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Foreword: Making Sense Of An Eighteenth-Century Constitution In A Twenty-First-Century World, Mark A. Graber Jul 2008

Foreword: Making Sense Of An Eighteenth-Century Constitution In A Twenty-First-Century World, Mark A. Graber

Mark Graber

The Maryland Constitutional Law Schmooze, "An Eighteenth-Century Constitution in a Twenty-First-Century World" explores the interpretive and political challenges inherent in recourse to an ancient text for resolving political questions. Although no Essay cites Quentin Skinner, the debates between participants in the Schmooze and this Symposium mirror the debates between Skinner and his critics. Some participants insist that crucial aspects of an eighteenth-century text remain vibrant at present, that contemporary political life would be improved by more careful study of the Constitution. Others blame crucial pathologies of American politics on a combination of too careful study of and too uncritical veneration …


Grounded History: A Keynote Address To The 14th Annual Massachusetts Statewide Undergraduate Research Conference, Amilcar Shabazz May 2008

Grounded History: A Keynote Address To The 14th Annual Massachusetts Statewide Undergraduate Research Conference, Amilcar Shabazz

Amilcar Shabazz

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Restatement - Technique And Tradition In The United States, Thomas Kohler Dec 2007

Restatement - Technique And Tradition In The United States, Thomas Kohler

Thomas C. Kohler

This paper considers the meaning and development in a historical perspective of what Americans mean by labour law. The author highlights the fact that employment law in the United States consists of a patchwork of state regulation with a variegated federal overlay. He also discusses the development of the restatement tradition in the United States and examines the course and the current status of the Restatement of Employment Law project promoted by the American Law Institute (ALI), taking account of the fact that the character of employment has changed radically in the past two decades, and has yet to reach …


Politizando La Inter-Relación Entre Derecho E Historia, Jorge Gonzalez-Jacome Dec 2007

Politizando La Inter-Relación Entre Derecho E Historia, Jorge Gonzalez-Jacome

Jorge Gonzalez-Jacome

Hablar de interdisciplinariedad nos arroja a preguntas sobre la propia disciplina jurídica lo cual puede llevarnos a cuestionamientos internos sobre cuáles son nuestras esencias disciplinares mostrando que, por regla general, la investigación en derecho se debe ocupar solamente de algunas cuestiones y no de otras que hacen parte de otras disciplinas. Ello podría llevar a que nos enfrascáramos en una discusión sobre nuestro objeto de estudio que si bien no considero acabada, sí creo que no puede ser pensada en abstracto o solamente desde las esencias de la disciplina. Parto de la idea de la imposibilidad de pensar los problemas …