Copyright (c) 2008 All rights reserved. http://works.bepress.com/shulamit_almog Recent documents in Shulamit Almog Dr. en-us Thu, 03 Jan 2008 17:29:31 PST 3600 http://works.bepress.com/shulamit_almog/7 http://works.bepress.com/shulamit_almog/7 Mon, 21 May 2007 07:45:54 PDT On 12 September 1996, the Supreme Court of Israel delivered judgment in the Further hearing of the petition filed by Ruthi Nachmani against her husband Daniel Nachmani. The Nachmani judgment furnished a remarkable example of the subjectivity which underlies the perception of justice. This essay provides a fascinating record of how judges approaching the same issues from different perspectives, reach opposite legal conclusions. Shulamit Almog http://works.bepress.com/shulamit_almog/6 http://works.bepress.com/shulamit_almog/6 Wed, 02 May 2007 04:18:09 PDT The use of narrative in law and its legal relevance has many diverse aspects. The relationship between law and narrative is a multifaceted one, and not easily defined or even admitted. This kind of relationship is enhanced when looking at judicial writing. There is a gap between the function of the judicial text as a public normative act and its private dimension, which is expressed in a catalogue of personal creative choices. The continuous tension creates a number of complex questions, pertaining to the ethics and the desirable modes of judicial narrative, which are dealt with in the article. Shulamit Almog http://works.bepress.com/shulamit_almog/5 http://works.bepress.com/shulamit_almog/5 Wed, 02 May 2007 03:56:14 PDT The Internet represents some essential and far-advanced cultural shifts, as well as transformations in some of our social and cultural practices. Such transformations inevitably influence many institutions. This essay attempts to suggest that one aspect of the Internet experience or the Internet culture is relevant to our narrative competence, cognizance, and ability to become storytellers and story listeners. The Internet initiates and continuously induces important shifts in our storytelling practices and narrative cognizance. These shifts carry significant implications in the domain of law. They influence the way we practice law and the way we perceive it. They affect our comprehension of law and the range of anticipations, hopes, and emotions related to it. Shulamit Almog http://works.bepress.com/shulamit_almog/4 http://works.bepress.com/shulamit_almog/4 Sat, 31 Mar 2007 06:24:54 PDT The article describes how of traditional legal representations may dramatically alter by the shift to digital technology. The article deals with this change by offering vocabulary and modes of thought to help evaluate the digital condition's impact on the creation of legal representations. The core contention is that digital times require epistemological changes that influence the efficacy of traditional legal poetics. Specifically, the digital condition pulls in two directions by modifying the fashioning of legal representations, yet preserving the established poetic apparatus based on traditional poetic tools. Shulamit Almog http://works.bepress.com/shulamit_almog/3 http://works.bepress.com/shulamit_almog/3 Wed, 31 Jan 2007 07:07:38 PST In the following essay, Almog draws linguistic comparisons between a story by Agnon and the transcript of an actual legal case in modern-day Israel, concluding that the literary text reveals more of the true nature of human conflict. Shulamit Almog http://works.bepress.com/shulamit_almog/2 http://works.bepress.com/shulamit_almog/2 Wed, 31 Jan 2007 06:55:28 PST A common contention among proponents of American ratification of the international Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) is that the ratification is necessary in order to protect children from paternal and governmental oppression. The opponents of ratification typically contend that it will lead toward a breach of US sovereignty while harming both family values and interests of children. The authors argue that the impact of CRC ratification upon American law will probably be much less radical than both antagonists and protagonists presume. The moderate and temperate approach of the Convention replicates the similar ambiguity and ambivalence that characterize the domain of children rights under current American law. The fact that a few of the CRC articles stand contrary to American laws should not prevent its ratification by the United States. Yet, the Article maintain that even though the CRC is not anticipated to have a significant effect on internal American law, the American refraining from ratification of the Convention may carry undesirable consequences concerning the rights of children in the global context. Shulamit Almog http://works.bepress.com/shulamit_almog/1 http://works.bepress.com/shulamit_almog/1 Wed, 31 Jan 2007 06:16:30 PST The paper deals with with one possible Utopian model, according to which law is an important part of the speculative Utopian Myth. This model is illustrated by using two narratives, created centuries apart. Both stories, from Hebrew sources, refer, in some detail to imaginary societies. Both suggest unseverable links between Utopia and law. They carry relevance not only to general perceptions of law as a cultural phenomenon, but also to sub-issues within the legal sphere, such as sources of legal authority and adjudication. Shulamit Almog