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Full-Text Articles in Law
Codifying Shari'a: International Norms, Legality & The Freedom To Invent New Forms, Paul H. Robinson, Adnan Zulfiqar, Margaret Kammerud, Michael Orchowski, Elizabeth A. Gerlach, Adam L. Pollock, Thomas M. O'Brien, John C. Lin, Tom Stenson, Negar Katirai, J. John Lee, Marc Aaron Melzer
Codifying Shari'a: International Norms, Legality & The Freedom To Invent New Forms, Paul H. Robinson, Adnan Zulfiqar, Margaret Kammerud, Michael Orchowski, Elizabeth A. Gerlach, Adam L. Pollock, Thomas M. O'Brien, John C. Lin, Tom Stenson, Negar Katirai, J. John Lee, Marc Aaron Melzer
All Faculty Scholarship
The United Nations Development Program and the Republic of the Maldives, a small Muslim country with a constitutional democracy, commissioned this project to craft the country's first system of codified penal law and sentencing guidelines. This Article describes the special challenges and opportunities encountered while drafting a penal code based on Shari'a (Islamic law). On the one hand, such comprehensive codification is more important and more likely to bring dramatic improvements in the quality of justice than in many other societies, due in large part to the problems of assuring fair notice and fair adjudication in the uncodified Shari'a-based system …
Opposing The Lottery In The U.S.: The Forces Behind Individual Attitudes Towards Legalization In 1975, Andrew J. Economopoulos
Opposing The Lottery In The U.S.: The Forces Behind Individual Attitudes Towards Legalization In 1975, Andrew J. Economopoulos
Business and Economics Faculty Publications
In the 1970s, opposition to the lottery started to fracture in the US. This study examines causes of the fracture and historical factors that contributed to changes in individual attitudes towards legalization. The opponents at the time held to traditional arguments against legalized lotteries—negative economic effects, costs to others and increased crime. Unlike in the past, however, there was weak religious institutional opposition to lotteries. Individuals with a strong commitment to their religious affiliation were more resistant to pro-lottery arguments, but in most cases could be convinced to support the lottery. The pre-World War II generation remained steadfast against the …
Through A Glass Darkly: Van Orden, Mccreary, And The Dangers Of Transparency In Establishment Clause Jurisprudence, Laura S. Underkuffler
Through A Glass Darkly: Van Orden, Mccreary, And The Dangers Of Transparency In Establishment Clause Jurisprudence, Laura S. Underkuffler
Cornell Law Faculty Publications
No abstract provided.
Christianity And The (Modest) Rule Of Law, David A. Skeel Jr., William J. Stuntz
Christianity And The (Modest) Rule Of Law, David A. Skeel Jr., William J. Stuntz
All Faculty Scholarship
Conservative Christians are often accused, justifiably, of trying to impose their moral views on the rest of the population: of trying to equate God's law with man's law. In this essay, we try to answer the question whether that equation is consistent with Christianity. It isn't. Christian doctrines of creation and the fall imply the basic protections associated with the rule of law. But the moral law as defined in the Sermon on the Mount is flatly inconsistent with those protections. The most plausible inference to draw from those two conclusions is that the moral law - God's law - …
The Consciousness Of Religion And The Consciousness Of Law, With Some Implications For Dialogue, Howard Lesnick
The Consciousness Of Religion And The Consciousness Of Law, With Some Implications For Dialogue, Howard Lesnick
All Faculty Scholarship
No abstract provided.
Applying A Business Model To The University, John Neill
Applying A Business Model To The University, John Neill
Center for the Study of Ethics in Society Papers
Published by the Center of the Study of Ethics in Society Western Michigan University.
Cultural Contradictions And Ethical Dilemmas In The Corporate-Styled University, Eric Gould
Cultural Contradictions And Ethical Dilemmas In The Corporate-Styled University, Eric Gould
Center for the Study of Ethics in Society Papers
Published by the Center of the Study of Ethics in Society Western Michigan University
Epilogue: Universities And Corporations, Robert Kauffman
Epilogue: Universities And Corporations, Robert Kauffman
Center for the Study of Ethics in Society Papers
Published by the Center of the Study of Ethics in Society Western Michigan University.
Media Ethics: The Powerful And The Powerless, Elaine E. Englehardt
Media Ethics: The Powerful And The Powerless, Elaine E. Englehardt
Center for the Study of Ethics in Society Papers
Papers presented for the Center of the Study of Ethics in Society Western Michigan University.
Recent Developments In International Education At Wmu, Ronald Davis
Recent Developments In International Education At Wmu, Ronald Davis
Center for the Study of Ethics in Society Papers
Published by the Center of the Study of Ethics in Society Western Michigan University.
Universities And Corporations: A Selection Of Papers Presented At Tire Western Michigan University Emeriti Council Forum, Center Of The Study Of Ethics In Society
Universities And Corporations: A Selection Of Papers Presented At Tire Western Michigan University Emeriti Council Forum, Center Of The Study Of Ethics In Society
Center for the Study of Ethics in Society Papers
A selection of papers presented at the WMU Emeriti Council Forum.
The Entrepreneurial University: Rewards & Risks, Samuel M. Hines Jr.
The Entrepreneurial University: Rewards & Risks, Samuel M. Hines Jr.
Center for the Study of Ethics in Society Papers
Published by the Center of the Study of Ethics in Society Western Michigan University.
The College Of Engineering And Applied Sciences & The Btr-A Partnership With Purpose, Michael B. Atkins, Kurt Hayden
The College Of Engineering And Applied Sciences & The Btr-A Partnership With Purpose, Michael B. Atkins, Kurt Hayden
Center for the Study of Ethics in Society Papers
Published by the Center of the Study of Ethics in Society Western Michigan University.
The Commodification Of International Education, Howard Dooley
The Commodification Of International Education, Howard Dooley
Center for the Study of Ethics in Society Papers
Published by the Center of the Study of Ethics in Society Western Michigan University.
Introduction: The Entrepreneurial University, Joseph Ellin
Introduction: The Entrepreneurial University, Joseph Ellin
Center for the Study of Ethics in Society Papers
Published by the Center of the Study of Ethics in Society Western Michigan University.
Through A Glass Darkly: Van Orden, Mccreary And The Dangers Of Transparency In Establishment Clause Jurisprudence, Laura S. Underkuffler
Through A Glass Darkly: Van Orden, Mccreary And The Dangers Of Transparency In Establishment Clause Jurisprudence, Laura S. Underkuffler
Faculty Scholarship
No abstract provided.
Jurisprudence And The Problem Of Church Doctrine, Nathan B. Oman
Jurisprudence And The Problem Of Church Doctrine, Nathan B. Oman
Faculty Publications
No abstract provided.
Final Report Of The Maldivian Penal Law & Sentencing Codification Project: Text Of Draft Code (Volume 1) And Official Commentary (Volume 2), Paul H. Robinson, Criminal Law Research Group -- University Of Pennsylvania
Final Report Of The Maldivian Penal Law & Sentencing Codification Project: Text Of Draft Code (Volume 1) And Official Commentary (Volume 2), Paul H. Robinson, Criminal Law Research Group -- University Of Pennsylvania
All Faculty Scholarship
The United Nations Development Programme and the Government of the Maldives commissioned the drafting of a penal code based upon existing Maldivian law, which meant primarily a codification of Shari'a. This is the Final Report of that codification project. A description of the process that produced this Report and the drafting principles behind it, as well as a discussion of the special challenges of codifying Islamic criminal law, are contained in an article at http://ssrn.com/abstract=941443.
Moral Ambition: The Sermons Of Harry A. Blackmun, Dena S. Davis
Moral Ambition: The Sermons Of Harry A. Blackmun, Dena S. Davis
Law Faculty Articles and Essays
Justice Harry A. Blackmun died on March 4, 1999 at the age of 90. The public funeral was held on March 9, at the huge and impressive Metropolitan Memorial United Methodist Church, on Nebraska Avenue in Washington, D.C. Among the many speakers at this "Service of Death and Resurrection" was the Rev. Dr. William A. Holmes, senior pastor at the Church, speaking on "The Churchmanship of Harry Blackmun." Dr. Holmes talked movingly of a man who was intimately involved in the affairs of his church. Among the Justice's many contributions, Holmes noted a sermon that Blackmun had once preached on …