Skip to content

purple motes

Artifacts to help you imagine more.

  • subscribe by email
  • how to navigate
  • topic index
  • about Douglas Galbi
  • terms of use / disclaimer

Highlights

  • Abelard castrated
  • Byzantine wife saves husband
  • Amphitryon & Geta duped
  • Chastelaine de Vergi tragedy
  • Aristotle’s advice to Alexander
  • Empress Theodora: woman leader
  • Tristan & Isuet
  • Xanthippe & Socrates
  • New Modern Sexism Scale

law in action

The law expressed in its actual administration, not the law of law books.

paternity within marriage: long history of legal fiction

Legal preference for paternity fiction over paternity fact has existed in paternity law from before the seventeenth century through to the present day. … Read the post paternity within marriage: long history of legal fiction

child support: judging misrepresentation & reliance in Shondel

The badly functioning child support systems relies on childish reasoning, misrepresentations of biological paternity, and devaluation of men’s choices. … Read the post child support: judging misrepresentation & reliance in Shondel

forcing men to make monthly payments to their rapists

Child-support law reaches revealing absurdities in courts unanimously affirming that raped boys and men must pay child support to their rapists. … Read the post forcing men to make monthly payments to their rapists

Christian fearlessness under early Roman persecution

Early Christians were known for fearlessness in facing death under Roman religious persecution. … Read the post Christian fearlessness under early Roman persecution

progress in indecency regulation

Indecency regulation is far more effective and less intrusive than many persons appreciate. … Read the post progress in indecency regulation

Posts pagination

Previous page Page 1 Page 2 Page 3 … Page 8 Next page