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14 Mar 2024, 5:50 am by Harold Hongju Koh
That war pits the idea of Kantian global governance – that the law of nations, as Immanuel Kant said, shall be founded on a federation of free States sharing democratic values – against George Orwell’s dystopian vision of global spheres of influence in 1984. [read post]
15 May 2012, 3:00 am by Terry Hart
History is fascinating, but I’m not a historian. [read post]
28 Jan 2011, 10:33 am by Adam Thierer
Several developments have converged to push the monitoring of human activity far beyond what George Orwell imagined. [read post]
29 Jun 2010, 6:30 am by dnt.atheniense@gmail.com
Aproveitando-se do avanço tecnológico, inclusive como aliado de combate ao crime, o governo brasileiro está prestes a implantar o Registro de Identidade Civil, que tem o objetivo de unificar o RG, o CPF e o título de eleitor. [read post]
28 Jul 2022, 5:16 am by JD Hull
>> > >> > Query: Are you or any of your colleagues familiar with--or have you >> > read--George Orwell's (1903-1950) novel *Nineteen Eighty-Four? [read post]
8 Dec 2020, 4:06 am by rainey Reitman
Show and HBO Go Can Teach Us About the Important of Digital Ownership (Public Knowledge) Abuses and Failures of Digital Rights Management (DRM) and End User Licensing Agreements (EULAs) EFF’s DRM Issues Page DRM Puts the Brakes on Innovation (EFF) Orwell in 2009: Dystopian Rights Management (EFF) DRM’s Dead Canary: How We Just Lost the Web, What We Learned from It, and What We Need to Do Next (EFF) One Weird Trick to Improve Copyright: Fix EULAs (EFF) Sorry iPhone Users:… [read post]
18 Jul 2010, 6:14 pm by Transplanted Lawyer
  Hedges’ unarticulated premise is that he is speaking clearly and directly about culture, government, and economics in fulfillment of the imperatives set out in George Orwell’s Politics and the English Language. [read post]
7 Oct 2010, 1:53 pm by Stephen Page
For the purposes of this example I will assume that the husband worked in the type of mine, and was at the coalface doing the type of work, described by George Orwell in The Road to Wigan Pier. [read post]
3 Jun 2014, 12:39 pm
It brings to mind George Orwell’s observation, in his enduring essay “Politics and the English Language,” that “[i]n our time, political speech and writing are largely the defense of the indefensible,” and that the word “democracy,” in particular, “has several different meanings which cannot be reconciled with each other” and “is often used in a consciously dishonest way. [read post]
2 Oct 2008, 7:43 pm
As a boy, Strine says, “I loved to read, and before I was 13, I had read virtually everything that George Orwell wrote, including the journalism. [read post]
6 May 2011, 9:35 am by royblack
Last week I discussed how documentaries teach us to use different types of media to keep the jury’s attention. [read post]
6 May 2011, 9:35 am by royblack
Last week I discussed how documentaries teach us to use different types of media to keep the jury’s attention. [read post]