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UNINA9910968473103321 |
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Barnes Jeb |
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Dust-up : asbestos litigation and the failure of commonsense policy reform / / Jeb Barnes |
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Washington, D.C., : Georgetown University Press, c2011 |
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[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (149 p.) |
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Products liability - Asbestos - United States |
Damages - United States |
Asbestos - Law and legislation - United States - History |
Law reform - United States |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Today's challenging legislative environment and the politics of efficiency -- The asbestos crisis in the United States -- Asbestos litigation reform as a "likely" case for the politics of efficiency -- The puzzling politics of the Fair Act -- The asbestos case and the politics of efficiency -- The asbestos case, institutional change, and the judicialization of American policymaking. |
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In an era of polarization, narrow party majorities, and increasing use of supermajority requirements in the Senate, policy entrepreneurs must find ways to reach across the aisle and build bipartisan coalitions in Congress. One such coalition-building strategy is the ""politics of efficiency,"" or reform that is aimed at eliminating waste from existing policies and programs. After all, reducing inefficiency promises to reduce costs without cutting benefits, which should appeal to members of both political parties, especially given tight budgetary constraints in Washington. Dust-Up explores the |
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UNINA9910956532603321 |
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Hatav Galia |
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The semantics of aspect and modality : evidence from English and biblical Hebrew / / Galia Hatav |
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Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia : , : John Benjamins Pub. Co., , 1997 |
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1-283-28039-6 |
9786613280398 |
90-272-8196-3 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (234 pages) : illustrations |
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Studies in language companion series (SLCS), , 0165-7763 ; ; v. 34 |
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Hebrew language - Tense |
Hebrew language - Modality |
English language - Tense |
English language - Modality |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
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THE SEMANTICS OF ASPECT AND MODALITY EVIDENCE FROM ENGLISH AND BIBLICAL HEBREW; Editorial page; Title page; Copyright page; Table of Contents; Preface; Chapter 1. Introduction - Temporality in Language; Chapter 2. Sequence; Chapter 3. Inclusion: The Progressive Aspect; Chapter 4. Modality; Chapter 5. The Perfect Aspect: Simultaneity, Anteriority and Backgrounding; Chapter 6. Conclusions and Suggestions for Future Research; References; Name Index; Subject Index |
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"The semantics of aspect and modality" will be of interest both to linguists working on temporality, as a general phenomenon in language, and Hebraists investigating the semantics of the verbal forms in biblical Hebrew.Tense, aspect and modality are among the most challenging discussed areas of language. Similarly, the semantics of the verbal system in biblical Hebrew has been investigated since the Middle Ages. Galia Hatav provides extensive critical overviews of research in both areas, and suggests a new approach for analyzing the biblical Hebrew verb system, showing it to be tenseless |
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