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• Introduction: Legal limits, environmental misperceptions
• Las Vegas before the law of the river
• Accepting the law of the river
• 1989 : an era of limits and the politics of scarcity
• The paradigm shift : becoming a metropolitan water agency
• Regime change : becoming the voice of Nevada
• Bringing power to bear : emergence of a regional strategy
• The last, worst option : the SNWA in-state groundwater development project
• Conclusion: A new regional paradigm : the Colorado River Basin Authority

As the population of the greater Las Vegas area grows and the climate warms, the threat of a water shortage looms over southern Nevada. But as Christian S. Harrison demonstrates in All the Water the Law Allows, the threat of shortage arises not from the local environment but from the American legal system, specifically the Law of the River that governs water allocation from the Colorado River. In this political and legal history of the Las Vegas water supply, Harrison focuses on the creation and actions of the Southern Nevada Water Authority (SNWA) to tell a story with profound implications and important lessons for water politics and natural resource policy in the twenty-first century. In the state with the smallest allocation of the Colorado's water supply, Las Vegas faces the twin challenges of aridity and federal law to obtain water for its ever-expanding population. All the Water the Law Allows describes how the impending threat of shortage in the 1980s compelled the five metropolitan water agencies of greater Las Vegas to unify into a single entity. Harrison relates the circumstances of the SNWA's evolution and reveals how the unification of local, county, and state interests allowed the compact to address regional water policy with greater force and focus than any of its peers in the Colorado River Basin. Most notably, the SNWA has mapped conservation plans that have drastically reduced local water consumption; and, in the interstate realm, it has been at the center of groundbreaking, water-sharing agreements. Yet these achievements do not challenge the fundamental primacy of the Law of the River. If current trends continue and the Basin States are compelled to reassess the river's distribution, the SNWA will be a force and a model for the Basin as a whole.
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• Legal limits, environmental misperceptions
• Las Vegas before the Law of the River
• Accepting the Law of the River
• 1989: an era of limits and the politics of scarcity
• The paradigm shift: becoming a metropolitan water agency
• Regime change: becoming the voice of Nevada
• Bringing power to bear: emergence of a regional strategy
• The last, worst option: the SNWA in-state groundwater development project
• A new regional paradigm: the Colorado River Basin Authority

As the population of the greater Las Vegas area grows and the climate warms, the threat of a water shortage looms over southern Nevada. But as Christian S. Harrison demonstrates in All the Water the Law Allows, the threat of shortage arises not from the local environment but from the American legal system, specifically the Law of the River that governs water allocation from the Colorado River. In this political and legal history of the Las Vegas water supply, Harrison focuses on the creation and actions of the Southern Nevada Water Authority (SNWA) to tell a story with profound implications and important lessons for water politics and natural resource policy in the twenty-first century. In the state with the smallest allocation of the Colorado's water supply, Las Vegas faces the twin challenges of aridity and federal law to obtain water for its ever-expanding population. All the Water the Law Allows describes how the impending threat of shortage in the 1980s compelled the five metropolitan water agencies of greater Las Vegas to unify into a single entity. Harrison relates the circumstances of the SNWA's evolution and reveals how the unification of local, county, and state interests allowed the compact to address regional water policy with greater force and focus than any of its peers in the Colorado River Basin. Most notably, the SNWA has mapped conservation plans that have drastically reduced local water consumption; and, in the interstate realm, it has been at the center of groundbreaking, water-sharing agreements. Yet these achievements do not challenge the fundamental primacy of the Law of the River. If current trends continue and the Basin States are compelled to reassess the river's distribution, the SNWA will be a force and a model for the Basin as a whole.
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• Introduction
• Jim Crow in books and Jim Crow in action
• Woodward's strange career and subsequent scholarship
• Vile ambitions and low instincts
• De jure discrimination in North Carolina
• State institutions and legislative appropriations
• Conclusion

"Over one hundred years ago, the legal scholar Roscoe Pound drew an important distinction between law in books and law in action. This book reveals the distance between the law in books and the law in action with regard to the de jure system of Jim Crow in North Carolina. This book sets out in two appendices all of the race-conscious laws enacted in North Carolina between 1865 and 1920, but the author argues that the application and operation of the laws was much more important on the ground than the statutory text. Moreover, the author contends that the racial contagion which swept the state during the elections in 1898 and 1900-the White Supremacy Campaigns-dramatically changed white attitudes in such a way that the operation of the law changed dramatically, as well"-- Provided by publisher

• Preface to the fourth edition
• The research process and legal analysis
• Legal research techniques
• Secondary sources
• Researching judicial opinions
• Statutes, constitutions, local law, and court rules
• Legislative history
• Administrative law
• Updating with citators
• New York City legal research
• Legal ethics research
• Research strategies and organization

"The book begins with an overview of the legal research process and an introduction to research techniques using online media. Then the book turns to secondary sources, recognizing these sources as the entry point for most new research projects. Next, New York Legal Research addresses primary authority, with chapters dedicated to case law, enacted law (statutes, constitutions, local law, and court rules), and administrative law. Additional chapters cover legislative history, free and commercial updating tools, legal ethics research, New York City law, and research strategies and organization. An appendix explains legal citation by New York courts following the New York Law Reports Style Manual. Most chapters contain outlines with step-by-step guidance for research in various types of legal resources. The book also includes short excerpts and screen shots from important sources. Discussions of legal analysis are brief but are included as necessary to show the crucial connection between research and analysis. While the concentration of New York Legal Research is state research, concise descriptions of federal resources are included throughout. New to the fourth edition is a much greater emphasis on online sources and online research process. Print sources are discussed as an opportunity to enhance the research process or when no online equivalent is available."-- Publisher's website

• Preface Introduction Part One - Philosophical Perspectives on Religious Liberty in Education
• In Defense of Yeshiva Autonomy by Kevin Vallier Educational Pluralism: Distinctive Schools and Academic Accountability by Ashley Berner Pork Eating is Not a Reasonable Way of Life: Yeshiva Education vs. Liberal Educational Theory by Rita Koganzon Part Two - Religious Liberty and Education Law
• State Regulation of Curriculum in Private Religious Schools: A Constitutional Analysis by Aaron Saiger The Yeshiva Case: A Legal Path Forward by Howard Slugh and Devorah Goldman Challenges to Educational Freedom in Europe by Charles L. Glenn Part Three - Implications for Different Communities
• "Substantial Equivalency": Implications for the Jewish Community by Avi Schick The Philosophical Futility of "Substantial Equivalency" in the Interplay of Religious and Public Education: A Christian School Perspective by Jay Ferguson Between Tradition and Regulation: What Can Muslim Education Offer the West? by Jibran Khan An Impossible (and Impermissible) Dream: Equivalency in Homeschools by Michael P. Donnelly Part Four - Charting a Path Forward
• Conclusion: Rabbi Nehorai Gets the Last Word by Ira Stoll About the Contributors.
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Over the last few years, Orthodox Jewish private schools, also known as yeshivas, have been under fire by a group of activists known as Young Advocates for Fair Education, run by several yeshiva graduates, who have criticized them for providing an inadequate secular education. At the heart of the yeshiva controversy lies two important interests in education: the right of the parent to choose an appropriate education, which may include values-laden religious education, and the right of each child to receive an appropriate education, as guaranteed by the state. These interests raise further questions. If preference is given to the former, how much freedom should be given to a parent in choosing an appropriate education? If the latter, how does the state define what constitutes an appropriate education or measure the extent to which an appropriate education has been achieved? And when can-or must-the state override the wishes of parents? The purpose of this book is to explore these difficult questions.
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• Preface: Who should decide what constitutes an acceptable education, parents or the state?
• Introduction: Yeshivas vs. New York
• In defense of yeshiva autonomy / Kevin Vallier
• Educational pluralism : distinctive schools and academic accountability / Ashley Berner
• Pork eating is not a reasonable way of life : yeshiva education versus liberal educational theory / Rita Koganzon
• State regulation of curriculum in private religious schools : a constitutional analysis / Aaron Saiger
• The Yeshiva case : a legal path forward / Howard Slugh and Devorah Goldman
• Challenges to educational freedom in Europe / Charles L. Glenn
• "Substantial equivalency" : implications for the Jewish community / Avi Schick
• The philosophical futility of "substantial equivalency" in the interplay of religious and public education : a Christian school perspective / Jay Ferguson
• Between tradition and regulation : what can Muslim education offer the West? / Jibran Khan
• An impossible (and impermissible) dream : substantial equivalency in homeschools / Michael P. Donnelly
• Conclusion: Rabbi Nehorai gets the last word / Ira Stoll

Over the last few years, Orthodox Jewish private schools, also known as yeshivas, have been under fire by a group of activists known as Young Advocates for Fair Education, run by several yeshiva graduates, who have criticized them for providing an inadequate secular education. At the heart of the yeshiva controversy lies two important interests in education: the right of the parent to choose an appropriate education, which may include values-laden religious education, and the right of each child to receive an appropriate education, as guaranteed by the state. These interests raise further questions. If preference is given to the former, how much freedom should be given to a parent in choosing an appropriate education? If the latter, how does the state define what constitutes an appropriate education or measure the extent to which an appropriate education has been achieved? And when can-or must-the state override the wishes of parents? The purpose of this book is to explore these difficult questions.
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• Introduction
• Jim Exum
• The 1986 Supreme Court elections
• Members of the Exum court
• Operation of the Exum court --The cases
• Aftermath of the Exum court
• Legacy of the Exum court

"While the expansion of individual rights by the United States Supreme Court under Chief Justice Earl Warren has been the subject of extensive academic commentary, very little has been written about the Exum Court in North Carolina. The dearth of scholarship on this subject is unfortunate because Jim Exum's tenure as chief justice-like Warren's-constituted an unprecedented era of judicial boldness. This book is based primarily on a detailed review of the Exum Court's body of cases and over 45 interviews with the surviving justices from that era of the court, law clerks, practitioners, and members of North Carolina's legal academy. In addition, it draws upon contemporaneous interviews of the justices conducted between 1986 and 1995 as well as on the few existing books and articles about the members of the Exum Court and North Carolina's transformation into a two-party state in judicial elections. This book explores in depth the pathbreaking nature of the Exum Court's jurisprudence and the justices themselves in the hope of providing a better understanding of this unique and important period in the history of North Carolina's highest court and how it fundamentally changed North Carolina law"-- Provided by publisher

• Introduction
• Foundations of legal research and analysis
• The research process : strategies and techniques
• Secondary sources
• Constitutions and statutes
• Legislative history research and bill tracking
• Administrative law
• Court systems and reporters
• Finding and updating cases
• Researching court rules and other practice rules
• Legal citation.

"This book...focuses on the structures and sources of legal authority in North Carolina. Because questions of North Carolina law may sometimes overlap with questions of federal law, portions of this book do contain some discussion of the federal legal system and sources of federal authority, as well as the legal systems and sources of law of other states. Significantly, those portions are meant only to supplement the book’s coverage of legal research in North Carolina, and this book does not purport to exhaustively cover how to conduct federal legal research or conducting legal research in other states."-- Publisher's website.

• Preface
• Introduction
• Pojoaque Pueblo
• Nambé Pueblo
• Tesuque Pueblo
• Ysleta del Sur Pueblo
• Isleta Pueblo
• Conclusion: Acting sovereign
• Epilogue: Tribal government, sovereignty, and the Pueblo canes.

"Over five centuries of foreign rule—by Spain, Mexico, and the United States—Native American pueblos have confronted attacks on their sovereignty and encroachments on their land and water rights. How five New Mexico and Texas pueblos did this, in some cases multiple times, forms the history of cultural resilience and tenacity...[The authors] focus here on four New Mexico Pueblo Indian communities—Pojoaque, Nambe, Tesuque, and Isleta—and one now in Texas, Ysleta del Sur. The authors trace the complex tangle of conflicting jurisdictions and laws these pueblos faced when defending their extremely limited land and water resources. The communities often met such challenges in court and, sometimes, as in the case of Tesuque Pueblo in 1922, took matters into their own hands. [The authors] describe how—at times aided by appointed Spanish officials, private lawyers, priests, and Indian agents—each pueblo resisted various non-Indian, institutional, and legal pressures; and how each suffered defeat in the Court of Private Land Claims and the Pueblo Lands Board, only to assert its sovereignty again and again. Although some of these defenses led to stunning victories, all five pueblos experienced serious population declines. Some were even temporarily abandoned. That all have subsequently seen a return to their traditions and ceremonies, and ultimately have survived and thrived, is a testimony to their resilience. Their stories, documented here in extraordinary detail, are critical to a complete understanding of the history of the Pueblos and of the American Southwest."-- Provided by publisher.

• An introduction
• Conquest, conversion and conflict
• Who is an Indian? What is an Indian tribe? What does it matter?
• Should Genízaros (and Lumbees and others) pursue federal recognition?
• The legal framework for recognition/validation
• International recognition of indigenous rights
• Rebirth

"This book describes the history of the Genízaro peoples in North America and their suffering under systems of slavery. It explores the legal and tribal classifications of the Genízaro people and their descendants in the current day. This book makes a comprehensive attempt to outline the legal remedies which might now be made available to Genízaro communities and to Genízaro individuals"-- Provided by publisher

• Introduction
• The politics of the safe act
• Was the SAFE Act necessary?
• Assault weapons ban and registration
• The ban on large-capacity magazines
• Universal background checking
• Disarming the mentally ill
• Disarming persons subject to domestic violence protection orders
• Recertifying handgun licensees
• Regulating ammunition sales and purchasers
• New and enhanced punishments
• Conclusion

A comprehensive assessment of real gun reform legislation with recommendations for common sense gun control A month after the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, New York State passed, with record speed, the first and most comprehensive state post-Sandy Hook gun control law. In The Toughest Gun Control Law in the Nation, James B. Jacobs and Zoe Fuhr ask whether the 2013 SAFE Act -hailed by Governor Andrew Cuomo as "the nation's toughest gun control law" - has lived up to its promise. Jacobs and Fuhr illuminate the gap between gun control on the books and gun control in action. They argue that, to be effective, gun controls must be capable of implementation and enforcement. This requires realistic design, administrative and enforcement capacity and commitment and ongoing political and fiscal support. They show that while the SAFE Act was good symbolic politics, most of its provisions were not effectively implemented or, if implemented, not enforced. Gun control in a society awash with guns poses an immense regulatory challenge. The Toughest Gun Control Law in the Nation takes a tough-minded look at the technological, administrative, fiscal and local political impediments to effectively keeping guns out of the hands of dangerous persons and eliminating some types of guns altogether.
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• The politics of the SAFE Act
• Was the SAFE Act necessary ?
• Assault weapons ban and registration
• The ban on large-capacity magazines
• Universal background checking
• Disarming the mentally ill
• Disarming persons subject to domestic violence protection orders
• Recertifying handgun licensees
• Regulating ammunition sales and purchasers
• New and enhanced punishments.

A comprehensive assessment of real gun reform legislation with recommendations for better design, implementation and enforcementA month after the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, New York State passed, with record speed, the first and most comprehensive state post-Sandy Hook gun control law. In The Toughest Gun Control Law in the Nation, James B. Jacobs and Zoe Fuhr ask whether the 2013 SAFE Act --hailed by Governor Andrew Cuomo as "the nation's toughest gun control law" - has lived up to its promise. Jacobs and Fuhr illuminate the gap between gun control on the books and gun control in action. They argue that, to be effective, gun controls must be capable of implementation and enforcement. This requires realistic design, administrative and enforcement capacity and commitment and ongoing political and fiscal support. They show that while the SAFE Act was good symbolic politics, most of its provisions were not effectively implemented or, if implemented, not enforced. Gun control in a society awash with guns poses an immense regulatory challenge. The Toughest Gun Control Law in the Nation takes a tough-minded look at the technological, administrative, fiscal and local political impediments to effectively keeping guns out of the hands of dangerous persons and eliminating some types of guns altogether.

• Introduction
• Law and property in colonial New York
• Confronting disorder
• A bonanza of Tory goods
• The enemies of the state
• Conclusion.

How does a popular uprising transform itself from the disorder of revolution into a legal system that carries out the daily administration required to govern? Americans faced this question during the Revolution as colonial legal structures collapsed under the period's disorder. Yet by the end of the war, Americans managed to rebuild their courts and legislatures, imbuing such institutions with an authority that was widely respected. This remarkable transformation came about in unexpected ways. Howard Pashman here studies the surprising role played by property redistribution-seizing it from Loyalists and transferring it to supporters of independence-in the reconstruction of legal order during the Revolutionary War. Building a Revolutionary State looks closely at one state, New York, to understand the broader question of how legal structures emerged from an insurgency. By examining law as New Yorkers experienced it in daily life during the war, Pashman reconstructs a world of revolutionary law that prevailed during America's transition to independence. In doing so, Pashman explores a central paradox of the revolutionary era: aggressive enforcement of partisan property rules actually had stabilizing effects that allowed insurgents to build legal institutions that enjoyed popular support. Tracing the transformation from revolutionary disorder to legal order, Building a New Revolutionary State gives us a radically fresh way to understand the emergence of new states.
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The Freedom of Information Law allows any person to request and obtain, without explanation or justification, existing, identifiable, and unpublished governmental records, including documents, data, and video. Signed into law in New York in 1974, FOIL remains a powerful public panacea in unlocking information and maintaining vital transparency in our state government. Databases detailing public employee compensation, online viewing of highway department agreements and school district superintendents contracts, and text message exchanges all disclosed and made public through FOIL requests are now common, as the last decade has ushered in an increased demand for public information. Orzechowski guides readers through the creation of the law and the concept of open government in the twenty-first century, offering a foundational understanding of how the legislation works, who is exempt, and how the law was created for every citizen of New York State. Dozens of perspectives from state senators to a Pulitzer Prize winner to watchdog organizations outline the impact of New York State's law. Orzechowski examines the drafting of current legislation to strengthen the existing law and offers perspectives from those who are confronted with the real challenges of accessing public information every day: journalists, attorneys, and citizens. This exploration of FOIL, including narrative, scholarly examination, and how-to guides, serves as a tour of a law that continues to impact residents across the state.
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The Freedom of Information Law allows any person to request and obtain, without explanation or justification, existing, identifiable, and unpublished governmental records, including documents, data, and video. Signed into law in New York in 1974, FOIL remains a powerful public panacea in unlocking information and maintaining vital transparency in our state government. Databases detailing public employee compensation, online viewing of highway department agreements and school district superintendents contracts, and text message exchanges all disclosed and made public through FOIL requests are now common, as the last decade has ushered in an increased demand for public information. Orzechowski guides readers through the creation of the law and the concept of open government in the twenty-first century, offering a foundational understanding of how the legislation works, who is exempt, and how the law was created for every citizen of New York State. Dozens of perspectives from state senators to a Pulitzer Prize winner to watchdog organizations outline the impact of New York State's law. Orzechowski examines the drafting of current legislation to strengthen the existing law and offers perspectives from those who are confronted with the real challenges of accessing public information every day: journalists, attorneys, and citizens. This exploration of FOIL, including narrative, scholarly examination, and how-to guides, serves as a tour of a law that continues to impact residents across the state.
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• A brief history of New Yorkers' right to know
• Legacy media : choices and challenges
• Digital media : access and denial
• Article 78 : last resort, first step
• Exemption, ethics, and the Joint Commission on Public Ethics
• The legislature : two FOIL bills, one veto
• Policy : police cameras and the public
• Public-information officers : boards and the bored
• The business of FOIL
• The citizen : George and Helen of Troy
• Watchdogs : transparency and civil liberties
• Data : numbers in, some numbers out
• State and fed : different levels, same issues
• Transparency : defining the future of "open"
• The administration
• FOIL analysis and review : in their words.

The Freedom of Information Law allows any person to request and obtain, without explanation or justification, existing, identifiable, and unpublished governmental records, including documents, data, and video. Signed into law in New York in 1974, FOIL remains a powerful public panacea in unlocking information and maintaining vital transparency in our state government. Databases detailing public employee compensation, online viewing of highway department agreements and school district superintendents contracts, and text message exchanges all disclosed and made public through FOIL requests are now common, as the last decade has ushered in an increased demand for public information. Orzechowski guides readers through the creation of the law and the concept of open government in the twenty-first century, offering a foundational understanding of how the legislation works, who is exempt, and how the law was created for every citizen of New York State. Dozens of perspectives from state senators to a Pulitzer Prize winner to watchdog organizations outline the impact of New York State's law. Orzechowski examines the drafting of current legislation to strengthen the existing law and offers perspectives from those who are confronted with the real challenges of accessing public information every day: journalists, attorneys, and citizens. This exploration of FOIL, including narrative, scholarly examination, and how-to guides, serves as a tour of a law that continues to impact residents across the state.
(source: Nielsen Book Data)

• Introduction
• Getting on the ballot : introduction
• Is the candidate eligible to run? : the residency issue
• Getting on the ballot : the petitioning process
• Staying on the ballot : objections, board hearings and the judicial process
• Getting on the ballot : alternative methods
• Sudden death, convictions, disqualifications and other extraordinary situations
• Election day
• Post-election day proceedings
• Party time in New York
• Initiative and referendum.