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Lars Kirchhoff, Constructive interventions: paradigms, process
and practice of international mediation, Kluwer Law
International, c2008. KZ6045.C665 2008 This book exposes the contemporary structural
barriers to effective conflict resolution, and then defines where
adjudication should end, and where ADR and mediated third party
intervention should begin. The author argues that by bringing
adjudication and ADR together, the best chance for an effective
system of international justice emerges. The work illustrates the various departure points and
perspectives of scholars, discusses who should become involved
in conflicts as a third party, systematically conveys the nature and
consequences of intervention, and clarifies
the particular model of international mediation under development through
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Simon Baughen, International trade and the protection of the environment, Routledge-Cavendish, c2007. K3585.B38 2007 Analyzing globalization and the increasing tension
it has caused between the goals of free trade and environmental
protection, this book provides a comprehensive and detailed legal
analysis, both at the national and international level, of what looks to
become the new legal order of the twenty-first century. The author asks
whether the treatment of "measures tantamount to expropriation" will lead
to a regulatory chill on environmental protection and analyzes the
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New Titles
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Business
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Donald W. Glazer, Scott
FitzGibbon, Steven O. Weise, Glazer
and FitzGibbon on legal opinions: drafting, interpreting, and supporting
closing opinions in business transactions, 3rd ed., Aspen
Publishers, c2008. |
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KF1355.F57
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Chinese
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Li Lin, et al., eds., The |
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KNQ2020.A15C45
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Constitutional
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Thomas Lundmark, Power & rights in US constitutional
law, 2nd ed., Oxford University Press,
c2008. |
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KF4550.Z9L86
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Entertainment
Law |
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Philip Weinberg, Kevin A.
Reilly, Understanding environmental
law, 2nd ed., LexisNexis Matthew Bender,
2008. |
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KF3775.W45
2008 |
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Intellectual
Property Law |
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American Law Institute,
Intellectual property: principles
governing jurisdiction, choice of law, and judgments in transnational
disputes: as adopted and promulgated by the American Law Institute at San
Francisco, California May 14, 2007, American Law Institute,
c2008. |
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K7550.I58
2008 |
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International
Environmental Law |
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Simon Baughen, International trade and the protection of the
environment, Routledge-Cavendish,
2007. |
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K3585.B38
2007 |
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International
Law and the Use of Force |
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Roberta Arnold, ed., Law enforcement within the framework of peace
support operations, Martinus Nijhoff Publishers,
c2008. |
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K5001.L39
2008 |
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International
Litigation and Arbitration |
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Christopher F. Dugan, et al.,
Investor-state arbitration,
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K3830.I58
2008 |
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TJ Grierson Weiler, ed.,
Investment treaty arbitration and
international law, JurisNet,
2008. |
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K3830.I68
2008 |
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Law and Social
Science |
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John Palfrey, Urs Gasser,
Born digital: understanding the first
generation of digital natives, Basic Books,
c2008. |
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HM851.P34
2008 |
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Legal
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Joseph A. Custer, Christopher
L. Steadham, Kansas legal
research, Carolina Academic Press,
c2008. |
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KFK75.C87
2008 |
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Mediation |
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Lars Kirchhoff, Constructive interventions: paradigms, process
and practice of international mediation, Kluwer Law
International, c2008. |
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KZ6045.C665
2008 |
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Real Estate
Tax |
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Housing
Assistance Tax Act of 2008: (P.L. 110-289) as signed by the president on
July 30, 2008: law, explanation and analysis, CCH, 2008. |
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KF6529.H68
2008 |
New Government Documents
List
After Blackstone: should small
investors be exposed to risks of hedge
funds? |
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KF27.G6
2007s |
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Airport and Airway Trust Fund:
the future of aviation financing: hearing before the Committee on
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KF26.F5
2007n |
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Assessing the impact of a safe
and equitable biosimilar policy in the United States: hearing before the
Subcommittee on Health of the Committee on Energy and Commerce, House of
Representatives, One Hundred Tenth Congress, first session, May 2,
2007. |
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KF27.E553
2007j |
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Continuation of 9/11 health
effects: environmental impacts for residents and
responders. |
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KF27.O943
2007 |
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Crisis in the Andes: the border
dispute between |
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KF27.F6492
2008g |
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Forest restoration and
hazardous fuels reduction efforts: hearing before the Subcommittee on
Public Lands and Forests of the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources,
United States Senate, One Hundred Tenth Congress, first session. December
13, 2007. |
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KF26.E5583
2007x |
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Forming a comprehensive
approach to meeting the water resources needs of coastal |
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KF26.E6
2005x |
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H.R. 5512: the Coin
Modernization and Taxpayer Savings Act of
2008. |
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KF27.B5368
2008e |
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Internet Tax Freedom Act:
Internet tax moratorium: hearing before the Subcommittee on Commercial and
Administrative Law of the Committee on the Judiciary, House of
Representatives, One Hundred Tenth Congress, first session, May 22,
2007. |
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KF27.J856
2007h |
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J. Gregory Copeland
nomination. |
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KF26.E55
2008d |
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Lebanon on the brink: hearing
before the Subcommittee on the Middle East and South Asia of the Committee
on Foreign Affairs, House of Representatives, One Hundred Tenth Congress,
first session, November 8, 2007. |
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KF27.F64853
2007v |
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Local Law Enforcement Hate
Crimes Prevention Act of 2007. |
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KF27.J8588
2007i |
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Medicare payment for physician
services: examining new approaches: hearing before the Committee on
Finance, United States Senate, One Hundred Tenth Congress, first session,
March 1, 2007. |
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KF26.F5
2007h |
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Meeting the challenge: are
missed opportunities costing us money? |
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KF26.H632
2007k |
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NCLB reauthorization:
strategies that promote school
improvement. |
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KF26.L27
2007e |
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Private Prison Information Act
of 2007, and review of the Prison Litigation Reform Act: a decade of
reform or an increase in prison and
abuses? |
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KF27.J8588
2007v |
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Reform of the Mining Law of
1872: hearing before the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources,
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KF26.E55
2008 |
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Supporting the front line in
the fight against crime: restoring federal funding for state and local law
enforcement. |
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KF26.J83765
2008d |
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The Balkans after the
independence of Kosovo and on the eve of NATO enlargement: hearing before
the Committee on Foreign Relations, House of Representatives, One Hundred
Tenth Congress, second session, March 12,
2008. |
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KF27.F6
2008e |
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The construction of the
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KF27.H6
2007x |
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The digital future of the
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KF27.E555
2007e |
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The founding father's papers:
ensuring public access to our national treasures: hearing before the
Committee on the Judiciary, |
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KF26.J8
2008c |
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The Holocaust Insurance
Accountability Act of 2007 (H.R. 1746): Holocaust era insurance
restitution after ICHEIC,the International Commission on Holocaust Era
Insurance Claims. |
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KF27.B5
2008d |
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The need for credit union
regulatory relief and improvement: hearing before the Committee on
Financial Services, |
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KF27.B5
2008e |
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The rise of drug-related
violent crime in rural |
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KF26.J8
2008 |
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The state of climate change
science 2007: hearings before the Committee on Science and Technology,
House of Representatives, One Hundred Tenth Congress, first session,
February 8, April 17, and May 15,
2007. |
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KF27.S39
2007g |
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The |
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KF27.G65917
2007g |
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The use of federal housing and
economic development funds in |
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KF27.B546
2008e |
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Treaties: hearing before the
Committee on Foreign Relations, |
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KF26.F6
2007m |
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U.S.-Pakistan relations:
assassination, instability and the future of |
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KF27.F64853
2008 |
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United Nations peacekeeping
operations. |
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KF27.F648
2008g |
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Voter registration and list
maintenance (continued): hearing before the Subcommittee on Elections,
Committee on House Administration, House of Representatives, One Hundred
Tenth Congress, first session, held in Washington, DC, November 16,
2007. |
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KF27.H645
2007s |
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War powers for the 21st
century: the Congressional
perspective. |
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KF27.F648
2008e |
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War powers for the 21st
century: the Constitutional
perspective. |
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KF27.F648
2008h |