Lawyers are not algorithms: sustainability, corruption, and the role of the lawyer in institutional frameworks and corporate transactions

Legal Ethics ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 1-20
Author(s):  
Larry Catá Backer
Author(s):  
Catalina Cortes Severino

RESUMENLa relación entre memoria y democracia, promovida en las últimas décadas por algunos Estados, se basa en las ideas de “justicia”, “reconciliación” y “reparación” dentro de marcos planteados institucionalmente que buscan el consenso, la “normalización” y el “cierre” de la crisis que se ha vivido. Me interesa en particular acercarme desde una perspectiva crítica –a través de la función de las imágenes en la creación de sentido y producción de conocimiento– a este momento transicional para explorar los huecos, los residuos y las fallas del discurso de normalización social y política que lo componen.PALABRAS CLAVES Imagen-tiempo, memoria, violencia, procesos transicionales, políticas del tiempo y de lo visual.KAWAIKUNA MASKASPA SUGNEGTA KAUSAIMANDA SUGLLAPI Kai iskai kawachikuna llullai; kausai rurankuna kai watakunapi maikakuna Kawaspa imam rurangapkunkuna “ Allilla Kuusangapa tukuikuna” kunauramanda Tukuikunawa chasa ruranakuni kai rijú kawariska tukurrengapa. Nuka munare iachanga imasa cunawarra rurangapa kankuna, Kawangapa Atun llike, man ministikakunata sitaska imasam parlangapakankuna Tukui kunata.IMA SUTI RIMAI SIMI: Kawai- kaugsai- llullai- jiru kausai- kunaurra- tukui kawankuna.IMAGES IN THE SEARCH OF OTHER MEANINGS OF PRESENT HISTORY ABSTRACT The relationship between memory and democracy, promoted in recent decades by some governments, is based on the ideas of “justice”, “reconciliation” and “repair” within institutional frameworks that seek consensus, “normalization” and a “closure” for the crisis that has occurred. I am particularly concerned with approaching from a critical perspective –through the role of images in the creation of meaning and production of knowledge– this transitional moment, in order to explore the gaps, residues and failures in the discourse of social and political normalization that composes it.KEYWORDS Image-time, memory, violence, transitional processes, policies of time and the visual. t “Paisajes Afrocaucanos: la caña de azúcar, la finca tradicional y los afectos alimenticios”. Proyecto Imperativos Verdes Campesinos 2014 - 2015, CEEP - Centro de Estudios en Ecología Política. Fotografía: Camila CamachoIMAGES DANS LA RECHERCHE D’UN AUTRE SENS DE L’HISTOIRE DU PRÉSENT RÉSUMÉ La relation entre la mémoire et la démocratie, promue au cours des dernières décennies par certains états, est basée sur les idées de la «justice», la «réconciliation» et la «réparation» dans des cadres institutionnels qui recherchent le consensus, la «normalisation» et la « fin » de la crise qui a eu lieu. Je suis particulièrement intéressé par une approche à partir d’un point de vue critique –grâce à la fonction des images dans la création de sens et la production de connaissances– de cette période de transition pour explorer les interstices, les déchets et les échecs du discours social de la normalisation politique qui s’y trouve.MOTS CLÉS Image-temps, mémoire, violence, processus de transition, politiques du temps et du visuel.IMAGENS NA BUSCA DE OUTROS SENTIDOS DA HISTÓRIA DO PRESENTE RESUMO A relação entre memória e democracia, promovida nas últimas décadas por alguns Estados, se baseia nas idéias de “justicia”, (justiça), “reconciliación” (reconciliação) e “reparación” (reparação) dentro dos marcos planejados institucionalmente que procuram o consenso, a “normalización” (normalização) e o “cierre” (Fecho) da crise que se tem vivido. Interessa em particular aproximar-me a través da função das imagens na criação do sentido e produção de conhecimento a este momento transacional para pesquisar os buracos, os resíduos, e as falhas do discurso da normalização social e política que a compõem.PALAVRAS CHAVES Imagem-tempo, memória, violência, processos transacionais, políticas do tempo e do visual.


2019 ◽  
pp. 233-255
Author(s):  
Neil Brenner

Theories of the urban growth machine have long been a central analytical tool for contemporary research on urban governance. But in what sense are growth machines, in fact, “urban”? To what degree must “the city” serve as the spatial locus for growth machine strategies? To address such questions, this chapter critically evaluates the influential work of urban sociologists John Logan and Harvey Molotch on US growth machine dynamics. In contrast to an influential line of critique that reproaches these authors for their putative methodological localism, it is argued that their framework is, in fact, explicitly attuned to the role of interscalar politico-institutional relays in the construction of urban growth machines. These considerations lead to a dynamically multiscalar reading of the national institutional frameworks that have facilitated the formation of growth machines at the urban scale during the course of US territorial development. This analysis has broad methodological implications for the comparative-historical investigation of urban governance.


Transilvania ◽  
2020 ◽  
pp. 71-76
Author(s):  
Roxana Dumitrache

Within the feminist epistemological space, the category “Romanian feminism” contains a series of relevant features that individualize it to the point of its dissociation from Eastern European feminism. On the one hand, it is impossible to analyze Romanian intellectual feminism without an attempt to locate it within European feminism or, more particularly, within Eastern European feminism. On the other hand, any mapping of Romanian feminism is partial if it does not include the fundamental role of the institutional frameworks in which Romanian feminism was structured and where it was, in some cases, crystallized in political agenda or civic movement. The dynamics itself of the Romanian feminism goes beyond intellectual production, the creation of institutions and their acclimatization in a state that has started its transition to a democratic regime to a whole modus operandi of people who intellectually and professionally linked their destiny to feminism.


2013 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 115-146
Author(s):  
E. Eugene Clark

This article surveys future trends impacting corporate governance research and practice. These trends, which will impact all countries, but to varying degrees, include a movement towards unifying the diverse theories, models and language deployed in corporate governance research so that we can have a sounder epistemological base from which to advance our knowledge. Also discussed are the impact of technology on corporate governance research; the move to more inclusive and interdisciplinary models; a greater emphasis on Asian models of corporate governance; the impact of soft law; continued emphasis on the role of corporate governance in achieving sustainable growth and development; corporate governance within the context of new forms of capitalism and new institutional frameworks; a greater focus on comparative law and transnational models; and finally, an increased demand for evidence- based outcomes.


2017 ◽  
Vol 59 (2) ◽  
pp. 170-191 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christian Lyhne Ibsen ◽  
Maite Tapia

In this article, we review and assess research on the role of trade unions in labour markets and society, the current decline of unions and union revitalisation. The review shows three main trends. First, trade unions are converging into similar strategies of revitalisation. The ‘organising model’ has spread far beyond the Anglo-Saxon countries and is now commonplace for unions as a way to reach new worker constituencies. Thus, even in ‘institutionally secure’ countries like Germany and the Nordic countries, unions are employing organising strategies while at the same time trying to defend their traditional strongholds of collective bargaining and corporatist policy-making. Second, research has shown that used strategies are not a panacea for success for unions in countries that spearheaded revitalisation. This finding points to the importance of supportive institutional frameworks if unions are to regain power. Third, especially in Anglo-Saxon countries, unions are building external coalitions with other social movements, including across borders, to compensate for the loss of power resources that were tied to national collective bargaining and policy-making. Research has shown that unions, even in adverse institutional contexts, can be effective when they reinvent their repertoires of contention, through political action or campaigning along global value chains.


2020 ◽  
Vol 42 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Koliswa M. Matebese-Notshulwana ◽  
Teboho J. Lebakeng

The demise of colonial-apartheid created a heightened sense of euphoria that was accompanied by great expectations in South Africa. Inevitably, the broad spectrum of South Africans expected the new dispensation to birth a fertile social, political and economic ground for national unity and reconciliation and social cohesion through a just and equitable democratic society. In thisregard, various institutional frameworks were transformed to be in sync with the new requirements placed on a democratising society. Historically, racial social engineering had profoundly fractured the South African society and made it difficult for society to cohere. Among these transformed institutional frameworks was the legislature, which is one of three arms of government that works in conjunction with the executive and judicial branches. At the core of the legislative branch is legislation (creating or amending new laws), oversight (control over the executive and custodian of natural resources) and deliberation (representative between the people and government). In this article, we contend that given the centrality of the legislature in driving the direction of the country, this institution has betrayed the hopes, aspirations and sensibilities of South Africans by being ineffective and irresponsible in its functions. Methodologically, the paper uses desktop research, and draws from primary and secondary documentary evidence. Structurally, it covers the following: the role of the legislature during colonialapartheid; the new dispensation and the new role of the legislature; and the challenges faced by the legislature under new determinant conditions. The article reaches the conclusion that the failure of South Africa to transform into a just and cohesive non-racial, non-sexist society is, to a great extent, a function of the dismal performance of the legislature. Therefore, pursuant on the re-imagination of South Africa from its colonial-apartheid past, the legislature will have to perform its roles and functions effectively and take its responsibilities seriously in order to ensure social cohesion through inclusive development.


2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (8) ◽  
pp. 501-508
Author(s):  
Rahmah Ismail ◽  
Zeti Zuryani Mohd Zakuan ◽  
Sakina Shaik Ahmad Yusoff ◽  
Suzanna Mohamed Isa ◽  
Nazura Abdul Manap

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