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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 …
The Supreme Court’S Devaluation Of U.S. Patents, Christopher M. Holman
The Supreme Court’S Devaluation Of U.S. Patents, Christopher M. Holman
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In a span of three weeks during the spring of 2017, the U.S. Supreme Court issued three patent decisions, bringing the total number of patent decisions for the 2016-2017 term to six. This means that the October 2016 term ties the previous record of six patent decisions in the October 2014 term. This represents a tremendous increase in the number of patent decisions compared to earlier times, and particularly the early days of the Federal Circuit. For reference, during the first quarter of a century the Federal Circuit was in existence, the Supreme Court heard on average less than one …