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Taxpayer Compliance, Volume 1: An Agenda for Research

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Report copyright infringementby Jeffrey A. Roth (Editor), John T. Scholz (Editor), Ann Dryden Witte (Editor)Not everyone complies with the United States Internal Revenue Code. Many individuals and organizations fail to file timely tax returns, assess their tax liability correctly, or pay taxes when due. To improve compliance, tax administrators must choose among alternative strategies, such as increasing evaders' risks of punishment, motivating social norms, and making compliance easier. Conc...

The Bills of Exchange Act, 1890: Being a Codification of the Law-Merchant Respecting Bills of Exchange, Cheques, and Promissory Notes: With Explanator

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Report copyright infringementby Thomas Hodgins (Author)This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important...

The Law of Eminent Domain in the United States

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Report copyright infringementby Carman Fitz Randolph (Author)This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is imp...

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Report copyright infringementby Robert Phillips (Author)Who lines up to have people try to shoot them, knife them, blow them up, and threaten them with bodily harm? Everyone who is part of the law enforcement family-that's who. That includes Robert Phillips, who got his start as a sheriff's officer in April 1998. When he reported for duty on his first day, the senior day-shift sergeant asked him if he was in the National Guard or the Reserves, and when he said no, he was told he'd be good man...

Navigating Failure: Bankruptcy and Commercial Society in Antebellum America

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Report copyright infringementby Edward J. Balleisen (Author)The "self-made" man is a familiar figure in nineteenth-century American history. But the relentless expansion of market relations that facilitated such stories of commercial success also ensured that individual bankruptcy would become a prominent feature in the nation's economic landscape. In this ambitious foray into the shifting character of American capitalism, Edward Balleisen explores the economic roots and social meanings of ba...

The Law and Finance of Corporate Insider Trading: Theory and Evidence

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Report copyright infringementby Nasser Arshadi (Author), Hamid Arshadi (Author), Thomas H. Eyssell (Author)One: Introduction. Two: Markets, Firms and Publicly Held Corporations. Three: Securities Regulations, Market Efficiency, and the Role of the SEC. Four: The Law of Insider Trading. Five: The Empirical Literature on Insider Trading: an Overview. Six: Insiders and Outsiders: an Empirical Analysis of Price and Volume Runups Preceding Tender Offer Announcements. Seven: Public Policy towards I...

Splitting Markets: Understanding Finance

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Report copyright infringementby Joseph James Gelet (Author)Splitting Markets is a compilation of 3 works with added essays and commentary. It is an examination of the global financial system as a whole, with the practical goal of being able to create a functional profitable investment strategy or business model. Splitting Markets is your alternative to a college degree in finance (and a lot cheaper!). By understanding the financial system as a whole, one can understand better your specialty, ...

Commentaries Upon International Law V1 (1854)

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Report copyright infringementby Robert Phillimore (Author)This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work. Numbe...

Taxation: Its Levy And Expenditure, Past And Future (1866)

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Report copyright infringementby Samuel Morton Peto (Author)This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work. Numb...

Taxation: Its Principles And Methods (1888)

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Report copyright infringementby Luigi Cossa (Author), Horace White (Introduction by)This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the origina...

The Taxation Of Forest Lands In Wisconsin

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Report copyright infringementby Alfred K. Chittenden (Author), Harry Irion (Author)This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original...

Local Taxation: A Criticism Of Fallacies, And A Summary Of Facts

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Report copyright infringementby John Noble (Author)This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work. Number of Pa...

Without Precedent: How Chief Justice Roberts and His Accomplices Rewrote the Constitution and Dismantled Our Rights

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Report copyright infringementby Lisa Graves (Author)"A devastating, passionate takedown of Chief Justice John Roberts's Supreme Court by a Washington insider." --Jane Mayer, author of Dark Money In the last twenty years the US Supreme Court has radically curtailed voting rights, undermined anti-corruption measures, encouraged extreme political gerrymandering, restricted the regulation of guns, and obliterated the constitutional right to control one's reproductive choices. This transformation...

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Report copyright infringementby G. Edward White (Author)Author BiographyG. Edward White is the David and Mary Harrison Distinguished Professor at the University of Virginia School of Law and the author of twenty books and numerous articles on law and legal history, including the three-volume Law in American History and Oliver Wendell Holmes: Sage of the Supreme Court. Number of Pages: 408 Dimensions: 1.5 x 8.9 x 6.4 IN Publication Date: October 01, 2025 ...

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Report copyright infringementby Pete Thron (Author), Tobias Roche (Contribution by), Sharon Baum (Editor)Operation Evasion is a gritty, true-to-life law enforcement thriller based on the real-life investigation that shattered the largest passenger cocaine smuggling network ever uncovered at Miami International Airport. Written in the brutal, stripped-down voice of bestselling author and former cop Pete Thron, the book pulls no punches as it dives headfirst into a three-decade criminal saga dr...

Pen and Blood: Conversations with Serial Killers

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Report copyright infringementby Alan R. Warren (Author)The third serial killer who is covered in this book is David Shearing, who murdered a family of six people while the family was camping with girls in British Columbia at Wells Gray Park, Canada, in August of 1982. All three of these murderers had the same primary focus, which was to sexually assault children before murdering them. All three of these murderers wanted to isolate their victims before committing their crimes against them.The ...

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Report copyright infringementby Adela Rogers St Johns (Author)Final Verdict is a gripping true crime book written by Adela Rogers St. Johns, a renowned American journalist and author. The book tells the story of the sensational trial of Dr. R. Bernard Finch and his lover, Carole Tregoff, who were accused of murdering Finch's wife, Barbara Jean Finch.The trial, which took place in Los Angeles in the 1960s, was one of the most high-profile cases of its time, capturing the attention of the natio...

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The Emerald Bench: The History of the Irish American Justices on the Supreme Court

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Report copyright infringementby Sean Meehan (Author)Twenty-five Irish Americans who have served as Supreme Court justices and shaped the highest court in the land. From the Supreme Court's first session in 1790 to today, Irish Americans have maintained a near-constant presence on the Supreme Court bench, shaping the law and the course of American history. This engaging book examines the lives and careers of all twenty-five Irish American justices, with an emphasis on their family history from...

Better Judgment: How Three Judges Are Bringing Justice Back to the Courts

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Report copyright infringementby Reynolds Holding (Author)The weakening of the federal courts⎯and how they can restore their power and Americans' access to justice⎯told through the lives of three remarkable judges. Despite the outsize public attention paid to the Supreme Court, federal trial courts are at the heart of US democracy. Through the stories of Jed Rakoff, Martha Vázquez, and Carlton Reeves, lawyer and acclaimed journalist Reynolds Holding recounts how the erosion of federal court p...

The Economics of Intellectual Property in a World Without Frontiers: A Study of Computer Software

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Report copyright infringementby Meheroo Jussawalla (Author)This work explores the problems arising from dynamic information technology in its application to intellectual property rights. In a global marketplace of ideas, political boundaries and the sovereignty of the nation state seem to be disappearing because of the increasing difficulty of scrutinizing the infringement of intellectual property. That is particularly true of computer software, the focus of this book. The work analyzes the l...

The First Amendment Under Siege: The Politics of Broadcast Regulation

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Report copyright infringementby Richard E. Labunski (Author)Author Biographybunski /f Richard /i E. Number of Pages: 194 Dimensions: 0.41 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN Publication Date: December 15, 1981

Charles Beard and the Constitution: A Critical Analysis of an Economic Interpretation of the Constitution

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Report copyright infringementby Robert Eldon Brown (Author), Unknown (Author)In this work, Robert E. Brown applies the fruits of modern historical scholarship toward an understanding of Beard's groundbreaking and controversial work. With a perspective of forty years, Brown attempts to separate the valid from the bogus in this work.Author Biographyown /f Robert /i Eldon Number of Pages: 228 Dimensions: 0.56 x 9 x 6 IN Publication Date: January 26, 1979 ...

Social Justice and the Welfare State in Central and Eastern Europe: The Impact of Privatization

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Report copyright infringementby Demetrius S. Iatridis (Editor)With the collapse of the Eastern Bloc, Central and Eastern European states have had to confront fundamental changes in economic, social, and governmental structures. So far, many of these countries in transition from a command to a market-based system have experienced rapid deterioration of socioeconomic conditions and standards of living. Although there have been successes in some areas, such as greater political and consumer choi...

The Ups and Downs of Affirmative Action Preferences

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Report copyright infringementby M. Ali Raza (Author), A. Janell Anderson (Author), Harry Custred (Author)In the context of the evolution of affirmative action at the national and state levels, this study offers an empirical account of the citizens' movement in California that successfully resulted in the passage of a constitutional amendment to abolish such preferences in public education, public employment, and public contracting. It describes how the concept of affirmative action was transm...

Transitions to Capitalism and Democracy in Russia and Central Europe: Achievements, Problems, Prospects

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Report copyright infringementby M. Donald Hancock (Editor), John Logue (Editor)Hancock and Logue, along with their contributors, seek to explicate the achievements, problems, and prospects of simultaneous processes of economic and political transitions from communism to contrasting forms of market economies and democracy in Russia, Poland, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovenia, and eastern Germany. Contributors include 14 American and European scholars with intimate professional and personal ...

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Report copyright infringementby Unknown (Author), Antonio Jorge (Editor), Jorge Salazar-Carrillo (Editor)An understanding of price structures and their impact on trade, productivity, and other related factors will aid in formulation of price policies promoting economic growth and development. Price formulation issues are examined within the context of nonmarket and imperfect market conditions, providing insightful linking of exchange rates and domestic prices to a wide array of factors that d...

Empowerment in Dispute Mediation: A Critical Analysis of Communication

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Report copyright infringementby Jonathan Shailor (Author)Over the past 20 years, informal dispute resolution has played an increasingly important role in the way people handle their conflicts. Mediators are said to act as neutral third parties who empower disputants to negotiate their own mutually acceptable agreement. Shailor proposes a definition of empowerment in which communication is the primary social process, the ongoing symbolic interaction which not only reflects reality, but constit...

States and the Economy: Policymaking and Decentralization

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Report copyright infringementby Robert Hines Wilson (Author), Robert H. Wilson (Author)Wilson examines how economic and political decentralization is affecting the development policymaking environment at the state level. The book first empirically examines the changing economic geography of the country and the specific effects on the economic structure of states. Following this, three case studies are presented. These constitute an investigation of the intergovernmental context of public poli...

The Law and Economic Development in the Third World

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Report copyright infringementby Philip Bondzi Simpson (Author), P. Ebow Bondzi-Simpson (Editor)This volume examines critical issues that all developing countries must face. Subjects covered include an historical insight into and description of the legal system of a Third World country; considerations of intellectual property regimes and suggestions for developing countries; insights into the patterns of investment on a continent the bulk of whose members are Third World countries, and suggest...

Homelessness Amid Affluence: Structure and Paradox in the American Political Economy

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Report copyright infringementby Michael H. Lang (Author)Approaching the problem of homelessness from a broad public policy perspective, Lang focuses on the American political economy and how it permits community development patterns based on racism and self-interest. This interdisciplinary study challenges the belief that homelessness is entirely due to the Reagan administration's cutbacks. Instead, it suggests the need for reform in our housing and employment policies. The book reviews compe...

The First Amendment--The Challenge of New Technology

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Report copyright infringementby Elena Mier Y. Teran (Author), Sig Mickelson (Editor), Elena Mier Y. Teran (Editor)The First Amendment to the Constitution, assuring freedom of speech and freedom of the press, was ratified nearly 200 years ago. Since that time, the amendment has maintained its tradition off freedom while accomodating the introduction of technologies that the framers of the Constitution could not have envisioned, including the telephone, radio and television, and the communicati...

Land Use Regulation: The Impacts of Alternative Land Use Rights

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Report copyright infringementby Martin A. Garrett (Author)Land Use Regulation is well worth reading and should be of interest and value to teachers of land use and urban analysis, planning practitioners, public officials involved in land use planning, citizen groups, and concerned individuals. Shirley F. Weiss, Professor of City and Regional Planning, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill Since the early 1960s land use issues have become increasingly important in American society. Suburba...