Tag: law
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January 28, 2022
Thanks to Rebecca L. Thacker, a 2021 HMU Fellow in Ideas, for today’s post.
As we enter the new year, as per usual the media is filled with “year-in-review” articles and listicles: the year’s best books, tv, movies, and music, the top ten highlights of 2021, those we’ve lost in 2021. The Associated Press’s Year in Review features articles on the January 6 insurrection,
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April 6, 2018
Thanks to Carter Vance, a 2018 Harrison Middleton University Fellow in Ideas, for today’s post.
When the European Union first gave legal force the notion of “right to be forgotten”, in a 2014 court ruling against Google, I was amongst those who were both confused at the practical impacts and fearful of what its long-term effects might be. Confused,
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June 2, 2017
Thanks to Alissa Simon, HMU Tutor, for today’s post.
Reading through the list of punishments in Dante’s Inferno had a very visceral effect on me. I was thinking about the type of lifestyle that would lead one to create such insane punishments. After putting a little bit of thought into systems of punishment, I decided (squeamishness aside) to investigate other ancient texts that include codes of conduct.