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ARTICLE SEEKS TO COMPARE THE CAPACITIES OF LEGISLATURES AND APPELLATE COURTS TO INFLUENCE THE IMPLEMENTAION BEHAVIOR OF OTHER GOVERNMENT POLICYMAKERS. A GENERAL DISCUSSION OF THE STRUCTURE OF EACH TYPE OF INSTITUTION IS FOLLOWED BY THE CONCLUSION THAT LEGISLATURES HAVE GREATER POWER TO CONTROL THE IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS THAN DO COURTS.

THE CENTRAL ISSUE IN PATENT POLICY IS THAT OF THE STANDARD OF PATENTABILITY. BECAUSE THE STATUTORY LANGUAGE IS NECESSARILY GENERAL IN FORM, THE PATENT OFFICE AND THE COURTS ESTABLISH THEIR OWN STANDARDS IN APPLYING THE LAW TO INDIVIDUAL CASES. THE CASE OF PATENT POLICY DEMONSTRATES THE IMPORTANCE OF MECHANISMS TO REPRESENT DIFFUSE INTERESTS IN POLICY PRENAS.

POLITICAL SCIENTISTS IN THE FIELD OF JUDICIAL POLITICS DEVOTE THE LARGEST PORTION OF THEIR COLLECTIVE EFFORT TO THE EXPLANATION OF JUDICIAL BEHAVIOR. THIS ESSAY FOCUSES ON THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN JUDGES' GOALS AND JUDICIAL BEHAVIOR. THE FIRST SECTION SURVEYS WHAT THE EXISTING SCHOLARLY LITERATURE ON JUDICIAL BEHAVIOR REVEALS ABOUT THIS RELATIONSHIP. IN THE SECOND SECTION, THE AUTHOR OFFERS SOME THOUGHTS ABOUT DIRECTIONS FOR FUTURE RESEARCH.

RESEARCH ON THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE QUANTITY OF INFORMATION THAT VOTERS POSSESS AND THEIR VOTING BEHAVIOR IN PARTISAN ELECTIONS HAS PRODUCED MIXED AND CONFUSING EMPIRICAL RESULTS. IN AN EFFORT TO PROVIDE A BROADER PERSPECTIVE, THIS PAPER EXPLORES THAT RELATIONSHIP IN NONPARTISAN ELECTIONS CONTESTED BY CANDIDATES OF OPPOSING PARTIES. THE PAPER ANALYZES SURVEY DATA ON TWO 1984 CONTESTS FOR SEATS ON THE OHIO SUPREME COURT, USING THE PRESIDENTIAL RACE FOR COMPARISON. DESPITE A HIGHLY PARTISAN CAMPAIGN, PARTY DEFECTIONS BY VOTERS WERE FAR MORE COMMON IN THE SUPREME COURT RACES THAN IN THE PRESIDENTIAL RACE, REFLECTING THE IMPORTANCE OF PARTY DESIGNATIONS ON THE BALLOT AS A SOURCE OF INFORMATION ON CANDIDATES' PARTY AFFILLIATIONS. AT THE INDIVIDUAL LEVEL, LEVELS OF INFORMATION HAD DIFFERING EFFECTS IN THE TWO SUPREME COURT RACES AND FOR DEMOCRATIC AND REPUBLICAN VOTERS; THIS FINDING SUGGESTS THAT THE IMPACT OF INFORMATION LEVELS ON VOTERS' CHOICES IS CONDITIONED BY THE CONTENT OF INFORMATION IN PARTICULAR CAMPAIGNS.

Intro -- Cover page -- Contents -- FOREWORD -- CHAPTER I. A SEA TRAGEDY -- CHAPTER II. PRINCE KAI LUN PU -- CHAPTER III. SMILING AT DEATH -- CHAPTER IV. A STARTLING PROPOSITION -- CHAPTER V. THE HALLS OF HIS ANCESTORS -- CHAPTER VI. "OLD DEATH'S-HEAD." -- CHAPTER VII. WE BECOME CONSPIRATORS -- CHAPTER VIII. DR. GAYLORD'S PROPOSAL -- CHAPTER IX. WE OUTWIT MAI LO -- CHAPTER X. AN UNHEEDED WARNING -- CHAPTER XI. AN UNEXPECTED DESERTION -- CHAPTER XII. MAI LO MAKES A DISCOVERY -- CHAPTER XIII. THE ELEPHANT TRAIN -- CHAPTER XIV. THE CHIEF EUNUCH -- CHAPTER XV. THE ROYAL HOUSE OF KAI -- CHAPTER XVI. THE GOVERNOR SHOWS HIS TEETH -- CHAPTER XVII. WI-TO PROVES FAITHFUL -- CHAPTER XVIII. THE SACRED APES OF KAI -- CHAPTER XIX. THE PEARL OF KAI-NONG -- CHAPTER XX. "THREE LITTLE MAIDS FROM SCHOOL." -- CHAPTER XXI. AN UNLAWFUL INTERVIEW -- CHAPTER XXII. THE SECRET PASSAGE -- CHAPTER XXIII. THE TREASURE OF THE ANCIENTS -- CHAPTER XXIV. THE ROYAL CABINET -- CHAPTER XXV. THE TRAP IS SPRUNG -- CHAPTER XXVI. A FEARFUL ENCOUNTER -- CHAPTER XXVII. THE BATTLE IN THE CORRIDOR -- CHAPTER XXVIII. THE VENGEANCE OF THE RUBY SCIMITAR -- CHAPTER XXIX. THE SEVERED HEAD -- CHAPTER XXX. THE POOL OF THE DEVIL-FISH -- Notes.

The follow-up to the smash hit Aunt Jane's Nieces, Aunt Jane's Nieces Abroad is the second in the series of ten novels that Wizard of Oz creator L. Frank Baum penned for young adults at the dawn of the twentieth century. This entry follows the travels of wacky baron John Merrick as he takes his three nieces on a grand tour of Europe

Inspired by Louisa May Alcott's Little Women, this book, which Wizard of Oz author L. Frank Baum wrote under the pen name Edith Van Dyne, is much in the same vein as Alcott's cozy coming-of-age tale. The first in a series, the story of this novel follows three nieces who are summoned to their wealthy aunt's estate so she can decide to whom she will bequeath her sizable inheritance. Although the girls couldn't be more different personality-wise, a series of calamities brings them

SOCIAL SCIENTISTS HAVE GIVEN INCREASING ATTENTION TO THE DIFFUSION OF POLICY INNOVATIONS AMONG THE AMERICAN STATES FOCUSING ON THE LEGISLATIVE AND ADMINISTRATIVE SECTORS. THIS STUDY IS AN EFFORT TO EXPAND OUR UNDERSTANDING OF POLICY DIFFUSION BY ANALYZING THE DIFFUSION OF 23 INNOVATIVE TORT DOCTRINES AMONG STATE COURT SYSTEMS BETWEEN 1876 AND 1975.

ALTHOUGH THE PRIMARY SOURCE OF DIVIDED GOVERNMENT IN THE UNITED STATES IS VOTERS WHO SPLIT THEIR BALLOTS BETWEEN PARTIES, THERE HAS BEEN LITTLE COMPREHENSIVE EXAMINATION OF EITHER PATTERNS OR SOURCES OF TICKET-SPLITTING IN RECENT YEARS. INSTEAD, DIVERGENT LINES OF RESEARCH HAVE EMPHASIZED SUCH ELEMENTS AS VOTER PARTISANSHIP, INCUMBENCY, AND A "NEW" (YOUNG, WELL-EDUCATED, EVEN PARTISAN) KIND OF TICKET-SPLITTER, AND THE FOCUS HAS TOO OFTEN BEEN RESTRICTED TO THE ATYPICAL PRESIDENT-CONGRESS PAIR. THE AUTHORS UNIFY THESE RESEARCH TRADITIONS IN A COMPREHENSIVE MODEL OF SPLIT-TICKET VOTING AND TEST IT ACROSS THE PARTISAN BALLOT IN A TYPICAL ELECTION SETTING--THE CONTESTS FOR FIVE OHIO STATEWIDE OFFICES IN 1990. THE MODEL INCORPORATES PARTISAN STRENGTH, CANDIDATE VISIBILITY, AND THE INDIVIDUAL CHARACTERISTICS THAT DISTINGUISH THE "NEW" TICKET-SPLITTERS. THE RESULTS SUPPORT THE PARTISAN-STRENGTH AND CANDIDATE-VISIBILITY EXPLANATIONS BUT PROVIDE LITTLE SUPPORT FOR THE EMERGENCE OF A NEW TYPE OF TICKET-SPLITTER.