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Buchanan and the Social Contract: Coordination Failures and the Atrophy of Property Rights
Southern Economic Journal, EarlyView.ABSTRACT James Buchanan advocated that societies should be based on a social contract. He rejected anarchy, seeing it as a “Hobbesian jungle” that calls for government intervention to maintain social order. He also opposed theories of spontaneous order. These views led to debates about the compatibility of Buchanan's works with classical liberalism and
Stefano Dughera, Alain Marciano
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Judicial lawmaking and precedent in Supreme Courts [PDF]
, 2011 What does it mean for a supreme court to ‘make law?’ When is it possible to say that its decisions are ‘precedents?’ To what extent should a supreme court’s pronouncements be taken into account by others – lower courts and political branches?
Komárek, Jan
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What Program for Love in the 21st Century? Thinking With and Beyond Luhmann
Systems Research and Behavioral Science, EarlyView.ABSTRACT From a sociological perspective, the paper examines how normative frameworks for intimate relationships have changed since the publication of Luhmann's Love as Passion (1982). Building on Luhmann's notion of a program for love, we discuss his claim that late 20th century love semantics were organized around a program of understanding. We argue
Chiara Piazzesi, Martin Blais
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The FTC Has a Dog in the Patent Monopoly Fight: Will Antitrust’s Bite Kill Generic Challenges? [PDF]
, 2015 Antitrust laws have been notoriously lenient in the patent realm, the underlying reason being that patents’ grant of exclusion create monopolies that defy antitrust laws in order to incentivize innovation.
Cieluch, Jennifer D.
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A Femininomenon: Leadership Development Through Representation On‐Screen
New Directions for Student Leadership, Volume 2025, Issue 185, Page 67-74, Spring 2025.ABSTRACT Historically, films and television centered men, but there has recently been a shift toward focusing on women and people of color (and women of color) in leading roles. Films and shows like Black Panther, Barbie, and Ashoka reflect this trend, offering more complex stories and diverse representation.
Kathleen Callahan
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Predicting Court Outcomes through Political Preferences: The Japanese Supreme Court and the Chaos of 1993 [PDF]
, 2009 Empiricists routinely explain politically sensitive decisions of the U.S. federal courts through the party of the executive or legislature appointing the judge. That they can do so reflects the fundamental independence of the courts.
Ramseyer, J. Mark
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Papua New Guinea's Public Services Commission since independence: Sidelined or strengthened?
Australian Journal of Public Administration, EarlyView.Abstract This paper investigates reforms to the Public Services Commission (PSC) in Papua New Guinea (PNG) since independence in 1975. It looks at the original role of the PSC and then the various reforms it has been subject to: in 1986, 2003, and 2013, by constitutional and legislative change, and in 2019, by court ruling.
Nematullah Bizhan, Stephen Howes
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Espaço Jurídico, 2012 : The Supreme Court of the Republic of Ghana has given value to gender roles of women (and men) in the home. For too long many courts had relied on the need to establish substantial contribution by spouses to joint property which many women could not ...
Bernice Sam, National Programme Coordinator of Wildaf in Ghana, Africa
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Gender Nonconformity and the Unfulfilled Promise of Price Waterhouse v. Hopkins [PDF]
, 2007 The Supreme Court has articulated a doctrinal framework that, if construed and applied properly, provides the lower federal courts with the analytical tools necessary to identify and proscribe workplace rules that compel individuals to adhere to ...
Friedman, Joel Wm.
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Sądy Królewsko-Polskie (1917-1918)
Czasopismo Prawno-Historyczne, 2007 On 1 September 1917 Poland’s King’s Courts became functional at the territory of the Kingdom of Poland, then still under German and Austro-Hungarian rule.
Małgorzata Materniak-Pawłowska
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