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The battles between proponents and opponents of judicial supremacy have recently intensified in the US and also in Europe. I summarise the debates in political philosophy, legal theory and ... Social and Political Philosophy (Faculty of Humanities) and of Sociology (Faculty of Social Sciences) at the University from anonymous reviewers and from Leonard Besselink, Nik de Boer, Bas Schotel, Marcel
fundamental rights. It uses the political philosophy of John Rawls to assess why we should attach priority to certain rights and which rights should therefore be considered fundamental rights. On this basis it ... important, and be very careful in allowing restrictions on fundamental rights for the purpose of protecting this market access. This article uses the political philosophy of John Rawls and his philosophical
involved special masters where judges required them to preserve communities of interest in redrawn voting districts. Third, it will survey various efforts by political scientists to define a “community
Online political microtargeting involves monitoring people’s online behaviour, and using the collected data, sometimes enriched with other data, to show people-targeted political advertisements ... . Introduction Political campaigns are increasingly combining data-driven voter research with personalised political advertising: online political microtargeting.1 Through political microtargeting, a political
individual voter at the polls to cast his vote, untrammeled, for the candidate of his choice is no more sacred than the right of the individual member of a political party to express his choice for party ... public office.119 He reminded the Convention that the Bill of Rights Committee had heard from young people who had demonstrated “responsibility [and] enthusiasm towards the prospect of political equality
subject. Whilst many have made great contributions to clarify its purposes and justifications, they have neglected one of the most important and fundamental forms of political disobedience, namely ... boundary problem, which has been the center of debate of both political philosophy and jurisprudence. Solutions to the problem are propounded with the republican democratic theory, liberal nationalism theory
subject. Whilst many have made great contributions to clarify its purposes and justifications, they have neglected one of the most important and fundamental forms of political disobedience, namely ... boundary problem, which has been the center of debate of both political philosophy and jurisprudence. Solutions to the problem are propounded with the republican democratic theory, liberal nationalism theory
? needs used within the political debate may be featured as a homogeneous concept, the legal traditions that need to host victim-oriented arrangements differ. Indeed, the apparent political consensus with ... Victim Support was, however, felt to be beneficial.41 Nevertheless, the expansion of the oral VIS remained a contentious issue within the Dutch debate. In the wake of the political debate with regard to
If architecture is politics, then the rise of data-driven computing systems will transform the course, if not the conditions of possibility for the political. Provoked by the work of artists Ruti ... Toronto Law Journal, no. 2, pp. 196-224. R. Sela & M. Amir (eds.), Extraterritorialities in Occupied Worlds (2016). The distinction between 'politics' and 'the political' stems from C. Lefort, The Political
, can we necessarily regard the choices made as expressions of user preferences that serve our socio-political goals? Even if the answer is positive—does this new mode of user choice fit current legal ... philosophy. Below we explore in broad strokes three main rationales for autonomous human choice, namely efficiency, psychological effects, and liberal political theory.73 Some of these are consequentialist
-nots, with an opportunity to better their social positioning by enjoying unobstructed access to the Internet as users. Therefore, we propose abandoning the utilitarian philosophy that has characterized ... Catalogue of Electronic Texts) (1863), availableat http://infomotions.cometexts/philosophy/1800-1899/mill-utilitarianism-218.htm. 21. Id.at 52. cake rather than on the way the cake is distributed. Third
financial and migration crises, serves only to highlight the gap between rhetoric and reality. We identify two main reasons for this, namely a lack of legal competence and a lack of political will. We then ... greater calls for the EU to respond to these challenges, at the very time when there is a lack of significant political will to act. These problems are exacerbated by the fact that some perceive the EU to
first knew Massimo through his brilliant work. Then I came to know him personally. I was surprised when an author of his stature suggested that we write a book of political theory together and felt ... extends his appreciation to the Barry Law Review editorial team, especially Michael Hristakopoulos, for their substantial edits and efforts that made this paper possible. 1 Mohammed Fadel, Political
a plan for overcoming them; but in Diogenes a political programme that cannot attain its own ends, and in Zeno a political solution that comes unmoored from its foundations. Today, the International ... defines the cosmopolitanism position as follows: ?The nebulous core shared by all cosmopolitan views is the idea that all human beings, regardless of their political affiliation, are (or can and should be
essential. The barriers and obstacles preventing a more extensive application of problem-solving criminal justice is also discussed, drawing on points connected to sentencing parameters, ‘political will’ and ... considerations of legal principle and sentencing parameters, issues of politics and ?political will? and on aspects of legal culture. It is argued there are legal cultural impediments to advancing this approach
In the run-up to the Re-Unification of the East and West Germany in the 1990's the governments faced a problem, how do we integrate two political systems without causing a collapse of the economy and ... the communist political system and his teachings shaped the concept of ownership throughout the USSR. Furthermore, as the study of the pre-1990s East German law will show, it was strongly influenced by
Constitutional conventions are rules of political practice accepted as binding by those concerned in the working of the constitution. This peculiar category of constitutional rules occupies an ... conventions are rules of political practice accepted as obligatory by those concerned in the working of the constitution.1 This category of rules occupies a position between mere political practice and
to a powerful student-led movement fighting for gun reform following the shooting.16 The students publicly called out the National Rifle Association (NRA) for its strong political influence and said ... “unlikely that sensible gun control legislation will be enacted” because of the extraordinary political influence that the NRA has on state and local governments.301 Because the NRA is a strong self-defense
marginalization of intra-unit minorities. The article therefore examines the institutional, political, legal and policy safeguards that exist for intra-unit minorities. It proposes four mechanisms that aim to ... Ethiopia aims to empower politically mobilized ethno-national groups by granting territorial and political autonomy to some of the major groups at constituent unit and local level. The federal system
be found in criminal justice, political science, communications, or even education programs, legal studies and business law generally consist primarily of JD-holding professors.32 All of these ... Doctor,” just as a Ph.D. is a “Doctor of Philosophy.”116 In academia, the term “doctor” should do no more than signal a terminal degree used by someone teaching at a university. If PhDs want to ensure that