Many hoped or feared that Antonin Scalia’s appointment to the Supreme Court in 1986 would guarantee a conservative counter-revolution that would reverse the liberal jurisprudence of the Supreme Court under Chief Justice Earl Warren and which was continued to some extent under the Burger Court though the influence of Justice William Brennan. In addition, President Reagan described Scalia’s nomination as part of a project to remake the role of the Court, promote an interpretive approach of o...

Power & Choice offers an in-depth look into the nuances of politics through the analysis of collective choices for a group or state through the use of power. Organized topically and using extended case examples from around the world, Power & Choice provides undergraduate students with a clear and engaging introduction to political science and comparative politics.The Seventeen Edition has been updated to address the growing importance of understanding the modern r...

È il 26 gennaio 1996. Suo fratello Dave, medaglia d'oro di lotta libera alle Olimpiadi del 1984, è nel cortile della sua casa quando John du Pont si avvicina e gli spara a bruciapelo, senza motivo, se non la vena di follia che ha pervaso tutta la sua vita. Miliardario paranoico con la passione per lo sport, du Pont si era creato la propria squadra di campioni, il Team Foxcatcher, sul quale esercitava un controllo ferreo a suon di dollari e minacce. Fra loro anche i fratelli Schultz, entram...

The 2020 US presidential race was one of the most hotly contested and contentious in recent American history. While the election produced the greatest turnout in American history and the highest percentage turnout in 60 years, the election still came down to a handful of swing states that ultimately decided the election. In their third edition of Presidential Swing States, Rafael Jacob and David Schultz examine the 2020 presidential election, keying in on the few critical states that actua...

A truly comparative introduction to political science that reflects the diversity of approaches to the disciplinePower & Choice offers an in-depth look into the nuances of politics through the analysis of collective choices for a group or state through the use of power. Organized topically and using extended case examples from around the world, Power & Choice provides undergraduate students with a clear and engaging introduction to politic...

A Practitioner's Guide to Caring for Survivors of Sexual AbuseFor adult survivors of childhood sexual abuse, there is no easy road to healing. Yet there is hope for true freedom—to thrive, to love others, and to love God.Tammy Schultz, Hannah Estabrook, and Adam David Dell have written a go-to resource for faith-based practitioners caring for survivors of sexual abuse. Drawing from their personal experiences and work with survivors, the authors discuss the ...

Foxcatcher by Mark Shultz - the story that inspired the major motion pictureMadmen, money, murder.... and wrestling.The Foxcatcher estate, Pennsylvania, January 1996. Dave Schultz, Olympic gold medallist and wrestling golden boy, is shot in the back by billionaire John du Pont. After a two day siege at the ranch du Pont is finally captured.It wasn't supposed to end that way. Du Pont had lured to his ranch America's top wrestlers, the brothe...

This volume explores questions which emerge from considering the relationship between nature and ethics through philosophical, theological, ethical and environmental lenses. It will examine the nature (understood as essence or character) of ethics itself and whether nature (understood as natural world) has embedded in it a moral code, as well as examining how particular ethical/theological worldviews influence our treatment of nature.Is there an abstract, objective moral code in na...

Facts, figures, and essays on women and poverty by Barbara Ehrenreich, Kirsten Gillibrand, LeBron James, and other high-profile contributors.Fifty years after President Lyndon B. Johnson called for a War on Poverty and enlisted Sargent Shriver to oversee it, the most important social issue of our day is once again the dire economic straits of millions of Americans. One in three live in poverty or teeter on the brink—and seventy million are women and the children wh...

Human degradation of the environment has been documented by scholars across a range of disciplines: the global temperature of the planet continues to rise, abandoned industrial sites stain once vibrant communities, and questions about the purity of our water and foods linger. In the shadow of these material conditions, concerned citizens have reacted by issuing critiques against careless consumerism and excessive lifestyles. Their hope is to illustrate and inspire alternative ways of livin...

2107 - Un futur ravagé par la guerre où des soldats transformés en cyborgs mènent des combats aussi violents qu'inutiles. Peter Cairn est un ex-soldat, amputé des deux jambes. Il dispose cependant de pouvoirs inimaginables grâces aux nanites (des nano-robots) qui activent ses prothèses de jambes. Des nanites d'un genre un peu nouveau, puisqu'ils sont mus par des pouvoirs qui empruntent autant à la magie qu'à la science...

While numerous books and articles examine various aspects either of democratic theory or of specific topics in election law, there is no comprehensive book that provides a detailed and scholarly discussion of the political and democratic theory underpinnings of election law. Election Law and Democratic Theory fills this important gap, as author David Schultz offers a scholarly analysis of the political principles and democratic values underlying election law and the regulation of political...