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A Polemic Of The Neo-Evangelical View Of Scripture, Amber Geiger

Amber Geiger

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Early Massachusetts Spinners – Part Ii. George H. Burtis And His Highly-Touted “Irresistible Trolling Bait.”, William B. Krohn

William B. Krohn

Outsourcing Sacrifice: The Labor Of Private Military Contractors, Mateo Taussig-Rubbo

Mateo Taussig-Rubbo

Numerous scandals arising from the United States government's increased use of armed private military contractors have drawn attention to the contractors' legally ill-defined position. But the complexity of the contractors' relation to various bodies of law and doctrine - including military law, international law, state tort law, employment law, and sovereign immunity - is not the only salient issue. The contractors are also awkwardly positioned in relation to the traditional understanding of sacrifice, which has structured Americans' imaginings about those who kill and are killed on behalf of the nation. In this understanding, there is a mutually constitutive relationship between …

The Josiah Philips Attainder And The Institutional Structure Of The American Revolution, Matthew Steilen

Matthew Steilen

This Article is a historical study of the Case of Josiah Philips. Philips led a gang of militant loyalists and escaped slaves in the Great Dismal Swamp of southeastern Virginia during the American Revolution. He was attainted of treason in 1778 by an act of the Virginia General Assembly, tried for robbery before a jury, convicted and executed. For many years, the Philips case was thought to be an early example of judicial review, based on a claim by St. George Tucker that judges had refused to enforce the act of attainder. Modern research has cast serious doubt on Tucker’s …

Glorious Precedents: When Gay Marriage Was Radical, Michael Boucai

Michael Boucai

In the years immediately following the Stonewall riots of June 1969, a period when "gay liberation" rather than "gay rights" described the ambitions of a movement, at least ten same-sex couples across the United States applied or attempted to apply for marriage licenses. All were refused except for two men in Texas, one of whom apparently looked convincing in a miniskirt, a wig, and false eyelashes. Lawsuits ensued in five states, and four made their way to and beyond trial.'

The Death Of The Public Disclosure Tort: A Historical Perspective, Samantha Barbas

Samantha Barbas

In 1890, Samuel Warren and Louis Brandeis, in their famous Harvard Law Review article The Right to Privacy, called for a new legal right that would allow the victims of truthful but embarrassing press publicity to sue in tort and recover damages for emotional harm. Currently, in most states, it constitutes a tort if the disclosure of "matter concerning the private life of another" would be highly offensive to a reasonable person and the matter is not "of legitimate concern to the public." If the disclosed subject matter is of legitimate public concern, the newsworthiness privilege immunizes the disclosure. However, …

Laws Of Image: Privacy And Publicity In America, Samantha Barbas

Samantha Barbas

Americans have long been obsessed with their images—their looks, public personas, and the impressions they make. This preoccupation has left its mark on the law. The twentieth century saw the creation of laws that protect your right to control your public image, to defend your image, and to feel good about your image and public presentation of self. These include the legal actions against invasion of privacy, libel, and intentional infliction of emotional distress. With these laws came the phenomenon of "personal image litigation"—individuals suing to vindicate their image rights. Laws of Image tells the story of how Americans came …

Early Baseball And Historic Liberty Park Stadium In Sedalia, Missouri, Mark E. Eberle

Mark E. Eberle

Small baseball parks with grandstands constructed prior to the Second World War continue to be lost around the country, and much of the sport’s history is lost with them. Missouri has a few such ballparks remaining within its borders, including those in Carthage, Hannibal, and St. Joseph. In addition, Sedalia has what is arguably one of the finest examples in the nation of a small ballpark with an historic wooden grandstand constructed in 1937–1938 that continues to serve its original purpose. This article is a brief introduction to baseball in Sedalia from the end of the Civil War through the …

Review Of Discovering Indigenous Lands: The Doctrine Of Discovery In The English Colonies By Robert J. Miller, Jacinta Ruru, Larissa Behrendt, And Tracey Lindberg, Blake A. Watson

Blake A Watson

The Doctrine of Discovery provides that colonizing European nations automatically acquired certain property, governmental, and commercial rights over Indigenous inhabitants. In recent years, Indigenous peoples, legal scholars, religious institutions, and nongovernmental organizations have pressed for official repudiation of the Doctrine. In 2007, the United Nations voted (over the initial opposition of Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the United States) to adopt the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, which contains several provisions that acknowledge the rights of Indigenous peoples to their lands. In 2012, the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Peoples will devote its Eleventh Session to a …

“Robert Schumann And The German Revolution Of 1848,” For “Music And Revolution,” Concert And Lecture Series, David B. Dennis

David B. Dennis

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The Nazi War On Modern Music, David B. Dennis

David B. Dennis

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"Thomas Mann, ‘Expressionism,’ And Ðeath In Venice” For “Death In Venice: Warrington Colescott And Thomas Mann”, David B. Dennis

David B. Dennis

This was a public lecture in association with an excellent exhibition of works by one of America’s premier printmakers, on the theme of Mann’s work and German culture.

Computer Science And Cultural History: A Dialogue, David B. Dennis, George K. Thiruvathukal

David B. Dennis

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Wagner In The "Cult Of Art In Nazi Germany", David B. Dennis

David B. Dennis

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“Beethoven In National Socialist Political Culture,” Paper For The “Musicology Colloquium Series", David B. Dennis

David B. Dennis

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“Music Reception In The Völkischer Beobachter,” Paper For The “Music, Politics, And The State” Session, David B. Dennis

David B. Dennis

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“Music In The ‘Cult Of Art’ Of Nazi Germany” For The “Epistemic Transitions And Social Change In The German Humanities: Aesthetics, Ideology, Culture And Memory” Session, David B. Dennis

David B. Dennis

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"Does Beethoven Have To Roll Over? Not If We Flip Him!” Paper For Session: “Who’S Afraid Of High Culture?”, David B. Dennis

David B. Dennis

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"The Nazi War On Weimar 'Asphalt Culture'" For "Dissonance: Music And Globalization Since Edison's Phonograph", David B. Dennis

David B. Dennis

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Groom And Govern: Nineteenth-Century Native Interlocutors On Russian Colonial Frontiers, Michael Khodarkovsky

Michael Khodarkovsky

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Crime And Punishment In Early Modern Russia, Michael Khodarkovsky

Michael Khodarkovsky

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“O Freunde, Nicht Diese Töne!" First World War Beethoven Reception As Precedent For The Nazi "Cult Of Art", David B. Dennis

David B. Dennis

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Review Essay On Recent Literature About Music And German Politics, David B. Dennis

David B. Dennis

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Review Of Michael Kater, The Twisted Muse: Musicians And Their Music In The Third Reich (New York And Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1997), David B. Dennis

David B. Dennis

No abstract provided.

Review Of Pamela M. Potter, Most German Of The Arts: Musicology And Society From The Weimar Republic To The End Of Hitler’S Reich (New Haven And London: Yale University Press, 1998), David B. Dennis

David B. Dennis

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Review Of Erik Levi, Music In The Third Reich (New York: St. Martins Press, 1994), David B. Dennis

David B. Dennis

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Crying ‘Wolf’? A Review Essay On Recent Wagner Literature, David B. Dennis

David B. Dennis

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Johannes Brahms's Requiem Eines Unpolitischen, David B. Dennis

David B. Dennis

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"Honor Your German Masters": The Use And Abuse Of "Classical" Composers In Nazi Propaganda, David B. Dennis

David B. Dennis

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Nietzsche Reception As "Philosopher Of Fuehrermenschen" In The Main Nazi Paper, David B. Dennis

David B. Dennis

No abstract provided.