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Against Agnosticism: Why The Liberal State Isn't Just One (Authority) Among The Many, Linda C. Mcclain
Against Agnosticism: Why The Liberal State Isn't Just One (Authority) Among The Many, Linda C. Mcclain
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This article takes up the gauntlet thrown down by Professor Abner Greene’s recent book, Against Obligation: The Multiple Sources of Authority in a Liberal Democracy, to those scholars, politicians, and activists who believe that realizing the ideal of e pluribus unum (out of many, one) as well as constitutional principles of liberty and equality require a robust role for government. Government, Greene argues, is just one source of authority among many others, and citizens – or even public officials – have no general moral duty to obey the law. The political and constitutional order of the United States, he contends, …
La Iglesia Católica Y La Administración De Justicia Terrenal (Algunas Consideraciones), Horacio M. Lynch
La Iglesia Católica Y La Administración De Justicia Terrenal (Algunas Consideraciones), Horacio M. Lynch
Horacio M. LYNCH
LA IGLESIA CATÓLICA Y LA ADMINISTRACIÓN DE JUSTICIA TERRENAL - Algunas consideraciones (2013) ABSTRACT: Proyecto presentado al Papa Francisco en mayo de 2013 . Se trata de un proyecto que por Horacio M. LYNCH, en línea con sus preocupaciones por la Justicia, presentó al nuevo Pontífice. Motivado por el llamado inicial de Francisco sobre 'la opción preferencial por los pobres' y considerando las fallas que exhibe la administración de justicia en el mundo que, al margen de otras trágicas consecuencias, lastiman más a los pobres, la propuesta sugiere y fundamenta la intervención de la Iglesia en orden a buscar un …
Corporation Sole - Appendix A, Vicenç Feliú
Corporation Sole - Appendix A, Vicenç Feliú
Vicenç Feliú
This work is a revision and update of a study carried out in 1933 by Monsignor Patrick J. Dignan. Dignan’s purpose in his study was to outline the history of how the Roman Catholic Church (the Church) secured laws for the protection of church property in accordance with the hierarchical nature of the Church. The purpose of the present article is to bring up to date Dignan’s work and complete a survey of the law in its present state. As a secondary purpose, the present article also provides legal reference librarians with a unified collection of the laws controlling Church …
Corporation Sole - Appendix B, Vicenç Feliú
Corporation Sole - Appendix B, Vicenç Feliú
Vicenç Feliú
This work is a revision and update of a study carried out in 1933 by Monsignor Patrick J. Dignan. Dignan’s purpose in his study was to outline the history of how the Roman Catholic Church (the Church) secured laws for the protection of church property in accordance with the hierarchical nature of the Church. The purpose of the present article is to bring up to date Dignan’s work and complete a survey of the law in its present state. As a secondary purpose, the present article also provides legal reference librarians with a unified collection of the laws controlling Church …