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University Of Baltimore Symposium Report: Debut Of “The Matthew Fogg Symposia On The Vitality Of Stare Decisis In America”, Zena D. Crenshaw-Logal
University Of Baltimore Symposium Report: Debut Of “The Matthew Fogg Symposia On The Vitality Of Stare Decisis In America”, Zena D. Crenshaw-Logal
Zena Denise Crenshaw-Logal
On the first of each two day symposium of the Fogg symposia, lawyers representing NGOs in the civil rights, judicial reform, and whistleblower advocacy fields are to share relevant work of featured legal scholars in lay terms; relate the underlying principles to real life cases; and propose appropriate reform efforts. Four (4) of the scholars spend the next day relating their featured articles to views on the vitality of stare decisis. Specifically, the combined panels of public interest attorneys and law professors consider whether compliance with the doctrine is reasonably assured in America given the: 1. considerable discretion vested in …
A Just War: Examining War Justification In Operation Iraqi Freedom, Neely M. Peden
A Just War: Examining War Justification In Operation Iraqi Freedom, Neely M. Peden
Neely M Peden
War itself and the consequences of war have never been able to be reconciled with the moral principle of peace. It was St. Thomas Aquinas who theorized that the incompatible means of war and Christian-taught pacifism could complement one another in his Summa Theologica. Out of these theological postures comes the idea of “just war”. This paper examines the conflict between these ideologies and the recent conflict in Iraq.