Encyclopedia of Connecticut Causes of Action compiles all of the civil causes of action in Connecticut in one place. Common law actions, statutory actions and administrative appeals (which function in a similar manner to civil actions) are divided into separate parts for ease of identification. Also included is a separate section for the numerous miscellaneous statutory proceedings in Connecticut that share many, but not all, of the characteristics of civil actions. (Family and juvenile proceedings have been omitted.) Encyclopedia of Connecticut Causes of Action: is cited to by the Connecticut state appellate courts is a single volume desk reference which compiles, outlines and indexes all theories of recovery under Connecticut law is organized into three easy to search sections: common law actions, statutory actions and administrative appeals

Encyclopedia of Connecticut Causes of Action compiles all of the civil causes of action in Connecticut in one place. Common law actions, statutory actions and administrative appeals(which function in a similar manner to civil actions) are divided into separate parts for ease of identification. Also included is a separate section for the numerous miscellaneous statutory proceedings in Connecticut that share many, but not all, of the characteristics of civil actions. (Family and juvenile proceedings have been omitted.) This edition represents a new approach to the book. Over 90 causes of action were updated and/or expanded. And starting with this edition, Connecticut Causes of Action will be updated annually, and is now available as an eBook. The digital version contains hyperlinks to full text of cases, statutes and other authoritative content. Encyclopedia of Connecticut Causes of Action: is cited to by the Connecticut state appellate courts is a single volume desk reference which compiles, outlines and indexes all theories of recovery under Connecticut law is organized into three easy to search sections: common law actions, statutory actions and administrative appeals

Strengthen programs of family and community engagement to promote equity and increase student success! When schools, families, and communities collaborate and share responsibility for students′ education, more students succeed in school. Based on 30 years of research and fieldwork, the fourth edition of the bestseller School, Family, and Community Partnerships: Your Handbook for Action, presents tools and guidelines to help develop more effective and more equitable programs of family and community engagement. Written by a team of well-known experts, it provides a theory and framework of six types of involvement for action; up-to-date research on school, family, and community collaboration; and new materials for professional development and on-going technical assistance. Readers also will find: Examples of best practices on the six types of involvement from preschools, and elementary, middle, and high schools Checklists, templates, and evaluations to plan goal-linked partnership programs and assess progress CD-ROM with slides and notes for two presentations: A new awareness session to orient colleagues on the major components of a research-based partnership program, and a full One-Day Team Training Workshop to prepare school teams to develop their partnership programs. As a foundational text, this handbook demonstrates a proven approach to implement and sustain inclusive, goal-linked programs of partnership. It shows how a good partnership program is an essential component of good school organization and school improvement for student success. This book will help every district and all schools strengthen and continually improve their programs of family and community engagement.

As the Supreme Court has recognized, social media sites like Facebook and Twitter have become important venues for users to exercise free speech rights protected under the First Amendment. Commentators and legislators, however, have questioned whether these social media platforms are living up to their reputation as digital public forums. Some have expressed concern that these sites are not doing enough to counter violent or false speech. At the same time, many argue that the platforms are unfairly banning and restricting access to potentially valuable speech. Currently, federal law does not offer much recourse for social media users who seek to challenge a social media provider's decision about whether and how to present a user's content. Lawsuits predicated on these sites' decisions to host or remove content have been largely unsuccessful, facing at least two significant barriers under existing federal law. First, while individuals have sometimes alleged that these companies violated their free speech rights by discriminating against users' content, courts have held that the First Amendment, which provides protection against state action, is not implicated by the actions of these private companies. Second, courts have concluded that many non-constitutional claims are barred by Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, 47 U.S.C. § 230, which provides immunity to providers of interactive computer services, including social media providers, both for certain decisions to host content created by others and for actions taken "voluntarily" and "in good faith" to restrict access to "objectionable" material. Some have argued that Congress should step in to regulate social media sites. Government action regulating internet content would constitute state action that may implicate the First Amendment. In particular, social media providers may argue that government regulations impermissibly infringe on the providers' own constitutional free speech rights. Legal commentators have argued that when social media platforms decide whether and how to post users' content, these publication decisions are themselves protected under the First Amendment. There are few court decisions evaluating whether a social media site, by virtue of publishing, organizing, or even editing protected speech, is itself exercising free speech rights. Consequently, commentators have largely analyzed the question of whether the First Amendment protects a social media site's publication decisions by analogy to other types of First Amendment cases. There are at least three possible frameworks for analyzing governmental restrictions on social media sites' ability to moderate user content. Which of these three frameworks applies will depend largely on the particular action being regulated. Under existing law, social media platforms may be more likely to receive First Amendment protection when they exercise more editorial discretion in presenting user-generated content, rather than if they neutrally transmit all such content. In addition, certain types of speech receive less protection under the First Amendment. Courts may be more likely to uphold regulations targeting certain disfavored categories of speech such as obscenity or speech inciting violence. Finally, if a law targets a social media site's conduct rather than speech, it may not trigger the protections of the First Amendment at all.

CONNECTICUT MEDICAL MALPRACTICE LAW is the "go-to" reference book for all Connecticut medical malpractice litigators, both the defense and plaintiff's bar. Carefully crafted, the authors have thoroughly covered this overdue subject. Three well-known Hartford area attorneys (from the firm of Danaher, Lagnese & Sacco, P.C.) combined to produce this treatise. Joyce Lagnese, Calum Anderson and Frank Santoro are long on experience and economic with prose. Reviewed by one of the leading plaintiff's attorneys in the state, James D. Bartolini, has said "This is Black Letter Law written with an eye toward helping the novice as well as seasoned malpractice attorney." Updated bi-annually, this treatise provides a balanced offering for use by both the plaintiff and the defense bar alike.

Explores this dark aspect of folklore and religion and the role that demons play in the modern world. Includes numerous entries documenting beliefs about demons and demonology from ancient history to the present.