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Newsroom, Georgia Southern University

Newsroom (2006-2023)

• University welcomes students back to campus
• Georgia Southern helps Evans County move toward improved health
• University students honored at McNair Scholars Conference

Thomas Aquinas And The Metaphysics Of Law, William S. Brewbaker

ExpressO

Despite modernity’s longstanding aversion to metaphysics, legal scholars are increasingly questioning whether law can be understood in isolation from wider questions about the nature of reality. This paper examines perhaps the most famous of metaphysical legal texts– Thomas Aquinas’ still-widely-read Treatise on Law-- with a view toward tracing the influence of Thomas’ metaphysical presuppositions.

This article shows that Thomas’ account of human law cannot be fully understood apart from his metaphysics. Attention to Thomas’ hierarchical view of reality exposes tensions between Thomas’ “top-down” account of law and his sophisticated “bottom-up” observations. For example, Thomas grounds human law’s authority in its …

Kaucher V. Bucks County

2006 Decisions

USDC for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

Sanford V. Stiles

2006 Decisions

USDC for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

Agenda And Attachments, Juvenile Welfare Board, Executive Search Meeting, August 2, 2006, Juvenile Welfare Board Of Pinellas County

Juvenile Welfare Board Agendas, Minutes, and Historical Audits

Agenda and attachments for review for the Juvenile Welfare Board's Executive Search Committee, held on August 2, 2006.

Newsroom, Georgia Southern University

Newsroom (2006-2023)

• Georgia Southern psychology clinic holds kickoff event Aug. 3
• Course for human resource professionals will be offered in Savannah and Bluffton
• Washington County gets its youth moving with grants and a great idea

Pacific Review Fall 2006, Pacific Alumni Association

Pacific Magazine and Pacific Review

No abstract provided.

Epistemology And The Wikipedia, P.D. Magnus

Philosophy Faculty Scholarship

Wikipedia is a free encyclopedia that is written and edited entirely by visitors to its website. I argue that we are misled when we think of it in the same epistemic category with traditional general encyclopedias. An empirical assessment of its reliability reveals that it varies widely from topic to topic. So any particular claim found in it cannot be relied on based on its source. I survey some methods that we use in assessing specific claims and argue that the structure of the Wikipedia frustrates them

The Forum (Volume 36, Number 1), Valparaiso University School Of Law

Valparaiso Law School Forum

No abstract provided.

08/01/2006 - Eiu Spring Graduates Named.Pdf, University Marketing And Communications

2006

No abstract provided.

Primetimes Newsletter, Fall 2006, Office Of Lifespan Studies

PrimeTimes Newsletter

PrimeTimes is the newsletter of the Office of Lifespan Studies in the College of Science at Coastal Carolina University.

Progress Notes, Lehigh Valley Health Network

Progress Notes

No abstract provided.

The Theogeocalculus Of Life: Natural Law Thinking Has The Answer To Everything, Samuel A. Nigro

The Linacre Quarterly

No abstract provided.

Homosexuality: Is The Catholic Church Guilty Of Discrimination?, Kenneth D. Whitehead

The Linacre Quarterly

No abstract provided.

Understanding Employees' Willingness To Contributeto Shared Electronic Databases: A Three-Dimensional Framework, Guowei Jian, Leo Wayne Jeffres

Communication Faculty Publications

Work organizations increasingly adopt shared electronic databases. However, employees' unwillingness to contribute to shared resources undermines the utility of such technologies. Current research is limited to either a utilitarian or normative perspective. To advance understanding in this area, this study proposes a three-dimensional framework. It includes the utilitarian and normative perspectives as two complementary dimensions in addition to a third collaborative dimension. Based on this framework, the study identifies three key organizational processes and advances an additive model to predict employees' willingness to contribute to shared electronic databases. An empirical test was conducted to assess the model in a large …

Rethinking Symbolic Racism: Evidence Of Attribution Bias, Brad T. Gomez, J. Matthew Wilson

Political Science Research

This paper demonstrates that cognitive tendencies related to political sophistication produce an attribution bias in the widely accepted symbolic racism scale. When this bias is controlled statistically, the effect of symbolic racism on racial policy attitudes is greatly diminished. Our theory posits that high sophisticates tend to make global/distal attributions, allowing them to associate racial inequality with broader sociopolitical causes. Less sophisticated individuals, conversely, tend to make local/proximal attributions, thus biasing them against ascribing responsibility systemically. Consequently, less sophisticated individuals tend to be classified as intolerant by the symbolic racism scale, even when controlling for factors such as ideology and …

Bulletin Of The University Of Notre Dame The Law School 2006–07, Volume 102, Number 4, University Of Notre Dame

Bulletins of Information

CONTENTS

Graduate Law Programs

Dual-Degree Programs

Requirements for Graduation and Good Academic Standing

Tuition and Fees

Withdrawal Regulations

Curriculum

Law School Courses

Course Descriptions

Officers of Administration

Law School Faculty

Law School Calendar

Important Addresses

Forum: In Memory Of Fred Jablin: What Might Have Been And Still Might Be, Kathleen J. Krone

Department of Communication Studies: Faculty Publications

I begin my term as forum editor by honoring the memory of Fred Jablin, an early leader in the field of organizational communication. I am quite certain that Fred would like to be remembered less for the tragic circumstances of his death than for the considerable contribution of his early work and the promising new directions in which his work was headed. Fred was, perhaps, best known for his early work in the area of superior-subordinate communication and then his later work in organizational socialization and communication. For at least a decade, his agenda-setting pieces on communicative issues in organizational …

Teaching Students With Exceptionalities, Jacqueline M. Goodman

Regis University Student Publications (comprehensive collection)

The purpose of this project will be to develop a handbook for elementary classroom teachers to be used as a reference guide to assist with the teaching and instruction of children with exceptionalities. The author of this handbook will identify best practices which are based on research. These best practices and recommendations can be immediately implemented in the classroom, based on the teacher's observations of the student's behaviors and. The purpose of this handbook is not to replace special education assistance in regard to students with exceptionalities, but would be used as a supplement to teacher expertise and guidance.

Effectiveness Of Supplemental Reading Activities With First Grade Intensive Readers, Natalie Nena Kaplan

Regis University Student Publications (comprehensive collection)

The effectiveness of an intervention for English language learners (ELLs) at risk for reading problems is described. The treatment group was made up of 10 first grade students who were determined at risk for reading difficulties and were provided an intervention of supplemental reading instruction throughout the school year. Their scores on the Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy Skills (DIBELS; Good, Kaminski, Laimon, & Johnson, 1992; Good, 1994) were assessed for phoneme segmentation fluency, nonsense word fluency, and oral reading fluency prior to and following intervention. The scores of the treatment group were then compared to a control group …

Graduate Bulletin & Catalog | 2006-2007, Jacksonville State University

Bulletins & Catalogs | Graduate

Vol. 30, No. 1 (August 2006). Jacksonville State was granted University status in 1966 and began adding graduate programs to its curriculum at that time. Graduate bulletins and catalogs contain information on the academic calendar, policies and procedures, faculty, scholarships and tuition, and degree requirements for graduate programs.

Oscar Wilde’S Artificiality And The Logic Of Genuine Pluralism, Jeremy Barris

Humanities Faculty Research

No abstract provided.

2006 Honor Roll Of Donors, Lindenwood University

Donor Reports

2006 Lindenwood University donor report.

Decade Of Service: The Maic Is 10!, Dennis Barlow

The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction

The James Madison University Mine Action Information Center is celebrating 10 years of service to the mine action community. Director Dennis Barlow looks back on 10 years of accomplishments.

Tajikistan Mine Action Programme, Jonmahmad Rajabov

The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction

The Tajikistan Mine Action Centre is responsible for all mine-action-related programs in the country. The author details Tajikistan’s landmine problems and provides a report on TMAC’s progress in various aspects of mine action as well as its goals for future mine-related operations.

Armed Non-State Actors: The Main Users Of The “Poor Man’S Weapon”, Anki Sjöberg

The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction

This report, which builds on the 2004 Geneva Call initial analysis, provides a comprehensive mapping of the use, acquisition, production, transfer and stockpiling of landmines by armed non-state actors through a presentation of individual group profiles and a global analysis. The report records global occurrences of antipersonnel and anti-vehicle mine planting by NSAs during 2003–2005, whether activated by victims, vehicles or at a distance using command detonation.

Undermining Indirect Duty Theories, Robert Bass

Between the Species

No abstract provided.

Rawls And Non-Rational Beneficiaries, Carlo Filice

Between the Species

No abstract provided.

On The Moral Status Of Humanized Chimeras And The Concept Of Human Dignity, An Ravelingien, Johan Braeckman, Mike Legge

Between the Species

Recent advances in the technology of creating chimeras have evoked controversy in policy debates. At centre of controversy is the fear that a substantial contribution of human cells or genes in crucial areas of the animal’s body may at some point render the animal more humanlike than any other animals we know today. Authors who have commented on or contributed to policy debates specify that chimeras which would be too humanlike would have an altered moral status and threaten our notion of ‘human dignity’. This setting offers a productive opportunity to test the notion of human dignity and to emphasize …

Animals And The Ethics Of Domination, Charles K. Fink

Between the Species

No abstract provided.