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...case, Roper v. Simmons, the justices decided that the execution of juveniles violates the Eighth Amendment, relying in part on foreign law to justify their decision. Vicki C. Jackson of Georgetown University and Ernest A Young of the University of Texas also participated in the panel. Philip C. Bobbitt, also from the University of Texas, served as the moderator of the forum, which attracted about 250 students, forcing several dozen to stand. The forum is timed to coincide with the first publication of the HLR for the year, which traditionally covers the Supreme Court’s previous term. Posner...
...Bobbitts Before their little spat made headlines, John and Lorena Bobbitt were just another unglamorous couple with a lot to work out. But on a June night -- after, Lorena later claimed, John had raped her -- she cut off his penis. The organ was surgically reattached, and all's well that ends in media bewitchment: John, acquitted of the rape, appears as a jovial guest on the Howard Stern Show, while Lorena, whose case is still pending, has become something of a feminist folk hero...
...that’s exactly what will happen in a few years, when all of Dartboard’s hyphenated contemporaries decide to settle down to enjoy marital bliss. In just ten years, kindergartens may be overrun with little Joey Hertzl-Bunzl-Hepler-Smiths and Mary Eagle-Lee-Bobbitt-Okionobes. There will be no more naptime, because roll call will take the entire...
...Philip Bobbitt's "Get Ready for the Next Long War" [ESSAY, Sept. 9] drew an interesting image of the forthcoming "market states," in which important responsibilities will shift from government to the private sector and multinational corporations will become surrogate agents of the government. Bobbitt politely chose not to mention what these market states will not be: democracies. They will be corporate dictatorships not controlled by any parliament, constitution or responsibility before God. They will have only one sovereign--money. Let's not underestimate the threat these market states pose. JUERGEN WEBER Schwabisch Hall, Germany...
...Philip Bobbitt is the author of The Shield of Achilles: War, Peace and the Course of History