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Supremacy Rule of Law in the Service of a Depoliticised Democracy—Pondering the Nature of the EU's ‘Social Contract’

open access: yesEuropean Law Journal, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Seeing the EU roughly as a political system designed to remove the most essential political decisions from democratic control, while in a large part abiding by legal frameworks, we could speak about an opposition between technocratic legalism and democracy.
Dimitry V. Kochenov   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

4. Rome: Roman Law

open access: yes, 1958
A persistent problem wherever men live together is the settlement of disputes. Primitive men often regard quarrels as personal matters, to be settled by those immediately involved.
Bloom, Robert L.   +6 more
core  

Jorge Luis Borges' Medieval Aesthetics of Failure

open access: yes
Critical Quarterly, EarlyView.
Irina Dumitrescu
wiley   +1 more source

The Political Novel in the Age of its Impotence: On Recent German Right‐Wing Fiction

open access: yesThe German Quarterly, EarlyView.
Abstract While scholars have increasingly studied the German right's publishing strategies and literary politics, less attention has been paid to the literary texts as such. They are worth examining in detail, I argue here, because they reflect in exaggerated form a problem that troubles political novels more generally: the dwindling role of the novel ...
Sophie Salvo
wiley   +1 more source

The Failure of the Aetolian Deditio as a Didactic Cultural Clash in the Histories of Polybius (20.9-10) [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
This paper examines the Aetolian deditio in fidem of 191 as described by Polybius 20.9-10. Erich Gruen influentially interpreted Polybius’ description as inconsistent and exaggerated, on the grounds that Greeks and Romans from the 3rd and 2nd centuries ...
Moreno Leoni, Álvaro Matías
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The Incarnational Aesthetic of David Brown☆

open access: yesInternational Journal of Systematic Theology, EarlyView.
Abstract The notion of incarnation has historically been a prominent concept for the acceptance of images and the interpretation of art within Christianity. A contemporary proponent of this line of reasoning about the theological potential of art is David Brown, who builds his theology of culture on the doctrine of incarnation. This article presents an
Filip Taufer
wiley   +1 more source

Trends in Spirituality and Spiritual Care in Nursing—A Discursive Paper

open access: yesJournal of Advanced Nursing, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Aim This paper outlines key developments, innovations, and milestones in the field of spirituality and spiritual care in nursing. Design A discursive paper. Results Nursing scholars have significantly influenced the profession and contributed to the development of nursing knowledge, particularly in the field of spirituality and spiritual care.
Fiona Timmins   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Consigning Injustice to History with Political Apologies

open access: yesJournal of Applied Philosophy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Failures to remember the past properly can constitute a range of different wrongs. In this article, we identify a novel kind of wrong that often occurs through political apologies: consigning an injustice to history. Consigning acknowledges that a historical injustice took place but denies that it has any ongoing relevance for the present ...
Alfred Archer, Benjamin Matheson
wiley   +1 more source

Do all roads lead to Rome? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
Huhnholz, Sebastian
core   +1 more source

Fiji: Republican Rome in the Pacific? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2000
Review of 'Fiji: Paradise in Pieces' by Satendra ...
Dooley, Gillian Mary
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