‘No higher duty’: Mabo and the failure of legal foundation

The first half of the paper shows how the imperial quality of the common law putatively accommodates the demand for legal foundation. The second half takes the Mabo decision as a test of this supposed ability and finds it foundationally wanting. The continuing insistence of the indigenous presence provides the key

RWU Ranks No. 1 Among Four-year Colleges in Rhode Island, According to Schools.com

Roger Williams University ranks No. 1 among four-year colleges and universities in Rhode Island, according to a new analysis by Schools.com

RWU Community Engagement Celebration Set for Wednesday at Tourister Mill Building in Warren

Nearly 500 people are expected to attend the Roger Williams University Community Engagement Celebration at the Tourister Mill building, in Warren, R.I., on Wednesday, April 24

‘The damned word’: culture and its (in)compatibility with law

The compatibility and incompatibility between law and culture are identified through an analysis of relation. By way of exploring the elusiveness of conceptions of culture and of law, a commonality relating them is arrived at, one that indicates not only what they constituently share but also what distinguishes them from each other. So far an abstract abstract. The abstractness of the comment itself is relieved by references to a case study and by resorting to etymologies

RWU President Donald J. Farish Joins Presidents’ Alliance on Higher Education and Immigration

Alliance backs policies to create welcoming environment on campuses for immigrant, undocumented and international students

Overcoming the Obstacles to Addressing Racism

Antiracist scholars Ibram Kendi and Robin DiAngelo urge RWU community to focus on outcomes of policies and to think of racism as a structure, not an event

Roger Williams University Students Learn from Election Day Exit Poll

From voters\u27 pick of presidential candidates to the top issues facing the country and the state, students gain hands-on experience conducting exit polls