On the Legitimate Objectives of Criminalisation

We discuss and respond to the contributions of Tatjana Hörnle, John Kleinig, and John Stanton-Ife, and clarify some aspects of the arguments made in Crimes, Harms, and Wrongs.     

Whither the Law and the Law Books? From Prescription to Possibility

This article is a contribution to the occasional series dealing with major books that have influenced the authors. Previous contributors include Stewart Macaulay, John Griffith, William Twining, Carol Harlow, Geoffrey Bindman, Harry Arthurs, André‐Jean Arnaud, Alan Hunt, Michael Adler, Lawrence O. Gostin, and John P. Heinz     

BOOK REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this article:
GOVERNMENT AND BUSINESS, 4th Edition: Ronald A. Anderson.
COLLEGE LAW FOR BUSINESS, 9th Edition.: John D. Ashcraft and Janet E. Ashcraft.
ESTATE PLANNING FOR THE SMALL BUSINESS OWNER: John C. Howell.
PREP ARE YOUR OWN PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENTS: John C. Howell.
THE POLITICS OF PRIVACY, COMPUTERS, AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE RECORDS: CONTROLLING THE SOCIAL COSTS OF TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE: Donald A. Marchand.
ETHICS IN THE EDUCATION OF BUSINESS MANAGERS: Charles W. Powers and David Vogel.
THE ACCOUNTING PROFESSIONAL: ETHICS, RESPONSIBILITY, AND LIABILITY: Floyd W. Windal and Robert N. Corley.     

Companions on a Serendipitous Journey

This article is a contribution to the occasional series dealing with major books that have influenced the authors. Previous contributors include Stewart Macaulay, John Griffith, William Twining, Carol Harlow, Geoffrey Bindman, Harry Arthurs, André‐Jean Arnaud, Alan Hunt, Michael Adler, Lawrence O. Gostin, John P. Heinz, Roger Brownsword, and Roger Cotterrell.     

Keeping tabs on the TTAB

TTABlog By John L. Welch Archived back to November 2004, USAhttp://www.thettablog.blogspot.com   John L. Welch, an attorney at Foley Hoag LLP, has an excellentblog focusing on the procedures and decisions of the UnitedStates Patent and Trademark Office's (USPTO) Trademark Trialand Appeal Board (TTAB, or Board).     

Reading Foucault: An Ongoing Engagement

This article is a contribution to the occasional series dealing with a major book that has influenced the author. Previous contributors include Stewart Macaulay, John Griffith, William Twining, Carol Harlow, Geoffrey Bindman, Harry Arthurs, André‐Jean Arnaud, Alan Hunt, Michael Adler, Lawrence O. Gostin, John P. Heinz, Roger Brownsword, Roger Cotterrell, Nicola Lacey, and Carol J. Greenhouse.     

Beyond Social Constructionism? Cicourel and the Search for Ecological Validity

This article is a contribution to the occasional series dealing with a major book that has influenced the author. Previous contributors include Stewart Macaulay, John Griffith, William Twining, Carol Harlow, Geoffrey Bindman, Harry Arthurs, André-Jean Arnaud, Alan Hunt, Michael Adler, Lawrence O. Gostin, John P. Heinz, Roger Brownsword, Roger Cotterrell, Nicola Lacey, Carol J. Greenhouse, David Garland, and Peter Fitzpatrick.     

无知之幕与正义的蒙眼布——对程序正义的反思

无知之幕是罗尔斯法哲学中的重要概念,也是其正义论的逻辑起点。无知之幕的具有程序意义,无知之幕正是程序正义的体现。在此基础上,以罗尔斯对程序正义前提的论述,结合刘涌案讨论中国当下的程序正义问题。     

Global legal change from below and above

This article is a contribution to the occasional series dealing with a major book that has influenced the author. Previous contributors include Stewart Macaulay, John Griffith, William Twining, Carol Harlow, Geoffrey Bindman, Harry Arthurs, André-Jean Arnaud, Alan Hunt, Michael Adler, Lawrence O. Gostin, John P. Heinz, Roger Brownsword, Roger Cotterrell, Nicola Lacey, Carol J. Greenhouse, David Garland, Peter Fitzpatrick, David Nelken, and Lynn Mather.     

Communities of scholars and communities of practice

This article is a contribution to the occasional series dealing with a major book that has influenced the author. Previous contributors include Stewart Macaulay, John Griffith, William Twining, Carol Harlow, Geoffrey Bindman, Harry Arthurs, André‐Jean Arnaud, Alan Hunt, Michael Adler, Lawrence O. Gostin, John P. Heinz, Roger Brownsword, Roger Cotterrell, Nicola Lacey, Carol J. Greenhouse, David Garland, Peter Fitzpatrick, and David Nelken.     

The belated autopsy and identification of an eighteenth century naval hero--the saga of John Paul Jones

John Paul Jones, the "Father of the American Navy," is known for the battletime assertion that he had "not yet begun to fight." His central role in a triumph of scientific forensic identification more than a century after his death is less known. John Paul Jones died in 1792 and was buried in Paris, France. The location of his grave was lost over time and a search for his corpse began in 1899. Remains matching his physical characteristics and circumstance of burial were discovered in 1905 and returned to the United States for a hero's burial. Some questioned the identification at the time and the major source of identifying information has since been shown to contain false information. The published forensic literature fails to address existing critiques of the identification. We provide a substantive analysis and conclude that the available evidence supports the identification of the unknown remains as those of John Paul Jones.     

In person

Based in Japan, John Tessensohn is a board member of ShusakuYamamoto, a leading Japanese IP practice. John specializes inpatent litigation, trademark, unfair competition, anti-counterfeitingand licensing matters. Born and raised in Singapore, he holdsan LL.B (Hons.) from National University of Singapore and     

Review essay / the scope and limits of police ethics

John Kleinig, The Ethics of Policing Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1996. viii + 335pp.     

Review essay / a case for limited paternalism

John Kleinig, Paternalism Totowa, NJ: Rowman & Allanheld, 1984, xiii + 242 pp.     

BOOK REVIEWS

Book Review in this Article:
THE BLUE-COATED WORKER: A SOCIOLOGICAL STUDY OF POLICE UNIONISM. By Robert Reiner.
POLICE IN A TIME OF CHANGE. By John J. Broderick.
THE FUTURE OF POLICING. Editing by Alvin W. Cohn.
POLICING: A VIEW FROM THE STREET. Edited by Peter K. Manning and John Van Maanen.
DETECTIVE WORK: A STUDY OF CRIMINAL INVESTIGA- TIONS. By William B. Sanders.
THE INVESTIGATORS: MANAGING FBI AND NARCOTICS AGENTS. By James Q. Wilson.
VIOLENCE AND THE FAMILY. Edited by J. P. Martin     

The development of air transport law within the European Community

I would like to acknowledge the funds provided by the ESRC and the help and advice of Professor John Usher.     

Would John Stuart Mill have Regulated Pornography?

John Stuart Mill dominates contemporary pornography debates where he is routinely invoked as an authoritative defence against regulation. This article, by contrast, argues that a broader understanding of Mill's ethical liberalism, his utilitarianism, and his feminism casts doubt over such an assumption. New insights into Mill's approach to sex, sexual activity, and the regulation of prostitution reveal an altogether more nuanced and activist approach. We conclude that John Stuart Mill would almost certainly have accepted certain forms of pornography regulation and, in this light, we argue that Mill can provide the foundation for new, liberal justifications of some forms of pornography regulation.     

Reviews

International Adjudication: Procedural Aspects By V. S. Mani European Court Practice. By John A. Usher.     

An ethics ensemble: abortion, Thomson, Finnis and the case of the violin-player

Abstract.  This paper considers approaches to the ethics of abortion and putative links to "rights" debates. In particular, it revisits two papers on the topic from the early 1970's, written by Judith Jarvis Thomson and John Finnis respectively. Consideration of the discourse produced by these papers to some extent reveals the strategic importance of linguistic and conceptual organisation—the rhetorical forces underlying claims to disinterested, analytical standing. In particular, the paper reviews the practical ethics analogy proposed by Thomson; the deployment of "Hohfeldian" rights analysis by John Finnis, the link to the abortion debate and the broader implications of such deployment in its relation to current "rights" discourse.     

Book Reviews

Books reviewed:
Felix Dodds, Earth Summit 2002: A New Deal
Catherine Redgwell, Intergenerational Trusts and Environmental Protection
Ellen Hey, Reflections on an International Environmental Court
Carsten Schmidt, Designing International Environmental Agreements: Incentive Compatible Strategies for Cost-Effective Cooperation
Steinar Anderson, Tora Skodvin, Arild Underdal and Jorgen Wettstad, Science and Politics in International Environmental Regimes: Between Integrity and Involvement
Alan Russel and John Vogler, The International Politics of Biotechnology: Investigating Global Futures
Han Somsen, The Yearbook of European Environmental Law, Volume I, 2000
Petr Pavlinek and John Pickles, Environmental Transition: Transformation and Ecological Defence in Central and Eastern Europe
A. Abramson and D. Thoedossopoulos, Land, Law and Environment: Mythical Land, Legal Boundaries