Order In The Desert: Law Abiding Behavior At Burning Man,
2013
Florida International University College of Law
Order In The Desert: Law Abiding Behavior At Burning Man, Manuel A. Gómez
Faculty Publications
No abstract provided.
The Moral Significance Of Economic Life,
2013
Columbia Law School
The Moral Significance Of Economic Life, Andrzej Rapaczynski
Faculty Scholarship
Much of the modern perception of the role of economic production in human life – whether on the Left or on the Right of the political spectrum – views it as an inferior, instrumental activity oriented toward self-preservation, self-interest, or profit, and thus as essentially distinct from the truly human action concerned with moral values, justice, and various forms of self-fulfillment. This widely shared worldview is rooted, on the one hand, in the Aristotelian tradition that sees labor as a badge of slavery, and freedom as lying in the domain of politics and pure (not technical) knowledge, and, on the …
Ethics And International Law: Integrating The Global Justice Project(S),
2013
University of Michigan Law School
Ethics And International Law: Integrating The Global Justice Project(S), Steven R. Ratner
Articles
Academic discourse on global justice is at an all-time high. Within ethics and international law, scholars are undertaking new inquiries into age-old questions of building a just world order. Ethics – political and moral philosophy – poses fundamental questions about responsibilities at the global level and produces a tightly reasoned set of frameworks regarding world order. International law, with its focus on legal norms and institutional arrangements, provides a path, as well as illuminates the obstacles, to implementing theories of the right or of the good. Yet despite the complementarity of these two projects, neither is drawing what it should …
Law School As Liberal Education,
2013
University of Michigan Law School
Law School As Liberal Education, Sherman J. Clark
Articles
The president of a liberal arts college, if asked why college is worthwhile, would be able to respond on several levels. He or she would certainly say something about the value of the degree as a credential to help students get a job or get into graduate school. In addition, he or she would likely emphasize the professional value of the skills and capacities developed through a liberal education, which can help students succeed at work or in graduate school. More deeply, however, we would expect that he or she would have something to say about the intrinsic value of …
On Normativity And Responsibility: Responses,
2013
Columbia Law School
On Normativity And Responsibility: Responses, Joseph Raz
Faculty Scholarship
Contains responses to comments by Chang, Hestein and Heuer on "From Normativity to Responsibility". The paper responds to various criticisms especially about methodology, the bearing of a secure area of competence on responsibility, the univocality of 'reasons', the relations of value and practical reasons, the scope of rational powers, the function of reasons to be rational, and most extensively about following reasons and the distinction between standard and non-standard reasons (where Heuer has pointed out some deficiencies in the discussion of the matter in the book).
Textualism And Obstacle Preemption,
2013
Georgetown Center for the Constitution
Textualism And Obstacle Preemption, John D. Ohlendorf
Georgia Law Review
Commentators, both on the bench and in the academy,
have perceived an inconsistency between the Supreme
Court's trend, in recent decades, towards an increasingly
formalist approach to statutory interpretation and the
Court's continued willingness to find state laws preempted
as "obstacles to the accomplishment and execution of the
full purposes and objectives of Congress'"--so-called
"obstacle preemption." This Article argues that by giving
the meaning contextually implied in a statutory text
ordinary, operative legal force, we can justify most of the
current scope of obstacle preemption based solely on
theoretical moves textualism already is committed to
making.
The Article first sketches …
December 29, 2012: What Is Nihilism?,
2012
Duquesne University
December 29, 2012: What Is Nihilism?, Bruce Ledewitz
Hallowed Secularism
Blog post, “What is Nihilism?“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.
December 26, 2012: One Man Promoting Gay Marriage And Religious Liberty,
2012
Duquesne University
December 26, 2012: One Man Promoting Gay Marriage And Religious Liberty, Bruce Ledewitz
Hallowed Secularism
Blog post, “One Man Promoting Gay Marriage And Religious Liberty“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.
December 23, 2012: The Egyptian Constitution,
2012
Duquesne University
December 23, 2012: The Egyptian Constitution, Bruce Ledewitz
Hallowed Secularism
Blog post, “The Egyptian Constitution“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.
December 20, 2012: No, God Has Not Called Them Home,
2012
Duquesne University
December 20, 2012: No, God Has Not Called Them Home, Bruce Ledewitz
Hallowed Secularism
Blog post, “No, God Has Not Called Them Home“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.
December 16, 2012: Heller Is Good News For Gun Control,
2012
Duquesne University
December 16, 2012: Heller Is Good News For Gun Control, Bruce Ledewitz
Hallowed Secularism
Blog post, “Heller is Good News for Gun Control“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.
December 12, 2012: Bringing Wal-Mart Jobs To Michigan,
2012
Duquesne University
December 12, 2012: Bringing Wal-Mart Jobs To Michigan, Bruce Ledewitz
Hallowed Secularism
Blog post, “Bringing Wal-Mart Jobs to Michigan“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.
December 8, 2012: Another Challenge From Religious Conscience,
2012
Duquesne University
December 8, 2012: Another Challenge From Religious Conscience, Bruce Ledewitz
Hallowed Secularism
Blog post, “Another Challenge From Religious Conscience“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.
December 5, 2012: Is Abortion Next?,
2012
Duquesne University
December 5, 2012: Is Abortion Next?, Bruce Ledewitz
Hallowed Secularism
Blog post, “Is Abortion Next?“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.
November 30, 2012: A Movie To Redeem Politics,
2012
Duquesne University
November 30, 2012: A Movie To Redeem Politics, Bruce Ledewitz
Hallowed Secularism
Blog post, “A Movie to Redeem Politics“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.
November 27, 2012: A Compromise On The Contraception Mandate?,
2012
Duquesne University
November 27, 2012: A Compromise On The Contraception Mandate?, Bruce Ledewitz
Hallowed Secularism
Blog post, “A Compromise on the Contraception Mandate?“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.
November 22, 2012: Happy Thanksgiving,
2012
Duquesne University
November 22, 2012: Happy Thanksgiving, Bruce Ledewitz
Hallowed Secularism
Blog post, “Happy Thanksgiving“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.
November 21, 2012: The Tensions In Religious Liberty,
2012
Duquesne University
November 21, 2012: The Tensions In Religious Liberty, Bruce Ledewitz
Hallowed Secularism
Blog post, “he Tensions in Religious Liberty“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.
November 17, 2012: The Real Losers In This Election—Religious Voters,
2012
Duquesne University
November 17, 2012: The Real Losers In This Election—Religious Voters, Bruce Ledewitz
Hallowed Secularism
Blog post, “The Real Losers in this Election—Religious Voters“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.
November 14, 2012: No, Corporations Do Not Have Religious Rights,
2012
Duquesne University
November 14, 2012: No, Corporations Do Not Have Religious Rights, Bruce Ledewitz
Hallowed Secularism
Blog post, “No, Corporations Do Not Have Religious Rights“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.
