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The Cosmology Of Law In Buddhist Tibet, Rebecca Redwood French
The Cosmology Of Law In Buddhist Tibet, Rebecca Redwood French
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Justice William Johnson And The History Of Supreme Court Dissent, Meredith Kolsky Lewis
Justice William Johnson And The History Of Supreme Court Dissent, Meredith Kolsky Lewis
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Institutions And Linguistic Conventions: The Pragmatism Of Lieber's Legal Hermeneutics, Guyora Binder
Institutions And Linguistic Conventions: The Pragmatism Of Lieber's Legal Hermeneutics, Guyora Binder
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This article presents Francis Lieber’s 1839 treatise “Legal and Political Hermeneutics” as a surprisingly modern and pragmatic account of interpretation. It first explicates the two most important influences on Liber’s thought, the romantic philology of Friedrich Schleiermacher, and the institutional positivism of Whig jurists Story and Kent. It shows that both of these sources frankly acknowledged that interpretation is an institutional practice, organized by the evolving aims and customs of the institutions within which it took place. Both tended to view the writing and reading of texts as the deployment of linguistic conventions. Both movements thereby viewed meaning for all …
The Banjul Charter And The African Cultural Fingerprint: An Evaluation Of The Language Of Duties, Makau Wa Mutua
The Banjul Charter And The African Cultural Fingerprint: An Evaluation Of The Language Of Duties, Makau Wa Mutua
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Conflicting Conceptions Of Human Rights: Rethinking The African Post-Colonial State, Makau Wa Mutua
Conflicting Conceptions Of Human Rights: Rethinking The African Post-Colonial State, Makau Wa Mutua
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Domestic Violence & Partner Notification: Implications For Treatment And Counseling Of Women With Hiv, Karen H. Rothenberg, Stephen Paskey, Melissa M. Reuland, Sheryl Itkin Zimmerman, Richard L. North
Domestic Violence & Partner Notification: Implications For Treatment And Counseling Of Women With Hiv, Karen H. Rothenberg, Stephen Paskey, Melissa M. Reuland, Sheryl Itkin Zimmerman, Richard L. North
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The Risk Of Domestic Violence And Women With Hiv Infection: Implications For Partner Notification, Public Policy, And The Law, Karen H. Rothenberg, Stephen Paskey
The Risk Of Domestic Violence And Women With Hiv Infection: Implications For Partner Notification, Public Policy, And The Law, Karen H. Rothenberg, Stephen Paskey
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Law And Endangered Species: Is Survival Alone Cause For Celebration?, John Henry Schlegel
Law And Endangered Species: Is Survival Alone Cause For Celebration?, John Henry Schlegel
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Transformations Of Law And Place: Introduction To The Articles By Buchanan, Darian-Smith, Maurer, And Aman, David M. Engel
Transformations Of Law And Place: Introduction To The Articles By Buchanan, Darian-Smith, Maurer, And Aman, David M. Engel
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Why Redraw The Map Of Africa: A Legal And Moral Inquiry, Makau Wa Mutua
Why Redraw The Map Of Africa: A Legal And Moral Inquiry, Makau Wa Mutua
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This article questions the legitimacy of the African state and the imperial cartography on which it is based. It argues that African states are conceptually faulty because they are the crude and thoughtless handiworks of European colonial powers. It is the artificiality of the African state that has been responsible for its failure to cohere into a nation that is viable. The piece argues for geographic and normative re-articulation of the African state - by smashing the current states - to endow them with moral, political, and legal legitimacy. It concludes that democratic entities are unlikely to develop where pre-colonial …
New Challenges To Southern Africa: From Regional Conflict To Internal Reconstruction, Makau Wa Mutua
New Challenges To Southern Africa: From Regional Conflict To Internal Reconstruction, Makau Wa Mutua
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With the possible exception of the Horn of Africa, arguably no other African region has been subject to multiple traumas such as those endured by Southern Africa. From the brutal Portuguese colonization to the vicious civil wars in Angola and Mozambique, not to mention the ravages of apartheid in South Africa and Namibia, the last four hundred years have seen sheer brutality of man over fellow man. Since 1990, however, there has been a steady reversal of the conditions that have historically caused violence in the region. In this article, the author examines this legacy and the struggle to construct …