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• Brown and Lawrence (and Goodridge).(historic rulings and how judicial decisionmaking influences social reform movements)

  - 2005-12-01

  TABLE OF CONTENTS I. WHY BROWN AND LAWRENCE WERE HARD CASES II. COURT AS VANGUARD OR LAGGARD? III. JUDICIAL STRATEGIZING--EVADING THE MARRIAGE ISSUE IV. CONSEQUENCES A. Brown's Backlash...

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• James Monroe and John Adams: an unlikely "friendship".(Biography)

  - 2005-09-22

  RECENT HISTORICAL SCHOLARSHIP on the political culture of the early United States has turned from analyzing ideologies and issues to examining the personalities and motivations of the first party leaders. Within a framework often termed the "republican paradigm," an incongruous mixture of conservative, deferential, communal, ...

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• Copyright resources on the Web

  - 1998-07-01

  The University of Texas Web page, "Copyright in the Library: The Digital Library" http://www.utsystem.edu/ogc/intellectualproperty/l-diglib.htm deals with the implications of U.S. copyright and electronic resources, a question about which we receive many queries. This site outlines the current implications of copyright for libraries and for digital libraries, and has links to...

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