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INTRODUCTION I. AUDIT FAILURE: RISK AND CONTROL A. Audit Constituents and Stakes B. Public Policy 1. Audit Effectiveness 2. Deterrence 3. The Insurance Argument C. The Role of Insurance 1. [...]

Permit me to add my own experience in support of 'The Life and Death of Religious Life' by Fr. Benedict Groeschel (June/July). In the early 1970s, at age twenty-one, I [...]

[This brief ongoing survey reviews some current literature on martyrs with special emphasis on those who have died for the faith in our own time. The author also addresses the claim that this literature is not only hagiographic (in the best sense of the word) but also a frequently overlooked resource for theological reflection.], WRITING ABOUT saints in general and martyrs in particular has continued apace since my last survey of recent literature on hagiography. (1) This present survey focuses on literature about martyrs [...]

Catholic doctrine and practice concerning Mary are discussed, with a focus on historical development. Topics include early lines of development, the Council of Ephesus in 411, the rise of Mariology in the 16th century, the Second Vatican Council and contemporary developments.

Christians can evaluate sacred texts by several criteria. This include identifying the text's genre, examining the work's central metaphors for God, locating the scriptural orientation of the book, understanding the style of life to which the text is addressed, identifying the deficiencies, and determining if the text enriches Christian life.

Corporate directors, shareholders, judges, and scholars are on edge. Directors yearn for a certain kind of shareholder, especially one that is patient and focused on the company, as opposed to indexers, who must hold it as part of their basket, or traders, who own fleetingly. Shareholders want a voice, and that patient-focused cohort has the softest one today, crowded out by indexers, like BlackRock, and legions of day traders, like those stalking GameStop. Courts, struggling under the conflicting pull of the business judgment rule and fairness scrutiny, look to shareholder voice as a solution. Yet scholars are troubled by the extensive weight judges give to shareholder voice, particularly to insulate director decisions from review. While a perfect solution to these multiple conundrums is a pipe dream, there is one that will meet the appetite of many directors and shareholders, while easing the judicial burden and scholarly angst: on corporate matters where stakes run high, directors should submit proposals to a special vote of the patient-focused shareholders, in addition to any other vote required by law or contract. Directors achieve an important goal of cultivating this shareholder cohort; those shareholders appreciate their voice being temporarily amplified, without disenfranchising other shareholders; judges get a reliable datapoint for choosing between deference or scrutiny; and scholars are assured an additional source of investor protection. Not perfect, but inexpensive, useful, and posing scant downside. This Article explains the concept and puts it into historical, jurisprudential, and contemporary context. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]