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Civilian investigators are trained to produce admissible evidence, and in a real emergency they can hold off on Miranda warnings under the doctrine's built-in public safety exception.
David Rittgers: Domestic Military Detention Isn't Necessary David Rittgers 2011
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Where Valentin yearns to "discuss ideas, to perfect my very soul" at the knee of the great author, the puckish Tolstoy dismisses some of his doctrine's key tenets – like celibacy – much to the puzzlement of his earnest acolyte.
Mirren is the power behind Tolstoy biopic 'Last Station' 2009
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It is this provision that the doctrine's supporters point to for justifying the air strikes in Libya by some Western countries, including the United States.
Jayshree Bajoria: Libya and the Responsibility To Protect Jayshree Bajoria 2011
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The film traces the doctrine's origins to the radical theories of Milton Friedman at the University of Chicago and goes about delving into the effects of said theories across the world over the past forty years.
Brandon's Sundance 2010 Reviews: Documentary Edition Pt 1 « FirstShowing.net 2010
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The judge's opinion lamented the doctrine's unfortunate history, summing it all up by saying, "Reading the Martin Act as broadly preempting common law represents a distortion of the act's role as a consumer protection law."
Madoff Feeder Funds Lose Their Immunity Seth E. Lipner 2010
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The Ninth Circuit's recent rejection of that doctrine's overbroad application is encouraging, as is congressional interest in curtailing it via federal statute.
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The Ninth Circuit's recent rejection of that doctrine's overbroad application is encouraging, as is congressional interest in curtailing it via federal statute.
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The Ninth Circuit's recent rejection of that doctrine's overbroad application is encouraging, as is congressional interest in curtailing it via federal statute.
Shahid Buttar: Secrecy Sacrificing National Security Shahid Buttar 2010
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Other aspects of the confirmation process also reveal the doctrine's deficiencies.
Alain L. Sanders: Constitutional Hunting Season Heats Up Alain L. Sanders 2010
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After the Rumsfeld doctrine's deceivingly swift victory against Mullah Mohammad Omar's tin pot Deobandi-inspired emirate in Afghanistan, Russia hoped the Americans were not in Central Asia to stay.
Derek Flood: From Totalitarianism to Turbines: The Unending Struggle for Power in Central Asia 2010
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