Karl Popper is generally regarded as one of the greatest philosophers of science of the 20th century. He was also a social and political philosopher of considerable stature, a self-professed ‘critical-rationalist’, a dedicated opponent of all forms of scepticism, conventionalism, and relativism in science and in human affairs generally, a committed advocate and staunch defender of the ‘Open Soc...

In 1952, Jerome Hall gave a series of lectures on “Police and Law in a Democratic Society.” Applying the methodology of cultural history, this Essay traces how Hall’s concept of democratic policing shifted from self-rule, to the rule of law, and finally to due process as he struggled to account for twentieth-century police forces that were not, in important ways, governed by the people or const...

Soviet Criminal Law in the Eyes of a Gulag Prisoner: Alexandr Solzhenitsyn’s Lecture on Light The Archipelago In his monumental non-fiction book, Archipelago, Nobel Prize winning author Solzhenitsyn illustrates real events labor camps literary form. depiction EVIL is shocking. totalitarian regime subjected millions people to horrific fate. As gener- ally well-known, spent eight years concentrat...

Moral attributes such as honesty, being devoted to one's social duty and principles, responsibility for one's words and action are very important for civil servants. Morality as a basis for personnel management and the moral features of civil servants are of special value, especially during the deep political, social and economic reforms taking place in Russia. Global social changes are extreme...

In Public Opinion (1922) Walter Lippmann attentively focuses on the construction of public opinion at beginning twentieth century, with particular regard to technological speed up World War I. The political relevance newspapers highlights functional shifts within urban scenarios and transformation information via increasing diffusion entrenched stereotypes, nationalistic symbols, popular legend...

The purpose of the research is to study рistorical background formation basements contemporary humanitarian policy Ukraine. subject Ukraine at different times development country. Methodology. following methods scientific knowledge helped achieve objectives set in Article: logical modeling, and semantic, historical legal, comparative analysis, abstract logical. Research results. legal instrumen...

This article attempts a reinterpretation of Aeschylus’ Persians as primarily warning about the instability democracy following major military victory against an overpowering totalitarian enemy. It discusses historical and our contemporary ideas democratic principles government versus constant tendency towards strongman regime. I argue that play’s underlying philosophy is based on Heraclitan ide...

During the Soviet period, documents of Archival Fund CPSU, which directly supervised work state and public institutions country, occupied a special place in study history country. Party that were not included archival fund stored party archives secrecy mode 80 percent them had stamps. The main issues introduction into scientific circulation became part National after collapse USSR were: their i...