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Stephen Dycus
Stephen Dycus (born 1941) is an American professor of National Security Law at the Vermont Law School. Biography Dycus obtained his bachelor's degree from the Southern Methodist University in 1963 and two years later got Bachelor of Laws degree at the same place. In 1976 he got his Master of Laws degree from Harvard University and the same year became faculty member of the Vermont Law School. From 1983 to 1984 he was a visiting scholar at Boalt Hall School of Law at the University of California, Berkeley and by 1991 held the same position at the Natural Resources Defense Council in Washington, D.C. From 1991 to 1992 he was a visiting professor at the United States Military Academy and in 1997 worked at the Petrozavodsk State University in Karelia, Russia. Later on, for four years he was a member of the Vermont Water Resources Board, National Academies and the American Law Institute The American Law Institute (ALI) is a research and advocacy group of judges, lawyers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Security Law Of The United States
National Security Law is a field of study that deals with the balance between liberty and security in American society. Sources of law United States Constitution The United States Constitution grants extensive national security powers to both United States Congress, Congress and the President of the United States, President of the United States. Article One of the United States Constitution, Article I grants Congress authority to "declare War, grant Letters of Marque and Reprisal, and make Rules concerning Captures on Land and Water." Congress is also empowered to "raise and support Armies," and "provide and maintain a Navy." Article Two of the United States Constitution, Article II designates the President as the "Commander-in-chief, Commander in Chief". International Law International law can have a domestic effect when incorporated by the Supremacy Clause of the Constitution. Additional fields of international law such as the right to wage war (jus ad bellum) and law of armed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vermont Water Resources Board
Vermont () is a state in the northeast New England region of the United States. Vermont is bordered by the states of Massachusetts to the south, New Hampshire to the east, and New York to the west, and the Canadian province of Quebec to the north. Admitted to the union in 1791 as the 14th state, it is the only state in New England not bordered by the Atlantic Ocean. According to the 2020 U.S. census, the state has a population of 643,503, ranking it the second least-populated in the U.S. after Wyoming. It is also the nation's sixth-smallest state in area. The state's capital Montpelier is the least-populous state capital in the U.S., while its most-populous city, Burlington, is the least-populous to be a state's largest. For some 12,000 years, indigenous peoples have inhabited this area. The competitive tribes of the Algonquian-speaking Abenaki and Iroquoian-speaking Mohawk were active in the area at the time of European encounter. During the 17th century, Fre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |