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Forensic Chemistry provides forensic chemists with the necessary background information needed to examine physical evidence and interpret the results from the examination of this evidence. The peer-reviewed text covers background material on the interface between chemistry and the law, the physical and chemical analysis of materials that are commonly encountered in a forensics laboratory, crime scenes, and civil cases, and the interpretation of this evidence. The text includes a chapter on commu...

This is a unique study of the film musical, a global cinema tradition. The musical is one of cinema's few genuinely international genres but it has never been studied as a global sensation. This book fills this critical gap in film studies as it brings together musicals from 15 nations in order to highlight running themes. Musicals are often studied as part of distinct national traditions that are interpreted as native. However this anthology will dispute previous approaches to reveal the influe...

Everything related to Islam and Muslims is covered by Islamic Studies. This research oriented book deals with the subject of Islamic Studies. It presents a simple introduction to Islam, the Quran, the Prophet Muhammad and the Spirituality etc. It includes the key aspects of the Quran. It gives an outline of Islamic ideology in a systematic way. It is a beautiful combination of reason and revelation. In this book the author focuses on continuing relevance of the Quran in the modern life. It has b...

This well-documented book highlights some of the theories of bisexual and homosexual identities and their conceptual bases in cultural history, moral philosophy, biology, and social psychology. Some of the most respected minds in the field of human sexuality challenge traditional views on homosexuality and question the moral principles implicit in many existing psychiatric and psychological theories.

A Montgomery County jury returned a verdict in December 2000, finding that Exxon defrauded Alabama on royalties from natural gas wells in state waters. The jury awarded the state $87.7 million in compensatory damages and $3.42 billion in punitive damages (Athan Manuel, 2007). 3.42 billion in punitive damages awarded in the Alabama case is virtually 1 billion more than the award set by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals for us Plaintiff's in the Exxon Valdez and this was for stealing oil. How can...

From White Shield to Washington DC, new Indian wars are being fought by Ivy League-trained lawyers called ""Coyote Warriors""--among them a Mandan/Hidatsa named Raymond Cross. Coyote Warrior tells the epic story of the three tribes that saved Lewis and Clark's Corps of Discovery from starvation, their century-long battle to forge a new nation, and the extraordinary journey of one man to redeem a father's dream--and the dignity of his people. Cross graduated from law school and, following his fat...

In der Rechtswissenschaft wird in Bezug auf den Schutz von Markenzeichen seit jeher die Frage der UEbereinstimmung von oekonomischer Sichtweise und rechtlichem Schutz diskutiert. Diese Diskussion ist nach wie vor aktuell und gleichermassen von der nationalen und der europaischen Rechtsprechung gepragt. Ziel der vorliegenden Arbeit ist es, zur weiteren Erhellung dieses Themenbereiches beizutragen. Im Mittelpunkt der Betrachtung liegt dabei die Frage, inwieweit sich ein erfolgreicher Markenaufbau...

Die Arbeit beschaftigt sich mit der christlichen Gemeinschaftsschule in Baden. Zunachst wird die Historie dieser Schulform dargestellt und es wird auf die theologischen und politischen Herausforderungen hingewiesen, der sie sich gegenubergestellt sah. Die Arbeit zeigt die geschichtliche Entwicklung der christlichen Gemeinschaftsschule in Baden auf. Im Weiteren setzt sie sich mit dem Kernproblem der Verfassungsmassigkeit auseinander und greift den Wunsch nach einer neuen Verwaltungsvorschrift zur...