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Parliamentary Supremacy versus Judicial SupremacyHow can adversarial judicial, public, and political dialogue be institutionalised?

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 and the EU Internal Market: Just how Fundamental are the EU Treaty Freedoms?A Normative Enquiry Based on John Rawls’ Political Philosophy

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

Shakespeare's Philosophy of Music

portrays music within the context of his plays, through both dialogue and songs performed within each work. In Shakespeare’s time, Boethius’s philosophy of the Music of the Spheres was still highly popular ... Shakespearean drama in literature courses, it is rare for these classes to address the musical aspects of staging a Shakespearean production or the attention that Shakespeare gives to music philosophy. As a

A Christian Response to the Impact of Nietzschean Philosophy on Richard Strauss's Also sprach Zarathustra

the philosophy of Friedrich Nietzsche as it is displayed in his book Thus Spake Zarathustra. Secondly, this article explains the way Nietzsche’s worldview and writings influenced Richard Strauss’s ... ://digitalcommons.cedarville.edu/musicalofferings Part of the Christianity Commons, Esthetics Commons, Musicology Commons, New Religious Movements Commons, Other Philosophy Commons, and the Religious Thou ght, The ology and

Online Political Microtargeting: Promises and Threats for Democracy

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

To Bear in Silence: How the Erasure of ‘Comfort Women’ in Taiwan Leads to the Dismissal of their Tragedy

attempted to give voice to their experiences, as well as explain the factors that contributed to the silencing of their voices, including how they have been caught as a political tool between multiple ... ” were in the context of Taiwan to understand how their part of the historical narrative has been exempted to serve as a political tool. In summary, they were sex slaves to the Japanese army during the

The Doctrine of Affections: Where Art Meets Reason

The Doctrine of Affections was a widespread understanding of music and musicality during the Baroque era. The Doctrine was a result of the philosophy of reason and science as it coincides with music ... musicianship and theoretical music which had begun to rise in the time. Thou gh it is generally understood as being apart from Enlightenment thinking, the Doctrine is a result of Enlightenment-style philosophy

William Byrd: Political and Recusant Composer

Amidst the pendulum of political and religious upheaval that pervaded England throughout the sixteenth and seventeenth century, William Byrd stands as one of the best loved and lauded composers. Byrd ... . However, in a time where one’s religious beliefs were often linked with political loyalty, Byrd defied his monarch’s established and enforced Protestant religion, composing politically charged music for

The (Political) Pursuit of Victim Voice:(Comparative) Observations on the Dutch Draft on the Adviesrecht

? 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

The Virtuality of Territorial Borders

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

The Golden Standard: How the “Model Minority” Stereotype Harms Asian Americans

with very similar histories. The two groups are refugees and fled their homelands due to political tensions, and in order to survive in a foreign country, both employed traditions and customs

The ‘Social Market Economy’ in a (Heterogeneous) Social Europe: Does it Make a Difference?

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

Between the Dog and the Divine: Resistance and conventionalism in cosmopolitanism

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

Problem-Solving Criminal Justice: Developments in England and Wales

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

Trust Law in the Process of Reunifying East and West GermanyHow a legal concept foreign to German law was the solution to merge a socialist and a capitalist economy between 1989 and the present

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

The Legal Relevance of Constitutional Conventions in the United Kingdom and the Netherlands

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

Intra-Unit Minorities in the Context of Ethno-National Federation in Ethiopia

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

Sing to the Lord a New Song: John Calvin and the Spiritual Discipline of Metrical Psalmody

Calvin’s own philosophy regarding the use of art, music, and psalmody in worship. Additional areas examined in this research include the historical musical development of psalmody and the collection and ... , Practical The ology Commons, and the Religious Thou ght, The ology and Philosophy of Religion Commons Thi s article is available in Musical Offerings: http://digitalcommons.cedarville.edu/musicalofferings

Sing to the Lord a New Song: John Calvin and the Spiritual Discipline of Metrical Psalmody

Calvin’s own philosophy regarding the use of art, music, and psalmody in worship. Additional areas examined in this research include the historical musical development of psalmody and the collection and ... , Liturgy and Worship Commons, Musicology Commons, Practical Theology Commons, and the Religious Thought, Theology and Philosophy of Religion Commons Follow this and additional works at: https

Competition in the Market

enough can buy their political influence and make a bill in their favor become a law. Special interest groups have taken advantage of lobbying’s legality to gain the upper hand in market competition. “A ... ). Market competition creates incentives for those special interest groups to invest in political campaigns. Considering the staggering 4.4 trillion dollars that the top 200 politically active companies alone