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Religious Convictions And Lawmaking, Kent Greenawalt
Religious Convictions And Lawmaking, Kent Greenawalt
Michigan Law Review
In Part I, I introduce the subject of liberal democracy, rationality, and religion. I explain briefly why this subject merits our attention. I then indicate variant positions about it and my own summary conclusions. I develop a partial model of our liberal democracy from which the issue can be addressed in context. I next consider two kinds of concrete social issues, consenting sexual acts among adults and the protection of animals and the natural environment. During this treatment I indicate more fully how religious convictions affect judgments about desirable laws, and I analyze the claim that good citizens should not …
The Crisis Of The Western Legal Tradition, William Chester Jordan
The Crisis Of The Western Legal Tradition, William Chester Jordan
Michigan Law Review
A Review of Law and Revolution: The Formation of the Western Legal Tradition by Harold J. Berman
Humanitarian International Law In Islam: A General Outlook, Ahmed Zaki Yamani
Humanitarian International Law In Islam: A General Outlook, Ahmed Zaki Yamani
Michigan Journal of International Law
This article covers the following topics: humanitarian law and humanistic law, general concepts of humanitarian international law in Islam: armed conflict of a non-international nature and armed conflict of an international nature, and wars against polytheists and apostates.
Privacy In Confucian And Taoist Thought, Christina B. Whitman
Privacy In Confucian And Taoist Thought, Christina B. Whitman
Book Chapters
Only three aspects of the broad concept "privacy" will be explored in this essay: privacy as providing a sphere for intimate personal relationships with family and friends, privacy as freedom from surveillance for purposes of gathering personal information, and privacy as freedom from interference by government or social controls. These concepts describe quite different concerns. They are often grouped together under the single term "privacy," but not without some strain... A comparison between a modern Western value and its counterpart, if any, in very early Confucian and Taoist belief is inevitably somewhat strained. But it serves a purpose. If nothing …