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Book Review Of Brian Mcilroy, Shooting To Kill: Filmmaking And The “Troubles” In Northern Ireland, Casey Jarrin Jan 2002

Book Review Of Brian Mcilroy, Shooting To Kill: Filmmaking And The “Troubles” In Northern Ireland, Casey Jarrin

Casey Jarrin

No abstract provided.


Where Is Our Fredom Trail? Let's Celebrate Syracuse's Proud Role In The Abolitionist Movement, Samuel D. Gruber Dr. Apr 2001

Where Is Our Fredom Trail? Let's Celebrate Syracuse's Proud Role In The Abolitionist Movement, Samuel D. Gruber Dr.

Samuel D. Gruber Dr.

No abstract provided.


Origin Of Communist Policing In The People's Republic Of China, Kam C. Wong Jan 2001

Origin Of Communist Policing In The People's Republic Of China, Kam C. Wong

Kam C. Wong

This is an investigation into the origin of Communist policing in the People’s Republic of China (PRC). Existing literature on the PRC police (baowei, gongan, jingcha) are not in agreement as to the origin of Communist policing. Most sources, particularly western ones, point to the formation of the Ministry of Public Security in November of 1949 as the origination of Communist police. Others, particularly the PRC police historians, have traced the starting date to November of 1931 when the Chinese Soviet government in Shan-Gan-Ning border area established the Political Security Department (zhengzhi baoweiju). Still, a minority have suggested that Communist …


"Selecting The Harlem Renaissance.", Daylanne English Jan 2000

"Selecting The Harlem Renaissance.", Daylanne English

Daylanne English

No abstract provided.


Autobiography: Narrative Of Transformation, Daniel Lehman Aug 1998

Autobiography: Narrative Of Transformation, Daniel Lehman

Daniel W. Lehman

No abstract provided.


Relativism, Reflective Equilibrium, And Justice, Justin Schwartz Jan 1997

Relativism, Reflective Equilibrium, And Justice, Justin Schwartz

Justin Schwartz

THIS PAPER IS THE CO-WINNER OF THE FRED BERGER PRIZE IN PHILOSOPHY OF LAW FOR THE 1999 AMERICAN PHILOSOPHICAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE BEST PUBLISHED PAPER IN THE PREVIOUS TWO YEARS.

The conflict between liberal legal theory and critical legal studies (CLS) is often framed as a matter of whether there is a theory of justice that the law should embody which all rational people could or must accept. In a divided society, the CLS critique of this view is overwhelming: there is no such justice that can command universal assent. But the liberal critique of CLS, that it degenerates into …


Foul Is Fair: What Shakespeare Really Thought About Lawyers, Judith Fischer Jan 1995

Foul Is Fair: What Shakespeare Really Thought About Lawyers, Judith Fischer

Judith D. Fischer

This is a discussion of the meaning and background behind some of Shakespeare's references to lawyers. It explains the common misinterpretation of the famous quotation “Let’s kill all the lawyers." The line actually compliments lawyers, indicating that those who want anarchy must first get rid of lawyers. Review of Daniel J. Kornstein’s book, Kill All the Lawyers? Shakespeare’s Legal Appeal (1994).


Landmarks In Literature By Asian American Lesbians, Karin Aguilar-San Juan Jan 1993

Landmarks In Literature By Asian American Lesbians, Karin Aguilar-San Juan

Karin Aguilar-San Juan

No abstract provided.


Priesthoods And Power: Some Thoughts On Diablo Canyon, Steven Marx Jan 1992

Priesthoods And Power: Some Thoughts On Diablo Canyon, Steven Marx

Steven Marx

No abstract provided.


Revisiting And Revising The West: Willa Cather's My Antonia And Wright Morris's Plains Song, Reginald B. Dyck Jan 1990

Revisiting And Revising The West: Willa Cather's My Antonia And Wright Morris's Plains Song, Reginald B. Dyck

Reginald B Dyck

No abstract provided.