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Striking First: Efficacy, Legitimacy and Morality of Preemptive and Preventive Acts of State
(Georgetown University, 2011)
Preemptive and preventive acts of state often decide the issue of peace or war--basic human values are risked on the outcome. The current debate about preemption and prevention, however, is sometimes marred by partisanship ...
White Sow, White Stag, and White Buffalo: The Evolution of White Animal Myths from Personal Belief to Public Policy
(Georgetown University, 2012)
WHITE SOW, WHITE STAG, AND WHITE BUFFALO: THE EVOLUTION OF WHITE ANIMAL MYTHS FROM PERSONAL BELIEF TO PUBLIC POLICY
Pyramid on the Prairie: The Safeguard Program and the Primacy of Politics in the Federal Budget Process
(Georgetown University, 2012)
The debates over the power of the purse in the Revolutionary era show that the Founders valued democratic responsiveness over efficiency. Inefficiencies and failures occur not because federal budgeting is inherently ...
The Four-note Chord of Liberty: Why the Founders Believed that Character Mattered
(Georgetown University, 2018)
Words remain in usage while their meanings change without our noticing. This is a particularly vexing problem when a word is intended to capture the central human value in United States history and continues to be the ...
THE AFFAIR OF INDEPENDENCY: THE INFLUENCE OF CLASSICAL WRITING ON POLITICAL DISCOURSE IN AMERICA’S FOUNDING ERA
(Georgetown University, 2022)
This thesis investigates to what extent political discourse in America’s Founding Era, from the enactment of the Stamp Act in 1765 to the ratification of the Constitution in 1788, was influenced by classical authors and ...