In this book a group of lawyers and legal historians has tried to identify the new Nordic legal map which is under construction. This volume is a c...

As technology continues to advance, what was once thought novel, even a luxury, quickly becomes commonplace, even a necessity. Global Positioning S...

The issue of same-sex marriage generates debate on both the federal and state levels. Either legislatively or judicially, same-sex marriage is lega...

Technological developments related to the Internet benefit consumers who want convenient ways to view and hear information and entertainment conten...

The book responds to the dissonance between the increase of commercial outer space activities and the absence of any legal framework in India. Whil...

This book explores recent legislative activity which highlights the phenomenon of "libel tourism," whereby litigants bring libel suits in foreign j...

Over recent years most of the criminal justice systems in Europe have witnessed a tendency to enhance the role of pre-trial inquiries. Different ki...

This book introduces several programs and guidelines that would help to provide housing, employment, and other services to adults with psychiatric ...

Accountability is essential for good governance, so it is important to provide means and measures needed to enable citizens to assess the legal and...

The Environmental Justice Small Grants Program of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) fosters collaborative and co-operative efforts dir...

The low-income housing tax credit (LIHTC) program is one of the federal government's primary policy tools for encouraging the development and rehab...

For Americans with disabilities, no less than for all other citizens, the opportunity to earn a living and be self-supporting is a universally held...

Can a prostitute be raped? Are pregnancy and STIs an Occupational Health and Safety issue? What sort of society buys and sells women and children f...

According to the US Consumer Product Safety Commission, in a given year there are approximately 1,290,000 medically treated injuries in football, 1...

The US Sentencing Commission defines mandatory minimum sentencing provisions as "statutory provisions requiring the imposition of at least a specif...

The federal Controlled Substances Act (CSA) outlaws the possession, cultivation, or distribution of marijuana except for authorised research. Twent...

Maritime law is a distinct body of law which governs maritime questions and offences. It is a body of both domestic law governing maritime activiti...

The U.S. economy is dependent on a secure global supply chain. In fiscal year 2013, approximately 12 million maritime cargo shipments arrived in th...

The U.S. Supreme Court’s highly anticipated decision in Obergefell v. Hodges recognized federal constitutional protection for same-sex marriage.1 A...

Book & CD-ROM. The Home Visiting Program is administered by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) in partnership with the Adm...

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) -- a federal agency within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) -- and states j...

Medicaid is a significant expenditure for the federal government and the states, with total federal outlays of $310 billion in fiscal year 2014. Th...

The importance of managed care in Medicaid -- under which states contract with managed care organisations (MCOs) to provide a specific set of servi...

Medicaid is a federal-state entitlement program that pays for health care and related services on behalf of certain low-income individuals. Prescri...

Volatility in prices and availability of medical malpractice liability insurance and allegations that insurance companies may have colluded in rais...

Medicare is the nation’s health insurance program for persons aged 65 and older and certain disabled persons. Medicare consists of four distinct pa...

The Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 established a voluntary, outpatient prescription drug benefit under Medi...

Through close examination of legal, historical, and medical sources, this volume sheds light on the evolution of U.S. law as it bears on bio-ethica...

This book brings together a number of important issues within the area of mental health and deafness. The book is aimed at mental health profession...

This book brings together a number of important issues within the area of mental health and deafness. The book is aimed at mental health profession...

These twelve essays constitute a groundbreaking volume of new work prepared by leading scholars in the fields of history, anthropology, constitutio...

This book is a summary and a survey, spelling out the considerations that Congress found were a part of the realities of agricultural employment in...

U.S. agencies have sought to address causes of unaccompanied alien child (UAC) migration through recent programs, such as information campaigns to ...

This book provides a background and analysis comparing military commissions as envisioned under the MCA to the rules that had been established by t...

Recent high-profile military-related cases involving sexual assaults by U.S. service members have resulted in increased public and congressional in...

Whistleblowers play an important role in safeguarding the federal government against waste, fraud, and abuse. However, reporting wrongdoing outside...

Concern about missing and exploited children gained national prominence in 1981 when Adam Walsh, the 6-year-old son of John and Reve Walsh was abdu...

Effective police leaders become adept at responding to challenge. Like other organisations, police agencies must balance constancy and predictabili...

Money laundering is commonly understood as the process of cleansing the taint from the proceeds of crime. In federal criminal law, however, it is m...

The federal government assumed control of the ailing Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae) and Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation ...

A mortgage represents a loan or lien on a property/house that has to be paid over a specified period of time. Mortgages come in many different shap...

Imagine that your father is one of New York City's top gangsters, and that you want nothing to do with him or his criminal empire. Now imagine he's...