Search results for: “policy making in local government”
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Jurisdiction Over Foreign Entities
Jurisdiction Over Foreign Entities in us Courts in 2011 United States views on international law (based on the document "Digest of U.S. Practice in International Law"): As discussed in in this legal Encyclopedia, the U.S. Supreme Court heard two cases in tandem in 2010 concerning […]
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Jurisdiction Over Foreign Entities
Jurisdiction Over Foreign Entities in us Courts in 2011 United States views on international law (based on the document "Digest of U.S. Practice in International Law"): As discussed in in this legal Encyclopedia, the U.S. Supreme Court heard two cases in tandem in 2010 concerning […]
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Incarceration Rates
Incarceration Rates This entry provides a comprehensive account of prison populations around the world and analyses recent trends in imprisonment. The imprisonment rate, in the United States, is the estimated number of prisoners under state or federal jurisdiction sentenced to more than 1 year per 100,000 U.S. residents of all ages (i.e., total imprisonment rate)…
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Incarceration Rates
Incarceration Rates This entry provides a comprehensive account of prison populations around the world and analyses recent trends in imprisonment. The imprisonment rate, in the United States, is the estimated number of prisoners under state or federal jurisdiction sentenced to more than 1 year per 100,000 U.S. residents of all ages (i.e., total imprisonment rate)…
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Rules
Rule Commmon Meanings In a broad, more general sense, but applied to law, a rule is a "a law or principle that operates within a particular sphere of knowledge, describing or prescribing what is possible or allowable"(1), or "control of or dominion over an area or […]
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Rules
Rule Commmon Meanings In a broad, more general sense, but applied to law, a rule is a "a law or principle that operates within a particular sphere of knowledge, describing or prescribing what is possible or allowable"(1), or "control of or dominion over an area or […]
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Economic Models
Literature Review on (Decision Making) Economic Models In the Encyclopedia of Public Administration and Public Policy, [1] Richard G. Sims offers the following summary about the topic of (Decision Making) Economic Models: This entry addresses economic models that are useful when the issue […]
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Strategic Cities
Literature Review on (Local Government) Strategic Cities In the Encyclopedia of Public Administration and Public Policy, [1] Myungjung Kwon offers the following summary about the topic of (Local Government) Strategic Cities: Strategic planning has been adopted by local governments for the […]
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Strategic Cities
Literature Review on (Local Government) Strategic Cities In the Encyclopedia of Public Administration and Public Policy, [1] Myungjung Kwon offers the following summary about the topic of (Local Government) Strategic Cities: Strategic planning has been adopted by local governments for the […]
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Agenda Setting
Literature Review on Agenda Setting In the Encyclopedia of Public Administration and Public Policy, [1] David A. Rochefort offers the following summary about the topic of Agenda Setting: The agenda-setting model seeks to describe and explain the process by which certain political issues […]
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Water Governance
Water Governance Legal Issues By Jacqueline Medalye Public governance Today, various forms of governance exist in the water sector. Public water provision is the most widely used governance structure under which the government takes on all of the responsibilities and challenges of water and wastewater services. The provision of water has long been considered an…
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UNCLOS III
UNCLOS (Convention on Law of the Sea) III By Daniel Hollis Frustrated by the continuing inconsistency in the ocean governance regime, Malta’s ambassador to the United Nations, Arvid Pardo, called upon the General Assembly to take action and called for “an effective international regime over the seabed and the ocean floor,” that clearly defined national…