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December 30, 2014: The Radical Religious Message Of A Charlie Brown Christmas, Bruce Ledewitz Dec 2014

December 30, 2014: The Radical Religious Message Of A Charlie Brown Christmas, Bruce Ledewitz

Hallowed Secularism

Blog post, “The Radical Religious Message of A Charlie Brown Christmas“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.


December 27, 2014: Religion As Tool, Not Identity, Bruce Ledewitz Dec 2014

December 27, 2014: Religion As Tool, Not Identity, Bruce Ledewitz

Hallowed Secularism

Blog post, “Religion as Tool, Not Identity“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.


December 24, 2014: Christmas Mourning, 2014, Bruce Ledewitz Dec 2014

December 24, 2014: Christmas Mourning, 2014, Bruce Ledewitz

Hallowed Secularism

Blog post, “Christmas Mourning, 2014“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.


December 21, 2014: Questioning Capitalism, Bruce Ledewitz Dec 2014

December 21, 2014: Questioning Capitalism, Bruce Ledewitz

Hallowed Secularism

Blog post, “Questioning Capitalism“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.


December 18, 2014: Good News On Cuba, Bruce Ledewitz Dec 2014

December 18, 2014: Good News On Cuba, Bruce Ledewitz

Hallowed Secularism

Blog post, “Good News on Cuba“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.


December 14, 2014: The Tough Guys Who Favor Torture, Bruce Ledewitz Dec 2014

December 14, 2014: The Tough Guys Who Favor Torture, Bruce Ledewitz

Hallowed Secularism

Blog post, “The Tough Guys Who Favor Torture“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.


The Legacy Of Ronald Dworkin (1931-2013): A Legal Theory And Methodology For Hedgehogs, Hercules, And One Right Answers, Imer Flores Dec 2014

The Legacy Of Ronald Dworkin (1931-2013): A Legal Theory And Methodology For Hedgehogs, Hercules, And One Right Answers, Imer Flores

Georgetown Law Faculty Publications and Other Works

In this paper the author addresses Ronald Dworkin’s work and assesses his legacy to legal, moral and political philosophy. And so, considers among its merits having developed an original legal theory with its distinctive methodology, which not only has transcended the Natural Law and Legal Positivism dichotomy, but also has reintegrated law into a branch of political morality and defended as a corollary the one right answer thesis. Hence, commences by identifying the dworkininan challenge; continues by introducing some basic definitions and distinctions between jurisprudence, legal philosophy (or philosophy of law) and legal theory (or theory of law), on the …


December 11, 2014: No Justification For Torture, Bruce Ledewitz Dec 2014

December 11, 2014: No Justification For Torture, Bruce Ledewitz

Hallowed Secularism

Blog post, “No Justification for Torture“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.


December 9, 2014: There Was A Moment, Bruce Ledewitz Dec 2014

December 9, 2014: There Was A Moment, Bruce Ledewitz

Hallowed Secularism

Blog post, “There Was a Moment“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.


December 6, 2014: The Death Of Meaning In Law And Life, Bruce Ledewitz Dec 2014

December 6, 2014: The Death Of Meaning In Law And Life, Bruce Ledewitz

Hallowed Secularism

Blog post, “The Death of Meaning in Law and Life“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.


Prediction Theories Of Law And The Internal Point Of View, Michael S. Green Dec 2014

Prediction Theories Of Law And The Internal Point Of View, Michael S. Green

Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.


November 30, 2014: More Reasons The Democratic Party Coalition Collapsed, Bruce Ledewitz Nov 2014

November 30, 2014: More Reasons The Democratic Party Coalition Collapsed, Bruce Ledewitz

Hallowed Secularism

Blog post, “More Reasons the Democratic Party Coalition Collapsed“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.


November 26, 2014: Pope Tells Haggard Europe That It Is In Need Of Cultural Renewal, Bruce Ledewitz Nov 2014

November 26, 2014: Pope Tells Haggard Europe That It Is In Need Of Cultural Renewal, Bruce Ledewitz

Hallowed Secularism

Blog post, “Pope Tells Haggard Europe that it is in Need of Cultural Renewal“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.


November 21, 2014: The Secular Death Penalty, Bruce Ledewitz Nov 2014

November 21, 2014: The Secular Death Penalty, Bruce Ledewitz

Hallowed Secularism

Blog post, “The Secular Death Penalty“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.


November 20, 2014: Not Serving The Interests Of The Country, Bruce Ledewitz Nov 2014

November 20, 2014: Not Serving The Interests Of The Country, Bruce Ledewitz

Hallowed Secularism

Blog post, “Not Serving the Interests of the Country“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.


Freedom, Benefit And Understanding: Reflections On Laurence Claus's Critique Of Authority, John Finnis Nov 2014

Freedom, Benefit And Understanding: Reflections On Laurence Claus's Critique Of Authority, John Finnis

Journal Articles

Written for a symposium in the University of San Diego Law School in September 2013 on Laurence Claus, Law’s Evolution and Human Understanding (New York: Oxford University Press, 2012), this article appears in the final issue of volume 52 of the San Diego Law Review. With new illustrations and considerations suggested by the book, the article argues for a number of theses: “Because I/we say so” is never a reasonable ground or formulation of authoritative acts such as enactments or parental or other orders. The moral authority of rule makers is never peremptory in a binary (all or nothing) as …


November 16, 2014: A Beautiful Movie, Bruce Ledewitz Nov 2014

November 16, 2014: A Beautiful Movie, Bruce Ledewitz

Hallowed Secularism

Blog post, “A Beautiful Movie“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.


November 13, 2014: The Climate Deal With China, Bruce Ledewitz Nov 2014

November 13, 2014: The Climate Deal With China, Bruce Ledewitz

Hallowed Secularism

Blog post, “The Climate Deal with China“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.


November 9, 2014: How Destructive Is Capitalism?, Bruce Ledewitz Nov 2014

November 9, 2014: How Destructive Is Capitalism?, Bruce Ledewitz

Hallowed Secularism

Blog post, “ How Destructive Is Capitalism?“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.


November 6, 2014: An Election Of Anxiety, Bruce Ledewitz Nov 2014

November 6, 2014: An Election Of Anxiety, Bruce Ledewitz

Hallowed Secularism

Blog post, “An Election of Anxiety“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.


November 2, 2014: Today’S Papers, Bruce Ledewitz Nov 2014

November 2, 2014: Today’S Papers, Bruce Ledewitz

Hallowed Secularism

Blog post, “Today’s Papers“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.


October 31, 2014: Pennsylvania Doings, Bruce Ledewitz Oct 2014

October 31, 2014: Pennsylvania Doings, Bruce Ledewitz

Hallowed Secularism

Blog post, “Pennsylvania Doings“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.


Deal Leaves Court Issues Unresolved, Bruce Ledewitz Oct 2014

Deal Leaves Court Issues Unresolved, Bruce Ledewitz

Ledewitz Papers

Published scholarship collected from academic journals, law reviews, newspaper publications & online periodicals


October 25, 2014: In Our Dark Time, Bruce Ledewitz Oct 2014

October 25, 2014: In Our Dark Time, Bruce Ledewitz

Hallowed Secularism

Blog post, “ In Our Dark Time“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.


October 22, 2014: The Panic Over Ebola, Bruce Ledewitz Oct 2014

October 22, 2014: The Panic Over Ebola, Bruce Ledewitz

Hallowed Secularism

Blog post, “The Panic Over Ebola“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.


October 18, 2014: Can Materialism Be True?, Bruce Ledewitz Oct 2014

October 18, 2014: Can Materialism Be True?, Bruce Ledewitz

Hallowed Secularism

Blog post, “Can Materialism Be True?“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.


October 15, 2014: Great News From The Church, Bruce Ledewitz Oct 2014

October 15, 2014: Great News From The Church, Bruce Ledewitz

Hallowed Secularism

Blog post, “Great News from the Church“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.


October 12, 2014: Why Judaism Is Dying, Bruce Ledewitz Oct 2014

October 12, 2014: Why Judaism Is Dying, Bruce Ledewitz

Hallowed Secularism

Blog post, “Why Judaism is Dying“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.


October 9, 2014: The War Over Islam, Bruce Ledewitz Oct 2014

October 9, 2014: The War Over Islam, Bruce Ledewitz

Hallowed Secularism

Blog post, “The War Over Islam“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.


October 5, 2014: The Day After Yom Kippur, Bruce Ledewitz Oct 2014

October 5, 2014: The Day After Yom Kippur, Bruce Ledewitz

Hallowed Secularism

Blog post, “The Day after Yom Kippur“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.