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Is Democracy Like Sex?, Glenn Harlan Reynolds
Is Democracy Like Sex?, Glenn Harlan Reynolds
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As Mancur Olson observed in "The Rise And Decline Of Nations," successful nations are prey to a "web of special interests" that produces calcified legislation inhibiting economic growth and liberty in support of existing special interests. By way of comparison to evolutionary biology and theories about the role of sexual reproduction in promoting resistance to parasitism, this paper looks at the role of democracy, federalism, and limited federal government powers in reducing special-interest parasitism in the American polity.
“Sue Me, Sue Me, What Can You Do To Me? I Love You” A Disquisition On Law, Sex, And Talk, Dan Subotnik
“Sue Me, Sue Me, What Can You Do To Me? I Love You” A Disquisition On Law, Sex, And Talk, Dan Subotnik
Scholarly Works
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Metaphors Matter: How Images Of Battle, Sports And Sex Shape The Adversary System, Elizabeth G. Thornburg
Metaphors Matter: How Images Of Battle, Sports And Sex Shape The Adversary System, Elizabeth G. Thornburg
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Metaphors are not pretty figures of speech; they affect the way people within cultures perceive reality. It is therefore significant that the metaphors most commonly used for the adversary system center on war and sports. This tends to over-emphasize the competitive aspects of litigation and disguise opportunities for more cooperative behavior. This article collects and analyzes those metaphors, and discusses the reasons for their powerful hold on legal culture. It also considers some of the negative effects of the metaphorical system and speculates about whether we could find and nurture alternative metaphors.
University Of Richmond Law Review
University Of Richmond Law Review
University of Richmond Law Review
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