Urban Climate Law: An Earth Institute Sustainability Primer (Columbia University Earth Institute Sustainability Primers)

Cities have taken a leading role in efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. As federal and state climate policy waxes and wanes, many of the largest U.S. cities have pledged themselves to ambitious sustainability goals, as have smaller communities across the country. City-level policy makers, facing a range of political constraints, a thicket of federal and state laws, and varying degrees of municipal authority, need to figure out how to meet their climate commitments. Urban Climate Law is a practical, user-friendly primer on the legal challenges and opportunities for effective and equitable decarbonization. Michael Burger and Amy E. Turner-leading experts in local climate law and policy-examine the key issues surrounding climate mitigation policies across the buildings, transportation, waste, and energy sectors, with an emphasis on environmental justice. They explore the legal frameworks and factors that can constrain or enable various approaches at the municipal level. Burger and Turner clearly and accessibly present complex legal topics like preemption, federal statutes such as the Clean Air Act, and constitutional law for readers without legal backgrounds, including students, advocates, officials, and other practitioners. Aimed at a nonspecialist audience, this book provides concise and comprehensible answers to the core questions cities confront when seeking to develop legally sound local climate policy.

Burger, Michael

Turner, Amy E.

Environmental & Natural Resources Law

Columbia University Press

This book investigates how bishops deployed reward and punishment to control their administrative subordinates in thirteenth-century England. Bishops had few effective avenues available to them for disciplining their clerks, and rarely pursued them, preferring to secure their service and loyalty through rewards. The chief reward was the benefice, often granted for life. Episcopal administrators' security of tenure in these benefices, however, made them free agents, allowing them to transfer from diocese to diocese or even leave administration altogether; they did not constitute a standing episcopal civil service. This tenuous bureaucratic relationship made the personal relationship between bishop and clerk more important. Ultimately, many bishops communicated in terms of friendship with their administrators, who responded with expressions of devotion. Michael Burger's study brings together ecclesiastical, social, legal, and cultural history, producing the first synoptic study of thirteenth-century English diocesan administration in decades. His research provides an ecclesiastical counterpoint to numerous studies of bastard feudalism in secular contexts.

Bishops, Clerks, and Diocesan Governance in Thirteenth-Century England: Reward and Punishment

History

Europe

Cambridge University Press

The Shaping of Western Civilization: From Antiquity to the Present

Michael Burger's goal in this inexpensive overview is to provide a brief, historical narrative of Western civilization. Not only does its length and price separate this text from the competition, but its no-frills, uncluttered format and well-written, one-authored approach make it a valuable asset for every history student.
 The Shaping of Western Civilization begins with the ancient Near East and ends with globalization. Unlike other textbooks that pile on dates and facts, Shaping is a more coherent and interpretive presentation. Burger's skills as writer and synthesizer will enable students to obtain the background required to ask meaningful questions of primary sources. In addition to suggestions for further reading, this overview includes over 50 images and 22 maps.

University of Toronto Press

Michael Burger's goal in this inexpensive overview is to provide a brief, historical narrative of Western civilization. Not only does its length and price separate this text from the competition, but its no-frills, uncluttered format and well-written, one-authored approach make it a valuable asset for every history student.
 The Shaping of Western Civilization: From Antiquity to the Mid-Eighteenth Century begins with the ancient Near East and ends with the mid-eighteenth century. Unlike other textbooks that pile on dates and facts, Shaping is a more coherent and interpretive presentation. Burger's skills as writer and synthesizer will enable students to obtain the background required to ask meaningful questions of primary sources. In addition to suggestions for further reading, this overview includes over 40 images and 14 maps.

The Shaping of Western Civilization, Volume I: From Antiquity to the Mid-Eighteenth Century

Ancient Civilizations

Michael Burger's goal in this inexpensive overview is to provide a brief, historical narrative of Western civilization. Not only does its length and price separate this text from the competition, but its no-frills, uncluttered format and well-written, one-authored approach make it a valuable asset for every history student.
 The Shaping of Western Civilization: From the Reformation to the Present begins with the Reformation and ends with globalization. Unlike other textbooks that pile on dates and facts, Shaping is a more coherent and interpretive presentation. Burger's skills as writer and synthesizer will enable students to obtain the background required to ask meaningful questions of primary sources. In addition to suggestions for further reading, this overview includes over 20 images and 11 maps.

The Shaping of Western Civilization, Volume II: From the Reformation to the Present

Historical Study & Educational Resources

University of Toronto Press, Higher Education Division

Volume I of The Shaping of Western Civilization begins with the ancient world and ends with the Enlightenment. Unlike other textbooks that pile on dates and facts, Shaping is a more coherent and interpretive presentation.

The Shaping of Western Civilization: From Antiquity to the Mid-eighteenth Century

Univ of Toronto Pr Higher education

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Urban Climate Law: An Earth Institute Sustainability Primer (Columbia University Earth Institute Sustainability Primers)

Urban Climate Law: An Earth Institute Sustainability Primer (Columbia University Earth Institute Sustainability Primers)

Bishops, Clerks, and Diocesan Governance in Thirteenth-Century England: Reward and Punishment

Bishops, Clerks, and Diocesan Governance in Thirteenth-Century England: Reward and Punishment

Bishops, Clerks, and Diocesan Governance in Thirteenth-Century England: Reward and Punishment

The Shaping of Western Civilization: From Antiquity to the Present

The Shaping of Western Civilization, Volume I: From Antiquity to the Mid-Eighteenth Century

The Shaping of Western Civilization, Volume II: From the Reformation to the Present

The Shaping of Western Civilization: From Antiquity to the Present

The Shaping of Western Civilization: From Antiquity to the Mid-eighteenth Century