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Islam And Democracy: Appreciating The Nuance And Complexity Of Legal Systems With A Basis In Religion, Massimo Campanini, Mohamed Arafa
Islam And Democracy: Appreciating The Nuance And Complexity Of Legal Systems With A Basis In Religion, Massimo Campanini, Mohamed Arafa
Barry Law Review
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The Case For Effective Environmental Politics: Federalist Or Unitary State? Comparing The Cases Of Canada, The United States Of America, And The People’S Republic Of China, Justin Fisch
University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform
Federalism, by its nature, is a segmented system of governance. The Canadian and American constitutional orders are divided along very clear lines of jurisdictional authority between levels of government. Environmental issues, by their nature, are holistic in scope—they transcend borders, governments, jurisdictions, and authorities. For this reason, one might assume that a unitary state would be better positioned to tackle them. Is this justified? This Article examines the Chinese unitary state, in comparison to the federalist systems in Canada and the United States of America, to discern whether a unitary government can better manage issues plaguing the environment.
Equality And Partiality, Daniel A. Cohen
Equality And Partiality, Daniel A. Cohen
Michigan Law Review
A Review of Equality and Partiality by Thomas Nagel
Law, Politics, And The Claims Of Community, Stephen A. Gardbaum
Law, Politics, And The Claims Of Community, Stephen A. Gardbaum
Michigan Law Review
This article aims to provide this needed analysis and then to show how it illuminates many of the exchanges taking place within the legal academy. It argues that the first step toward understanding "the claims of community" - whether in law or moral and political theory - is to recognize that, as the phrase itself suggests, more than one claim is involved. Merely to observe that the various proponents of community have as yet failed to establish a common and coherent communitarian position, though certainly true, is to miss the more critical insight: they are not engaged in such an …
Politics Against Law, Ernest Van Den Haag
Politics Against Law, Ernest Van Den Haag
Michigan Law Review
A Review of The Politics of Law: A Progressive Critique by David Kairys