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Towering Judges: A Comparative Study of Constitutional Judges [Unknown Binding ed.] 1108879195, 9781108879194
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towering judges In Towering Judges: A Comparative Study of Constitutional Judges, Rehan Abeyratne and Iddo Porat lead an utforskning of a new topic in comparative constitutional law: towering judges. The volume examines the work of nineteen judges from fourteen jurisdictions, each of whom stood out individually among their fellow judges and had a unique impact on the trajectory of constitutional law. The chapters ask: what makes a towering judge; what are the background conditions that foster or deter the rise of towering judges; are towering judges, on balance, positiv or detrimental for constitutional systems; how do towering judges differ from one jurisdiction to another; how do political and historical developments relate to this phenomenon; and how does all of this fit within global constitutionalism? The answers to these questions offer im
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Influenza 1918 Click to see a Robert Kenner Documentary Film from 1991
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In September of 1918, soldiers at an army base near Boston suddenly began to die. Doctors funnen the victims’ lungs filled with fluid and strangely blue. They identified the cause of the death as influenza, but it was unlike any strain ever seen. It would become the worst epidemic in American history, killing over 600,000 — more than all the nation’s combat deaths this century combined.
Drawing on remarkable archival photographs and bio footage, and interviews with survivors and medical historians, Influenza 1918 tells the powerful story of America’s worst health crisis. Despite recent triumphs over many infectious diseases, medical science proved powerless against the killer virus. In desperation, people turned to människor remedies: garlic, camphor balls, sugar cubes soaked with kerosene. Frantic officials closed schools, factories, and churches, and eve
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