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"This book pursues a comparative and interdisciplinary approach to assess presidential impeachments in Latin America. Mixing methodologies from legal studies and political science, it provides a novel and comprehensive assessment of some of the most controversial questions regarding the constitutional function of impeachment and its place in the theory of government. Presidential impeachments have become frequent in Latin America, yet they are still largely misunderstood by legal practitioners and the general public. As such, impeachments frequently provide for heated and polarizing debates. The misunderstandings stem from skewed expectations arising from different theories of government, legal interpretation, and presidential impeachment. The empirical evidence and arguments presented here will help to find common ground on these topics and pacify some latent tensions in society and academia. In addition, the book's case studies cover cases that have been rarely or incompletely addressed in the literature. Some cover events so recent that they have never been analyzed elsewhere. The book proposes reconsidering certain assumptions made about systems of government, which are based on skewed expectations of impeachments. It also draws on new evidence to re-examine existing impeachment theories and develop new ones. By doing so, it offers valuable insights that may guide lawmakers to redesign their own systems, optimizing them to achieve certain goals. It will also acquaint legal practitioners with the strategies of prosecution, defense, and decision-making in connection with impeachments." --

I Tree Breeding -- invited guest lecture: The Population Genetic Basis of Breeding Theory -- Hybridisation and Cytogenetics of European Birches -- II Mating Systems -- invited guest lecture: Mating System Estimation in Forest Trees: Models, Methods and Meanings -- invited guest lecture: Understanding the Genetic Structure of Plant Populations: Some Old Problems and a New Approach -- invited guest lecture: Inbreeding and Selection in Natural Populations -- Polymorphic Equilibria Under Inbreeding Effects and Selection on Components of Reproduction -- Mating System Dynamics in a Scots Pine Seed Orchard -- Reproductive Success of Genotypes of Pinus sylves-tris L. in Different Environments -- Multilocus Analysis of External Pollen Contamination of a Scots Pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) Seed Orchard -- Gene Dispersion and Selfing Frequency in a Seed-Tree Stand of Pinus sylvestris (L.) 1 -- invited guest lecture: Genetic Constraints on the Evolution of Plant Reproductive Systems -- invited guest lecture: Evolution of Outbreeding Systems -- III Genetic Differentiation Within and Between Populations -- The Effects of Forest Management on the Genetic Variability of Plant Species in the Herb Layer -- Studies on Breeding Structure in Two Tropical Tree Species -- A Multilocus Study of Natural Populations of Pinus sylvestris -- Genetic Effects of Scots Pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) Domestication -- Genetic Differentiation Among Scots Pine Populations From the Lowlands and the Mountains in Poland -- Effects of Selection Pressure by SO2 Pollution on Genetic Structures of Norway Spruce (Picea abies) -- Measurement of Genetic Differentiation in Plant Populations -- List of contributors.

In this paper, we examine university discretionary interpretation of the 2020 social upheaval that emanated from George Floyd's murder as an element of university social responsibility (USR) policymaking. The paper addresses two research questions: (a) What are university presidents' implicit and explicit social justice responses to George Floyd's death and the idealistic protests of 2020? (b) To what degree are principles of social justice embedded in universities' intellectual roots and social responsibility? Using a sample of university presidents' public statements in response to George Floyd's death and the idealistic protests of 2020, we analyze the response and responsibilities of universities in the struggle for a just society. We cross-check mission statements and strategic plans to corroborate universities' public statements with their institutional philosophies, mission, and action plans relating to discrimination against racial and ethnic minorities and systemic racism. We use critical discourse analysis and the Voyant Tool to perform a textual analysis of 62 university presidents' letters and mission statements. They all denounced the dehumanization and inequitable treatment of Black people. An important implication of our work is the sharp difference in the depth and forthrightness of responses by university presidents across university types. Some presidential letters are forthright in their denouncement of the murder of George Floyd and systemic racism, while others were, at best, vague in their approach. Presidential letters disclose their institutions' priorities, organizational identities, and social responsibility convictions. Overall, mission statements and strategic plans included addressing systemic racism and inequality. While there is no ordered symmetry between presidential narratives and institutional action, we anticipate social responsibility as a core institutional value. We argue for social justice anti-racist platforms as critical dimensions of USR. We call for university milieus that promote a fair and just society among all stakeholders.