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UNINA9910820418303321 |
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Titolo |
Law and the brain / / edited by S. Zeki and O. Goodenough |
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Oxford ; ; New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2006 |
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2004 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (290 pages) : illustrations |
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Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences |
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Law - Psychological aspects |
Cognitive neuroscience |
Neurosciences - Social aspects |
Neurobehavioral disorders - Law and legislation |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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The neuroeconomic path of the law / Morris B. Hoffman -- How neuroscience might advance the law / Erin Ann O'Hara -- Law and the sources of morality / Robert A. Hinde -- Law, evolution and the brain : applications and open questions / Owen D. Jones -- A neuroscientific approach to normative judgment in law and justice / Oliver R. Goodenough and Kristin Prehn -- The brain and the law / Terrence Chorvat and Kevin McCabe -- Neuroeconomics / Paul J. Zak -- A cognitive neuroscience framework for understanding causal reasoning and the law / Jonathan A. Fugelsang and Kevin N. Dunbar -- A cognitive neurobiological account of deception : evidence from functional neuroimaging / Sean A. Spence ... [et al.] -- The property 'instinct' / Jeffrey Evans Stake -- For the law, neuroscience changes nothing and everything / Jashua Greene and Jonathan Cohen -- The frontal cortex and the criminal justice system / Robert M. Sapolsky -- The emergence of consequential thought : evidence from neuroscience / Abigail A. Baird and Jonathan A. Fugelsang -- Responsibility and punishment : whose mind? : a response / Oliver R. Goodenough. |
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UNINA9910969599603321 |
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Federal spending : a riddle wrapped up in an enigma / / Frederick C. Hargis, editor |
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New York, : Nova Science Publishers, c2010 |
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[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (178 p.) |
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American political, economic, and security issues series |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Government spending policy - United States |
Debts, Public - United States |
United States Appropriations and expenditures |
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Materiale a stampa |
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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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Intro -- FEDERAL SPENDING: A RIDDLE WRAPPED UP IN AN ENIGMA -- FEDERAL SPENDING: A RIDDLE WRAPPED UP IN AN ENIGMA -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- Chapter 1 INTEREST PAYMENTS ON THE FEDERAL DEBT: A PRIMER -- SUMMARY -- FEDERAL DEBT -- INTEREST PAYMENTS ON THE FEDERAL DEBT -- DETERMINANTS OF NET INTEREST PAYMENTS -- End Notes -- Chapter 2 21ST CENTURY: ADDRESSING LONG-TERM FISCAL CHALLENGES MUST INCLUDE A RE-EXAMINATION OF MANDATORY SPENDING -- FEDERAL HEALTH CARE SPENDING DRIVES THE LONG-TERM FISCAL CHALLENGE -- End Notes -- Chapter 3 MANDATORY SPENDING SINCE 1962 -- ABSTRACT -- SUMMARY -- OVERVIEW -- WHAT DOES MANDATORY SPENDING INCLUDE? -- MANDATORY SPENDING TRENDS OVER TIME -- Changes in the Composition of Mandatory Spending -- Mandatory Spending and the Economy -- WHY HAS MANDATORY SPENDING RISEN? -- MANDATORY SPENDING BEYOND 2018 -- CONCLUSION -- APPENDIX. DISCRETIONARY SPENDING -- End Notes -- Chapter 4 MANDATORY SPENDING: USING BUDGET TRIGGERS TO CONSTRAIN GROWTH -- WHY GAO DID THIS STUDY -- WHAT GAO RECOMMENDS -- WHAT GAO FOUND -- ABBREVIATIONS -- RESULTS IN BRIEF -- BACKGROUND -- OBJECTIVES, SCOPE, AND METHODOLOGY -- TRIGGER MECHANISMS COULD HELP CONSTRAIN MANDATORY SPENDING BUT MUST BE CAREFULLY DESIGNED -- Issues to Consider in Constructing a Trigger |
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-- Issues to Consider in Designing the Triggered Response -- Expert Views on Trigger Mechanisms Are Mixed -- REASONS FOR DIFFERENCES BETWEEN ESTIMATED AND ACTUAL OUTLAYS IN SELECTED ACCOUNTS VARIED -- Legislation Enacted After Original Estimates Explained Many Differences between Estimated and Actual Outlays -- Economic Factors Were Especially Important in Some Programs' Differences -- Technical Factors Explained a Broad Spectrum of Differences -- CONCLUSIONS -- MATTER FOR CONGRESSIONAL CONSIDERATION -- APPENDIX I: ILLUSTRATIVE EXAMPLES OF TRIGGERS AND RESPONSES FOR CASE STUDY ACCOUNTS. |
Account Name -- Administering Organization -- Program Description -- Funding Source -- Differences between Estimated and Actual Outlays -- Explanation of Key Differences -- Illustrative Triggers and Response -- Account Name -- Administering Organization -- Program Description -- Funding Source -- Differences between Estimated and Actual Outlays -- Explanation of Key Differences -- Ideas for Improving the Accuracy of Estimates -- Account Name -- Administering Organization -- Program Description -- Funding Source -- Differences between Estimated and Actual Outlays -- Explanation of Key Differences -- Illustrative Trigger and Response -- Account Name -- Administering Organization -- Program Description -- Funding Source -- Differences between Estimated and Actual Outlays -- Explanation of Key Differences -- Account Name -- Administering Organization -- Program Description -- Funding Source -- Differences between Estimated and Actual Outlays -- Explanation of Key Differences -- Currently Existing Program Trigger and Response -- Illustrative Trigger and Response -- Account Name -- Administering Organization -- Program Description -- Funding Source -- Differences between Estimated and Actual Outlays -- Currently Existing Program Triggers and Responses -- Illustrative Trigger and Response -- Account Name -- Administering Organization -- Funding Source -- Differences between Estimated and Actual Outlays -- Explanation of Key Differences -- Illustrative Trigger and Response -- Account Name -- Administering Organization -- Program Description -- Funding Source -- Differences between Estimated and Actual Outlays -- Explanation of Key Differences -- Illustrative Triggers and Responses -- APPENDIX II: ANALYSIS OF TOTAL OUTLAYS, RECEIPTS, AND FISCAL POSITION. |
Aggregate Mandatory Spending Estimates Were Close to Actual Outlays but Large Differences Appear at the Account Level -- Differences between Estimated and Actual Mandatory Outlays Had Limited Effect on the Unified Deficit/Surplus -- APPENDIX III MANDATORY BUDGET ACCOUNTS -- End Notes -- Chapter 5 TRENDS IN DISCRETIONARY SPENDING -- ABSTRACT -- SUMMARY -- WHAT DOES DISCRETIONARY SPENDING INCLUDE?1 -- Budget Authority and Outlays -- TRENDS IN DISCRETIONARY SPENDING -- How has the Composition of Discretionary Spending Changed? -- Discretionary Defense Spending -- Discretionary Non-defense Spending -- Discretionary International Spending -- THE FY2009 BUDGET AND BEYOND -- CURRENT SITUATION -- DISCRETIONARY SPENDING IN THE LONG TERM -- End Notes -- CHAPTER SOURCES -- INDEX -- Blank Page. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This text looks at the three broad categories of federal spending; discretionary spending, mandatory spending, and net interest. |
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