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Ecology and Environmental Ethics: Green Wood in the Bundle of Sticks (Routledge Revivals)
Par Robert Jay Goldstein. 2004
Originally published in 2004. Examining the successes and failures of three decades of environmental law, this absorbing book reconsiders some…
of the policies devised to remedy centuries of abuse of the planet. It acknowledges the advances made using technological standards to effect pollution control as well as rudimentary systems that regulate use of land at the local level. However, as the author observes, these systems have limitations in solving vexing problems such as sprawl and non-point source pollution, as the cost of their use can easily outweigh the benefits. He suggests a system, termed 'Green Wood in the Bundle of Sticks', that provides the necessary theoretical and historical bases to bridge the gap between the potentials of each system. Using objective criteria based on science, this system is tied to a land ownership system that also takes into account societal concerns at a broader level.Private Law, Nudging and Behavioural Economic Analysis: The Mandated-Choice Model (Markets and the Law)
Par Antonios Karampatzos. 2020
Offering a fresh perspective on "nudging", this book uses legal paternalism to explore how legal systems may promote good policies…
without ignoring personal autonomy. It suggests that the dilemma between inefficient opt-in rules and autonomy restricting opt-out schemes fails to realistically capture the span of options available to the policy maker. There is a third path, namely the ‘mandated-choice model’. The book is mainly dedicated to presenting this model and exploring its great potential. Contract law, consumer protection, products safety and regulatory problems such as organ donation or excessive borrowing are the setting for the discussion. Familiarising the reader with a hot debate on paternalism, behavioural economics and private law, this book takes a further step and links this behavioural law and economics discussion with philosophical considerations to shed a light on modern challenges, such as organ donation or consumers protection, by adopting an openly interdisciplinary approach. The book will be of interest to students and scholars of contract law, legal systems, behavioural law and economics, and consumer law.Written by the nation's foremost authority on gunshot wounds and forensic techniques as they relate to firearm injuries, this third…
edition of a bestseller provides critical updates to information on gunshot wounds and the weapons and ammunition used to inflict them. The book describes practical aspects of ballistics, wound ballistics, and the classification of various wounds caused by handguns, rifles, and shotguns. It also explains autopsy techniques and procedures and laboratory analyses relating to weapons and gunshot evidence. A much-needed update after nearly 20 years, the third edition of Gunshot Wounds provides the latest and most thorough information on firearms and best practices for examining firearm-related wounds."I can't do that until I've lost a bit of weight". "I need to slim down first". "When I'm thinner…
I'll..."What if you didn't feel held back by your body? This guide helps you to free yourself from harmful social attitudes about weight and to start living now.Break the Binds of Weight Stigma draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), a positive, action-based form of therapy that works by accepting your natural emotions and using your own personal values to build a path to the life you want to live. Stories, worksheets, reflection questions, and guided exercises show you how to embrace yourself and fight back against the social structures that tie value to size. This is not a book about changing your body or losing weight. It's a guide to help you connect with the things that are important to you regardless of your weight. It's a step towards countering the harmful messages in society about our bodies. It's a movement. It's radical. It's freedom.This book explores the role of trade remedies in liberalising environmental trade and discouraging environmentally harmful trade. As trade remedies…
can pose a significant obstacle to environmental trade, this book outlines how trade negotiators can implement restrictions on the application of trade remedies on environmental goods. It also assesses whether and how investigating authorities can account for differences in environmental protection standards in trade remedy investigations and considers what a possible 'trade remedy' for environmental harm might look like. Although the book concludes that trade remedies will remain a trade instrument primarily driven by economic and competitiveness concerns, it demonstrates how environmental considerations can guide trade remedy policy, how investigating authorities can properly account for the environmental costs of production, and how the limited policy space available in the WTO Agreements on Trade Remedies can be used to pursue green policy goals.This book offers a comprehensive introduction to French contract law with a focus on the role of consent and the…
evolution of consensualism, considering its immediate historical sources. The book provides a clear, in-depth, and analytical discussion of the contingency of consensualism and how the development of consensual ideas across time and transnational geographical settings has specifically underpinned modern French contract law, which has inspired other legal systems and continues to do so. It also challenges the macro-narratives of European legal history and redefines consensualism so that it may be properly understood, addressing its manifest contemporary misinterpretations. Thorough, engaging, well-structured and inventive, there is no other English-language scholarly work that offers a similar analysis.“This monograph makes an evident contribution to the field by offering an original interpretation of several provisions in the Code Civil which relate to the law of contract. The author demonstrates an impressive grasp of Latin, French and English sources as well as knowledge of Roman law, legal history, and contemporary French law. It is well-referenced and offers an extensive bibliography”. – Dr Stephen Bogle, Senior Lecturer in Private Law, University of Glasgow, UK“The author brings a critical perspective to bear throughout the monograph and develops a clear and quite sophisticated position on the interaction between consensualism and formalism in Roman and French law and the intervening European ius commune”. – Prof Hector MacQueen, Emeritus Professor of Private Law, University of Edinburgh, UKCorporate Liability and International Criminal Law
Par Alessandra De Tommaso. 2024
This book investigates whether corporate criminal liability should be incorporated within the scope of international criminal law. The work provides…
unique insight into the evolution of the debate on the international criminal liability of corporations to facilitate future discussion on the possibility of including corporations within the scope of international criminal law. It combines a detailed examination of Nuremberg and Rome with the examination of previously overlooked initiatives such as the Draft Code of Offences against Peace and Security of Mankind and the 1951 and 1953 Committees on International Criminal Jurisdiction. This analysis is also complemented by a review of significant post-1998 international and domestic developments around corporate criminal liability. In addition, it offers suggestions for the development of an amendment to hold corporations accountable under the Statute of the International Criminal Court. This book contributes to the existing literature on the topic of corporate liability which attracts significant attention from scholars in the fields of Law, Business, and Political Science. It will be useful to professionals in the academic and diplomatic fields, researchers, legal advisors, and business leaders. It will also be of interest to anyone who wants to understand the debate on holding businesses accountable under international criminal law.World Criminal Justice Systems: A Comparative Survey
Par Richard J. Terrill. 2023
The revised tenth edition of this core textbook provides an understanding of major world criminal justice systems by discussing and…
comparing the systems of six of the world’s countries—each representative of a different type of legal system. England, France, Japan, South Africa, Russia, and China are all covered in detail, and an additional chapter on Islamic law uses three example nations to illustrate the range of practice within Sharia. Political, historical, organizational, procedural, and critical issues confronting the justice systems are explained and analyzed. Neatly organized with a parallel structure throughout the text, each chapter contains material on government, police, judiciary, law, corrections, juvenile justice, and other critical issues. A new feature of this text focuses on the nature of the political world order and the significant clash between some democratic and authoritarian governments. Of particular concern are those authoritarian governments that have seen the rise of what has been popularly referred to as the strongman leader. The countries covered in this text have seen the emergence of four such strongmen. While the rise of each occurred in different contexts, they were each facilitated in significant ways by the manner in which they asserted their control over the country’s criminal justice system. This book is suitable for undergraduate and graduate students in criminal justice, prelaw, and similar programs. Supplementary materials for instructors include test bank and lecture slides.Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Administrative Science (Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research #776)
Par Abdul Rahman, Septiana Dwiputrianti, Muhamad Nur Afandi. 2024
This is an open access book.Central Themes:“Administrative Reform Toward Collaborative and Digital Governance Era”.The main objective of the international conference…
is to identify and understand the opportunities and challenge of the sustainable development goals in the new normal era.Formulating the knowledge and experiences in regard to the sustainable development goals in the new normal era.Understanding the effect in multiple perspectives such us social, politics, political economy, governance, paradigm shift, economy, business, environmental, security, human resources management etc.Creating innovation in public policy and administration which is adaptive and sensitive to the multiplier effect of decision making and process made by the public sector governance in the pandemic era.Developing networking and partnership with international academicians, expertise and professionals in arrange of filed in business, public policy, administration, political economy, development etc.Controlling digitaler Behördenkommunikation: Wie öffentliche Institutionen ihre digitale Kommunikation steuern und ihre Kommunikationsleistung messen können
Par Bernhard Hirsch, Birgit Grain. 2023
Das Buch zeigt, wie Behörden ihre digitalen Kommunikationsprozesse mit Unterstützung eines umfassenden Kommunikationscontrollings steuern und die Kommunikationsleistung messen können. Digitale…
Behördenkommunikation gilt als zukunftsweisendes Thema, weil sie große Potenziale für die Bürgerzufriedenheit und die Effektivität und Effizienz von Verwaltungsprozessen birgt. Theoretisch fundiert und mit Praxisbeispielen erläutern die Autoren die Grundlagen des Kommunikationscontrollings, die Zielsetzung digitaler Kommunikationsmaßnahmen öffentlicher Institutionen sowie die besonderen Herausforderungen bei der Leistungsmessung digitaler Kommunikationsprozesse. Sie zeigen Lösungsansätze auf, wie Behörden belastbare Leistungskennzahlen für das Controlling ihrer digitalen Kommunikationsmaßnahmen ableiten können. Zudem geben sie Handlungsempfehlungen, um die digitale Transformation voranzutreiben und eine effektive Messung und Steuerung der Kommunikationsleistung weiter zu optimieren – ergänzt um praxisnahe Tipps, wie die Einführung eines Kommunikationscontrollings in Behörden gelingt. Langjährig erfahrene Kommunikationsprofis aus Bundes- und Landesbehörden bereichern dieses Werk zudem mit ihren Erfahrungen aus dem Kommunikationsalltag.Sex in Cetaceans: Morphology, Behavior, and the Evolution of Sexual Strategies
Par Bernd Würsig, Dara N. Orbach. 2023
Sex in Cetaceans provides an up-to-date review of multi-faceted aspects related to mating and reproduction in toothed and baleen whales.…
This open access book begins with discussions of sexual selection and anatomical traits related to mating and diversity between the sexes. The functions of non-conceptive copulations are reviewed as are different research techniques applied to explore sex in cetaceans. Authors and editors build knowledge of female and male social, mating, and parental strategies and tactics for several specific toothed dolphin/porpoise/whale species and baleen whale species. It concludes with a discussion of potential conservation efforts and ways to help especially beleaguered species and populations the world over. The volume is intended as a major primer of cetacean sex for undergraduate and graduate students, new and established researchers in the field, and the public wishing to learn more.The Best Dog: Hilarious to Heartwarming Portraits of the Pups We Love
Par Aliza Eliazarov. 2023
A gorgeous, heartwarming, and comedic collection of pup portraits and stories celebrating the enduring bond we share with our dogs,…
from acclaimed photographer, Aliza EliazarovCapturing animals&’ unique personalities with humor and grace for over a decade, Aliza&’s portraits have been exhibited and published widely, including on the covers of Modern Farmer magazine, BarkBox ads, and U.S. postage stamps. From couch potatoes to working dogs, Aliza takes us on a journey revealing the individuality of our loyal companions through dazzling photos and captions that illuminate the deep connection we have with our pets. You&’ll meet Frank, the bulldog who loves a tire; Maggie, the Jack Russell terrier who delivers homemade cookies to lobstermen; Eddy, the hero mutt who saved her farm from a fire; and many more soulful, funny, and downright adorable pups.With evocative portraits and hilarious observations of close to 100 dogs, The Best Dog will confirm what we already know—dogs really are the best.Feeling 'Blah'?: Why Anhedonia Has Left You Joyless and How to Recapture Life's Highs
Par Tanith Carey. 2023
'Fascinating' Psychologies 'A brilliant read' Happiful 'A really, really, really, really good book' Liz Jones, You magazine podcastHow much do you…
enjoy your life?Does life feel dull? A bit grey?Do you feel as if your emotions have flatlined?This is anhedonia – a word only a few of us have heard of but one that explains why so many of us feel we are sleepwalking through life.Anhedonia is from the Greek word for 'without pleasure' and describes a loss of interest in activities you once enjoyed. It explains why many of us spend our lives in a fog, feeling neither happy nor sad, just not very much at all.In the first book to tackle this missing piece in mental health, writer Tanith Carey joins the dots on how convenience culture, stressful lifestyles, modern diets and both female and male hormonal changes can dial down our ability to feel excitement and joy.With the help of world-leading experts and by digging into the latest research, Tanith shows you how your brain's dopamine reward system works and provides strategies to help you bring colour back into your life.Groundbreaking, accessible and often surprising, this is the book that will teach you how to kickstart your feel-good chemicals and start loving life again.How to Feel Better: 4 Steps to Self-Coach Your Way to a Happier More Authentic You
Par Ruth Kudzi. 2023
When we feel broken we look to be fixed, we consume books, have therapy, diet, whatever it takes! BUT true…
self development is not about being 'fixed' it's about accepting the parts of yourself and then enhancing who we already are.Focusing on evidence-based approaches, Ruth will teach you how to not just read about, but truly integrate personal development work. She'll take you through 4 key questions that encourage both self-reflection and include action-oriented tasks that will help you create sustainable results.1. What do you want? 2. Where are you now? 3. How do you get to where you want to be? 4. How do you stay there?Ruth started our her personal development journey when studying Psychology as she wanted to know what the f**k was wrong with her: she felt that she was different and wanted to see if there was a scientific reason.Using tools she has developed to help train thousands of coaches, Ruth will help you to create a strong self-coaching mindset, helping you to rewire your brain, so that you can adopt new ways of thinking, feeling and behaving. She draws from a variety of disciplines including neuroscience, positive psychology, somatic and energy work to provide a truly unique self-coaching programme that is totally results focused.For breathwork fans who want to go deeper—20+ science-backed breathing practices to boost your energy, unlock your mind-body connection, and…
heal from chronic stressBreathwork expert Jesse Coomer reveals how to breathe our way to better health, increased vitality, and mental clarity by unlocking The Language of Breath. Using powerful, proven breathwork exercises, Coomer delivers a new paradigm to the world of breathwork: one that reconnects us to our innate mind-body wisdom and bridges the evolutionary disconnect between our bodies, brains, and the stressors of modern-day life.By engaging with our breath as a language that we can listen to and learn, we can:Combat the dysregulation, disconnection, and stressors of our always-on, hamster-wheel cultureLearn why contorting our natural sleep, wake, and eating cycles to fit modern-day schedules is making us sickUse breathwork to reset and reclaim our natural agency and innate wisdomGuard against the physical effects of overwork and chronic stressWith practical exercises and simple techniques, this book provides a step-by-step approach to using breath as a tool for self-discovery and transformation. From overcoming stress and anxiety to managing chronic illness, The Language of Breath is a must-read for anyone seeking to harness the power of their own breath to live a healthier, happier life.Dieses Buch zeigt, wie der Weg der Verwaltungsdigitalisierung durch optimierte Prozesse erfolgreich beschritten werden kann. In einer Zeit, in der…
die Komplexität der Aufgaben, der Druck zur Digitalisierung und der Personalmangel stetig steigen, müssen Kommunalverwaltungen ihre Prozesse kritisch hinterfragen, Schwachstellen darin beseitigen und so die Arbeitslast der Beschäftigten verringern. Zu Beginn erfahren Sie, welche Vorteile Kommunen von der Digitalisierung ihrer Prozesse erwarten können und welche Abläufe sich dafür eignen. Es folgen Empfehlungen für die Etablierung eines Teams für das Prozessmanagement, das als unabhängiger Vermittler und zentrales Kompetenzzentrum rund um die Prozessmodernisierung dienen kann. Ein eigenes Kapitel bietet Grundlagen zur Prozessdigitalisierung sowie einen ausführlichen Leitfaden zur Prozessanalyse. Es folgen Vorschläge und Tipps für die Durchführung von Workshops, in denen die Prozessbeteiligten gemeinsam praxistaugliche Verbesserungen entwickeln. Konkrete Tipps zum Umgang mit internen Widerständen helfen dabei, die Akzeptanz für Veränderung zu steigern. Das bisher entwickelte Verständnis der jeweiligen Prozesseigenheiten und die Anleitungen zur Anforderungsformulierung helfen den Entscheider:innen, die bestmögliche Software für die Digitalisierung der Prozesse zu finden. Doch Software alleine löst keine Probleme: nur durch die kritische Analyse der Ist-Prozesse und die aktive Mitgestaltung der Beschäftigten kann die Verwaltungsmodernisierung zielgerichtet und flächendeckend erfolgen. Dieses Buch zeigt anhand von Erfahrungswerten, Best Practices und Leitfäden, wie dies gelingen kann. Aus dem Inhalt Digitalisierung: Problem oder Lösung? Prozessdigitalisierung in der Verwaltung: Voraussetzungen und Potenziale Verantwortung statt Zuständigkeit: ein Prozessteam etablieren und Prozesse abbilden Grundlegende Tipps zur Prozessoptimierung Prozessanalyse von A bis Z – wer macht wann was, und warum? Optimierung und Digitalisierung: Prozessworkshops und Software-Suche „Das haben wir schon immer so gemacht“ – Widerständen begegnenPeterson Field Guide to Freshwater Fishes (Peterson Field Guides)
Par Brooks M. Burr, Lawrence M. Page. 2011
There are nearly 1,000 species of freshwater fishes in North America alone, and identifying them can sometimes be a daunting…
task. In fact, in just the twenty years since publication of the first edition of the Peterson Field Guide to Freshwater Fishes, the number of species has risen by almost 150, including 19 marine invaders and 16 newly established nonnative species. This second edition incorporates all of these new species, plus all-new maps and a collection of new and revised plates. Some of the species can be told apart only by minute differences in coloration or shape, and these beautifully illustrated plates reveal exactly how to distinguish each species. The guide includes detailed maps and information showing where to locate each species of fish—whether that species can be found in miles-long stretches of river or small pools that cover only dozens of square feet. The ichthyologic world of the twenty-first century is not the same as it was in the twentieth, and this brand-new edition of the definitive field guide to freshwater fishes reflects these many changes.The Path of Emancipation
Par Thich Nhat Hanh. 2000
The Path of Emancipation transcribes Thich Nhat Hanh's first twenty-one day retreat in North America in 1998, when more than…
four hundred practitioners from around the world joined him to experience mindfulness. This book deliberately preserves the tone and style of a retreat, including soundings of the bell, meditation breaks, and the question-and-answer sessions. This not only provides a genuine feeling of a retreat for those who have not had the chance to participate in one, but it also preserves this wonderful practice time for those who have attended. In The Path of Emancipation, Thich Nhat Hanh translates the Buddhist tradition into everyday life and makes it relevant and transforming for us all. Studying in-depth the Discourse on the Full Awareness of Breathing, he teaches how mindfulness can help us reduce stress, and live simply, confidently, and happily while dwelling in the present moment.This is an account of women's attempts to become practicing lawyers, gain entrance to law schools, and to obtain the…
same legal rights as men, such as the right to hold property, etc. This book begins with the American Revolutionary war when women had few legal rights at all and extends to the appointment of the first women to the Supreme Court bench.Mastering Legal Analysis and Drafting (Mastering Series)
Par George W. Kuney, Donna C. Looper. 2009
This book seeks to emphasize the fundamental structure and methods of legal drafting, which, the authors contend, are grounded in…
a surprisingly few, elemental rules and techniques of legal analysis and deployment of legal authorities amid relevant facts. It is designed to help the novice legal drafter identify those elemental rules and techniques and show how they are used to prepare effective legal writing in different formats, most of which share common elements and structures. The book begins with a discussion of legal analysis, followed by a discussion of general drafting principles and rules, and then proceeds to apply these concepts in the following chapters to specific forms of legal writing including client letters, demand letters, research memoranda, motions and supporting documents, appellate briefs, contracts and instruments, and legislation. It closes with a chapter on "writing to build a record" that reprises the other chapters and highlights the key concepts.