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Beyond Common Knowledge

Author : Erik Gilbert Jensen,Thomas C. Heller
Publisher : Stanford University Press
Page : 456 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Law
ISBN : 0804748039

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An intensive global search is on for the "rule of law," the holy grail of good governance, which has led to a dramatic increase in judicial reform activities in developing countries. Very little attention, however, has been paid to the widening gap between theory and practice, or to the ongoing disconnect between stated project goals and actual funded activities. Beyond Common Knowledge examines the standard methods of legal and judicial reform. Taking stock of international experience in legal and judicial reform in Latin America, Europe, India, and China, this volume answers key questions in the judicial reform debate: What are the common assumptions about the role of the courts in improving economic growth and democratic politics? Do we expect too much from the formal legal system? Is investing in judicial reform projects a good strategy for getting at the problems of governance that beset many developing countries? If not, what are we missing?

Beyond Common Sense

Author : Eugene Borgida,Susan T. Fiske
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 448 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2008-04-30
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 0470695692

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Beyond Common Sense by Eugene Borgida,Susan T. Fiske Pdf

Beyond Common Sense addresses the many important and controversial issues that arise from the use of psychological and social science in the courtroom. Each chapter identifies areas of scientific agreement and disagreement, and discusses how psychological science advances our understanding of human behavior beyond common sense. Features original chapters written by some of the leading experts in the field of psychology and law including Elizabeth Loftus, Saul Kassin, Faye Crosby, Alice Eagly, Gary Wells, Louise Fitzgerald, Craig Anderson, and Phoebe Ellsworth The 14 issues addressed include eyewitness identification, gender stereotypes, repressed memories, Affirmative Action and the death penalty Commentaries written by leading social science and law scholars discuss key legal and scientific themes that emerge from the science chapters and illustrate how psychological science is or can be used in the courts

Law's Dream of a Common Knowledge

Author : Mariana Valverde
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2009-02-09
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781400825561

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Law's Dream of a Common Knowledge by Mariana Valverde Pdf

If knowledge is power, then the power of law can be studied through the lens of knowledge. This book opens up a substantive new area of legal research--knowledge production--and presents a series of case studies showing that the hybridity and eclecticism of legal knowledge processes make it unfruitful to ask questions such as, "Is law becoming more dominated by science?" Mariana Valverde argues that legal decision making cannot be understood if one counterposes science and technology, on the one hand, to common knowledge and common sense on the other. The case studies of law's flexible collage of knowledges range from determinations of drunkenness made by liquor licensing inspectors and by police, through police testimony in "indecency" cases, to how judges define the "truth" of sexuality and the harm that obscenity poses to communities. Valverde emphasizes that the types of knowledge that circulate in such legal arenas consist of "facts," values, and codes from numerous incompatible sources that combine to produce interesting hybrids with wide-ranging legal and social effects. Drawing on Foucaultian and other analytical tools, she cogently demonstrates that different modes of knowledge, and hence various forms of power, coexist happily. Law's Dream of a Common Knowledge underlines the importance of analyzing dynamically how knowledge formation works. And it helps us to better understand the workings of power and resistance in a variety of contemporary contexts. It will interest scholars and students from disciplines including law, sociology, anthropology, history, and science-and-technology studies as well as those concerned with the particular issues raised by the case studies.

Remorse

Author : Michael Proeve,Steven Tudor
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2016-04-08
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781317066644

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Remorse is a powerful, important and yet academically neglected emotion. This book, one of the very few extended examinations of remorse, draws on psychology, law and philosophy to present a unique interdisciplinary study of this intriguing emotion. The psychological chapters examine the fundamental nature of remorse, its interpersonal effects, and its relationship with regret, guilt and shame. A practical focus is also provided in an examination of the place of remorse in psychotherapeutic interventions with criminal offenders. The book's jurisprudential chapters explore the problem of how offender remorse is proved in court and the contentious issues concerning the effect that remorse - and its absence - should have on sentencing criminal offenders. The legal and psychological perspectives are then interwoven in a discussion of the role of remorse in restorative justice. In Remorse: Psychological and Jurisprudential Perspectives, Proeve and Tudor bring together insights of neighbouring disciplines to advance our understanding of remorse. It will be of interest to theoreticians in psychology, law and philosophy, and will be of benefit to practising psychologists and lawyers.

Liberation as Affirmation

Author : Ge Ling Shang
Publisher : State University of New York Press
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2012-02-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780791482247

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Liberation as Affirmation by Ge Ling Shang Pdf

Uses the concept of religiosity to challenge traditional views of Nietzsche and Zhuangzi as nihilistic and anti-religious.

Beyond Misunderstanding

Author : Kristin Bührig,Jan D. ten Thije
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 339 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2006-05-09
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027293664

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Beyond Misunderstanding by Kristin Bührig,Jan D. ten Thije Pdf

This book challenges two tacit presumptions in the field of intercultural communication research. Firstly, misunderstandings can frequently be found in intercultural communication, although, one could not claim that intercultural communication is constituted by misunderstandings alone. This volume shows how new perspectives on linguistic analyses of intercultural communication go beyond the analysis of misunderstanding. Secondly, intercultural communication is not solely constituted by the fact that individuals from different cultural groups interact. Each contribution of this volume analyses to what extent instances of discourse are institutionally and/or interculturally determined. These linguistic reflections involve different theoretical frameworks, e.g. functional grammar, systemic functional linguistics, functional pragmatics, rhetorical conversation analysis, ethno-methodological conversation analysis, linguistic an­thro­­pology and a critical discourse approach. As the contributions focus on the discourse of genetic counseling, gate-keeping discourse, international team co-operation, international business communication, workplace discourse, internet communication, and lamentation discourse, the book exemplifies that the analysis of intercultural communication is organized in response to social needs and, therefore, may contribute to the social justification of linguistics.

Problems of Coordination in Economic Activity

Author : James W. Friedman
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 229 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9789401113984

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Problems of Coordination in Economic Activity by James W. Friedman Pdf

Coordination is extremely important in economic, political, and social life. The concept of economic equilibrium is based on the coordination of producers and consumers in buying and selling. This book reviews the topic of coordination from an economic, theoretical standpoint. The aim of this volume is twofold: first, the book contributes to the ongoing research on the economics of coordination; and second, it disseminates results and encourages interest in the topic. The volume contains original research on coordination including general game-theoretic questions, particular coordination issues within specific fields of economics (i.e. industrial organization, international trade, and macroeconomics), and experimental research.

Against Elections

Author : David Van Reybrouck
Publisher : Seven Stories Press
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2018-04-17
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781609808112

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A small book with great weight and urgency to it, this is both a history of democracy and a clarion call for change. "Without drastic adjustment, this system cannot last much longer," writes Van Reybrouck, regarded today as one of Europe's most astute thinkers. "If you look at the decline in voter turnout and party membership, and at the way politicians are held in contempt, if you look at how difficult it is to form governments, how little they can do and how harshly they are punished for it, if you look at how quickly populism, technocracy and anti-parliamentarianism are rising, if you look at how more and more citizens are longing for participation and how quickly that desire can tip over into frustration, then you realize we are up to our necks." Not so very long ago, the great battles of democracy were fought for the right to vote. Now, Van Reybrouck writes, "it's all about the right to speak, but in essence it's the same battle, the battle for political emancipation and for democratic participation. We must decolonize democracy. We must democratize democracy." As history, Van Reybrouck makes the compelling argument that modern democracy was designed as much to preserve the rights of the powerful and keep the masses in line, as to give the populace a voice. As change-agent, Against Elections makes the argument that there are forms of government, what he terms sortitive or deliberative democracy, that are beginning to be practiced around the world, and can be the remedy we seek. In Iceland, for example, deliberative democracy was used to write the new constitution. A group of people were chosen by lot, educated in the subject at hand, and then were able to decide what was best, arguably, far better than politicians would have. A fascinating, and workable idea has led to a timely book to remind us that our system of government is a flexible instrument, one that the people have the power to change.

Beyond Individual Choice

Author : Michael Bacharach
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2006-05-07
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0691120056

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Ch. 1.The hi-lo paradox --Ch. 2.Groups --Ch. 3.The evolution of group action --Ch. 4.Team thinking.

Reason and Nature

Author : Morris R. Cohen
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 470 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2018-12-14
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780429860430

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Reason and Nature by Morris R. Cohen Pdf

First published in 1931, this volume represents the culmination of twenty years’ of the study on the principles of science. Noticing a widespread craving for philosophical light at a time of scant such offerings, Morris R. Cohen aimed to demonstrate here the fundamental and ancient connection between nature and science - between hearts and minds – in an attempt to salve the developing mutual hostility between the two in the 1920s. The volume bears particular relation to George Santayana’s Life of Reason and Bertrand Russell’s Principles of Mathematics and explores areas including the character of the insurgence against reason and reason in the contexts of the natural and social sciences.

Recognition and Social Ontology

Author : Heikki Ikaheimo,Arto Laitinen
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 413 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2011-03-24
Category : History
ISBN : 9789004202900

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Recognition and Social Ontology by Heikki Ikaheimo,Arto Laitinen Pdf

This unique collection examines the connections between two complementary approaches to philosophical social theory: Hegel-inspired theories of recognition (Anerkennung), and analytical social ontology. The chapters investigate the social constitution of persons and the nature of social and institutional reality.

The Milinda Panha

Author : Thomas William Rhys Davids
Publisher : Jazzybee Verlag
Page : 442 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9783849622428

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The Milinda Panha by Thomas William Rhys Davids Pdf

This is the extended and annotated edition including * an extensive annotation of more than 10.000 words about the history and basics of Buddhism, written by Thomas William Rhys Davids * an interactive table-of-contents * perfect formatting for electronic reading devices According to tradition, Menander embraced the Buddhist faith, as described in the Milinda Panha, a classical Pali Buddhist text on the discussions between Milinda and the Buddhist sage Nāgasena. He is described as constantly accompanied by a guard of 500 Greek ("Yonaka") soldiers, and two of his counsellors are named Demetrius and Antiochus. This type of discussion was known to ancient Greeks as a "sozo", it is important for Buddhists to understand the cultural context in which this discussion was held. (from wikipedia.com)

Differentiating Assessment in Middle and High School English and Social Studies

Author : Sheryn Spencer-Waterman
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 219 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2013-09-27
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781317924289

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Differentiating Assessment in Middle and High School English and Social Studies by Sheryn Spencer-Waterman Pdf

This book by Sheryn Spencer Waterman follows the bestselling Handbook on Differentiated Instruction for Middle and High Schools. With numerous examples and strategies, it is an all-inclusive manual on assessing student readiness, interests, learning and thinking styles. It includes examples of Pre-, Formative and Summative assessments Informal and formal assessments Oral and written assessments Project and performance assessments Highly structured and enrichment assessments for struggling to gifted students Assessment tools and rubrics

Sport, Recreation and Tourism Event Management

Author : Cheryl Mallen,Lorne Adams
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2010-08-31
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781136364471

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Sport, Recreation and Tourism Event Management by Cheryl Mallen,Lorne Adams Pdf

Sport, Recreation and Tourism Event Management encourages students to apply theoretical foundations as they “think through” the requirements for any specific event, enabling them to develop a knowledge strategy for event management that will guide them into this field. This book focuses specifically on the operational planning component and the role of the event manager as the planner and facilitator, providing theoretical foundations behind the activities for planning. Full of industry applications strengthening the featured theory, Sport, Recreation and Tourism Event Management is the essential book for anyone entering the event management field.

Rational Ritual

Author : Michael Suk-Young Chwe
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 152 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2013-04-28
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 9780691158280

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Rational Ritual by Michael Suk-Young Chwe Pdf

"Why do beer commercials dominate Super Bowl advertising? How do political ceremonies establish authority? Why were circular forms favored for public festivals during the French Revolution? This book answers these questions using a single concept: common knowledge. Game theory shows that in order to coordinate its actions, a group of people must form "common knowledge." Each person wants to participate only if others also participate. Members must have knowledge of each other, knowledge of that knowledge, and so on. Michael Chwe applies this insight, with striking erudition, to analyze a range of rituals across history and cultures. He shows that public ceremonies are powerful not simply because they transmit meaning from a central source to each audience member but because they let audience members know what other members know. In a new afterword, Chwe delves into new applications of common knowledge, both in the real world and in experiments, and considers how generating common knowledge has become easier in the digital age." -- From the jacket.