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Structuring Discretion: Sentencing In A Jurisic Age, Donna Spears
Structuring Discretion: Sentencing In A Jurisic Age, Donna Spears
Faculty of Law - Papers (Archive)
NSW Court of Criminal Appeal in R v Jurisic announced the issuing of guideline judgments in appropriate cases - role of guideline judgments and reasons for its introduction - Court responding to public opinion regarding sentences - possibility of eroding judicial independence and undermining discretion - dangers in the guidelines themselves.
The 'Hat' And The Mechanical-Flâneuse In Ernst Lubitsch's Ninotchka (1939), Jon Cockburn
The 'Hat' And The Mechanical-Flâneuse In Ernst Lubitsch's Ninotchka (1939), Jon Cockburn
Faculty of Law, Humanities and the Arts - Papers (Archive)
This article addresses the ‘hat’ scene in Ninotchka (1939), a feature film directed and produced by Ernst Lubitsch for MGM in Hollywood. Central to discussion is the main character, Ninotchka, a Soviet female ‘envoy extraordinary’ played by Greta Garbo. In the film, Ninotchka embodies the ‘new’ woman, but one enacting in a revised form of flânerie that is restructured and disciplined to accommodate Taylorism and Fordism. To help describe this persona, the article constructs a term, the ‘mechanical-flâneuse’ (Cockburn 1999), that refers to the 1930s ‘new’ woman as exemplified by Ninotchka, who combined flânerie with efficiency. The article …
Whistleblowing And Nonviolence, Brian Martin
Whistleblowing And Nonviolence, Brian Martin
Faculty of Law, Humanities and the Arts - Papers (Archive)
Whistleblowing and nonviolent action have a number of similarities and connections, yet seldom have they been discussed together. There are a number of lessons for whistleblowing from nonviolence, and vice versa. These are raised through a series of points about whistleblowing: that isolated resistance is ruthlessly crushed, that preparation is essential, that formal channels seldom work, that the strategy of mobilization can be powerful, and that whistleblowers seldom bring about change.
Car Culture [Book Review], Georgine W. Clarsen Dr
Car Culture [Book Review], Georgine W. Clarsen Dr
Faculty of Law, Humanities and the Arts - Papers (Archive)
Since their development precisely spans this centuny, it seems to me no coincidence that there has been a renewed interest in cars at this time. The ways that the automobile has been celebrated as a 'birth' at the end of the last century, and the dystopian future that it has more often come to represent at the end of this one, bracket the extremes of optimism and pessimism that the technology can evoke.
Celebrity And The Media, Frances Bonner, Rebecca Farley, Philip Marshall, Graeme Turner
Celebrity And The Media, Frances Bonner, Rebecca Farley, Philip Marshall, Graeme Turner
Faculty of Law, Humanities and the Arts - Papers (Archive)
This paper presents the results of a survey of stories dealing with celebrities in a sample of newspapers, magazines, and television programming. Aimed at testing anecdotal accounts of an increase in the volume of such material within the media generally, the survey provides detailed evidence for the view that this now constitutes a significant portion of media output. The paper discusses these findings in the context of attempting to better understand the cultural function of such stories for their audience.
The Fiction Of Public Life, Philip Marshall
The Fiction Of Public Life, Philip Marshall
Faculty of Law, Humanities and the Arts - Papers (Archive)
One of Woody Allen's first jobs was as a gag/joke writer indirectly for New York gossip columnists. To coordinate with the appearance of famous people at grand openings, Allen would write appropriately witty lines that a star's press agent would work hard to get placed in a newspaper column like Walter Winchell's. The lines would be treated as authentic quotes as the star entered the premiere, club or ceremony (Lax 71). His reputation grew from this ability to see what would be humorous to say in a very public setting, or just generally what would make a particular star look …
Who's Afraid Of The Bem? The Politics Of Excellence, Clive Harfield
Who's Afraid Of The Bem? The Politics Of Excellence, Clive Harfield
Faculty of Law, Humanities and the Arts - Papers (Archive)
Examines the adoptation and application of the EFQM Business Excellence Model within British policing as a model of performance management.
Correspondence: Isms And Schisms: Culturalism Versus Realism In Security Studies, Theo G. Farrell
Correspondence: Isms And Schisms: Culturalism Versus Realism In Security Studies, Theo G. Farrell
Faculty of Law, Humanities and the Arts - Papers (Archive)
In "Culture Clash," Michael Desch offers a dismissive assessment of the new culturalist wave in security studies.1 Desch ªnds cultural variables hard to deªne and operationalize, culturalists reluctant to generalize across cases, and inconsistencies within culturalism in security studies such that some cultural theories have more in common with realist theories than with other cultural ones. I deal with each of these criticisms in turn. I then focus on Desch's call for culturalists to subject their theories to "crucial tests." I propose an alternative method, more favored by social scientists and accepted by realists, of comparing realism and culturalism as …