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Modern Library chronicles volume 10
Publisher
Modern Library
Pub. Date
2002.
Language
English
10) The long red thread: how Democratic dominance gave way to Republican advantage in US House elections
Author
Publisher
Ohio University Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"Election analyst Kyle Kondik examines House elections since the 1964 Supreme Court "one person, one vote" rulings to explain the Republicans' consistent advantage from their 1994 takeover to the present"--
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Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
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Description
"An exploration of antitrust laws and their enforcement, and of the importance of antitrust for the American people"--
Monopolies can hurt consumers and cause marketplace stagnation. Klobuchar argues for swift, sweeping reform in economic, legislative, social welfare, and human rights policies, and describes plans, ideas, and legislative proposals designed to strengthen antitrust laws and antitrust enforcement. She examines the historic and current...
Author
Publisher
Potomac Books, an imprint of the University of Nebraska Press
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Citizen Justice: The Environmental Legacy of William O. Douglas-Public Advocate and Conservation Champion highlights William O. Douglas's dual role in fulfilling his constitutional duty as justice while catering to his personal commitment to serve the public as a citizen advocate"--
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Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"Most Americans know Andrew Jackson as a frontier rebel against political and diplomatic norms, a 'populis' champion of ordinary people against the elitist legacy of the Founding Fathers. Many date the onset of American democracy to his 1829 inauguration. Despite his reverence for the 'sovereign people, ' however, Jackson spent much of his career limiting that sovereignty, imposing new and often unpopular legal regimes over American lands and markets....
Author
Publisher
Cherry Lake Publishing
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"The Racial Justice in America: AAPI Histories series explores moments and eras in America's history that have been ignored or misrepresented in education due to racial bias. Developed in conjunction with educator, advocate, and author Virginia Loh-Hagan to reach children of all races and encourage them to approach our history with open eyes and minds. Angel Island Immigration Station explores the events in a comprehensive, honest, and age-appropriate...
Author
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"What can dresses, bedlinens, waistcoats, pantaloons, shoes, and kerchiefs tell us about the legal status of the least powerful members of American society? In the hands of eminent historian Laura F. Edwards, these textiles tell a revealing story of ordinary people and how they made use of their material goods' economic and legal value in the period between the Revolution and the Civil War"--Dust jacket.
20) Dawn at Mineral King Valley: the Sierra Club, the Disney Company, and the rise of environmental law
Author
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"In Dawn at Mineral King: The Sierra Club, the Disney Company, and the Rise of Environmental Law law professor Daniel Selmi chronicles a seminal case that opened a new field of law: environmental protection. It shows how, against long odds, the Sierra Club prevented the Walt Disney Company from building a massive ski resort in the magnificent Mineral King Valley of the Sierra Nevada Mountains. Proposed in 1965, the vast Disney development would have...
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