Armed Drones: An Age Old Problem Exacerbated By New Technology,
2016
Pomona College
Armed Drones: An Age Old Problem Exacerbated By New Technology, Grant H. Frazier
Pomona Senior Theses
The purpose of this thesis is to examine the history behind and the use of militarized drones in modern day conflicts, and to conclude whether the use of these machines, with special attention to the United States, is legal, ethical, and morally defensible. In achieving the aforementioned goals, shortcomings of current policy surrounding drone warfare will be highlighted, acting as the catalyst for a proposal for changes to be made to better suit legal, ethical, and moral considerations. The proposal of a policy to help us work with armed drones is due to the fact that this thesis acknowledges that …
Customary International Law: A Reconceptualization,
2016
Brooklyn Law School
Customary International Law: A Reconceptualization, Roozbeh (Rudy) B. Baker
Brooklyn Journal of International Law
The current state of international law is one of deep confusion over the role of state practice and opinio juris within the customary element. The debate between adherents of “modern custom” versus those of “traditional custom” has resulted in deep uncertainty and confusion. New theories of customary international law have proved inadequate in clarifying the current state of the field. Confusions over the meanings and relationships between state practice and opinio juris aside, current approaches are all also flawed due to a heavily state-centric bias that fails to take into account the very real affects that norm-generating transnational actors have …
Taking Constitutional Identities Away From The Courts,
2016
Brooklyn Law School
Taking Constitutional Identities Away From The Courts, Pietro Faraguna
Brooklyn Journal of International Law
In federal states, constitutional identity is the glue that holds together the Union. On the contrary, in the European Union—not a fully-fledged federation yet—each Member state has its own constitutional identity. On the one hand, the Union may benefit from the particular knowledge, innovation, history, diversity, and culture of its individual states. On the other hand, identity-related claims may have a disintegrating effect. Constitutional diversity needs to come to terms with risks of disintegration. The Treaty on the European Union seeks a balance, providing the obligation to respect the constitutional identities of its Member states. Drawing from the European experience, …
Speaking Of Stories And Law,
2016
University of Nevada, Las Vegas -- William S. Boyd School of Law
Speaking Of Stories And Law, Linda H. Edwards
Scholarly Works
A recurring question in narrative scholarship has been the relationship of narrative to law. Most narrative scholars agree that stories are central to law. As Stephen Paskey recently pointed out, stories are more than a tool for persuasion. They are embedded in law’s very structure. But how does that work? Are rules just stories articulated in a different form?
We have barely begun to explore narrative’s roles, but it is already clear that, in the words of Meryl Streep, “it’s complicated.” A conceptual map of what we’ve learned so far can help us unpack the complexity. Otherwise we may run …
Comments On The Morality Of Freedom,
2016
Columbia Law School
Comments On The Morality Of Freedom, Joseph Raz
Faculty Scholarship
The paper mixes comments on the ambitions that motivated writing The Morality of Freedom with observations on comments on the book, made at a conference in Jerusalem in 2016, by Japa Pallikkathayil, Avishai Margalit, Michael Otsuka, Jon Quong, Daniel Viehoff, Asaf Sharon and Arudra Burra. It acknowledges some of the critical points made while resisting others. Its strives to combine clarification of some of the themes in the book with recognition that its ideas require further development, and can be developed in various directions.
Why Is It Good To Stop At A Red Light_ The Basis Of Authority And Obligation,
2016
University of Oklahoma College of Law
Why Is It Good To Stop At A Red Light_ The Basis Of Authority And Obligation, Brian Mccall
Faculty Articles
Throughout history, some have questioned whether the authority exercised by some over others is consistent with human nature. Is it possible for a law made by one human being to bind the conscience of another, or is such a claim merely tyranny? If such a power to bind to laws made by humans is justified, what is its scope? The answers to these related questions explored in this Article are both descriptive and normative. This Article explains the nature of authority and the extent of the obligation to obey the law as well as explains how the architecture of natural …
What If Fiduciary Obligations Are Like Contractual Ones?,
2016
Georgetown University Law Center
What If Fiduciary Obligations Are Like Contractual Ones?, Gregory Klass
Georgetown Law Faculty Publications and Other Works
This essay, to appear in Contract, Status, and Fiduciary Law (Miller & Gold, 2016), explores three ways fiduciary obligations might be like contractual ones: in the methods lawmakers use or should use to determine the content of the obligation; in the private voluntary acts that generate the obligation; and in the fact that the obligation is a default that parties have the power to alter. The thesis is that to the extent that these similarities exist, they are not especially revealing. Theorists who emphasize the similarities commonly treat contract law as a private power-conferring rule, then analogize the law of …
Toward A Political Theory For Private International Law,
2016
Touro Law Center
Toward A Political Theory For Private International Law, John Linarelli
Scholarly Works
Private international law presents a dilemma for legal and political philosophy. Legal and political philosophers have ignored private international law, with only a few scattered attempts to evaluate its claims. Private international law offers a powerful set of counterexamples that put into serious doubt attempts to link law’s authority only or primarily to relationships between states and citizens. No society, state, or other practice-mediated relationship can serve as grounds for the authority of private international law to persons to whom it applies but who are outside of such relationships. Private international law affects the normative situations of persons entirely outside …
Ross Douthat’S Critique Of Modernity,
2015
Duquesne University
Ross Douthat’S Critique Of Modernity, Bruce Ledewitz
Hallowed Secularism
Blog post, “Ross Douthat’s Critique of Modernity“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.
December 25, 2015: Merry Christmas 2015,
2015
Duquesne University
December 25, 2015: Merry Christmas 2015, Bruce Ledewitz
Hallowed Secularism
Blog post, “Merry Christmas 2015“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.
December 17, 2015: Underlying Consensus?,
2015
Duquesne University
December 17, 2015: Underlying Consensus?, Bruce Ledewitz
Hallowed Secularism
Blog post, “Underlying Consensus?“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.
December 9, 2015: The Spirit Of Doom,
2015
Duquesne University
December 9, 2015: The Spirit Of Doom, Bruce Ledewitz
Hallowed Secularism
Blog post, “The Spirit of Doom“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.
December 5, 2015: Islamic Terrorism, Christian Terrorism And Jewish Terrorism,
2015
Duquesne University
December 5, 2015: Islamic Terrorism, Christian Terrorism And Jewish Terrorism, Bruce Ledewitz
Hallowed Secularism
Blog post, “Islamic Terrorism, Christian Terrorism and Jewish Terrorism“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.
December 1, 2015: What Really Fuels Isis?,
2015
Duquesne University
December 1, 2015: What Really Fuels Isis?, Bruce Ledewitz
Hallowed Secularism
Blog post, “What Really Fuels ISIS?“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.
The Federalist Provenance Of The Principle Of Privacy,
2015
University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law
The Federalist Provenance Of The Principle Of Privacy, Elvin T. Lim
Maryland Law Review
The right to privacy is the centerpiece of modern liberal constitutional thought in the United States. But liberals rarely invoke “the Founding” to justify this right, as if conceding that the right to privacy was somehow a radical departure from “original meaning,” perhaps pulled out of the hat by “activist” judges taking great interpretive liberties with the constitutional text. Far from being an unorthodox and modern invention, I argue here that privacy is a principle grounded in the very architecture of the Constitution as enumerated in its Articles, perhaps even more so than in particular sections of the Bill of …
Can, Do, And Should Legal Entities Have Dignity?: The Case Of The State,
2015
University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law
Can, Do, And Should Legal Entities Have Dignity?: The Case Of The State, Maxwell O. Chibundu
Maryland Law Review
No abstract provided.
A Conceptual Disaster Zone Indeed: The Incoherence Of The State And The Need For State Action Doctrine(S),
2015
University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law
A Conceptual Disaster Zone Indeed: The Incoherence Of The State And The Need For State Action Doctrine(S), Brookes Brown
Maryland Law Review
No abstract provided.
Legal Epistemologies,
2015
University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law
Privacy At 50: The Bedroom, The Courtroom, And The Spaces In Between,
2015
University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law
Privacy At 50: The Bedroom, The Courtroom, And The Spaces In Between, Judith A. Baer
Maryland Law Review
No abstract provided.
November 24, 2015: I Guess Trump Really Could Win The Republican Nomination,
2015
Duquesne University
November 24, 2015: I Guess Trump Really Could Win The Republican Nomination, Bruce Ledewitz
Hallowed Secularism
Blog post, “I Guess Trump Really Could Win the Republican Nomination“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.
