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Adverse Juvenile Sex Ratio In Kerala By Vibhuti Patel, Professor Vibhuti Patel May 2002

Adverse Juvenile Sex Ratio In Kerala By Vibhuti Patel, Professor Vibhuti Patel

Professor Vibhuti Patel

Census 2001 has revealed a deterioration in the juvenile malefemale sex ratio in Kerala. Hospital birth records can help establish sex ratios at birth and thus the prevalence of female foeticide. However, civil society and the state will need to pitch in to check the misuse of technology for female foeticide in Kerala


State Repression: Behind The Mask Of Democracy ..., Ashok Agrwaal May 2002

State Repression: Behind The Mask Of Democracy ..., Ashok Agrwaal

Ashok Agrwaal

There has never been a satisfactory solution to the problem of handling / controlling political power, albeit the liberal claim that theirs is the best of the possible solutions known to human history. Notwithstanding the rhetoric justifying the creation and evolution of the modern nation-state, which focuses on its potential – through the ‘Rule of Law’ – to be more just and egalitarian than any other system of organised political power, there is overwhelming empirical evidence to show that things have not changed very much. States continue to repress their citizens in all manner of ways. The difference being that, …


Conjoined Twins And Catholic Moral Analysis: Extraordinary Means And Casuistical Consistency, M. Cathleen Kaveny May 2002

Conjoined Twins And Catholic Moral Analysis: Extraordinary Means And Casuistical Consistency, M. Cathleen Kaveny

M. Cathleen Kaveny

This article draws upon the Roman Catholic distinction between “ordinary” and “extraordinary” means of medical treatment to analyze the case of “Jodie” and “Mary,” the Maltese conjoined twins whose surgical separation was ordered by the English courts over the objection of their Roman Catholic parents and Cormac Murphy-O’Connor, the Roman Catholic Cardinal Archbishop of Westminster. It attempts to shed light on the use of that distinction by surrogate decision makers with respect to incompetent patients. In addition, it critically analyzes various components of the distinction by comparing the reasoning used by Catholic moralists in this case with the reasoning used …


The Rule Of Law: A Reassessment For The Twenty-First Century, Noel B. Reynolds Jan 2002

The Rule Of Law: A Reassessment For The Twenty-First Century, Noel B. Reynolds

Noel B Reynolds

This brief radio address attempts to explain the origins of American liberty and to assess its health at the beginning of the 21st century. The notion of rule of law and the emerging science of constitutionalism enabled America’s founding generation to establish a system of political liberty that continues to stand as a model for all human societies to pursue.


Tijd Is Rijp Voor ‘Privacy Effectrapportage’’ [Time Has Come For ‘Privacy Impact Assessments'], Paul De Hert, Serge Gutwirth Jan 2002

Tijd Is Rijp Voor ‘Privacy Effectrapportage’’ [Time Has Come For ‘Privacy Impact Assessments'], Paul De Hert, Serge Gutwirth

Serge Gutwirth

In this short article of early 2002 we held a plea for a precautionary approach of privacy & technology issues and for early privacy impact assessments (PIA). We also used to the Kafka/Process picture in stead of the "big brother" one.


Latvia: The Economy, Steven R. Morrison Jan 2002

Latvia: The Economy, Steven R. Morrison

Steven R Morrison

No abstract provided.


Latvia: History, J. Michael Lyons, Steven R. Morrison Jan 2002

Latvia: History, J. Michael Lyons, Steven R. Morrison

Steven R Morrison

No abstract provided.


Straf(Begrip) En Procesbeginsel. (Meaning And Concept Of Punishment And The Principle Of Trial Before Punishment), Mireille Hildebrandt Jan 2002

Straf(Begrip) En Procesbeginsel. (Meaning And Concept Of Punishment And The Principle Of Trial Before Punishment), Mireille Hildebrandt

Mireille Hildebrandt

Deze dissertatie gaat in op de consensuele - althans buitengerechtelijke - afdoening van strafzaken als instrument voor het terugdringen van het tekort in de rechtshandhaving. De vraag is of, en zo ja in hoeverre consensuele punitieve rechtshandhaving een bijdrage kan leveren aan het terugdringen van dit tekort. Deze vraag vormt de aanleiding tot een grondslagenonderzoek naar straf en strafbegrip en naar de relatie met het procesbeginsel. Straf en strafbegrip worden benaderd vanuit rechtshistorisch en rechtsantropologisch perspectief en vergeleken met de punitieve rechtshandhaving in de Oudgermaanse niet-statelijke samenleving. De rode draad vormt een aan Glastra van Loon ontleend rechtsnormbegrip dat - …


Grondslagentheoretische Variaties Op De Grens Tussen Het Strafrecht En Het Burgerlijk Recht. Perspectieven Op Schuld-, Risico- En Strafrechtelijke Aansprakelijkheid, Slachtofferclaims, Buitengerechtelijke Afdoening En Restorative Justice, Serge Gutwirth, Paul De Hert Jan 2002

Grondslagentheoretische Variaties Op De Grens Tussen Het Strafrecht En Het Burgerlijk Recht. Perspectieven Op Schuld-, Risico- En Strafrechtelijke Aansprakelijkheid, Slachtofferclaims, Buitengerechtelijke Afdoening En Restorative Justice, Serge Gutwirth, Paul De Hert

Serge Gutwirth

Book chapter in Dutch on containing "theoretical variations about the borders between criminal and civil law ; civil-, risk- and criminal liability ; claims of victims ; extra-judicial conflict resolution and restorative justice.


Meridian Hill Park: The Making Of An American Neoclassical Landscape, Elizabeth Brabec Jan 2002

Meridian Hill Park: The Making Of An American Neoclassical Landscape, Elizabeth Brabec

Elizabeth Brabec

The neoclassical design was the dominant design movement in landscape architecture at the turn of the last century, dictating the form and design of public parks for most of the first half of the twentieth century. Meridian Hill Park, located just north of the White ouse in Washington, DC, is considered the most ambitious neoclassical park ever conceived in the United States. The paper provides an overview of the design development of the park, illustrating how classical design precedents were used to create a contemporary neo-classical park.


Ancient And Modern Notions Of Plagiarism: A Study Of Concepts Of Intellectual Property In Classical Greece, Marianina Demetri Olcott Jan 2002

Ancient And Modern Notions Of Plagiarism: A Study Of Concepts Of Intellectual Property In Classical Greece, Marianina Demetri Olcott

Marianina Demetri Olcott

No abstract provided.


Scholar Or Baller In American Higher Education? A Visual Elicitation And Qualitative Assessment Of The Studentathlete's Mindset, Keith Harrison Dec 2001

Scholar Or Baller In American Higher Education? A Visual Elicitation And Qualitative Assessment Of The Studentathlete's Mindset, Keith Harrison

Dr. C. Keith Harrison

Eminent scholar Harry Edwards (2000) has articulated three major realities of African American males in sports: a) The presumption of innate, race-linked black athletic superiority and intellectual deficiency; b) media propaganda portraying sports as a broadly accessible route to African American social and economic mobility; and c) a lack of comparably visible, high-prestige African American role models beyond the sports arena. Driven by labeling theory (Becker, 1963; Goffman, 1959), eight African American male student athletes were surveyed and interviewed. The last two points of Edwards' scholarship were investigated. "We have pretty good historical data and quantitative data about African American …


African American Racial Identity And Sport, Keith Harrison Dec 2001

African American Racial Identity And Sport, Keith Harrison

Dr. C. Keith Harrison

The purpose of this paper is to attempt to synthesize and apply African American racial identity theory and related research to the development of sport and physical activity patterns and preferences in African American youth. Historically the African American over-representation in particular sports phenomena has been examined genetically, anthropocentrically, physiologically, sociologically, and psychologically. The profusion of explanations is a testimony to the complexity of this phenomena. This manuscript provides yet another compelling perspective. Cross [(1995) The psychology of Nigrescence: revising the Cross Model, in: J.G. PONTEROTTO et al. (Eds) Handbook of Multicultural Counseling (Thousand Oaks, CA, Sage)] outlines the metamorphic …


Who Can A Baller Trust? Analyzing Public University Response To Alleged Student-Athlete Misconduct In A Commercial And Confusing Environment, Keith Harrison Dec 2001

Who Can A Baller Trust? Analyzing Public University Response To Alleged Student-Athlete Misconduct In A Commercial And Confusing Environment, Keith Harrison

Dr. C. Keith Harrison

No abstract provided.


September 11 Attacks And Surviving Same-Sex Partners: Defining Family Through Tragedy, Nancy J. Knauer Dec 2001

September 11 Attacks And Surviving Same-Sex Partners: Defining Family Through Tragedy, Nancy J. Knauer

Nancy J. Knauer

The September 11 relief efforts present a unique prism through which to view the status of same-sex relationships and to consider which families count when the United States is supposedly at its most generous, most united, and most injured. On a basic human level, would the nation grieve for Peggy Neff, who lost her partner of 18 years when Flight 77 crashed into the Pentagon, as it had for the widow of a fire fighter? Would Neff be eligible to file a claim with the multi-billion dollar federal September 11 Victim Compensation Fund, which Congress established to compensate victims and …


No Black Names On The Letterhead? Efficient Discrimination And The South African Legal Profession, Lisa R. Pruitt Dec 2001

No Black Names On The Letterhead? Efficient Discrimination And The South African Legal Profession, Lisa R. Pruitt

Lisa R Pruitt

Although there have long been black lawyers in South Africa, during apartheid only a handful joined the ranks of the country’s large commercial firms. Now, in the post-apartheid period, these firms are keenly aware of a range of economic and political incentives to hire black attorneys, and most are doing so at a record pace. Very few black attorneys, however, are enduring the path to partnership in these firms. Based on more than seventy-five interviews conducted in South Africa in 1999 and 2000, this Article both documents and critically examines the reasons for black attrition. While firms’ incentives to integrate …