The Impact of Science and Technology on the Rights of the Individual
The Impact of Science and Technology on the Rights of the Individual

Author: Nicola Lucchi

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2016-06-14

Total Pages: 212

ISBN-13: 3319304399

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The volume is devoted to the relevant problems in the legal sphere, created and generated by recent advances in science and technology. In particular, it investigates a series of cutting-edge contemporary and controversial case-studies where scientific and technological issues intersect with individual legal rights. The book addresses challenging topics at the intersection of communication technologies and biotech innovations such as freedom of expression, right to health, knowledge production, Internet content regulation, accessibility and freedom of scientific research.

Popular Culture and Legal Pluralism
Popular Culture and Legal Pluralism

Author: Wendy A Adams

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2016-06-17

Total Pages: 227

ISBN-13: 1317078284

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Drawing upon theories of critical legal pluralism and psychological theories of narrative identity, this book argues for an understanding of popular culture as legal authority, unmediated by translation into state law. In narrating our identities, we draw upon collective cultural narratives, and our narrative/nomos obligational selves become the nexus for law and popular culture as mutually constitutive discourse. The author demonstrates the efficacy and desirability of applying a pluralist legal analysis to examine a much broader scope of subject matter than is possible through the restricted perspective of state law alone. The study considers whether presumptively illegal acts might actually be instances of a re-imagined, alternative legality, and the concomitant implications. As an illustrative example, works of critical dystopia and the beliefs and behaviours of eco/animal-terrorists can be understood as shared narrative and normative commitments that constitute law just as fully as does the state when it legislates and adjudicates. This book will be of great interest to academics and scholars of law and popular culture, as well as those involved in interdisciplinary work in legal pluralism.

REA's Authoritative Guide to Law Schools
REA's Authoritative Guide to Law Schools

Author: Research and Education Association

Publisher: Research & Education Assoc.

Published: 1997-01-01

Total Pages: 504

ISBN-13: 9780878914784

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This comprehensive guide includes all the facts necessary to make informed decisions about where to apply and what to expect in law school. Official profiles of every accredited U.S. And Canadian law school, as well as many nonaccredited schools, are presented in clear, easy-to-read formats. Special sections offer in-depth advice on how to finance your law school education, how to evaluate your admission chances at different schools, and what types of law school programs are available. A pre-law advisor answers the most frequently-asked questions. In a separate essay, a law school student gives a personal account of the admission process and experiences in the first year of law school.

Telecommunications Structure and Management in the Executive Branch of Government 1900-1970
Telecommunications Structure and Management in the Executive Branch of Government 1900-1970

Author: Thomas E. Will

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2019-07-16

Total Pages: 158

ISBN-13: 1000314286

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In early 1970 President Richard M. Nixon created a new executive office, the Office of Telecommunications Policy (OTP), and appointed Dr. Clay T. Whitehead as OTP's first director. (Whitehead had previously been on the staff of Peter Flanigan, a presidential assistant responsible for telecommunications policy at the White House.) What was the motivation behind this action? Were political interests being served? With what results? Thomas Will believes that these and other questions must be raised in view of the history of the Nixon administration. In an attempt to answer them, he examines the development of telecommunications policy in the executive branch from 1900 to 1970. Dr. Will reviews the early executive branch involvement in radio telecommunications, the Radio Act of 1927 and the Communications Act of 1934, the technological advance of radio telecommunications and its effect on the executive branch before and after World War II, the. appointments of telecommunications advisors to presidents from 1951 to 1967, and the creation of the President's Task Force in 1967 to deal with the problems created by an inherently limited radio spectrum. He traces the steps taken to create the OTP and analyzes the extent to which the office reflected a traditional progression of executive branch telecommunications authority. His study and conclusions are directly and essentially relevant to the current debate on telecommunications policy.

Law, Psychology, and Justice
Law, Psychology, and Justice

Author: Christopher R. Williams

Publisher: SUNY Press

Published: 2002-01-01

Total Pages: 300

ISBN-13: 9780791451847

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A provocative critique of the relationship between the legal system and psychology that uses chaos theory to offer a more humane alternative.

Routledge Revivals: Encyclopedia of American Civil Liberties (2006)
Routledge Revivals: Encyclopedia of American Civil Liberties (2006)

Author: Paul Finkelman

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2018-02-05

Total Pages: 1308

ISBN-13: 1351269909

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Originally published in 2006, the Encyclopedia of American Civil Liberties, is a comprehensive 3 volume set covering a broad range of topics in the subject of American Civil Liberties. The book covers the topic from numerous different areas including freedom of speech, press, religion, assembly and petition. The Encyclopedia also addresses areas such as the Constitution, the Bill of Rights, slavery, censorship, crime and war. The book’s multidisciplinary approach will make it an ideal library reference resource for lawyers, scholars and students.