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Under Cover of Science ::American Legal-Economic Theory and the Quest for Objectivity /
No full textFor more than two decades, the law and economics movement has been one of the most influential and controversial schools of thought in American jurisprudence. In this authoritative intellectual history, James R. Hackney Jr. situates the modern law and economics movement within the trajectory of American jurisprudence from the early days of the Republic to the present. Hackney is particularly interested in the claims of objectivity or empiricism asserted by proponents of law and economics. He argues that the incorporation of economic analysis into legal decision making is not an inherently objective enterprise. Rather, law and economics often cloaks ideological determinations-particularly regarding the distribution of wealth-under the cover of science.Hackney demonstrates how legal-economic thought has been affected by the prevailing philosophical ideas about objectivity, which have in turn evolved in response to groundbreaking scientific discoveries. Thus Hackney's narrative is a history not only of law and economics but also of select strands of philosophy and science. He traces forward from the seventeenth-century the interaction of legal thinking and economic analysis with ideas about the attainability of certitude. The principal legal-economic theories Hackney examines are those that emerged from classical legal thought, legal realism, law and neoclassical economics, and critical legal studies. He links these theories respectively to formalism, pragmatism, the analytic turn, and neopragmatism/postmodernism, and he explains how each of these schools of philosophical thought was influenced by specific scientific discoveries: Newtonian physics, Darwin's theory of evolution, Einstein's theories of relativity, and quantum mechanics. Under Cover of Science challenges claims that the contemporary law and economics movement is an objective endeavor by historicizing ideas about certitude and empiricism and their relation to legal-economic thought
Polyphony and the anxiety of influence in the fiction of Henry James
No full textJames's fiction, especially in the Middle Phase, centres
on the figure of the artist and is characterized by, the two
interrelated aspects which previous criticism has largely
overlooked: the Bakhtinian 'polyphonic' -creation of
'author-thinkers'; and the conflict between ephebes and
precursors, for which Harold-Bloom's concept of 'the-anxiety of
influence' is the most illuminating model. Polyphony is the
narrative mode, and influence is the intra-artistic, theme.
These, as the Introduction to the thesis makes clear, are
rehearsed in James's inaugural novel, Roderick Hudson. Rowland
Mallet is an author-thinker, and his failure is caused by
authorial limitations. His monologism -is impaired by his
mistaking empathy for the authorial sympathy. Likewise,
Hudson's failure does not arise from a mercurial temperament,
but from a polyphonic shortcoming: not possessing the power of
fiction to contain the fiction of power in, his mentor. And the
relationships among the three artists - Gloriani, Hudson and
Singleton - perfectly exemplify the Bloomian-theme. It is these
two concepts, polyphony and influence, which are the major
preoccupation in the Middle Phase; as, the works chosen
demonstrate. These are a novella, a novel, and a number of
short stories all of which have been unjustifiably neglected.
Chapter One, on The Aspern Papers, argues that Tina Bordereau,
far from being, the artless victim seen by many critics,
actually challenges and defeats the narrator by the very form
of her narrative. Her 'realist' discourse undermines his
language of 'romance', and shows up its internal unstability.
Chapter Two is an extensive study of the critical reception of
The Tragic Muse. The most common areas of critical attention
have been its contemporary topicality, its relation to previous
novels on similar themes, and the possible genealogy of Gabriel
Nash. Those have all missed the core of the work. - Chapter Three
demonstrates how polyphony and the anxiety of influence make
the novel what it really is. Influence arises from the
juxtaposition of, and the wrestling between, artistic ephebes
and their precursors (Nick and Nash,, Miriam and Madame Carre).
The dialogic quality defined by Bakhtin is crucial to the
proper, and even-handed, characterization of all, the conflicts
in the novel. And since most of James's tales in the eighties
and nineties -are about 'masters - and acolytes, the anxiety of
influence remains central. Chapter Four is a study of 'The
Author of Beltraffiol' and 'The Lesson of the Master'. Again the
characters' manipulations are a crucial focus in a way that
G6rard Genette's terminology helps to illuminate. The fact that
the ephebe is the author-thinker emphasizes the inextricability
of the Bakhtinian and the Bloomian in James. Just as
polyphony offers a different focus for explicating the poetics
of James's fiction; so the ephebal conflict provides the basis
for a fresh perception of James's own artistic struggle
Mathematics
No full text"Inservice education"--Final (unnumbered) p. of each document.; Includes bibliographical references.T. Teaching mathematics : elementary & middle grades / prepared by Steven P. Meiring (19 p.) -- K. Kindergarten mathematics / principal authors, James B. Wesson, Steven P. Meiring (18 p.) -- 1. First grade mathematics (18 p.) ; 2. Second grade mathematics (15 p.) ; 3. Third grade mathematics (18 p.) / principal author, C. Winston Smith, Jr. -- 4. Fourth grade mathematics (21 p.) ; 5. Fifth grade mathematics (19 p.) / principal author, James B. Wesson -- 6. Sixth grade mathematics (19 p.) ; 7. Seventh grade mathematics (23 p.) / principal author, William R. Speer -- 8. Eighth grade mathematics (19 p.) ; 8E. Eighth grade enrichment mathematics / principal author, James E. Schultz.A series of eleven monographs describing mathematics learning in the elementary and middle grades. These documents identify appropriate outcomes for each grade level and discuss teaching methods for helping students achieve those outcomes
Book review: Promoting healthy childhood development today. James R. Harris, Jr., Ph.D. Holyoke, MA., Neari Press, 2007. 92pp, ISBN: 1-929657-30-7
No full textPromoting healthy childhood development today, by James R. Harris, Jr., Ph.D., serves as a useful introduction to those working with children and young people in many different capacities, including parents, foster carers and residential child care practitioners, among others. The book tasks itself as a jargon free and practical guide for people working with young people. As the author explains in his introduction, 'the text aims to provide adults with information and strategies to help them address child-rearing issues' (p. XIV). It applies theory to practical examples in a meaningful way, helping people who work with or care for children to understand behaviour as part of a child's development
Book review : Promoting healthy childhood development today. James R. Harris, Jr., Ph.D. Holyoke, MA., Neari Press, 2007. 92pp, ISBN: 1-929657-30-7
No full textPromoting healthy childhood development today, by James R. Harris, Jr., Ph.D., serves as a useful introduction to those working with children and young people in many different capacities, including parents, foster carers and residential child care practitioners, among others. The book tasks itself as a jargon free and practical guide for people working with young people. As the author explains in his introduction, 'the text aims to provide adults with information and strategies to help them address child-rearing issues' (p. XIV). It applies theory to practical examples in a meaningful way, helping people who work with or care for children to understand behaviour as part of a child's development
Distributions of fluorescence decay times for parinaric acids in phospholipid membranes
No full textPT: J; CR: BLATT E, 1985, BIOCHIM BIOPHYS ACTA, V822, P43 CHEN LA, 1977, J BIOL CHEM, V252, P2163 DEVAUX PF, 1985, BIOCHIM BIOPHYS ACTA, V822, P63 FUNG BKK, 1978, BIOCHEMISTRY, V17, P5341 GALLAY J, 1986, BIOCHEMISTRY-US, V25, P2650 JAMES DR, 1985, CHEM PHYS LETT, V120, P450 JAMES DR, 1986, CHEM PHYS LETT, V126, P7 KARNOVSKY MJ, 1982, J CELL BIOL, V97, P73 KAWATO S, 1977, BIOCHEMISTRY-US, V16, P2319 KLAUSNER RD, 1980, J BIOL CHEM, V255, P1286 LAKOWICZ JR, 1985, BIOCHEMISTRY-US, V24, P376 PARASASSI T, 1984, BIOCHEMISTRY-US, V23, P5660 PETERSEN NO, 1987, CAN J CHEM, V65, P238 ROSS JBA, 1981, BIOCHEMISTRY-US, V20, P4369 SKLAR LA, 1977, BIOCHEM, V16, P813 VINCENT M, 1984, BIOCHEMISTRY-US, V23, P6514 WARE WR, 1983, REV SCI INSTRUM, V54, P1148 WOLBER PK, 1981, BIOCHEMISTRY-US, V20, P2800 YGUERABIDE J, 1981, MOL BIOL BIOCH BIOPH, V31, P199; NR: 19; TC: 38; J9: BIOCHEMISTRY-USA; PG: 6; GA: K2107Source type: Electronic(1
A. Reason\u27s History: Disciplinarity and the Academy: \u3cem\u3eThe End of\u27 Science, Philosophy, and Legal Theory\u3c/em\u3e
No full textJudge Jack Weinstein and the Construction of Tort Law in America: An Intellectual History
No full textThis Article explores the intersection between the judicial and scholarly work of Judge Jack Weinstein, particularly as related to mass tort litigation and the development of legal theory and tort law in America. The primary focus will be on Judge Weinstein’s handing of the Agent Orange litigation. Judge Weinstein’s tenure on the federal bench began in 1967. Some seven years earlier, Ronald Coase published his Problem of Social Costs, a monumental moment in American legal theory and tort law policy. Three years later, Guido Calabresi published his path-breaking text, The Costs of Accidents. These two texts are representative of the law and neoclassical economics movement, which would indelibly shape tort law theory in America during Judge Weinstein’s years as a judge. Law and neoclassical economics is most often discussed as a methodology for analyzing tort law on the basis of efficiency. However, it also exemplifies a broader approach to law that goes beyond efficiency analysis. This broader approach focuses its analysis on the social good as opposed to prioritizing individual rights. It is through the lens of these two features of twentieth-century legal theory (efficiency and the social good), particularly as they apply to tort law, that this Article will examine the Agent Orange litigation. An intriguing aspect of Judge Weinstein’s worldview, which is reflected in the disposition of the Agent Orange litigation, is that he champions efficiency and the social good while placing a premium on recognizing individual suffering as an existential reality. Of course, the Agent Orange litigation is also circumscribed by the specter of the Vietnam War, which makes it an even more compelling site of inquiry
The Enlightenment and the Financial Crisis of 2008: An Intellectual History of Corporate Finance Theory
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