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The Natural Relationship Of Church And State Within The Kingdom Of Christ Based On The Encyclical Immortale Dei Of Pope Leo Xiii, Brian M. Mccall Oct 2013

The Natural Relationship Of Church And State Within The Kingdom Of Christ Based On The Encyclical Immortale Dei Of Pope Leo Xiii, Brian M. Mccall

Brian M McCall

This lecture addresses the natural relationship between Church and State and explains Catholic Social Teaching regarding the organization of civil society.


Leiter On The Legal Realists, Michael S. Green Jun 2013

Leiter On The Legal Realists, Michael S. Green

Michael S. Green

In this essay reviewing Brian Leiter’s recent book Naturalizing Jurisprudence, I focus on two positions that distinguish Leiter’s reading of the American legal realists from those offered in the past. The first is his claim that the realists thought the law is only locally indeterminate – primarily in cases that are appealed. The second is his claim that they did not offer a prediction theory of law, but were instead committed to a standard positivist theory. Leiter’s reading is vulnerable, because he fails to discuss in detail those passages from the realists that inspired past interpretations. My goal is to …


Criminal Punishment And The Pursuit Of Justice, Michele C. Materni Jan 2013

Criminal Punishment And The Pursuit Of Justice, Michele C. Materni

Mike C Materni

Since the beginning of recorded history societies have punished offenders while at the same time trying to justify the practice on moral and rational grounds and to clarify the relationship between punishment and justice. Traditionally, deontological justifications, utilitarian justifications, or a mix of the two have been advanced to justify the imposition of punishment upon wrongdoers. In this article, I advance a new conceptual spin on the mixed theorist approach to criminal punishment – one that can hopefully resonate not just among legal philosophers, but also among ordinary citi- zens, i.e. the people who are most affected by the criminal …


Rethinking Economic Governance: A Naturalistic Cosmopolitan Jurisprudence Dec 2012

Rethinking Economic Governance: A Naturalistic Cosmopolitan Jurisprudence

kjackson@fordham.edu

No abstract provided.


The Art Of Reflected Intractability: Critique According To Foucault, Leila Brännström Dec 2012

The Art Of Reflected Intractability: Critique According To Foucault, Leila Brännström

Leila Brännström

No abstract provided.