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Darstellung der Rechtsgründe . des . Grafens Kamillo Marcolini . zum Besiz der Gräflich Ferrettischen Fideicommißgüter

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Historia Iuris Patronatus in Lusatia Superiori d. i. Geschichte derer Pfarr-Lehne in Ober-Lausitz, besonders derer Sechs-Städte - Bibliothek der Oberlausitzischen Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften Görlitz, L III 101 - UB Wrocław, Akc. 1947/67

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Der Hochgräfl. Reuß-Pl. gemeinschaftlichen Regierung zu Gera Verordnung an sämmtliche Aemter und Gerichte, wegen genauer Beobachtung der Advocaten-Ordnung und Abstellung verschiedener Missbräuche

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Umständliche Geschichts-Erzehlung, oder Abgenöthigte Rechtfertigung derer Evangelischen Comitial-Gesandten, welche nach Pflicht und Gewissen, die in dem Westphälischen Friedens-Schluß so fest gegründete Evangelische Gerechtsame, bey letzterer Reichs-Tags-Deliberation, die Friedens-Verhandlung betreffend, zu wahren und aufrecht zu halten, sich gemüßiget und schuldig erachtet

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Exercitatio XXXIIX. ad. lib. III. inst. tit. I de haereditatibus quae ab intestato deseruntur & seqq.

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Corpus Juris Militaris. darinnen das churfürstl. Brandenburgische Krieges-Recht und Articuls-Brieff mit der fürnehmsten Potentaten Kriegs Rechten Concordantiis .

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Responsum Juris, In Sachen Der Rebellischen Hoingischen Unterthanen Contra Ihro Hochgräffl. Gnaden zu Solms-Braunfels

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Examen Juridicum Duodecimum, Erronearum Positionum In Paratitl. Wesenbecii. Libr. X. Tit. I. II. III. & IV.

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Theatrum Conscientiosum Criminale, Oder Gewissenhaffte Rechts-gegründete Anweisung, wie ein ieder Richter oder Beamter in Peinlichen Fällen Gewissenhafft verfahren, und was derselbe vor Indica bey Gefangennehmung verdächtiger Personen, und sonsten ratione sui Officii & in toto Iudicio observiren solle .; Denen Richtern und Amtleuten . zu besonderm Nutzen .

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Copia der Röm. Kays. Maj. publicierten Patens wegen bestellung Ferdinandi III zu dem höchsten General, uber ihre Kays. Armada

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Des Herrn Grafen Castruccio Buonamici Denkwürdigkeiten des Italienischen Krieges, vom Jahre 1744 bis 1748

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Herrn Samuel Richardsons, Verfassers der Pamela, Clarissa und des Grandisons, gemeinnützige Lehren der Tugend, und der guten Sitten

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Gesetz, das wegen polizeilicher Beaufsichtigung der Baue zu beobachtende Verfahren betreffend, vom 6. Juli 1863

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ADI 7.231: Defesa das prerrogativas da advocacia contra erro legislativo ; ADI 7,231: Defense of legal profession prerogatives against legislative error ; ADI 7.231: Defensa de las prerrogativas de la abogacía contra el error legislativo

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A decisão do Supremo Tribunal Federal na ADI 7231 reconheceu a inconstitucionalidade formal de dispositivos da Lei 14.365/2022 que, por erro material de tramitação legislativa, acabou por revogar prerrogativas do Estatuto da Advocacia, como o acesso de advogados a processos judiciais e imunidade profissional no exercício da profissão. Caracterizou-se violação ao devido processo legislativo (arts. 59 e seguintes da CF) e ao princípio democrático (art. 1º, CF), conforme fundamentado pelo ministro [...]

MI 7.452: A mora legislativa na proteção contra violência doméstica (LGBTQIA+) ; MI 7.452: Legislative delay in protection against domestic violence (LGBTQIA+) ; MI 7.452: La mora legislativa en la protección contra la violencia doméstica (LGBTQIA+)

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O artigo analisa o julgamento do Mandado de Injunção 7.452 pelo Supremo Tribunal Federal, que reconheceu a mora inconstitucional do Congresso Nacional na aprovação de legislação protetiva contra a violência doméstica para homens em relações homoafetivas (GBTI+), mulheres trans e travestis. O autor discute a decisão unânime da Corte sobre a omissão legislativa e a decisão majoritária pela aplicação integral da Lei nº 11.340/2006 a esses grupos, desde que presentes fatores contextuais de subaltern[...]

A Prevalência do Negociado sobre o Legislado e os Novos Rumos da Negociação Coletiva no Direito do Trabalho Brasileiro Pós-Reforma Trabalhista ; The Prevalence of the Negotiated over the Legislated and the New Directions of Collective Bargaining in Brazilian Labor Law Post-Labor Reform ; La Prevalencia de lo Negociado sobre lo Legislado y los Nuevos Rumbos de la Negociación Colectiva en el Derecho del Trabajo Brasileño Post-Reforma Laboral

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O artigo analisa a mudança de paradigma no Direito do Trabalho brasileiro com a introdução dos artigos 611-A e 611-B da CLT pela Lei nº 13.467/2017. Os autores exploram a tese fixada pelo STF no Tema 1.046, que validou a prevalência das normas coletivas sobre a lei, desde que respeitados os direitos absolutamente indisponíveis. Discutem-se os desafios para os sindicatos e a necessidade de equilíbrio entre a autonomia privada coletiva e a proteção do trabalhador hipossuficiente. (Recebido em: Ago[...]

ADI 7.719: Inconstitucionalidade da obrigatoriedade de sacolas plásticas gratuitas ; ADI 7,719: Inconstitucionalidad de la obligatoriedad de bolsas plásticas gratuitas ; ADI 7.719: Unconstitutionality of mandatory free plastic bags

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O artigo analisa o julgamento da ADI 7.719, no qual o Supremo Tribunal Federal declarou a inconstitucionalidade da Lei nº 9.771/2012 do Estado da Paraíba. A norma obrigava estabelecimentos comerciais a fornecer gratuitamente embalagens aos consumidores. O STF fixou a tese de que tais obrigações violam o princípio da livre iniciativa (arts. 1º, IV, e 170 da CF), destacando que a intervenção estatal na atividade económica deve ser excepcional e fundamentada na proporcionalidade. (Recebido em: julh[...]

Prefácio à 49ª Edição da Revista da ESA/SP ; Preface ; Prefacio

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O prefácio introduz esta edição especial dedicada à análise técnica de julgados do Supremo Tribunal Federal (STF). Destaca a relevância da atualização jurisprudencial constante para o exercício da advocacia e reforça a missão institucional da Escola Superior de Advocacia da OAB/SP na difusão do conhecimento jurídico de alta complexidade. ; The preface introduces this special edition dedicated to the technical analysis of rulings from the Supreme Federal Court (STF). It highlights the relevance o[...]

Expert Disagreement and the Duty to Vote

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In this paper, I argue that widespread expert disagreement about sufficiently many issues central to a democratic decision-making procedure can nullify the duty to vote. I begin by drawing a distinction between different ways that we might conceive of the duty to vote, i.e. whether it is a duty to vote, no matter how one votes, or a duty to vote well. I then review some prominent arguments in favor of the existence of the duty to vote and suggest that they go through only when the potential vote[...]

The Role of Artificial Intelligence in Catalyzing Albania's European Union Accession, Viewed through the Polish Experience

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Abstract: The integration of Albania into the European Union represents one of the most complex geopolitical endeavors in the contemporary Western Balkans. This merit-based process necessitates the implementation of profound and irreversible reforms. Key areas of transformation include the rule of law, the judiciary, and the fight against corruption within the 'Fundamentals' cluster. In the new technological era, Albania occupies a unique position compared to previous candidate countries. The st[...]

The Universal Formula and the Path to Ethical AGI

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Abstract This paper presents the integration of Angelito Malicse’s Universal Formula — founded on three universal laws of nature — into the roadmap of Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) development. The formula, grounded in the Law of Karma, the Law of Balance, and the Law of Interconnectedness, offers a natural, systemic, and ethical framework for guiding AGI evolution. By aligning AI decision-making with natural law, this approach resolves the age-old problem of free will, ensuring that AGI[...]

Protecting the climate through EU supply chain legislation? Two critiques and a compromise ...

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Climate change law faces a serious implementation problem. New instruments promoted by states from the Global North to address the implementation gap come from the sphere of trade and supply chain regulation. This article focuses on corporate climate due diligence legislation and its potential contribution to fulfilling the objectives outlined in the Paris Agreement. By examining the EU’s legislative process towards adopting a Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD), it explores[...]

Law and Protest at the Periphery of Democracy ... : Evaluating Legal Responses to Animal Activism and Undercover Footage ...

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When animal rights activists enter farms or laboratories, they pose particular challenges for the law. How can the ethical motives of the activists be adequately taken into account in the legal assessment without giving them carte blanche for otherwise unlawful behaviour? This dissertation analyses, evaluates and compares the legislation and jurisprudence in Germany and other jurisdictions, particularly in the United States. In so doing, it incorporates the findings and methods of political theo[...]

Braucht Deutschland ein Solarenergieflächenbedarfsgesetz (SolarBG)? ... : Does Germany need a Law on the Determination of Area Requirements for Solar Farms? Advantages and Disadvantages with Regard to Land Availability and Spatial Planning Optimization ...

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Die rechtswissenschaftliche Arbeit untersucht, ob ein Solarenergieflächenbedarfsgesetz (SolarBG) ein geeignetes Instrument sein kann, die für den Ausbau der Freiflächen-Photovoltaik erforderliche Flächenausweisung rechtlich abzusichern und zugleich konkurrierende Flächennutzungsziele angemessen zu berücksichtigen. ...

Kommunale Handlungsmöglichkeiten beim Ausbau der Windenergie - unter besonderer Berücksichtigung des Repowering ...

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Ill., graph. Darst., Kt. ... : DStGB-Dokumentation; 111 ...

Abschlussbericht zum BMBF-Forschungsprojekt "Entscheidungen über dezentrale Energieanlagen in der Zivilgesellschaft" (Dezent Zivil) : Laufzeit des Vorhabens: 1.4.2013 bis 30.6.2016, Berichtszeitraum: 1.4.2013 bis 30.6.2016 ... : Dezent Zivil ...

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Der Hexenhammer ... : Malleus maleficarum ...

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https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/ ... : dtv-Bibliothek; Literatur-Philosophie-Wissenschaft; 6121 ...

An Analysis of Backpropagation in Large Language Models Through the Lens of the Universal Laws of Nature

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Abstract This paper explores the relationship between backpropagation—the core learning algorithm behind large language models (LLMs)—and the three universal laws of nature proposed by Angelito Malicse as a complete solution to the problem of free will. These laws include: (1) the law of karma (cause and effect plus systemic integrity), (2) the law of balance in nature, and (3) the law of feedback mechanisms. The analysis shows that backpropagation naturally aligns with each of these principles,[...]

Reading Law with ChatGPT (With Special Emphasis on Contextual Canons)

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We study the performance of ChatGPT interpreting prompts that require legal expertise to answer. Our inputs are very close adaptations from the "Contextual Canons" section of Antonin Scalia and Bryan Garner's Reading Law: The Interpretation of Legal Texts (Thomson West: 2012). We report our experiments and findings for the entire section (comprising 14 canons) of the book. We conclude that as a legal reasoner ChatGPT is exceptionally successful in taking the contextual canons into account.

The Illusion of Wealth and the Universal Law of Balance: A Natural Law Approach to Human Civilization

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Abstract This paper explores the paradox of human wealth accumulation within the framework of natural law. While monetary systems dominate modern civilization, their value remains a human illusion sustained by social belief. By integrating Angelito Malicse’s Universal Formula — composed of the laws of karma, balance, and feedback — this work argues that humanity’s economic and social imbalances arise from violating the natural equilibrium governing all systems. Through scientific, historical, an[...]

Towards an Eco-Relational Approach: Relational Approaches Must Be Applied in Ethics and Law

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Relational approaches are gaining more and more importance in philosophy of tech-nology. This brings up the critical question of how they can be implemented in applied ethics, law, and practice. In “Extremely Relational Robots: Implications for Law and Ethics”, Nancy S. Jecker (2024) comments on my article “Not Relational Enough? Towards an Eco-Relational Approach in Robot Ethics” (Puzio, 2024), in which I present a deep relational, “eco-relational approach”. In this reply, I address two of Jeck[...]

Interpreting Risk as Evidence of Causality: Lessons Learned from a Legal Case to Determine Medical Malpractice

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Translating risk estimates derived from epidemiologic study into evidence of causality for a particular patient is problematic. The difficulty of this process is not unique to the medical context; rather, courts are also challenged with the task of using risk estimates to infer evidence of cause in particular cases. Thus, an examination of how this is done in a legal context might provide insight into when and how it is appropriate to use risk information as evidence of cause in a medical contex[...]

Droit des étrangers : il faut abolir l’autorisation de travail

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This paper argues that, insofar as work is a source of value, the idea that foreigners should have “work permits” is a moral anomaly that deprives us of goods as well as opportunities for gratitude.

Are Corporations Like Psychopaths? Lessons On Moral Responsibility From Rio Tinto's Juukan Gorge Disaster

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There seems to be a striking parallel between the features of psychopaths and those of agential groups, including states and corporations. Psychopaths are often thought to lack some of the capacities that are constitutive of moral agency. Two features of psychopaths are commonly identified as grounds for limiting their moral responsibility: (i) their lack of relevant emotional capacities and (ii) their flawed rational capacities. Roughly, the first argument is that the lack of moral emotions suc[...]

The Right to Self-Defense Against the State

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My dissertation develops a defense of a right to self-defense against the state. I set aside anarchist theories and grant for the sake of argument that the state has legitimate political authority. My goal is to convince non-anarchists that the right to self-defense extends to individuals against the state and the state’s agents. I argue that the right to self-defense is a fundamental, negative, claim right. The right to self-defense has these characteristics: (1) it is fundamental, meaning that[...]

The Reasonable and the Moral

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I develop an account of the property in virtue of which actions are wrong that retains the notion of unreasonableness but rejects Scanlon's contractualist framework. Specifically, I maintain (roughly) that the property of treating another unreasonably better explains what makes an act wrong than does the property of it being prohibited by principles that contractors with an ideal motivation could not reasonably reject. One advantage of my alternative is a more straightforward way to capture duti[...]

A Critical Take on Procreative Justice

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Herjeet Kaur Marway recently proposed the Principle of Procreative Justice, which says that reproducers have a strong moral obligation to avoid completing race and colour injustices through their selection choices. In this article, we analyze this principle and argue, appealing to a series of counterexamples, that some of the implications of Marway's Principle of Procreative Justice are difficult to accept. This casts doubt on whether the principle should be adopted. Also, we show that there are[...]

Jurisprudence of Intellectual Property Rights

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Abstract: The Present Article provides the Comprehensive Prudence behind the Intellectual Property Rights. In Indian sub-continent various Laws are enacted which grants Protection to the intellect. Intellectual Property has various domains and its kinds, it can be a Process, Product, Design, Literature, Music, Art, Computer programs or a Brand name. This Article covers the basic principles and the Rationality behind Intellectual Property Rights granted to the Proprietor by the Government.

Review of Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia: A Natural Law Ethics Approach

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As medical technology advances and severely injured or ill people can be kept alive and functioning long beyond what was previously medically possible, the debate surrounding the ethics of end-of-life care and quality-of-life issues has grown more urgent. In this lucid and vigorous book, Craig Paterson discusses assisted suicide and euthanasia from a fully fledged but non-dogmatic secular natural law perspective. He rehabilitates and revitalises the natural law approach to moral reasoning by dev[...]

Interim Corpus Separatum for the Palestine Question

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"Resolution of Jerusalem’s status arguably remains controversial because of the divergent analytical lenses through which the conflict’s parties, and others, view its intertwined legal, territorial, historical and religious issues. Thus, Jerusalem persists as an intricate and intractable cornerstone of the Israel-Palestine conflict." Diakonia International Humanitarian Law Resource Centre

Controlling the Narrative: The Epistemology of Himpathy in Sexual Assault Trials

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This paper develops an original approach for theorising about himpathy by examining the courtrooms’ environment. Kate Manne (2018) defines himpathy as the excessive sympathy sometimes shown towards male perpetrators of sexual violence. While Manne discusses himpathy in connection with the moral and political problem of exonerating narratives and through the lens of testimonial injustice, we want to explore cases in which the testimony of the rape survivor is believed, but nevertheless misinterpr[...]

Writ of Kalikasan and the right to environment

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What is the Writ of Kalikasan? By virtue of the Philippine constitutional provision which mandates that The State shall protect and advance the right of the people to a balanced and healthful ecology in accord with the rhythm and harmony of nature, the Writ of Kalikasan is a Special Civil Action under the Rules of Procedure for Environmental Cases that was innovated by the Supreme Court. The writ is a legal remedy when such constitutional right or any environmental policy or law is violated. The[...]

The Promise and Limit of Kant’s Theory of Justice: On Race, Gender and the Structural Domination of Labourers

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This article applies Charles W. Mills’ notion of the domination contract to develop a Kantian theory of justice. The concept of domination underlying the domination contract is best understood as structural domination, which unjustifiably authorizes institutions and labour practices to weaken vulnerable groups’ public standing as free, equal and independent citizens. Though Kant’s theory of justice captures why structural domination of any kind contradicts the requirements of justice, it neglect[...]

Tech, Trauma and Testimony: The limits of AI in GBV Justice

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The rapid integration of artificial intelligence (AI) into post-conflict justice systems particularly in documenting gender-based violence (GBV) promises efficiency and objectivity but risks perpetuating systemic biases and epistemic injustice. This paper critiques the deployment of AI in processing survivor testimonies, arguing that such technologies often replicate and amplify historical patterns of silencing marginalized voices. Drawing on feminist epistemology and real-world case studies (e.[...]

How the Universe Exists Before the Beginning

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Introduction The question of how the universe exists before the beginning has puzzled humanity for thousands of years. Philosophers, scientists, and theologians have each offered their views, yet a definitive answer remains elusive. However, through the lens of the Three Universal Laws of Nature — the foundation of my universal formula — we can arrive at a coherent and exact explanation. These three laws are: (1) the Law of Karma (Cause and Effect / System Integrity), (2) the Law of Balance in N[...]

Evolution of the Industrial Revolutions and International Law: from mechanization to the regulatory challenges of the 4.0 Revolution

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This article examines the evolution of industrial revolutions and their influence on international law, from initial mechanization to the challenges of the digital age. The First Industrial Revolution spurred the consolidation of the first humanitarian treaties and international technical agreements, linking technological progress with the need for legal regulation. The Second Industrial Revolution, marked by electricity and mass production, generated an expansion of norms surrounding intellectu[...]

THE CHARTER OF MATHEMATICAL INTEGRITY AND HUMAN RIGHTS

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Sign the petition at Change.o r g. Preamble: Whereas reasoned liberty demands that human laws be constrained by truth, transparency, and mathematical coherence; Whereas the unchecked weaponization of mathematics— through opaque boundary models, stochas- tic sophistry, and codimension over-constraints—erodes unenumerated rights and subverts due pro- cess; Whereas the Liberated System Hyperfunction Analog (LSHA) and allied analytic frameworks reveal both the mechanisms of abuse and the paths to re[...]

Jurisprudence in an African Context, 2nd edn

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The first and only jurisprudence textbook to put African ideas, authors, and texts into conversation with those from the Western tradition, now with revised and expanded discussions of especially natural law theory, legal realism, postmodernism, critical legal studies, critical race theory, feminism, and the philosophy of punishment, along with new lists of additional readings and of web resources. 445 pp.

How can I be Right without the Use of Violence?

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Violence is somehow equivalent to Be Right? How can I be fair and non-violent? It depends on the receptor, in terms of social comunication.

Policing and Public Office

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In this paper, I argue that policing can be defended as consistent with the equality of all before the law – but not by denying that policing occupies a special place in our legal order that is dangerously close to certain ancien régime privileges. In order to defend the special privileges of policing, it is essential to show that they are something quite different from the ancien régime privileges that they in some respects resemble. The crucial conceptual tool for making that argument is the i[...]

Discrimination in 2025: Racism, Islamophobia, Gender, and the Reorganization of Social Hierarchy

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Insert abstract text here. This paper examines discrimination in the United States in 2025 as a structurally normalized mode of governance rather than a residual failure of liberal democracy. It argues that contemporary hierarchies of race, religion, gender, class, age, and identity are increasingly produced through formally neutral legal regimes, administrative practices, and security logics that preserve the appearance of equality while generating substantive harm. Drawing on international hum[...]

A Kantian Course Correction for Machine Ethics

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The central challenge of “machine ethics” is to build autonomous machine agents that act morally rightly. But how can we build autonomous machine agents that act morally rightly, given reasonable disputes over what is right and wrong in particular cases? In this chapter, I argue that Immanuel Kant’s political philosophy can provide an important part of the answer.

AAA-02 - Behavior Is Not Agency: Why Acting Human Is Not the Same as Being Responsible

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Contemporary debates about artificial intelligence and moral responsibility increasingly rely on a behavioral shortcut: if a system behaves as if it understands, chooses, or intends, it is treated as possessing some form of agency. This paper argues that this shortcut is conceptually mistaken and normatively dangerous. Historically, behavioral performance functioned as a reliable proxy for agency because actions were anchored to identifiable subjects who could be held accountable. Algorithmic sy[...]

Bureaucratic burdens and bureaucratic injustice

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Bureaucracy is everywhere. We experience its burdens when we access (or attempt to access) many essential public goods and services, from healthcare and social welfare to visas and driving licences. I argue that not only can bureaucracy be burdensome, but it can also be unjust. When bureaucratic burdens unduly impair our ability to access our rights or disproportionately impact certain groups (such as disabled citizens or those from poorer backgrounds), they are unjust. This phenomenon is what I[...]

Posthuman Copyright: AI, Copyright, and Legitimacy

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Copyright's human authorship requirement is an institutional attempt to assert legal, moral, and sociological legitimacy at a time of crisis. The U.S. Copyright Office, the courts, and the so-called copyright humanists, portray the requirement as a beacon of copyright's faith, meant to protect authors in the AI era. The minimal threshold for human authorship, however, forces us to question whether it is merely rhetoric, which the law has always employed regardless of its justification. This Arti[...]

Delivering Spatial Justice to Wildlife: Merleau-Ponty and the Politics of Inhabitation

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Spatial justice recognises that spatial meanings contribute to the production of legal meanings and therefore play a role in shaping how the law delivers (in)justice. This article explores how wildlife can and should be treated as a beneficiary of spatial justice, that is, recognised as a co-producer of the real and legal meaning of property, and therefore included in any discussions regarding the management or use of property. We can enact such a change by reflecting on how the law encounters w[...]

Migration and the Point of Self-Determination

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Many philosophers argue that the right of self-determination confers to states a right to exclude would-be migrants. Drawing on the case of anti-colonial struggles of the 20th century, I argue that self-determination should be thought of as fundamentally a claim against intergroup hierarchy. This means that self-determination only grants a right to exclude in cases where immigration poses a genuine oppressive threat. Cases involving immigration into wealthy and powerful states rarely meet this c[...]

Is There a Duty to Militarily Intervene to Stop a Genocide?

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Is there is a moral obligation to militarily intervene in another state to stop a genocide from happening (if this can be done with proportionate force)? My answer is that under exceptional circumstances a state or even a non-state actor might have a duty to stop a genocide (for example if these actors have promised to do so), but under most circumstances there is no such obligation. To wit, “humanity,” states, collectives, and individuals do not have an obligation to make such promises in the f[...]

Minds, Brains, and Desert: On the relevance of neuroscience for retributive punishment

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It is a common idea, and an element in many legal systems, that people can deserve punishment when they commit criminal (or immoral) actions. A standard philosophical objection to this retributivist idea about punishment is that if human choices and actions are determined by previous events and the laws of nature, then we are not free in the sense required to be morally responsible for our actions, and therefore cannot deserve blame or punishment. It has recently been suggested that this argumen[...]

Achieving Cumulative Progress In Understanding Crime: Some Insights from the Philosophy of Science

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Crime is a serious social problem, but its causes are not exclusively social. There is growing consensus that explaining and preventing it requires interdisciplinary research efforts. Indeed, the landscape of contemporary criminology includes a variety of theoretical models that incorporate psychological, biological and sociological factors. These multi-disciplinary approaches, however, have yet to radically advance scientific understandings of crime and shed light on how to manage it. In this p[...]