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On philosophy in American law
Francis J. Mootz III
In recent years there has been tremendous growth of interest in the connections between law and philosophy, but the diversity of approaches that claim to be working at the intersection of philosophy and law might suggest that this area of inquiry is so fractured as to be incoherent. This volume gathers 38 leading scholars working in law and philosophy to provide focused and straightforward articulations of the role that philosophy might play at this juncture of American legal history. The volume marks the 75th anniversary of Karl Llewellyn’s essay “On Philosophy in American Law,” in which he rehearsed the broad development of American jurisprudence, diagnosed its contemporary failings, and then charted a productive path opened by the variegated scholarship that claimed to initiate a realistic approach to law and legal theory. The essays are written in the spirit of Llewellyn’s article: they are succinct and direct arguments about the potential for bringing law and philosophy together.
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The Irrelevance of Contemporary Academic Philosophy for Law: Recovering the Rhetorical Tradition
Francis J. Mootz III
The Irrelevance of Contemporary Academic Philosophy for Law: Recovering the Rhetorical Tradition, in On Philosophy in American Law (Francis J. Mootz III, ed., Cambridge, 2009). And On Philosophy in American Law (Cambridge, 2011) (ed.).
This chapter appears in a volume of original essays, On Philosophy in American Law (Francis J. Mootz III ed., Cambridge Univ. Press 2009). I argue that the undeniable rift between philosophy and law is more than a simple dichotomy of theory and practice. Instead, the sharp distinction between philosophy and law occurred when both disciplines built insular guilds that employed distinctive vocabularies to distinguish themselves from rhetoric, and it is by returning to their roots in rhetoric that philosophy and law might find their common ground in the elucidation of rhetorical knowledge.
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Volume 1: Essentials of Insurance Law
Francis J. Mootz III
Volume 1: Essentials of Insurance Law, in New Appleman on Insurance Law Library Edition (Jeffrey E. Thomas, ed., LexisNexis, 2009) (ed., vol. 1).
Volume 1 –Essentials of Insurance Law
Topics include:
- Chapter 1 What is Insurance?
- Chapter 1A Self-insured Retentions Versus Large or Matching Deductibles
- Chapter 2 Agents and Brokers
- Chapter 3 The Contractual Relationship
- Chapter 4 Claims Processing
- Chapter 5 Insurance Policy Interpretation
- Chapter 6 Choice of Law
- Chapter 7 Dispute Resolution
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Volume 3: Commercial General Liability Insurance
Francis J. Mootz III
Volume 3: Commercial General Liability Insurance, in New Appleman on Insurance Law Library Edition (Jeffrey E. Thomas, ed., LexisNexis, 2009) (ed., vol. 3).
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Mercury rising: Exposing the vaccine-autism myth
Matthew P. Normand and Jesse Dallery
Environmentalist and attorney Robert F. Kennedy Jr. argues that childhood vaccines containing thimerosal are linked to autism and that the government has colluded with pharmaceutical companies to cover up this information. Psychology professors Matthew Normand and Jesse Dallery contend that studies have failed to uncover any specifi c link between autism and mercurycontaining thimerosal vaccines.
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A Short History of the Drug Receptor Concept
Cay-Rüdiger Prüll, Andreas-Holger Maehle, and Robert F. Halliwell
The concept of specific receptors for drugs, hormones and transmitters lies at the very heart of biomedicine. This book is the first to consider the idea from its 19th century origins in the work of John Newport Langley and Paul Ehrlich, to its development of during the 20th century and its current impact on drug discovery in the 21st century.
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Learning from a consortium: How to optimize curriculum-wide outcomes in two-year institutions
Glen Rogers and William H. Rickards
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Using equity audits to create equitable and excellent schools
Linda E. Skrla, Kathryn B. McKenzie, and James J. Scheurich
If you've heard about equity audits but aren't really sure how to use them in your school, you are not alone. This resource, written by well-known authors and experts in the areas of equity and achievement, expands school leaders' understanding of how to interpret data in order to make equity audits work and provides practical, easy-to-implement strategies for using this school assessment approach to help ensure a high-quality education for all students, regardless of socio-economic class.
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Working together – Collaborative information practices for organizational learning
Mary M. Somerville
Around the globe, library leaders are asking: How do we create 'forward thinking' outcomes in the Digital Age? In response, the profession is increasingly recognizing that we must start by transitioning current employees into new roles and responsibilities within redesigned workplace environments. Given the magnitude of external economic, technological, and social changes, merely tinkering with traditional organizational models is inadequate. Rather, the forces at play require pro-actively moving from the old, comfortable model - designed for a world that no longer exists – to fundamentally re-invent professional assumptions, organizational structures, and workplace processes.
Working Together presents a framework for comprehensive redesign of library organizations. In addition to a review of core literature, the author presents workplace examples illustrating the efficacy of collaborative information practices orchestrated by inclusive leadership principles.
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California Polytechnic State University San Luis Obispo Case Study
Mary M. Somerville and David D. Gillette
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Pancake: a global history
Ken Albala
Round, thin, and made of starchy batter cooked on a flat surface, it is a food that goes by many names: flapjack, crêpe, and okonomiyaki, to name just a few. The pancake is a treasured food the world over, and now Ken Albala unearths the surprisingly rich history of pancakes and their sizzling goodness.
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Human Cuisine
Ken Albala and Gary Allen
There's something about the idea of munching on a nice leg o' man that makes everyone want to be a comedian. We use jokes to hide anxiety about touchy subjects, of course, but it's more than nervous laughter. People like to discuss eating people--once someone else brings up the subject. William Bueller Seabrook, a man who acquired more firsthand knowledge about the fundamental facts of cannibalism than most of the civilized people who talk about it, wrote about cannibals in 1931, 'Even aside from their delightful humorous aspect they are a highly interesting and wholly legitimate subject, whether for the adventurer or the learned anthropologist.'" There's no doubt about it--cannibalism is fascinating. The stories, essays, poetry and drama in this anthology reveal that cannibalism can also be disgusting, sometimes frightening, sometimes hysterically funny, sometimes touching--but always interesting (at least once you get past the gag reflex). Includes (untested) recipes.
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La invención del mundo
Martín Camps
La invención del mundo nos recuerda que el primer día es el mismo que el ultimo, y que el fin de las otras vidas será el comienzo de unas cuantas que hablan aquí como si el futuro hubiese sido aniquilado o se hubiese invertido el eterno retorno. Es decir, nos muestra un nuevo mar, una nueva tierra, nuevas ciudades, nuevos animales y nuevos árboles, que sin embargo han estado allí. El cartógrafo es un sonámbulo y el meteorólogo es un brujo, afirma el poeta, y sin duda creemos que así es. Este notable y alucinante libro es una prueba de ello, pues es, justamente, la escritura del día después del último día de la realidad, y por tal es una radical esperanza y un desolado testamento.
A selection of books and book chapters written or edited by faculty at the University of the Pacific.
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