Tag: Law

Under the Law, In the Law

E. J. Hutchinson — February 22, 2023

Under the Law, In the Law

St. Augustine on being "in" the law as opposed to being "under" the law.

The Pandora Papers and the Problem of Tax Havens

Brad Littlejohn — October 26, 2021

The Pandora Papers and the Problem of Tax Havens

Earlier this month, the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) dropped a bombshell: 11.9 million confidential documents revealing tens of trillions of dollars in shady financial dealings by over 400…

James Wilson and the Common Sense Theory of the Common Law

Ethan Foster — April 18, 2019

James Wilson and the Common Sense Theory of the Common Law

When Thomas Paine published Common Sense in 1776, his was not the only commonly held sense of the term “common sense.” Ironically, the term was already complicated at the American founding.

An Echo of Grace: Plato’s Doctrine of Gifts

Patrick Harmon — November 23, 2018

An Echo of Grace: Plato’s Doctrine of Gifts

The interpreter that undertakes to compare the works of Plato with the gospel must begin somewhere. Here I attempt to set out Plato’s view on gifts and divine dispensation, and would ask that you consider the two following texts: