History of Public Land Law Development

Land surface derivatives: history, calculation and further development

The use of derivatives in geomorphometry is reviewed. For first and second derivatives (slope and curvatures) of the land surface, represented by a square-grid DEM, use of a quadratic based on nine points is recommended. For detailed analysis of slope gradient, maximum slope (based on two points) may be useful: but only if the DEM is very accurate. For curvature, streamline (rotor) curvature sh...

Who decides the law of the land?

A cornerstone of American-Indian cultures is a deep sense of interconnectedness with the natural environment. To preserve this sense of interconnectedness on tribal lands, many American Indians believe that sovereignty over environmental affairs on tribal lands is essential. But a number of shortcomings have historically and continually weakened tribal authority, and years of federal neglect ha...

An Independent Public Law

Chicago Public Law Workshop_Seo

In 1952, Jerome Hall gave a series of lectures on “Police and Law in a Democratic Society.” Applying the methodology of cultural history, this Essay traces how Hall’s concept of democratic policing shifted from self-rule, to the rule of law, and finally to due process as he struggled to account for twentieth-century police forces that were not, in important ways, governed by the people or const...

Legal Person of Public Law

Of Dissertation in Fulfilment of Requirement for the Degree of Candidate of Biology