The Bruce R. Hopkins nonprofit law library [[electronic resource] /] / Bruce R. Hopkins

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910792295903321
• Autore: Hopkins Bruce R
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Hoboken, N.J., : Wiley, 2013
• ISBN: 1-118-66998-3; 1-118-67006-X
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (466 p.)
• Collana: Wiley nonprofit authority
• Soggetti: Nonprofit organizations - Law and legislation
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Includes index.
• Nota di contenuto: The Bruce R. Hopkins Nonprofit Law Library; Contents; Preface; About the Author; 1 Nonprofit Organizations Law Generally; Nonprofit Law Basics; 1.1 What is a nonprofit organization?; 1.2 Is the term nonprofit organization defined in the Internal Revenue Code?; 1.3 Is the term nonprofit organization defined in the federal tax regulations?; 1.4 Is the term nonprofit organization defined in any other rule or form of guidance from the IRS?; 1.5 Is the term nonprofit organization defined in the United States Constitution?; 1.6 Is the term nonprofit organization defined in the case law?; 1.7 Are there any other defects in this Supreme Court definition of nonprofit organization?1.8 Sometimes the term not-for-profit organization is used instead of nonprofit organization. Are the terms synonymous?; 1.9 What are the types of nonprofit organizations?; 1.10 What is the appropriate form of nonprofit organization?; 1.11 How is a nonprofit organization started?; 1.12 How does a nonprofit organization incorporate?; 1.13 What is a registered agent?; 1.14 What does the registered agent do?; 1.15 Does the registered agent have any liability for the corporation's affairs?; 1.16 Who are the incorporators?1.17 How does a nonprofit organization decide in which state to incorporate?; 1.18 How does a nonprofit organization qualify to do business in another state?; 1.19 What constitutes doing business in a state?; 1.20 How is a nonprofit trust started?; 1.21 How is a nonprofit unincorporated association ; started?; 1.22 Who owns a nonprofit organization?; 1.23 Who controls a nonprofit organization?; 1.24 How many directors must a nonprofit organization have?; 1.25 Can the same individuals serve as the directors, officers, and incorporators?; 1.26 Can the same individual serve as a director, officer, incorporator, and registered agent?1.27 What is the legal standard by which a nonprofit organization should be operated?; 1.28 What is the legal standard for an organization that is tax-exempt and charitable?; 1.29 What is the rationale for this standard for charities?; 1.30 What does the term fiduciary mean?; 1.31 What is the legal standard underlying fiduciary responsibility?; 1.32 What is the meaning of the term reasonable?; 1.33 Who are the fiduciaries of a charitable organization?; 1.34 What does the term ex officio mean?; 1.35 What does the term ultra vires act mean?1.36 What are the rules regarding the development of chapters?; 1.37 Do chapters have to be incorporated?; 1.38 What is the law as to board management responsibilities?; 1.39 What is a dissolution clause?; Basic Nonprofit Organizations Documents; 1.40 What are the articles of incorporation/ articles of organization?; 1.41 What is a constitution?; 1.42 What are bylaws?; 1.43 What is a statement of purpose?; Federal Tax Law Basics; 1.44 What is the organizational test?; 1.45 What is the operational test?; 1.46 What does the term primarily mean?; 1.47 What is the commensurate test?
• Sommario/riassunto: Need a quick answer to a nonprofit legal conundrum? It's literally at your fingertips with The Bruce R. Hopkins Nonprofit Law Library. Supplying you with find-it-on-the-run answers to your nonprofit law questions, this Library prepares you to meet and manage your nonprofit's legal obligations with its step-by-step guidance. Packed with authoritative answers to the most essential questions on how to start a nonprofit organization; nonprofit law basics; maintenance of tax exemption; public charity rules; unrelated business rules; boards of directors and compensat

The nature of narrative [[electronic resource] /] / Robert Scholes, James Phelan, Robert Kellogg

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910806833403321
• Autore: Scholes Robert <1929-2016.>
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, c2006
• ISBN: 0-19-772543-0; 0-19-983782-1; 1-282-97784-9; 9786612977848; 1-4416-8489-1
• Edizione: [Fortieth anniversary ed., rev. and expanded.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (405 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): PhelanJames <1951->; KelloggRobert L <1928-2004.> (Robert Leland)
• Disciplina: 809.3
• Soggetti: Fiction - History and criticism
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Preface to the Second Edition; Preface to the Second Edition; 1. The Narrative Tradition; 2. The Oral Heritage of Written Narrative; 3. The Classical Heritage of Modern Narrative; 4. Meaning in Narrative; 5. Character in Narrative; 6. Plot in Narrative; 7. Point of View in Narrative; 8. Narrative Theory, 1966-2006: A Narrative; Appendix; Notes; Bibliography; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: For the past forty years The Nature of Narrative has been a seminal work for literary students, teachers, writers, and scholars. Countering the tendency to view the novel as the paradigm case of literary narrative, authors Robert Scholes and Robert Kellogg in the original edition offered a compelling history of the genre narrative from antiquity to the twentieth-century, even as they carried out their main task of describing and analyzing the nature of narrative's main elements: meaning, character, plot, and point of view. Their history emphasized the broad sweep of literary narrative from anc