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We Must Begin To View The World Differently: Only Then Perhaps We Can Change It!, Nicos Trimikliniotis

Nicos Trimikliniotis

This is an interview with Ana Esther Ceceña, researcher/professor in geopolitics, National Autonomous University of México, Director of the Geopolitics Latinamerican Observatory, in Lisbon, Portugal. She presented her paper for the Project on Polarisation in the last 500 years led by Immanuel Wallerstein, where she examines ecology, indigenous peoples and movements in March 2010.

March 1, 2010: The Post-Secular Is Not The Pre-Secular, Bruce Ledewitz

Hallowed Secularism

Blog post, “The Post-Secular is not the Pre-Secular“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.

John Paul Stevens And Equally Impartial Government, Diane Marie Amann

Scholarly Works

This article is the second publication arising out of the author's ongoing research respecting Justice John Paul Stevens. It is one of several published by former law clerks and other legal experts in the UC Davis Law Review symposium edition, Volume 43, No. 3, February 2010, "The Honorable John Paul Stevens."

The article posits that Justice Stevens's embrace of race-conscious measures to ensure continued diversity stands in tension with his early rejections of affirmative action programs. The contrast suggests a linear movement toward a progressive interpretation of the Constitution’s equality guarantee; however, examination of Stevens's writings in biographical context reveal …

January 8, 2010: The 2010 Annual Conference On Christian Legal Thought, Bruce Ledewitz

Hallowed Secularism

Blog post, “The 2010 Annual Conference on Christian Legal Thought“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.

Penumbral Academic Freedom: Interpreting The Tenure Contract In A Time Of Constitutional Impotence, Richard J. Peltz-Steele

Faculty Publications

This article recounts the deficiencies of constitutional law and common tenure contract language - the latter based on the 1940 Statement of Principles of the American Association of University Professors - in protecting the academic freedom of faculty on the modern university campus. The article proposes an Interpretation of that common language, accompanied by Illustrations, aiming to describe the penumbras of academic freedom - faculty rights and responsibilities that surround and emanate from the three traditional pillars of teaching, research, and service - that are within the scope of the tenure contract but not explicitly described by it, and therefore …

Introduction: Challenging The School-To-Prison Pipeline, Deborah N. Archer

NYLS Law Review

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Free And Compulsory Education: A Social Revolution, Ranganath Vadapalli Vg.

Dr. V.G.Ranganath

“The Roots of Violence: Wealth without work, Pleasure without conscience, Knowledge without character, Commerce without morality, Science without humanity, Worship without sacrifice, Politics without principles”-Mahatma Gandhi “Politics without principles, Education without character, Science without humanity, and Commerce without morality are not only useless, but also positively dangerous.” Sri Sathya Sai Baba “Children of India are our future”-Hon’ble Prime Minister Manmohan Singh