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The Unconscionable War On Moral Conscience, Michael Stokes Paulsen
The Unconscionable War On Moral Conscience, Michael Stokes Paulsen
Notre Dame Law Review
My thesis in this review builds on and is inspired in part by George’s book: Where, or to the extent that, a conflict between conscience and authority reduces to a pure stand on principle by each side—sincere conscience for its sake versus authority for its—in a free society conscience should almost always win. The only time that claims of government authority should triumph over genuine claims of religious conscience is when religiously motivated conduct would produce essentially intolerable harm to others—harm of a kind and degree that would lead one to conclude (in effect, not literally) that it is inconceivable …
Game Of Drones, Mary O'Connell
Game Of Drones, Mary O'Connell
Journal Articles
Reviewing three 2015 treatises on Drone War
A Theory of the Drone. By Grègoire Chamayou. Translated by Janet Lloyd. New York, London: The New Press, 2015. Pp. 292. Index. $26.95.
International Law and Drone Strikes in Pakistan: The Legal and Socio-political Aspects. By Sikander Ahmed Shah. London, New York: Routledge, 2015. Pp. viii, 247. Index. $145.
Sudden Justice: America's Secret Drone Wars. By Chris Woods. Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, 2015. Pp. xvi, 386. Index. $27.95.
Asian Traditions And English Law, Geoffrey J. Bennett
Asian Traditions And English Law, Geoffrey J. Bennett
Journal Articles
Sebastian Poulter's book deals with a whole range of issues raised by the interplay of English law and Asian traditions. The areas covered include marriage, employment, children, and inheritance. In other words, all those topics are likely to affect most people in their everyday legal dealings.
Manual Of The Law Of Evidence, Geoffrey Bennett
Manual Of The Law Of Evidence, Geoffrey Bennett
Journal Articles
Reviewing: Phipson & Elliott, Manual of the Law of Evidence. 11th ed. London: Sweet & Maxwell. 1980. 376 pp.
Book Review: Development Control, Geoffrey J. Bennett
Book Review: Development Control, Geoffrey J. Bennett
Journal Articles
Mr. Alder's book is a lucid and informative contribution on the subject of development control. The book is largely concerned with analyzing the impact of judicial decisions in the [English] courts on planning law relating to development control.