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Historically, American law did not require hospitals to admit patients, despite sporadic legislative attempts to change this practice. In 1986, how...

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A veteran police officer gives his thoughtful, balanced views on police shootings, racial profiling, community relations, and every other aspect of...

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The death of George Floyd in Minneapolis, MN, while he was in the custody of law enforcement, combined with several other recent high-profile death...

Several high-profile police shootings and other law enforcement-related deaths in the United States have sparked intense protests throughout the co...

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This book compares and contrasts the administration of the Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Act of 2008 —enacted as Title V of the Supplem...

The body of pre-1972 sound recordings is vast. Commercially released "popular" recordings come most readily to mind -- from Frank Sinatra and Ella ...

In 2015, the Supreme Court issued a decision in Young v. United Parcel Service. In the case, a United Parcel Service (UPS) worker named Peggy Young...

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Henry Home, Lord Kames, was the complete 'Enlightenment man', concerned with the full spectrum of human knowledge and its social use. However, as a...