Shadow Courts

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ISBN 13 : 9780997126402
Total Pages : 142 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (264 download)

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Book Synopsis Shadow Courts by : Haley Sweetland Edwards

Download or read book Shadow Courts written by Haley Sweetland Edwards and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Haley Sweetland Edwards explains the history of global shadow courts and how these courts have spun out of control, threatening the interests of citizens everywhere including the United States. Her fantastic book is exactly what long-form journalism is meant to do, to move beyond current events and provide historical perspective that aims at future reform. SHADOW COURTS should be at the top of the reading list of all those interested in redesigning trade agreements to be in the publicinterest." -- Jeffrey D. Sachs, University Professor, Columbia University and author ofThe End of Poverty International trade deals have become vastly complex documents, seeking to govern everything from labor rights to environmental protections. This evolution has drawn alarm from American voters, but their suspicions are often vague. In this book, investigative journalist Haley Sweetland Edwards offers a detailed look at one little-known but powerful provision in most modern trade agreements that is designed to protect the financial interests of global corporations against the governments of sovereign states. She makes a devastating case that Investor-State Dispute Settlement -- a "shadow court" that allows corporations to sue a nation outside its own court system -- has tilted the balance of power on the global stage. Acorporation can use ISDS to challenge a nation's policies and regulations, if it believes those laws are unfair or diminish its future profits. From the 1960s to 2000, corporations brought fewer than 40 disputes, but in the last fifteen years, they have brought nearly 650 -- 54 against Argentina alone. Edwards conducted extensive research and interviewed dozens of policymakers, activists, and government officials in Argentina, Canada, Bolivia, Ecuador, the European Union, and in the Obama administration. The result is a major story about a significant shift in the global balance of power.

Shadow Rule

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Publisher : Mk
ISBN 13 : 9783903357075
Total Pages : 538 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (57 download)

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Book Synopsis Shadow Rule by : Angelina J Steffort

Download or read book Shadow Rule written by Angelina J Steffort and published by Mk. This book was released on 2021-02-27 with total page 538 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Breaking the curse will break her heart Gandrett can no longer hope that she has a dying chance to save the Prince of Ulfray nor the friend the Dragon King has taken from her. But she won't give up-even if it means she has to travel to the forests of Ulfray first to help the Prince of Fae to wake his people. Gandrett leaves behind the ruins of the future of Sives and embarks on an adventure of her own-where she gets more than she bargained for. Venturing into Ulfray with brooding Nehelon is a challenge in itself, now that she has seen what lies beneath the harsh and cold shell he so very much likes to wear. But waking up the Fae is a whole different thing-especially when the path to lifting the curse is woven from secrets. Gandrett can only pray to Vala, the goddess she no longer serves, that she look over her friends and brother until she can get out of Ulfray. And she needs to act fast. Because in Neredyn, forces are brewing that will change the course of history. In this third installment in Angelina J. Steffort's Shattered Kingdom series, Gandrett must fight the yet biggest battle of her life-the battle of her heart. Other series by Angelina J. Steffort: Two Worlds Two Worlds of Provenance Two Worlds of Oblivion Two Worlds of Redemption Two Worlds of Dominion Breath of Fate Torn Unraveled The Wings Trilogy White Black Gray The Wings Trilogy: Adam Spark Fire Ashes

The Sultan's Shadow

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Publisher : Random House Incorporated
ISBN 13 : 0345469402
Total Pages : 401 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (454 download)

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Book Synopsis The Sultan's Shadow by : Christiane Bird

Download or read book The Sultan's Shadow written by Christiane Bird and published by Random House Incorporated. This book was released on 2010 with total page 401 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A dramatic account of the slave trade in the early 19th century Indian Ocean is presented through the stories of the Omani Sultan Said and his daughter, Princess Salme, offering insight into the Arabian Peninsula kingdom's lucrative growth and ties to America.

In the Shadow of International Law

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Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0190096608
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (9 download)

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Book Synopsis In the Shadow of International Law by : Michael Poznansky

Download or read book In the Shadow of International Law written by Michael Poznansky and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2020-04-28 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Secrecy is a staple of world politics and a pervasive feature of political life. Leaders keep secrets as they conduct sensitive diplomatic missions, convince reluctant publics to throw their support behind costly wars, and collect sensitive intelligence about sworn enemies. In the Shadow of International Law explores one of the most controversial forms of secret statecraft: the use of covert action to change or overthrow foreign regimes. Drawing from a broad range of cases of US-backed regime change during the Cold War, Michael Poznansky develops a legal theory of covert action to explain why leaders sometimes turn to covert action when conducting regime change, rather than using force to accomplish the same objective. He highlights the surprising role international law plays in these decisions and finds that once the nonintervention principle-which proscribes unwanted violations of another state's sovereignty-was codified in international law in the mid-twentieth century, states became more reluctant to pursue overt regime change without proper cause. Further, absent a legal exemption to nonintervention such as a credible self-defense claim or authorization from an international body, states were more likely to pursue regime change covertly and concealing brazen violations of international law. Shining a light on the secret underpinnings of the liberal international order, the conduct of foreign-imposed regime change, and the impact of international law on state behavior, Poznansky speaks to the potential consequences of America abandoning its role as the steward of the postwar order, as well as the promise and peril of promoting new rules and norms in cyberspace.

Shadow's Law

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Publisher : Utkarsh Sharma
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 206 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Shadow's Law written by Utkarsh Sharma and published by Utkarsh Sharma. This book was released on 2019-09-17 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story follows Shawn as he makes his final journey to stop an ancient abomination. It is his life's mission. He has followed the creature to the mining and gambling city of Little Las Vegas. Shawn's only advantage is his innate ability to store luck for later. He believes that he alone has these powers. As he uses these powers more and more, people start to take notice... On the night his lifelong plan is to come to fruition, he is set upon by an organization that has followed the same path of destruction that he has. The karma police. They have been watching him. They know what he can do. They have also been following the trail of dead bodies to Little Las Vegas straight to Shawn. In a moment of insanity, the city falls into chaos. The abomination escapes. Shawn must race against time as the abomination systematically purges the city of evidence. Shawn is beset by enemies on all sides as the police, FBI, monstrosities and the karma police duke it out in the city. Each group in the desert city feels that Shawn is the most likely culprit. Shawn must make alliances and cheat his way to victory against all parties to survive. As his life's work falls apart, he must decide how much he is willing to gamble to go through with his goal.

Out of Mao's Shadow

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Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1416537058
Total Pages : 371 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (165 download)

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Book Synopsis Out of Mao's Shadow by : Philip P. Pan

Download or read book Out of Mao's Shadow written by Philip P. Pan and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2008 with total page 371 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An inside analysis of modern cultural and political upheavals in China by a fluent Beijing correspondent describes the power struggles currently taking place between the party elite and supporters of democracy, the outcome of which the author predicts will significantly affect China's rise to a world super-power. 125,000 first printing.

The Long, Lingering Shadow

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Publisher : University of Georgia Press
ISBN 13 : 0820344311
Total Pages : 388 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (23 download)

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Book Synopsis The Long, Lingering Shadow by : Robert J. Cottrol

Download or read book The Long, Lingering Shadow written by Robert J. Cottrol and published by University of Georgia Press. This book was released on 2013-02-01 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Students of American history know of the law's critical role in systematizing a racial hierarchy in the United States. Showing that this history is best appreciated in a comparative perspective, The Long, Lingering Shadow looks at the parallel legal histories of race relations in the United States, Brazil, and Spanish America. Robert J. Cottrol takes the reader on a journey from the origins of New World slavery in colonial Latin America to current debates and litigation over affirmative action in Brazil and the United States, as well as contemporary struggles against racial discrimination and Afro-Latin invisibility in the Spanish-speaking nations of the hemisphere. Ranging across such topics as slavery, emancipation, scientific racism, immigration policies, racial classifications, and legal processes, Cottrol unravels a complex odyssey. By the eve of the Civil War, the U.S. slave system was rooted in a legal and cultural foundation of racial exclusion unmatched in the Western Hemisphere. That system's legacy was later echoed in Jim Crow, the practice of legally mandated segregation. Jim Crow in turn caused leading Latin Americans to regard their nations as models of racial equality because their laws did not mandate racial discrimination--a belief that masked very real patterns of racism throughout the Americas. And yet, Cottrol says, if the United States has had a history of more-rigid racial exclusion, since the Second World War it has also had a more thorough civil rights revolution, with significant legal victories over racial discrimination. Cottrol explores this remarkable transformation and shows how it is now inspiring civil rights activists throughout the Americas.

SunWise

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 196 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (318 download)

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Download or read book SunWise written by and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 1 CD-ROM in English, 1 CD-ROM in Spanish containing over 50 standards-based, cross-curricular activities, posters, videos, poligy guidelines, fact sheets, brochures, story and activity books, and more.

Descriptive Geometry and Shades and Shadows

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Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Book Synopsis Descriptive Geometry and Shades and Shadows by : Wells Ira Bennett

Download or read book Descriptive Geometry and Shades and Shadows written by Wells Ira Bennett and published by . This book was released on 1928 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

In the Empire of Shadow

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Publisher : Wildside Press LLC
ISBN 13 : 0809589176
Total Pages : 266 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (95 download)

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Book Synopsis In the Empire of Shadow by : Lawrence Watt-Evans

Download or read book In the Empire of Shadow written by Lawrence Watt-Evans and published by Wildside Press LLC. This book was released on 2004-11-01 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published in 1995 by Del Rey.

In the Shadow of Sectarianism

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Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 0674052986
Total Pages : 357 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (74 download)

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Book Synopsis In the Shadow of Sectarianism by : Max Weiss

Download or read book In the Shadow of Sectarianism written by Max Weiss and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2010-10-30 with total page 357 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Prologue : Shiʻism, sectarianism, modernity -- The incomplete nationalization of Jabal ʻAmil -- The modernity of Shiʻi tradition -- Institutionalizing personal status -- Practicing sectarianism -- Adjudicating society at the Jaʻfari court -- ʻAmili Shiʻis into Shiʻi Lebanese? -- Epilogue : Making Lebanon sectarian.

The Perils of International Regime Complexity in Shadow Banking

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Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0192691708
Total Pages : 241 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (926 download)

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Book Synopsis The Perils of International Regime Complexity in Shadow Banking by : Lucia Quaglia

Download or read book The Perils of International Regime Complexity in Shadow Banking written by Lucia Quaglia and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2022-05-26 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Despite the role of shadow banking in the building up of the 2008 international financial crisis, the massive size of this sector, its cross-border nature, and the risks it entails for financial stability, the post-crisis regulation of shadow banking has remained rather feeble. Why? The Perils of International Regime Complexity in Shadow Banking identifies a 'game of shadows', which unfolded recursively concerning the definition, monitoring, and regulation of shadow banking internationally. Thus, states, regulators, and private actors tended to cast light away from various parts of the shadow banking system - shadow banking was (re)fined over time, its measurement was narrowed down, lessening the (perceived) need for regulation. The playing out of such a game was facilitated by the international architecture for shadow banking governance, which is a 'regime complex' characterized by the presence of multiple institutions and elemental regimes governing a set of related issues. Indeed, shadow banking is a quintessential case for demonstrating the perils of international regime complexity, which magnifies problems that are endemic in governing global finance - namely, interstate competition, disagreement between technocratic bodies, and the power of the financial industry - while splintering solutions, due to the fragmentation of regulatory authority. Empirically, this book examines various elemental regimes concerning different aspects of shadow banking, namely: international standards for defining, measuring, and monitoring global shadow banking; international standards for shadow banking entities, including money market funds, hedge funds, and investment funds; international standards for shadow banking activities, such as securitization, securities lending, and repos; international standards for bank capital exposures to shadow banking.

The Shadow Rule

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Publisher : Robot Dinosaur Press
ISBN 13 : 1958696099
Total Pages : 339 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (586 download)

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Book Synopsis The Shadow Rule by : Novae Caelum

Download or read book The Shadow Rule written by Novae Caelum and published by Robot Dinosaur Press. This book was released on 2022-12-15 with total page 339 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THE ENEMY BY MY SIDE. THE ENEMY IN MY HEART. Ari will never be the Heir again. Her younger sister, Dressa, was supposed to hold her place, but now Dressa’s stolen her future rulership. Banished to a resort world to recover from her illness, Ari’s determined to reclaim her shapeshifting abilities and race back to the capital. But a young gardener with a mysterious past is taking too much interest in Ari’s new persona, and a possessive duke is bent on capturing her attention for himself. Are they both after her heart, or something far more sinister? Dressa won her freedom, won her bride—and won a kingdom she didn’t want. Now, with an alien crisis brewing, she has to step up as the Heir, and maybe, soon, as the ruler. Because there’s a secret at the heart of the kingdom. A secret that spans her father’s entire rule and could bring everything tumbling down. And she’s already let the enemy into her palace, and into her heart. When no one is who they seem and every smile is a weapon, the Truthspoken must find their way to truth before the kingdom crumbles around them. The Shadow Rule collects episodes 37-93 of The Stars and Green Magics, previously published in serial form. Note: This book has main characters who use gender neutral pronouns (they/them/their, fae/faer/faerself). This LGBT epic fantasy in space is perfect for fans of: Suzanne Collins Kiera Kass Rebecca Rode Alexandra Rowland Marie Liu Lindsay Buroker Brandon Sanderson Ann Leckie Everina Maxwell Emily Skrutskie Becky Chambers Jessie Mihalik Arkady Martine Yoon Ha Lee

Rules for Thieves

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Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1481472747
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (814 download)

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Download or read book Rules for Thieves written by Alexandra Ott and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2017-06-06 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Twelve-year-old Alli Rosco escapes her orphanage only to be hit with a deadly curse by a magic-wielding, law-enforcing Protector, and with nowhere else to turn and days to live, learns to steal from a street thief named Beck and follows him back to the legendary Thieves Guild, where she hopes to find a home and the means to save herself.

Astrology and Cosmology in Early China

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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107292247
Total Pages : 617 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (72 download)

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Book Synopsis Astrology and Cosmology in Early China by : David W. Pankenier

Download or read book Astrology and Cosmology in Early China written by David W. Pankenier and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2013-10-10 with total page 617 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The ancient Chinese were profoundly influenced by the Sun, Moon and stars, making persistent efforts to mirror astral phenomena in shaping their civilization. In this pioneering text, David W. Pankenier introduces readers to a seriously understudied field, illustrating how astronomy shaped the culture of China from the very beginning and how it influenced areas as disparate as art, architecture, calendrical science, myth, technology, and political and military decision-making. As elsewhere in the ancient world, there was no positive distinction between astronomy and astrology in ancient China, and so astrology, or more precisely, astral omenology, is a principal focus of the book. Drawing on a broad range of sources, including archaeological discoveries, classical texts, inscriptions and paleography, this thought-provoking book documents the role of astronomical phenomena in the development of the 'Celestial Empire' from the late Neolithic through the late imperial period.

Shadow Vigilantes

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Publisher : Prometheus Books
ISBN 13 : 1633884317
Total Pages : 346 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (338 download)

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Book Synopsis Shadow Vigilantes by : Paul H. Robinson

Download or read book Shadow Vigilantes written by Paul H. Robinson and published by Prometheus Books. This book was released on 2018 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This book examines many examples of how the community has responded when the justice system is perceived to fail."--Book jacket.

The Great Mathematicians of Bharat

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Publisher : Rajmangal Prakashan
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 685 pages
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Book Synopsis The Great Mathematicians of Bharat by : Partha Pratim Ray

Download or read book The Great Mathematicians of Bharat written by Partha Pratim Ray and published by Rajmangal Prakashan. This book was released on 2023-12-20 with total page 685 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Great Mathematicians of Bharat" emerges as a seminal work, aligning perfectly with the vision of the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020, which emphasizes the integration and appreciation of Indian Knowledge Systems (IKS) in contemporary education. This book meticulously documents the rich legacy of India's mathematical geniuses, serving as a crucial resource in rekindling interest and respect for Bharat's profound mathematical traditions. It underscores the symbiotic relationship between cultural ethos and scientific inquiry, highlighting how Indian mathematicians not only contributed to the field of mathematics but also how their work was deeply interwoven with Hindu spiritual and cultural practices. By chronicling the journey from ancient sages to modern masters, the book provides a comprehensive view of the evolution of mathematical thought in Bharat, thus fulfilling NEP 2020's objective of integrating indigenous knowledge with modern academic frameworks. In doing so, it not only educates but also inspires, setting a precedent for future academic endeavours to explore and celebrate India's rich intellectual heritage.