... university. © 2009 Duke University Press 2009 Jeffrey T. Nealon The Economics of Academic Freedom, or Plato’s P & T Committee ​I want to talk about academic freedom in today’s corporate university by taking a long detour, spe...

...Arthur M. Sampley Frost Centennial Essays . Compiled by the Committee on the Frost Centennial of the University of Southern Mississippi . Jackson : University Press of Mississippi . Pp. xii , 610 . $17.50 . Copyright © 1976 by Duke University Press 1976 Book Reviews 139 twentieth...

...Richard H. Leach The Senate Committee on Foreign Relations . By Farnsworth David N. . Urbana : The University of Illinois Press , 1961 . Pp. vi , 189 . $3.00 paper, $4.00 cloth. Copyright © 1962 by Duke University Press 1962 566 The South Atlantic Quarterly from...

...Harold T. Parker What Is History? By Carr Edward Hallett . New York : Alfred A. Knopf , 1962 . Pp. 209 . $3.50 . Generalization in the Writing of History: A Report of the Committee on Historical Analysis of the Social Science Research Council . Ed. by Gottschalk Louis...

...John R. Alden The Committees of Safety of Westmoreland and Fincastle: Proceedings of the County Committees 1774-1776 . Edited by Harwell Richard Barksdale . Richmond : Virginia State Library Publications, No. 1 , 1956 . Pp. 127 . Copyright © 1957 by Duke University Press 1957...

...Mikkel Bolt Rasmussen The aim of this article is to juxtapose the notion of refusal in Maurice Blanchot, Herbert Marcuse, and the Invisible Committee. The article opens by considering Blanchot's 1958 notion of a radical refusal and then turns to Marcuse's idea of a “great refusal” against one...

... of the social is accepted has to be defended against the “new antidemocrats” (such as Slavoj Žižek, Alain Badiou, or the Invisible Committee). For this reason, a democratic notion of solidarity is proposed that is based on the never-ending play between politics and the political. Second, a notion of “minimal...

... under influences other than the pop­ ular will, especially in the determination of issues over which the public has not been particularly aroused. Most legislative work and determinations on Capitol Hill are performed in standing committees. The Congressional committee system is unique so far...

... are powers to be reckoned with. An in­ teresting precedent for such organizations was that which exercised supreme police powers during the so-called Reign of Terror in the French Revolution, the Committee of General Security. One seeking the headquarters of this formidable institution in 1793 would have...

... 5, 1937, were much like the ac­ tivities of all recent sessions. The House was in session 154 days, during which time 9,200 bills and resolutions were introduced, and the standing committees made 1,640 reports on bills and resolutions back to the House. The House itself approved over 1,200 bills...

..., however, before the administration made known its opposition; the bill was never considered; nevertheless, some concession was given to the sponsors of the bill in the Steagall Banking Act. The Banking and Currency Committee was hostile to the housing bill. Heedless of the will of the President, the Com­...

... of a combination of reasons will not be discussed here. This article con­ cerns itself with a very general review of legislation enacted over which little or no difference of opinion between the two chambers was expressed; the bills enacted over which there was considerable controversy in conference committees...

..., the work in the Senate and House Chambers, as con­ trasted to committee activities and the efforts of individuals outside of the deliberative orbit, was rather insignificant as compared to the total work of Congress. The Senate committees made 925 reports on legislation, and the House committees made 1,191...

... to Congress by the Secretary of the Treasury just as they come to him with­ out co-ordination or criticism. The Speaker of the House per­ The Coming of the Budget Sytem 311 functorily divides them up and assigns them to the several committees that draw up the appropriation bills. But these committees do...

... Investigation (the famous Nye committee) its first detailed study. The usually accepted view of the inquiry is that the committee set out to demonstrate the validity of the merchants of death theory with particular emphasis on American participation in the First World War, and that the committee, by sue- Book...

...Earl R. Sikes Copyright © 1927 by Duke University Press 1927 The South Atlantic Quarterly GOVERNMENTAL REGULATION OF CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS AND EXPENDITURES EARL R. SIKES Dartmouth College THE REPORT of the Reed Committee of the United States Senate showing the tremendous expenditure of money...

... currently in existence manifest extensive governmental contacts between these two North American partners. There are joint commissions, which contribute significantly to the conservation and development of shared resources, and joint committees, which facilitate bilateral co-operation in economics...

... for a committee of five persons to be chosen in each county to see that the resolves of the convention be properly carried out. In pursuance of the recommendation contained in the last clause, county committees, or as they were familiarly known Committees of Safety, were organized throughout the province. In some...

... legislative days. At this time it approved 887 bills, and 860 bills were presented to the President of the United States for his signature. The House acted on twenty special rules sub­ mitted by the Rules Committee granting the right-of-way to the consideration of certain business. Fifteen motions were filed...

... were public. The House and Senate were in session 210 and 167 days, respectively, drawn out over a period of 365 days. The number of bills and reso­ lutions introduced in the former body totaled 7,016 and 2,519 in the latter. The Senate committees reported on 931 legislative matters and passed 886...