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UNINA9910709768203321 |
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Zhang Li |
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Identifying and assessing key weather-related parameters and their impacts on traffic operations using simulation / / Li Zhang, Peter Holm, and James Colyar |
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McLean, VA : , : U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, Research, Development, and Technology, Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center, , September 2004 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (vii, 69 pages) : illustrations |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Traffic flow - Computer simulation |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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"September 2004." |
"Publication no. FHWA-HRT-04-131". |
"Performing organization: ITT Industries Inc. , Systems Division"--Technical report documentation page. |
"Sponsoring agency: Office of Operations Reserch and Developmet, Federal Highway Administration"--Technical report documentation page. |
"Contracting Officer's Technical Representative John Halkias"--Technical report documentation page. |
Includes tables. |
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Includes bibliographical references (page 67-69). |
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UNINA9910791682503321 |
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Autore |
Saito Natsu Taylor |
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Meeting the enemy [[electronic resource] ] : American exceptionalism and international law / / Natsu Taylor Saito |
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New York, : New York University Press, 2010 |
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0-8147-8651-0 |
0-8147-4125-8 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (385 p.) |
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Collana |
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Disciplina |
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Exceptionalism - United States - History |
Manifest Destiny |
International law |
United States Foreign relations |
United States Territorial expansion |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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"A distinctly American internationalism" -- Saving civilization : the war on terror -- Civilizing the other : colonial origins of international law -- "A city on a hill" : America as exception -- Establishing the republic : first principles and American identity -- A manifest destiny : colonizing the continent -- American imperial expansion -- Making the world safe for democracy -- The new world order and American hegemony -- Confronting American exceptionalism. |
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Since its founding, the United States has defined itself as the supreme protector of freedom throughout the world, pointing to its Constitution as the model of law to ensure democracy at home and to protect human rights internationally. Although the United States has consistently emphasized the importance of the international legal system, it has simultaneously distanced itself from many established principles of international law and the institutions that implement them. In fact, the American government has attempted to unilaterally reshape certain doctrines of international law while disregarding others, such as provisions of the Geneva Conventions and the prohibition on torture.America’s selective self-exemption, Natsu Taylor |
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Saito argues, undermines not only specific legal institutions and norms, but leads to a decreased effectiveness of the global rule of law. Meeting the Enemy is a pointed look at why the United States’ frequent—if selective—disregard of international law and institutions is met with such high levels of approval, or at least complacency, by the American public. |
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