Mistakenly, a curfewed school is regarded as the best educational institution that churns out "disciplined" students. A principal who comports himself as a dictatorial administrator and a teacher who ...

A major factor in the nation’s current constitutional crisis is getting only minor attention. Presently some of the most significant legal questions of our time are depending solely on temporary ...

What was Zombie Formalism? If you’re not an avid follower of art-world trends, you may have no idea. Don’t worry: From an aesthetic standpoint, you didn’t miss much. In an economic sense, though, ...

Legal formalism proclaims that cases can be resolved through the logical application of abstract rules or doctrines. Courts supposedly apply formal rules in an apolitical or neutral fashion. The ...

The December 10 “Zombie Formalism” panel at SVA featuring, from left: Amy Wilson, Walter Robinson, Todd Levin, and Ryan Steadman (all images courtesy Amy Wilson/SVA) Since the artist and critic Walter ...

The problem of “formalism” (形式主义) in the Chinese bureaucracy is certainly in the mind of Xi Jinping. The July 30, 2024 Politburo meeting, the first meeting after the Third Plenum, discussed ...

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