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In previous eras, teacher training institutions included programs designed to enhance the moral qualities of prospective teachers. With the exception of programs offered in denominational teacher training colleges, such programs have largely ceased to exist. This article advances the argument against a backdrop of increasing incidents of abuse of students by teachers that there is a need to again place greater emphasis on the moral development of teachers.

This Note advocates judicial application of this tax analysis not only to tax environmental legislation, but also to regulatory environmental legislation. The theoretical justification for this thesis is provided by the economic concept of externalities. Externalities are elements used in the production of a marketed item without cost to the producer, but at a cost to others. The term "externality"stems from the fact that the use of the element of production is not included in the market price of the item. Undesirable environmental impact has been recognized as an externality -- a cost to those people adversely affected by it that is not reflected by the market price of the item. State legislation can respond to the externality of environmental impact in one of two ways: taxing the impact or prohibiting it. A tax directly internalizes the externality by raising the cost of bringing an item to market. This Note advances the theory that a prohibition accomplishes the same result of internalizing the externality of environmental impact; instead of adding the cost to the item as a tax, a prohibition forces a producer to alter internal methods of production to eliminate the impact. Both methods include the cost of the externality in the item's ultimate market price. The actual impacts of a prohibition and a tax do suggest some differing treatment. The difference, however, is one of degree rather than of inherent characteristics. Application of the tax analysis to both tax and regulatory state environmental legislation would reflect this fundamental similarity and avoid the inconsistency and confusion resulting from negative commerce clause analysis of regulatory legislation.

Electoral registration is the key building block for the administration of elections. It is the gateway to voting: people cannot vote at elections in the UK if their name is not on the register. In recent times there has been much debate in media and Westminster circles about current arrangements for electoral registration and the related issue of the future of postal voting.This article presents new research published by the Electoral Commission in September 2005 investigating non‐registration and its causes. It reviews the case for reform, considers the current policy debate and outlines some of the challenges involved in maximising registration rates. It summarises the Commission's policy recommendations and the reasoning behind them, focusing in particular on the suggested move from the current household‐based system of registration to a system of individual registration

Extensive biographical information on Eastern European political elites was organized in an inverted file format to facilitate computer retrieval of specified elite subsets. Carl Beck is Professor of Political Science at the University of Pittsburgh, where Douglas Stewart is an Instructor in the Department of Sociology.

Klappentext: Sie ist so alt wie die Seefahrt und war nie so brutal wie heute: Die Piraterie ist noch immer der Schrecken der Meere. Das IMB, das »International Maritime Bureau«, hat dem Verbrechen auf hoher See den Kampf angesagt. Mit Unterstützung des IMB gewährt der Seerechts-Experte Douglas Stewart Einblick in die spektakulärsten Fälle moderner Piraterie und analysiert die Ursachen und Bekämpfungsmöglichkeiten solcher Verbrechen. Unter anderem widmet er sich dem bis heute ungelösten Fall der Autofähre Estonia, bei deren Untergang 852 Menschen starben.

Based on the results of an econometric analysis, the paper
looks into the dynamic response of fertility behaviour in the United
States, to changes in some of its determinants. Specifically, the effect
of current and past marriage rates on fertility has been studied. In
doing so, the role of permanent income and the divorce rate on the
marriage rate, and through it, on fertility, has also been
examined.