THE PENALTY RULE: A MODERN INTERPRETATION

The Rule of Law: A Foucauldian Interpretation

Although Foucault can be rightly seen as one of the most influential thinkers of our times, his ideas have hardly been straightforwardly accepted. His vision of law in the modern era, in particular, has drawn some severe criticism. Scholar as diverse as Habermas and Poulantzas have expressed strong doubts with regards to Foucault’s approach to law, accusing him of downplaying the role of the le...

Modern literary interpretation in understanding the meaning of the verse ‘There is nothing like Him’

Numerous views have been expressed by commentators and writers about the literary aspect and the meaning of the Qurchr('39')anic phrase "There is nothing like Him". The sequence of the words "ka" and "like" in the holy verse, has led to two literary and semantic illusions. The literary illusion is that "ka" seems to be redundant and the semantic illusion is the word ‘like’ indirectly proves the...

Ciratposana of Prana: a Modern Interpretation

Volatile fatty acids are produced during the digestion of dietary fibre and contribute to the body's energy supply. Their detection in humans has proven that the colon is intimately connected with nutrition, which suggests that they can be associated with the Ciratposana of Prans.

The Role of Executive Clemency in Modern Death Penalty Cases

A Non-Bleeding Rule in Modern Greek*

Sakellariades 1985 (Glotta 63) proposes two synchronic phonological rules for northern Modern Greek dialects, Glide Formation (GF) and High Vowel Deletion (HVD), and suggests GF as "a characteristic case of a bleeding rule". Closer examination, however, shows that S's formulation of HVD is flawed, and that the rule's environment must refer to the need for consonants adjacent to the vowel. Evide...