This book discusses strategies, management and potential risks of policing. Chapter One describes and examines the ‘Policing Excellence’ and ‘Preve...

Social Security (comprising Old-Age and Survivors Insurance (OASI) and Disability Insurance (DI)) is the largest single program in the federal gove...

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...

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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...

The authors are pleased to present the annual update of the third edition of Volumes I and II of 'Principles of Federal Appropriations Law.' Their ...

This book aims to fill a gap in existing literature in order to contribute to the understanding of the main features and outcomes of the private eq...

Most Americans are covered by private health insurance, which they either obtain through employment or purchase individually. Insurance premiums --...

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), as of 2014, changed how insurers determine health insurance premiums and how consumers shop...

Congress has seen a renewed interest in the market for private health insurance since the passage of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act...

How do you defend democracy? How do you protect your rights? How can you repeal a law that interferes with your sphere of rights? These are some of...

When conflicts arise between a programmer (a broadcaster or a cable network owner) and a multi-channel video programming distributor (MVPD, usually...

Research findings showed that secondary school students in Hong Kong face many challenges. In particular, morbid emphasis on academic excellence ha...

The National Popular Vote (NPV) initiative proposes an agreement among the states, an interstate compact that would effectively achieve direct popu...

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Protectionism is the economic policy of restraining trade between states, through methods such as tariffs on imported goods, restrictive quotas, an...

There is a great amount of debate concerning the establishment and use of public lands. While there is a desire for recreational areas and parks, t...

The purpose of this book is to provide practical approaches to designing public reports that make health care performance information clear, meanin...

This book provides an overview of the voluntary performance standard document for bomb suits for use by certified public safety bomb technicians wh...

How rape has been conceptualized, placed and treated by the various components within international human rights and humanitarian law present both ...