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There's No Such Thing As Free Speech: And It's a Good Thing, Too
by Stanley FishIn an era when much of what passes for debate is merely moral posturing--traditional family values versus the cultural elite, free speech versus censorship--or reflexive name-calling--the terms "liberal" and "politically correct," are used with as much dismissive scorn by the right as "reactionary" and "fascist" are by the left--Stanley Fish would seem an unlikely lightning rod for controversy. A renowned scholar of Milton, head of the English Department of Duke University, Fish has emerged as a brilliantly original critic of the culture at large, praised and pilloried as a vigorous debunker of the pieties of both the left and right. His mission is not to win the cultural wars that preoccupy the nation's attention, but rather to redefine the terms of battle. In There's No Such Thing as Free Speech, Fish takes aim at the ideological gridlock paralyzing academic and political exchange in the nineties. In his witty, accessible dissections of the swirling controversies over multiculturalism, affirmative action, canon revision, hate speech, and legal reform, he neatly eviscerates both the conservatives' claim to possession of timeless, transcendent values (the timeless transcendence of which they themselves have conveniently identified), and the intellectual left's icons of equality, tolerance, and non-discrimination. He argues that while conservative ideologues and liberal stalwarts might disagree vehemently on what is essential to a culture, or to a curriculum, both mistakenly believe that what is essential can be identified apart from the accidental circumstances (of time and history) to which the essential is ritually opposed. In the book's first section, which includes the five essays written for Fish's celebrated debates with Dinesh D'Souza (the author and former Reagan White House policy analyst), Fish turns his attention to the neoconservative backlash. In his introduction, Fish writes, "Terms that come to us wearing the label 'apolitical'--'common values', 'fairness', 'merit', 'color blind', 'free speech', 'reason'--are in fact the ideologically charged constructions of a decidedly political agenda. I make the point not in order to level an accusation, but to remove the sting of accusation from the world 'politics' and redefine it as a synonym for what everyone inevitably does." Fish maintains that the debate over political correctness is an artificial one, because it is simply not possible for any party or individual to occupy a position above or beyond politics. Regarding the controversy over the revision of the college curriculum, Fish argues that the point is not to try to insist that inclusion of ethnic and gender studies is not a political decision, but "to point out that any alternative curriculum--say a diet of exclusively Western or European texts--would be no less politically invested." In Part Two, Fish follows the implications of his arguments to a surprising rejection of the optimistic claims of the intellectual left that awareness of the historical roots of our beliefs and biases can allow us, as individuals or as a society, to escape or transcend them. Specifically, he turns to the movement for reform of legal studies, and insists that a dream of a legal culture in which no one's values are slighted or declared peripheral can no more be realized than the dream of a concept of fairness that answers to everyone's notions of equality and jsutice, or a yardstick of merit that is true to everyone's notions of worth and substance. Similarly, he argues that attempts to politicize the study of literature are ultimately misguided, because recharacterizations of literary works have absolutely no impact on the mainstream of political life. He concludes his critique of the academy with "The Unbearable Ugliness of Volvos," an extraordinary look at some of the more puzzing, if not out-and-out masochistic, characteristics of a life in academia. Penetrating, fearless, and brilliantly argued, There's No Such Thing as Free Speech captures the essential Fish. It is must reading for anyone who cares about the outcome
Business As a Humanity (The Ruffin Series in Business Ethics)
by Thomas Donaldson R. Edward FreemanThis latest volume in the acclaimed Ruffin Series in Business Ethics brings together the contributions to the annual Ruffin Lecture series, in which some of the leading scholars in business ethics addressed the question: Can business, and business education, be considered one of the humanities, or is it in a class by itself? At a time when business is coming under attack for its apparent transgressions, this book illuminates the special values that inhere in the business world. Arguing all sides of the issue, the distinguished contributors include Richard DeGeorge, Ronald Green, Thomas Dunfee, Robert Solomon, Edwin Hartman, Peter French, Patricia Werhane, Clarence Walton, W. Michael Hoffman, David Fedo, Kenneth Andrews, Joanne Ciulla, Manuel Velasquez, and George Brenkert. The editors contribute an informative Introduction and an Epilogue to set the debate in its proper context.
1980 JCT Standard Form of Building Contract: A Commentary for Students and Practitioners (Building and Surveying Series)
by Richard FellowsThis book analyses and comments on the 1980 JCT Standard Form of Building Contract, Private with Quantities Edition on a clause-by-clause basis, including notes on interpretation, legal precedents and information on the alternative editions of the Standard Form as well as the appropriate supplements. The third edition of this book incorporates the amendments published up to the end of November 1994 and updates the case law to include significant, recent precedents which supplement those included in the first two editions. Thus, this book will prove of use to many concerned with building, whether in industry or the professions commonly encountering problems of interpretation and implementation of the contract, or as students. The use of this book is recommended to be in conjunction with a copy of the appropriate JCT contract in order that the exact terminology of the document may be studied together with its interpretation. This is particularly important in practical situations where amendments to the contract vary the standard terms.
1995: A New Beginning for the NPT? (Issues in International Security)
by Robert E. Pendley Joseph F. PilatAs a follow-up to Beyond 1995: The Future of NPT published in 1990, this compilation presents the major issues to be addressed at the 1995 NPT Review and Extension Conference. Renowned academic and diplomatic authorities from around the world contribute original essays and address questions such as: - Will the NPT be faced with a fundamental challege to its existence? - Will the treaty be allowed to lapse? - Will states withdraw? - Will the NPT be succeeded by an alternative treaty or regime?
Academic Politics and the History of Criminal Justice Education (Contributions in Criminology and Penology)
by Frank MornThe rise of academic criminal justice programs from their beginnings at the University of California in the 1930s through the split into academic and vocational models during the later decades are described in this work. Academic politics and politicians are emphasized. The academic infighting in developing programs, and input from various other disciplines to the field are described. The work is addressed to professors of criminal justice, criminology, sociology, political science, and education.
Adam Smith and the Philosophy of Law and Economics (Law and Philosophy Library #20)
by Robin Paul Malloy Jerry EvenskyAdam Smith and the Philosophy of Law and Economics is a unique book. Malloy and Evensky bring together a team of international and interdisciplinary scholars to address the work of Adam Smith as it relates to law and economics. In addition to their own contributions, the book includes works by Dr. John W. Cairns of the University of Edinburgh, Dr. J. Ralph Lindgren of Lehigh University, Professor Kenneth A.B. Mackinnon of the University of Waikato, and the Honorable Richard A. Posner of the United States Circuit Court of Appeals. Together these authors bring expertise from the areas of law, philosophy, history, economics, and law and economics to a new study of Adam Smith and his work. Part One of the book presents new and important observations on Smith's views on community, ethics, the court system, criminal law, and delictual or tort law liability. In this part of the book Smith's work is also examined from the perspective of his use as persuasive authority in the works of modern legal economists. In Part Two the `living Smith' is explored by way of a debate between two major contributors in the field of law and economics. The debate and its analysis create a unique and contemporary opportunity to study Smith as a foundational source in the midst of a current academic and social policy dispute. The understanding of Adam Smith that emerges from this book is new and complex. It will challenge the one-dimensional portrayals of Smith as a promoter of self-interest and it will correct many of the misinterpretations of Smith that are currently fashionable in the worlds of law and economics and the philosophy of law.
After Identity: A Reader in Law and Culture
by Dan Danielsen Karen EngleAuthored by the leading voices in critical legal studies, feminist legal theory, critical race theory and queer legal theory, After Identity explores the importance of sexual, national and other identities in people's lived experiences while simultaneously challenging the limits of legal strategies focused on traditional identity groups. These new ways of thinking about cultural identity have implications for strategies for legal reform, as well as for progressive thinking generally about theory, culture and politics.
After Identity: A Reader in Law and Culture
by Dan Danielsen Karen EngleAuthored by the leading voices in critical legal studies, feminist legal theory, critical race theory and queer legal theory, After Identity explores the importance of sexual, national and other identities in people's lived experiences while simultaneously challenging the limits of legal strategies focused on traditional identity groups. These new ways of thinking about cultural identity have implications for strategies for legal reform, as well as for progressive thinking generally about theory, culture and politics.
Allgemeine Staatslehre: Über die konstitutionelle Demokratie in einer multikulturellen globalisierten Welt (Enzyklopädie der Rechts- und Staatswissenschaft)
by Professor Dr. Fleiner-GersterDer Staat auf dem Prüfstand Wozu brauchen wir noch einen Staat? Diese topaktuelle Staatslehre setzt sich mit den Problemen der Legitimation des marginalisierten Nationalstaates im Zeitalter der Globalisierung auseinander. Themen sind u.a. die Universalität der Menschenrechte, kollektive Rechte, ethischer Nationalismus, Multikulturalität, Minderheitenfragen, Rule of Law und Rechtsstaatlichkeit sowie staatpolitische Probleme weltweit im Vergleich. Eine ebenso anspruchsvolle wie verständliche Darstellung, übersichtlich aufgebaut, leicht zu lesen - optimal für Studium und Berufspraxis.
Allgemeines Handelsrecht und Wertpapierrecht (Springers Kurzlehrbücher der Rechtswissenschaft)
by Richard HolzhammerVon einigen kleineren Ergänzungen abgesehen (kaufmännisches Unternehmen, Vertragshändler, Franchising, Wiener Kaufrecht), be schränkt Sich diese Auflage auf eine sorgfältige Textrevision. Dabei haben mir wieder etliche LeserzuschriJten geholfen. Namentlich bin ich sehr verbunden meinem Linzer Kollegen, Herrn o. Univ. -Prof Dr. Martin Karollus, der mir eine reichhaltige Liste von Verbesserungs vorschlägen zur Verfügung gestellt hat. Für die technische Gestaltung bis zum kamerareifen Umbruch zeichnet wieder Frau Manuela Berger verantwortlich. Tante grazie! Linz, im September 1995 Richard Holzhammer Inhaltsverzeichnis Seite Abkürzungsverzeichnis XI Erstes Buch: Allgemeines Handelsrecht ErsterTeil Einleitung I. Grundbegriffe 3 II. Geschichte des Handelsrechts 4 III. Entstehungsquellen 6 IV. Erkenntnisquellen 8 Zweiter Teil Handelsstand I. Kaufleute im allgemeinen 10 II. Kaufleute kraft Gewerbebetriebs 15 III. Kaufleute kraft Eintragung 19 IV. Kaufleute kraft Rechtsform 21 V. Vollkaufleute - Minderkaufleute 22 VI. Kaufleute kraft Rechtsscheins 25 VII. Firmenbuch 28 VIII. Kaufmännisches Unternehmen 40 IX. Firma 50 X. Prokura 61 XI. Handlungsvollmacht 68 XII. Kaufmännisches Personal 73 XIII. Handelsvertreter 77 XIV. Vertragshändler und Franchisenehmer 91 XV. Handelsmäkler 94 Dritter Teil Rechnungslegung I. Einleitung 101 II. Buchführungspflicht 102 III. Inventar und Inventur 105 IV. Eröffnungsbilanz und lahresabschluß 108 V. Buchbeweis und Bucheinsicht 112 vrn Inhaltsverzeichnis Vierter Teil Handelsgeschäfte I. Handelsgeschäfte im allgemeinen 117 n. Auslegung der Handelsgeschäfte 120 Ill. Kaufmännische Leistungspflicht 128 IV. Kontokorrent 135 V. Aufträge und Vollmachten 140 VI. Besitz und Eigentum 142 vrr. Pfandrecht 144 vrn. Zuruckbehaltungsrecht 147IX. Handelskauf im allgemeinen 153 X. Verzug beim Handelskauf 161 XI. Rügepflicht beim Handelskauf 166 xn. Versendungskauf 171 Xill.
Allocating Health Care Resources (Biomedical Ethics Reviews)
by James M. Humber Robert F. AlmederIn ALLOCATING HEALTH CARE RESOURCES, leading authorities and researchers expose the basic philosophical, ethical, and economic issues underlying the current health care debate. The contributors wrestle with such complicated issues as whether it is ethical to ration health care, the morality of the worldwide bias against children in allocating health care resources, whether sin taxes can be defended morally, and how to achieve a just health care system. The book also includes an insightful analysis of the Clinton health care reform plan. ALLOCATING HEALTH CARE RESOURCES will be of interest to philosophers, health policy experts, medical ethicists, health professionals, and concerned citizens. It serves to clarify and illuminate the logic and rhetoric of health care reform, and so to help us all achieve a fair and equitable distribution of these precious resources.
Arbeits- und sozialrechtliche Beurteilung der stufenweisen Wiedereingliederung in das Erwerbsleben gem. § 74 SGBV (Reihe Rechtswissenschaft)
by Isabell Becker
Aristotle and Augustine on Freedom: Two Theories of Freedom, Voluntary Action and Akrasia
by T. ChappellAristotle and Augustine both hold that our beliefs in freedom and voluntary action are interdependent, and that voluntary actions can only be done for the sake of good. Hence Aristotle holds that no-one acts voluntarily in pursuit of evil: such actions would be inexplicable. Augustine, agreeing that such actions are inexplicable, still insists that they occur. This is the true place in Augustine's view of his 'theory of will' - and the real point of contrast between Aristotle and Augustine.
Authors and Owners: The Invention of Copyright
by Mark RoseThe notion of the author as the creator and therefore the first owner of a work is deeply rooted both in our economic system and in our concept of the individual. But this concept of authorship is modern. Mark Rose traces the formation of copyright in eighteenth-century Britain—and in the process highlights still current issues of intellectual property. Authors and Owners is at once a fascinating look at an important episode in legal history and a significant contribution to literary and cultural history.
Bioethics Yearbook: Regional Developments in Bioethics: 1991–1993 (Bioethics Yearbook #4)
by B. AndrewLustignology in New Zealand. Angeles Tan Alora reports on the Code of Pharmaceutical Marketmg Practices developed by the Pharmaceutical and Health Care Association of the Philippines. Ruud ter Meulen and his colleagues provide detailed analysis of the Remmelink Commission's report on euthanasia in the Netherlands. Kazumasa Hoshino discusses the fmdings of the Special Committee on Gene Therapy in Japan. As such examples suggest, the activities of many governmental groups and professional advisory bodies, although varied, tend to converge upon a number of especially important issues. If one peruses the index of documents discussed in Volume Four, certain topics are more often the focus of legislation and official concern than others: withholding and withdrawing treatment, access to health care, consent to treatment and experimentation, and issues posed by HIV testing and AIDS. Such a common focus should not be exaggerated, for the discussion of topics is wide-ranging. But that commonality, when in evidence, is also not surprising. It suggests that key issues and concerns in bioethics may be widely shared among modern cultures and societies, for all the distinctiveness of a particular nation's or region's response to them. Issues of informed consent, after all, implicate more fundamental matters of respect for persons and the rights of individuals in the contexts of therapy and research. Issues of access to medical care concretize deeper questions about the nature and scope of a society's welfare obligations to its citizens.
The British Communist Party and the Trade Unions, 1933–1945
by Nina FishmanThis is a pathbreaking book, essential reading for students of interwar political and social history. Previous histories of the period have underestimated the crucial role which Communists played in trade union organisation from top to bottom. Despite its relatively small size the Communist Party occupied a strategic place in the trade union movement: the leaders of the movement, notably Ernest Bevin, refused to acknowledge this at the time. Thanks to her extensive research and numerous interviews, and to the ’opening of the books’ of the Communist Part, Nina Fishman has been able to uncover a fascinating story, one which official Communist historians have never told, and which other historians could only recount in fragments. The main protagonists are the Communist Party General Seretary, Harry Pollitt, and the Editor of the Daily Worker, Johnny Campbell. The book brings to vivid life the work of activists on the shop floor and in the coalmines during the Depression and the Second World War. The book includes the first comprehensive analysis of Communist activity in key sectors of the British economy, notably in engineering shop stewards’ movements and among London busmen. It concludes with an authoritative review of Communists' part in the British war economy and a vigorous challenge to the conventional wisdom about the effect of Communist Party changes of line on the war on activists’ abilities to incite and lead strikes.
The British Communist Party and the Trade Unions, 1933–1945
by Nina FishmanThis is a pathbreaking book, essential reading for students of interwar political and social history. Previous histories of the period have underestimated the crucial role which Communists played in trade union organisation from top to bottom. Despite its relatively small size the Communist Party occupied a strategic place in the trade union movement: the leaders of the movement, notably Ernest Bevin, refused to acknowledge this at the time. Thanks to her extensive research and numerous interviews, and to the ’opening of the books’ of the Communist Part, Nina Fishman has been able to uncover a fascinating story, one which official Communist historians have never told, and which other historians could only recount in fragments. The main protagonists are the Communist Party General Seretary, Harry Pollitt, and the Editor of the Daily Worker, Johnny Campbell. The book brings to vivid life the work of activists on the shop floor and in the coalmines during the Depression and the Second World War. The book includes the first comprehensive analysis of Communist activity in key sectors of the British economy, notably in engineering shop stewards’ movements and among London busmen. It concludes with an authoritative review of Communists' part in the British war economy and a vigorous challenge to the conventional wisdom about the effect of Communist Party changes of line on the war on activists’ abilities to incite and lead strikes.
Brutal Need: Lawyers And The Welfare Rights Movement, 1960-1973 (PDF)
by Martha F. DavisDuring the 1960s a new breed of "poverty lawyers"-in collaboration with welfare recipient activists-mounted a legal campaign to create a constitutional right to welfare. The collaboration worked significant changes in the social welfare system of the United States and in the scope of individual constitutional rights. In this first in-depth account, Martha F. Davis tells the behind-the-scenes story of the strategies, successes, failures, and frustrations of that important campaign. "[A] succinct and elegant book, Brutal Need enriches today's impoverished discussion of welfare reform."-Linda Gordon, Nation "In lucid prose, Davis tells the compelling story of the sometimes difficult but inspiring and pioneering 1960s alliance between lawyers and welfare rights activists. This book is both a good read and good history."-Frances Fox Piven, coauthor of Regulating the Poor: The Functions of Public Welfare "Brutal Need is a magnificent book. It combines sophisticated analysis of legal principles defining the rights of the poor, a rich social history of the organization of poor people in the 1960s, and gripping biographies of the leading participants in the often neglected social movement. It is a pleasure to read this lucid book. Davis provides insight, even to a person who participated in the events she describes."-Sylvia Law, New York University School of Law "An accurate, informative, and highly readable book on a fascinating topic."-Shep Melnick, Brandeis University Winner of a 1994 American Bar Association Certificate of Merit Award
Brutal Need (PDF): Lawyers And The Welfare Rights Movement, 1960-1973
by Martha F. DavisDuring the 1960s a new breed of "poverty lawyers"-in collaboration with welfare recipient activists-mounted a legal campaign to create a constitutional right to welfare. The collaboration worked significant changes in the social welfare system of the United States and in the scope of individual constitutional rights. In this first in-depth account, Martha F. Davis tells the behind-the-scenes story of the strategies, successes, failures, and frustrations of that important campaign. "[A] succinct and elegant book, Brutal Need enriches today's impoverished discussion of welfare reform."-Linda Gordon, Nation "In lucid prose, Davis tells the compelling story of the sometimes difficult but inspiring and pioneering 1960s alliance between lawyers and welfare rights activists. This book is both a good read and good history."-Frances Fox Piven, coauthor of Regulating the Poor: The Functions of Public Welfare "Brutal Need is a magnificent book. It combines sophisticated analysis of legal principles defining the rights of the poor, a rich social history of the organization of poor people in the 1960s, and gripping biographies of the leading participants in the often neglected social movement. It is a pleasure to read this lucid book. Davis provides insight, even to a person who participated in the events she describes."-Sylvia Law, New York University School of Law "An accurate, informative, and highly readable book on a fascinating topic."-Shep Melnick, Brandeis University Winner of a 1994 American Bar Association Certificate of Merit Award
Buddhism and Bioethics
by Damien KeownBuddhism and Bioethics discusses contemporary issues in medical ethics from a Buddhist perspective. The issues examined include abortion, embryo research and euthanasia. Drawing on ancient and modern sources, the book shows how Buddhist ethical principles can be applied consistently to a range of bioethical problems. It is suggested that moral judgements can be objective and that there can be a 'Buddhist view' on ethical issues.
Bundesrecht und Landesrecht: Zugleich ein Beitrag zu Strukturproblemen der bundesstaatlichen Kompetenzverteilung in Österreich und in Deutschland (Forschungen aus Staat und Recht #111)
by Ewald WiederinDie vorliegende Arbeit wurde im Wintersemster 1994/95 an der Rechtswissenschafdichen Fakultat der UniversitatWien als Habilitations schrift angenommen. Ihre Veroffendichung ist mir willkommene Gele genheit, meinem Lehrer, Prof. DDr. h.c. GUNTHER WINKLER, Dank zu sagen - ftir sein wissenschaftliches Vorbild, fur seine stete Forderung und ftir die Schaffung von Arbeitsbedingungen, ohne die dieses Buch nicht hatte geschrieben werden konnen. Prof. BERNHARD RASCHAUER und Prof. PETER M. HUBER bin ich ftir die ztigige Erstellung ihrer Gutachten wahrend der Weihnachtsferien so wie ftir ihre Kritik und ihreAnregungen zu herzlichem Dankverpflichtet. DieAlexandervon Humboldt-Stiftung hat durch die Gewahrung eines groGztigigen Forschungsstipendiums einen Aufenthalt am Institut fur Po litik und offentliches Recht der Universitat Mtinchen wahrend des Stu dienjahres 1990/91 ermoglicht. Prof. PETER BADURA danke ich ftir die freundliche Aufnahme am Institut und ftir die kritische Durchsicht des dem Grundgesetz gewidmeten Abschnitts der Arbeit. GEORG LIENBACHER hat mich durch foderalistisch beseelten Wider spruch dazu gezwungen, manche Position zu tiberdenkenundwenn schon nicht zu revidieren, so doch klarer auszudrticken. CHRISTOPH LANNER hat nicht nur aufBrtiche in meinen Argumentationen hingewiesen, son deen tiberdies mit Akribie mehr Schreibfehler aus dem Manuskript ge tilgt, als ich darin je gefunden hatte. SUSANNE UNGER hat mir in unge zahlten Diskussionen geholfen, die Orientierung wiederzufinden, wenn ich aufdem Holzweg war. SUSANNE SEYFANG hat mich bei der Erstellung der Druckvorlage mit Tat und Rat untersttitzt. DieArbeit befindet sich aufdem Stand yom 1.Janner 1995.
Bürgerliches Recht: Schnell erfaßt (Recht - schnell erfasst)
by Peter KatkoDas Geheimnis schnellen Lernens und Verstehens besteht darin, Zusammenhänge zu erkennen und diese auf praktische Gegebenheiten anzuwenden. Diesem Motto folgend zeigt der Autor Peter Katko, wie bei der Lösung privater Rechtsprobleme zwischen Bürgern vorzugehen ist. Schwerpunkte legt er auf den Allgemeinen Teil, das Schuldrecht und das Sachenrecht des BGB.
The Causes and Consequences of Antitrust: The Public-Choice Perspective
by Fred S. McChesney William F. ShughartWhy has antitrust legislation not lived up to its promise of promoting free-market competition and protecting consumers? Assessing 100 years of antitrust policy in the United States, this book shows that while the antitrust laws claim to serve the public good, they are as vulnerable to the influence of special interest groups as are agricultural, welfare, or health care policies. Presenting classic studies and new empirical research, the authors explain how antitrust caters to self-serving business interests at the expense of the consumer. The contributors are Peter Asch, George Bittlingmayer, Donald J. Boudreaux, Malcolm B. Coate, Louis De Alessi, Thomas J. DiLorenzo, B. Epsen Eckbo, Robert B. Ekelund, Jr., Roger L. Faith, Richard S. Higgins, William E. Kovacic, Donald R. Leavens, William F. Long, Fred S. McChesney, Mike McDonald, Stephen Parker, Richard A. Posner, Paul H. Rubin, Richard Schramm, Joseph J. Seneca, William F. Shughart II, Jon Silverman, George J. Stigler, Robert D. Tollison, Charlie M. Weir, Peggy Wier, and Bruce Yandle.
