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Protagonist Of Prudence: A Biography Of John Wentworth, The King's Last Governor Of New Hampshire, Paul Wendell Wilderson Iii.

Doctoral Dissertations

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A Study Of The Juror Interaction Process In Criminal Trials, Paul E. Dow

Graduate Dissertations and Theses

Four hundred and fifty-four jurors who served on forty-three criminal trials in Syracuse, New York, were sent questionnaires designed to elicit information concerning their deliberative behavior. One hundred and ninety-four jurors representing 42.6 percent of the total sample returned the survey instrument. This figure represents the efforts of one initial survey and two follow-up surveys.

The purpose of the research is to gain insights into individual and collective juror behavior. After a review of the traditional, legal realist, and behavioral literature concerning deliberative behavior several hypotheses were generated and tested. Two of the four hypotheses received some support. Specifically, a …

The Politics Of John Muir, Dorothy M. Freeman

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

A man does not always see himself as others see him. John Muir is venerated by several generations of Americans as a man who left a legacy of State and National Parks, State and National Forests, outdoor beauty and untouched wilderness areas which would never have survived has it not been for this dedicated man.

He did not plan such a course. He did what he found necessary to be done, without thought of personal gain or public honor.

However, during his lifetime there were those who did not view him with such veneration. Countless ranchers, lumberman and politicians must …

Implementation Problems Of The Design-To-Cost Concept In Weapon System Acquisitions, James B. Boyle

Theses and Dissertations

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Ethics, Morality, And Professional Responsibility, Dallin H. Oaks

BYU Studies

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Reapportionment : An Oregon History And A Critique Of Baker Vs Carr, Ann Frissell Lackey

Dissertations and Theses

This study explores the ways in which federal and state authorities have sought to deal with a difficult problem of political power in the context of the U.S. Constitution. Oregon reapportionment history offers an appropriate introduction to a critique of the national reapportionment decisions of Baker vs Carr and Reynolds vs Sims. Its Constitution stipulated population and the ratio derived from a population based formula were the means by which apportionment was to be determined and noncompliance had been particularly evident from 1933 to 1952. Also, by the initiative process and a decision by the Oregon Supreme Court, Oregon had …

The Doctrine Of An Inspired Constitution, Noel B. Reynolds

BYU Studies

No abstract provided.

The United States Great Britain And The Status Of Thailand (Siam), 1940-1946, Peter Goodwin

History Theses & Dissertations

This paper traces the changes in the attitudes and policies of the United States towards the Southeast Asian country of Thailand during the Second World War. From a position of indifference the United States assumed an active role in the emergence of Thailand as a sovereign nation at the conclusion of the war, encouraging pro-American factions and opposing a traditional power of the area, Great Britain.

The emphasis of the paper is on the different attitudes held by Britain and the United States and the efforts to reconcile them. The British expected recompense by the Thais for allying themselves with …

Habitants In Holyoke: The Development Of The French-Canadian Community In A Massachusetts City, 1865-1910, Peter Haebler

Doctoral Dissertations

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American Teen-Agers Of The 1960'S—Our Despair Or Hope?, Blaine R. Porter

BYU Studies

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Some Non-Religious Views Against Proposed 'Mercy-Killing' Legislation Part Ii, Yale Kamisar

Articles

There have been and there will continue to be compelling circumstances when a doctor or relative or friend will violate The Law On The Books and, more often than not, receive protection from The Law In Action. But this is not to deny that there are other occasions when The Law On The Books operates to stay the hand of all concerned, among them situations where the patient is in fact ( 1 ) presently incurable, ( 2) beyond the aid of any respite which may come along in his life expectancy, suffering ( 3 ) intolerable and ( 4) …

Some Non-Religious Views Against Proposed 'Mercy-Killing' Legislation Part I, Yale Kamisar

Articles

In essence, Williams' specific proposal is that death be authorized for a person in the above situation "by giving the medical practitioner a wide discretion and trusting to his good sense." This, I submit, raises too great a risk of abuse and mistake to warrant a change in the existing law. That a proposal entails risk of mistake is hardly a conclusive reason against it. But neither is it irrelevant. Under any euthanasia program the consequences of mistake, of course, are always fatal. As I shall endeavor to show, the incidence of mistake of one kind or another is likely …

A Reconsideration Of The Commercial Banking Imputation In The Official Us National Accounts, Georg Michael Mehl

Graduate Dissertations and Theses

The difficulties encountered in the measurement of Gross Income and Product Originating in the commercial banking industry according to the conventions of the National Income and Product Accounts are a subset of a much larger philosophical question. This query deals with the definition and identification of the output produced by all of the so-called “tertiary” industries, of which banking is just a small part.

Over the past several decades, as the world's industrialized economies have grown and become more complex, economists have noted that an increasing proportion of Gross Product Originating (GPO) has been generated by the tertiary sector, relative …

Impact Of Metrication On Business In The United States, Barry F. Nass

Theses and Dissertations

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Public Responsiveness : A Comparative Study Of Elected And Appointed Officials, Steven W. Jasperson

Theses and Dissertations

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North Dakota And A Unified Court Structure, Barbara J. Gletne

Theses and Dissertations

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The Fur Trade In North Dakota And Its Economic Impact, Donald L. Gatlin

Theses and Dissertations

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What Are Kids Interested In Reading, Dale B. Taylor

Theses and Dissertations

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An Economic Information Program For The U.S. Beef And Pork Sectors, N. A. Aulaqi, J. B. Hassler

Nebraska Agricultural Experiment Station: Historical Research Bulletins

Major objectives of the study were: first, to review present public data programs and to indicate areas of inefficient performance in the production and marketing of beef and pork that still exist under the present data system; second, to simulate an operational information service program for the beef and pork sectors based on programmed solutions for industry allocations and activities; and third, to outline possible implementation procedures for the information service programs and to indicate the role of each of the participants in making it successful.

Bibliography Of Secondary Sources On The History Of Dermatology Ii. Obituaries And Biographies In English Before 1973, Lawrence Charles Parish, M.D., John Thorne Crissey, M.D., Jennifer L. Parish, M.D., Daniel H. Parish, J.D.

Department of Dermatology and Cutaneous Biology Faculty Papers

Bibliography of Secondary Sources on the History of Dermatology

II. Obituaries and Biographies in English before 1973

The Effect Of Right-To-Work Laws On Unionization In The United States, H. Craig Petersen, Keith Lumsden

Economics and Finance Faculty Publications

State right-to-work laws, the subject of considerable controversy in the industrial relations field, typically state that no person will be required to become a union member or, conversely, be required to abstain from union membership as a condition of obtaining or retaining employment. Little hard evidence exists on the effect of right-to-work laws. Meyers (1955) concludes that in Texas the law does not appear to have had a noticeable impact on union strength. Kuhlman (1955) finds that the Virginia law has caused little change in hiring practices, and he cites lack of enforcement as a major cause. Novit (1969), in …

Bryan, Populism And Utah, Herbert E. Cihak

Theses and Dissertations

William Jennings Bryan exercised great political power for thirty years in America. Through his efforts the Democratic Party power base was broadened to include Jews, Negroes businessmen, and farmers. Bryan's call for political and social reform found many supporters in the State of Utah.

It is difficult to assess what actually caused William J. Bryan to lose the 1900 Presidential election in Utah. Yet, we must put to rest the conclusion that he lost solely because silver was an unimportant issue to the Utah electorate in 1900. The powerful influence of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on …

From The Fourth Dimension To Human Liberation: Betty Friedan's Concept Of Woman's Role In American Society 1963-1973, Maryann Intermont Ustick

History Theses & Dissertations

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Role Perception Of The Elementary Principal, David Horken

Theses and Dissertations

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A Study Of Attitudes Toward Reading, A James Flinton

Theses and Dissertations

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On Using The Black Press, Douglas E. Newman

Theses and Dissertations

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The Cold War : An Historiographical Study, Paul A. Haivala

Theses and Dissertations

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Amicus Curiae Briefs : An Effective Lobby?, Richard M. Francis

Theses and Dissertations

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The Robber Baron Concept In Twentieth-Century American Historiography, Louis Y. Van Dyke

Theses and Dissertations

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The United States Supreme Court And The Protection Of Individual Privacy, Elizabeth P. Martin

Master's Theses

The central thesis of this study is that the Supreme Court, after a half-century of incrementally developing "zones" of privacy protection through the various guaran­ tees in the Bill of Rights, has arrived at a distinct, inde­ pendent "right of privacy" with the potentiality of pro­ tecting privacy in a broad range of situations. The Court has, at least since its Griswold decision in 1965, been developing a substantive, due process right to privacy in the areas of marriage, family, conception, and abortion. Although the privacy right's perimeters have yet to be determined, its new "substantive" nature lends itself to …