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On Misreading John Bingham And The Fourteenth Amendment, Richard L. Aynes Oct 1993

On Misreading John Bingham And The Fourteenth Amendment, Richard L. Aynes

Richard L. Aynes

Nearly fifty years ago, Professor Charles Fairman published his seminal article, Does the Fourteenth Amendment Incorporate the Bill of Rights? According to Fairman, it does not. Fairman's analysis of the congressional debates and other historical data on the Fourteenth Amendment led him to conclude that the Privileges or Immunities Clause of the Amendment does not make the Bill of Rights applicable to the states. Instead, Fairman argued that the intent of the Amendment's framers is most nearly realized by the use of the Due Process Clause to enforce against the states only those rights “ ‘implicit in the concept of …


The Paradox Of Ideology, Justin Schwartz Jan 1993

The Paradox Of Ideology, Justin Schwartz

Justin Schwartz

A standard problem with the objectivity of social scientific theory in particular is that it is either self-referential, in which case it seems to undermine itself as ideology, or self-excepting, which seem pragmatically self-refuting. Using the example of Marx and his theory of ideology, I show how self-referential theories that include themselves in their scope of explanation can be objective. Ideology may be roughly defined as belief distorted by class interest. I show how Marx thought that natural science was informed by class interest but not therefore necessarily ideology. Capitalists have an interest in understanding the natural world (to a …


Functional Explanation And Metaphysical Individualism, Justin Schwartz Jan 1993

Functional Explanation And Metaphysical Individualism, Justin Schwartz

Justin Schwartz

A number of (present or former) analytical Marxists, such as Jon Elster, have argued that functional explanation has almost no place in the social sciences. (Although the discussion is framed in terms of a debate among analytical Marxists, the point is quite general, and Marxism is used for illustrative purposes.) Functional explanation accounts for what is to be explained by reference to its function; thus, sighted organism have eyes because eyes enable them to see. Elster and other critics of functional explanation argue that this pattern of explanation is inconsistent with "methodological individualism," the idea, as they understand it, that …


Las Obligaciones Del Vendedor En La Compraventa Internacional, Jorge Carlos Adame Jan 1993

Las Obligaciones Del Vendedor En La Compraventa Internacional, Jorge Carlos Adame

Jorge Adame Goddard

No abstract provided.


Análisis De La Ley De Asociaciones Religiosas Y Culto Público, Jorge Carlos Adame Jan 1993

Análisis De La Ley De Asociaciones Religiosas Y Culto Público, Jorge Carlos Adame

Jorge Adame Goddard

No abstract provided.


Original Penumbras: Constitutional Interpretation In The First Year Of Congress, Kent Greenfield Dec 1992

Original Penumbras: Constitutional Interpretation In The First Year Of Congress, Kent Greenfield

Kent Greenfield

No abstract provided.


The Mystery Of The New Fashioned Goldsmiths: From Usury To The Bank Of England (1622-1694), Daniel Coquillette Dec 1992

The Mystery Of The New Fashioned Goldsmiths: From Usury To The Bank Of England (1622-1694), Daniel Coquillette

Daniel R. Coquillette

Also appears in Miscellanea Domenico Maffei Dicato Historia Ius Studium, vol. 4, 523-550. Goldbach, Germany: Keip Verlag, 1995.


Of Strangers And Foreigners, Laurent Mayali, Maria Mart Dec 1992

Of Strangers And Foreigners, Laurent Mayali, Maria Mart

Laurent Mayali

No abstract provided.


O Decisionismo Jurídico De Carl Schmitt, Ronaldo Porto Macedo Junior Dec 1992

O Decisionismo Jurídico De Carl Schmitt, Ronaldo Porto Macedo Junior

Ronaldo Porto Macedo Junior

Palestra proferida no grupo de Teoria Política do Instituto de Estudos Avançados da USP.