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A Legal Guide to Urban and Sustainable Development for Planners, Developers and Architects

By: Daniel K. Slone,Doris S. Goldstein

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A Legal Guide to Urban and Sustainable Development for Planners, Developers and Architects

By: Daniel K. Slone,Doris S. Goldstein

Written by pioneering attorneys in the emerging fields of urbanism and green building, A Legal Guide to Urban and Sustainable Development for Planners, Developers and Architects offers you practical solutions for legal issues you may face in planning, zoning, developing, and operating such communities. Find information on legal issues related to urban form, legal mechanisms and ways to incorporate good urban design into local land regulation, overcoming impediments to sound urban design practice, and state and Federal issues related to the legal issues of urban design and planning.

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370

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John Wiley & Sons

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ISBN 10

0470053291

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9780470053294

Judging Credentials

Nonlawyer Judges and the Politics of Professionalism

By: Doris Marie Provine

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Judging Credentials

Nonlawyer Judges and the Politics of Professionalism

By: Doris Marie Provine

Must judges be trained as lawyers in order to be effective in office, or can nonlawyers serve equally well? This question has long provoked controversy among lawyers, judges, legislators, and the public. In her empirical study of the place of the nonlawyer judge in the American legal system, Doris Marie Provine concludes that, despite the opposition of the legal profession to nonlawyer judges, they are as competent as lawyers in carrying out judicial duties in courts of limited jurisdiction. Provine presents a persuasive argument that the case against nonlawyer judges has been weighted in favor of the professional interests of lawyers, not public concerns. Her examination reveals as much about the presuppositions of legal professionals as it does about the competency of nonlawyer judges to old judicial office. To substantiate her claims, Provine has conducted the most comprehensive survey of nonlawyer and lawyer judges yet undertaken, augmenting this material with court observations and extensive interviews of judges. She integrates the results of this survey into the historical context of the lay versus lawyer judge debate, showing how the legally trained judge came to predominate in the American judicial system and analyzing in detail the campaign both in and out of the courts to make legal training a prerequisite for being a judge. Ultimately, Provine suggests, Americans are too committed to the significance of credentials and to the legal profession's vision of the judicial process to respond very favorably to nonlawyer judges, however well they might perform. Judging Credentials will force lawyers, judges, scholars, and the public to reconsider the role nonlawyer judges play in the American judicial system. Provine's provocative views and exhaustive research adds new dimensions to our understanding of the ethics of professionalism and its consequences.

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University of Chicago Press

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0226684717

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9780226684710

Animal Models for the Study of Human Disease

Chapter 25. Models of Alzheimer’s Disease

By: Mengqi Chen,Doris Kretzschmar,Giuseppe Verdile,Michael Lardelli

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Animal Models for the Study of Human Disease

Chapter 25. Models of Alzheimer’s Disease

By: Mengqi Chen,Doris Kretzschmar,Giuseppe Verdile,Michael Lardelli

Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is a major and increasing burden on families, communities, and national health budgets. Despite intensive and extended research, there is still widespread debate about its cause(s), and no effective treatments exist. Familial (inherited, mainly early onset) and sporadic (mainly late onset) forms of the disease exist, and it is uncertain to what extent they are related. Transgenic mouse models have dominated the investigation of this disease, but their validity can be questioned. Numerous alternative models exist that can provide valuable information on the molecular and cellular basis of AD. In this chapter, we review the various invertebrate, nonmammalian vertebrate, and mammalian models and how these have been used to investigate this disease. We examine the strengths and weaknesses of these various model systems. Of course, animal models never completely reflect the true nature of a human disease, but progress in understanding and finding preventative and ameliorative treatments for AD is hindered by the lack of a convincing hypothesis for the cause of this complex condition.

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Elsevier Inc. Chapters

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0128072156

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9780128072158

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A Legal Guide to Urban and Sustainable Development for Planners, Developers and Architects

A Legal Guide to Urban and Sustainable Development for Planners, Developers and Architects

Judging Credentials

Judging Credentials

Animal Models for the Study of Human Disease

Animal Models for the Study of Human Disease

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