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Showing posts with label Ronald Dworkin. Show all posts
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Friday, February 15, 2013

TINY DIAMONDS IN THE COSMIC SANDS



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"If we manage to live a good life well, we create something more. We write a subscript to our mortality. We make our lives tiny diamonds in the cosmic sands."


Professor Ronald Dworkin of NYU law school and the University College of London died Thursday at the age of 81. Professor Dworkin was a philosopher and professor of law and wrote about the importance of integrity and morality in law.

You should read his book "Justice for Hedgehogs."



REQUIEM FOR RILYA WLSON
Calling her acts against an innocent child "inherently evil" Judge Marisa Tinkler-Mendez earlier this week on  Tuesday  sentenced  67 year old Geralyn Graham to a total of 55 years: 30 years for kidnapping  followed consecutively by twenty five years for aggravated child abuse.  

Thus ends the tragic tale of a young girl who never really had a chance at life. 




Read more here: http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/02/14/3233930/us-legal-scholar-ronald-dworkin.html#storylink=cpy