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...cast adrift without any general principles or guidelines. We have also seen how the complexities of the real political world impinge upon political theories, and how those theories in turn can help us to make sense of the world. Debates among theorists about secession may highlight how worried these theorists are about nationalism. There are versions and examples of...

...cast in form of a lawsuit, in which the verdict transmitted by the fetials was meant to decide on the question whether the war could be rightly waged. Whether or not a war should be waged (to enforce a verdict) would then be the matter for a new decision, to be rendered by the king, the senate, or even (in later periods) the entire people. (Reichberg et al., 2006, pp....

...cast a dim light on the legal system of England and Wales and the ability of lawyers and the court to scrutinise expert evidence. From what you have learnt in the course, and given what you know of the Sally Clark case, do you think there are any lessons that could be learnt regarding how lawyers and laypeople could scrutinise expert evidence? Reflect on the Sally Clark...