Naval Strategy in the 20th Century

In this lecture I hope to trace the development of naval strategic thought in the 20th century and the naval policies followed by the major nations during the same period

Contemporary perspectives of the child in action: An investigation into children’s connectedness with, and contribution to, the world around them

Childcare within Australia has undergone significant reform as a result of the implementation of the nationally mandated Belonging, Being and Becoming: The Early Years Learning Framework [EYLF] (Department for Education, Employment and Workplace Relations [DEEWR]. 2009. Belonging, Being and Becoming. The Early Years Learning Framework for Australia. Canberra: Australian Government Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations). The EYLF articulates contemporary perspectives of the child through its principles, practices and learning outcomes. Educators are required to promote these principles, practices and learning outcomes with children aged from birth to 5 years. This paper reports the findings from a research project that sought to investigate how educators applied their understanding of learning outcome two of the EYLF (children are connected with and contribute to their world). The focus of this research was educators working with children aged two to three years within childcare centres operating on school sites, in metropolitan Western Australian. The research design was qualitative and situated within the interpretivist paradigm. Observations were used as the method for gathering data and these were analysed through a process of coding. This paper presents the observational findings of educators’ practices within learning outcome two. Composite vignettes from the voice of the child are included to present the observational findings. In centralising the voice of the child, contemporary perspectives are made explicit

Fruits of the Attorney-Client Privilege: Incriminating Evidence and Conflicting Duties

One of the most fundamental ethical duties of an attorney is that of maintaining secrecy concerning the confidences of his client. This duty of non-disclosure has been embodied in two of the Canons of Professional Ethics and has been recommended by the American Bar Association as one of the specifically ennumerated duties to be incorporated into the Oath of Admission to practice in all states and territories. In theory, the highly personal relationship between a lawyer and his client is, in many respects, like that of a confessor and his penitent, bound by the bond of silence. In practice, it is an undefined duty which causes many members of the legal profession untold mental anguish by reason of conflicting and overlapping duties. If the lawyer is faced with a close ethical question and resolves it in favor of his client, he quite often still feels that somehow he has violated a duty owed to the court or profession. This most often occurs where the lawyer feels bound to non-disclosure by reason of the attorney-client privilege but bothered by disclosure as possibly demanded in the duty of candor and fairness owed to the court and profession

Malpractice Immunity for the Physician: Unconstitutional, Unfair and Unnecessary Legislation

In August of 1963, the Pennsylvania General Assembly enacted a law which purports to abolish a right of action for the negligence of a physician. The act exempts physicians from civil liability for malpractice arising from negligent treatment or care rendered at the scene of an accident or emergency. Gross negligence and acts or omissions intentionally designed to harm are specifically excluded from this otherwise blanket immunity. There is no liability for negligence. Prior to this enactment, the physician would have been treated the same as any other Good Samaritan. This law purports to accord him an immunity which this author believes to be unconstitutional, unfair and unnecessary

Current Concepts and Philosophy of Warfare

This morning I\u27m supposed to talk about current concepts and philosophy of warfare, and I want to begin by observing that it\u27s more appropriate for me to be talking on today\u27s topic than it was to be speaking on that of yesterday

Voices in the Hill: Stories of Trauma and Inspiration

Narrative interviews documenting individual and community trauma in the Hill District of Pittsburgh emerged from a capstone undergraduate community engagement psychology course that was a joint project between Duquesne University and FOCUS Pittsburgh. The interview project, which we gave the name Voices in the Hill, sought life stories and existential meaning-making of people involved with the Hill District of Pittsburgh, a formerly flourishing African-American community now mired in poverty due to a juncture of sociological, historical, and political forces. Themes that emerged from the interviews included abuse, mental health issues, and failures of the larger society. With the facilitation of FOCUS Pittsburgh, we discuss how these traumatized people created existential meaning and empowerment in their lives. We explore how their individual stories emerged from larger societal processes such as racism, discrimination, and loss of community, as well as other impacts of “root shock.” We also share the moving impact of the work on students