Roscoe Pound, former dean of Harvard Law School, delivered a series of lectures at the University of Calcutta in 1948. In these lectures, he critic...

In January and March 2017, the President issued a series of executive orders related to border security and immigration. The orders direct federal ...

Individuals apprehended by the Department of Homeland Security and placed into expedited immigration proceedings are to be removed from the country...

Approximately 4 million to 5.5 million unauthorized immigrants in the U.S. entered the country legally on a temporary basis but then overstayed the...

This book addresses the new elements and legal issues pertaining to immigration enforcement in the United States. Topics include the scope of prose...

Immigration has indeed provided the lifeblood for the regulation of the American dream for tremendous numbers of Americans. It has provided an ongo...

During the past two years, the Congress has considered proposals to modify the nation's immigration system. The Border Security, Economic Opportuni...

International trade is a critical component of the U.S. economy, with U.S. merchandise imports and exports amounting to $2.2 trillion and $1.5 tril...

Arbitration is the process by which a difference among parties as to their mutual legal rights is referred and determined with a binding effect by ...

The Glasgow Edition of the Works and Correspondence of Adam Smith represents the first comprehensive Smith index ever published. For over fifteen y...

Pursuant to the Sixth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, every person accused of a crime is afforded the right to have counsel in his or her defen...

Since 2014, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) has required most individuals to maintain health insurance coverage or potential...

The over-representation of minority students in special education continues to be a persistent and challenging issue in education. This is a compli...

Given the amount of time the general population spends in indoor living and work, this book presents current studies and research on issues of safe...

This book describes information security and data breach notification requirements included in the Privacy Act, the Federal Information Security Ma...

Since the early 1980s, there has been a historically unprecedented increase in the federal prison population. Some of the growth is attributable to...

The prison population in the United States has been growing steadily for more than 30 years. The Bureau of Justice Statistics reports that since 20...

There are over 60 offices of inspectors general in executive and legislative branch agencies, as well as special inspectors general, who are respon...

The individual states have been the primary regulators of insurance since 1868. Following the 1945 McCarran-Ferguson Act, this system has operated ...

This book provides background on intellectual property rights (IPR) and discusses the role of U.S. international trade policy in enhancing IPR prot...

Intellectual property rights (IPR) infringement in China reduces market opportunities and undermines the profitability of U.S. firms when sales of ...

Intellectual property rights (IPR) traditionally have been matters of national concern. Individual nation states have developed IPR regimes reflect...

Intellectual property rights (IPR) are legal rights granted by governments to encourage innovation and creative output by ensuring that creators re...

This book provides background on intellectual property rights (IPR) and discusses the role of U.S. international trade policy in enhancing IPR prot...