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Unreasonable Search And Seizure : The Fourth Amendment And Sections 215 And 505 Of The Usa Patriot Act, Christine L. Carlson

Undergraduate Theses and Senior Projects

No abstract provided.

American Citations And The Mclachlin Court: An Empirical Study, Peter Mccormick

Osgoode Hall Law Journal

This article examines the use of American jurisprudence by the judges of the McLachlin Court, using an earlier study of such citations as a reference point. In addition to tracking overall use of American citations over time, it looks at these trends: which Canadian judges use American cases and for which types of cases; and which American cases, courts, and judges are being cited. Brief descriptions of the Supreme Court cases with the largest use of American citations precede a categorization of the results. The article confirms previous academic findings that the use of American citations have been modest, with …

Tobacco Politics And Electoral Accountability In The United States, Per G. Fredriksson, Khawaja Mamun

WCBT Working Papers

This paper investigates whether reputation-building strategies guide U.S. governors’ state cigarette tax choices, and whether the federal cigarette tax influences such behavior. Using 1975-2000 data, we find evidence that governors in states with relatively important agricultural tobacco production and tobacco manufacturing, and which are densely populated by smokers, appear prone to reputation-building. Moreover, lame ducks are more prone to raise the state cigarette tax the lower the federal tax.

Role Of Revolutionary Leadership In Iran To Its Foreign Policy, Aida Latorre

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

This study investigated the role of different leadership styles within Iran and how such leadership changes influenced Iranian foreign policy. The study utilized event-data analysis of Iranian history and current events and discussed the role of realist and idealist to the development of Iran into the regional power it is today as well as how Western relations played a role in developing Iranian foreign policy, particularly with regard to its nuclear development. The main body of the study drew from the dynamics within Iran, its relations with the West, relations with Israel, and relations with other foreign powers. The event-data …

Domestic Partnerships And Same-Sex Marriage, Barbara Stark

Hofstra Law Faculty Scholarship

Family law continues to evolve rapidly. Past orthodoxies become unsustainable, while new norms and values are ushered in.

John Murphy, The Recognition of Same-Sex Families in

Britain: The Role of Private International Law,

16 Int’l J. L. Pol. & Fam. 181, 185 (2002)

Perhaps nowhere in family law is this evolution more dramatic than in the burgeoning recognition of rights of same-sex couples. Within the past twenty years courts, legislatures, and international bodies have addressed the extent to which rights and obligations formerly reserved to heterosexual married spouses should be conferred on other partners.

Most western democracies now recognize …

Oh, I'M Sorry, Did That Identity Belong To You: How Ignorance, Ambiguity, And Identity Theft Create Opportunity For Immigration Reform In The United States, Matthew T. Hovey

Villanova Law Review (1956 - )

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Global Warming And The Problem Of Policy Innovation: Lessons From The Early Environmental Movement, Christopher H. Schroeder

Faculty Scholarship

When it comes to influencing government decisions, special interests have some built-in advantages over the general public interest. When the individual members of special interest groups have a good deal to gain or lose as a result of government action, special interests can organize more effectively, and generate benefits for elected officials, such as campaign contributions and other forms of political support. They will seek to use those advantages to influence government decisions favorable to them. The public choice theory of government decision making sometimes comes close to elevating this point into a universal law, suggesting that the general public …

Understanding As The Ultimate Medium To Resolve Mistrust : Re-Imagining A New Narrative Between The United States And Iran, Ali Goldoust

Doctoral Dissertations

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United States Propaganda In Iran: 1951-1953, Hakimeh Saghaye-Biria

LSU Master's Theses

Using Jowett and O’Donnell’s system of propaganda analysis, the present case study concentrates on America’s dominant propaganda messages, techniques, and media channels used in Iran during the time period between 1951 and 1953. The chosen period is of historical significance since it entails the Iranian nationalization of oil crisis and the 1953 coup against the government of Prime Minister Mohammad Mosaddeq. The coup was the first CIA-sponsored covert operation against a foreign government and served as a model for subsequent operations elsewhere. An examination of the official correspondence of the major U.S. actors involved, as documented in the tenth volume …

What's For Lunch? : Summer Lunch Program 2008, Brieanna Siefken

Undergraduate Theses and Senior Projects

No abstract provided.

Educational Technology Behaviors And Expectations Of Students Entering Three Dental Programs : A Bi-Coastal Study, Gwen (J. Gwendolyn) Essex

Doctoral Dissertations

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Loan And Security Agreement Between Chrysler And U.S Department Of The Treasury, U. S. Department Of The Treasury, Chrysler Group, Llc.

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Loan and Security Agreement By and Between The Borrower Listed on Appendix A as Borrower and The United States Department of the Treasury as Lender. This is also known as the Chrysler Original Loan and Security Agreement (with amendments) (December 31, 2008) (Chrysler LSA 2008). These were agreements (including amendments) to execute lending to Chrysler by Treasury under the bridge loans on January 2, 2009.

Gmac Announces Consummation Of Its Notes Exchange Offers, General Motors Acceptance Corporation (Gmac)

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Gmac Financial Services Bank Holding Company Application Approved By Federal Reserve, General Motors Acceptance Corporation (Gmac)

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Fhfa Response To The New York Times Article Of December 21, 2008, United States: Federal Housing Finance Agency (Fhfa)

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Highlighting that The New York Times article was "misleading and inaccurate in many places". Providing recorded instances of where OFHEO saw warning signs with Fannie and Freddie along with their desire for reform.

Bumbling Biddies And Drunken Pats: Anti-Irish Humor In Antebellum New Orleans, Ashley Barckett

LSU New Orleans Theses and Dissertations

The Irish in New Orleans have been a notoriously understudied group. With the third largest Irish population in the country by 1860, New Orleans is crucial when trying to understand the Irish immigrant experience. Viewing the Irish from the public perspective, this study explores the Daily Picayune, New Orleans' largest newspaper, from its inception in 1837 to 1857, to decipher the city's attitudes towards the Irish. Jokes in particular are explored, their function being multifaceted. First, jokes grouped Irish women into three types in an effort to maintain control of a large and unfamiliar group of white women who did …

Gmac Receives Significant Participation And Extends Early Delivery Time Of Its Notes Exchange Offers, General Motors Acceptance Corporation (Gmac)

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Fy 2009 Performance Plan, United States: Federal Housing Finance Agency (Fhfa)

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Performance Plan report generated for the 2009 Fiscal Year

Gmac Announces That The Results Of Its Exchange Offers Are Insufficient To Meet Regulatory Capital Requirements To Become A Bank Holding Company, General Motors Acceptance Corporation (Gmac)

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Draft - Understanding The Subprime Mortgage Crisis, Yuliya Demyanyk, Otto Van Hemert

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No abstract provided.

General Motors Corporation Restructuring Plan For Long-Term Viability, General Motors Company

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Ford Motor Company Business Plan (December 2, 2008), Ford Motor Company

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Educational Spending: Kentucky Vs. Other States, William Hoyt, Christopher Jepsen, Kenneth R. Troske

CBER Research Report

Excerpts from the executive summary:

The passage of the Kentucky Educational Reform Act (KERA) in 1990 had a dramatic impact on the funding of primary and secondary education in the state. The amount of money spent on education increased significantly with the passage of KERA with districts in rural areas of the state experiencing the largest growth in spending (Hoyt, 1999). This has led to a decline in the disparity between rural and urban districts in education spending. However, despite the increase in educational spending, Kentucky still lags behind the typical state in the U.S. in spending per student (Troske, …

Paulson Delivers Update On Economy And Markets, Henry M. Paulson Jr.

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The Myth And The Reality Of American Constitutional Exceptionalism, Stephen Gardbaum

Michigan Law Review

This Article critically evaluates the widely held view inside and outside the United States that American constitutional rights jurisprudence is exceptional. There are two dimensions to this perceived American exceptionalism: the content and the structure of constitutional rights. On content, the claim focuses mainly on the age, brevity, and terseness of the text and on the unusually high value attributed to free speech. On structure, the claim is primarily threefold. First, the United States has a more categorical conception of constitutional rights than other countries. Second, the United States has an exceptionally sharp public/private division in the scope of constitutional …

Vanishing Voices: The Impact Of Life Behind The Barbed Wire On World War Ii Prisoners Of War, James Reginald Burgess

College of Graduate Studies: Theses & Dissertations

This dissertation is an exploration into the lived experiences and interconnectedness of World War II prisoners of war (POWs). It is driven by the personal accounts of four men who experienced life on the wrong side of the barbed wire: my father, the late William Austin Burgess, formerly of Hinesville, Georgia; C. Neill Baylor, of Vidalia, Georgia; Herman Cranman, of Savannah, Georgia; and Robert Waldrop, of Beaufort, South Carolina. The impetus for this exploration began with the stories I received as a child when my father would share his wartime military experiences with me and continues with the learning of …

Effects Of Online, Collaborative Discourse On Secondary Student Writing: A Case Study Of The History And Ecology Of An Electronic Exchange, Julie Henderson Rucker

College of Graduate Studies: Theses & Dissertations

Technological environments where teens spend much of their time after school are environments that educators seldom use in classroom instruction. These Web 2.0 environments are participatory, collaborative environments where teens share music, files, pictures, and ideas and are influenced by the information shared by others within their Web 2.0 environments. This study looks at a particular online environment, the Bread Loaf Teacher Network, and how secondary student writing is affected by the collaborative nature of electronic exchanges conducted on this online network. This study analyzed the history and ecology of one electronic exchange (a technological, participatory discourse community within the …

Citi Adds $40 Billion Of Capital Benefit Through Agreement With U.S. Treasury, Federal Reserve, And Fdic, Citigroup

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Fdic Board Of Directors Approves Tlgp Final Rule, United States: Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (Fdic)

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Gmac Files Application With Federal Reserve To Become Bank Holding Company, General Motors Acceptance Corporation (Gmac)

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