I am called a retail anthropologist, which makes me uncomfortable, especially around my colleagues in academia who have many more degrees than I do. For whatever combination of reasons, I’ve spent my adult life studying people while they shop. I watch how they move through stores and other commercial environments—restaurants, banks, fastfood joints, movie theaters, car dealerships, post offices, concert halls, malls.
International law may be a good idea, but it has its limits.
Transhumanists believe that someday we‘ll be full-fledged adult posthumans, with physical and intellectual powers of which we can now only dream. But will progress really make perfect?
The world needs international law. But does the United States?
"International law is a threat to democracy and to the hopes of democratic politics all over the world," writes law professor Jed Rubenfeld. Here, his provocative, timely thesis.
Environmentalists are looking beyond international accords to achieve their goals.
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When British prime minister Tony Blair took office, he was committed to forging a new European identity for Britain. That great goal is still out of reach, and Blair’s support for the United States in the Iraq War may have lost him the public confidence he needs to attain it.
Farmers today face critical choices about how they will farm--and their decisions affect not only how much they grow but where they can sell their produce.