Word: hoc
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Rosovsky outlines the goal of the ad hoc stagein his book, writing that the body is convened "togive the president the most neutral advicepossible, unaffected by local friendships orprejudices...
...hoc committee does not have a monopolyon influencing the ultimate decision-maker,Rudenstine. Specifically, Mansfield said, "thosein the chain of command" are in a position toaffect the president's tenure verdicts...
Thompson insisted, however, that his role indeliberations over granting Berkowitz tenure didnot extend beyond the government department. Hedid not appear before the ad hoc committee, as hewas out of town...
...according to Rosovsky, every tenuredFaculty member in the department of a candidatefor tenure is obliged to send a confidentialletter to the ad hoc committee explaining his orher vote at the departmental level...
Where is justice? The answer, one that Americans instinctively resist, is that there is no justice. The international arena is a Hobbesian state of nature, a world of ad hoc rulemaking where anarchy is tempered only by the rule of the bully. It must be so. In any social system--whether of individuals or nation-states--where there is no enforcer, there can be no real...