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The Legacy Of Social Darwinism: From Railroads To The 'Reinvention' Of Regulation, Yair Sagy
The Legacy Of Social Darwinism: From Railroads To The 'Reinvention' Of Regulation, Yair Sagy
Yair Sagy
According to accepted wisdom, new paradigms of regulation are upon us. This Article challenges this conception. It revisits the work of the leading regulator and theoretician of regulation in post-Civil War U.S., Charles Francis Adams, Jr., and argues that contemporary regulation reverts to Adams' theory of regulation, rather than introducing a revolutionary chapter to the intellectual history of regulation in the United States. The Article operates on three levels. On one level, it offers a new interpretation of Adams' seminal theory by revealing the hold that Herbert Spencer and Social Darwinism had on his work. On another level, the article …
Supreme Authority: On The Establishment Of The Supreme Court Of Israel, Yair Sagy
Supreme Authority: On The Establishment Of The Supreme Court Of Israel, Yair Sagy
Yair Sagy
This article provides the first comprehensive description of the re-establishment of the Supreme Court of Israel, based on hitherto unexposed archival sources. It challenges the idea that from an institutional standpoint, the Israeli Court was merely a continuation of its Mandatory predecessor. The article reveals that despite certain similarities between the Israeli Court and its Mandatory predecessor, the institutional position of the Court had to be won out by the first Israeli Justices who launched a campaign against attempts to reallocate their jurisdiction. The bulk of the article is dedicated to detailing these attempts and the (essentially successful) campaign to …