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

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...

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

With the number of airplane passengers using U.S. airports expected to grow to almost 1 billion by the year 2015, ground access to U.S. airports ha...

The United Kingdom's Intellectual Property Office commissioned two consultants to undertake an international comparison of approaches to online cop...

Malekian introduces two new terms into the system of international criminal law. These are the law of somebodiness and the law of nobodiness. From ...

This book addresses the international criminal law of children, which constitutes one of the major branches of public international criminal law. I...

U.S. trade obligations derive from international trade agreements, including the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), the other World Tra...

This book presents a review of the federal criminal statutes implicated by conducting illegal gambling using the Internet. It also discusses some o...

This is a brief summary of the federal criminal status implicated by conducting illegal gambling using the Internet. It also discusses some of the ...

The Internet is often described as a "network of networks" because it is not a single physical entity, but hundreds of thousands of interconnected ...

This book addresses important issues at the intersection of copyright law and Internet policy. It is the result of a comprehensive, multi-year revi...

A year after the publication of Dicey's LAW OF THE CONSTITUTION, William Gladstone was reading it aloud in the House of Commons, citing it as autho...

The financing of the federal government depends largely upon Internal Revenue Service's (IRS) ability to collect taxes, including providing taxpaye...

The Internal Revenue Service's (IRS) collection program largely uses automated processes to categorise and route unpaid tax or unfiled tax return c...

The Exempt Organizations (EO) unit within the Tax Exempt and Government Entities (TE/GE) division at the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) reviews org...

It is widely held that foreign affairs, and more particularly issues of war and peace, lie beyond the scope of judicial scrutiny. In the recent cas...

Local television stations play an important role in educating, entertaining, and informing the citizens they serve. FCC limits the number of televi...

On 16 March 2016, President Obama nominated Judge Merrick Garland of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit (D.C. Circuit) ...

This book is a comprehensive compilation of all reports, testimony, correspondence and other publications issued by the GAO (Government Accountabil...

On 13 February 2016, Justice Antonin Scalia passed away unexpectedly at the age of 79, vacating a seat on the Supreme Court which he had held for n...

This book focuses on the causes, control and consequences of juvenile delinquency. Chapter One begins with an overview of the social, cultural and ...

Juvenile justice in the United States has predominantly been the province of the states and their localities. The first juvenile court in America w...

The Medicaid program marked its 50th anniversary on July 30, 2015. The joint federal-state program has grown to be one of the largest sources of he...

Since 1926, Congress has enacted three major laws that govern labour-management relations for private sector and federal employees. An issue for Co...

Intellectual property is at the centre of the "new economy". New economy products are characterised by declining average costs over a range of outp...

This book provides an overview of current analyses and developments pertaining to the law enforcement and crime. Chapter one analyses individual el...

This 4th edition uses up-to-date and specific case examples to illustrate laws that apply to sport-related conflict. Throughout this reader-friendl...

International markets expand through better communication and transport technology. Transport networks are at the heart of the supply chain and are...

The religion clauses of the First Amendment provide that "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the fr...

The internet and the equipment through which it is delivered has revolutionised the way business offers its services and consumers access informati...

Laws of the Constitution: Consolidated gathers all of the historical and contemporary constitutional documents pertaining to Canada, its provinces,...

Congressional interest in the laws and processes involved in conditioning U.S. assistance to foreign security forces on human rights grounds has gr...

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...

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

It is a federal crime to devise a scheme to defraud another of property when either mail or wire communications are used in furtherance of the sche...

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...

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