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The Union Of Legal And Political Theory, Noel B. Reynolds

Faculty Publications

This paper explores the social science concept of conventions as a way of understanding law that would bridge the enduring gap between natural law and legal positivist legal theories. It further finds in the conventionalist approach a promising account of the rule of law—both in how it may be characterized and in how it can be assessed in particular legal systems.

K. R. Howe, Where The Waves Fall. A New South Sea Islands History From First Settlement To Colonial Rule., Malama Meleisea

Pacific Studies

No abstract provided.

Factors Affecting The Political Stability Of Certain Latin American Countries, Sue Fulghum

Master's Theses

The purpose of this paper is to test the hypothesis that the factors that have produced political stability in Mexico have been largely absent from the political development experience of other Latin American countries that have experi~nced instability. Based on the literature on political development theory and on an historical survey of political development in Mexico, the factors of consensus, legitimacy and institutionalization are identified as having been primarily responsible for political stability. These factors have allowed the Mexican political system to respond successfully to the destabilizing pressures of modernization, economic development, social mobilization and urbanization, as well as the …

Interpreting Plato's Euthyphro And Meno, Noel B. Reynolds

Faculty Publications

Plato's decision to use heuristic drama (in the tradition of Aeschylus and Sophocles) as a vehicle for his philosophical teachings forces the serious reader to make a careful examination of the literary elements of the dialogues. Plato's basic reason for using this literary form is to provide guidance for the interpretation of the content. As Kitto has observed, "In a great work of art, whether a play, a picture, or a piece of music, the connexion between the form and the content is so vital that the two may be said to be ultimately identical." It is therefore counterproductive to …

Political Integration: A National Language For Malaysia, Zairina Othman

Masters Theses

This study investigates the need of a national language policy to promote political integration in a new nation, using Malaysia as an example. The thesis attempts to explain why Bahasa Malaysia was chosen as the national language and how its implementation as the prime language of political, social, and economic communication has contributed towards national political unity and stability in Malaysia. Three propositions are presented and investigated in support of the thesis.

The first proposition suggests that an acceptable national language helps foster political integration in a culturally pluralistic society. The primary objective would be to replace a specific ethnocultural …

Allan M. Healy's Review Of Stewart Firth's New Guinea Under The Germans, Allan M. Healy

Pacific Studies

No abstract provided.

Ponape’S Body Politic: Island And Nation, Glenn Petersen

Pacific Studies

No abstract provided.

Terence E. Hays' Review Of Bruce Carrad, David A. M. Lea, And Kundapen K. Talyaga's Enga: Foundations For Development, Terence E. Hays

Pacific Studies

No abstract provided.

The Midwest Quarterly; Vol. 25 No. 4, Anthony Channell Hilfer, Richard Dillman, Michael Gillum, Richard Nickson, Peter Scheckner, Abby Arthur Johnson, J. V. Brummels, Michael A. Carey, David Etter, Sam Hamill, Jaan Kaplinski, Mark Vinz, Judith G. Shaw, Midwest Quarterly Editors

The Midwest Quarterly: A Journal of Contemporary Thought

in this issue. . .

ANTHONY CHANNELL HILFER pursues Tom Ripley, Patricia Highsmith' s faceless, sinister character, and finds him both other-directed and protean. Author of The Ethics of Intensity in American Fiction and The Revolt from the Village, as well as articles on popular culture and criticism, Hilfer is Professor of English at the University of Texas in Austin. For the past year he has served as Visiting Professor of English at the University of Lancaster in England.

RICHARD DILLMAN suggests that Willa Cather fashioned Tom Outland more after the Transcendentalist ideal developed by Ralph Waldo Emerson than as …

John Frum: An Indigenous Strategy Of Reaction To Mission Rule And The Colonial Order, Robert J. Gregory, Janet E. Gregory

Pacific Studies

No abstract provided.

Vol. 7 No. 2 (1984): Pacific Studies Full Issue, The Jonathan Nāpela Center For Hawaiian And Pacific Islands Studies

Pacific Studies

Pacific Studies is published two times a year by The Jonathan Nāpela Center for Hawaiian and Pacific Studies, Brigham Young University Hawai‘i #1979, 55–220 Kulanui Street, Lāʻie, Hawai‘i 96762, but responsibility for opinions expressed in the articles rests with the authors alone. Subscription rate is US$40.00 yearly, payable to The Jonathan Nāpela Center for Hawaiian and Pacific Studies. The Jonathan Nāpela Center for Hawaiian and Pacific Studies (formerly The Pacific Institute) is an organization funded by Brigham Young University Hawai‘i. The Center assists the University in meeting its cultural and educational goals by undertaking a program of teaching, research, and …

The Western Breakaway Movement In The Solomon Islands, Ralph Premdas, Jeff Steeves, Peter Larmour

Pacific Studies

No abstract provided.

Vol. 7 No. 1 (1983): Pacific Studies Front Matter, The Jonathan Nāpela Center For Hawaiian And Pacific Islands Studies

Pacific Studies

Pacific Studies is published two times a year by The Jonathan Nāpela Center for Hawaiian and Pacific Studies, Brigham Young University Hawai‘i #1979, 55–220 Kulanui Street, Lāʻie, Hawai‘i 96762, but responsibility for opinions expressed in the articles rests with the authors alone. Subscription rate is US$40.00 yearly, payable to The Jonathan Nāpela Center for Hawaiian and Pacific Studies. The Jonathan Nāpela Center for Hawaiian and Pacific Studies (formerly The Pacific Institute) is an organization funded by Brigham Young University Hawai‘i. The Center assists the University in meeting its cultural and educational goals by undertaking a program of teaching, research, and …

Vol. 7 No. 1 (1983): Pacific Studies Full Issue, The Jonathan Nāpela Center For Hawaiian And Pacific Islands Studies

Pacific Studies

Pacific Studies is published two times a year by The Jonathan Nāpela Center for Hawaiian and Pacific Studies, Brigham Young University Hawai‘i #1979, 55–220 Kulanui Street, Lāʻie, Hawai‘i 96762, but responsibility for opinions expressed in the articles rests with the authors alone. Subscription rate is US$40.00 yearly, payable to The Jonathan Nāpela Center for Hawaiian and Pacific Studies. The Jonathan Nāpela Center for Hawaiian and Pacific Studies (formerly The Pacific Institute) is an organization funded by Brigham Young University Hawai‘i. The Center assists the University in meeting its cultural and educational goals by undertaking a program of teaching, research, and …

Book Review Forum On Bradd Shore's Sala‘Ilua: A Samoan Mystery, Thelma S. Baker, James R. Bindon, Jacob Wainwright, Bradd Shore

Pacific Studies

No abstract provided.

New Russian Books On The Pacific, 1980-1981, Patricia Polansky

Pacific Studies

No abstract provided.

Stephen Levine's Review Of William L. Rodman And Dorothy Ayers Counts' Middlemen And Brokers In Oceania, Stephen Levine

Pacific Studies

No abstract provided.

Books Received And Book Notices, The Jonathan Nāpela Center For Hawaiian And Pacific Islands Studies

Pacific Studies

Book Listing for the Vol 6, No 1 Fall Edition of the Pacific Studies Journal

Coalition Politics In Malaysia, Zakiah Awang

Masters Theses

This thesis has attempted to explain the success and the stability of the coalition party system in Malaysia from 1955 to 1982. This success has been attributed to three factors.

The most important factor is the role played by political elites. Malaysian political elites come from a different racial background. It is their willingness to cooperate, work together in harmony and to find solutions through compromises that helped to hold the coalition party together. Elite cooperation, in turn, has been fostered through similarities in the leaders' socioeducational- linguistic backgrounds.

The success of the coalition party is also closely linked to …

General Karl N. Haushofer And Geopolitik, David P. Benorden

Department of Geography: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research

The purpose of this research is to trace the mainstream of German and related geopolitical philosophy and the various aspects that influenced the philosophy from 1800 to 1945. Two themes evolved: Political Geography and Nationalism. Along with economic considerations, these themes were fused into Geopolitik by Karl Haushofer and his followers in Germany following the end of World War I.

The goal of this work is to trace Geopolitik to discover the significance of its implications, what was behind it, and what were its real objectives. Geopolitik is a German-developed "science'' based on doctrines and practices with its origins in …

Brunei: The Asean Connection, Donald E. Weatherbee

Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

The Independent And Montgomery Transcript, V. 107, Tuesday, May 31, 1983, [Number: 1], The Independent, John Stewart

The Independent and Montgomery Transcript Newspaper, 1952-1984

[14] p. "Accept and Defend the Truth." Newspaper published in Collegeville, Pa. Weekly. Contains local, county, state and national news, editorials, letters, classified and local business advertisements.

Vol. 6 No. 1 (1982): Pacific Studies Front Matter, The Jonathan Nāpela Center For Hawaiian And Pacific Islands Studies

Pacific Studies

Pacific Studies is published two times a year by The Jonathan Nāpela Center for Hawaiian and Pacific Studies, Brigham Young University Hawai‘i #1979, 55–220 Kulanui Street, Lāʻie, Hawai‘i 96762, but responsibility for opinions expressed in the articles rests with the authors alone. Subscription rate is US$40.00 yearly, payable to The Jonathan Nāpela Center for Hawaiian and Pacific Studies. The Jonathan Nāpela Center for Hawaiian and Pacific Studies (formerly The Pacific Institute) is an organization funded by Brigham Young University Hawai‘i. The Center assists the University in meeting its cultural and educational goals by undertaking a program of teaching, research, and …

Vol. 6 No. 1 (1982): Pacific Studies Full Issue, The Jonathan Nāpela Center For Hawaiian And Pacific Islands Studies

Pacific Studies

Pacific Studies is published two times a year by The Jonathan Nāpela Center for Hawaiian and Pacific Studies, Brigham Young University Hawai‘i #1979, 55–220 Kulanui Street, Lāʻie, Hawai‘i 96762, but responsibility for opinions expressed in the articles rests with the authors alone. Subscription rate is US$40.00 yearly, payable to The Jonathan Nāpela Center for Hawaiian and Pacific Studies. The Jonathan Nāpela Center for Hawaiian and Pacific Studies (formerly The Pacific Institute) is an organization funded by Brigham Young University Hawai‘i. The Center assists the University in meeting its cultural and educational goals by undertaking a program of teaching, research, and …

Aspects Of Political Culture And Institution-Building In Melanesia: Constitutional Planning In Papua New Guinea And The Special Committee On Provincial Government In Solomon Islands, Edward P. Wolfers

Pacific Studies

No abstract provided.

Books Received And Book Notices, The Jonathan Nāpela Center For Hawaiian And Pacific Islands Studies

Pacific Studies

Book Listing for the Vol 6, No 1 Fall Edition of the Pacific Studies Journal

Books Received And Book Notices, The Jonathan Nāpela Center For Hawaiian And Pacific Islands Studies

Pacific Studies

Book Listing for the Vol 5, No 1 Fall Edition of the Pacific Studies Journal

W. Ross Johnston's Review Of Deryck Scarr's Viceroy Of The Pacific: The Majesty Of Colour, A Life Of Sir John Bates Thurston, W. Ross Johnston

Pacific Studies

No abstract provided.

Harold M. Ross's Review Of Roger M. Keesing And Peter Corris's Lightning Meets The West Wind; The Malaita Massacre, Harold M. Ross

Pacific Studies

No abstract provided.

Structural Dimensions Of Sociopolitical Change On Anuta, S. T., Richard Feinberg

Pacific Studies

No abstract provided.