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Showing 1 to 12 of 12 for “"Law - Philosophy"”.
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Accounting for sudden death : a sociological study of the coroner system
… where necessary from other disciplines, e.g. law, philosophy. The study concentrates upon the nature of coroners' categorisations and the production of the socially recognised 'facts of sudden death'. While detailed consideration is given to the inquest and inquest verdicts, the whole range of …
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Citizenship, exile, and natural rights in medieval Roman law, ca. 1200-1400
… and as human being, in the medieval Roman law tradition from ea. 1200 to 1400. My primary sources are the writings of the most famous north-Italian jurists (including Accursius, Bartolus of Sassoferrato, and Baldus de Ubaldis), who were at the centre of the late-medieval reception of …
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The Legal Philosophies of Religious Zionism 1937-1967
… It identifies a fundamental shift in the legal philosophy of religious Zionists, demonstrating that around the time of the establishment of the State of Israel, religious Zionists developed a new way of thinking about the relationship between law and the state. Before this shift took place, …
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Discricionariedade administrativa e teoria dos sistemas: uma proposta de aproximação e revisão
O objetivo deste trabalho é oferecer uma contribuição ao estudo da discricionariedade administrativa no direito brasileiro. A pesquisa possui natureza bibliográfica e empírica na medida em que propõe uma revisão da literatura jurídica sobre o tema até o momento atual e utiliza a análise de casos …
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“Horatio Dawn” and “Invisibly somewhere between the two clauses”
… Round the World (1697). In this work, Natural Law philosophy can be seen as forcing Dampier to distance himself from Indigenous people in order to appear “untainted” by other races. An examination of earlier drafts shows how these references have consciously been edited out. In his next book, A …
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Philosophical blindness and the black subject: the deconstruction of a discipline
… pursuit and experience of the study of Philosophy in the American higher education system by Black American students. This study is located at the cross-section of Philosophy, African American Studies, and Education, and it moves between the ideology of philosophical disciplinarily and …
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Kantian constructivism and Rawlsian egalitarianism
"This dissertation examines John Rawls's claim that his theory of justice can avoid discussion of ""deep metaphysical claims"" which communitarians have alleged to be implicit in his theory. It shows that Rawls's Kantian Constructivism and his method of reflective equilibrium can only establish a …
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Moral Rights in Copyright Law: Personality, the Self, & the Author-Work Relation
Moral rights in copyright law are noneconomic rights that entitle the author to control how the author is divulged, modified, and attributed. They are based on the idea that each author alone stands in a special relation (“Relation A”) to her work by virtue of creating it. Despite the quite …
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Law in Aristotle's ethical-political thought
… overcame the Sophists' opposition between law and nature. My dissertation looks at whether the law successfully promotes the human good in Aristotle's political philosophy. Aristotle believes law should inculcate the virtues of character. In Chapter One, I argue habituation to virtue …
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Critiquing Atomistic Individualism in Law: Rosenzweig's Beloved Soul as Open and Relational Subject
… critically rethinks the American system of law by rooting its failures in its philosophical anthropology of atomistic individualism grounded in Locke, and recommends replacing that anthropology with an anthropology inspired by Franz Rosenzweig's The Star of Redemption. In particular, the …
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From Dichotomy to Trichotomy
… actors should be incorporated into international law. However, whilst some areas of international law have developed to keep pace with changing dynamics, others are lagging behind. In particular, international human rights law has failed to keep pace and evolve. There is a certain irony in the …