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Constraint on Trial

Author : Gerrit Voogt

Publisher : Uitgeverij Verloren

Page : 330 pages

File Size : 15,25 MB

Release : 2020-05-25

Category : History

ISBN : 908704822X

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Constraint on Trial examines the life and thought of Dirck Volckertsz Coornhert (1522-1990). The self-made Coornhert was a notary, secretary, artist, poet, playwright, translator, theologian, but most of all, he was an intrepid controversialist, "born to contradict", indefatigable in his critique of the public church and sects. His main concern in polemics and disputations was the defense of freedom of conscience and advocacy of toleration. Coornhert's individualism made him eschew any restrictions on personal religious choice. His tolerationist writings, especially Synod on the Freedom of Conscience (1582) and Trial of the Killing of Heretics(1590), were rooted in his spiritualist belief system. He found inspiration in other protagonists of religious freedom, such as Sebastian Franck and Castellio, but his ideas were uniquely Coornhertian. He possessed an unrelenting drive to combat constraint, and regarded himself as "God's battering ram, meant to break down the prison of men's conscience".



Constitutional Dysfunction on Trial

Author : Jasmine Farrier

Publisher : Cornell University Press

Page : 122 pages

File Size : 17,96 MB

Release : 2019-12-15

Category : Law

ISBN : 150174447X

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In an original assessment of all three branches, Jasmine Farrier reveals a new way in which the American federal system is broken. Turning away from the partisan narratives of everyday politics, Constitutional Dysfunction on Trial diagnoses the deeper and bipartisan nature of imbalance of power that undermines public deliberation and accountability, especially on war powers. By focusing on the lawsuits brought by Congressional members that challenge presidential unilateralism, Farrier provides a new diagnostic lens on the permanent institutional problems that have undermined the separation of powers system in the last five decades, across a diverse array of partisan and policy landscapes. As each chapter demonstrates, member lawsuits are an outlet for frustrated members of both parties who cannot get their House and Senate colleagues to confront overweening presidential action through normal legislative processes. But these lawsuits often backfire – leaving Congress as an institution even more disadvantaged. Jasmine Farrier argues these suits are more symptoms of constitutional dysfunction than the cure. Constitutional Dysfunction on Trial shows federal judges will not and cannot restore the separation of powers system alone. Fifty years of congressional atrophy cannot be reversed in court.



How the Idea of Religious Toleration Came to the West

Author : Perez Zagorin

Publisher : Princeton University Press

Page : 390 pages

File Size : 24,26 MB

Release : 2013-12-03

Category : History

ISBN : 1400850711

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Religious intolerance, so terrible and deadly in its recent manifestations, is nothing new. In fact, until after the eighteenth century, Christianity was perhaps the most intolerant of all the great world religions. How Christian Europe and the West went from this extreme to their present universal belief in religious toleration is the momentous story fully told for the first time in this timely and important book by a leading historian of early modern Europe. Perez Zagorin takes readers to a time when both the Catholic Church and the main new Protestant denominations embraced a policy of endorsing religious persecution, coercing unity, and, with the state's help, mercilessly crushing dissent and heresy. This position had its roots in certain intellectual and religious traditions, which Zagorin traces before showing how out of the same traditions came the beginnings of pluralism in the West. Here we see how sixteenth- and seventeenth-century thinkers--writing from religious, theological, and philosophical perspectives--contributed far more than did political expediency or the growth of religious skepticism to advance the cause of toleration. Reading these thinkers--from Erasmus and Sir Thomas More to John Milton and John Locke, among others--Zagorin brings to light a common, if unexpected, thread: concern for the spiritual welfare of religion itself weighed more in the defense of toleration than did any secular or pragmatic arguments. His book--which ranges from England through the Netherlands, the post-1685 Huguenot Diaspora, and the American Colonies--also exposes a close connection between toleration and religious freedom. A far-reaching and incisive discussion of the major writers, thinkers, and controversies responsible for the emergence of religious tolerance in Western society--from the Enlightenment through the United Nations' Universal Declaration of Human Rights--this original and richly nuanced work constitutes an essential chapter in the intellectual history of the modern world.



Constraint-induced Movement Therapy

Author : G. Uswatte

Publisher : Ios PressInc

Page : 74 pages

File Size : 24,92 MB

Release : 2006

Category : Science

ISBN : 9781586036591

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Constraint-Induced Movement therapy (CI therapy) is a behavioral approach to neurorehabilitation based on a program of neuroscience experiments conducted with monkeys. Evidence has accumulated to support the efficacy of CI therapy for rehabilitating hemiparetic arm use in individuals with chronic stroke. This book addresses the related topics.



Power and Constraint: The Accountable Presidency After 9/11

Author : Jack Goldsmith

Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company

Page : 337 pages

File Size : 17,26 MB

Release : 2012-03-12

Category : Political Science

ISBN : 0393083519

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The surprising truth behind Barack Obama's decision to continue many of his predecessor's counterterrorism policies. Conventional wisdom holds that 9/11 sounded the death knell for presidential accountability. In fact, the opposite is true. The novel powers that our post-9/11 commanders in chief assumed—endless detentions, military commissions, state secrets, broad surveillance, and more—are the culmination of a two-century expansion of presidential authority. But these new powers have been met with thousands of barely visible legal and political constraints—enforced by congressional committees, government lawyers, courts, and the media—that have transformed our unprecedentedly powerful presidency into one that is also unprecedentedly accountable. These constraints are the key to understanding why Obama continued the Bush counterterrorism program, and in this light, the events of the last decade should be seen as a victory, not a failure, of American constitutional government. We have actually preserved the framers’ original idea of a balanced constitution, despite the vast increase in presidential power made necessary by this age of permanent emergency.



ORC.

Author : University of California, berkeley. Operations Research Center

Publisher :

Page : 48 pages

File Size : 48,54 MB

Release : 1967

Category : Operations research

ISBN :

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Unending Design

Author : Joseph M. Conte

Publisher : Cornell University Press

Page : 330 pages

File Size : 49,34 MB

Release : 2016-05-15

Category : Literary Criticism

ISBN : 1501703234

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Drawing on the work of contemporary American poets from Ashbery to Zukofsky, Joseph M. Conte elaborates an innovative typology of postmodern poetic forms. In Conte's view, looking at recent poetry in terms of the complementary methods of seriality and proceduralism offers a rewarding alternative to the familiar analytic dichotomy of "open" and "closed" forms.



Reputation and Judicial Tactics

Author : Shai Dothan

Publisher : Cambridge University Press

Page : 351 pages

File Size : 38,98 MB

Release : 2015

Category : Law

ISBN : 1107031133

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This book argues that national and international courts seek to enhance their reputations through the strategic exercise of judicial power. Courts often cannot enforce their judgments and must rely on reputational sanctions to ensure compliance. One way to do this is for courts to improve their reputation for generating compliance with their judgments. When the court's reputation is increased, parties will be expected to comply with its judgments and the reputational sanction on a party that fails to comply will be higher. This strategy allows national and international courts, which cannot enforce their judgments against states and executives, to improve the likelihood that their judgments will be complied with over time. This book describes the judicial tactics that courts use to shape their judgments in ways that maximize their reputational gains.





Leadership Competencies Of A Clinical Trial Project Manager

Author : John Petrera

Publisher : Fulton Books, Inc.

Page : 132 pages

File Size : 37,30 MB

Release : 2024-06-17

Category : Business & Economics

ISBN :

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"Leadership competencies of a clinical trial project manager" is unique in that this qualitative inquiry research project not only explores the specific top leadership competencies of project managers involved in pharmaceutical clinical trials, but the concepts reviewed in this book are applicable broad spectrum to multiple professional fields. The proposed leadership framework combines elements of leadership competencies, project management competencies, personal competencies, and includes a review of the leadership types from the traits theory of leadership. The leadership concepts described are universal and can be applied to improve any leader's abilities. While this book focuses on clinical trial project managers, the concepts and best practices apply to all PMs within pharmaceuticals or in any other field. The derived PM competency framework is transferrable to PMs in numerous industries and may also provide applicable guidance to others, regardless of their profession. Ultimately, the expansion of the PM triangle is a useful concept that many will find interesting. Additionally, personal competencies can improve personal effectiveness, achievements, and actions. This project identified 5 themes to include (a) CTPM experience and knowledge, (b) leadership competencies, (c) leadership types (styles), (d) personal competencies, and (e) project management competency development (PMCD). The 5 themes identified are all critical to understanding the perspectives obtained from the study participants regarding leadership competencies to maximize efficiencies of research and development. The results of this study can (a) potentially assist new CTPMs, (b) provide a refresher for CTPMs seeking improvement, (c) provide support for project managers in general, and (d) may assist hiring managers in determining the leadership skills to seek. The results from this study may support the project, program, and portfolio managers from various industries to better understand the leadership competencies and the overall framework that support project management. At the same time, these 5 themes, interpreted in the broadest terms, may be helpful to you!