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Eyes In The Text: Surveying The Ocular Aesthetic In Pat Barker's War Trilogy, James Hammond

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

In 1991, British novelist Patricia Barker published Regeneration, the first of three novels that portrayed the exploits of both factual and fictional characters during the darkest days of WWI. Barker's Eye in the Door (1993), followed by The Ghost Road (1995) for which she won the Booker Prize for Fiction, completed the series that explored the effects of combat on the human psyche. What emerges as a dominant feature of Barker's war novels is her depiction of the ocular sense. Reminiscent of Orwellianism, Barker's texts contain a seemingly ubiquitous ocular presence. For example, neurasthenic patients are scrutinized by army psychiatrists, …

Reluctant Warrior, Enthusiastic Peacekeeper: Domestic Legal Regulation Of Canadian Participation In Armed Conflicts, Ikechi Mgbeoji

Articles & Book Chapters

This paper argues that Canadian democratic practices as evidenced in both pre-UN Charter and post-UN Charter regimes support the view that Canada has hardly participated in an international conflict without parliamentary debate, approval and/or ratification. In other words, Canadian participation in armed conflicts is often a function of parliamentary approval. The question raised by this practice or convention is whether such parliamentary approval is a legal obligation on the part of the government. The short answer is that it is primarily a political obligation with implications for governmental legitimacy. More importantly, Parliament has an undeniable role in reviewing the government’s …

Julian Cecil Stanley Papers, Zach S. Henderson Library, Special Collections

Finding Aids

This collection consists of the research materials of Johns Hopkins professor of psychology, Julian C. Stanley. Materials range from 1950-2005 and include his published reprints, abstracts, reports, letters, and seminar papers. The collection also includes reviews of research materials and articles by prominent psychologists in similar fields.

Find this collection in the University Libraries' catalog.

The Concept Of Jus Cogens And The Obligation Under The U.N. Charter, Kamrul Hossain

Santa Clara Journal of International Law

Kamrul Hossain, a doctoral candidate at the University of Helsinki, asserts that the language of the United Nations charter is preemptory and, therefore any decision made under the auspices of the Charter, should conform to the norm of jus cogens. The notion of jus cogens returns nation-states to the fundamental idea that state actors are a part of an international community and commands respect for "natural law concepts, which maintain that states cannot be absolutely free in establishing their contractual relations.

First Responders On The Front Line: Measuring The Effect Of Mobilization On Emergency Services, Kate Pringle

MPA/MPP/MPFM Capstone Projects

Statement of Problem

National guardsmen are a unique human resource issue because their association with the guard is frequently part-time with another position, such as a State Trooper, acting as primary employment. When mobilized, the guardsman leaves an opening in their department, which must be available upon return. This can create operational and management stresses, especially if the guardsman has unique skills. Moreover, the loss of personnel can mean critical loss of manpower to small emergency service departments.

Research Question

• What affects the impact of mobilization?

• How are Kentucky’s emergency services affected by military mobilization as opposed to other types …

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Herbert Spiegelberg, Sebastian Luft

Philosophy Faculty Research and Publications

No abstract provided.

The Law On Intervention: Africa's Pathbreaking Model, Jeremy I. Levitt

Journal Publications

This article seeks to examine the sum and substance of the evolving intervention regime in Africa. I employ a structural approach to highlight the normative framework governing humanitarian intervention in Africa at the sub-regional and regional levels. The article is meant to be a snapshot rather than a comprehensive treatment of the law of intervention in Africa. Space constraints preclude examination of the legality of the various post-Cold War, unilateral African interventions (i.e., those that took place without prior Security Council authorisation or valid state consent). These include the interventions by the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) in …

Working For The Clampdown? Being Crafty At Managed Universities, Joe Essid

English Faculty Publications

Last fall I found myself not only our school’s Writing Center Director but also its Writing Program Administrator. At the same time, a reminder of my wastrel youth appeared: the twenty-fifth anniversary edition of the Clash’s London Calling.

The two events are connected. On the one hand, it is delightful to hear people again discuss the anthems of the punk-rock era. More than at any time since the 1970s, we need a little more defiance against authority, including the transformation of everything into a saleable commodity. On the other hand, the very way in which London Calling appeared, slickly packaged …

City And Citizen: Community-Making As Legal Theory And Social Struggle, Francisco Valdes

Cleveland State Law Review

The Eighth Annual LatCrit Conference met in Cleveland in May, 2003 to engage a timely and topical theme - City and Citizen: Operations of Power, Strategies of Resistance. Importantly, the theme explicitly drew critical attention not only to operations of power but also to strategies of resistance, and thereby implicitly invited LatCritical analysis of how the two converge in the messy and multifaceted processes of building communities on any human scale. To open and introduce this symposium, this Foreword similarly proceeds in two parts: the first Part, reviewing the four "clusters" of essays comprising the symposium, focuses mostly on "operations …

Law And War: Individual Rights, Executive Authority, And Judicial Power In England During World War I , Rachel Vorspan

Faculty Scholarship

This Article examines the role of the English courts during World War I, particularly the judicial response to executive infringements on individual liberty. Focusing on the areas of detention, deportation, conscription, and confiscation of property, the Article revises the conventional depiction of the English judiciary during World War I as passive and peripheral. It argues that in four ways the judges were activist and energetic, both in advancing the government's war effort and in promoting their own policies and powers. First, they were judicial warriors, developing innovative legal strategies to legitimize detention and other governmental restrictions on personal. Second, they …

The Historical Misconception Of Right To Work Laws In The The United States: Senator Robert Wagner, Legal Policy, And The Decline Of American Unions, Raymond L. Hogler

Hofstra Labor & Employment Law Journal

No abstract provided.

"I Respectfully Dissent" : Intellectual Leadership In The Nation's Highest Court, Alison M. Smith

Honors Theses

The right of an individual to dissent from the ideas of his or her peers, or even his or her government, has been one of the defining characteristics of American civil society. The United States itself was founded as a result of American colonists' dissenting from the British government, and our Constitution established a governmental system that would not only accommodate, but encourage a process of deliberative democracy in which the views of both the many and the few would be taken into account and considered thoroughly. A system of internal checks and balances between the legislative, judicial and executive …

From Stockholm To New York, Via Rio And Johannesburg: Has The Environment Lost Its Way On The Global Agenda?, Paolo Galizzi

Fordham International Law Journal

This Article will examine the response of the international community to the compelling evidence on the environmental crisis facing our Planet. It will analyze the place of the environment in the international agenda from the early 1970s, when an international environmental agenda emerged, to the 2005 World Summit, where Heads of State and Government gathered to renew their commitment to the international agenda for the twenty-first century agreed at the Millennium Summit. More specifically, the Article will examine the "comprehensive" international environmental agenda that has emerged within the U.N.

The Role Of The Media In Conflict : A Case Study Of News Framing During The Maoist Insurgency In Nepal From 2001 To 2004, Jeffrey David Achen

Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Weapons Of Mass Seduction : How News Narratives Became Lethal Weapons During The Onset Of Gulf War Ii, Alyssa R. Martin

Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Human Rights Implications Of National Security Laws In India: Combating Terrorism While Perserving Civil Liberties, C. Raj Kumar

Denver Journal of International Law & Policy

No abstract provided.

Inherently Dangerous: The Potential For An Internet-Specific Standard Restricting Speech That Performs A Teaching Function, H. Brian Holland

University of San Francisco Law Review

No abstract provided.

Recovering Iraq's Cultural Property: What Can Be Done To Prevent Illicit Trafficking, Joshua M. Zelig

Brooklyn Journal of International Law

No abstract provided.

Aims Of Education In The Writings Of Ellen White, Erling Bernhard Snorrason

Dissertations

Problem. Ellen White’s educational philosophy and its application to the aims of education have not been systematically or thoroughly addressed within the parameters and demands of a graduate thesis. The present dissertation explores the aims of education, especially the ultimate aims of education, in the writings of Ellen G. White, one of the founders of the Seventh-day Adventist Church, and could be of value in assessing the present Seventh-day Adventist educational enterprise.

Method. This dissertation is a description and an analysis of Ellen White’s concept of education as revealed by her understanding of the aims of education. It is a …

Religion And Support Of Democracy: Protestantism, Catholicism, And The Support For Democracy In Mexico, Sara Jolly

Honors Theses

The findings are consistent with other recent studies in Latin America. Eric Patterson found a similar pattern in Argentina and Chile in his study in 2003 (Patterson 2003). The data shows that despite Mexico’s history ofstrained Church/ State relations and a 70-year authoritarian rule, the Protestants in Mexico tend to hold similar beliefs on the support for democracy as the Protestants of other Latin American countries.

Preventive Use Of Force: The Case Of Iraq, Feisal Amin Istrabadi, Henry Bienen, Jan Wouters, David Hannay

Articles by Maurer Faculty

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New York City Police Officers' Experiences Of The September 11, 2001 Terrorist Attacks: An Existential Psychological Study, Cecile S. Irvine

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

The police officers of the NYPD who responded to the scene of the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001 faced a sudden and large-scale catastrophe that caused the deaths of many innocent civilians and threatened their own lives. The present study examines the lived meanings of this experience for three police officers who survived the collapse of the Twin Towers while acting in the performance of their duty. Although a great deal of research has been conducted in the field of psychological trauma, the existential meaning of traumatic events for those that live through them …

Applying Restraints To Private Police, Heidi Boghosian

Missouri Law Review

Private security needs better public oversight. This Article argues that equitable remedies in the form of improved training and oversight should be requested as part of relief in all Section 1983 claims involving private police. Improved training would greatly benefit society by reducing the number of violent encounters between private security officers and the public.

"Upon The Shoulders Of Giants": Deconstructing The Lost State Of Franklin, 1784-2005., Kevin T. Barksdale

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

In 1784, the residents of the upper east Tennessee Valley declared themselves independent from their parent state of North Carolina. The political and economic leadership of the newly formed state of Franklin utilized the ideology, symbolism, and rhetoric of the American Revolution to garner local, regional and national support for the movement. After the state's collapse in 1788, the state of Franklin continued to attract supporters and admirers, who considered the movement to be a noble extension of the revolution. Over the last two hundred years, historians, politicians, abolitionists, and business leaders have recast the legacy and meaning of the …

Dred Scott And International Law, Mark Weston Janis

Faculty Articles and Papers

As we ponder the contemporary debate about the proper use of international and foreign law in interpreting U.S. constitutional law, it might be well to remember that in 1857, the Supreme Court, in its most infamous judgment, Dred Scott v. Sandford, was already struggling with the controversy. This Article looks first at the increasingly hostile position that international and foreign law took towards slavery in the period from the American Revolution to our Civil War. Second, we discuss the nine judicial opinions in Dred Scott and explain how the judges variously relied on international and foreign law to defend or …

Civil War Prisons In American Memory, Benjamin Gregory Cloyd

LSU Doctoral Dissertations

The memory of Civil War prisons has always been contested. Since 1861, generations of Americans struggled with the questions raised by the deaths of approximately 56,000 prisoners of war, almost one-tenth of all Civil War fatalities. During the war, throughout Reconstruction, and well into the twentieth century, a sectional debate raged over the responsibility for the prison casualties. Republican politicians invoked the savage cruelty of Confederate prisons as they waved the bloody shirt, while hundreds of former prisoners published narratives that blamed various prison officials and promoted sectional bitterness. The animosity reflected a need to identify individuals responsible for the …

Why Not Preempt?: An Analysis Of The Impact Of Legal And Normative Constraints On The Use Of Anticipatory Military Activities, Rachel Tamara Bzostek

LSU Doctoral Dissertations

The 2002 National Security Strategy for the United States focused American strategic policy around the use, or potential use, of preemptive/preventive strikes, particularly as a counter-proliferation and counter-terrorism tool. While preemption and prevention are not new strategies, they have never been highlighted to such a degree as is currently the case. These activities have been studied in the context of international security, using elements such as spiral models and offense-defense theory. This study seeks to examine if other elements, specifically international law and normative issues, such as just war tradition, contribute to our understanding of the use, or non-use, of …

The Faux Pas Of A Vert Galant: The Historiography Of Henry Iv's Military Leadership, Annette Finley-Croswhite

History Faculty Publications

Even though many modern historians agree that Henry IV was less than a brilliant military commander, a small but growing body of revisionist historians believe that his reputation deserves to be reassessed. While acknowledging his military innovations and battlefield successes, his critics see him primarily as an opportunist with a reckless streak who failed time and again to take full advantage of his victories. The revisionist school, however, believes that these interpretations are based on an inaccurate assessment of early modern warfare and its unique political, religious, and social components. Henry's modern defenders further note that his reputation has suffered …

Subjects Of International Law: A Power-Based Analysis, Guido Acquaviva

Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law

In this Article, the Author challenges the definition of the term "state" that is commonly accepted in legal scholarship as the basis for assessing whether an entity is a subject of international law. By analyzing a number of cases that do not fit into the "traditional" model--including the Holy See, Napoleon, and the Confederacy--the Author reaches the conclusion that the only essential element of a subject of international law is its sovereignty. An entity is sovereign when it is able effectively to assert that it is not subordinate to another authority: territory and population are therefore not essential attributes of …

Law And War: Individual Rights, Executive Authority, And Judicial Power In England During World War I, Rachel Vorspan

Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law

In this-Article Professor Vorspan examines the role of the English courts during World War I, particularly the judicial response to executive infringements on individual liberty. Focusing on detention, deportation, conscription, and confiscation of property, the Author revises the conventional depiction of the English judiciary during World War I as passive and peripheral. She argues that in four ways the judges were activist and energetic, both in advancing the government's war effort and in promoting their own policies and powers. First, they were judicial warriors, developing innovative legal strategies to legitimize detention and other governmental restrictions on personal freedom. Second, they …