School money trials the legal pursuit of educational adequacy

Table of Contents: “…Peterson -- Adding adequacy to equity : the evolving legal theory of school finance reform / Richard Briffault -- Adequacy and the rights revolution : reinterpreting the education clauses in state constitutions / John C. …”
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From Hope to Horror Diplomacy and the Making of the Rwanda Genocide by Leader, Joyce E.

Table of Contents: “…Rwanda's Struggle for Democracy and Peace, 1991-1994 -- Political Liberalization Takes Off -- War Intrudes -- Rights Abuses and Violence Sow Fear -- Opposition Parties Join a Coalition Government -- Peace Talks Begin and Cease-Fire Takes Hold -- Democratization Flounders -- Turning Point: Adversaries in Kigali and Arusha Tackle Power Sharing -- Violence Stalks Democratization and Prospects for Peace -- The January from Hell: Diplomacy at a Crossroads -- Diplomats Undertake a Fact-Finding Mission -- War Resumes -- A Second Chance for Peace -- Assignment-Arusha Observer: The Setting -- Assignment-Arusha Observer: The Negotiations -- The Denouement: Arusha Peace Accords Signed -- Preparing to Implement the Arusha Accords -- Violence Plagues Implementation -- Implementation Stalls -- The Exodus -- Return to Rwanda -- Part 2. …”
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Urolithiasis A Comprehensive History by Moran, Michael E.

Table of Contents: “…-- Lithotripsy: From Rocket Science to the Clinic -- Modern Stone Science -- Equal Rights: Stone Disease and Females -- Urologist’s Guide to the Galaxy -- Towards Keeping the Hippocratic Oath (Six Sigma) -- Epilogue.…”
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H. G. Wells Time Traveler

Table of Contents: “…Wells (2:28) -- "War of the Worlds" (3:04) -- "The Rights of Man" (0:47) -- Disillusionment and Death of H. …”
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Bioresources and Bioprocess in Biotechnology Volume 1: Status and Strategies for Exploration

Table of Contents: “…Indigenous Knowledge and Intellectual Property Rights -- Chapter 7. Educating Biodiversity -- Chapter 8. …”
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Tourism in destination communities

Table of Contents: “…Hall -- Self-determination : exercising indigenous rights in tourism / A.M. Johnson -- Generating goodwill in tourism through ethical stakeholder interactions / D.A. …”
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Women and children first : feminism, rhetoric, and public policy

Table of Contents: “…Census discourse around cohabitation and single-motherhood / Kirsten Isgro -- Enemies of the state: poor white mothers and the discourse of universal human rights / Jennifer A. Reich -- Fixing sex: medical discourse and the management of intersex / Ellen K. …”
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Takaful Islamic insurance : concepts and regulatory issues

Table of Contents: “…Front Matter -- Conceptual, Legal, and Institutional Issues Confronting Takaful / Simon Archer, Rifaat Ahmed Abdel Karim, Volker Nienhaus -- Business Models in Takaful and Regulatory Implications / Simon Archer, Rifaat Ahmed Abdel Karim, Volker Nienhaus -- Shari'ah Principles Governing Takaful Models / Mohd Daud Bakar -- Corporate Governance and Stakeholder Rights in Islamic Insurance / Simon Archer, Rifaat Ahmed Abdel Karim, Volker Nienhaus -- Legal Issues in Takaful / Madzlan Mohamad Hussain -- Business Conduct in Islamic Insurance with Special Reference to Emerging Markets / Arup Chatterjee -- Supervisory Issues in Takaful: An Overview / Peter Casey -- Reinsurance and Retakaful / Mahomed Akoob -- Risk Management in Takaful / Abdullah Haron, Dawood Taylor -- Solvency and Capital Adequacy in Takaful / James Smith -- Investment Portfolios of Takaful Undertakings / Abdulrahman Tolefat -- Issues in Rating Takaful Companies / Andrew Murray -- Transparency and Financial Reporting in Islamic Insurance / Elham Hassan, Andre Rohayem -- Concluding Remarks / Simon Archer, Rifaat Ahmed Abdel Karim, Volker Nienhaus -- Bibliography -- Index.…”
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Autism Challenging Behavior

Table of Contents: “…Autistic Children Introduced (2:18) -- Applied Behavior Analysis (1:44) -- School's Approach (1:53) -- Jeremiah (2:15) -- Philosophical Difference on Autism (1:57) -- Rooting Out Autism (1:44) -- Who a Child Is (1:09) -- Going Against Nature (0:52) -- Parenting and Behaviorism (1:39) -- Routine (1:50) -- Expense of ABA (1:40) -- Lack of Funding (4:18) -- Spectrum (1:49) -- Repetitive Behaviors (4:31) -- Overcoming Resistance to Food (2:08) -- Refusing Food (1:56) -- Food Anxiety (2:12) -- Panic Attack (1:42) -- Options for Special Needs Parents (2:27) -- Success Story (3:34) -- Home Video (2:25) -- Defense of Methods (0:53) -- Respecting Child's Rights (2:35) -- Case for Accepting Autism (1:38) -- Philosophical Defense of ABA (1:56) -- Struggle of Parent (2:09) -- Progress in Program (1:34) -- Pushing Children (1:24) -- Credits: Autism: Challenging Behavior (0:40)…”
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H. G. Wells : Time Traveler

Table of Contents: “…Wells (2:28) -- "War of the Worlds" (3:04) -- "The Rights of Man" (0:47) -- Disillusionment and Death of H. …”
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New life for old ideas : Chinese philosophy in the contemporary world : a festschrift in honour of Donald J. Munro

Table of Contents: “…/ Sin Yee Chan -- The quest for uncertainty : ethics and autotelic action in the Zhuangzi / Robert Eno -- ethical naturalism : three lessons from Donald Munro / Chad Hansen -- The goodness in human nature : new perspectives on Mencian theory / Xiaogan Liu -- It's a jungle out there : Zhuangzi and the rhetoric of political persuasion / Yuet Keung Lo -- Left and right, east and west : are "conservative" and "liberal" universal human categories? …”
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Private law : key encounters with public law

Table of Contents: “…Private law and its normative influence on human rights Michelle Flaherty; 8. The synthesis of public and private in finance law Alastair Hudson; 9. …”
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African-American women's health and social issues

Table of Contents: “…Seals Nevergold -- Reproductive rights : who speaks for African-American women? / Stacey Daniels -- The roots of coping behavior for African-American women : a literary perspective / Imani Lillie B. …”


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Oscar Wilde and modern culture : the making of a legend

Table of Contents: “…Kaye -- The trouble with Oskar: Wilde's legacy for the early homosexual rights movement in Germany / Yvonne Ivory -- Staking Salomé: the literary forefathers and choreographic daughters of Oscar Wilde's "Hysterical and perverted creature" / Julie Townsend -- "Surely you are not claiming to be more homosexual than I?" …”
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Dealing with wars and dictatorships : legal concepts and categories in action

Table of Contents: “…Transnational Implications of the Greek Purge of Wartime Collaborators -- The Defense in the Dock: Professional Purges of French Lawyers after the Second World War -- Law and the Soviet Purge: Domestic Renewal and International Convergences -- Circulation of Models of épuration after the Second World War: from France to Italy -- Reassessing the Boundaries of Transitional Justice: An Inquiry of Political Transitions, Armed Conflicts and Human Rights Violations -- The Emergence of Transitional Justice as a Professional International Practice -- The Uncertain Place of Purge within Transitional Justice, and the Limitations of International Law in the World's Response to Mass Atrocity.…”
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That's All Folks? : Ecocritical Readings of American Animated Features. by Murray, Robin L.

Table of Contents: “…Animal Liberation inthe 1940s and 1950s: What Disney Does for the Animal Rights Movement; 3. The UPA and the Environment: A Modernist Look at Urban Nature; 4. …”
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Are adoption policies fair?

Table of Contents: “….] -- Gays and lesbians should be allowed to adopt / American Psychological Association -- Gays and lesbians should not be allowed to adopt / Liberty Counsel -- State father registries can be unfair to birth fathers / Sammy Ayer -- A national father registry would protect the rights of birth fathers / Mary M. Beck -- Birth certificates of adoptees should not be amended / Amanda Woolston -- Adoption programs should promote the needs of older youth / Alicia Groh -- Post-adoption services need to be improved / Susan Livingston Smith.…”


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Someday rich : planning for sustainable tomorrows today by Noonan, Timothy, 1963-

Table of Contents: “…Someday Rich; Contents; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; CHAPTER 1 Time for a Real Conversation; CHAPTER 2 How We Got Here; CHAPTER 3 The Right Clients; CHAPTER 4 Connecting the Dots; CHAPTER 5 The Personal Asset Liability Model-Funded Status; CHAPTER 6 The Personal Asset Liability Model-Investment Plan; CHAPTER 7 Making a Good Business of Giving Good Advice; CHAPTER 8 Investor Archetypes; CHAPTER 9 Tripping Over the Finish Line; CHAPTER 10 On Shaping One's Future; CHAPTER 11 Building a Simple and Powerful Solution for Retirement Saving-Russell's Approach to Target Date Funds…”
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Making haste slowly : the troubled history of higher education in Mississippi by Sansing, David G.

Table of Contents: “…Cover; Contents; Preface; CHAPTER 1 Jefferson College and the Origins of Higher Education, 1802-1830; CHAPTER 2 Old-Time Colleges in Mississippi, 1830-1840; CHAPTER 3 Founding the State University, 1840-1865; CHAPTER 4 Expansion of Higher Education, 1865-1900; CHAPTER 5 A State System of Higher Education, 1900-1928; CHAPTER 6 The Bilbo Purge, 1928-1932; CHAPTER 7 A Constitutional Board of Trustees, 1932-1944; CHAPTER 8 The College Boom, 1944-1954; CHAPTER 9 Race, Rights, Riots, Role and Scope, 1954-1962; CHAPTER 10 The Meredith Crisis: NEVER; CHAPTER 11 The Meredith Crisis: (omitted)…”
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Disruptive Cooperation in Digital Health

Table of Contents: “…Chapter 1: Introduction to Digital Health -- Chapter 2: Overview of the Digital Health Ecosystem -- Chapter 3: Diabetes and the Telcare Solution (Jonathan Javitt, Telcare) -- Chapter 4: Cooperation in Aging Services Technologies -- Chapter 5: The Quantified Self, Wearables, and the Tracking Revolution -- Chapter 6: Beyond Silos to Data Analytics for Population Health: Case Study of HealthBank and Citizen Coops for Health Data Transactions -- Chapter 7: Healthcare Lessons From the Telecommunications Sector (Sven Schuchardt, Detecon) -- Chapter 8: Smart Healthy Cities: Public-Private Partnerships, a Case From Telefonica in Brazil [Jody Ranck, Katia Galvane (Telefonica), Washington Tavares (ISPM)] -- Chapter 9: Smart Digital Health Policies (Ticia Gerber, HL7) -- Chapter 10: Cooperation for Building Secure Standards for Health Data (Cem Senturk, Detecon) -- Chapter 11: Peer to Peer Platforms for Physicians in Underserved Areas: A Human Rights Approach to Social Media in Medicine: The Case of Tabeeb (Osama Alshaykh).…”
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