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Democratic Education, Suzanna Sherry
Democratic Education, Suzanna Sherry
Vanderbilt Law School Faculty Publications
Amy Gutmann's Democratic Education might equally well be entitled Republican Education, for its central theme is how to produce true republican citizens-citizens who possess both the ability and the motivation to participate in their deliberative political communities. That such a republican education must take place in a democratic context, however, imposes limits on how educational decisions are made and on what may be taught. Gutmann carefully explores both. The resulting "democratic theory of education" she proposes and examines is a small masterpiece of political theory with implications far beyond the educational context.
Finding Federalism In The Admiralty: "The Devil's Own Mess" Revisited, J.B. Ruhl
Finding Federalism In The Admiralty: "The Devil's Own Mess" Revisited, J.B. Ruhl
Vanderbilt Law School Faculty Publications
The federalism aspect of the United States Supreme Court's admiralty jurisprudence has long been adrift.' No feature of admiralty law illustrates the Court's difficulties in this regard better than maritime wrongful death remedies. From the beginning of the Court's involvement with maritime wrongful death remedies in The Harrisburg to its most recent decision on the subject in Offshore Logistics v. Tallentire, the Court's jurisprudence in this area has been characterized by inconsistency.