1.

Record Nr.

UNINA990000004320403321

Autore

Capurso, Michele

Titolo

Lezioni di scienza delle costruzioni / Michele Capurso

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bologna : Pitagora, 1971

ISBN

88-371-0047-7

Edizione

[2. ed.]

Descrizione fisica

VIII, 611 p. ; 24 cm

Disciplina

624

Locazione

FINBC

IINTC

DINSC

FINBN

FARBC

DCATA

FINAG

Collocazione

13 P 13 06

03 SC.0,118

07 A-277

02 66 E 1

TECN B 1357

TECN B 1154

07 A-193 MU.

TECN B 976

452028

13 48 37

13 A 54 30

13 A 54 31

23 10 D 01

23 10 D 02

23 10 D 03

Lingua di pubblicazione

Italiano

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910817413403321

Autore

Kury Franklin L.

Titolo

Why are you here? : a primer for state legislators and citizens / / Franklin L. Kury

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Maryland : , : University Press of America, Inc., , 2014

©2014

ISBN

0-7618-6463-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (112 p.)

Disciplina

328.73073

Soggetti

Legislative bodies - United States

United States

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; Introduction: A Handbook for Action; Notes; I: Origins and Purposes; 1 The Constitutional Basis; The Beginnings; The Oath of Office; The Great Rebellion against the Republican Form of Government; Notes; 2 The Work and Nature of Legislatures; The Work of Legislatures; The Nature of Legislatures; Notes; II: Sources of Discontent; 3 Private Benefits versus Public Service; Compensation: Salaries, Expenses and Pensions; The Rise of the Full-Time Legislature; Notes; 4 Scandal and Ethical Questions; Notes; 5 The Expenditure of Money Meant to Influence; Campaign Contributions

Lobbying: Apple Pie and the First AmendmentNotes; 6 Reapportionment of State Legislative and U.S. Congressional Districts; Notes; III: The Ultimate Question-Why Are You Here at Your State Capital?; 7 Legislators; Notes; 8 Constituents; Occupy Harrisburg's Siege of the State Capitol; Amanda Holt's Lightning Bolt; Conclusion; Notes; IV: The Legislative Toolbox; Online and Organizational Information Sources; Bibliography and Suggestions for Further Reading; Constitutional Background; Contemporary; Readings for the Legislative Spirit; 1. Article 61 of the Magna Carta (June 1215)

2. Edmund Burke's Bristol Constituency Speech (excerpt) (November 3, 1774); 3. The Declaration of Independence with Reference to Colonial Legislatures as Justification for Independence; 4. Alexis de Tocqueville on American State Legislatures; 5. Legislative Corruption in Montana



(Montana Supreme Court excerpt); 6. Amanda Holt on Legislative Redistricting, Harrisburg Patriot News, April 22, 2012; Acknowledgments; Index; About the Author

Sommario/riassunto

<span><span style=""font-style:italic;"">Why Are You Here?: A Primer for State Legislators and Citizens</span><span> is a challenge to America's 7,382 state legislators and their constituents to critically examine their state legislature and take appropriate action to improve it.</span></span>