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“The Relevance Of Prior Record In The Criminal Law: A Response To The Theory Of Professor Von Hirsch”, Darcy Macpherson Dec 2001

“The Relevance Of Prior Record In The Criminal Law: A Response To The Theory Of Professor Von Hirsch”, Darcy Macpherson

Darcy L MacPherson

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Wojtylan Insight Into Love And Friendship: Shared Consciousness And The Breakdown Of Solidarity, Scott Fitzgibbon Dec 2001

Wojtylan Insight Into Love And Friendship: Shared Consciousness And The Breakdown Of Solidarity, Scott Fitzgibbon

Scott T. FitzGibbon

There is a fundamental clash in contemporary society between, on the one hand, an orthodox Christian understanding of human dignity and of what is required of us if we are to respect and honour the dignity of every human being and, on the other hand, a secularist vision of human existence. In his great Encyclical Evangelium Vitae, 'The Gospel of Life', Pope John Paul II identified as the practical expression of this clash the conflict between what he called the 'culture of life' and the 'culture of death'. The present volume explores the roots of the two cultures, contemporary manifestations …


La Emergencia Económica Y El Derecho Del Consumidor, Martin Paolantonio Dec 2001

La Emergencia Económica Y El Derecho Del Consumidor, Martin Paolantonio

Martin Paolantonio

Análisis de los efectos negativos de la legislación de emergencia económica y su separación conceptual de la normativa de tutela del consumidor


Marriage And The Good Of Obligation, Scott T. Fitzgibbon Dec 2001

Marriage And The Good Of Obligation, Scott T. Fitzgibbon

Scott T. FitzGibbon

Marriage is obligatory. This is not to say, of course, that bachelorhood must be avoided or that everyone ought to get married. The point, rather, is that those who do wed form a relationship which embraces obligation as a fundamental component ("commitment norms," as Professor Elizabeth Scott has put it). This article aims to show why this is a good thing, and fundamentally so. Marriage and other affiliations, it seems, may involve obligation in two basic ways. The first way is instrumentally. The projects of married life require long-term commitment and fixity of purpose: raising children and paying off the …