Sentences with phrase «on legal philosophy»

Much contemporary literature on legal philosophy, management, and self - improvement seems like a variation on the age - old theme of classical virtue ethics.

For various reasons, I recently had to decide what to do with my collection of books on legal philosophy.

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(a) Philosophical preoccupation with the various types of cultural activities on an idealistic basis (Johann Gottfried Herder, G. W. F. Hegel, Johann Gustav Droysen, Hermann Steinthal, Wilhelm Wundt); (b) legal studies (Aemilius Ludwig, Richter, Rudolf Sohm, Otto Gierke); (c) philology and archeology, both stimulated by the romantic movement of the first decades of the nineteenth century; (d) economic theory and history (Karl Marx, Lorenz von Stein, Heinrich von Treitschke, Wilhelm Roscher, Adolf Wagner, Gustav Schmoller, Ferdinand Tonnies); (e) ethnological research (Friedrich Ratzel, Adolf Bastian, Rudolf Steinmetz, Johann Jakob Bachofen, Hermann Steinthal, Richard Thurnwald, Alfred Vierkandt, P. Wilhelm Schmidt), on the one hand; and historical and systematical work in theology (church history, canonical law — Kirchenrecht), systematic theology (Schleiermacher, Richard Rothe), and philosophy of religion, on the other, prepared the way during the nineteenth century for the following era to define the task of a sociology of religion and to organize the material gathered by these pursuits.7 The names of Max Weber, Ernst Troeltsch, Werner Sombart, and Georg Simmel — all students of the above - mentioned older scholars — stand out.

Paul Holmer, in his article on «Kierkegaard and Ethical Theory,» (Ethics, an International Journal of Social, Political, and Legal Philosophy, Vol.

On the poetry resources page is to be found general writer's resources, online libraries and dictionaries, guides to style, rhetoric and grammar, plus leading sites for philosophy, literary theory and criticism, poetry teaching, book news, poetry publishers and publishing advice, legal matters, electronic publishing, website hosting and access by subscription libraries.

A full 20 pages of scientific references follow, along with a few pages of the author's comments on his environmental philosophy and what he feels should be done to fix the State of Fear created by the politico - legal - media complex.

Mixed in with the lectures on Global Warming are formulations of Crichton's more general environmental philosophy — that a new politico - legal - media complex has taken over control from the military industrial complex, and is dedicated to controlling the population by promoting a state of fear about false environmental scares like catastrophic Global Warming.

They also have plenty of resources for communities wanting to start printing their own money, as well as essays and book excerpts on the philosophy behind doing so and the legal principles involved.

The Boston Globe's Sacha Pfeiffer tells the story of how Peter D. Enrich, «a mild - mannered, 55 - year - old philosophy teacher - turned - law professor,» found himself in the Supreme Court yesterday taking on DaimlerChrysler, the state of Ohio and others: «Professor leads small group in battle with legal giants.»

Scottish family lawyers tend to be somewhat aghast by the approach taken south of the border to financial provision on divorce, which contrasts starkly with our own legal philosophy.

Donna's philosophy has always been that her clients should focus their energies on getting well, while she navigates the legal minefield of insurance companies aiming to protect profits instead of their policy holders.

(1) being a student, they should focus on study, not only in the legal area, but also in philosophy, literature, arts, and English, to improve themselves to be international and professional;

Committed to the philosophy that community service is part of the privilege of practicing law, Crowley Fleck has a long history of pro bono (meaning for the good of the community) legal service on behalf of low income and disadvantaged people in our communities.

Since 2008, Rob has taught courses on philosophy of law, the American Constitution and the American legal system in Poland, the Czech Republic, Turkey, China and India and has given presentations on philosophy, the American Constitution and / or lawyering at Vanderbilt University, Boston University and ELSA, the European Law Students Association.

For example, the well known legal academic Prof. William Twining published a summary response last month on the importance of the role of ethics and philosophy in legal training, and reducing an overloaded undergraduate curriculum.

It includes an excellent short bibliography on general legal reading, including a section on «Jurisprudence, logic, philosophy, and ecomonics» in which the author / editor states that «from time to time judges... tell us that logic is not compulsive in legal reasoning.

Philosophy, with its focus on logic, reason, and the value of a sound argument, is one of the best ways to train and sharpen any legal mind.

It's fitting that leading U.K. — the Guardian — and U.S. — the N.Y. Times — obituaries present different pictures of him, even to the extent of seemingly disagreeing on which of his books and other writing was the most important and on his significance in the world of legal and moral philosophy.

Since our founding in 1978, we've become one of Connecticut's leading medical malpractice, serious personal injury and complex civil litigation law firms based on a simple philosophy: To provide our clients with the best legal representation possible, regardless of the effort and expense required.

Butler & Company's mission and philosophy is to take on the legal system for the average citizen, whether it's fighting impaired driving charges and IRP or ADP suspensions, fighting for a fair and equitable settlement against ICBC or other insurance companies for your personal injuries, or for your job back against big employers.

Members support and accept the CPD Program including the philosophy and the CPD Plan implementation There is a growing capacity of lawyers to self - evaluate the progress of the CPD activities and learning 100 % of lawyers identified and planned professional development activities 91 % of lawyers followed through on their learning activities as planned 1/3 of respondents (32 %) spent over 50 hours on CPD activities over the last 12 months 90 % spent over 15 hours on CPD activities — over the minimum hourly requirement of other CPD programs Recommendations: Integration of competencies into the CPD planning material available to lawyers Develop a competency profile that includes the quality of legal services provided to clients including not only substantive law but ethics, practice management and workplace health / stress issues More support to lawyers in the development of their CPD Plans Development of best practices in the development of CPD Plans Submission of CPD Plans to the Law Society Embedding the CPD Alberta website content onto the LSA website Review the accountability strategy for the CPD Program CPD as a proactive program.

After completing two years on the President's List at Columbia University, Maria earned her Bachelor of Science in Political Science, minoring in Legal Philosophy, from Florida State University.

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What is the area of law under which these are classified and is there any prominent philosophy or legal theory on these types of rules?

In my opinion, the original Arthurs» Report did huge damage to legal education — for me, personally, I was told that, as a scholar focused on mere doctrine, I had no place in a law school; I should have been «doing» law and... economics, philosophy, sociology, dentistry, basket - weaving or something else, anything but law.

There's an interesting conversation over at Edge — not the legal consulting company, but the foundation that holds colloquiums on important issues in science, philosophy, and art.

Fractured Fatherhood: An Analytic Philosophy Perspective on Moral and Legal Paternity.