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Security and Crime Prevention in Libraries (Routledge Revivals)
by Michael Chaney Alan F. MacDougallFirst published in 1992, the purpose of this book is to identify and describe the most important factors that must be considered in making decisions about the optimal ways to provide access to information – in short the best way to use the humans, the machines, and the intangible resources known as information, particularly at the organizational level. In recent years executives have begun to outsource computing and telecommunications functions primarily to control costs. Traditional libraries and information centres have been disbanded in favour of service contracts or outright leasing of staff. Both the private and public sector are examining their information service operations from the point of view of cost effectiveness. Decisions about owning versus leasing of information are being made daily. Decision makers are finding that they must deal differently with funding and budgeting of information systems and libraries than they have in the past. New paradigms for these service functions already exist. Not only have corporations and governments begun to contract out entire information service operations, but libraries themselves have begun to consider the costs, effectiveness, and implications of outsourcing some of their operations and services. This book provides a framework for decision-makers to view and review information services within their organizations. Entire units, components of libraries and information centres are defined and untangled so that the widest variety of organizations can analyse their own environments. Although there is a minimal use of library and computing jargon, a short glossary at the end explains terms for which there is no simple English language substitute. Each chapter is accompanied by comments from a broad range of experts in the information field.
Security and Crime Prevention in Libraries (Routledge Revivals)
by Michael Chaney Alan F. MacDougallFirst published in 1992, the purpose of this book is to identify and describe the most important factors that must be considered in making decisions about the optimal ways to provide access to information – in short the best way to use the humans, the machines, and the intangible resources known as information, particularly at the organizational level. In recent years executives have begun to outsource computing and telecommunications functions primarily to control costs. Traditional libraries and information centres have been disbanded in favour of service contracts or outright leasing of staff. Both the private and public sector are examining their information service operations from the point of view of cost effectiveness. Decisions about owning versus leasing of information are being made daily. Decision makers are finding that they must deal differently with funding and budgeting of information systems and libraries than they have in the past. New paradigms for these service functions already exist. Not only have corporations and governments begun to contract out entire information service operations, but libraries themselves have begun to consider the costs, effectiveness, and implications of outsourcing some of their operations and services. This book provides a framework for decision-makers to view and review information services within their organizations. Entire units, components of libraries and information centres are defined and untangled so that the widest variety of organizations can analyse their own environments. Although there is a minimal use of library and computing jargon, a short glossary at the end explains terms for which there is no simple English language substitute. Each chapter is accompanied by comments from a broad range of experts in the information field.
Sharing Responsibility
by Larry MayAre individuals responsible for the consequences of actions taken by their community? What about their community's inaction or its attitudes? In this innovative book, Larry May departs from the traditional Western view that moral responsibility is limited to the consequences of overt individual action. Drawing on the insights of Arendt, Jaspers, and Sartre, he argues that even when individuals are not direct participants, they share responsibility for various harms perpetrated by their communities.
The Sixth Amendment in Modern American Jurisprudence: A Critical Perspective (Contributions in Legal Studies)
by Alfredo GarciaAlfredo Garcia, who has been both a prosecuting and a defense attorney in criminal processes, reviews the United States Supreme Court's interpretations of the Sixth Amendment--the right to a fair trial--as they have evolved since the 1960s. He determines that the Court, with a few notable exceptions, has demonstrated doctrinal inconsistency and has failed to adhere to the core values embedded in the amendment. Garcia argues that the functional and symbolic roles of the Sixth Amendment have been eroded, and that this is particularly evident in the three clauses that provide defendants the means to respond to charges and to be assured of fair process. The clauses considered specifically involve the right to counsel, the right to confrontation, and the right to compulsory process. The Supreme Court's emphasis in more recent years is perceived to be on efficiency rather than on protecting the ideal of a fair trial.The six chapters cover the rights to counsel, to confrontation, to compulsory process, to a speedy trial, and to a jury trial, and the sometime conflict between a free press (First Amendment) and the Sixth Amendment assurance of a fair trial free of antecedent prejudicial publicity. This is a timely, much-needed, and substantive examination of the highest court's interpretations of a defendant's constitutional right to a fair, speedy trial.
State Constitutions and Criminal Justice (Contributions in Legal Studies)
by Barry LatzerThe new Judicial Federalism is a significant development in American law: more cases are being decided by state constitutions than ever before in history. In this book, Barry Latzer provides the most thorough treatment available of the criminal law aspects of the New Federalism. His comprehensively researched and documented analysis of the state law movement covers all fifty states over the past two decades.Drawing from both legal and political science perspectives, Latzer examines recent court interpretations of state constitutions, specifically those pertaining to the criminally accused. He provides background on the development of the New Federalism, details the relationship between the U.S. Supreme Court and state courts, and analyzes all of the state constitutional provisions on the issues covered in the book. This is an important resource for professionals and students of criminal justice and law, and anyone concerned with the political-ideological tension between federal and state courts.
Straight Baselines in International Maritime Boundary Delimitation
by W. Michael Reisman Gayl S. WestermanThe practice of extending the boundary of the sea or baseline has removed sections of the ocean from international use. This book examines the genesis of the straight baseline in international law and the forces that exploited it as a technique of maritime expansion not boundary delimitation.
Taking Property and Just Compensation: Law and Economics Perspectives of the Takings Issue (Recent Economic Thought #26)
by NicholasMercuroWhile much has been gained from the traditional legal scholars' doctrinal mode of analysis of the takings issue, this volume is presented in the belief that contributions from scholars from the various schools of thought that comprise Law and Economics can complement the traditional doctrinal approach to law. As the discipline of Law and Economics continues to advance, it remains heterodox; there are several vantage points from which to describe and analyze the interrealtionships between law and economics. It is hoped that the analyses from the several vantage points provided here will complement the prodigous body of existing doctrinal, legal analysis of the takings issue and deepen the understanding of the jurisprudential questions and economic issues surrounding the takings issue. To this end, each contributor to this volume was selected as `representative' of one of the schools of thought comprising Law and Economics. In addition, each contributor was provided with a collection of recent United States Supreme Court cases (those summarized in Chapter 1 of this book) along with President Regan's Executive Order: The sole charge to each contributor was to conduct a legal-economic analysis of the cases and the President's Executive Order from the vantage point of their respective school of thought.
Toxic Torts Deskbook
by M. Stuart MaddenToxic Torts Deskbook is a concise, readable text covering the fastest-growing area of tort and personal injury litigation.Toxic tort suits involve claims arising from exposure to products ranging from pesticides to industrial solvents, manufacturing waste, and asbestos and present unique questions regarding causation, degree of hazard, and expert testimony.Written for environmental professionals as well as attorneys, Toxic Torts Deskbook describes the principal causes of suits for negligence, nuisance, trespass, warranty, strict tort liability, and liability for abnormally dangerous activities. For environmental, product, and workplace injuries from toxic exposure, the book discusses the elements a claimant must plead and prove, as well as defenses, statutes of limitations for long latency harms, and limited immunity for government contractors. "Citizen suits" that individuals may bring to vindicate rights granted by state or federal environmental statutes and insurance coverage issues, including the metes and bounds of the "pollution exclusion", are also covered.
Toxic Torts Deskbook
by M. Stuart MaddenToxic Torts Deskbook is a concise, readable text covering the fastest-growing area of tort and personal injury litigation.Toxic tort suits involve claims arising from exposure to products ranging from pesticides to industrial solvents, manufacturing waste, and asbestos and present unique questions regarding causation, degree of hazard, and expert testimony.Written for environmental professionals as well as attorneys, Toxic Torts Deskbook describes the principal causes of suits for negligence, nuisance, trespass, warranty, strict tort liability, and liability for abnormally dangerous activities. For environmental, product, and workplace injuries from toxic exposure, the book discusses the elements a claimant must plead and prove, as well as defenses, statutes of limitations for long latency harms, and limited immunity for government contractors. "Citizen suits" that individuals may bring to vindicate rights granted by state or federal environmental statutes and insurance coverage issues, including the metes and bounds of the "pollution exclusion", are also covered.
The Transformation of American Law, 1870-1960: The Crisis of Legal Orthodoxy
by Morton J. HorwitzWhen the first volume of Morton Horwitz's monumental history of American law appeared in 1977, it was universally acclaimed as one of the most significant works ever published in American legal history. The New Republic called it an "extremely valuable book." Library Journal praised it as "brilliant" and "convincing." And Eric Foner, in The New York Review of Books, wrote that "the issues it raises are indispensable for understanding nineteenth-century America." It won the coveted Bancroft Prize in American History and has since become the standard source on American law for the period between 1780 and 1860. Now, Horwitz presents The Transformation of American Law, 1870 to 1960, the long-awaited sequel that brings his sweeping history to completion. In his pathbreaking first volume, Horwitz showed how economic conflicts helped transform law in antebellum America. Here, Horwitz picks up where he left off, tracing the struggle in American law between the entrenched legal orthodoxy and the Progressive movement, which arose in response to ever-increasing social and economic inequality. Horwitz introduces us to the people and events that fueled this contest between the Old Order and the New. We sit in on Lochner v. New York in 1905--where the new thinkers sought to undermine orthodox claims for the autonomy of law--and watch as Progressive thought first crystallized. We meet Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. and recognize the influence of his incisive ideas on the transformation of law in America. We witness the culmination of the Progressive challenge to orthodoxy with the emergence of Legal Realism in the 1920s and '30s, a movement closely allied with other intellectual trends of the day. And as postwar events unfold--the rise of totalitarianism abroad, the McCarthyism rampant in our own country, the astonishingly hostile academic reaction to Brown v. Board of Education--we come to understand that, rather than self-destructing as some historians have asserted, the Progressive movement was alive and well and forming the roots of the legal debates that still confront us today. The Progressive legacy that this volume brings to life is an enduring one, one which continues to speak to us eloquently across nearly a century of American life. In telling its story, Horwitz strikes a balance between a traditional interpretation of history on the one hand, and an approach informed by the latest historical theory on the other. Indeed, Horwitz's rich view of American history--as seen from a variety of perspectives--is undertaken in the same spirit as the Progressive attacks on an orthodoxy that believed law an objective, neutral entity. The Transformation of American Law is a book certain to revise past thinking on the origins and evolution of law in our country. For anyone hoping to understand the structure of American law--or of America itself--this volume is indispensable.
Umweltschutz und Europäische Gemeinschaften: Rechts- und sozialwissenschaftliche Probleme der umweltpolitischen Integration (Ladenburger Kolleg Studien zum Umweltstaat)
by Hans D. Jarass Lothar F. Neumann
Ungewißheit im Steuerrecht: Formen, Konsequenzen, Maßnahmen (Schriftenreihe Besteuerung der Unternehmung #18)
by Joachim Voss
Unravelling Criminal Justice: Eleven British Studies
by David DownesBrings together the major findings of 11 projects funded under the "Crime and the Criminal Justice System Initiative" by the Economic and Social Research Council in the mid-1980s.
Versicherungsaufsichtsrecht und Europäische Integration (Wirtschafts- und verwaltungsrechtliche Studien #5)
by Robert RetiDie vorliegende Untersuchung wurde im Wintersemester 1991/92 unter dem Titel "Versicherungsaufsichtsrecht und Integration" an der juridischen Fakultat del' Universitat Wien als Dissertation angenommen. Literatur und Rechtsquellen wurden bis Dezember 1991 beriick sichtigt. An dieser Stelle mochte ich Herrn Univ.-Prof. Dr. BERNHARD RAsCHAUER fur die Freiheit, die er mir in der Ausgestaltung dieses Themas gewahrt hat, und fur die Unterstiitzung, die zur Drucklegung dieser Arbeit gefUhrt hat, danken. Herr Ministerialrat Dr. JOSEF DAUM, Leiter der Versicherungsauf sichtsbehorde, hat durch zahlreiche Anregungen und gezielte Kritik zum Gelingen dieser Arbeit beigetragen. Dank schulde ich allen, die die Entstehung der Arbeit begleitet und auf ihre Weise gefordert haben, insbesondere meinen Eltern, der Familie und Natalie. ROBERT RETr Geleitwort Das Versicherungsaufsichtsrecht ist seit langem in allen Industrie staaten integrierender Bestandteil der Rechtsordnung. Es dient primar dem Schutz der Versicherten, sichert aber auch die Leistungs- und Funktionsfahigkeit der Versicherungswirtschaft. Die Zielsetzungen und Instrumente sowie das Verfahren der Versicherungsaufsicht haben sich im Laufe der Zeit wesentlich geandert, weil sie primar von okonomi schen, rechtlichen und sozialen Faktoren abhangen. Obwohl schon friih Vertragsversicherung und staatliche Versicherungsaufsicht international beeinflu6t wurden, war dennoch das Aufsichtsrecht bis zum Beginn der Achtzigerjahre in Europa weitgehend national und erfuhr damals nur in sehr gro6en Zeitabstanden substantielle Anderungen und Anpassungen; seither geht die Entwicklung aber rasant in Richtung Internationalisie rung. Gesetzgebung und Vollziehung miissen daher in Briissel wie in Wien vorausschauend agieren und nicht blo6reagieren.
Wertpapierrecht: Eine falldidaktische Einführung (Springer-Lehrbuch)
by Bernd Müller-Christmann Franz Schnauder
When Medicine Went Mad: Bioethics and the Holocaust (Contemporary Issues in Biomedicine, Ethics, and Society)
by Arthur L. CaplanIn When Medicine Went Mad, one of the nation's leading bioethicists-and an extraordinary panel of experts and concentration camp survivors-examine problems first raised by Nazi medical experimentation that remain difficult and relevant even today. The importance of these issues to contemporary bioethical disputes-particularly in the thorny areas of medical genetics, human experimentation, and euthanasia-are explored in detail and with sensitivity.
William James Pragmatism in Focus
by Doris OlinThis book presents William James's Pragmatism together with critical commentary and focuses on the theories of meaning and truth central to Pragmatism. It includes several articles three of which were roughly contemporaneous with the publication of Pragmatism.
William James Pragmatism in Focus
by Doris OlinThis book presents William James's Pragmatism together with critical commentary and focuses on the theories of meaning and truth central to Pragmatism. It includes several articles three of which were roughly contemporaneous with the publication of Pragmatism.
Wirtschaftsrecht: Systematische Darstellung (Springers Kurzlehrbücher der Rechtswissenschaft)
by Bruno BinderDie Wirtschaft ist das Thema des Jahrzehnts. National und international. Europa sucht nach dem Zusammenbruch der Planwirtschaften des Ostens nach einer neuen marktwirtschaftlichen Gemeinsamkeit. Viele Staaten außerhalb Europas ringen um den Aufbau einer effektiven Volkswirtschaft, die Weh diskutiert den gerechten Aus gleich zwischen den Reichen des Nordens und den Armen des Südens. Österreich integriert sich in Europa und übetwindet im Inneren manche - auch wirtschaftliche - Relikte seiner politisch nicht immer einfachen Vergangenheit. National und international ist anerkannt, daß stabile, ausgewogene und demokratische Verhältnisse nur auf der Grundlage einer wirksamen und funktionierenden Wirtschaft bestehen können. Das Wirtschaftsrecht verursacht diese Vorgänge nicht. Aber es fördert oder behin dert, beschleunigt oder verlangsamt sie. Das Wirtschaftsrecht stellt in diesem Sinn eine wichtige Bedingung für das Funktionieren der Wirtschaft dar. Mit Recht maßen ihm daher Wissenschaft, Lehre und Praxis in den letzten Jahren verstärkte Bedeutung bei. Das Bundesgesetz vom 2. 3. 1978, BGBl 1978/140 idgF, machte das "Wirt schaftsrecht" zum Gegenstand der Ausbildung an den rechtswissenschaftlichen Fa kultäten, das Rechtsanwaltsprüfungsgesetz vom 12. 12. 1985, BGBl1985/556 idgF, nahm das Fach als Prüfungsfach auf. Der Verfassungsgerichtshof gab der Gesetz gebung mit seiner Judikatur zum Grundrecht der Erwerbsfreiheit erstmals deutliche verfassungsrechtliche Konturen vor.