At a time when poor Americans are struggling to keep their jobs, homes and basic necessities for their families, it is crucial for the federal gove...

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...