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Smoke and mirrors

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Smoke and mirrors is a metaphor for a deceptive, fraudulent or insubstantial explanation or description. The source of the name is based on magicians… 
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Review
2015
Review
2015
Eurozone Governance: Deflation, Grexit 2.0 and the Second Coming of Jean-Claude Juncker
The global financial crisis continues to cast a long shadow over the eurozone and, in spite of an occasional break in the clouds… 
2015
2015
New Directions in Community Lawyering , Social Entrepreneurship , and Dispute Resolution 2015 Resolving Impact Investment Disputes : When Doing Good Goes Bad
2013
2013
Alternative Litigation Financing and Anti-Commodification Norms
This paper considers a non-consequentialist argument raised by opponents of alternative litigation financing (sometimes called… 
2012
2012
Reforming Foreign Worker Employment in Israel Transitioning from the Restrictive Employment Arrangement to the Corporations Arrangement
Up until 2005, foreign workers could be employed in Israel only within the framework of a restrictive system – referred to as the… 
2011
2011
Jesús Benito, Ana Mª Manznas and Begoña Simal. Uncertain Mirrors: Magical Realisms in US Ethnic Literatures. Amsterdam: Rodopi, Critical Approaches to Ethnic American Literature 03, 2009.
2005
2005
Canadian Participation in North American Missile Defence: A Cost-Benefit Analysis
Review
2001
Review
2001
Fine particulate air pollution: Smoke and mirrors of the 90s or hazard of the new millennium?
In proposing a new ambient air quality standard for fine particulate air pollution in 1997, the US Environmental Protection… 
2000
2000
Smoke and Mirrors : The Hidden Context of Violence in Schools and Society
Chapter 1 Preface Chapter 2 Introduction: Violence in Schools: Expanding the Dialogue Chapter 3 Wearing the Colors: A Personal… 
1997
1997
Drafting a Federal Balanced Budget Amendment that does what it is Supposed to Do (and No More)
Repeated proposals have been made to add a balanced budget amendment to the U.S. Constitution, most recently with the filing of H… 
1996
1996
REARVIEW MIRRORS AND VISUAL PERFORMANCE : THE ROLE OF AFTERIMAGES
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