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Written rules and practical matters on state public records laws
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] Public access laws are at the heart of transparent democracy, in place to ensure that government meetings and records are open to the public. Without adequate enforcement...
Natural law and the challenge of legal positivism
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)
In this dissertation I develop and defend a version of a general theory of the nature of law inspired by the classical natural law tradition, with special intellectual debt to the articulation of that tradition by John Finnis. I develop that theory...
Citizens under the law : African Americans confront the justice system in Kentucky, Missouri, and Texas, 1790-1877
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2011)
they confronted conflicting concepts of citizenship, changing laws regarding blacks that continuously restricted their rights, and overt racism, black Americans petitioned courts, filed lawsuits, and expressed grievances to federal and local authorities...
Jokers, smokers and midnight tokers? : how television news framed pro-pot legislation in Oregon and Colorado before the November 6, 2012 elections
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2014)
Evaluation of novel hovering strategies to improve gravity-tractor deflection merits
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2011)
The gravity-tractor (GT) consists of a spacecraft hovering inertially over a small asteroid. This equilibrium state is achieved by the action of a pair of engines that balance the gravitational acceleration. Due to Newton's law of gravitation...
Understanding federal preeminence in disaster management : a punctuated equilibrium approach
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)
aspects of disaster relief law, to the important role Congress has played in the development of this policy area, which appears to be overshadowed by the later, more public involvement from presidents....
The Republic of Korea's public libraries : a critical examination of censorship practices
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)
, anti-governmental materials, and political discourse; (2) There are a myriad of reasons why censorship occurs: established ROK law requires it, local governmental entities institute their own restrictive directives upon the public libraries, individual...
The assimilation of in-laws: the impact of newcomers on the structuration of families
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2005)
In this study, 42 participants (including newlyweds, parents of newlyweds, and siblings of newlyweds) were interviewed about their relationships with their in-laws. Most of the participants reported that they liked their in-laws and wanted...
The influence of client importance and country-level institutions on auditor behavior
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2014)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] This study investigates how client importance and country-level institutions affect auditor behavior and is motivated by the introduction of fee dependence laws in countries...
Houses divided : evangelical schisms, society, and law and the crisis of the Union in Missouri, 1837-1876
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)
in divergent moral and political understandings of slavery, abolitionism, secession, and disloyalty. Publicly articulated by factional litigation over church property and a combative evangelical print culture, the schisms were complicated by race, class...
An Organizational analysis of the inter-organizational relationships between a public American higher education university and six United States corporate supporters : an instrumental, ethnographic case study using Cone's Corporate Citizenship Spectrum
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2014)
Purpose of the study. This organizational analysis examined corporate citizenship through the interorganizational relationships between a public American doctoral research university and six of its corporate partners as framed through Cone's (2010...
Gatekeeping and unpublishing : how editors make publishing and unpublishing decisions
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2014)
that editorial decisions are influenced by external factors, and the results of this study support that the law is one of the biggest influences. It soon becomes apparent that the newspaper industry is very hesitant to remove anything that has already been...
Constructively managing conflict about open government : use of ombuds and other dispute resolution systems in state and federal sunshine laws
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
People seeking access to public records and meetings under state and federal open government laws have the right to sue in court to enforce them. But several jurisdictions also have alternative systems to handle disputes arising under public access...
State ethics commissions : determinants and effects of commission adoption
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2014)
for administration of campaign finance laws. I also find that although state ethics commissions have no effect on corruption and trust and confidence in government, they do positively impact public approval....
Trained to censor? : a study of student expression issues in Missouri principal preparation programs
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
This study analyzed the training school principals receive in student speech and press law. The study has three components. First, the researcher collected school law course syllabi from 13 of Missouri's 17 principal preparation programs. These were...
Under the auspices of privacy � or not : surveying the state judicial treatment of access to government records
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)
While privacy is paramount to a person's liberty interest, it is not absolute in all circumstances. Often, public interests trump an individual's right to privacy. Since the enactment of freedom of information statutes by every state, there is a...
An exploratory study of culturally responsive teaching practices for students who are ELLs
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2011)
substantially over the past three decades and districts are mandated by federal law to provide these students appropriate high quality instruction for their language learning needs, as well as their academic achievement. Researchers suggest that teachers need...
Media performance and democratic rule in East Africa : agenda setting and agenda building influences on public attitudes
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)
the EAC were surveyed using a multistage cluster random sampling. Results showed that the agenda setting on public attitudes towards regime legitimacy and the rule of law in each region varied across East Africans of different education levels and gender...
Kachinas are snowmakers : United States public land management and the Hopi quest for religious freedom, 1962-2008
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
that the ordeal of the Hopi with the Snowbowl Resort reveals how a system of law and administrative regulation of public land, theoretically designed to harmonize relations between Native Americans and the needs of public lands management of the United States...
Contributing factors to the decriminalization of infant abandonment and the implementation of safe haven legislation
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
across the United States. The goal was to seek information on what was being reported in the media and the public's reactions prior to enacting the legislation in eight states; California, Connecticut, Florida, Michigan, Nebraska, New Jersey, New York...