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The Mighty Work Of Making Nations Happy: A Response To James Davison Hunter, Patrick Mckinley Brennan Jan 2013

The Mighty Work Of Making Nations Happy: A Response To James Davison Hunter, Patrick Mckinley Brennan

Working Paper Series

This article is an invited response to James Davison Hunter’s much-discussed book To Change the World: The Irony, Tragedy, and Possibility of Christianity in the Late Modern World (Oxford University Press, 2010). Hunter, a sociologist at UVA and a believing Protestant, claims that law’s capacity to contribute to social change is “mostly illusory” and that Christians, therefore, should practice “faithful presence” in the public square rather than seek to influence law directly. My response is that it is, in fact, law’s stunning ability to alter and limit available choices that makes it an object of deservedly fierce contest. The wild …


Subsidiarity In The Tradition Of Catholic Social Doctrine, Patrick Mckinley Brennan Nov 2012

Subsidiarity In The Tradition Of Catholic Social Doctrine, Patrick Mckinley Brennan

Working Paper Series

This chapter is an invited contribution to the first English-language comparative study of subsidiarity, M. Evans and A. Zimmerman (eds.), Subsidiarity in Comparative Perspective (forthcoming Springer, 2013). The concept of subsidiarity does work in many and varied legal contexts today, but the concept originated in Catholic social doctrine. The Catholic understanding of subsidiarity (or subsidiary function) is the subject of this chapter. Subsidiarity is often described as a norm calling for the devolution of power or for performing social functions at the lowest possible level. In Catholic social doctrine, it is neither. Subsidiarity is the fixed and immovable ontological principle …


Comments On George Christie's "Judicial Decision Making In A World Of Natural Law And Natural Rights", Patrick Mckinley Brennan Jan 2012

Comments On George Christie's "Judicial Decision Making In A World Of Natural Law And Natural Rights", Patrick Mckinley Brennan

Villanova Law Review

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Judicial Decision Making In A World Of Natural Law And Natural Rights, George C. Christie Jan 2012

Judicial Decision Making In A World Of Natural Law And Natural Rights, George C. Christie

Villanova Law Review

No abstract provided.


The European Union After Lisbon: Is The Ugly Duckling A Swan Yet, James D. Dinnage Jan 2011

The European Union After Lisbon: Is The Ugly Duckling A Swan Yet, James D. Dinnage

Villanova Law Review

An essay is presented on the political and social conditions in the European Union (EU) as of July 2011, focusing on the impact felt by the EU from the 2007 signing of the Treaty of Lisbon which amends the Treaty of Maastricht. A historical overview of the EU is presented, as well as information on the requirement that the EU countries abide by the terms of the European Convention on Human Rights.


Is The European Laboratory Over-Reach-Ing - The Experimentation, Reaction And Product Yielded By The European Union's Registration, Evaluation, And Authorization Of Chemicals, Conrad Bendetto Jan 2010

Is The European Laboratory Over-Reach-Ing - The Experimentation, Reaction And Product Yielded By The European Union's Registration, Evaluation, And Authorization Of Chemicals, Conrad Bendetto

Villanova Environmental Law Journal

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Four Challenges To Financial Regulatory Reform, Eric J. Pan Jan 2010

Four Challenges To Financial Regulatory Reform, Eric J. Pan

Villanova Law Review

The article discusses the challenges that should be addressed in a successful financial regulatory reform. These challenges include the structuring of regulatory systems, separation of prudential supervision and consumer protection regulation, the entity responsible for monitoring and managing systemic risk, and the supervision of cross-border financial services and transactions. The reform proposals considered by Great Britain, the U.S., and European Union are analyzed.


Is There An Ocean Of Difference: A Comparision Of The European Community's And United States' Environmental Regulations Protecting Air And Water Quality, Robert Ballard, Karen M. Keating Jan 1994

Is There An Ocean Of Difference: A Comparision Of The European Community's And United States' Environmental Regulations Protecting Air And Water Quality, Robert Ballard, Karen M. Keating

Villanova Environmental Law Journal

No abstract provided.


The Application Of The Substitution Of Judgment Doctrine In Planning An Incompetent's Estate, Michael P. Kane Jan 1970

The Application Of The Substitution Of Judgment Doctrine In Planning An Incompetent's Estate, Michael P. Kane

Villanova Law Review

No abstract provided.


The Drinking Driver: An Approach To Solving A Problem Of Underestimated Severity, David A. Scholl Jan 1968

The Drinking Driver: An Approach To Solving A Problem Of Underestimated Severity, David A. Scholl

Villanova Law Review

No abstract provided.