S. military into battle has swelled during the current conflicts in Afghanistan and Iraq. Civilians have been utilized in all facets of those military campaigns, including the interrogation of suspected terrorists or insurgents. Faced with intense pressure to rapidly obtain information about terrorist operations and yet having little oversight of their interrogation activities, some of these contractors and bounty hunters have been accused of abusing detainees. This Note explores the legal avenues for addressing accusations of detainee abuse by U.S. civilians in Afghanistan and Iraq and concludes …

Adult And Adolescent Parenting: Differences In Maternal Knowledge Of Infant Development And Parenting Style., Leslie J. Keener

All ETDs from UAB

No abstract provided.

Identification And Analysis Of Sex -Lethal, The Sex Determination Master Switch, As A Member Of The Hh Signaling Pathway In The Soma Of Drosophila Melanogaster., Sabrina L. Walthall

All ETDs from UAB

No abstract provided.

Project Management Issues In It Offshore Outsourcing, Kathy Schwaig, Stephen Gillam, Elke M. Leeds

Faculty Articles

Global partnerships are forming to take advantage of the cost savings associated with offshoring as well as other strategic benefits. Not all information technology offshoring projects, however, are successful. Cost overruns, increased complexity and defective code cause organizations to rethink their offshoring strategy and their methods for managing these projects. In this paper, project management issues associated with offshore information technology outsourcing projects are identified and specific recommendations for addressing these issues are presented.

Common Interest Realty Associations With Conforming Changes As Of May 1, 2006; Audit And Accounting Guide:, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants. Common Interest Realty Associations Task Force

Industry Guides (AAGs), Risk Alerts, and Checklists

No abstract provided.

Health Care Organizations With Conforming Changes As Of May 1, 2006; Audit And Accounting Guide:, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants. Health Care Committee

Industry Guides (AAGs), Risk Alerts, and Checklists

No abstract provided.

Life And Health Insurance Entities, With Conforming Changes As Of May 1, 2006; Audit And Accounting Guide:, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants. Life Insurance Audit Guide Task Force

Industry Guides (AAGs), Risk Alerts, and Checklists

No abstract provided.

Entities With Oil And Gas Producing Activities With Conforming Changes As Of May 1, 2006; Audit And Accounting Guide:, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants. Oil And Gas Committee

Industry Guides (AAGs), Risk Alerts, and Checklists

No abstract provided.

Lady Griz Volleyball Media Guide, 2006, University Of Montana—Missoula. Athletics Department

Lady Griz Volleyball Media Guides, 1979-2008

Media guide created about the Lady Griz volleyball team.

Investor-State Dispute Settlement Between Developed Countries, William S. Dodge

Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law

Free trade agreements between developed countries now frequently contain provisions on investor protection, but the resolution of disputes remains problematic. Chapter 11 of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) allows investors to bring direct claims against a host state before an international tribunal without exhausting domestic remedies. This has resulted in a number of claims against the United States by Canadian investors and against Canada by U.S.investors. Chapter 11 of the Australia-United States Free Trade Agreement (AUSFTA) does not permit direct claims, relying instead on a state-to-state dispute resolution mechanism.

This Article reviews the evolution of investment-dispute resolution from …

An Appellate Mechanism For Review Of Arbitral Decisions In Investor-State Disputes, David A. Gantz

Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law

At a time when complaints and decisions in investor-state arbitration are proliferating as never before, concerns are being raised by the U.S. Congress, NGOs and some foreign governments over the lack of consistency (or serious errors) among the decisions that emanate from the largely ad hoc arbitral panels that are created under the provisions of bilateral investment treaties and the investment provisions of free trade agreements, such as NAFTA, Chapter 11. As a result, it is suggested that an appellate mechanism, perhaps patterned after the generally successful Appellate Body of the World Trade Organization, be created, possibly under the auspices …

The Hidden Life Of Consumer Bankruptcy Reform, Jason J. Kilborn

Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law

This Article offers a unique perspective on the heavily revised U.S. consumer bankruptcy law, which went effect on October 17, 2005, in light of a surprising discovery: It turns out that the U.S. consumer bankruptcy system as "reformed" resembles in many critical respects the consumer bankruptcy system in place for the past six years in the Netherlands. As a result of this serendipitous U.S.-Dutch convergence, years of experience under the Dutch consumer debt relief system can provide a rare glimpse into the future of the new U.S. system. The Dutch law in practice has diverged in significant ways from legislative …

Courts Of Limited Jurisdiction In A Post-Transition Cuba, Matias F. Travieso-Diaz, Armando A. Musa

Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law

Cuba's eventual transition to a free-market society will likely be accompanied by a flood of litigation in areas such as property rights, privatization of state-owned enterprises, and human rights violation claims. Courts of limited jurisdiction should be established to hear these specialized matters and alleviate the burden on regular courts. As the transition unfolds, there will also be a need to create specialized tribunals to handle disputes in areas such as taxation, bankrtupcy, and intellectual property. The creation of the various courts of limited jurisdiction will have to be supported by creative strategies for retraining existing judges, training new ones, …

Review Of Higher Education For The Public Good: Emerging Voices From A National Movement By Adrianna J. Kezar, Tony C. Chambers, And John C. Burkhardt, W. Bede Mitchell

University Libraries: Faculty Publications

This review was published in College and Research Libraries.

Endogenitas Dari Lndikator Optimum Currency Area: Studi Empiris Di Negara Asean, Telisa Aulia Falianty

Jurnal Ekonomi dan Pembangunan Indonesia

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Bagi Hasil Pajak Pertambahan Nilai: Sebuah Alternatif Penguatan Keuangan Daerah Di Era Desentralisasi, Robert A. Simanjuntak

Jurnal Ekonomi dan Pembangunan Indonesia

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Evaluasi Lima Tahun Desentralisasi Fiskal Di Indonesia, Susiyati B. Hirawan

Jurnal Ekonomi dan Pembangunan Indonesia

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Strafford County 2005 Annual Report Of The Commissioners, Treasurer, Other County Officers And The Strafford County Delegation Strafford County, New Hampshire For The Year Ending December 31, 2005., Stafford County Representatives

Strafford County, NH Annual Reports

This is an annual report containing vital statistics for a county in the state of New Hampshire.

Growth, Eff Dd + Frop, Anwar Shaikh Phd

Archives of Anwar Shaikh

This collection includes:

• Shaikh, A. (2001, April 23). Solow/Swan growth model [Handwritten notes].

• Shaikh, A. (2003, July 15). General/super stable growth (expectations) plans system [Handwritten notes].

• Shaikh, A. (2003, July 15). Growthdynamics1.prg: EViews 4.1 model documentation and variables [Software program printout].

• Shaikh, A. (n.d.). Output and capacity; excess demand; capacity utilization [Graph printouts].

• Shaikh, A. (2003, August 3). Explaining real investment [Unpublished manuscript].

• Shaikh, A. (2000, September 27). Growth rates and social savings rate [Handwritten notes].

• Shaikh, A. (2000, November 1). The Cambridge school of Keynesian economics and the new economics (Luigi Pasinetti) …

Thirwall Project, Anwar Shaikh Phd

Archives of Anwar Shaikh

This collection includes.

• Abu-Ismail, K. (2006, April). Exports and imports growth rates (1960–1999). Unpublished document.

• Puty, C. (2002, January 31). Email to Anwar Shaikh: Fwd: R: Cointegration (Discussion of cointegration and dummy variables with Riccardo Fiorito). Unpublished email correspondence.

• Contri, A., & Puty, C. (2001, August 13). Explaining Thirlwall’s law. Unpublished document.

• Handwritten notes on Thirwall’s law. (n.d.). Unpublished handwritten notes [Manuscript]. (A. Shaikh, PhD, author).

• Handwritten notes titled “structural breaks and regressions.” (2000, November 11). Unpublished handwritten notes [Manuscript]. (A. Shaikh, PhD, author).

• File hypothetical.wf1: Generating artificial data for terms …

Prophecy And Casuistry: Abortion, Torture And Moral Discourse, M. Cathleen Kaveny

Journal Articles

In turn of the 21st century United States there are serious moral disputes over issues such as abortion and torture among persons who see themselves as belonging to the same moral tradition. These disputes have not given rise to fruitful discussion about differences, but instead led to a breakdown of conversation and even of community. A part of these clashes and breakdowns are not the result of mutually inconsistent moral premises, but are driven by tensions between two styles of moral discourse, the prophetic and casuistical. The former invokes the absolute and fiery rhetorical style of biblical prophets while the …

Religion, Division, And The First Amendment, Richard W. Garnett

Journal Articles

Nearly thirty-five years ago, in Lemon v. Kurtzman, Chief Justice Warren Burger declared that state programs or policies could excessive(ly) - and, therefore, unconstitutionally - entangle government and religion, not only by requiring or allowing intrusive public monitoring of religious institutions and activities, but also through what he called their divisive political potential. Chief Justice Burger asserted also, and more fundamentally, that political division along religious lines was one of the principal evils against which the First Amendment was intended to protect. And from this Hobbesian premise about the inten(t) animating the First Amendment, he proceeded on the assumption that …

Rational Alcohol Addiction: Evidence From The Russian Longitudinal Monitoring Survey, Badi H. Baltagi, Ingo Geishecker

Center for Policy Research

Alcohol consumption in Russia is legendary and has been reported to be the third leading cause of death in the former Soviet Union after heart disease and cancer. Are Russian alcohol consumers rational addicts? This paper uses eight rounds of a nationally representative Russian survey spanning the period 1994-2003 to estimate a rational addiction (RA) model for alcohol consumption. This is done in a panel data setting as well as on a wave by wave basis. The profile of the Russian drinker finds a huge difference between males and females and the model is estimated by gender. We do not …

The "Data Slant": Why Lack Of Media Generated By Minority Users Online Is An Offline Problem, Laura R. Rochet

Maurer Student Articles

User-generated media, such as blogs, vlogs, and podcasts, are rapidly becoming an integral aspect of political and commercial discourse. However, the information derived from this media is fundamentally biased due to the disproportionately low amount of minority user-generated media on the Web. In order to correct what I term the “data slant,” politicians and commercial entities must seek information from minorities offline to supplement data derived from user-generated media online, or markedly increase investment in measures designed to bridge the digital divide—the primary source of the data slant problem. Failure to act will lead to the neglect of a significant …

Mcle: The Perils, Pitfalls, And Promise Of Regulation, Cheri A. Harris

Valparaiso University Law Review

No abstract provided.

Best Practice In Adult Education And E-Learning: Leverage Points For Quality And Impact Of Cle, Barbara A. Bichelmeyer

Valparaiso University Law Review

No abstract provided.

Xpoint: Xml, Css, And Html-Based Presentation Graphics System, Sudhanshu Sood

Theses

Graphical Power Point presentations, when converted to Hyper Text Markup Language (HTML) have a defined graphical format, and are not portable to other browsers. Xpoint is an ongoing development work by Dr. Schreiner. It is a simple presentation graphical system [1]. The presentation is specified in Extensible Markup Language (XML) and is converted to well navigable HTML for browsing, appearance is controlled using Cascading Style Sheets (CSS). The presentation can also be converted to Portable Document Format (PDF) format which provides more flexibility. The project will extend the styles and capabilities of the existing Xpoint graphical presentation system. XML presentation …