As American schools moved into the twentieth century and beyond, they encountered an increasingly litigious society. While many school districts and their employees have enjoyed protections from tort liability via some form of state tort claims act or exemption, this immunity varies from one state to another. The variations in these laws have made it difficult for educators and school districts to understand how state legislation impacts their daily activities inside and outside the classroom. In this environment, it has become imperative for educators to understand state and federal laws related to tort liability. By focusing specifically on tort claims filed against school boards and educators in the state of Alabama under the Alabama Sovereign Immunity Act, this dissertation adds to a growing body of research on state tort laws as they apply to local school boards and their employees. From over one hundred cases reviewed, fourteen were selected for in-depth analysis of the ways in which Alabama courts have interpreted sovereign immunity statutes and the specific limits on those protections. This study found that courts in Alabama have recognized local boards of education as state agencies and their employees as state agents, making them subject to the doctrine of sovereign immunity so long as they are operating within the scope of their assigned roles and responsibilities.

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Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited / This thesis is a descriptive organizational analysis of MCRDSD. The study describes MCRDSD in terms of its direction, tasks, people, structure, processes, culture, outputs and outcomes using systems analysis and Mintzberg's configuration theory. Based on document reviews, model comparisons, and semi-structured interviews, e-mail and phone conversations with approximately 30 Depot personnel, MCRDSD fulfills its basic mission but is not aligned for optimum performance. The following conclusions pertain: the current organizational structure of MCRDSD may not be optimized towards overall performance; cognizance over the POI resides at too high a level, is too rigid and implementing change too difficult; and Depot priority of making Marines is too often subordinated to the public relations effort. Recommendations are offered to assist Depot leadership in making systematic change to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the depot. With changes in organizational structure, reprioritization of tasks, and adoption of oversight over the POI, MCRDSD can enhance it's command climate, efficiency of the recruit training process, and the quality of basic trained Marine produced. / Major, United States Marine Corps

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Ho Chak Ming. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1994. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 122-126). / Acknowledgment --- p.i / Table of contents --- p.ii / List of figures --- p.iv / List of tables --- p.v / Abstract --- p.ix / Chapter Part I --- Determination of sulphide / General introduction --- p.1 / Spectrophotometric determination of sulphide --- p.5 / Chapter 1. --- Introduction --- p.5 / Chapter A. --- Review of the reported methods for the determination of sulphide --- p.5 / Chapter B. --- General description of the proposed method --- p.13 / Chapter 2. --- Experimental section --- p.18 / Chapter A. --- Preservation of samples --- p.18 / Chapter B. --- Sample pre-treatment --- p.19 / Chapter C. --- Separation/preconcentration of sulphide --- p.19 / Chapter D. --- Spectrophotometric determination of sulphide by proposed method --- p.24 / Chapter E. --- Spectrophotometric determination of sulphide by standard methylene blue method as the counter-check method --- p.32 / Chapter 3. --- Results and discussions --- p.34 / Chapter A. --- Optimization of the proposed spectrophotometric method --- p.34 / Chapter B. --- Optimization of the separation/preconcentration methods --- p.45 / Chapter C. --- Construction of the calibration graph for the spectrophotometric determination of sulphide and determination of the molar absorptivity coefficient --- p.53 / Chapter D. --- Precision and detection limit of the proposed spectrophotometric method --- p.54 / Chapter E. --- Interferences studies of the proposed method --- p.56 / Chapter F. --- Spectrophotometric determination of sulphide in water --- p.60 / Chapter G. --- Spectrophotometric determination of sulphide in beers --- p.63 / Chapter H. --- Spectrophotometric determination of sulphide in orange juices --- p.66 / Chapter 4. --- Conclusions --- p.68 / References --- p.70 / Chapter Part II --- Determination of fluoride / General introduction --- p.75 / Spectrophotometric determination of fluoride --- p.78 / Chapter 1. --- Introduction --- p.78 / Chapter A. --- Review of the reported methods for the determination of fluoride --- p.78 / Chapter B. --- General description of the proposed scheme for the spectrophotometric determination of fluoride in animal feeds --- p.84 / Chapter 2. --- Experimental Section --- p.87 / Chapter A. --- Ashing of the animal feed samples --- p.87 / Chapter B. --- Reduction of interferences in the ashed sample solutions using anion exchange resin --- p.89 / Chapter C. --- Preparation of solutions for the calibration graph and the ashed sample solutions for the spectrophotometric measurement --- p.90 / Chapter D. --- Spectrophotometric determination of fluoride in the ashed samples --- p.92 / Chapter E. --- Potentiometric determination of fluoride in the ashed sample solutions by the FISE method as the counter-check method --- p.93 / Chapter 3. --- Results and discussions --- p.94 / Chapter A. --- Ashing conditions of the animal feed samples --- p.94 / Chapter B. --- Removal of the interferences in the ashed sample solutions --- p.99 / Chapter C. --- Construction of the calibration graph for the spectrophotometric determination of fluoride --- p.112 / Chapter D. --- Precision of the spectrophotometric method --- p.113 / Chapter E. --- Spectrophotometric determination of fluoride in animal feeds --- p.114 / Chapter F. --- Potentiometric determination of fluoride in animal feeds by the FISE method as the counter-check method --- p.117 / Chapter 4. --- Conclusions --- p.120 / References --- p.122

Lam Wai-yean. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1978. / Bibliography: leaves 108-109.