Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice

Generating over $12 billion in annual sales, kosher food is big business. It is also an unheralded story of successful private-sector regulation in an era of growing public concern over the government's ability to ensure food safety. Kosher uncovers how...

"This new edition of An Outline of the Law of Agency by Markesinis and Munday will enable students to acquire a sound and critical understanding of the law of agency by providing a succinct, readable account of this significant and intellectually...

This collection of essays addresses a topical subject of current importance, namely the impact of the EU on national welfare state systems. The volume aims to question the perception that matters of social welfare remain for Member States of the EU to...

Ensuring Global Food Safety: Exploring Global Harmonization, Second Edition, examines the policies and practices of food law which remain top contributors to food waste. This fully revised and updated edition offers a rational and multifaceted approach...

FDA Warning Letters About Food Products: How to Avoid or Respond to Citations uses examples of FDA warning letters about food products as training tools to discuss important quality and manufacturing issues encountered by food companies around the world...

Animal protection activists in the United States have long sought legislation to modify or curtail some practices considered by U.S. agriculture to be acceptable or even necessary to animal health. USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service...

Innovation protected by Intellectual Property (IP) rights is key to creating new jobs and growing exports. Innovation has a positive pervasive effect on the entire economy, and its benefits flow both upstream and downstream to every sector of the U.S...

There is an ongoing interest in the pace of U.S. technological advancement due to its influence on U.S. economic growth, productivity and international competitiveness. Because technology can contribute to economic growth and productivity increases,...

Thousands of oil and chemical spills of varying size occur in the United States each year. State and local officials located in proximity to these incidents generally are the first responders and may elevate an incident for federal attention if greater...

Within the United States Code, is a statutory bill of rights for victims of crimes committed in violation of federal law or the laws of the District of Columbia. It defines victims as anyone directly and proximately harmed by such an offence, individuals...

This book provides an overview of prior judicial treatment of the Second Amendment, with a focus on the litigation of Colombia versus Heller and the potential impact of its outcome. Heller marks the first time in almost 70 years that the Supreme Court...

As part of the conflict with Al Qaeda and the Taliban, the United States has captured and detained numerous persons believed to have been part of or associated with enemy forces. Over the years, federal courts have considered a multitude of petitions by...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781606920480Author Jennifer ElseaFormat PaperbackPage Count 84Imprint Nova Science Publishers IncPublisher Nova Science Publishers IncWeight(grams) 152g

The 2010 Deepwater Horizon incident produced the largest oil spill that has occurred in U.S. waters, releasing over 200 million gallons into the Gulf of Mexico. BP has estimated the combined oil spill costs, including cleanup activities, natural resource...

The Higher Education Act of 1965 (HEA) as amended, authorises the federal government's major federal student aid programs (Title IV), as well as other programs which provide institutional aid and support (Titles II, III and V). In addition, the HEA...

Technological advancement, financial incentives, and policy concerns have driven a global expansion in the development of renewable energy resources. Recent concerns over energy supply and pricing have led some to look increasingly to federal lands as a...

This book reviews the status of energy efficiency and renewable energy legislation introduced during the 110th Congress. Most action in the second session is focused on the FY2009 budget request, the Farm Bill (H.R. 2419), and the proposed Renewable...

This book explores the transmission of copyrighted sound recordings to the public by over-the-air AM/FM radio stations which is an activity that implicates the right of public performance under the Copyright Act. However, under current law, terrestrial...

Consumers increasingly seek information on food labels to help them make healthy food choices, and they rely on federal agencies to ensure that such information is truthful. Food companies may use health- and/or nutrient-related claims on food labels to...

This book explores recent legislative activity which highlights the phenomenon of "libel tourism," whereby litigants bring libel suits in foreign jurisdictions in order to take advantage of plaintiff-friendly libel laws.Book InformationISBN...

As a direct result of the Environmental Protection Agency's promulgation of an "endangerment finding" for greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in December 2009, and its subsequent promulgation of GHG emission standards for new motor vehicles on April...

Congress enacted the Wilderness Act in 1964. It established a National Wilderness Preservation System of federal lands "where the earth and its community of life are untrammeled by man, where man himself is a visitor who does not remain". The...

The Older Americans Act (OAA) is the major federal vehicle for the delivery of social and nutritional services for older persons. These include supportive services, congregate nutritional services (meals served at group sites such as senior centres,...

Second only to humans in adapting to climate extremes, grey wolves once ranged from coast to coast and from Alaska to Mexico in North America. By the early 20th century, government-sponsored predator control programs and declines in prey brought grey...

This book provides an examination of professional and legal sports today with a focus on the congressional response to selected work stoppages in professional sports; the manufacturing, licensing and marketing of team and league-logoed and trademarked...

When debtors file for bankruptcy protection under Title 11 of the U.S. Code, they may exempt the value of certain property; in many cases, this includes their homestead. In practical terms, to the extent that the property's value does not exceed the...

This book examines the innovation and patent policy issues in the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act and the Bayh-Dole Acts and what these acts mean for American innovation, American jobs, and American leadership. As we bear witness to the awe-inspiring...

Congress passed the Intelligence Identities Protection Act, P.L.97-200 in 1982. The Act, as amended,1 is codified at 50USC 421-426. Under 50USC 421 criminal penalties are provided, in certain circumstances, for intentional, unauthorised disclosure of...

Technological developments related to the Internet benefit consumers who want convenient ways to view and hear information and entertainment content on a variety of electronic devices. The global nature of the Internet offers expanded commercial...

On June 26, 2000, in a special ceremony at the White House, the completion of the 'rough draft' of the human genome was announced. This milestone, which has been compared to the discoveries of Galileo, and other advances in genetics have created novel...

This new book presents a summary of the Clean Air Act and its major requirements, current issues concerning the Act and the Plain English version of the Act's interpretation. A comprehensive index rounds out this important reference to a major law...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783848714094Author Jaap De VisserFormat PaperbackPage Count 334Imprint Nomos VerlagsgesellschaftPublisher Nomos VerlagsgesellschaftWeight(grams) 540g

This supplement brings the principal text current with recent developments in the law.Book InformationISBN 9781634606424Author William N. Eskridge Jr.Format PaperbackPage Count 188Imprint LEG Inc. (dba West Academic PublishingPublisher LEG Inc. (dba West...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781567938760Author Stuart ShowalterFormat HardbackPage Count 656Imprint Health Administration PressPublisher Health Administration PressWeight(grams) 1286g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsShort-listed for Centre for Australian Cultural Studies National Award 1996.Book InformationISBN 9780855752873Author Nonie SharpFormat PaperbackPage Count 315Imprint...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780833050373Author Lloyd DixonFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint RANDPublisher RANDWeight(grams) 599g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780833044037Author Angela A. HungFormat PaperbackPage Count 228Imprint RANDPublisher RANDWeight(grams) 640g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780833036650Author Nick PaceFormat PaperbackPage Count 130Imprint RANDPublisher RANDWeight(grams) 258g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780833038357Author Teryl K. NuckolsFormat PaperbackPage Count 232Imprint RANDPublisher RANDWeight(grams) 363g

This collection of essays addresses a topical subject of current importance, namely the impact of the EU on national welfare state systems. The volume aims to question the perception that matters of social welfare remain for Member States of the EU to...