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Full-Text Articles in Arts and Humanities
Judgment, Philippe Nonet
Do You Sincerely Want To Be Radical, Phillip Johnson
Do You Sincerely Want To Be Radical, Phillip Johnson
Phillip Johnson
No abstract provided.
What Is Positive Law, Philippe Nonet
Submission Letter To The Nsw Sentencing Council, David Brown, Julia Quilter
Submission Letter To The Nsw Sentencing Council, David Brown, Julia Quilter
David C. Brown
Re: Bail - Additional show cause offences We refer to the Attorney General's request for the Sentencing Council to consider a proposal to make amendments to the Bail Act 2013 (NSW) ('the 2013 Act') and specifically the Terms of Reference regarding the addition to the categories of offences for which the accused must 'show cause' before bail may be granted. The specific addition under consideration is with respect to an accused charged with a serious indictable offence committed: • while subject to a good behaviour bond, intervention program order, intensive correction order; • while serving a sentence in the community; …
The Return Of The Christian Burial Speech Case, Phillip Johnson
The Return Of The Christian Burial Speech Case, Phillip Johnson
Phillip Johnson
No abstract provided.
Demonic Ambiguities: Enchantment And Disenchantment In Nat Turner’S Virginia, Christopher Tomlins
Demonic Ambiguities: Enchantment And Disenchantment In Nat Turner’S Virginia, Christopher Tomlins
Christopher Tomlins
No abstract provided.
Translation, Power Hierarchy, And The Globalization Of The Concept “Human Rights”: Potential Contributions From Confucianism Missed By The Udhr, Sinkwan Cheng
Sinkwan Cheng
This essay strikes new paths for investigating the politics of translation and the (non-) universality of the concept of “human rights” by engaging them in a critical dialogue. Part I of my essay argues that a truly universal concept would have available linguistic equivalents in all languages. On this basis, I develop translation into a tool for disproving the claim that the concept human rights is universal. An inaccurate claim to universality could be made to look valid, however, if one culture dominates over others, and manages to impose its own concepts and exclude competitors. Part II explores how human …