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The Spiral of Silence a Theory of Public Opinion
1974
Returning to classical statements on the concept of public opinion, I have tried to substantiate empirically the process o f public opinion formation through the individual’s observation of his or her social environment. Of all the pertinent statements by Tocqueville (S), Tiinnies (9), Bryce (4), and Allport (l), I can mention here only Allport’s example of a process of public opinion: the pressure brought to bear on householders in a neighborhood to shovel the snow from their sidewalks. This example illustrates that social conventions, customs, and norms are included, along with political questions, among the “situations” and “proposals of significance” with which a large number of people …
The political question doctrine vis-à-vis drones' ‘outsized power': Antithetical approaches in recent case-law
2020
The contributions deals with recent judgments delivered by domestic courts (in the US and Germany) and dealing with the justiciability of drone strikes.