Thesis (doctoral)--Université de Paris. / Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Thesis (doctoral)--Université de Paris. / Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Missouri-Columbia, 2005. / The entire dissertation/thesis text is included in the research.pdf file; the official abstract appears in the short.pdf file (which also appears in the research.pdf); a non-technical general description, or public abstract, appears in the public.pdf file. Title from title screen of research.pdf file viewed on (May 25, 2006) Vita. Includes bibliographical references.

Considered as a whole, the seven novels written by Frank Norris contain enough of naturalism to justify classifying him as a naturalist. His failure to fully comprehend the implications of the naturalistic philosophy results in both strengths and weaknesses. He fails in The Octopus to maintain the objective point of view that the naturalists set for themselves, and a looseness of conception and a diffuseness of effect result. By allowing the ranchers freedom of choice in the matter of the means to be employed against the railroad, he achieves something very close to tragedy. Vandover, too, has a choice, and the novel suffers as a study in determinism, but Vandover becomes a more interesting character than he would have been without will.

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Thesis (Ph. D.)--Open University. BLDSC no. DXN058049.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Louisville, 2009. / Department of Teaching and Learning. Vita. "August 2009." Includes bibliographical references (leaves 304-320).

This study considers how environmental concerns helped shape Melbourne's public parkland in the period 1850-1920, when Melbourne's first parks were developed and during which ecology began to replace natural history as the determinant of environmental thought. Theories propounded by such figures as Alexander von Humboldt and George Perkins Marsh profoundly influenced land management around the world during this period, and by relating specific parkland developments to professional and popular ideas about the environment the study aims to place the parkland in an international context. Previous research has given little thought to the effect of environmental thought on Melbourne's parks, except for Ferdinand von Mueller's development of the Melbourne Botanic Garden where the influence is evident. Such influence has not been considered in Clement Hodgkinson's contemporaneous development of the city's other parks and gardens even though, like Mueller, Hodgkinson was closely involved with environmental issues of the day. The Field Naturalists Club of Victoria, of which Mueller was a member, has long been credited with influencing Wattle Park's development early in the 20th century, although there is little critical analysis of the extent to which it was able to bring popular concerns about the environment to bear on park design. The relationship between Mueller's environmental views and actions and his development of the Botanic Garden is discussed first. Connections are then made between Hodgkinson's early experiences as a surveyor, his later work as Victoria's foremost land manager, his association with Mueller, and his design of Melbourne's first parks and gardens. Finally, the FNCV's involvement in park development is examined while exploring the changing nature of environmental thought. Clearly, environmental thought did influence the development of some parkland, but only those reserves administered by Mueller and Hodgkinson and only while the two men remained in control. The success of the FNCV in influencing the future direction of any Melbourne park or garden is not so easily discernible, with little evidence that the Club played an important role in Wattle Park's development.

Title from first page of PDF document. Includes bibliographical references (p. 43-45).

Le droit des personnes et de la famille est le théâtre régulier de discussions passionnées sur le rôle des juristes. Authentiques « cas pratiques de philosophie du droit », la réparation du préjudice de naissance handicapée, l’ouverture du mariage aux personnes de même sexe, ou encore la réception de la gestation pour autrui réalisée à l’étranger, ont été pour eux l’occasion de prendre position, dans des directions radicalement opposées, sur la place du droit et la fonction du juriste dans la société. Classique, cette question épistémologique a été substantiellement renouvelée par les évolutions politiques et juridiques contemporaines. L’étude se propose d’apporter un double regard, critique et constructif, à cette discussion.Si les doctrines philosophiques ou sociologiques contestant ou minimisant la juridicité des règles régissant la vie personnelle ou familiale doivent être écartées, on ne peut manquer d’observer les spécificités du droit des personnes et de la famille. À cet égard, l’ancestrale querelle des jusnaturalistes et des positivistes, régulièrement convoquée pour rendre compte des débats contemporains, peine à rendre compte de la réalité du rôle du juriste dans cette matière. Cette insuffisance invite à porter un nouveau regard sur le rôle occulté du juriste en droit des personnes et de la famille : celui de l’intellectuel engagé. Cette posture, utile, que le juriste ne devrait pas craindre, n’est pas sans conséquence sur ses devoirs ou sa formation. Elle permet également d’envisager sous un nouveau jour les frontières du droit, de la morale et du politique, le droit ou le juste apparaissant comme le trait d’union, le médiateur, entre l’éthique et la politique, entre le bon et l’utile. / Law of Persons and Family generates passionate discussions on the role of jurist. Compensations for children born handicapped, the opening of marriagetosame-sex couples, or surrogacy carried out abroad, represent authentic “practical cases of philosophy of law” that allow them to take a stand, in opposite directions, on the place of the law and the role of legal professionals in society. This classic epistemological question has been substantially renewed by contemporary political and legal developments. The aim of this study is to provide a critical and constructive perspective to the discussion. Philosophical or sociological doctrines challenging or minimizing the legality of the rules governing personal or family life must be rejected and law of Persons and Family specificities must be considered. In this respect, the ancestral dispute between ‘naturalists’ and ‘positivists’, duly summoned to reflect on contemporary debates, hardly echoes the reality of the role of the lawyer in this matter.This deficiency invites us to take a new look at the hidden role of the jurist in the law of persons and family: the committed intellectual one. The jurist’s useful stand, that he should not fear, has consequences on his training and duties.It also helps to consider in a new light the borders of law, morality and politics, the right or the fair appearing as the hyphen, the mediator, between ethics and politics, and between the good and the useful.