Supreme Court Elections: How Much They Have Changed,Why They Changed,and What Difference It Makes

This essay draws on four recent studies of elections to state supreme courts in the United States to probe widely perceived changes in the scale and content of electoral campaigns for seats on state supreme courts. 1 Evidence from these studies and other sources indicates that changes have indeed occurred, though they are more limited than most commentaries suggest. These changes stem most directly from trends in state supreme court policy that have attracted interest‐group activity, especially from the business community. Like their extent, the effects of change in supreme court campaigns have been meaningful although exaggerated by many observers. What we have learned about changes in supreme court elections has implications for choices among selection systems, but those implications are mixed and complex.     

"We Were Given the Order to Arrest Popov…"

Between August 19 and August 21, Moscow was perhaps the only theater of military actions within the country. It was there that the fate of democracy, the fate of perestroika, was decided. If the junta had emerged victorious in Moscow, the other regions of the country would have probably capitulated without a struggle.     

"02" at Our Service

Fundamental changes are in store for police duty sections.     

An Answer to the "Polish Question"

The author assesses the improvement in Russian-Polish relations since the Tusk government took office in Poland. He also argues that Russia should aim to Finlandize neighboring states.     

"Even If They Turn Me Out,I Will Never Leave the Country": Mikhail Gorbachev at the Literaturnaia gazeta Editorial Offices

Arkadii Udal'tsov, editor-in-chief of Literaturnaia gazeta: Three weeks ago in this same room, number 206, we met Richard Nixon. In opening the meeting, I said that at least in America there are no such things as ex-presidents. I would have liked for that tradition to have existed in our country. Just as there are no former ambassadors, so there would no longer be any former presidents.     

Medicare program; delay of the date of applicability for certain provisions of Physicians' Referrals to Health Care Entities With Which They Have Financial Relationships (Phase III). Final rule

This final rule delays the date of applicability of certain specified compensation arrangements only, until December 4, 2008.     

Vertretung einer "Vorpartei"

Hat eine politische Partei durch Hinterlegung ihrer Satzung beim BMI gem § 1 Abs 4 Parteiengesetz Rechtspers?nlichkeit erlangt, sind aber in diesem Zeitpunkt die organschaftlichen Vertreter entsprechend den in der Satzung vorgesehenen Organen noch nicht bestellt, so vertreten bis zur Bestellung der organschaftlichen Vertreter in analoger Anwendung von § 2 Abs 2 Satz 2 VerG 2002 die Gründer gemeinsam die politische Partei.     

诗无达诂 译尽其能——评毛泽东词《沁园春·长沙》五种英译本

中国是诗词的国度,诗、词、歌、赋代代相传,诗人辈出,世代相袭。中国历代政治家几乎都能诗会文。当代伟人毛泽东的诗词风格古雅,题材广泛,内容丰富隽永,常为国人及国际友人传诵引用。毛泽东诗词早在20世纪60年代初就被译成多种外文,流传到世界各地。其英文译本几近二十余种,各家译本竞显风流。不同译本的对比研究有利于进一步提高译文质量,更加有效促进地我国文学翻译事业的健康发展。     

"Solomon" and Consciousness

For more than forty years, now, the strange dwarf planet had been under Earth's control.     

How "natural' are "kinds' of sexual orientation?

Law and Philosophy -     

Lawyers' Professional Ethics—Do They Exist?

The author's aim is to prove that certain moral principles will always be etched into laws when the interest of society demands it and when morality as a set of norms guiding behavior no longer functions in an expected manner outside the system of law. In this paper, it is argued that morality is constituted within the law in a more profound way as well as in a way which is also much more difficult to identify than, for example, conventional instructions concerning professional ethics may indicate. The main thesis is that de facto there are no particular professional ethics of lawyers beyond or above the ethical principles binding all people.     

"Das sind meine Prinzipien. Ich habe auch andere."

Bei Rechtsgutachten von Universitätsangehörigen stellen sich - insbesondere hinsichtlich der Offenlegung von AuftraggeberInnen - wissenschaftsethische Fragen, die in Selbstregulierungsinstrumenten der akademischen Gemeinschaft adressiert werden sollten.