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Rechtsprobleme der Schlüsselgewalt: 229. Sitzung am 15. März 1978 in Düsseldorf (Rheinisch-Westfälische Akademie der Wissenschaften #255)
by Paul Mikat
The Roots of Ethics: Science, Religion, and Values (The Hastings Center Series in Ethics)
by Sidney CallahanOUR AGE IS CHARACTERIZED by an uncertainty about the na ture of moral obligations, about what one can hope for in an afterlife, and about the limits of human knowledge. These uncertainties were captured by Immanuel Kant in his Critique of Pure Reason, where he noted three basic human questions: what can we know, what ought we to do, and what can we hope for. Those questions and the uncer tainties about their answers still in great part define our cultural per spective. In particular, we are not clear about the foundations of ethics, or about their relationship to religion and to science. This volume brings together previously published essays that focus on these inter relationships and their uncertainties. It offers an attempt to sketch the interrelationship among three major intellectual efforts: determining moral obligations, the ultimate purpose and goals of man and the cosmos, and the nature of empirical reality. Though imperfect, it is an effort to frame the unity of the human condition, which is captured in part by ethics, in part by religion, and in part by the sciences. Put another way, this collection of essays springs from an attempt to see the unity of humans who engage in the diverse roles of valuers, be lievers, and knowers, while still remaining single, individual humans.
The Roots of Justice: Crime and Punishment in Alameda County, California, 1870-1910 (Studies in Legal History)
by Lawrence M. Friedman Robert V. PercivalFocusing on a single county at a time when the population grew from 24,000 to 246,000, the authors combine statistical analysis of documentary sources, contemporary newspaper accounts, and exploration in criminal case files to give a detailed reconstruction of the operations of the county's entire criminal justice system. By tracing the process from arrest to trial, sentencing, and punishment, this study will have a profound effect on our perception of American criminal justice.Originally published in 1981.A UNC Press Enduring Edition -- UNC Press Enduring Editions use the latest in digital technology to make available again books from our distinguished backlist that were previously out of print. These editions are published unaltered from the original, and are presented in affordable paperback formats, bringing readers both historical and cultural value.
Rundfunkfreiheit: Öffentlichrechtliche Grundlagen des Rundfunks in Österreich (Forschungen aus Staat und Recht #55)
by Heinz WittmannDas Rundfunkrecht weist in vieler Hinsicht fur die Verfassungs und Verwaltungsrechtswissenschaft ungewohnte Form- und Inhalts probleme auf, die sich auf der Grundlage der herkommlichen Voll ziehungstypik nur unzureichend losen lassen. Die vorliegende Arbeit geht deshalb von der Uberlegung aus, daB die rechtswissenschaftliche Auseinandersetzung mit dem Phanomen Rundfunk bei den verfassungs rechtlichen Funktionsbedingungen anzusetzen hat. Es gilt zunachst, die individualrechtlichen und die institutionellen Elemente im Konzept der Rundfunkfreiheit in ihrer Zuordnung aufeinander zu bestimmen und zur Entfaltung zu bringen. Erst auf der Grundlage eines komplexen Rundfunkfreiheitsverstandnisses, das die innere Dialektik von staats abwehrenden Freiheitspositionen und staatlicher Funktionsverantwor tung fur den Rundfunk umgreift und die spezifischen medialen und technischen Wirkungsbedingungen des Rundfunks mitberiicksichtigt, gewinnen die Strukturen des Rundfunkrechts in ihrer Spannungsge ladenheit Gestalt und eroffnet sich ein sachangemessener Zugang zu den aktuellen rundfunkpolitischen Streitfragen, insbesondere zum Pro blem des offentlichen Veranstaltungsmonopols und zur Frage der An forderungen an einen Privatrundfunk. Insofern als es hier darum geht, die Eigenstandigkeit des Rundfunkrechts thematisch und me thodisch zur Geltung zu bringen, versteht sich diese Arbeit als ein Beitrag zur Entwicklung einer eigenstandigen Rundfunkrechtswissen schaft. 1m Zeitpunkt des Abschlusses dieser Untersuchung waren die parla mentarischen Beratungen uber die Regierungsvorlage betreffend ein Mediengesetz (2 BIg sten Prot NR 15. GP) noch im Gange. 1m Hin blick auf den ungewissen Ausgang dieser Beratungen wurden die vom Mediengesetz neu zu regelnden Fragen deszivil- bzw strafrechtlichen Personlichkeitsschutzes gegenuber den Medien sowie des Entgegnungs rechts aus der vorliegenden Arbeit ausgeklammert.
Skeptische Rechtsphilosophie und humanes Strafrecht: Band 1 Rechts- und staatsphilosophische Analysen und Positionen
by U. Klug
Skeptische Rechtsphilosophie und humanes Strafrecht: Band 2 Materielle und formelle Strafrechtsprobleme
by U. Klug
Slavery, Law, and Politics: The Dred Scott Case in Historical Perspective (Galaxy Books)
by Don E. FehrenbacherThis is an abridgement of the Pulitzer-Prize winning The Dred Scott Case, making Fehrenbacher's monumental work available to a wider audience. Although it condenses the original by half, all the chapters and major themes of the larger work have been retained, providing a masterful review of the issues before America on the eve of the Civil War.
The Southwest Under Stress: National Resource Development Issues in a Regional Setting
by Allen V. Kneese F. Lee BrownSouthwest Under Stress examines the development-environment conflict in the four contiguous states of Arizona, Utah, Colorado, and New Mexico. It emphasizes three issues with implications that extend far beyond the Southwest: water---its quantity, quality, and allocation; environment---how and to what extent it should be preserved; and the future of Native American and other poverty-stricken peoples. Energy comes in for special attention because the Southwest is a principal repository of fossil and nuclear fuels. This book serves as a guide for public policy in the region, and many of the policy alternatives set out are aimed at state and local governments. Alleviating poverty, improving the lot of Native Americans, and formulating workable water, environmental, and natural resources development policies are all of special concern to the region, but the federal government has asserted a dominant role in may of these areas. The book discusses ways in which the federal role may change to improve both federal policy itself and cooperation with other levels of government.
The Southwest Under Stress: National Resource Development Issues in a Regional Setting
by Allen V. Kneese F. Lee BrownSouthwest Under Stress examines the development-environment conflict in the four contiguous states of Arizona, Utah, Colorado, and New Mexico. It emphasizes three issues with implications that extend far beyond the Southwest: water---its quantity, quality, and allocation; environment---how and to what extent it should be preserved; and the future of Native American and other poverty-stricken peoples. Energy comes in for special attention because the Southwest is a principal repository of fossil and nuclear fuels. This book serves as a guide for public policy in the region, and many of the policy alternatives set out are aimed at state and local governments. Alleviating poverty, improving the lot of Native Americans, and formulating workable water, environmental, and natural resources development policies are all of special concern to the region, but the federal government has asserted a dominant role in may of these areas. The book discusses ways in which the federal role may change to improve both federal policy itself and cooperation with other levels of government.
Soviet and East European Law and the Scientific-Technical Revolution: Pergamon Policy Studies on International Politics
by Gordon B. Smith Peter B. Maggs George GinsburgsSoviet and East European Law and the Scientific-Technical Revolution discusses the various perceptions and understandings of the scientific technical revolution (STR) and its effect on the legal systems of the USSR and the East European nations.This book is composed 11 chapters and begins with a description of the relationship of the STR and law and how law is used as a means of manipulating the STR and directing its development. The succeeding chapters explore the STR in the realm of ideas or doctrine relating to management theory and jurisprudence. These topics are followed by discussions of the constitutional enactments influenced by the STR and the developments of administrative and labor laws. The remaining chapters highlight the tangible results of efforts to shape the STR. These chapters also look into the development of mechanisms for the transfer of technology between the Soviet Union and the Eastern Europe.This book is intended for historians and the general public who are interested in scientific-technical revolution.
The Theory of Beauty in the Classical Aesthetics of Japan
by T. IzutsuThe Japanese sense of beauty as actualized in innumerable works of art, both linguistic and non-linguistic, has often been spoken of as something strange to, and remote from, the Western taste. It is, in fact, so radically different from what in the West is ordinarily associated with aesthetic experience that it even tends to give an impression of being mysterious, enigmatic or esoteric. This state of affairs comes from the fact that there is a peculiar kind of metaphysics, based on a realization of the simultaneous semantic articulation of consciousness and the external reality, dominating the whole functional domain of the Japanese sense of beauty, without an understanding of which the so-called 'mystery' of Japanese aesthetics would remain incomprehensible. The present work primarily purports to clarify the keynotes of the artistic experiences that are typical of Japanese culture, in terms of a special philosophical structure underlying them. It consists of two main parts: (1) Preliminary Essays, in which the major philosophical ideas relating to beauty will be given a theoretical elucidation, and (2) a selection of Classical Texts representative of Japanese aesthetics in widely divergent fields of linguistic and extra-linguistic art such as the theories of waka-poetry, Noh play, the art of tea, and haiku. The second part is related to the first by way of a concrete illustration, providing as it does philological materials on which are based the philosophical considerations of the first part.
Thring's Practical Legislation: The Composition and Language of Acts of Parliament and Business Documents
by Henry ThringHow do you go about drafting an Act of Parliament? In this classic text, Lord Thing, the great Victorian Parliamentary Counsel, sets out the basic rules of the art and craft of creating legislation. Operating in a field where there are no concrete rules, Thring saw the need to formulate general rules of guidance for those inexperienced in the art of legislative drafting and published his work following his appointment as First Parliamentary Counsel. Much of what he says remains relevant now and so, this new edition presents it to a modern readership.
The Trial Process (Perspectives in Law & Psychology #2)
by Bruce Dennis SalesAs noted in the Preface to Volume 1 in this series, the goal of Perspectives in Law and Psychology is to provide a forum for books aimed at systemati cally interfacing the two disciplines. Toward this end, Volume 1 pre sented a collection of original writings focused on the criminal justice system that grew out of a conference held at the University of Nebraska at Lincoln. Because that volume was based on conference proceedings, however, an attempt was not made to provide thorough coverage of all law-psychology issues in the criminal justice system; rather, it highlight ed a select few issues that were currently being investigated by some of the outstanding people in the field. This volume differs substantially from the first in that it attempts to bring together those psycholegal scholars who are doing the major re search on the trial process today and provides broad coverage of critical research on the trial. Thus, the chapters not only provide an extensive review of existing literature in this field but also present new contribu tions by these scholars.
Unternehmensbeteiligungen (Gabler-Studientexte)
by Dirk PetryDie Beteiligung an einem Unternehmen kann für den Anleger eine Entscheidung mit weitreichenden Folgen sein: In vielen Fällen bedeutet der Erwerb einer Beteiligung an einem Unternehmen nicht nur den Einsatz einer bestimmten Kapitalgröße, für die eine angemessene Verzinsung erwartet wird, sondern ein persönliches unternehmerisches Engagement, das häufig den vollen Einsatz der eigenen Arbeitskraft, des gesamten Vermögens und sogar die Übernahme von weitergehenden Haftungsverpflichtungen bedeuten kann. Dem Berater stellt sich in solchen Fällen ein vielschichtiges Problem. Will er eine den Wünschen und den objektiven Erfordernissen seines Klienten entsprechende Problemlösung erarbeiten, so muß er in einer umfassenden Analyse alle relevanten Aspekte des Beratungsfalls zusammenstellen und in ihrer Bedeutung gewichten. Das sind einerseits die objektiven Daten der wirtschaftlichen und rechtlichen Rahmenbedingungen und andererseits die persönlichen Daten des Klienten, wie seine Vermögensverhältnisse, seine persönliche Risikostruktur sowie seine Zukunftserwartungen. Ergebnis dieser Analyse muß es sein, objektive und subjektive Daten in einem Modell zu vereinigen und mit den häufig widersprüchlichen Vorstellungen des Kunden in Einklang zu bringen. Die vorliegende Schrift soll das für diese Aufgabe notwendige handels- und steuerrechtliche Rüstzeug vermitteln. Es ist hierbei auf eine möglichst einfache und klare, dennoch aber den oft sehr komplexen Sachverhalten gerecht werdende Darstellung Wert gelegt worden. Aus didaktischen Gründen wurde bewußt darauf verzichtet, im fortlaufenden Text die herangezogene Literatur kenntlich zu machen; diesbezüglich wird insbesondere auf die zusammenfassende Literaturübersicht am Schluß des Studienheftes verwiesen. I.
Van Vollenhoven on Indonesian Adat Law (Verhandelingen van het Koninklijk Instituut voor Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde)
by Cornelis van Vollenhoven J.F. Holleman H.W.J. Sonius Koninklijk Instituut voor Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde
Vorschriftsgemäßes Entwerfen nach Bauordnungen, Normen, Richtlinien und Regeln: Anforderungskatalog mit Textauszügen und Hinweisen
by Ulrike Portmann Klaus Dieter PortmannDie Fülle von Vorschriften mit empfehlendem oder bindendem Charakter, die der Planer beim Entwerfen von Gebäuden berücksichtigen muß, sind kaum überschaubar. Dieses Buch bietet eine systematische und schnell nutzbare Zusammenstellung der aktuellen Regeln, Richtlinien, Normen und Gesetze, die bei der Planung zu beachten sind.
What the Anti-Federalists Were For: The Political Thought of the Opponents of the Constitution
by Herbert J. StoringThe Anti-Federalists, in Herbert J. Storing's view, are somewhat paradoxically entitled to be counted among the Founding Fathers and to share in the honor and study devoted to the founding. "If the foundations of the American polity was laid by the Federalists," he writes, "the Anti-Federalist reservations echo through American history; and it is in the dialogue, not merely in the Federalist victory, that the country's principles are to be discovered." It was largely through their efforts, he reminds us, that the Constitution was so quickly amended to include a bill of rights. Storing here offers a brilliant introduction to the thought and principles of the Anti-Federalists as they were understood by themselves and by other men and women of their time. His comprehensive exposition restores to our understanding the Anti-Federalist share in the founding its effect on some of the enduring themes and tensions of American political life. The concern with big government and infringement of personal liberty one finds in the writings of these neglected Founders strikes a remarkably timely note.
What the Anti-Federalists Were For: The Political Thought of the Opponents of the Constitution
by Herbert J. StoringThe Anti-Federalists, in Herbert J. Storing's view, are somewhat paradoxically entitled to be counted among the Founding Fathers and to share in the honor and study devoted to the founding. "If the foundations of the American polity was laid by the Federalists," he writes, "the Anti-Federalist reservations echo through American history; and it is in the dialogue, not merely in the Federalist victory, that the country's principles are to be discovered." It was largely through their efforts, he reminds us, that the Constitution was so quickly amended to include a bill of rights. Storing here offers a brilliant introduction to the thought and principles of the Anti-Federalists as they were understood by themselves and by other men and women of their time. His comprehensive exposition restores to our understanding the Anti-Federalist share in the founding its effect on some of the enduring themes and tensions of American political life. The concern with big government and infringement of personal liberty one finds in the writings of these neglected Founders strikes a remarkably timely note.
What the Anti-Federalists Were For: The Political Thought of the Opponents of the Constitution
by Herbert J. StoringThe Anti-Federalists, in Herbert J. Storing's view, are somewhat paradoxically entitled to be counted among the Founding Fathers and to share in the honor and study devoted to the founding. "If the foundations of the American polity was laid by the Federalists," he writes, "the Anti-Federalist reservations echo through American history; and it is in the dialogue, not merely in the Federalist victory, that the country's principles are to be discovered." It was largely through their efforts, he reminds us, that the Constitution was so quickly amended to include a bill of rights. Storing here offers a brilliant introduction to the thought and principles of the Anti-Federalists as they were understood by themselves and by other men and women of their time. His comprehensive exposition restores to our understanding the Anti-Federalist share in the founding its effect on some of the enduring themes and tensions of American political life. The concern with big government and infringement of personal liberty one finds in the writings of these neglected Founders strikes a remarkably timely note.
What the Anti-Federalists Were For: The Political Thought of the Opponents of the Constitution
by Herbert J. StoringThe Anti-Federalists, in Herbert J. Storing's view, are somewhat paradoxically entitled to be counted among the Founding Fathers and to share in the honor and study devoted to the founding. "If the foundations of the American polity was laid by the Federalists," he writes, "the Anti-Federalist reservations echo through American history; and it is in the dialogue, not merely in the Federalist victory, that the country's principles are to be discovered." It was largely through their efforts, he reminds us, that the Constitution was so quickly amended to include a bill of rights. Storing here offers a brilliant introduction to the thought and principles of the Anti-Federalists as they were understood by themselves and by other men and women of their time. His comprehensive exposition restores to our understanding the Anti-Federalist share in the founding its effect on some of the enduring themes and tensions of American political life. The concern with big government and infringement of personal liberty one finds in the writings of these neglected Founders strikes a remarkably timely note.
Zur Reform des Strafprozeßrechts und des Sanktionenrechts für Bagatelldelikte (Linzer Universitätsschriften #7)
by R. MoosDieses Buch hat die Vertiefung eines Vortrages zum Gegenstand, den ich unter dem Thema "Zwischenbllanz der Strafproze~reform" am 27. Mai 1979 vor dec Tagung der Osterreichischen Sektion der Intemationalen luristenkom mission in Wei~enbach am Attersee gehalten habe. Die Veroffentlichung des Originalvortrags wird zusammen mit den anderen Tagungsbeitrligen durch die Intemationale luristenkommission erfolgen. Diese Ausarbeitung halt sich in der Auswahl und in der LOsung der behandelten Probleme sowie zum Tell auch in der Darstellungsweise im wesentlichen an diesen Vortrag. Hinzuge kommen ist ein Abschnitt tiber die Einflihrung von Elementen des Partei verfahrens in die Hauptverhandlung, weggefallen ist eine kritische Stellung nahme zur Reform der jetzigen Entlohnungsweise der Verfahrenshilfe, well sie nicht in den thematischen Zusammenhang dieser Arbeit pa~t. Diese Zwischenbilanz der Strafproze~reform versteht sich weniger als eine Prlisentation dessen, was in den seit Herbst 1974 laufenden Beratungen des "Arbeitskreises fUr Grundsatzfragen einer Emeuerung des Strafverfahrens rechts" nach mehrheitlicher Auffassung als vorlliufiges Zwischenergebnis vorzuweisen ist, sondem sie ist in erster Linie eine kritische Revision der Pro bleme, die in diesen Beratungen nochnicht ausgetragen oder nachmeiner per sonlichen Auffassung in einer Weise gekHirt worden sind, die noch grundslitz liche Wtinsche offenla~t. . Daraus werden drei gro~e Problemkreise entnom men: die ideelle Einstellung zur Notwendigkeit und zum Inhalt der Straf proze~reform, die Abschaffung der Voruntersuchung mit ihren mog1ichen Auswirkungen auf das Vorverfahren und die Hauptverhandlung sowie die Bewaltigung der Bagatellkriminalitiit auf materiell- und prozeiSrechtlichem Gebiet. Unter demGesichtspunkt der Auswirkungen der Voruntersuchung bzw.