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What Authorizes The Image? The Visual Economy Of Post-Secular Jurisprudence, Richard Sherwin Jan 2018

What Authorizes The Image? The Visual Economy Of Post-Secular Jurisprudence, Richard Sherwin

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In law’s visual economy our commitment to justice grows out of a renewed encounter with an interior libidinal source whose ongoing collective investment binds us to the nomos in which we live. We experience this corporeal bond in paintings, films, and video images on screens large and small. In the ethically inflected aesthetic of post-secular jurisprudence, justice is to law as beauty is to art. As distant as an abstract expressionist canvas, as close as any neighbor, or indeed any screen on which the neighbor becomes real to us. That is where we behold the source and instantiation of law’s …


Open To Justice: The Importance Of Student Selection Decision In Law School Clinics, Deborah N. Archer Jan 2017

Open To Justice: The Importance Of Student Selection Decision In Law School Clinics, Deborah N. Archer

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Life Sentence Doesn't Deliver Punishment, Robert Blecker Jan 2013

Life Sentence Doesn't Deliver Punishment, Robert Blecker

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Superheroes, Bandits, And Cyber-Nerds: Exploring The History And Contemporary Development Of The Vigilante, Stephanie Juliano Jan 2012

Superheroes, Bandits, And Cyber-Nerds: Exploring The History And Contemporary Development Of The Vigilante, Stephanie Juliano

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This article will first discuss what defines a vigilante, the history of vigilantes, and the contemporary vigilante's effect on the legal system as a whole. Also, this article will focus on those scenarios that bring an ordinary person to react in an illegal way to a perceived injustice. In focusing on these scenarios, this article will examine a little more closely the answers of deeper questions about the nature of law and justice, and their roles in the accelerating world of new media.


Calling To Account, Stephen Ellmann Jan 1999

Calling To Account, Stephen Ellmann

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The ‘Ivan’ Case: Cold War Injustice, Ruti G. Teitel Jan 1992

The ‘Ivan’ Case: Cold War Injustice, Ruti G. Teitel

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Forensic Science: The Need For Regulation, Randolph N. Jonakait Jan 1991

Forensic Science: The Need For Regulation, Randolph N. Jonakait

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