O pragmatismo antiteórico de Richard A. Posner e as respostas da teoria moral para a decisão judicial

Este trabalho apresenta uma análise crítica à forma de se abordar casos jurídicos e proferir decisões judiciais denominada abordagem judicial pragmática, disseminada pelo magistrado e professor norte-americano Richard A. Posner. O objetivo é explicitar suas principais características e contornos, bem como sua repulsa pela teorização abstrata e pelos debates e argumentos morais na decisão judicial. A partir disso, pretende-se refutar parte dessa abordagem pragmática, por meio de argumentos levantados por filósofos morais e profissionais do direito a saber: Ronald Dworkin, Charles Fried, Anthony Kronman, John T. Noonan Jr e Martha C. Nussbaum - em defesa de uma abordagem que prega a inevitável utilização do raciocínio teórico, assim como a argumentação e reflexão moral na resolução de casos difíceis relacionados ao direito. Também será destacado como a repulsa pragmática pela teoria moral e abstrata é incompatível com a conjuntura justeórica contemporânea e como a análise de alguns casos difíceis expõe a falibilidade, ainda que parcial, desse estilo de abordagem pregado por Posner.

Letras, ideias e culturas políticas: os escritos de Nabuco de Araújo (1843-1876)

A presente tese foi elaborada a partir do legado documental de José Thomaz Nabuco de Araújo (1813-1878), constituído de textos impressos, manuscritos políticos, cartas e bilhetes produzidos especialmente nas décadas de cinquenta e sessenta do oitocentos e conservados no Instituto Histórico e Geográfico Brasileiro. Político e homem de letras, frequentou bibliotecas e livrarias daquelas décadas, quando teve contato com obras e tendências do pensamento europeu. Os livros da biblioteca da Faculdade de Direito de Recife, onde se formou bacharel juntamente com outros burocratas de sua geração em 1835, marcaram o início de práticas de leitura e escrita voltadas para a apropriação do conteúdo e construção intencional de ideias políticas expressas no decorrer de sua rica e complexa trajetória como senador e ministro da justiça em gabinetes de diferentes siglas partidárias. O personagem fez uso das linguagens e matrizes do pensamento jusnaturalista, utitilarista, liberal e do humanismo cívico ao protagonizar importantes debates diretamente relacionados à prática da cidadania no Segundo Reinado, com destaque para temas como emancipação dos escravos, a participação civil de estrangeiros no Brasil, a liberdade de imprensa, a descentralização, reformas eleitorais e a missão dos partidos políticos. Nesse sentido, a temporalidade das ideias presentes no discurso evidenciaram não só os aspectos perenes, como também transitórios do pensamento de Nabuco de Araújo. Certas transformações e permanências são perceptíveis no final da década de 1850, ocasião em que o Gabinete da Conciliação deixou de existir e deu passagem, já em 1862, à Liga Progressista, uma aliança entre conservadores moderados e antigos liberais do Império. O estudo sobre o processo de emancipação gradativa dos escravos, especialmente no ano de 1871, ocasião em que o político pertenceu ao Movimento Centro Liberal, também constitui oportunidade ímpar para verificar a introdução de termos como pessoa nos escritos do personagem. Guiado por seus próprios interesses, ou por interesses do Governo e do seu partido, Nabuco de Araújo contribuiu para a formulação de novos conceitos e práticas e, portanto, exerceu influência na configuração da cultura política imperial, junto a seus pares. O referencial teórico fundamentado em autores da História das Ideias, especialmente Quentin Skinner, e nos estudos de produção de texto de Robert Darnton possibilitaram o entendimento dos limites e intersecções entre o liberalismo e o conservadorismo político no Segundo Reinado, além de desencadear certo revisionismo histórico da obra Um Estadista do Império, biografia póstuma de José Thomaz Nabuco de Araújo, elaborada por seu filho Joaquim Nabuco.

Historical evidence of abrupt coastal climatic change in Southern California, 1790-1880

Historical sources of the late-18th and 19th centuries were searched for information on coastal weather conditions in Southern California. Relatively calm winters until 1828 were followed by unusually stormy winters from about 1829 to 1839. Later periods were again predominantly calm, with notable exceptions related to the ENSO events of 1845 and 1878. Following decreases through the stormy 1830s, sizes of kelp forests appear to have rebounded in the 1840s. ENSO occurrences and eruption of the volcano Cosiguina in 1835 are likely causes for changing wind patterns. Our results link the unique AD 1840 Macoma leptonoidea pelecypod shell layer in laminated Santa Barbara Basin sediment ("Macoma event") to abruptly changing oceanographic and weather patterns.

Effect of storage time and cryoprotectant concentrations on the fertilization rate and hatching rate of cryopreserved sperm in red seabream (Pagrus major Temminck & Schlegel, 1843)

This study examined the effects of storage time and cryoprotectant concentrations on the post-thaw sperm of red seabream, Pagrus major. Sperm treated with 12%, 15%, 18% and 21% DMSO were cryopreserved for 10, 30, 60 and 360 days, and fertilization and hatching rates were analysed. For all groups, there were no differences in the fertilization rates and hatching rates between sperm cryopreserved for < 60 days and fresh sperm (98.8 +/- 0.8%, 96.4 +/- 1.3%). However, for sperm cryopreserved for 360 days, both fertilization rates (88.6 +/- 3.0% to 7.0 +/- 1.9%) and hatching rates (79.4 +/- 7.2% to 3.3 +/- 0.8%) decreased drastically. Furthermore, the cryoprotectant concentrations affected sperm quality significantly (P < 0.05). When cryopreserved for 360 days, sperm treated with 15% DMSO obtained the best results compared with other concentrations. We suggest that 15% DMSO may be an effective cryoprotectant for long-term sperm cryopreservation of red seabream.

Reading the rhetoric of nationhood in two Reformation pamphlets by Richard Morison and Nicholas Bodrugan

Mottram, S. (2005). Reading the rhetoric of nationhood in two Reformation pamphlets by Richard Morison and Nicholas Bodrugan. Renaissance Studies. 19(4), pp.523-540. RAE2008

Imagining England in Richard Morison's Pamphlets against the Pilgrimage of Grace (1536)

Mottram, S. (2005). Imagining England in Richard Morison's Pamphlets against the Pilgrimage of Grace (1536). Comitatus: A Journal of Medieval and Renaissance Studies. 36, pp.41-67. RAE2008

Sermon XIV; Preached at the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, May 20, 1790

A sermon preached to the General Assembly reporting on the mission efforts of the church.

The mission of Methodism : being the twentieth Fernley lecture, delivered in Bristol, August 4th, 1890 / by Richard Green.

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The missionary interpretation of history by Richard Taylor Stevenson

Boston University Theology Library

Dr. Richard Caulfield: antiquarian, scholar and academic librarian

The history of higher learning in Cork can be traced from its late eighteenth-century origins to its present standing within the extended confines of the Neo-Gothic architecture of University College, Cork. This institution, founded in 1845 was the successor and ultimate achievement of its forerunner, the Royal Cork Institution. The opening in 1849 of the college, then known as Queen's College, Cork, brought about a change in the role of the Royal Cork Institution as a centre of education. Its ambition of being the 'Munster College' was subsumed by the Queen's College even though it continued to function as a centre of learning up to the 1805. At this time its co-habitant, the School of Design, received a new wing under the benevolent patronage of William Crawford, and the Royal Cork Institution ceased to exist as the centre for cultural, technical and scientific learning it had set out to be. The building it occupied is today known as the Crawford Municipal Art Gallery.

Distant Light: Songs on Texts by Richard Boada

Distant Light: Songs on Texts by Richard Boada is a collection of songs for baritone voice, piano, alto saxophone, and percussion (vibraphone and marimba). The texts do not present a continuous narrative, but they share common themes. Most are set in the rural South and deal with the conflict between nature and industrial development. This piece functions as a cohesive whole, but each song could be performed separately and would be effective out of the context of the entire work. Distant Light is made up of eight songs and is approximately 23 minutes in duration.

SELECTED TWENTIETH-CENTURY BRITISH & AMERICAN ENGLISH SONG REPERTOIRE WRITTEN FOR SOPRANO

English language song (both British and American) is influenced by a variety of cultures, races, and musical forms and has produced a broad range of song repertoire. Like songs in all countries and throughout history, these songs can be classified into three categories: imitative songs, experimental songs, and songs of individuality. Music experimentation, necessary and welcome as it is, can hardly command broad international attention. Thus, the songs of this dissertation performance project are chosen from the first and third categories: imitative songs and individual songs in the composer's own unique style. This project concentrates its exploration on twentieth-century solo songs written in English. Although twentieth-century British & American composers also produced solos and chamber music in other languages, this dissertation focuses upon their English repertoire. This performance project consists of three programs: one British repertoire and two American. The first program titled An Evening of British Song examines twentieth-century British song written by Roger Quilter, Peter Warlock, William Walton, Benjamin Britten, Thomas F. Dunhill, Ivor Gurney, and Frank Bridge. It was presented on December 12, 2001, in Homer Ulrich Recital Hall with the collaborative pianist Meriel Owen. The second program titled An Evening of American Song I comprises music written by Dominick Argento, Samuel Barber, Ned Rorem, Leonard Bernstein, and Lee Hoiby. It was presented on October 23, 2002, in Joseph & Alma Gildenhorn Recital Hall with the collaborative pianist R. Timothy McReynolds. The third program titled An Evening of American Song II written by John Duke, John Corigliano, Charles Ives, Richard Hundley, Lori Laitman, Frederick Loewe, George Gershwin, and Jerome Kern was presented on December 18, 2003, again in Joseph & Alma Gildenhorn Recital Hall with the collaborative pianist R. Timothy McReynolds and the flutist Jessica Dunnavant. Each of these three dissertation recitals occurred at the University of Maryland in College Park and was recorded. These CD recordings are held by the Michelle Smith Performing Arts Library at the University of Maryland.