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Knights, Raiders, and Targets: The Impact of the Hostile Takeover
John C. Coffee Jr., Louis Lowenstein, and Susan Rose-Ackerman 1988
Fascinating as the corporate takeovers of recent years have been – with their "golden parachutes" and junk bonds, "greenmailers" and white knights – it is far from clear what underlying forces are at work, and what their long-term consequences will... (read more)
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A Crime of Self-Defense: Bernhard Goetz and the Law on Trial
George P. Fletcher 1988
Discusses the Bernhard Goetz case, examines the legal and ethical issues, and reviews the concept of self-defense.
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Religious Convictions and Political Choice
Kent Greenawalt 1988
How far may Americans properly rely on their religious beliefs when they make and defend political decisions? For example, are ordinary citizens or legislators doing something wrong when they consciously allow their decisions respecting abortion laws to be determined by... (read more)
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The International Court of Justice at a Crossroads
Lori Fisler Damrosch 1987
This major study of the International Court of Justice was the first comprehensive analysis of the issues confronting governments in reexamining the scope of their consent to the Court’s jurisdiction. Topics include the suitability of various kinds of disputes for... (read more)
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Conflicts of Law and Morality
Kent Greenawalt 1987
Powerful emotion and pursuit of self-interest have many times led people to break the law with the belief that they are doing so with sound moral reasons. This study, a comprehensive philosophical and legal analysis of the gray area in... (read more)
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Nature and Politics: Liberalism in the Philosophies of Hobbes, Locke, and Rousseau
Andrzej Rapaczynski 1987
In this study of the origins of liberalism in political thought, Andrzej Rapaczynski examines the political theory of Hobbes, Locke, and Rousseau.
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Empires
Michael W. Doyle 1986
Although empires have shaped the political development of virtually all the states of the modern world, "imperialism" has not figured largely in the mainstream of scholarly literature. This book seeks to account for the imperial phenomenon and to establish its... (read more)
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The Tolerant Society: Freedom of Speech and Extremist Speech in America
Lee C. Bollinger 1986
Bollinger provides a masterful critique of the major theories of freedom of expression, finding these theories persuasive but inadequate. Buttressing his argument with references to the well-known Skokie case and many other examples, as well as with a careful analysis... (read more)
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The Morality of Freedom
Joseph Raz 1986
Ranging over central issues of morals and politics and the nature of freedom and authority, this study examines the role of value-neutrality, rights, equality, and the prevention of harm in the liberal tradition, and relates them to fundamental moral questions... (read more)
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Constitutional Fate: Theory of the Constitution
Philip Chase Bobbitt 1984
Here, Philip Bobbitt studies the basis for the legitimacy of judicial review by examining six types of constitutional argument – historical, textual, structural, prudential doctrinal, and ethical – through the unusual method of contrasting sketches of prominent legal figures responding... (read more)
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The Second Industrial Divide: Possibilities for Prosperity
Michael J. Piore and Charles F. Sabel 1984
Two MacArthur Prize Fellows argue that to get out of its current economic crisis industry should abandon its attachment to standardized mass production for a system of flexible specialization.
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The Burger Court: The Counter-Revolution That Wasn't
Vincent A. Blasi 1983
Essays evaluate the decisions made by the Supreme Court concerning freedom of the press, freedom of speech, court practices, discrimination, labor law, antitrust actions and the rights of the poor.
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Discrimination and Reverse Discrimination: Essay and Materials in Law and Philosophy
Kent Greenawalt 1983
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Work and Politics: The Division of Labor in Industry
Charles F. Sabel 1982
Work and Politics develops a historical and comparative sociology of workplace relations in industrial capitalist societies. Professor Sabel argues that the system of mass production using specialized machines and mostly unskilled workers was the result of the distribution of power... (read more)
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The Signature of Power: Buildings, Communications, and Policy
Harold D. Lasswell and Merritt B. Fox 1979
Advanced industrial societies are becoming aware of the impact of what they do to the physical and biological environment, and also what that environment does to individuals. In The Signature of Power, Harold D. Lasswell examines the symbolic use people... (read more)
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Tragic Choices
Guido Calabresi and Philip Chase Bobbitt 1978
This book offers a general theoretical account of how societies cope with decisions which they regard as tragic.
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