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With themes ranging from the personal consideration of female bodies, to the supernatural hidden realm, to the public condemnation of women who fall foul of either the law or of a male-dominated world, this collection of interdisciplinary essays provides an in-depth look at the fate of women who abuse or are abused by power.

"Chronicling and analyzing resistance to the threat that autocracy poses to American liberal democracy, this book provides the definitive account of both Trump's efforts to erode democracy's essential elements and opposition to those efforts. This book is about the threat of autocracy, which antedated Donald Trump and will persist after he leaves the stage. Autocrats blur or breach the separation of powers, use executive orders to bypass the legislature, pack the courts, replace career prosecutors with political appointees, abuse the pardon power, and claim immunity from the law. They seek to hobble opposition from civil society by curtailing speech and assembly, tolerating and even encouraging vigilante violence, and attacking the media. As this book demonstrates, Trump followed the autocrat's playbook in many ways. He was a huckster of hate, aiming his vitriol at women and racial minorities, and making attacks on immigrants the focus of his 2016 campaign, as well as his first years in office. Nevertheless, his rhetoric and policies encountered widespread opposition - from religious leaders, business executives, lawyers and bar associations, and civil servants. His executive orders (on which he relied) were almost all struck down by courts: including the first two "Muslim bans," the detention of children and their separation from parents, the diversion of military funds to build the border wall, the insertion of a citizenship question in the Census, and limits on asylum. Just as Trump sought to weaponize the criminal justice system against his political opponents, so he manipulated it to defend his cronies, derailing some of their prosecutions. Trump also intervened in courts martial and criminal prosecutions of those convicted of war crimes in Afghanistan and Iraq, and those accused of desertion and terrorism. Again, however, there was resistance: as some career prosecutors withdrew from cases or resigned when subjected to political pressure and federal courts convicted all of Trump's allies- even though the president went on to use his unreviewable pardon power. This book, then, documents the abuses that are characteristic of autocracy, and assesses the various forms of resistance to them. This definitive account and analysis of Trumpism in action, as well as the resistance to it, will appeal to scholars, students and others with interests in politics, populism and the rule of law; and, more specifically, to those concerned with resisting the threat that autocracy poses to liberal democracy"--

American governance is burdened by a paradox. On the one hand, Americans don’t want "big government" meddling in their lives on the other hand, they have repeatedly enlisted governmental help to impose their views regarding marriage, abortion, religion, and schooling on their neighbors. These contradictory stances on the role of public power have paralyzed policymaking and generated rancorous disputes about government’s legitimate scope. How did we reach this political impasse? Historian Gary Gerstle, looking at two hundred years of U.S. history, argues that the roots of the current crisis lie in two contrasting theories of power that the Framers inscribed in the Constitution. One theory shaped the federal government, setting limits on its power in order to protect personal liberty. Another theory molded the states, authorizing them to go to extraordinary lengths, even to the point of violating individual rights, to advance the "good and welfare of the commonwealth." The Framers believed these theories could coexist comfortably, but conflict between the two has largely defined American history. Gerstle shows how national political leaders improvised brilliantly to stretch the power of the federal government beyond where it was meant to go—but at the cost of giving private interests and state governments too much sway over public policy. The states could be innovative, too. More impressive was their staying power. Only in the 1960s did the federal government, impelled by the Cold War and civil rights movement, definitively assert its primacy. But as the power of the central state expanded, its constitutional authority did not keep pace. Conservatives rebelled, making the battle over government’s proper dominion the defining issue of our time. From the Revolution to the Tea Party, and the Bill of Rights to the national security state, Liberty and Coercion is a revelatory account of the making and

Government agencies regulate Americans in the full range of their lives, including their political participation, their economic endeavors, and their personal conduct. Administrative power has thus become pervasively intrusive. But is this power constitutional' A similar sort of power was once used by English kings, and this book shows that the similarity is not a coincidence. In fact, administrative power revives absolutism. On this foundation, the book explains how administrative power denies Americans their basic constitutional freedoms, such as jury rights and due process. No other feature of American government violates as many constitutional provisions or is more profoundly threatening. As a result, administrative power is the key civil liberties issue of our era

This book, by two of the world's leading administrative law scholars, reimagines administrative law as the law of public administration by making its competence the focus of administrative law. Grounded in extensive interdisciplinary, historical, and doctrinal analysis, Fisher and Shapiro show why understanding both the capacity and authority of expert public administration is crucial to ensure the legitimacy and accountability of the administrative state. To address the current precarious state of administrative law, they support a new study of the administrative process by an Attorney Generals Committee on Administrative Procedure leading to a revised Administrative Procedure Act (APA). This book is a must-read for anyone interested in administrative law and its reform.

Introduction / Zoltan Szente and Konrad Lachmayer -- 1. Conceptualising the principle of effective legal protection in administrative law / Zoltan Szente -- 2. Effective legal protection in the Eropean legal order / Christoph Gorisch -- 3. Creating a European-wide standard of effective legal protection : the Eeuropean Convention on Human Rights / Marten Breuer -- 4. Effective legal protection in international law / Stephan Wittich -- 5. The principle of effective legal protection in Austrian administrative law / Ulrike Giera, Konrad Lachmayer -- 6. The principle of effective legal protection in Danish administrative law / SØREN HØJGAARD MØRUP -- 7. The effective legal protection in French administrative law / Sylvia Calmes-Brunet -- 8. The principle of effective legal protection in German administrative law / Diana Princess of Hohenlohe-Oehringen -- 9. The principle of effective legal protection in Hungarian administrative law / Fruzsina Gardos-Orosz and Istvan Temesi -- 10. The principle of effective legal protection in Italian administrative law / Fulvio Cortese -- 11. The principle of effective legal protection in administrative law in Lithuania / Jurgita Pauzaite-Kulvinskiene -- 12. Dilemmas and challenges of legal protection against administrative actions in the republic macedonia / Gordana Siljanovska-Davkova and Renata Treneska-Deskoska -- 13. The principle of effective legal protection in administrative law : the Netherlands / Karianne Albers, Lise Kjellevold and Raymond Schlossels -- 14. The principle of effective legal protection in Polish administrative law / Joanna Lemanska -- 15. Effective legal protection in administrative law in Slovenia Erik Kersevan -- 16. The principle of effective legal protection in Spanish administrative law / Angel Manuel Moreno -- 17. The principle of effective legal protection in the Swiss administrative law / Felix Uhlmann -- 18. The principle of effective legal protection in administrative law in the United Kingdom / Robert Thomas -- 19. The principle of effective legal protection in international and European law : comparative report / Konrad Lachmayer -- 20. The principle of effective legal protection in administrative law : a comparison / Zoltan Szente.

Don't let power corrupt you: practice empathy, gratitude, and generosity / by Dacher Keltner -- What's your power style?: examine your emotional triggers and behaviors / by Maggie Craddock -- How to figure out how much influence you have at work: conduct an audit to assess your informal power / by Maxim Sytch -- Four ways leaders fritter their power away: destructive behaviors that diminish your influence / by Ron Carucci -- Make your team feel powerful: give your people a sense of control / by Harrison Monarth -- How to use your superpower for good: emotions are contagious / by Peter Bregman -- Feeling powerful at work makes us feel worse when we get home: with greater power comes greater suffering / by Trevor A. Foulk and Klodiana Lanaj -- How to work with a manipulative person: assert yourself against those who misuse their power / by Liz Kislik -- Want to lean in? Try a power pose: how your body language can change your mind - and your behavior / by Amy J. C. Cuddy -- Sex, power, and the systems that enable men like Harvey Weinstein: the names in the headlines may change, but abuses of power are predictable and recurring / by Dacher Keltner -- Use your everyday privilege to help others: your advantages can benefit those without them / by Dolly Chugh -- To create change, leadership is more important than authority: power alone won't produce action; inspiring belief will / by Greg Satell -- How to think about building your legacy: a tip for all leaders - create something that will outlast you / by Kimberly Wade-Benzoni -- How humble leadership really works: help your people bring their best selves to work / by Dan Cable.

Intro; Contents; Ch 1: Don't Let Power Corrupt You; Ch 2: What's Your Power Style?; Ch 3: How to Figure Out How Much Influence You Have at Work; Ch 4: Four Ways Leader Fritter Their Power Away; Ch 5: Make Your Team Feel Powerful; Ch 6: How to Use Your Superpower for Good; Ch 7: Feeling Powerful at Work Makes Us Feel Worse When We Get Home; Ch 8: How to Work with a Manipulative Person; Ch 9: Sex, Power and the Systems That Enable Men Like Harvey Weinstein; Ch 10: Use Your Everyday Privilege to Help Others; Ch 11: To Create Change, Leadership Is More Important Than Authority

"In this book about Rome's most infamous emperor, expert author, Stephen Dando-Collins' chronicles all the palace intrigues and murders that led to Caligula becoming emperor, and details the horrors of his manic reign and the murderous consequences brought about at the hand of his sister Agrippina the Younger, his uncle Claudius and his nephew Nero."--Provided by publisher

In recent years, the procedural rules of global governance institutions have come under scrutiny from scholars worldwide and have been conceptualized as akin to domestic administrative law. However, one question has so far not been addressed: who shapes this procedure and why? In the present work, Isabel Lischewski develops a simple matrix connecting procedure and state interest. When this matrix is applied to a sample of forty diverse institutions, fascinating patterns emerge, which are further explored through in-depth case studies. It is shown that states prefer to balance sovereignty preservation through procedure with the costs it entails. Thus, normative considerations are not the predominant basis on which this procedure is designed. The research provides original insights into the landscape of global governance procedure and cautions against a notion of "apolitical" administration law.