Equal Protection, Class Legislation, and Sex Discrimination: One Small Cheer for Mr. Herbert Spencer's "Social Statics"

One Cheer for Representationalism?†

When Dewey declared in  that pragmatism would ‘give the coup de grace to representationalism ’, he had (to say the least) underestimated the tenacity of the intended victim. Even as he wrote, Russell was at work on the waggons which were to carry so much of philosophy into new lands—regions where Frege’s referentialism was part of the bedrock (or so it seemed). A century later, despite rene...

Legislation and genetic discrimination.

Discrimination and reliability: Equal partners?

A critique of Hankins, M article: How discriminating are discriminative instruments?" Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2008, 6:36

Sex offender treatment and legislation.

The current issue of the Journal contains three articles related to sex offenders. The first, by Scott and Holmberg, discusses legislation that mandates either "chemical or surgical castration." The second, by Saleh and Guidry, reviews diagnostic and treatment considerations. The third, by Scott and Gerbasi, discusses sex offender registration and community notification. Much of the relevant se...

Equal Protection and Peremptory Challenges