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The President's Brain (No, Not Karl Rove): How Bush’S Psyche Shaped His Decision-Making, Richard Redding
The President's Brain (No, Not Karl Rove): How Bush’S Psyche Shaped His Decision-Making, Richard Redding
Richard E. Redding
We summarize the most systematic work on George W. Bush's psyche. SAT scores and other available measures indicate that Bush has sufficient intelligence to serve as president. Yet the best studies, in which raters evaluate statements without being aware of their source, suggest that Bush lacks integrative complexity and thus views issues without nuance. The leading personality theory (the “5-Factor Model”), as measured by the NEO Personality Inventory, suggests that Bush is highly extroverted but not very agreeable or conscientious. He also scores low on “Openness to Experience." Similarly, using the Millon Inventory of Diagnostic Criteria, Bush fits the ...
Policy Oscillation In California's Law Of Premises Liability, Ronald L. Steiner
Policy Oscillation In California's Law Of Premises Liability, Ronald L. Steiner
Ronald L. Steiner
The expansion of tort liability beginning in the middle of the 20th century, and the reaction against that expansion as the century came to a close, constitutes a clear demonstration of the nostrum that tort law is “public law in disguise.” Adjudication of private disputes became a battleground of public policy preferences as to how risks and compensation should be distributed so as to serve societal interests such as fairness, efficiency, and personal autonomy. This article studies examines in detail a critical battleground in a key state, the revolution and counter-revolution in premises liability in California, as a paradigm case ...