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December 31, 2011: The Conflict Between The Catholic Church And Government Regulations, Bruce Ledewitz

Hallowed Secularism

Blog post, “The Conflict Between the Catholic Church and Government Regulations“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.

Justice’S Suspension Is Dubious, Bruce Ledewitz

Ledewitz Papers

Published scholarship collected from academic journals, law reviews, newspaper publications & online periodicals

Step Down, Justice Melvin, Bruce Ledewitz

Ledewitz Papers

Published scholarship collected from academic journals, law reviews, newspaper publications & online periodicals

December 28, 2011: Enlisting The Help Of Sam Harris, Bruce Ledewitz

Hallowed Secularism

Blog post, “Enlisting the Help of Sam Harris“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.

December 24, 2011: The Waning Of Christian Culture, Bruce Ledewitz

Hallowed Secularism

Blog post, “The Waning of Christian Culture“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.

December 20, 2011: Religious Revival In China, Bruce Ledewitz

Hallowed Secularism

Blog post, “Religious Revival in China“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.

December 16, 2011: Christopher Hitchens R.I.P., Bruce Ledewitz

Hallowed Secularism

Blog post, “Christopher Hitchens R.I.P.“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.

December 13, 2011: The Mcconnell-Feldman Debate Over Religious Liberty, Bruce Ledewitz

Hallowed Secularism

Blog post, “The McConnell-Feldman Debate Over Religious Liberty“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.

December 10, 2011: “But What If History Has No Logos?”, Bruce Ledewitz

Hallowed Secularism

Blog post, “ “But what if history has no logos?”“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.

December 5, 2011: Why Do We Mourn?, Bruce Ledewitz

Hallowed Secularism

Blog post, “Why Do We Mourn?“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.

December 2, 2011: The Rituals Of Mourning, Bruce Ledewitz

Hallowed Secularism

Blog post, “The Rituals of Mourning“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.

Cognitive Agendas And Legal Epistemology, Danny Marrero

Graduate Theses and Dissertations

The domain of legal epistemology is defined from two alternative perspectives: individual epistemology and Social epistemology. Since these perspectives have different objects of evaluation, their judgments privilege and exclude different sets of information. While methodological individualism is concerned with justified beliefs of individual knowers, the Social angle focuses on the institutional conditions of knowledge. I will show that the information that is respectively excluded by both the individual and the Social concepts of legal epistemology weaken their respective evaluations. With this in mind, I will explore one new option of defining legal epistemology. This alternative is more comprehensive, in the …

The Impact Of Regulating Social Science Research With Biomedical Regulations, Brenda Braxton Durosinmi

UNLV Theses, Dissertations, Professional Papers, and Capstones

The Impact of Regulating Social Science Research with Biomedical Regulations Since 1974 Federal regulations have governed the use of human subjects in biomedical and social science research. The regulations are known as the Federal Policy for the Protection of Human Subjects, and often referred to as the "Common Rule" because 18 Federal agencies follow some form of the policy. The Common Rule defines basic policies for conducting biomedical and social science research. Almost from the inception of the Common Rule social scientists have expressed concerns of the policy's medical framework of regulations having its applicability also to human research in …

¿Puede La Fe Aportar Algo Al Derecho? La Respuesta De La Teología Jurídica, Juan Carlos Riofrío Martínez-Villalba

Juan Carlos Riofrío Martínez-Villalba

El artículo analiza la posibilidad de que la fe aporte contenidos a la ciencia del Derecho y al ordenamiento jurídico. La perspectiva no es histórica, sino jurídica y teológica. Consta de tres partes: (i) el planteamiento del problema del aporte de la fe; (ii) la delimitación de la teología jurídica, que es la ciencia llamada a resolver el problema; y, (iii) la respuesta al problema. En el fondo el análisis procura mostrar cómo la fe puede ser “fuente de derecho”. Termina señalando el alcance y los límites de esta fuente en el derecho sobre las cosas naturales y sobrenaturales.

November 28, 2011: Death For The Hallowed Secularist, Bruce Ledewitz

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Blog post, “ Death for the Hallowed Secularist“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.

November 24, 2011: Happy Secular Thanksgiving, Bruce Ledewitz

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Blog post, “Happy Secular Thanksgiving“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.

November 23, 2011: Obama To Side With The Bishops, Bruce Ledewitz

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Blog post, “Obama to Side With the Bishops“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.

November 18, 2011: The Duquesne Secular Society, Bruce Ledewitz

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Blog post, “The Duquesne Secular Society“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.

November 16, 2011: A Secular Defense Of Religious Exemptions, Bruce Ledewitz

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Blog post, “A Secular Defense of Religious Exemptions“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.

November 11, 2011: Veterans Day 2011, Bruce Ledewitz

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Blog post, “Veterans Day 2011“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.

November 9, 2011: Do Atheists Use The Word God?, Bruce Ledewitz

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Blog post, “Do Atheists Use the Word God?“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.

November 5, 2011: What Is The Origin Of The Separation Of Church And State?, Bruce Ledewitz

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Blog post, “What is the Origin of the Separation of Church and State?“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.

November 2, 2011: The Establishment Clause In Shambles, Bruce Ledewitz

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Blog post, “The Establishment Clause in Shambles“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.

October 29, 2011: Why Any Change In The Establishment Clause?, Bruce Ledewitz

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Blog post, “Why Any Change in the Establishment Clause?“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.

October 22, 2011: Standing On God/Pleading With God, Bruce Ledewitz

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Blog post, “Standing on God/Pleading With God“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.

October 19, 2011: The Religious Exemption, Bruce Ledewitz

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Blog post, “The Religious Exemption“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.

October 13, 2011: Are Things Getting Worse Or Better?, Bruce Ledewitz

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Blog post, “Are Things Getting Worse or Better?“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.

October 9, 2011: Why Does There Need To Be A Ministerial Exception?, Bruce Ledewitz

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Blog post, “Why Does There Need to be a Ministerial Exception?“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.

October 6, 2011: How Does Forgiveness Of Sins Work?, Bruce Ledewitz

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Blog post, “How Does Forgiveness of Sins Work?“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.

Incommensurability, Practices And Points Of View: Revitalizing H.La. Hart’S Practice Theory Of Rules, Eric J. Miller

Eric J. Miller

The standard reading of H.L.A. Hart’s practice theory of rules is that it failed to provide a sufficient normative basis for a theory of law. That standard reading rests upon a significant misunderstanding: that Hart has an exclusionary reason approach to law. Instead, Hart understands law to be a social practice, one capable of generating valid norms that not only block the operation of moral norms, but which are wholesale incommensurable with them.

Wholesale incommensurability entails that law, as a form of social practice, constitutes a discrete normative system in which the truth-conditions of legal propositions are distinct from the …