Posthuman Dignity And The Problem Of The Body,
2021
Touro University Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center
Posthuman Dignity And The Problem Of The Body, Zachary R. Calo
Scholarly Works
This essay examines the anthropology of transhumanist and posthumanist thought, focusing on human dignity and the role of embodiment. It posits that posthumanism views the body as a barrier to achieving dignity rather than an intrinsic site of dignity, advocating for transcending biological limits towards a more dignified existence. The discourse contrasts transhumanist and bioconservative perspectives on dignity, emphasizing that dignity is not an inherent trait but is achieved through technological enhancement and the redefinition of embodiment, impacting contemporary ethical considerations in biotechnology.
December 29, 2020: What Democrats Can Learn From Trump's Narrow Loss,
2020
Duquesne University
December 29, 2020: What Democrats Can Learn From Trump's Narrow Loss, Bruce Ledewitz
Hallowed Secularism
Blog post, “What Democrats Can Learn From Trump's Narrow Loss“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.
What Can Democrats Learn From Trump’S 2020 Performance?,
2020
Duquesne University
What Can Democrats Learn From Trump’S 2020 Performance?, Bruce Ledewitz
Newspaper Columns
Collected biweekly contributions to the Pennsylvania Capital-Star, a nonpartisan, nonprofit news site.
December 25, 2020: Merry Christmas To All,
2020
Duquesne University
December 25, 2020: Merry Christmas To All, Bruce Ledewitz
Hallowed Secularism
Blog post, “Merry Christmas to All“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.
December 16, 2020: This Week's Column--The Future Of The Supreme Court,
2020
Duquesne University
December 16, 2020: This Week's Column--The Future Of The Supreme Court, Bruce Ledewitz
Hallowed Secularism
Blog post, “This week's column--the future of the Supreme Court“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.
What Will A Post-Trump U.S. Supreme Court Look Like? It Might Not Be All That Bad For Liberals,
2020
Duquesne University
What Will A Post-Trump U.S. Supreme Court Look Like? It Might Not Be All That Bad For Liberals, Bruce Ledewitz
Newspaper Columns
Collected biweekly contributions to the Pennsylvania Capital-Star, a nonpartisan, nonprofit news site.
December 2, 2020: Reform The Electoral College,
2020
Duquesne University
December 2, 2020: Reform The Electoral College, Bruce Ledewitz
Hallowed Secularism
Blog post, “Reform the Electoral College“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.
The Electoral College Is Dangerously Vulnerable To Manipulation. It's Time To Fix It,
2020
Duquesne University
The Electoral College Is Dangerously Vulnerable To Manipulation. It's Time To Fix It, Bruce Ledewitz
Newspaper Columns
Collected biweekly contributions to the Pennsylvania Capital-Star, a nonpartisan, nonprofit news site.
Aristotle And Animal Law: The Case For Habeas Corpus For Animals,
2020
Texas A&M University School of Law
Aristotle And Animal Law: The Case For Habeas Corpus For Animals, Charles Edward Andrew Lincoln Iv
Student Scholarship
This article is divided into three substantive sections. Section I delineates Aristotle’s theory of the soul as laid out in De Anima. Section II defines habeas corpus as a legal concept and demonstrates under what circumstances it should be granted. Section III applies Aristotle’s theory of the soul as a structure whereby animals could be granted habeas corpus rights.
This Year’S Divided Electorate Is A Reminder Of Why We Need Workable, Governing Majorities,
2020
Duquesne University
This Year’S Divided Electorate Is A Reminder Of Why We Need Workable, Governing Majorities, Bruce Ledewitz
Newspaper Columns
Collected biweekly contributions to the Pennsylvania Capital-Star, a nonpartisan, nonprofit news site.
November 18, 2020: We Need A National Party,
2020
Duquesne University
November 18, 2020: We Need A National Party, Bruce Ledewitz
Hallowed Secularism
Blog post, “We Need a National Party“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.
November 10, 2020: How I Reacted Last Time To Demands For Recounts,
2020
Duquesne University
November 10, 2020: How I Reacted Last Time To Demands For Recounts, Bruce Ledewitz
Hallowed Secularism
Blog post, “How I Reacted Last Time to Demands for Recounts“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.
Making Sense Of Nonsense Jurisprudence,
2020
Osgoode Hall Law School of York University
Making Sense Of Nonsense Jurisprudence, Dan Priel
All Papers
Did Ronald Dworkin think morality is timeless? He did not. But he did think it was universal, right? No to that as well. Turning to jurisprudence, did he think that morality is a criterion of legal validity? No. But he thought morality is part of the law, didn’t he? Not quite. How can you say this? Is it not obvious that Dworkin was not a legal positivist? In that case, he must have been a natural lawyer. Actually, he was neither. So you’re saying that Dworkin invented a new theory of law? No, his views are a version of a …
November 8, 2020: Joe Biden Wins,
2020
Duquesne University
November 8, 2020: Joe Biden Wins, Bruce Ledewitz
Hallowed Secularism
Blog post, “Joe Biden Wins“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.
Alito, Conservative Justices Are Fighting Old Ghosts In Pa. Count All The Ballots,
2020
Duquesne University
Alito, Conservative Justices Are Fighting Old Ghosts In Pa. Count All The Ballots, Bruce Ledewitz
Newspaper Columns
Collected biweekly contributions to the Pennsylvania Capital-Star, a nonpartisan, nonprofit news site.
November 5, 2020: Count All The Pennsylvania Ballots--Conservative Justices Are Seeing The Ghost Of Bush V. Gore,
2020
Duquesne University
November 5, 2020: Count All The Pennsylvania Ballots--Conservative Justices Are Seeing The Ghost Of Bush V. Gore, Bruce Ledewitz
Hallowed Secularism
Blog post, “Count All the Pennsylvania Ballots--Conservative Justices Are Seeing the Ghost of Bush v. Gore“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.
November 4, 2020: Looks Like President Trump Was Reelected,
2020
Duquesne University
November 4, 2020: Looks Like President Trump Was Reelected, Bruce Ledewitz
Hallowed Secularism
Blog post, “Looks Like President Trump Was Reelected“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.
October 27, 2020: Will The Supreme Court Survive This Treachery?,
2020
Duquesne University
October 27, 2020: Will The Supreme Court Survive This Treachery?, Bruce Ledewitz
Hallowed Secularism
Blog post, “Will the Supreme Court Survive This Treachery?“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.
Court-Packing In 2021: Pathways To Democratic Legitimacy,
2020
Seattle University School of Law
Court-Packing In 2021: Pathways To Democratic Legitimacy, Richard Mailey
Seattle University Law Review
This Article asks whether the openness to court-packing expressed by a number of Democratic presidential candidates (e.g., Pete Buttigieg) is democratically defensible. More specifically, it asks whether it is possible to break the apparent link between demagogic populism and court-packing, and it examines three possible ways of doing this via Bruce Ackerman’s dualist theory of constitutional moments—a theory which offers the possibility of legitimating problematic pathways to constitutional change on democratic but non-populist grounds. In the end, the Article suggests that an Ackermanian perspective offers just one, extremely limited pathway to democratically legitimate court-packing in 2021: namely, where a Democratic …
Enough Is As Good As A Feast,
2020
Seattle University School of Law
Enough Is As Good As A Feast, Noah C. Chauvin
Seattle University Law Review
Ipse Dixit, the podcast on legal scholarship, provides a valuable service to the legal community and particularly to the legal academy. The podcast’s hosts skillfully interview guests about their legal and law-related scholarship, helping those guests communicate their ideas clearly and concisely. In this review essay, I argue that Ipse Dixit has made a major contribution to legal scholarship by demonstrating in its interview episodes that law review articles are neither the only nor the best way of communicating scholarly ideas. This contribution should be considered “scholarship,” because one of the primary goals of scholarship is to communicate new ideas.
