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New Majoritarian Constitutionalism [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
Ever since Alexander Bickel coined the phrase “countermajoritarian difficulty,” commentators have frequently described the Supreme Court as either a “majoritarian” or “counter-majoritarian” institution.
Landau, Joseph
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Permissible Limits of Entrapment in Covert Investigations and Operative-Investigative Measures [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Constitutional Law, 2023
A parallel can be drawn between the idea of entrapment and the biblical story of Adam and Eve. In the Garden of Eden, Eve was tempted by the serpent, leading her to partake in the forbidden fruit at the urging of another.
Gia Markoidze
doaj  

Queen Anne's Wardrobe: Fashion, Sartorial Politics, and the Representational Strategies of the Last Stuart Queen

open access: yesJournal for Eighteenth-Century Studies, EarlyView.
Abstract The final Stuart monarch, Queen Anne, has often been overlooked in studies of visual and material culture, particularly of fashion and dress. This article is the first to undertake a qualitative and quantitative analysis of the wardrobe accounts of Queen Anne, situating her consumption within the context of the eighteenth‐century fashion ...
Sarah A. Bendall
wiley   +1 more source

Pseudonyms, Propaganda, and Prints: The Life and Political Caricatures of William Dent, 1782–931

open access: yesJournal for Eighteenth-Century Studies, EarlyView.
Abstract ‘Dent was probably an amateur and nothing is known of his life’, state Bryant and Heneage. Despite contributing to caricature's ‘golden age’, William Dent remains overlooked compared to contemporaries like James Gillray. Dent's extensive portfolio (1782–93) and rumoured role as a Pittite propagandist have not secured his place in the canon of ...
Callum D. Smith
wiley   +1 more source

Applicability of Legal Regulations to High Artificial Intellect – Robots [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Constitutional Law, 2019
The present paper addresses the necessity of creating legal regulations regarding a technological novelty - robots; it discusses the issues of freedom of religion, freedom of expression and the right to personal development in the context of domestic ...
Mariam Mgeladze, Murman Gorgoshadze
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An ecclesiastical court: Christian nationalism and perceptions of the US Supreme Court

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.
Abstract Recently, scholars have increasingly examined the unique blending of Christian and political ideology known as Christian nationalism. During this period, the US Supreme Court has increasingly ruled in ways that favor Christian nationalism, and Court watchers have criticized several justices for showing bias toward Christianity at best and ...
Miles T. Armaly   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Self‐reported mental health and the Dobbs decision: Variation by State abortion laws

open access: yesContemporary Economic Policy, Volume 43, Issue 2, Page 199-225, April 2025.
Abstract When a US Supreme Court ruling allowed states to ban abortion, women of childbearing age in the states where abortion became illegal reported higher rates of anxiety symptoms compared to similar‐aged women in other states and older women in the same states.
J. Michael Collins, Vivekananda Das
wiley   +1 more source

The Contemporary Debate on Secularization and Its Cross‐National Variation: A Systematization Through Topic Modeling

open access: yesJournal for the Scientific Study of Religion, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Secularization is a key concept in the social scientific study of religion, yet its meaning remains ambiguous due to varied definitions produced in the literature. This article aims to provide a data‐driven systematization of the debate on religious change by analyzing 1638 academic articles published between 2001 and 2022 using structural ...
Valeria Rainero, Ruud Luijkx
wiley   +1 more source

Navigating the Algorithmic State: Public Values and Citizens' Preferences of AI‐Driven Public Service Delivery

open access: yesPublic Administration, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT As the public sector increasingly adopts AI‐powered automated decision systems (ADS), understanding how citizens experience and value ADS use in public decision‐making is both normatively and practically important. Therefore, we examine and compare the effects of seven attributes of public values on citizens' support for ADS adoption in two ...
Guimin Zheng   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Its Hour Come Round at Last? State Sovereign Immunity and the Great State Debt Crisis of the Early Twenty-first Century [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
State sovereign immunity is a sort of constitutional comet, streaking across the sky once a century to the amazement and consternation of legal commentators. The comet’s appearance has usually coincided with major state debt crises: The Revolutionary War
Young, Ernest A.
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