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Field Desorption Mass Spectrometry (Practical Spectroscopy)
Laszlo Prokai
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Desorption Mass Spectrometry (Acs Symposium Series)
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Bridges the gap between SIMS and FAB mass spectrometry. Focuses on surface techniques that can use either SIMS or FAB mass spectrometry. Includes fundamentals, instrumental design, and applications. Demythologizes particle bombardment by addressing both the chemistry and physics
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What techniques can social scientists use when an outcome variable for a sample (for example, y) is not representative of the population for which generalized results are preferred? Author Richard Breen provides an introduction to regression models for such data, including censored, sample-selected, and truncated data.
Regression Models begins with a discussion of the Tobit model and examines issues such as maximum likelihood estimation and the interpretation of parameters. The author next discusses the basic sample selection model and the truncated regression model. Elaborating on the modeling of censored and sample-selected data via maximum likelihood, he shows the close links between the models introduced and other regression models for non-continuous dependent variables, such as the ordered probit. Concluding with an exploration of some of the criticisms of these approaches and difficulties associated with them, this volume gives readers a guide to the practical utility of these models.
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"Ward and Weiden have produced that rare book that is both a meticulous piece of scholarship and a good read. The authors have . . . sifted through a varied and voluminous amount of archival material, winnowing out the chaff and leaving the excellent wheat for our consumption. They marry this extensive archival research with original survey data, using both to great effect."
—Law and Politics Book Review
"Helps illuminate the inner workings of an institution that is still largely shrouded in mystery."
—The Wall Street Journal Online
"The main quibble . . . with contemporary law clerks is that they wield too much influence over their justices' opinion-writing. Artemus and Weiden broaden this concern to the clerks' influence on the thinking of the justices about how to decide cases."
—Slate.com
“Provides excellent insight into the inner workings of the Supreme Court, how it selects cases for review, what pressures are brought to bear on the justices, and how the final opinions are produced. Recommended for all academic libraries.”
—Library Journal
“Artemus Ward and David L. Weiden argue that the clerks have more power than they used to have, and probably more power than they should.”
—Washington Post
“The book contains a wealth of historical information. . . . A reader can learn a lot from this pioneering study.”
—Cleveland Plain Dealer
“Meticulous in scholarship. . . .
Sorcerers' Apprentices presents convincing statistical evidence that the aggregate time that law clerks spend on certiorari memos has fallen considerably because of the reduction in the number of memos written by each clerk.”
—Judge Richard A. Posner in The New Republic
”Ward and Weiden have produced that rare book that is both a meticulous piece of scholarship and a good read.”
— The Law and Politics Book Review
“Based on judicial working papers and extensive interviews, the authors have compiled the most complete picture to date of the transformation of Supreme Court law clerks from stenographers to ghost-writers. This will instantly become an essential resource for students of the Court.”
—Dennis J. Hutchinson, editor of The Supreme Court Review
"A truly excellent study on an interesting and important question. As we know from the popularity of The Brethren and Closed Chambers, people love insider accounts of Supreme Court decision making, and this book provides that from a very unique point of view."
—Howard Gillman, author of The Votes That Counted: How the Court Decided the 2000 Presidential Election
"An urgently needed and highly readable study of the most powerful young lawyers in America: law clerks at the Supreme Court. Law clerks themselves tend to vastly overstate or underestimate their importance, but authors Artemus Ward and David Weiden have gotten it just right: law clerks wield significant and growing power at the nation's highest court. This eye-opening book charts that growth and points to the potential for abuse."
—Tony Mauro, Supreme Court Correspondent for American Lawyer Media
”...[E]xceptionally informative in tracing the history of the institution of the Supreme Court clerks. The analysis of the evolution of both the job and the influence that clerks have on the Court's decisions.”
—Georgia Bar Journal
Law clerks have been a permanent fixture in the halls of the United States Supreme Court from its founding, but the relationship between clerks and their justices has generally been cloaked in secrecy. While the role of the justice is both public and formal, particularly in terms of the decisions a justice makes and the power that he or she can wield in the American political system, the clerk has historically operated behind closed doors. Do clerks make actual decisions that they impart to justices, or are they only research assistants that carry out the instructions of the decision makers—the justices?
Based on Supreme Court archives, the personal papers of justices and other figures at the Supreme Court, and interviews and written surveys with 150 former clerks,
Sorcerers' Apprentices is a rare behind-the-scenes look at the life of a law clerk, and how it has evolved since its nineteenth-century beginnings. Artemus Ward and David L. Weiden reveal that throughout history, clerks have not only written briefs, but made significant decisions about cases that are often unseen by those outside of justices' chambers. Should clerks have this power, they ask, and, equally important, what does this tell us about the relationship between the Supreme Court's accountability to and relationship with the American public?
Sorcerers' Apprentices not only sheds light on the little-known role of the clerk but offers provocative suggestions for reforming the institution of the Supreme Court clerk. Anyone that has worked as a law clerk, is considering clerking, or is interested in learning about what happens in the chambers of Supreme Court justices will want to read this engaging and comprehensive examination of how the role of the law clerk has evolved over its long history.
Customer Reviews:
Fascinating Inside Look.......2007-07-02
A book ten years in the making, Sorcerers' Apprentices is an intriguing and sometimes unsettling look at the world of law clerks. Most people know precious little about this field. Ward and Weiden provide an eye-opener.
Being a law clerk is to basically be a research assistant for a judge. Being that the United States Supreme Court is the highest court in the land, being a clerk for an U.S. Supreme Court judge (a `Justice') is the pinnacle in this field. As former clerks to a Supreme Court Justice, these young men and women will be the most sought after candidates at law firms across the country. Many will later be offered judgeships themselves.
After a decade of research, pouring through the personal papers of justices and court employees, and interviews with former clerks, the authors discovered that the law clerk went from being little more than a secretary in the 1930's to a position of enormous power today. Perhaps the greatest power is in the "certiorari process" of choosing what cases the Supreme Court will hear. Of the over 8,000 cases submitted annually to the Supreme Court, only a few hundred perhaps will be heard. It would appear that the law clerks suggestions to their respective Justices on which cases to hear has had a great impact on the types of cases heard. And changes on the constitutionality of specific laws in specific areas literally changes people's lives.
Another issue of concern is that for some Justices, the bulk of their decisions may come not from legal research, but from the opinions written by their law clerks. Some have gone so far as to say that in some cases it is the law clerk who actually writes the final opinion; the Justice simply signing it. Others point out that the opinions expressed verbally by law clerks to their Justice may actually hold more sway over a decision than the attorneys presenting the case.
Filled with quotes, text, research, analyses, and charts galore, Sorcerers' Apprentices: 100 Years of Law Clerks at the United States Supreme Court is a revealing look at the workings of the U.S. Supreme Court. It sheds light on an institution that few in America have any knowledge about, but that affects us all. Ward and Weiden present nearly as many questions in this book as they do insights. Do law clerks have more power than they used to? Do they have more power than they should? Should this be rectified, and if so, how? In the end, Sorcerers' Apprentices is a fascinating look at a world few ever see.
The Role of Supreme Court Law Clerks.......2006-05-02
The role of Supreme Court law clerks became somewhat controversial when former clerk William Rehnquist, then in private practice, wrote a highly influential magazine article in 1957 alleging that clerks asserted undue influence over their Justices which impacted on the Court's decisions. Since then, the issue has popped up every so often, usually generating much more heat than light in examinating the role of clerks. Fortunately, we now have probably as solid an analysis of the role of clerks as we will ever get in this fine book by two political scientists.
The authors have reviewed all printed material on clerks, checked judicial biographies, surveyed oral history collections, conducted extensive interviews, and submitted an extensive written questionnaire to 600 former clerks selected on a random basis. The picture that emerges is skillfully developed, with helpful charts and figures, as well as an exceptionally detailed set of notes and bibliography for those interested in further research. At around 250 pages, the authors have managed to strike a beneficial balance between detail and survey, so the narrative moves along smoothly.
The authors discuss all key issues relating to clerks: selection, their critical role in reviewing cert. petitions and making recommendations, the drafting of bench memos, serving as communication conduits and coalition builders between chambers, and the all-important and most controversial element, their role in drafting opinions for their Justices. I think it fair to say that the authors conclude that clerks do have influence in the Court's decision-making process, but not to the extent of manipulating results. The more substantial problem that emerges from the book is whether the Supreme Court has become too bureaucratized and "depersonalized" as each term the Court works its way through thousands of cert. petitions and cranks out it published decisions on argued cases. This situation raises serious issues, as does the role of the clerks and the issue of whether the Justices have abdicated any of their constitutional responsibilities. Fortunately, we are in a much better position to grapple with both these issues because of this fine and highly interesting book.
A Must Read.......2006-03-07
This book is a must read for court watchers. You cannot understand the modern court without understanding the role of the modern court clerk. Simply the best researched book on the topic.
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Individual Rights and Private Party Judicial Review in the EU (Oxford European Community Law Library)
Angela Ward
Manufacturer: Oxford University Press, USA
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This book details the rights of private parties to enforce principles of EU law, both before the national courts and the European courts of First Instance and Justice in Luxembourg. These originally amounted to two distinct bodies of case law. However, particularly since the advent of Member
State liability in damages, there have been increasing trends toward convergence in relevant principles in private party EU litigation; whether the defendant is a Member State government authority or an EU institution. On the other hand, emphasis on 'individual rights' continues to be greater in
cases concerning enforcement of EU law against Member State bodies, while notions such as 'individual concern' remains a significant barrier to obtaining an effective judicial remedy by private sector actors aggrieved by the conduct of EU institutions.
This book expands on the earlier work 'Judicial Review and the Rights of Private Parties in EC Law' (OUP, 2000) by considering all three pillars of the EU Treaty. It also provides an up to date account of the rules pertaining to the enforcement of EU measures in national law, with a particular
emphasis on Directives. The developments of Member State remedies and procedural rules, and developments in the law on nullity review validity review, and damages liability are also detailed.
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Wards of the Court
Ivan C. Thompson
Manufacturer: 1st Books Library
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ASIN: 1588200256 |
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Makes you want to Holla'.......2006-01-23
Having known all of these young men from 'next door', it always puzzled me why they disaapeared so suddenly from my life. To realize 40 years later the unspeakable acts of terror they faced is gut-wrenching. The suffering that Kenny, Ivan, Gerald, Steve and Clint endured is beyond comprehension, and to bear it to the world deserves a medal. No movie could do it justice, but it's a truth long overdue so that America faces itself.
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the technology and process, apparatus of gelatin.......2000-12-24
please give me any imformation about technology, apparatus and process of gelatin such as degreasing, liming, drying and etc .
A "bible" regarding gelatin.......1997-10-22
I have only a copy of the index and very good references of expertises in gelatin formulations.
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Care proceedings (Family and welfare)
Linda Feldman
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The first sustained examination of the process by which justices elect to leave the U.S. Supreme Court.
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Someone has to be First.......2003-11-19
Deciding to Leave: The Politics of Retirement from the United States Supreme Court was written by Artemus Ward, and published in 2003 by the State University of New York Press as part of its American Constitutionalism series.
This is not a newly-discovered work by Artemus Ward, the 19th century American humorist of Vanity Fair fame, who also wrote under the pseudonym of Charles Farrar Browne. Rather, it is by Artemus Ward, Assistant Professor of Political Science at Northern Illinois University. And Professor Ward's research, analyses and conclusions are serious indeed. He advocates for mandatory retirement to minimize what he calls "the naked partisanship of current departure-decision-making."
Not surprisingly, each of the sitting Justices declined to be interviewed for this book, a fact given some treatment in the Preface entitled "Resisting the Irresistible." That contribution notwithstanding, you should know this before drawing any conclusions about the quality of the work: The section of the book on the retirement of William O. Douglas was awarded the 1999 Hughes-Gossett Prize by the Supreme Court Historical Society and appeared in the Journal of Supreme Court History.
Regardless of position or politics, everyone in the Judiciary should read this book.
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The Delaware Continentals, 1776-1783
Christopher Ward
Manufacturer: Scholar's Bookshelf
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2005 Scholar's Bookshelf reprint edition. The landmark study in the military history of the American
Revolution written by the author of The War of the
Revolution. The work is an exhaustive study of the organization
of this regiment and its action throughout the war,
especially at Long Island, Brooklyn, Trenton, Princeton, and
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Unabridged reprint of the original 1941 edition. 2005: 620
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Law Courts in a Glass House: An Autobiography
Sajjad Ali Shah
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Supreme Court Justice Sajjad Ali Shah was about to reach a major constitutional decision when Legislators of the ruling Muslim League Party stormed the Supreme Court in Pakistan, physically preventing him from delivering judgment. Here, Shah provides the judiciary's version of this bizarre
episode, shedding new light on Pakistani history, law, and politics.
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Astoundingly disappointing.......2002-03-10
Sajjad Ali Shah lived through and precipitated some of the most momentous events in Pakistani history. So it is very sad that his memoirs are so poorly written. This book suffers from a complete lack of editing - a failing common to most books put out by OUP's Pakistani operation. Not only does it gloss over significant events in favor of pointless detail, the author also spends much time praising himself - very unbecoming for a man of his statute. A fascinating man, but a terrible book.
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