extent to which HLA Hart can be said to have turned the positivist tradition of legal thought from positivism to a sociology of law. Hart ’s claim to be engaging in ’descriptive sociology ’ is first considered‚ followed by the submission that Hart ’s gesture towards natural law is distinctly sociological. The significance of the ‘critical reflective attitude’ is then discussed and‚ finally‚ the sociology of secondary rules will be examined. This paper will conclude that‚ while Hart infused his theory
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Case Problem 3- Hart Venture Capital Problem Statement Hart Venture Capital (HVC) specializes in providing venture capital for software development and Internet applications. Currently HVC has two investment opportunities: (1) Security Systems‚ a firm that needs additional capital to develop an Internet security software package‚ and (2) Market Analysis‚ a market research company that needs additional capital to develop a software package for conducting customer satisfaction surveys. In exchange
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Jane Austen has attracted a great deal of critical attention in recent years. Many have spoken out about the strengths and weaknesses of her characters‚ particularly her heroines. Austen has been cast as both a friend and foe to the rights of women. According to Morrison‚ ’most feminist studies have represented Austen as a conscious or unconscious subversive voicing a woman’s frustration at the rigid and sexist social order which enforces subservience and dependence’; (337). Others feel that her
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THE HART-FULLER DEBATE It is important to consider‚ howbeit briefly‚ the academic exchanges between the proponents of legal positivism as represented by H.L.A. Hart and those of the natural law school represented by Lon Fuller. The gravamen of such academic discourse‚ usually tagged Hart-Fuller debate is to be found in the Harvard Law Review 1958. Curzon identifies the background of the debate as the atrocities committed by Germany during the 2nd World War. Under the National-Socialist regime
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Gregg Cantrell‚ author of Stephen F. Austin: Political and Cultural Mediator‚ is a Texas A&M Alumni who graduated with his Ph.D. in History in 1988. Cantrell began his career in the field of history as a lecturer at TAMU in ’86‚ then spent 15 years working as an assistant and later an associate professor at a variety of notable universities around Texas. In 2001‚ Cantrell got his first job as a professor. Cantrell currently resides in Fort Worth where he works as a history professor at TCU. Cantrell
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Content Introduction 1. Theoretical part gives general notes on Jane Austen’s works 1.1 English novelist - Jane Austen 1.2 Artistic and genre peculiarities of J. Austen ’s works 2. Practical part II. J. Austen’s literary art and its role in English realism 2.1 The "Defense of the Novel" 2.2 Jane Austen ’s Limitations 2.3 Jane Austen ’s literary reputation Conclusion Bibliography Introduction Topicality: English writer‚ who first gave the novel its modern character through the treatment
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Thesis Statement: Though the loss of my first born son‚ Austin‚ was a traumatic experience‚ it has brought great perspective into my life by creating unexpected strength‚ thankfulness‚ and wisdom. Three reasons this event is significant: I found strength I never knew I had. I will never forget how hollow I felt leaving the hospital without my baby. Some days I didn’t think I could even manage getting out of bed. But‚ somehow I found strength I never knew I had to persevere to not only get out
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A Small Plea to Delete a Ubiquitous Expletive Response In this essay‚ Elizabeth Austin describes her feelings about the “F” word. She gives a detailed explanation on why it should not be used in the colloquial language. Austin first gives background knowledge about the “F” word and how it came to be as the word it is used now. Austin’s thesis is that the “F” word should not be used in any certain way. Austin first states that the word should be deleted from our use‚ but before that we must remove
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1. Introduction The objective of this project is to scrutinize the film Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me through the lens of semiotics. Our group has chosen to approach our analysis through the extraction of narrative models‚ metonyms‚ metaphors‚ the use and also subversion of stereotypes and intertextuality. The film uses these devices to both inject humour and to subvert the notions that society has brought us up to believe in. The methodology employed is the viewing and analysis of the
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Hart Venture Capital Case Problem 3 After performing an analysis of HVC’s investment problem‚ I found that the company’s objective was to maximize the net present value of the total investment in Security Systems and Market Analysis. To find the maximum net present value and analyze the numbers‚ I set up the model shown below. Max 1‚800‚000*SS + 1‚600‚000*MA s.t. 600‚000*SS + 500‚000*MA ≤ 800‚000 600‚000*SS + 350‚000*MA ≤ 700‚000 250‚000*SS + 400‚000*MA ≤ 500‚000 SS‚MA ≥ 0 After
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