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Self-Determination In International Law And The Demise Of Democracy?, Russell Miller Dec 2002

Self-Determination In International Law And The Demise Of Democracy?, Russell Miller

Russell A. Miller

No abstract provided.


Reviving The Dream Of Global Democracy, Andrew Strauss, Richard Falk Dec 2002

Reviving The Dream Of Global Democracy, Andrew Strauss, Richard Falk

Andrew L. Strauss

No abstract provided.


The Deeper Challenges Of Global Terrorism: A Democratizing Response, Andrew Strauss, Richard Falk Dec 2002

The Deeper Challenges Of Global Terrorism: A Democratizing Response, Andrew Strauss, Richard Falk

Andrew L. Strauss

No abstract provided.


Functional Democracy: Responding To Failures Of Accountability, Molly K. Land Dec 2002

Functional Democracy: Responding To Failures Of Accountability, Molly K. Land

Molly K. Land

No abstract provided.


Democratic Governance: An Emerging Customary Norm?, Jackson N. Maogoto Dec 2002

Democratic Governance: An Emerging Customary Norm?, Jackson N. Maogoto

Jackson Nyamuya Maogoto

Democratic entitlement as a universal human right is a complex and multifaceted issue. The Article has as its modest aim a general reflection on the enshrinement of democracy as a universal entitlement and the movement of international law in a pro-democratic direction The Article will seek to highlight the general uncertainties that continue to plague the democratic entitlement. The Article deliberately focuses on the United Nations system with reference also being given to regional efforts. The Article does not discuss the legal justifications and nature of measures to address undemocratic regimes. While such measures are significant in pro-democratic discourse, it …


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, …


Derailing Union Democracy: Why Deregulation Would Be A Mistake, Michael J. Goldberg Dec 2001

Derailing Union Democracy: Why Deregulation Would Be A Mistake, Michael J. Goldberg

Michael J Goldberg

This article is a response to Prof. Samuel Estreicher’s article, Deregulating Union Democracy, 21 J. LAB. RES. 247 (2000). It argues against Estreicher’s call for the deregulation of internal union affairs by repealing the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959 on several grounds. First, it disputes some of Estreicher’s basic assumptions about the nature and effectiveness of union democracy legislation, in part because Estreicher views unions strictly as economic entities and overlooks their important political and social functions, and in part because he is mistaken when he dismisses the current scheme of regulating internal union affairs as completely ineffectual. …


Union Democracy, American Democracy, And Global Democracy: An Overview And Assessment, Michael Goldberg Dec 2000

Union Democracy, American Democracy, And Global Democracy: An Overview And Assessment, Michael Goldberg

Michael J Goldberg

No abstract provided.


Deliberativism As The Moral Personality Of American Citizenship, Robert Justin Lipkin Dec 2000

Deliberativism As The Moral Personality Of American Citizenship, Robert Justin Lipkin

Robert Justin Lipkin

No abstract provided.


Impeachment And The War Over The Democratization Of American Culture, Robert Justin Lipkin Dec 1999

Impeachment And The War Over The Democratization Of American Culture, Robert Justin Lipkin

Robert Justin Lipkin

No abstract provided.


Religious Justification In The American Communitarian Republic, Robert Justin Lipkin Dec 1995

Religious Justification In The American Communitarian Republic, Robert Justin Lipkin

Robert Justin Lipkin

No abstract provided.


The Quest For The Common Good: Neutrality And Deliberative Democracy In Sunstein's Conception Of American Constitutionalism, Robert Justin Lipkin Dec 1993

The Quest For The Common Good: Neutrality And Deliberative Democracy In Sunstein's Conception Of American Constitutionalism, Robert Justin Lipkin

Robert Justin Lipkin

No abstract provided.