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Judicial Confirmation Wars: Ideology And The Battle For The Federal Courts, Sheldon Goldman Mar 2005

Judicial Confirmation Wars: Ideology And The Battle For The Federal Courts, Sheldon Goldman

University of Richmond Law Review

No abstract provided.


Awakening An Empire Of Liberty: Exploring The Roots Of Socratic Inquiry And Political Nihilism In American Democracy, Maurice R. Dyson Feb 2005

Awakening An Empire Of Liberty: Exploring The Roots Of Socratic Inquiry And Political Nihilism In American Democracy, Maurice R. Dyson

ExpressO

This book review timely examines Cornel West’s latest sequel to his 1992 best seller, Race Matters. In Democracy Matters, West unflinchingly examines the waning of democratic energies and nihilistic practices of private and public sector in our present age of democracy. This review takes a critical examination of the logic underpinning West’s arguments, his nomenclature of various nihilism plaguing our society, the sometimes clumsy employment of literary devices and his thesis regarding the ‘niggerization’ of America after 9/11 that can serve as a basis for unifying collective action against imperialism. West makes a compelling argument that the public needs to …


Shakedown At Gucci Gulch: A Tale Of Death, Money & Taxes, Edward J. Mccaffery, Linda R. Cohen Aug 2004

Shakedown At Gucci Gulch: A Tale Of Death, Money & Taxes, Edward J. Mccaffery, Linda R. Cohen

ExpressO

Ever since Mancur Olson's The Logic Of Collective Action was published in 1965, if not before, the traditional conception of politics in Western democracies has given pride of place to special interests -- small groups with high stakes -- seeking favors from legislators. These groups are able to solve the coordination and free-rider problems that plague larger group interests, and get their way in Congress and other legislative bodies by doling out campaign contributions and other benefits. The groups are the predator, legislators the prey. In this article we argue that in an important range of cases, the traditional conception …


Politics, Morals And Embryos, George J. Annas, Sherman Elias Jan 2004

Politics, Morals And Embryos, George J. Annas, Sherman Elias

Faculty Scholarship

Bioethics in the United States reflects US culture and tends to be pragmatic, market-oriented and insular. Add embryo politics to this mix and, over the past few years, the result has been a bioethics that has become so narrow and selfabsorbed as to be virtually irrelevant to the rest of the world. Not all the blame for this can be placed on President George W. Bush’s political agenda for his President’s Council on Bioethics, now in its third year of operation, but much can. The council has made public bioethics the servant of politics by pursuing a narrow, embryo-centric agenda. …


From Just War To Just Intervention, Susan J. Atwood Sep 2003

From Just War To Just Intervention, Susan J. Atwood

New England Journal of Public Policy

What is Just War? What is Just Intervention? This paper examines the evolution of the criteria for Just War from its origins in the early Christian church to the twenty-first century. The end of the Cold War era has expanded the discussion to include grounds for intervention. Indeed, in the 1990s, a number of multilateral interventions took place on humanitarian grounds. But the debate is ongoing about whether the criteria applied in the Just War theory — proper authority, just cause, and right intent — remain valid in an era of Just Intervention. The author examines as case studies some …


Barbarians At The Gates: A Post-September 11th Proposal To Rationalize The Laws Of War, William C. Bradford Sep 2003

Barbarians At The Gates: A Post-September 11th Proposal To Rationalize The Laws Of War, William C. Bradford

ExpressO

My article, Barbarians at the Gates: A Proposal to Rationalize the Laws of War.  The piece proposes that in the War on Terror a new approach to the laws of war is necessary to harmonize the functional purpose of the law of war with the nature of the threat presented by terrorism to civilization.


Freedom From Fear: Prosecuting The Iraqi Regime For The Use Of Chemical Weapons, Margaret A. Sewell Sep 2003

Freedom From Fear: Prosecuting The Iraqi Regime For The Use Of Chemical Weapons, Margaret A. Sewell

ExpressO

Since the recent war with Iraq, there is a lingering question as to how to prosecute Saddam Hussein (if captured) and the Iraqi regime for their past atrocities, particularly, the use of chemcial weapons against Iran during the Iran-Iraq War and the Kurds. This article provides a background of the crimes committed by the Iraqi regime, a discussion and recommendation of the various proseution fora, as well as a presentation of the evidence that can be used in a prosecution.


Medicare And Political Analysis: Omissions, Understandings, And Misunderstandings, Theodore Marmor, Spencer Martin, Jonathan Oberlander Sep 2003

Medicare And Political Analysis: Omissions, Understandings, And Misunderstandings, Theodore Marmor, Spencer Martin, Jonathan Oberlander

Washington and Lee Law Review

No abstract provided.


Malignant Democracy: Core Fallacies Underlying Election Of The Judiciary, Jeffrey W. Stempel Sep 2003

Malignant Democracy: Core Fallacies Underlying Election Of The Judiciary, Jeffrey W. Stempel

Nevada Law Journal

No abstract provided.


War And The Art Of Governance, Nadia Schadlow Aug 2003

War And The Art Of Governance, Nadia Schadlow

The US Army War College Quarterly: Parameters

No abstract provided.


William Shakespeare's Henry V: Influencing Political Vision, Virginia Bateman Apr 2003

William Shakespeare's Henry V: Influencing Political Vision, Virginia Bateman

ESSAI

No abstract provided.


“How Long, Oh Lord, How Long?” James E. Talmage And The Great War, Richard E. Bennett Apr 2002

“How Long, Oh Lord, How Long?” James E. Talmage And The Great War, Richard E. Bennett

Religious Educator: Perspectives on the Restored Gospel

No abstract provided.


Social Cubism: A Comprehensive Look At The Causes Of Conflict In Sri Lanka, S. I. Keethaponcalan Jan 2002

Social Cubism: A Comprehensive Look At The Causes Of Conflict In Sri Lanka, S. I. Keethaponcalan

ILSA Journal of International & Comparative Law

The conflict between the ethnic Sinhalese and the Tamils in Sri Lanka is one of the prominent ethnic problems in the world today.


The Tardieu Moment: Andre Tardieus Failure As Prime Minister Of France, 1929-1930, Tim K. Fuchs Jan 2002

The Tardieu Moment: Andre Tardieus Failure As Prime Minister Of France, 1929-1930, Tim K. Fuchs

LSU Master's Theses

This thesis is concerned with André Tardieu, a French politician who had an outstanding career as a journalist and a politician. After the retirement of Prime Minister Raymond Poincaré in 1929, it seemed like Tardieu would be the natural choice as his successor. He was the only leader on the Right. Tardieu formed his first cabinet in November 1929 and proposed an ambitious program for public works projects to improve the country’s infrastructure. Despite solid funding, Tardieu’s proposal never passed the Chamber of Deputies and his ministry fell in December 1930. The purpose of this thesis is to find the …


World War I: The War To End All Wars And The Birth Of A Handicapped International Criminal Justice System, M. Cherif Bassiouni Jan 2002

World War I: The War To End All Wars And The Birth Of A Handicapped International Criminal Justice System, M. Cherif Bassiouni

Denver Journal of International Law & Policy

No abstract provided.


Building The Beaver And Lake Erie Canal: The Politics Of Public Improvements In Pennsylvania, 1783-1845., William David Mccarthy Jan 2002

Building The Beaver And Lake Erie Canal: The Politics Of Public Improvements In Pennsylvania, 1783-1845., William David Mccarthy

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

Patterns of commerce and settlement in colonial America were shaped by watercourses and portages. Road building skills were primitive and boating represented the most effective means of moving bulk freight and passengers. Traders and frontiersmen leading the advance of European settlement into the Appalachian Mountains therefore adopted the shortest crossings between watersheds. Natural conditions in Pennsylvania did not promote an orderly advance westward and produced isolated clusters of settlement around Philadelphia and Pittsburgh, with small and widespread settlements in Northwest Pennsylvania. State leaders were hard pressed to define the limits of Pennsylvania until the end of the eighteenth century, and …


Living Legitimacy: A New Approach To Good Government In Africa, Ajume H. Wingo Mar 2001

Living Legitimacy: A New Approach To Good Government In Africa, Ajume H. Wingo

New England Journal of Public Policy

This article argues for the reorientation of African governments from a model that privileges the central or garrison states to one rooted in the living experiences of citizens, such as their economic conditions, fellowship associations, local governments, and community self-reliance. It begins by describing and analyzing in depth an example of a set of moral, political, and social institutions that still work well to make collective decisions that the members of the community consider legitimate and follow without coercion. It demonstrates that a legitimate government is not and should not be a matter of instituting finished, polished, or ready-made solutions …


The Dialectics Of Fashion: Gender And Politics In Yemen, Sheila Carapico Jan 2001

The Dialectics Of Fashion: Gender And Politics In Yemen, Sheila Carapico

Political Science Faculty Publications

The situation of Yemeni women is complicated and contradictory. On the one hand, compared with relatively fashionforward Mediterranean Arabs, or even their affluent sisters in the Gulf, Yemeni women appear to be especially oldfashioned. One rarely sees a Yemeni woman outdoors bareheaded, and in the capital, Sana'a, most women cover their faces in public. Yet outward appearances can be misleading. While it is tempting to assume that women "still" veil because "tradition" tells them to, it is simply wrong to conclude that "traditionally" all women were secluded in their homes, or that how they dress now tells us much about …


Can Process Theory Constrain Courts?, Michael C. Dorf, Samuel Issacharoff, Samuel Issacharoff Jan 2001

Can Process Theory Constrain Courts?, Michael C. Dorf, Samuel Issacharoff, Samuel Issacharoff

University of Colorado Law Review

No abstract provided.


Looking Under The Hood And Tinkering With Voter Cynicism: Ross Perot And “Perspective By Incongruity”, Mari Boor Tonn, Valerie A. Endress Jan 2001

Looking Under The Hood And Tinkering With Voter Cynicism: Ross Perot And “Perspective By Incongruity”, Mari Boor Tonn, Valerie A. Endress

Rhetoric and Communication Studies Faculty Publications

This essay examines Ross Perot’s 1992 presidential bid as a comic catalyst for a reinvigorated view of civic responsibility. Despite the Texas maverick’s political naiveté and penchant for miscalculation, his very presence in the campaign reanimated Americans’ conception of grassroots democracy. By examining important and previously unexplored distinctions between planned and unplanned incongruity, we probe the means by which Perot invited consideration of alternative political perspectives and offered an appealing glimpse into a dormant, more deeply held democratic ideal.


Politics And Denial, Pierre Schlag Jan 2001

Politics And Denial, Pierre Schlag

Publications

No abstract provided.


Africa: Democratization, Cultural Pluralism, And The Challenge Of Political Order, Crawford Young Dec 2000

Africa: Democratization, Cultural Pluralism, And The Challenge Of Political Order, Crawford Young

Macalester International

No abstract provided.


The Harringtons Of Salem: A Study Of Massachusetts Politics, Richard A. Hogarty Sep 2000

The Harringtons Of Salem: A Study Of Massachusetts Politics, Richard A. Hogarty

New England Journal of Public Policy

Politics inevitably runs in families. Notable among those who have shaped the political landscape of Massachusetts are the Harringtons of the city of Salem.Over the course of five generations, they produced several talented Irish-American politicians who played a major role in state politics and rose to prominent positions of power in the Democratic party. This article centers on the lives and careers of Joseph Harrington and his son Michael, both of whom ran for Congress some twenty-eight years apart. Its treatment of these two congressional races is detailed and insightful. Attention is also directed to the careers of Kevin Harrington …


Hegemon Rising: The Gap Between Turkish Strategy And Military Modernization, Michael Robert Hickok May 2000

Hegemon Rising: The Gap Between Turkish Strategy And Military Modernization, Michael Robert Hickok

The US Army War College Quarterly: Parameters

No abstract provided.


When A King Speaks Of God; When God Speaks To A King: Faith, Politics, Tax Exempt Status, And The Constitution In The Clinton Administration, Randy Lee Apr 2000

When A King Speaks Of God; When God Speaks To A King: Faith, Politics, Tax Exempt Status, And The Constitution In The Clinton Administration, Randy Lee

Law and Contemporary Problems

In considering the guidance the executive branch of government has provided to resolve questions relating to religious freedom and the issue of church and state, Lee draws upon the positions of both the IRS and the President. Initially, he concludes that when the state requires churches committed to speaking truth in the public square to choose between publicizing their beliefs and remaining tax-exempt, it burdens the free exercise of religion.


"No Man's Land": The Place Of Latter-Day Saints In The Culture War, Frederick Mark Gedicks Jul 1999

"No Man's Land": The Place Of Latter-Day Saints In The Culture War, Frederick Mark Gedicks

BYU Studies

Recent political developments in the United States find Latter-day Saints in an isolated but distinctive position, aligned with neither the religious right nor the progressive left.


Israel's Nuclear Strategy Ambiguity: Disclosure Doctrine - An Open Memorandum To Prime Minister Netanyahu, Rene Louis Beres Jan 1998

Israel's Nuclear Strategy Ambiguity: Disclosure Doctrine - An Open Memorandum To Prime Minister Netanyahu, Rene Louis Beres

Denver Journal of International Law & Policy

No abstract provided.


A Natural Law Defense Of Buckley V. Valeo, Jack B. Sarno Jan 1998

A Natural Law Defense Of Buckley V. Valeo, Jack B. Sarno

Fordham Law Review

No abstract provided.


Epochal Change: War Over Social And Political Organization, Robert J. Bunker May 1997

Epochal Change: War Over Social And Political Organization, Robert J. Bunker

The US Army War College Quarterly: Parameters

No abstract provided.


The Order Of The Coif Annual Lecture, Lecture, The Constituteion Of The Procedural Republic: Liberal Rights And Civic Virtues, Michael J. Sandel Jan 1997

The Order Of The Coif Annual Lecture, Lecture, The Constituteion Of The Procedural Republic: Liberal Rights And Civic Virtues, Michael J. Sandel

Fordham Law Review

No abstract provided.