Lillian R. BeVier

Bio: Lillian R. BeVier is an academic researcher from University of Virginia. The author has contributed to research in topics: Campaign finance & Free Exercise Clause. The author has an hindex of 5, co-authored 18 publications receiving 109 citations. Previous affiliations of Lillian R. BeVier include University of Chicago & Pepperdine University.

Campaign finance reform: specious arguments, intractable dilemmas

Abstract: One question of principle dominates debate about the constitutionality of campaign finance reform. It asks what purposes the First Amendment permits legislatures to pursue when they regulate giving money to and spending money by and on behalf of candidates for elective office. Does the First Amendment permit legislatures to regulate campaign spending on the ground that government regulation of speech actually "promote[s] the purpose of the system of free expression"?1 More fundamentally, is the First Amendment appropriately conceptualized as a source of power to enact legislation that proponents claim will "ensure a well-functioning deliberative process among political equals"?2

Ethical Theory and Business

Abstract: For forty years, successive editions of Ethical Theory and Business have helped to define the field of business ethics. The 10th edition reflects the current, multidisciplinary nature of the field by explicitly embracing a variety of perspectives on business ethics, including philosophy, management, and legal studies. Chapters integrate theoretical readings, case studies, and summaries of key legal cases to guide students to a rich understanding of business ethics, corporate responsibility, and sustainability. The 10th edition has been entirely updated, ensuring that students are exposed to key ethical questions in the current business environment. New chapters cover the ethics of IT, ethical markets, and ethical management and leadership. Coverage includes climate change, sustainability, international business ethics, sexual harassment, diversity, and LGBTQ discrimination. New case studies draw students directly into recent business ethics controversies, such as sexual harassment at Fox News, consumer fraud at Wells Fargo, and business practices at Uber.

An Integrated Approach to Communication Theory and Research

Abstract: Contents: Preface Part I: Studying "Theory" -- Doing "Research" DW Stacks, MB Salwen, Integrating Theory and Research: Starting With Questions SH Chaffee, Thinking About Theory MJ Beatty, Thinking Quantitatively JA Anderson, Thinking Qualitatively: Hermeneutics in Science Part II: Mass Communication Approaches and Concerns BS Greenberg, MB Salwen, Mass Communication Theory and Research: Concepts and Models PJ Shoemaker, Media Gatekeeping M McCombs, T Bell, The Agenda-Setting Role of Mass Communication N Signorielli, M Morgan, Cultivation Analysis: Research and Practice C Gaziano, E Gaziano, Theories and Methods in Knowledge Gap Research Since 1970 JD Rayburn, II, Uses and Gratifications CT Salmon, CJ Glynn, Spiral of Silence: Communication and Public Opinion as Social Control RL Stevenson, International Communication J Bryant, D Zillmann, Violence and Sex in the Media E Thorson, Advertising Part III: Human Communication Approaches and Concerns JC McCroskey, VP Richmond, Human Communication Theory and Research: Traditions and Models WR Fisher, SD O'Leary, The Rhetorician's Quest MD Miller, TR Levine, Persuasion CR Berger, Interpersonal Communication E Nieva, M Hickson, III, Modeling Cultures: Toward Grounded Paradigms T Steinfatt, DM Christophel, Intercultural Communication B Goss, Intrapersonal Communication AS Ebesu, JK Burgoon, Nonverbal Communication R Hirokawa, AJ Salazar, L Erbert, RJ Ice, Small Group Communication BJ Allen, P Tompkins, S Busemeyer, Organizational Communication Part IV: Integrated Approaches to Communication KK Reardon, EG de Pillis, Multichannel Leadership: Revisiting the False Dichotomy EM Rogers, A Sing

A framework for e‐government: privacy implications

Abstract: Purpose – The paper proposes a conceptual framework of the stages of electronic government that describes and integrates the unique relationship between the government and its varied constituents, and identifies and applies the global constraints that affect the implementation of e‐government at each stage.Design/methodology/approach – Building on and expanding stages of e‐government suggested in prior literature, a framework is designed to recognize that the five stages of e‐government will have differing impacts when considering six different categories of constituents. In addition, the framework considers three global constraints superimposed on these stages and relationship; laws and regulations, technical feasibility, and user feasibility. The paper then provides an example of implementation of the framework by exploring the issue of privacy in electronic government.Findings – The relationships mapped the stages of e‐government, affected by global motivators and constraints, are unique and complex. P...

The Authority of Supreme Court Precedent

Abstract: We construct the complete network of 30,288 majority opinions written by the U.S. Supreme Court and the cases they cite from 1754 to 2002 in the United States Reports. Data from this network demonstrates quantitatively the evolution of the norm of stare decisis in the 19th Century and a significant deviation from this norm by the activist Warren court. We further describe a method for creating authority scores using the network data to identify the most important Court precedents. This method yields rankings that conform closely to evaluations by legal experts, and even predicts which cases they will identify as important in the future. An analysis of these scores over time allows us to test several hypotheses about the rise and fall of precedent. We show that reversed cases tend to be much more important than other decisions, and the cases that overrule them quickly become and remain even more important as the reversed decisions decline. We also show that the Court is careful to ground overruling decisions in past precedent, and the care it exercises is increasing in the importance of the decision that is overruled. Finally, authority scores corroborate qualitative assessments of which issues and cases the Court prioritizes and how these change over time.

Balancing Constitutional Rights: The Origins and Meanings of Postwar Legal Discourse

Abstract: The language of balancing is pervasive in constitutional rights jurisprudence around the world. In this book, Jacco Bomhoff offers a comparative and historical account of the origins and meanings of this talismanic form of language, and of the legal discourse to which it is central. Contemporary discussion has tended to see the increasing use of balancing as the manifestation of a globalization of constitutional law. This book is the first to argue that 'balancing' has always meant radically different things in different settings. Bomhoff uses detailed case studies of early post-war US and German constitutional jurisprudence to show that the same unique language expresses both biting scepticism and profound faith in law and adjudication, and both deep pessimism and high aspirations for constitutional rights. An understanding of these radically different meanings is essential for any evaluation of the work of constitutional courts today.