This book discusses the legislative processes in the United States Congress and the state legislatures. The book consists of 19 chapters and five appendixes about the making of statute, election of members, congressmen and constituents, organization of congress and the legislatures, standing committees in congress and in the legislatures, commissions of inquiry, selection of bills for submissio…
This book is a collection of essays concerning certain false principles and the true original extent and end of civil government. It contains 29 chapters analyzing slavery and natural liberty, paternal and regal power, Adam's title to sovereignity by creation, by donation, by the subjection of Eve, by fatherhood, fatherhood and property considered together as fountains of soveraignity, politica…
This book discusses the legislative powers in Australia. The book consists of seven chapters divided into multiple parts about the historical survey, legislation, judicial interpretation of the constitution, the parliament (in general, the Senate, the House of Representatives, both Houses of the Parliament, and powers of the Parliament), the executive government, the judicature, finance and tra…
This book contains to essays written by Henry Carter Adams which delivers the analysis of the doctrine of Laissez-Faire, principles that should control industrial legislation, the State that may determine the plane of competitive action, the State may realize for society the benefits of monopoly, social harmony maybe restored by extending duties of the State, presidential address before the Ame…
This book discusses the developments of political realism and idealism since 1945. The book consists of six chapters about political thought and psychological bases, political realism and political idealism, the conflict between idealist theory and realist facts exemplified in democracy and aristocracy, nationalism and internationalism, laisser faire and planned economy, the rationalist credo o…
This book discusses Locke's political theory on civil government in regards to the English Revolution. The book consists of 30 chapters about essays concerning certain false principles on slavery and natural liberty, of paternal and regal power, of Adam's title to sovereignty by creation, by donation, by the subjection of Eve, and by fatherhood, of fatherhood and property considered together as…
This book discusses the exploration of the elements needed for successful performance in overseas assignments for United States foreign policy. It consists of 18 chapters divided in five parts about new Americans in old societies, Americans government, missionaries, bussiness abroad, the elements of effective performance such as technical skill, cultural empathy, and organization ability, the …
This book discusses the main evolution of Western political thought in historical context and texts of notable writers. The book consists of 24 chapters divided in three parts about the political thought of antiquity and its primitive background, Middle Eastern Empire, Plato's the Greek City State, Aristotle's the Greek City State, Stoics and Epicureans of Alexander and the Hellenistic world, t…
This book discusses the governmental concepts of democracy within the context of American political system. The book consists of 14 chapters about democratic theory, equality, representation, leadership, groups, political parties, voting behavior, decision making, bureaucracy and administration, federalism, law, politics and economics, metropolitan politics, and democracy and foreign affairs. T…
This book explains the international law of the sea in time of peace and the international law of the sea in time of war. It contains 22 chapters describing the sources and development of the international law of the sea, the high seas, territorial waters, bays and gufls, straits and artificial canals, rivers, the legalmregime of warships, the legal regime of merchant ships, international regu…
This book is a collection of articles from multiple contributors explaining the ebb and flow of ethnoterritorial politics in the Western world, Spanish democracy and regional autonomy, ethnonationalism in a federal state: the case of Canada, Belgium: variation on the theme of territorial accomodation, the French state and ethnic minority cultures: policy dimension and problems, territorial mana…
This book discusses the relation of the United States and China during and after World War II. The book consists of 14 chapters about America's problem with China, the Chinese scene, the nature of Chinese society, the Confucian pattern, alien rule and dynastic cycles, the authoritarian tradition, the western impact, the revolutionary process, nationalism and communism, problems of economic reco…
This book gives introduction of the meaning of exchange value and explanations of the functions of money, the quantity theory of money, the qualities of good coinage, bimetallism, paper money, the credit system, the English banking system, the rate of exchange, a financial crisis, the balance of trade, the test of the quantity theory, post war reconstruction, 1918 - 1928, the aftermath of the w…
This book discusses the political conflict and tension which happened in East countries, especially Japan, Korea, and Indochina. It contains 10 chapters about the Rise of Japan, the First World War and Its Aftermath, the Manchurian Crisis, the Second World War in the Far East, Japan's Wartime Diplomacy, the Problem of Korea, Truce in Indochina, and Free World Security in the Far East. This bo…
"This book discusses the committee systems of eight national legislatures through comparative analysis. It contains nine chapters about committees in the United States Congress, Italian Parlement, West German Bundestag, Phillippine Congress, Canadian House of Commons, British House of Commons, Indian Lok Sabha, and Japanese diet. This book is suitable for law and politics scholars and practi…
Together, this unlikely trio make up Finley & Figg : specialists in injury claims, quickie divorces and DUIs. None of them has ever faced a jury in federal court. But they are about to take on one of the biggest pharmacemaceutical companies in the States.
Reinventing Indonesia presents an insider’s view of the tumultuous transition that took place in Indonesia from 1997 to 2004. This was a period of unprecedented changers in democratized governance and decentralizing power throughtout the country amidst significant economic turmoil. The results of these changes were not pre-ordained,but were the result of the social forces unleashed by the Asi…
Buku ini merupakan edisi ketiga dan ini merupakan perluasan yang cukup besar dari edisi kedua (1906), yang pada gilirannya merupakan perluasan cukup besar dari edisi pertama (1899). Buku itu sekarang agak mendekati, dalam titik kepenuhan, dengan cita-cita sederhana yang ditujukan. Apa pun yang lebih lengkap akan berhenti menjadi "Sejarah Singkat". Penulis menyebutkan kata "freethinking" dan "fr…
Dokumen-dokumen dalam koleksi ini terkait dengan konflik dan ketegangan internasional di Timur Jauh dari tahun 1894 hingga 1960. Dokumen tersebut terbagi dalam tiga kategori besar: perjanjian dan perjanjian yang dirancang untuk meredakan ketegangan atau untuk melindungi kepentingan nasional dalam menghadapi konflik yang terancam; pernyataan kebijakan resmi yang berkaitan dengan situasi konflik …
Buku ini menjelaskan tentang dinamika sosial pada zamannya. Dua setengah dekade yang lalu Charles Horton Cooley, dalam pidato presiden di hadapan Akademi Sains, Seni, dan Sastra Michigan, membedakan antara dua jenis pengetahuan. Salah satu perkembangan indria berkontraksi menjadi pengetahuan tentang hal-hal, yang penulis sebut pengetahuan spasial dan material. Yang kedua dikembangkan dari konta…