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Good Selves And Just Wars, John Coons
Law And Human Nature, Donald Roth
Law And Human Nature, Donald Roth
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"While the law may assume rationality, it's a fair question whether people are really all that rational."
Posting about the way that human nature is viewed by the law from In All Things - an online hub committed to the claim that the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ has implications for the entire world.
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Newfound Religion: Mothers, God, And Infanticide , Susan Ayres
Newfound Religion: Mothers, God, And Infanticide , Susan Ayres
Susan Ayres
This essay focuses on cultural constructions of infanticide and psychosis, especially cases in which the mother heard delusional commands to kill her children. Part I examines the background of the Yates, Laney, and Diaz cases. Part II explores whether these mothers can be seen paradoxically as feminist subjects of empowerment rather than as victims. This essay argues that psychotic mothers have been disempowered and silences, so their acts cannot be seen as subversive feminist gestures. Part III, however, argues that the legal trials of Laney and Diaz demonstrate a possible subversion through trial strategy. These two trials more fully told …