Global Climate Change Impacts in the United States

Global Climate Change Impacts in the United States
Author: U.S. Global Change Research Program
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 193
Release: 2009-08-24
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0521144078

Summarizes the science of climate change and impacts on the United States, for the public and policymakers.

Section 1983 Litigation

Section 1983 Litigation
Author: Martin A. Schwartz
Publisher: Aspen Pub
Total Pages: 1956
Release: 2003
Genre: Law
ISBN: 9780735538726

Section 1983 Litigation

Rethinking Juvenile Justice

Rethinking Juvenile Justice
Author: Elizabeth S Scott
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Total Pages: 379
Release: 2009-06-30
Genre: Law
ISBN: 0674043367

What should we do with teenagers who commit crimes? In this book, two leading scholars in law and adolescent development argue that juvenile justice should be grounded in the best available psychological science, which shows that adolescence is a distinctive state of cognitive and emotional development. Although adolescents are not children, they are also not fully responsible adults.

Jury Nullification

Jury Nullification
Author: Clay S. Conrad
Publisher: Cato Institute
Total Pages: 337
Release: 2013-12-05
Genre: Law
ISBN: 1939709016

The Founding Fathers guaranteed trial by jury three times in the Constitution—more than any other right—since juries can serve as the final check on government’s power to enforce unjust, immoral, or oppressive laws. But in America today, how independent c