Rights of first refusal are contract clauses that, recognizing the incompleteness of contracts, are intended to provide the holder of a license or lease with some protection when the contract comes to an end. The simplest right of first refusal gives the right holder the ability to act after potential competitors. However, another common implementation of a right of first refusal requires the r...

The pragmalinguistic and sociopragmatic aspects of language use vary across different situations, languages, and cultures. The separation of these two facets of language use can help to map out the socio-cultural norms and conventions as well as the linguistic forms and strategies that underlie the pragmatic performance of different language speakers in a variety of target language use situatio...

In this paper, the author considers the implications of refusal in the context of dialectic and depth psychology. What does it mean to refuse? What are the personal and psychological costs of refusal? Marcuse suggested that refusal could lead to greater possibilities for action. The author suggests that those in the field of public administration can participate in the "Great Refusal" by learni...