Controlling Risks, Solving Problems and Managing Compliance
Tackles one of the most pressing public policy issues of our time - the reform of regulatory and enforcement practice. Malcolm K. Sparrow shows how the vogue prescriptions for reform fail to take account of the distinctive character of regulatory responsibilities - which involve the delivery of obligations rather than just services.
From the sprawling remnants of the Soviet empire to the southern tip of Africa, attempts are underway to replace arbitrary political regimes with governments constrained by the rule of law. This ideal which subordinates the wills of individuals, social movements--and even, sometimes, democratically elected majorities--to the requirements of law, ......
Details the complicity of the United States government in the torture and cruel treatment of prisoners both at home and abroad and discusses what can be done to hold those who set the torture policy accountable
Details the complicity of the United States government in the torture and cruel treatment of prisoners both at home and abroad and discusses what can be done to hold those who set the torture policy accountable
This book analyzes the war on drugs in Tanzania, enacted through policy change and constructed narratives, and how it has contributed to the continuation of war on drugs ideology in East Africa and internationally. Centering the perspectives of people who use drugs themselves, the author argues for a radical rethinking of global drug policy.
The Writing and Ratification of the U.S. Constitution: Practical Virtue in Action examines the events surrounding the development of the U.S. Constitution.
Presents cases and the stories behind legal arguments, showing the ways that fat has become a courtroom topic. This book features an attorney who focuses on weight-related cases, detailing court attitudes toward weight in relation to disability law, civil rights, minorities, and public policy. It is intended for law courses and libraries.
Race does not speak to most white people. This title demonstrates transparency phenomenon - the invisibility of whiteness to white people - profoundly affects the ways in whites make decisions: they rely on criteria perceived by the decisionmaker as race-neutral but which in fact reflect white, race-specific norms.