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Protection Against The Forced Return Of War Refugees: An Interdisciplinary Consensus On Humanitarian Non-Refoulement, Jennifer Moore

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This book contributes to a long-standing but ever topical debate about whether persons fleeing war to seek asylum in another country – ‘war refugees’ – are protected by international law. It seeks to add to this debate by bringing together a detailed set of analyses examining the extent to which the application of international humanitarian law (IHL) may usefully advance the legal protection of such persons. This generates a range of questions about the respective protection frameworks established under international refugee law and IHL and, specifically, the potential for interaction between them. As the first collection to deal with the …

Health Law: Cases, Materials And Problems, Robert L. Schwartz, Barry R. Furrow, Thomas L. Greaney, Sandra H. Johnson, Timothy Stoltzfus Jost

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For more than two decades, Health Law: Cases, Materials and Problems has defined the field of health law, providing a balanced overview of law as it affects patients, professionals, institutions, and entities that deliver and finance U.S. health care. The 7th Edition of Health Law comprehensively reviews the provisions of the Affordable Care Act with topics such as the oversight of quality (including the latest developments in patient safety), cost control (including consumer-directed health care), guarantees of adequate access to services, exempt-organization tax issues, transactions and relationships among health care professionals and providers, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA), …

Latinos And The Law, Margaret E. Montoya

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This theme study presents opportunities in communities nationwide by making the most recent scholarship in Latino history is now available to a broad public audience. Also, it provides historic preservationists in government agencies and the private sector now have a tool to help identify and evaluate Latino-related places for historical significance. Lastly, this study will allow more of these places are likely to be nominated to the National Register of Historic Places and for National Historic Landmark designation. Historian Stephen Pitti's core essay sets the stage for the essays in the theme study. This overview of the …