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La Morte Come Pena: Law, Death Penalty, And State Of Exception, Maurizio Vito
La Morte Come Pena: Law, Death Penalty, And State Of Exception, Maurizio Vito
Maurizio Vito
My paper deals with a peculiar form of the State of Exception, namely the one that came to light with the death penalty, when this punishment first appeared in Italy during the Middle Ages. In his book La morte come pena. Saggio sulla violenza legale, Italo Mereu analyzes the main reasons that led to its introduction into the Italian penal system up to the moment in which, some six centuries later, it was banned. The point I will make is that a state punishment, such as the death penalty is possible only if the law opens up a space that …
Sexual Politics: The Gay Person In America Today, Shannon Gilreath
Sexual Politics: The Gay Person In America Today, Shannon Gilreath
University of Akron Press Publications
Contemporary and controversial, Shannon Gilreath's Sexual Politics is an important update to the continuing debate over the place of the gay person in American law, politics, and religion. Gilreath skillfully navigates a number of complex issues, including the delicate balance between sexual privacy and public equality, the entwining of religion and U.S. law and politics, and gay marriage. He offers astute academic observations and a depth of personal reflections to create an unmatched critique of the gay person in American society. Ultimately, Gilreath argues for the further emergence of a gay and lesbian ethos of public attentiveness and the practice …
Introduction To The Modern Orthodox Tradition, Paul Valliere
Introduction To The Modern Orthodox Tradition, Paul Valliere
Scholarship and Professional Work - LAS
In her study of the Orthodox Church in the Byzantine Empire, Joan Hussey begins with a caveat: "In the present state of our knowledge a book on the Byzantine Church must necessarily be in the nature of an interim report since much pioneer work remains to be done." The same must be said about the attempt to present the "teachings" of modern Orthodoxy concerning law, society, and politics.