Philip G. Clifford Correspondence

Entries include a typed letter on the Law offices of Philip G. Clifford stationery and correspondence from the Maine State Library

Come to the Land of Rest

The sunset shadows deepen With the minster walls And like a benediction Life’s curtain slowly falls Alone there, in the twilight There comes a singer blestAnd softly with the organ He sings of the rest Come to the land of rest,Come to the land of rest There from thy heart, shadows depart, Peace ever reigns in thy breast Come to the land of restCome to the land of restCome weary feet, wondrously sweet,is this fair country so blest. The music softly floated Into the city street And reach’d the worn and weary Bound home with tired feet. It sent a precious message To many a troubled breast, And many bless’d the singer And his sweet song of the rest. Come to the land of restCome to the land of rest There from thy heart, shadows depart. Peace ever reigns in thy breast Life is on happy dream of peaceJoy’s sweet anthems never cease Ev’ry soul is richly bless’d In this wondrous land of restCome to the land of rest

Towards responsible use of cognitive-enhancing drugs by the healthy

In this article, we propose actions that will help society accept the benefits of enhancement, given appropriate research and evolved regulation. Prescription drugs are regulated as such not for their enhancing properties but primarily for considerations of safety and potential abuse. Still, cognitive enhancement has much to offer individuals and society, and a proper societal response will involve making enhancements available while managing their risks

Philip G. Clifford Correspondence

Entries include a typed letter on the Law offices of Philip G. Clifford stationery and correspondence from the Maine State Library

Page 27. Plan of the township of Knox, Waldo County, 1802

Survey of Knox township on a scale of 100 rods to an inch.https://digitalmaine.com/planbook_24/1040/thumbnail.jp

The Contract as Social Artifact

This article outlines a distinctive, albeit not entirely unprecedented, research agenda for the sociolegal study of contracts. In the past, law and society scholars have tended to examine contracts either through the intellectual history of contract doctrine ‘‘on the books’’ or through the empirical study of how real-world exchange relations are governed ‘‘in action.’’ Although both of these traditions have contributed greatly to our understanding of contract law, neither has devoted much attention to the most distinctive concrete product of contractual transactionsFcontract documents themselves. Without denying the value of studying either contract doctrine or relational governance, this article argues that contract documents are independently interesting social artifacts and that they should be studied as such. As social artifacts, contracts possess both technical and symbolic properties, and the sociolegal study of contract-as-artifact can profitably apply prevailing social scientific theories of technology and symbolism to understand both: (1) the microdynamics of why and how transacting parties craft individual contract devices, and (2) the macrodynamics of why and how larger social systems generate and sustain distinctive contract regimes. Seen in this light, the microdynamics of contract implicate ‘‘technical’’ theories of transaction cost engineering and private lawmaking, and ‘‘symbolic’’ theories of ceremony and gesture. In a parallel fashion, the macrodynamics of contract implicate ‘‘technical’’ theories of innovation diffusion, path dependence, and technology cycles, and ‘‘symbolic’’ theories of ideology, legitimacy, and communication. Together, these micro and macro explorations suggest that contract artifacts may best be understood as scripts and signalsFcollections of symbols designed to field technically efficacious practical action when interpreted by culture-bearing social actors within the context of preexisting vocabularies and conventions