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  • 25 Oct 2023
    Alexander Brown

    Why Kathleen Stock is wrong to assume that ‘it’s not hate speech to say males can’t be women’

    Kathleen Stock identifies as a philosopher of (expert on) sex and gender identity partly on the grounds that she has spent years (let us take her word for it) thinking, researching, and building careful and comprehensive arguments about these issues. She also says, ‘it’s not hate speech to say males can’t be women’. But this […]

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  • 13 Oct 2023
    Jori P. Kalkman

    At the frontlines of crises: How responders resolve dilemmas in the face of chaos

    Imagine a crash site. Emergency services rush to the scene of the incident and begin to help. Firefighters, paramedics and police officers are bound to face a number of dilemmas as they carry out their activities. They have operational procedures in place for a range of emergencies, but every situation is unique, so do they […]

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  • 3 Jul 2023
    Alan Wm. Wolff

    Revitalizing the World Trading System

    The history of trade is fascinating. Its origins can be traced back to even before there was a human race (the forebears of our forebears relied on trade to supply them with obsidian for weapons and tools). Some scholars credit long-distance trade as a plausible reason for the invention of writing (to give instructions to […]

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  • 8 Jun 2023
    Ahmed Al-Ahmed, Ilias Bantekas

    THE GLOBALISATION OF CONTRACT LAWS AND THE RISE OF MIDDLE EASTERN LEGAL SYSTEMS

    Sophisticated legal systems compete with each other at a variety of levels. The prevalence of choice of law and choice of forum clauses favouring one state and its laws necessarily means its courts will entertain more cases in the future and there will be an increase in lawyers trained in its legal system. This in […]

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  • 24 Apr 2023
    Gary Watt

    Make Making Great Again

    The idea of society as a manufactured construct had a respectable pedigree long before Donald Trump got his hands on it with his grabbing slogan “Make America Great Again”. In 1796, George Washington had expressed the hope in his farewell address to the American people “that the free Constitution, which is the work of your […]

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  • 14 Apr 2023
    James Gallen

    Transitional Justice and the Historical Abuses of Church and State

    Why does it seem like there is persistent disclosure but also dissatisfaction regarding non-recent violence and how it is addressed? In countries from Australia, to Canada, Ireland, the United Kingdom, and the United States, victim-survivors have been advocating for States and Christian churches to address allegations of non-recent violence, including child sexual abuse, forced transfer, […]

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  • 24 Mar 2023
    Randall G. Holcombe

    How Do Voters Form Their Political Preferences? They Follow Their Leaders

    A romantic notion of democracy depicts democratic governments as accountable to their citizens and acting in their citizens’ interests. Academic analyses of democratic decision-making support this view. Voters have preferences, and parties and candidates adjust their platforms to conform with voter preferences. In reality, voters have little incentive to become informed about public policy issues, […]

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  • 9 Mar 2023
    Graeme Laurie

    Leaving a legacy: what kind of scholar do you want to be?

    What kind of scholar do you want to be? Nobody ever asked me this question in the formative years of my academic career. Yet, I believe that it is one of the most important questions an academic should ask themselves; and there are so many ways to answer the question. In this blog I offer […]

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