Theorizing the Law/Politics Distinction: Neutral Principles, Affirmative Action, and the Enduring Insight of Paul Mishkin

Early in his career Mishkin saw that the law could be apprehended from two distinct and in part incompatible perspectives: from the internal perspective of a faithful practitioner and from the external perspective of the general public. If the social legitimacy of the law as a public institution resides in the latter, the legal legitimacy of the law as a principled unfolding of professional reason inheres in the former. Mishkin came to believe that although the law required both forms of legitimacy, there was nevertheless serious tension between them, and he dedicated his scholarly career to attempting to theorize this persistent but necessary tension, which he conceived almost as a form of antinomy. In this article we pay tribute to Mishkin\u27s quest for understanding. We argue that the tension identified by Mishkin is significant and unavoidable, but that it is also exaggerated because it presupposes an unduly stringent separation between professional reason and popular values. In our view the law/politics distinction is both real and suffused throughout with ambiguity and uncertainty. The existence of the law/politics distinction creates the possibility of the rule of law, but the ragged and blurred boundaries of that distinction vivify the law by infusing it with the commitments and ideals of those whom the law purports to govern

Infinite families of superintegrable systems separable in subgroup coordinates

A method is presented that makes it possible to embed a subgroup separable superintegrable system into an infinite family of systems that are integrable and exactly-solvable. It is shown that in two dimensional Euclidean or pseudo-Euclidean spaces the method also preserves superintegrability. Two infinite families of classical and quantum superintegrable systems are obtained in two-dimensional pseudo-Euclidean space whose classical trajectories and quantum eigenfunctions are investigated. In particular, the wave-functions are expressed in terms of Laguerre and generalized Bessel polynomials.Comment: 19 pages, 6 figure

Adaptive Value: Design for Changing Economies

The intent of this thesis is to better understand how architects can increase the value of under utilized sites amidst changing economies. Initial explorations of material reuse, reconstruction, deconstruction, and adaptive reuse have culminated in a better understanding of the value of architecture. Inherent to any building design is the initial program for its construction. These programs help define the building and set up parameters upon which architects base their designs. The problem that often arises is that nothing happens to these spaces once the programs have changed. This thesis looks to examine how an adaptive reconstruction process can take an abandoned building and through a series of alterations over a period of time, change the building to adapt to a radically different program. This strategy begins to address principles of adaptive reuse, life cycle building, sustainability, material waste, deconstruction, and building construction techniques. The first stage of the project recognizes that the existing Lincoln Steel site is in a light industrial area near downtown Lincoln. It also became apparent in the studying of this site that there was a large amount of vacant properties in close proximity to the site. What used to be a historically strong auto retail location has now become a series of vacant used car dealers and construction industry tenants. This relatively large quantity of vacant properties will help support a new program of an Eco-stores architectural salvage. As the site changes over time it is important to understand how this specific building changes with it. Speculating that the continued decline of the surrounding context leads to an increasing number of vacant properties, the site can adapt to this new resource by capitalizing on its proximity and thus, an Urban farm is developed. This change is facilitated through a common core of program that remains throughout the buildings life cycle. This common core become crucial to the future value of the building. Containing the critical element of many building typologies, this core helps facilitate the adaptive value process. As the value of the site begins to change again, this project again forecasts a dramatic change in the context. Looking much further into the future, it is again speculated that as a new community begins to develop around this site, a potential community center develops. Again, this site can change to adapt to the new program with little trouble. This process is then repeated as the building needs of the site change over time. As the downtown grows and economy changes, different programs will find the site attractive and through this process of creating value through adaptation, the long term value of the building increases as well. Over the long term development of this site, different architectural solutions can be used to help increase its value, thus increasing the role of architectural design in the construction process

The Homemaker is Yours

Home economics students as a group are unaware of many of the services and activities of the Homemaker. 1962 is a big year for your magazine! This is the 40th Anniversary year of its publication