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Title 40 presents regulations governing care of the environment
from the 14 subchapters of Chapter I and from the provisions
regarding the Council on Environmental Quality found in Chapter V.
Programs addressing air, water, pesticides, radiation protection,
and noise abatement are included. Practices for waste and toxic
materials disposal and clean-up are also prescribed. Additions and
revisions to this section of the code are posted annually by July.
Publication follows within six months.
This volume tackles contemporary problems of legal accommodation of
diversity in Europe and recent developments in the area in diverse
European legal regimes. Despite professing the motto Unity in
Diversity Europe appears to be struggling with discord rather than
unity. Legal discussions reflect a crisis when it comes to matters
of migration, accommodation of minorities and dealing with the
growing heterogeneity of European societies. This volume
illustrates that the current legal conundrums stem from European
oscillation between, on the one hand, acknowledging the need of
accommodation, and, on the other, the tendencies to preserve
existing legal traditions. It claims that these opposite tendencies
have led Europe to the edge of pluralism. This 'edge', just as the
linguistic interpretation of the word 'edge', carries multiple
meanings conveying a plethora of problems encountered by law when
dealing with diversity. The authors attempt to explore and
illustrate these multiple edges of pluralism tracing back their
origins and examining the contemporary legal conundrums they have
led to. The volume encourages the readers to explore whether there
are fundamental problems with approaches to diversity and if so can
they be rescued from their current precarious position. It asks
whether Europe at the edge is truly capable to unite in diversity
and develop a constructive approach to its growing pluralism. The
book is aimed at academics, practitioners and students focusing
their work on contemporary problems of diversity, multiculturalism
and accommodation of migrants as well as everybody interested in
the area.
Mark Tushnet presents a concise yet comprehensive overview of free
expression law, understood as a form of constitutional law.
Confronting the major issues of free expression - speech critical
of government, libel law, hate speech regulation, and the emerging
challenges posed by new technologies - he evaluates the key
questions and potential difficulties for future generations.
Contrasting the United States with current law in Europe and
elsewhere, Tushnet argues that freedom of expression around the
world should reflect deference to legislative judgements, unless
those judgements reflect inadequate deliberation or bias, and that
much of the existing free expression law is consistent with this
view. Key features include: Comprehensible for both students of law
and non-specialist readers interested in freedom of expression from
a legal perspective Viewpoints from multiple legal systems
including analysis of decisions made by the US Supreme Court and
the European Court of Human Rights Explains the two legal doctrinal
structures: categorical, rule-bound approaches and standards-based
approaches List of key references for further reading, allowing
readers to extend their knowledge of the topic past the advanced
introduction. This Advanced Introduction will be an essential
foundational text for students of law, as well as those from a
political science background who can view freedom of expression
from a legal perspective.
Twenty Years at Hull House, by the acclaimed memoir of social
reformer Jane Addams, is presented here complete with all
sixty-three of the original illustrations and the biographical
notes. A landmark autobiography in terms of opening the eyes of
Americans to the plight of the industrial revolution, Twenty Years
at Hull House has been applauded for its unflinching descriptions
of the poverty and degradation of the era. Jane Addams also details
the grave ill-health she suffered during and after her childhood,
giving the reader insight into the adversity which she would
re-purpose into a drive to alleviate the suffering of others. The
process by which Addams founded Hull House in Chicago is detailed;
the sheer scale and severity of the poverty in the city she and
others witnessed, the search for the perfect location, and the
numerous difficulties she and her fellow activists encountered
while establishing and maintaining the house are detailed.
Title 40 presents regulations governing care of the environment
from the 14 subchapters of Chapter I and from the provisions
regarding the Council on Environmental Quality found in Chapter V.
Programs addressing air, water, pesticides, radiation protection,
and noise abatement are included. Practices for waste and toxic
materials disposal and clean-up are also prescribed. Additions and
revisions to this section of the code are posted annually by July.
Publication follows within six months.
This collection analyses the place and the functioning of
interparliamentary cooperation in the EU composite constitutional
order, taking into account both the European and the national
dimensions. The chapters join the recent scholarship on the role of
parliaments in the EU after the Treaty of Lisbon.The aim of this
volume is to highlight the constitutional significance of
interparliamentary cooperation as a permanent feature of EU
democracy and as a new parliamentary function as well as to
investigate the practical side of this relatively new phenomenon.
To this end the contributors are academics and parliamentary
officials from all over Europe. The volume discusses the
developments in interparliamentary cooperation and its implications
for the organisation and procedures of national parliaments and the
European Parliament, for the fragmented executive of the EU, and
for the democratic legitimacy of the overall EU composite
Constitution. These issues are examined by looking at the European
legislative process, the European Semester and the Treaty
revisions. Moreover, the contributions take into account the
effects of interparliamentary cooperation on the internal structure
of parliaments and analyse the different models of
interparliamentary cooperation, ie from COSAC to the new
Interparliamentary Conference on Stability, Economic Coordination
and Governance in the European Union provided by the Fiscal
Compact.
This book evaluates the national implementation of the United
Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
(CRPD) in ASEAN. Working with country-specific research teams, the
contributors compiled detailed case-studies of CRPD implementation
in each country in ASEAN. This book presents a detailed overview of
the problem, the relevant literature, and the conceptual framework,
and then it explores the implementation of the CRPD in each of the
ten countries in Southeast Asia. Details include the factors that
influenced each country to ratify the CRPD, the focal point
structure of implementation, the independent mechanism established
to monitor the implementation, and the civil society organizations
involved. This book also evaluates the implications of CRPD
implementation for human rights and development in ASEAN, including
the degree of institutionalized support for persons with
disabilities, the development objectives of the CRPD against the
strategic objectives of the ASEAN economic community and the
broader ASEAN community, and the way these developments compare
with those in other countries and regions. Working with
country-specific research teams, the editors compiled detailed
case-studies of CRPD implementation on each country in ASEAN. This
book presents a detailed overview of the problem and the relevant
literature. The contributors also offer conclusions on the research
and national and ASEAN-level recommendations for moving forward.
Increased diversity and shifting social identities have created
significant effects on contemporary legislative systems. These
shifts have altered how legislative bodies conduct, implement, and
pass various policies and bills. Impacts of Faith-Based Decision
Making on the Individual-Level Legislative Process: Emerging
Research and Opportunities is an innovative source of scholarly
material on the religious influences of modern society on marital
law. Including perspectives on topics such as same-sex marriage,
religious values, and bill sponsorship, this book is ideally
designed for researchers, academics, professionals, graduate
students, and policy makers interested in the latest developments
on legislative decision making.
Title 28 presents regulations by the Department of Justice and the
Office of Independent Counsel that govern judicial administration.
Chapters also address Federal Prison Industries and Bureau of
Prisons. Subchapters address inmate admission, classification, and
transfer; institutional management; and community programs and
release.
Myanmar's Constitution of 2008 was the 'road map' for the reform
process that began in 2011. Despite extensive criticism of this
Constitution for its emphasis on the role of the military, much
progress has been made towards constitutional government and law
reform. With the election of the opposition NLD to government in
the general election of November 2015 and the presidential
electoral college election of March 2016,now is the time to
consider the Constitution, and prospects and needs for
constitutional change as Myanmar moves towards democracy and the
rule of law. Much has been made of the Constitution's rigidity,
which is seen as an obstacle to reform and inconsistent with
embracing the rule of law, human rights and multi-party democracy,
especially with a rapidly transforming state and society.
Nonetheless, the Constitution is also seen as having potential to
be a very positive force for reform. Many issues arise now for
constitutionalism and constitutional change: presidency; federalism
and territorial governance; the status of minorities and freedom of
religion; civil liberties in what is described as a
'discipline-flourishing democracy'; the courts, justice and the
rule of law; the electoral system; and many more. This book is an
attempt to gauge the extent and potential for the entrenchment of
constitutionalism in Myanmar in a rapidly changing environment.
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