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One Nation, Under Fraud: A Remonstrance

This Remonstrance presents a counter-cultural narrative and analysis of Maine’s legal, political, economic, and social interactions with the Wabanaki people. Although contemporary indicia of abuses ... historico-legal perspective. Presenting its analysis through an historic, legal, political, economic, and social nexus, this Remonstrance traces the ontogeny of control exerted by the State of Maine over the

The Growing List of Reasons to Amend The Maine Indian Jurisdictional Agreement

future federal laws benefiting tribes and native peoples. And, it did so without the consent of the tribes located within Maine. In addition to recognizing how economic and political realities influenced ... 1970s negotiations, as well as useful understandings into the larger political, social, legal, and economic context of the time.20 This Article seeks to build upon these reports, studies, books, hearings

Gun Control: Political Fears Trump Crime Control

?” Is there a hidden political dynamic? But “hidden” means hard to find. So maybe we should look for the answer in a related jurisdiction that keeps more extensive records of its government’s

National Security Rules: America's Constitution of Law and War

Contemporary debates over the appropriate allocation of war powers between the political branches overemphasize the rigidity of the Constitution’s framework. This style of academic discussion ... presidential supremacy, we should instead look to text, history, and structure for guidance on how the political branches can legitimately and affirmatively negotiate their emergent responsibilities. This

Digital Court Records Access: Social Justice and Judicial Balancing

important in our democracy, and it is critical that we take measures to preserve both. The purpose of writing this essay is to show that Judge Coffin’s judicial philosophy and rights-sensitive balancing ... philosophy and using his rights-sensitive balancing process as a guide in managing the transition to electronic records. It offers a glimpse into how Judge Coffin, if asked, might go about the task of

Election SLAPPs: Effective at Suppressing Political Participation and Giving Anti-SLAPP Statutes the Slip

potential labyrinth of litigation. A SLAPP (Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation) is a lawsuit that typically has no merit, but is filed to prevent the defendant from participating in a political ... School of Law Digital Commons. For more information , please contact , USA - ELECTION SLAPPS: EFFECTIVE AT SUPPRESSING POLITICAL PARTICIPATION AND GIVING ANTISLAPP STATUTES THE SLIP I. II. III. IV

Five Times More Likely: Haaland v. Brackeen and What It Could Mean for Maine Tribes

their motions.158 First considering the question of equal protection, the court determined the definition of Indian child was a racial, rather than political, classification.159 The court reasoned that ... families.194 To determine the constitutionality of these provisions, the court’s first question was whether they are based on political or racial classifications.195 Political classifications need only to

The Dark Matter of Federal Indian Law: The Duty of Protection

relationship was almost always ignored and belittled. In recent decades, with the rise of the federal policy favoring tribal selfdetermination, that narrative is changing to some extent as a political matter ... that the judiciary undermines federal Indian affairs policy at will, just as tribal nations have begun to successfully assert political power in Congress and governmental capabilities at home.34 This is

Elections and CEO successions in Brazilian state-owned companies

Purpose:To study the impacts of elections and succession processes on SOE stocks.Design/methodology/approach: Through events studies we longitudinally investigate the impacts of political events ... happen frequently in Brazil: CEO successions in SOEs and political events impacting SOEs. Keywords: state-owned companies; CEO succession; corporate governance and ownership structure Resumo

Internationalization Legacies and Collaboration Challenges: Post-Imperial Hybrids and Political Fallouts in Russian Higher Education

remained confused about the roles and values of internationalization in higher education (Yudkevich, 2014, see p. 1469) . Indeed, the Russian transformational context was littered with political ... , 1985; Graham & Dezhina, 2008) . Hesitations and ambiguities are understandable if one looks into the historical legacies of Russian higher education. Russian scientists confronted numerous political

Symposium Panel: Ensuring Access toJustice in Maine’s Rural Communities

The dichotomy between the greater Portland area and Route One corridor, and Maine’s rural inland and Down East communities, is stark in many ways—economic, cultural, political, and spatial. These ... worst run as a business of any possible business. What our philosophy was, whatever you needed, we did the work, we never turned a client back because they couldn't pay. And if we got paid, it was just a

The Effect of National Business Systems on Social and Environmental Disclosure: A Comparison between Brazil and Canada

, independent variables that represent the political, financial, educational and labor systems, and firm size, ROA, and indebtedness as control variables.Findings: In the case of the companies operating in Brazil ... environmental and social disclosure is positively related to the political and labor systems, and negatively related to the financial system. In Canada, disclosure is negatively influenced by the financial system

Primacy in Theory and Application: Lessons From a Half-Century of New Judicial Federalism

of the [thirteen] states (and Vermont as well) had enacted Constitutions to fill in the political gap caused by the overthrow of British authority . . . . Eight of the Revolutionary Constitutions were ... for Principled Decisionmaking, 62 BROOK. L. REV. 1, 7 (1996) (“Legal scholars, political scientists and historians, all eager to participate in the discussion or to join the cause, or at least the fray

Comparative Evaluation of Plaque Inhibitory and Antimicrobial Efficacy of Probiotic and Chlorhexidine Oral Rinses in Orthodontic Patients: A Randomized Clinical Trial

Background. Antimicrobial agents serve as an effective adjunct in plaque control, and chlorhexidine has been the gold standard. However, the philosophy that natural agents are better for children's

Comparative Evaluation of Plaque Inhibitory and Antimicrobial Efficacy of Probiotic and Chlorhexidine Oral Rinses in Orthodontic Patients: A Randomized Clinical Trial

Background. Antimicrobial agents serve as an effective adjunct in plaque control, and chlorhexidine has been the gold standard. However, the philosophy that natural agents are better for children's

Comparative Evaluation of Plaque Inhibitory and Antimicrobial Efficacy of Probiotic and Chlorhexidine Oral Rinses in Orthodontic Patients: A Randomized Clinical Trial

Background. Antimicrobial agents serve as an effective adjunct in plaque control, and chlorhexidine has been the gold standard. However, the philosophy that natural agents are better for children's

To Be or Not to Be? The “Publish or Perish” Syndrome for English Teacher Educators in China

The philosophy of “publish or perish” has already been adopted as a yardstick by the vast majority of Chinese higher education institutions in their attempts to benchmark Western research ... of teaching and research. Positive Elements in the “Publish or Perish” Philosophy Needless to say, this trend has some positive elements and benefits to both teachers and institutions. On the one

Cultivating Citizens with Confucian Cosmopolitanism: Defining the Purpose of Liberal Arts Education in the Asian Context

productive and responsible citizens (AAC&U, 2002) . Such an educational philosophy, which originated in ancient Greece and later developed in Euro-America, is widely regarded as a Western model of higher ... autonomous self who is objective and free from bias (Appiah, 2003) , and “necessary for sociality and relationship” (Puente, 2015, p. 147) . Originating in ancient Greek philosophy, cosmopolitanism

Frank Morey Coffin's Political Years: Prelude to a Judgeship

the federal government and, with his friend and colleague Edmund S. Muskie, a creative political reformer for the State of Maine. Throughout his career he demonstrated that the art of politics was a ... Recommended Citation Donald E. Nicoll, Frank Morey Cofi n's Political Years: Prelude to a Judgeship Frank Morey Cofin 's Political Years: Prelude to a Judgeship Donald E. Nicoll 0 1 0 Part of the

Australia’s Engagement with Asia in the National Curriculum

curriculum. It reflects Australia’s extensive engagement with Asia in social, cultural, political and economic spheres. … An understanding of Asia underpins the capacity of Australian students to be active and ... introduced in 2014, the roots of this introduction can be traced back to the 1980s and the work of various political parties. In 1989, Robert Hawke, then Prime Minster of Australia, established the Asia