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Outline Series | Democracy and Human Rights | Economics and Trade | U.S. Society and Values
Outline Series
This Outline covers the history and organization of the federal and state judicial systems; the criminal and civil court processes; the background, qualifications, and selection of federal judges; the role of other participants (lawyers, defendants, interest groups) in the judicial process; and the implementation and impact of judicial policies.
Considers the physical environment of the United States — landforms, climate, soils, and vegetation — in terms of its impact on the country's cultural, regional, and political development.
How the United States has been transformed from its origins as an obscure set of colonies on the Atlantic coast a little more than 200 years ago into what one political analyst terms “the first universal nation.”
Follows the path taken by American literature as it has moved from the pre-colonial days of orally transmitted tales of Native American cultures, through the periods of realism, romanticism, and experimentation, to the prose and poetry of the past 50 years.
Examines how the U.S. economy works and how it has evolved over the past 225 years. Considers forms of business enterprise, the role of financial markets, how government shapes the economy and seeks to manage the pace of economic activity, the agricultural sector and U.S. farm policy, the changing role of labor, and current U.S. policies on trade and international economic affairs.
What makes U.S. government uniquely American...its Constitution, the separation of powers, the concept of “checks and balances,” the decentralized roles of state and local governments, and a citizenry with wide opportunity to be part of it all.
Democracy and Human Rights
This publication is a non-partisan guide intended to help international audiences understand the upcoming U.S. presidential and congressional elections of 2004. Primaries, political party conventions, polling techniques, media issues, campaign finance, and other aspects of the American elections process are discussed and elucidated by experts. This publication also includes an interview with noted U.S. elections analyst Thomas Mann of the Brookings Institution, a glossary of common terms, and a calendar of events.
"Rights of the People" is a history of American law and justice, written by Constitutional historian Melvin Urofsky. By focusing on the Bill of Rights to the U.S. Constitution, and the legal interpretations, many of them written by America's finest jurists, that refined and expanded the Bill of Rights, Urofsky presents a history of the United States from the standpoint of individual liberty.
Explains fundamental principles that contribute to making a democratic government work effectively. This series of one-page primers provides the reader with a concise definition of democracy and expands on supporting elements such as good governance and the rights and responsibilities of people living in democracies. (February 2004)
Economics and Trade
Explores the mysteries of patents, trademarks, copyrights, and trade secrets through several essays that introduce the reader to IPR, explain why countries should establish effective intellectual property systems, and provide developing country and industry views on intellectual property protection. (November 1999)
U.S. Society and Values
An introduction, in words and pictures, to the United States - people, geography, history, government, business, education, science and medicine, religion, social services, the arts, sports and entertainment, and the media. (March 1999)
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