http://www.merlot.org:80/merlot/ A search of MERLOT materials Copyright 1997-2013 MERLOT. All rights reserved. Thu, 20 Jun 2013 05:26:11 PDT Thu, 20 Jun 2013 05:26:11 PDT http://www.merlot.org:80/merlot/images/merlot.gif http://www.merlot.org:80/merlot/ 44 34 http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=90857 An ongoing digitization project, the site contains the full text of over three hundred treaties concerning Native American Indian tribes. A table of contents organized by year, an index organized by tribe, and a keyword search engine are also included. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=80269 This page is designed as a tool for learning. The goal is to provide information that empowers site visitors who are interested in reviewing, and critically thinking, about the issues. In addition to death penalty links, this page includes "reflection questions" that can be used for individual learning or may be incorporated into a course assignment. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=83902 A companion web site for the Frontline (PBS) program of the same name which aired on January 30, 2001. Includes facts and statistics, a review of the "adult vs. child" debate, and four case studies (with video clips). A transcript of the program also is available on the Frontline site. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=80077 This site includes numerous links related to civil liberties in general, the USA Patriot Act, Homeland Security, and civil liberties after 9/11. The site offers a critical perspective and includes "Reflection Questions" that encourage visitors to think about issues and come to their own conclusions. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=229411 This PowerPoint presentation includes information about Hollywood depictions of capital punishment. Although movies such as "The Green Mile" and "Dead Man Walking" are typically seen as being opposed to the death penalty, themes in these films often contrast the brutality of the condemned's violence with the caring, sanitary, and error free methods used by the state as executions are carried out. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=485717 Manufacturing Memories: This talk was delivered to UCI Summer Session Freshman Start participants by Professor Elizabeth Loftus, who shared her fascinating research on manufactured and false memories. She has also been involved in the cases of Martha Stewart, Michael Jackson, Oliver North, and the McMartin preschool teachers. In 2002, Dr. Loftus was recognized as one of the 100 most influential researchers in psychology in the 20th century, and the highest ranked woman on the list. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=90795 interdisciplinary education project for undergraduates http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=298060 The IAATS is an interactive map that displays and tracks illegal alien activities, arrests, crimes, legislation, and U.S. border enforcement. The map is a joint project involving Global Security Analysis LLC and GlobalIncidentMap.com. The map displays up to 19 different incident types including arrests/incidents, Border Patrol operations, fatalities, alien ID incidents and more. The map is displays current information which is updated every 900 seconds. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=77026 One hour documentary aired on P.O.V. (PBS) about the anti-gay policies of the Boy Scouts of America and the grassroots movement to overturn them. Winner Best Documentary at the 2001 Sundance Film Festival. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=480350 April 16-17, 2010. Legal historians have long explained law through its relationship to what lies "outside" it: law & society, law & policy, law & economy. What if we imagine them as the same phenomenon - not law & economy, but law as economy (or economy as law)? What of law as art, as science, as war, as peace?