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Ex Libris Frederick Binkerd Artz: Celebrating An Exceptional Friend Of The Oberlin College Library, Oberlin College Library Nov 1986

Ex Libris Frederick Binkerd Artz: Celebrating An Exceptional Friend Of The Oberlin College Library, Oberlin College Library

Exhibition Catalogs

Exhibition Dates: November 1986
An exhibition of selections from the collections of Frederick B. Artz '16, a French and medieval historian at Oberlin College.


Extra-Legal Factors In The American Legal System, Peter W. Mayer Jan 1986

Extra-Legal Factors In The American Legal System, Peter W. Mayer

Honors Papers

The laws of the United States have been written over time with the intention of providing a framework for fair, legitimate, and uniform legal decisions to be made. Laws attempt to provide national tranquility by providing channels of punishment for those who disobey them. At the same time laws in the United States attempt to avoid any conflict with differing cultural values present in our nation. The laws of the United States are intended to function without regard to the race, sex, or religion of the defendant, complainant, or attorneys involved. Laws themselves cannot help but embody the cultural values …


A Cross-Cultural Comparative Analysis Of Levels Of Social Development And Gender Stratification, Helen Elisabeth Wells Jan 1986

A Cross-Cultural Comparative Analysis Of Levels Of Social Development And Gender Stratification, Helen Elisabeth Wells

Honors Papers

There is a current debate in social science literature, in Marxist theory, and in Feminist theory on the role of gender in affecting the form of inequality. Particular emphasis is placed on the controversy over whether or not women suffer universal exploitation and oppression. The debate over the role of gender in the stratification process is further complicated by a division in orientation: some consider gender inequality to be conditioned by relations of production or distribution that arise historically, and therefore are not universal (Engles 1968; Friedl 1978; Sacks 1974; Sanday 1974); while others trace it ultimately to fundamental biological …