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Books on: natural law democracy

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American Democracy and Natural Law

Book by Cornelia Geer Le Boutillier; Columbia University Press, 1950

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Natural Law, Political Science--United States--History

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...reason deduces the natural law, "immutable and universal...the chapter "On the Law of Nature," there follows...A delineation of the laws of nature has been often...institutes and systems of that law have been often published...Wilson employs the term natural law first as meaning...those days of forming democracy, without being casuistical...
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Democracy and the Rule of Law

Book by José Maria Maravall, Adam Przeworski; Cambridge University Press, 2003

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Democracy--Congresses, Rule Of Law--Congresses

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...submitted to the law, sometimes to a...act according to laws made by other organs...Submitted to the Law The theory that the...state because it is natural law. Without entering...state to natural law is incompatible with democracy is that the sovereignty...was such a thing as natural law - and the burden...
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Law and Philosophy Subversive of Democracy

Book by James W. Syfers; Peter Lang, 2003

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Antitrust Law--United States, Democracy--United States, Economic Liberties (U.S. Constitution), Industrial Concentration--United States, Law--Philosophy

Collections: Philosophy, Entire Library

...It is the purpose of this work to show that the distribution of the income of society is controlled by a natural law, and that this law, if it worked without friction, would give to every agent of production the amount of wealth which that...
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Elusive Reform: Democracy and the Rule of Law in Latin America

Book by Mark Ungar; Lynne Rienner, 2002

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Democracy--Latin America, Latin America--Politics And Government--1980-, Political Stability--Latin America, Rule Of Law--Latin America

Collections: History, Entire Library

...Novas. 1965. The Law of the Americas. New...Larry, et al. 1989. Democracy in Developing Countries...Dobbs, Dan B. 1993. Law of Remedies: Second...Politics, Society, and Democracy: Essays in Honor of...Javier. 1978. Juez Natural y Tribunales Militares...
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Edmund Burke and the Natural Law

Book by Peter J. Stanlis; University of Michigan Press, 1958

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Burke, Edmund--1729-1797, Natural Law

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a constitutional democracy such as the Americans...established, based upon the Natural Law, centered in the principle...men who lived under the Natural Law never sophistically...and justice under the Natural Law. Burkes distinction...

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Journal Articles on: natural law democracy

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Do Unto the Biosphere What You Expect Others to Do; a Universal Ethos and the Carrying Capacity of a Finite Planet; Humans Should Not Forget That They Are Part of a Biospheric System upon Which They Are Dependent. Even in a Democracy, Humans Cannot Decide Which Natural Laws to Obey or Ignore

Journal article by John Cairns Jr.; Environmental Health Perspectives, Vol. 110, 2002

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...Even in a democracy, humans cannot decide which natural laws to obey or ignore...impetus for any law originates with...societal law. Natural law (e.g...Even in a democracy, humans cannot decide which natural laws to obey or ignore...
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The Coherentism of Democracy and Distrust

Journal article by Michael C. Dorf; Yale Law Journal, Vol. 114, 2005

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Constitutional interpretation--Methods, Constitutional law--Interpretation and construction, Constitutional law--Methods, Democracy and Distrust (Book)--Evaluation, Democratization--Practice, Judicial review--Influence

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...Bull, (31) natural law theories of constitutional...valid criticisms of natural law theories, and...whole purpose of Democracy and Distrust seems...by which liberal democracies operationalize their...principal focus of Democracy and Distrust, by...picture of American law as the product of...
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Religious Law and Secular Law in Democracy: the Evolutions of the Roman Catholic Doctrine after the Second Vatican Council

Journal article by Louis-Léon Christians; Brigham Young University Law Review, Vol. 2006, 2006

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Catholicism, Church & state, Democracy, Europe, Human rights, Religious law, Secularism, Studies

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...Law and Secular Law in Democracy: the Evolutions of the...asks whether secular law in general should be...subordinate to, Islamic law.2 Similar questions...include Sunday closing laws,3 laws exempting Jews...reflects moral relativism. Democracy must be based on the...obligation to oppose any law that attacks human life...impossible to promote such laws or to vote for them...
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Religion, Democracy, and Autonomy: A Political Parable

Journal article by Steven D. Smith; William and Mary Law Review, Vol. 42, 2001

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Church and state--Laws, regulations, etc., Democracy--Religious aspects, Legislators--Religion, Religion--Influence

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...spontaneous mass direct democracy. Perhaps the most...conferences at Ivy League law schools. An even...Path: Separating Law and Religion in the...MICHELMAN, BRENNAN AND DEMOCRACY 33-34, 38 (1999...Case of Rawls, in NATURAL LAW, LIBERALISM, AND...
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Law and Economics: Realism or Democracy?

Journal article by Henry E. Smith; Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy, Vol. 32, 2009

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Democracy--Laws, regulations and rules, Law and economics (Jurisprudence)--Analysis, Law and economics--Analysis, Legal realism--Laws, regulations and rules

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...custom and the common law look more attractive...wisdom in the common laws approach to the relation of custom and law. Judges had an intuitive...Besides consent--a democracy issue--community custom...therefore an enemy of democracy, law and economics can increase...

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Magazine Articles on: natural law democracy

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'Military Occupation Is Not the Road to Democracy': Democracies Are Not Made by Written Laws Which Can Be Exported as a Package. They Depend on Unwritten Rules and Understandings: That Civil Servants Don't Take Bribes and Generals Stay out of Politics, for Example

Magazine article by Robert Cooper; New Statesman, Vol. 133, May 3, 2004

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Democracy--Analysis, Democracy--Laws, regulations and rules, Democracy--Social aspects

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...Not the Road to Democracy: Democracies Are Not Made by...by Robert Cooper Democracy is not the natural condition of the...but unwritten laws cannot be torn...the letter of the law is preserved but...dead letter of the law often came back...with it. Good laws and good constitutions...but what keeps democracy going is the unwritten...
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Natural Law in Judaism

Magazine article by Edward T. Oakes; First Things: A Monthly Journal of Religion and Public Life, May 1999

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Books--Reviews, Natural Law in Judaism (Book)--Reviews

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

NATURAL LAW IN JUDAISM by Edward T...the erroneous notion that democracy must create its own culture...Here is the point where natural law establishes its central place...author notes early on, "natural law ... is less exalted...
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Keep the Faith: For Most Europeans, a Belief in God May Have Given Way to a Belief in Democracy, Law and Human Rights. but the Almighty Remains the Source of Our Secular Freedoms, Argues Sholto Byrnes

Magazine article by Sholto Byrnes; New Statesman, Vol. 137, February 4, 2008

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Democracy--Religious aspects, Democracy--United Kingdom, Moral responsibility, Religion--Political aspects, Religious beliefs--Political aspects, United Kingdom--Religious aspects

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...Given Way to a Belief in Democracy, Law and Human Rights. but...self-evident" where natural rights, or the human...Bentham called the idea of natural rights; neither does...freedom, liberty and natural rights. Fukuyama acknowledged...
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Switzerland's Race to Lower Tax Rates Skews the Natural Laws of Urbanisation

Magazine article by Deane Simpson; The Architectural Review, Vol. 226, September 2009

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Switzerland--Tax policy, Tax law--Interpretation and construction, Tax rates--Laws, regulations and rules, Urbanization--Taxation

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...to Lower Tax Rates Skews the Natural Laws of Urbanisation. by Deane...spectacular views protected by law. Swiss urban historian Angelus...egalitarianism and participatory democracy, these practices have been...definitions, banking secrecy laws and tax revenue projections...
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Iraq's Constitution Is No Recipe for Democracy

Magazine article by Robert Spencer; Human Events, Vol. 61, October 24, 2005

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Constitutions, Democracy, Iraq, Religious law

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...Constitution Is No Recipe for Democracy by Robert Spencer Although...source of legislation; no law can be passed that contradicts...principles to be defined by the natural democratic process in...unequivocally states that no law can be passed that contradicts...provisions of Islamic law that restrict the practice...

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Newspaper Articles on: natural law democracy

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Natural Law Candidate Hopes to Win Nod of Reform Party

Newspaper article by Teresa Joerger; The Washington Times, July 17, 2000

Subjects:

Buchanan, Patrick, Hagelin, John, Natural Law Party, Reform Party (United States)

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

Natural Law candidate hopes to win nod...easy. Mr. Hagelin is the Natural Law Party candidate for...but the big vision for democracy and inclusion that counts...physicists area of expertise is natural law, which he describes...
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NANNY KNOWS BEST; Children Weighed and Their Packed Lunches Inspected. Laws Passed Banning Non Existent Practices. Public Opinion Wilfully Ignored and Hectoring Propaganda Deployed at Huge Cost to the Taxpayer. as the State Creeps Ever Further into Our Lives, Our Fundamental Liberties Are under Real Threat

Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), April 15, 2006

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Child health--Laws, regulations and rules, Children--Health aspects, Children--Laws, regulations and rules, Obesity--Laws, regulations and rules

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...challenges facing a modern democracy is to strike a fair balance...whole farce of enacting a law to ban something that...processing the Act. Passing a law made MSPs feel good...example of this was the law forbidding restaurateurs...means. Since 1997, laws have been passed in many...because the family is the natural unit of society and a...
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'Britain's Most Reviled Man? I Wear That Badge with Pride'; the Muslim Behind the Hateful Demonstrations against Our Returning Soldiers Paints a Chilling Picture of How He Sees Britain under Sharia Law

Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), March 13, 2009

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Islamic fundamentalism--Demonstrations and protests, Islamic fundamentalism--Laws, regulations and rules, Islamic law--Demonstrations and protests, Islamic law--Laws, regulations and rules, Muslims--Demonstrations and protests, Muslims--Laws, regulations and rules, Sharia (Islamic religious practice)--Demonstrations and protests, Sharia (Islamic religious practice)--Laws, regulations and rules, Soldiers--Demonstrations and protests, Soldiers--Laws, regulations and rules, Terrorism--Demonstrations and protests, Terrorism--Laws, regulations and rules

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...Britain under Sharia Law. Byline: DAVID COHEN...Islamic State with Sharia law in Britain". Asked...practises conventional law and is now a judge in...for turning our liberal democracy into a regressive Islamic...Britain, I think its natural youd want to go help...glorification of terrorism laws and inciting people to...
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'Britain's Most Reviled Man? I Wear That Badge with Pride'; the Muslim Behind the Hateful Demonstrations against Our Returning Soldiers Paints a Chilling Picture of How He Sees Britain under Sharia Law

Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), March 13, 2009

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Islamic fundamentalism--Demonstrations and protests, Islamic fundamentalism--Laws, regulations and rules, Islamic law--Demonstrations and protests, Islamic law--Laws, regulations and rules, Muslims--Demonstrations and protests, Muslims--Laws, regulations and rules, Sharia (Islamic religious practice)--Demonstrations and protests, Sharia (Islamic religious practice)--Laws, regulations and rules, Soldiers--Demonstrations and protests, Soldiers--Laws, regulations and rules, Terrorism--Demonstrations and protests, Terrorism--Laws, regulations and rules

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...Britain under Sharia Law. Byline: DAVID COHEN...Islamic state with Sharia law in Britain". Asked...practises conventional law and is now a judge in...for turning our liberal democracy into a regressive Islamic...Britain, I think its natural youd want to go help...glorification of terrorism laws and inciting people to...
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'Britain's Most Reviled Man? That's a Badge I Will Wear with Pride'; the Muslim Judge Behind the Protests against Our Returning Troops Paints a Chilling Picture of How He Sees Britain under Sharia Law

Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), March 13, 2009

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Islamic fundamentalism, Islamic law, Muslims, Sharia (Islamic religious practice), Soldiers, Terrorism

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...Britain under Sharia Law. Byline: DAVID COHEN...Islamic state with Sharia law in Britain". Asked...practises conventional law and is now a judge in...for turning our liberal democracy into a regressive Islamic...Britain, I think its natural youd want to go help...glorification of terrorism laws and inciting people to...

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Encyclopedia Articles on: natural law democracy

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Democracy

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...making of their laws. A democracy of this sort...noncitizens. Athenian democracy fell before imperial...other ancient democracies in the early...modern Western democracy were developed. Doctrines of natural law evolved into...
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Legislature

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...citizens, as in direct democracy , are often called legislatures...in constitutional law). Out of the estates...History While rules of law have always been a concern...earlier times, human laws were considered part of the universal natural law, discoverable through...Legislature in Western Democracies (1981); D. Judge...
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SuÁrez, Francisco

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...subsequent Catholic teachings on democracy. Suarez was highly esteemed...important distinction between natural law and international law, which he saw as based on custom...Lacarte, The Nature of Canon Law according to Suarez (1964...
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Rousseau, Jean Jacques

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...dHoudetot, the sister-in-law of Mme dEpinay; his...obedience to a self-imposed law of reason, self-imposed because imposed by the natural laws of humanitys being. The purpose of civil law and government, of whatever...monarchy, a republic, or a democracy) it cannot be transferred...
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Land

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

LAND in law, any ground, soil...another name for nature or natural resources. But few natural resources are free...Griswold, Farming and Democracy (1948); G. Hallett...W. R. Wade, The Law of Real Property (3d...

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