THE AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION, ANTITRUST LEGISLATION AND INTEREST GROUP COALITIONS

This article examines the testimonial behavior of the American Bar Association with respect to congressional hearings conducted to consider proposed changes in the antitrust laws during the 1970s. The ABA displayed a pattern of agreement in opposition to the proposed antitrust legislation with recurrently appearing business interest groups, and the Nixon and Ford Justice Departments. ABA testimony proved inconsistent with the views expressed by the Federal Trade Commission and a consumer lobby, the Consumer Union. Variable intergroup interaction levels, and data on the vested interests of ABA leaders are suggested as possessing explanatory power.     

Managing Australia's water resources

We have a great power not to destroy and in exercising that power, we will give proof of our consideration for the future, and for the first time in our history we will be recognised as custodians of the earth. Tasmania has rivers flowing to the sea … these are great natural energy resources just crying out to be developed and developed they must be.     

Statistical Tests and Process Generators For Random Field Models

Two alternative specifications for random fields are reviewed and models from both specifications identified. The paper then deals with statistical tests for discriminating between randomness and some of the models of dependence. These various tests are compared and criteria established for their use. Additional testing procedures are identified for the more difficult problem of distinguishing between models of dependence. The paper then looks at different process generators for certain random field models and concludes with a discussion of the importance of the theory for handling diffusion processes. The value of these results for both model specification and “form-process” studies is emphasized.