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Extending The Revisionist Project, Lewis Grossman Jan 2002

Extending The Revisionist Project, Lewis Grossman

Scholarly Articles in Law Reviews & Journals

No abstract provided.


Human Rights Policy In The Age Of Terrorism, Juan E. Mendez Jan 2002

Human Rights Policy In The Age Of Terrorism, Juan E. Mendez

Scholarly Articles in Law Reviews & Journals

No abstract provided.


James Coolidge Carter And Mugwump Jurisprudence, Lewis Grossman Jan 2002

James Coolidge Carter And Mugwump Jurisprudence, Lewis Grossman

Scholarly Articles in Law Reviews & Journals

This article examines the thought of James Coolidge Carter, a leading legal theorist, practicing attorney, and political reformer of the Gilded Age, most famous for his resistance to codification. Carter, like many elite legal figures in the late nineteenth century, belonged to the genteel urban political culture known as the Mugwumps. I show how Carter's suspicion of legislators, his faith in courts, his equation of the common law with custom, and his condemnation of legislation inconsistent with custom, reflected his Mugwump world view. I also explore how Carter, like other Mugwumps, struggled to accommodate traditional modes of thought to the …


Ethical And Humanitarian Concerns Add A New Dimension To International Security In The Post-Cold War World, Juan E. Mendez Jan 2001

Ethical And Humanitarian Concerns Add A New Dimension To International Security In The Post-Cold War World, Juan E. Mendez

Scholarly Articles in Law Reviews & Journals

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Women In Law, Susan Carle Jan 2000

Women In Law, Susan Carle

Book Reviews

No abstract provided.


The Legacy Of Geographical Morality And Colonialism: A Historical Assessment Of The Current Crusade Against Corruption, Padideh Ala'i Jan 2000

The Legacy Of Geographical Morality And Colonialism: A Historical Assessment Of The Current Crusade Against Corruption, Padideh Ala'i

Scholarly Articles in Law Reviews & Journals

This Article examines the legacy of the rule of geographical morality - that is the norm by which a citizen of the country in the North may engage in acts of corruption in any country in the South, including bribery and extortion, without the attachment of any moral condemnation to those acts. Part I of the Article begins by reviewing the impeachment trial of Warren Hastings, who served as Governor General of the Bengal from 1772-1785, on charges of bribery and corruption. It was during that impeachment proceeding when the words "principles of geographical morality" were used by, the prosectuor, …


Cracking The Foundational Myths: Independence, Autonomy, And Self-Sufficiency, Martha Albertson Fineman Jan 2000

Cracking The Foundational Myths: Independence, Autonomy, And Self-Sufficiency, Martha Albertson Fineman

American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

No abstract provided.


Foreward, Adrienne D. Davis, Joan C. Williams Jan 2000

Foreward, Adrienne D. Davis, Joan C. Williams

American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

No abstract provided.


Cracking The Foundational Myths: Independence, Autonomy, And Self-Sufficiency, Martha Albertson Fineman Jan 2000

Cracking The Foundational Myths: Independence, Autonomy, And Self-Sufficiency, Martha Albertson Fineman

American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

No abstract provided.


Cracking Foundations As Feminist Method , Katharine T. Bartlett Jan 2000

Cracking Foundations As Feminist Method , Katharine T. Bartlett

American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

No abstract provided.


Foreward, Adrienne D. Davis, Joan C. Williams Jan 2000

Foreward, Adrienne D. Davis, Joan C. Williams

American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

No abstract provided.


Cracking Foundations As Feminist Method , Katharine T. Bartlett Jan 2000

Cracking Foundations As Feminist Method , Katharine T. Bartlett

American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

No abstract provided.


Appendix: Biographies Of Participants , American University Law Review Apr 1999

Appendix: Biographies Of Participants , American University Law Review

American University Law Review

No abstract provided.


Regulating Paid Household Work: Class, Gender, Race, And Agendas Of Reform , Peggie R. Smith Apr 1999

Regulating Paid Household Work: Class, Gender, Race, And Agendas Of Reform , Peggie R. Smith

American University Law Review

No abstract provided.


April, 1999, Ifc Miga Announces Compliance Advisor, Cao Apr 1999

April, 1999, Ifc Miga Announces Compliance Advisor, Cao

CAO General 1999-Present

No abstract provided.


Transcript: Responses To The Debate On Whether Congress Must End The Disenfranchisement Of The District Of Columbia , American University Law Review Mar 1999

Transcript: Responses To The Debate On Whether Congress Must End The Disenfranchisement Of The District Of Columbia , American University Law Review

American University Law Review

No abstract provided.


Transcript: What Makes The District An Anomaly? , American University Law Review Feb 1999

Transcript: What Makes The District An Anomaly? , American University Law Review

American University Law Review

No abstract provided.


Transcript: Must Congress End The Disenfranchisement Of The District Of Columbia? A Constitutional Debate , American University Law Review Feb 1999

Transcript: Must Congress End The Disenfranchisement Of The District Of Columbia? A Constitutional Debate , American University Law Review

American University Law Review

No abstract provided.


Transcript: The Nature Of The American Constitution: Is There A Constitutional Right To Vote And Be Represented? , American University Law Review Feb 1999

Transcript: The Nature Of The American Constitution: Is There A Constitutional Right To Vote And Be Represented? , American University Law Review

American University Law Review

No abstract provided.


Transcript: Welcome Address, American University Law Review Feb 1999

Transcript: Welcome Address, American University Law Review

American University Law Review

No abstract provided.


Transcript: Keynote Address , American University Law Review Feb 1999

Transcript: Keynote Address , American University Law Review

American University Law Review

No abstract provided.


Lawyers' Duty To Do Justice: A New Look At The History Of The 1908 Canons, Susan Carle Jan 1999

Lawyers' Duty To Do Justice: A New Look At The History Of The 1908 Canons, Susan Carle

Scholarly Articles in Law Reviews & Journals

No abstract provided.


The First Women Members Of The Supreme Court Bar, 1879-1900, Mary Clark Jan 1999

The First Women Members Of The Supreme Court Bar, 1879-1900, Mary Clark

Scholarly Articles in Law Reviews & Journals

No abstract provided.


Regulatory Takings And Original Intent: The Direct, Physical Takings Thesis "Goes Too Far", Andrew S. Gold Jan 1999

Regulatory Takings And Original Intent: The Direct, Physical Takings Thesis "Goes Too Far", Andrew S. Gold

American University Law Review

No abstract provided.


Internal Displacement: Is Prevention Through Accountability Possible? A Kosovo Case Study, Carlyn M. Carey Jan 1999

Internal Displacement: Is Prevention Through Accountability Possible? A Kosovo Case Study, Carlyn M. Carey

American University Law Review

No abstract provided.


Gender, Legal Education, And Judicial Philosophy In The Region, Claudio Grossman Jan 1999

Gender, Legal Education, And Judicial Philosophy In The Region, Claudio Grossman

American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

No abstract provided.


Legal Doctrine And The Gender Issue In Brazil, Leila Linhares Barsted, Jacqueline Hermann Jan 1999

Legal Doctrine And The Gender Issue In Brazil, Leila Linhares Barsted, Jacqueline Hermann

American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

No abstract provided.


Integrating Gender Perspective Into Brazilian Legal Doctrine And Education: Challenges And Possibilities, Flavia Piovesan Jan 1999

Integrating Gender Perspective Into Brazilian Legal Doctrine And Education: Challenges And Possibilities, Flavia Piovesan

American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

No abstract provided.


Systems Of Belief In Modern American Law: A View From Century's End, Gerald B. Wetlaufer Jan 1999

Systems Of Belief In Modern American Law: A View From Century's End, Gerald B. Wetlaufer

American University Law Review

No abstract provided.


The Founding Of The Washington College Of Law: The First Law School Established By Women For Women, Mary Clark Jan 1998

The Founding Of The Washington College Of Law: The First Law School Established By Women For Women, Mary Clark

Scholarly Articles in Law Reviews & Journals

No abstract provided.