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A Survey Of The Cuban Government’S Prospects Of Attracting Foreign Direct Investment., Philip Moore
A Survey Of The Cuban Government’S Prospects Of Attracting Foreign Direct Investment., Philip Moore
College of Arts & Sciences Senior Honors Theses
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Richard A. Posner: A Study In Judicial Entrepreneurship, Sean J. Shannon
Richard A. Posner: A Study In Judicial Entrepreneurship, Sean J. Shannon
Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects
This dissertation analyzes the role of Richard Posner, one of the most prolific and innovative legal thinkers over the past forty years, as a judicial entrepreneur in his efforts to persuade the legal academy and judiciary to incorporate economic principles into the judicial decision making process in market and non-market areas of the law and legal discourse and thereby to re-examine the role of the judge. Though political scientists have explored the entrepreneurial activities of policy makers and political actors, they have given little attention to the role of judges as judicial entrepreneurs. This dissertation develops a comprehensive theoretical understanding …
The Bread She Earns With Her Own Hands: An Examination Of Lincoln's Political Economy, Rodolfo K. Hernandez
The Bread She Earns With Her Own Hands: An Examination Of Lincoln's Political Economy, Rodolfo K. Hernandez
LSU Doctoral Dissertations
This dissertation focuses on how Abraham Lincoln’s idea of “liberty to all” affected his political thought about the intersection of government and the economy. It is a search for Lincoln’s political economy. While contemporary economists focus on a single aspect of the person such as self-interest, Lincoln following thinkers such as Francis Wayland viewed economics as a moral science. I do this by examining the speeches and deeds of Abraham Lincoln. I explore topics such as what he meant by “liberty to all”, his valuing of a commercial society over an agrarian one, and his understanding of the importance of …