WTF is up with this? “We didn’t want them to say we had sexually assaulted or raped them, so we wanted to prove that they weren’t virgins in the first place,” the general said. And this? Bollier asked him, “And so women need to plan ahead for issues that they have no control over with [...]
Posts Tagged ‘law’
Old guys know best.
Posted in Politics, tagged justice, law, philosophy on 31 May 2011 | Leave a Comment »
“Free” speech
Posted in Politics, tagged law, philosophy, prudence, security on 5 April 2011 | Leave a Comment »
First Amendment to the Constitution of the United States: Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances. Sen. [...]
Collier and Côte d’Ivoire
Posted in Politics, tagged Côte d'Ivoire, Collier, economy, governance, law, realism, sovereignty on 13 January 2011 | Leave a Comment »
I was pointed to Paul Collier’s latest Guardian column on the violent political standoff in Ivory Coast by the always entertaining Wronging Rights blog. In the piece, Collier advocates for a military coup openly supported by regional and international powers. Indeed, he supports the option to: …generate a credible threat of force from the government’s [...]
Irony and exceptionalism
Posted in Politics, tagged exceptionalism, just war, law, realism, torture on 7 May 2009 | Leave a Comment »
So, another month of silence on this blog… Anyway, I’ve got an hour before I need to run off to rugby practice, so let’s see what I can come up with. Ah, I know…how about the paradox of American exceptionalism. That should be an easy one. This morning, I came across some interesting thoughts by [...]
Debate and casuistry
Posted in Politics, tagged justice, law, non-cooperation, Obama, otherness, realism, sovereignty on 9 February 2009 | Leave a Comment »
A tenet that will surely continue to be heard as the new administration establishes its image on the world stage is that compromises between ideals and security will no longer be tolerated. The notion featured prominently in the President’s inaugural, and was most recently repeated by the Vice President in his speech to the Munich [...]
Some ‘rule of law’ thoughts…
Posted in Policy, tagged just war, law, philosophy, reason, sovereignty on 7 January 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Following up on last week’s justice theme, it seems appropriate to get down some ideas about the rule of law. Particularly, I’m intrigued by the twisting and contorting of principles in order to fit morally and (I would hope) legally unambiguous events into palatable frameworks of understanding. Perhaps absolutism and relativism will constantly be at [...]
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