Law

Grace, tenacity and eloquence: the struggle for women's rights in Africa

by Firoze Manji

Mediazione e soluzioni alternative delle controversie nelle legislazioni straniere (in materia di trust)

by Michele Angelo Lupoi

Od ogólności do pozorności (moralnej). Próba refleksji interdyscyplinarnej na marginesie rozważań nad etyką szczegółową.

by Marat Dakunin

published in: Etyka. Deontologia. Prawo, P. Steczkowski (red.), Rzeszów, Poland 2008

Sex and Screwball Comedy in The Good Wife

by Kelli Marshall

In Media Res (14 Oct. 2011)

Considers how CBS's (rather serious) drama The Good Wife infuses elements of classical screwball comedy into the... more Considers how CBS's (rather serious) drama The Good Wife infuses elements of classical screwball comedy into the relationship of Diane Lockhart and ballistics expert Kurt McVeigh

Cheliotis, L. K. and S. Xenakis (2011) ‘Crime, Fear of Crime and Punitiveness’, in L. K. Cheliotis and S. Xenakis (eds) Crime and Punishment in Contemporary Greece: International Comparative Perspectives, pp. 1-43. Bern: Peter Lang AG. (With a response by Jonathan Jackson, Monica Gerber and Carolyn Côté-Lussier, pp. 45-64).

by Leonidas Cheliotis

Over the last the three decades, punitiveness on the part of the state in Greece in the field of law and order has... more Over the last the three decades, punitiveness on the part of the state in Greece in the field of law and order has been on the ascent. The most obvious indicator of this has been the steeply rising use of imprisonment. A striking accompaniment of state punitiveness has been punitive public opinion. As soon as one broaches the question of why this is the case, however, one is confronted with at least two puzzling findings. First, the prevalence of crime has only risen modestly, in sharp disproportion to the high recorded levels of fear of criminal victimisation, of distrust in the police and judicial authorities, and of public punitiveness. And second, fear of criminal victimisation itself does not axiomatically bear a positive correlation with expressed public support for state punitiveness, though it does predict lack of confidence in criminal justice authorities. This chapter sets out to review these contradictions and the limits of available explanations. We begin by outlining the different ways in which Greece’s authoritarian past and the dictatorship of 1967-1974 in particular are thought to have influenced state and public punitiveness in the years that have followed. The next section summarises scholarly and commercial research on the levels and patterns of fear of crime and public punitiveness in contemporary Greece, as both distinct and interrelated themes. Attention is then drawn to the disconnect between crime and imprisonment rates as an illustrative example of the irrational foundations of state punitiveness and its degree of public support; a disconnect that is all the more prominent when examined with reference to the nationality of prisoners. Taking inspiration from political economies of punishment in jurisdictions elsewhere, the remainder of the chapter points to state deployment of a law-and-order discourse and the use of punishment as symbolic devices by which social insecurities, generated in large part by the state itself, are displaced and discharged onto suitably weak subsections of the population.

An introduction to identity research

by Simon Reynolds

Draft working paper - Comments invited and constructive criticism welcome.

Earth's nature supports human rights of individuals in regions. 

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Earth's nature supports human rights of individuals in regions. 


Traditions, origins and alternatives frame contemporary interests.


An interplay of identity research and communication of choices. 


Fresh thinking on navigating body, gender and play is changing. 


Exploratory perspectives, embody argument, skills and judgment.


Interactive approaches of persons link language and discovery. 


Cultural platforms connect ones experience in group relations.


Citizen policy, innovation and creativity are diversity in moments.


Participation activities, ethics, organisation and open governance.   

Los contratos privados registrables. Doctrina y jurisprudencia sobre su formación y efectos

by Juan Carlos Rodriguez-Cordero

Co-authored with Dagoberto Sibaja-Morales. LL.L. (Lic.) Thesis. University of Costa Rica (1993).

Post-colonial law: legal establishments from past empires are illegitimate

by Jean-Paul Gagnon

Changing China - Country status report within the social and political context

by Pei Su

Published by ACTAsia for Animals, a UK registered charity. By Deepashree Balaram & Pei F Su

This paper attempts to detail the legislative process
in China to give greater understanding of what can more This paper attempts to detail the legislative process
in China to give greater understanding of what can
reasonably be achieved, in what time scale and
how it should be approached. The opportunities
to develop a successful NGO animal welfare sector
are plentiful, but to enable this to happen, overseas
assistance needs to be coupled with a greater
understanding of the recent historical, political
and social factors in China, as animal welfare can
only be addressed within this context.

An Island in the Middle of An Island. On cult, laws and authority in Viking Age Gotland.

by Nanouschka (Nanni) Myrberg

Article in
Regner, E., von Heijne, C., Kitzler Åhfeldt, L. & Kjellström, A. (eds.). 2009. From Ephesos to Dalecarlia. Reflections on Body, Space and Time in Medieval and Early Modern Europe.
The Museum of National Antiquities, Stockholm. Studies 11. Stockholm Studies in Archaeology 48. Stockholm.
ISBN 978-91-89176-37-9

The present-day small village of Roma on Gotland in the Baltic Sea was the physical and symbolic centre of the island... more The present-day small village of Roma on Gotland in the Baltic Sea was the physical and symbolic centre of the island in the Iron Age and into Medieval times. The Cistercian monastery and the meeting place of the island’s assembly (the 'all-thing'), two well-known features of medieval Roma, have often been taken as indications of an egalitarian and non-stratified society on Gotland during the Viking Age and Middle Ages. It is here proposed, however, that an older Iron Age cult site at Roma eventually came under the control of a chieftain or major landowner who introduced Christianity, founded a monastery and inaugurated the thing in Roma in Viking or early medieval times, just as his equals did elsewhere in Scandinavia. While the later medieval thing was probably located near the monastery, an alternative site is suggested for the older all-thing. A small island in the great Roma bog, situated in a way more similar to how known thing-sites were located in the Viking Age Icelandic or Anglo/Hiberno Norse areas, may have been that elusive spot where the major assembly site was once located.

Jurisdiction Determination Feb 9 2012 WSU

by Romero Anton Montalban Anderssen

Should environmental issues be securitised?

by Owais Rajput

Environmental issues
The variables that have defined national security for the most part of the World’s history... more Environmental issues
The variables that have defined national security for the most part of the World’s history have largely been military in nature. Security was primarily made up of the physical defence of the country, its people and whatever they possessed. Profound factors outside the traditional area of military operations have been realised that could affect the securities of many countries.
It is within this background that environmental issues have raised to importance, and the term ‘Environmental Security’ has entered the language of environmentalists, policy makers and security planners. With the ending of the cold war, the usual concepts of the nature of national security and the methods to achieve it have changed. The global powers at the time were engaged in military containment of each other, as in the case of America and the Soviet Union containment of each other.

A PRACTICAL APPROACH TO HEARSAY EVIDENCE THE COMMON LAW DEFINITION OF HEARSAY By Alistair MacDonald QC

by Historically Digitized

A PRACTICAL APPROACH TO HEARSAY EVIDENCE
THE COMMON LAW DEFINITION OF HEARSAY
By Alistair MacDonald QC more A PRACTICAL APPROACH TO HEARSAY EVIDENCE
THE COMMON LAW DEFINITION OF HEARSAY
By Alistair MacDonald QC
An assertion other than one made by a person while giving oral evidence
in the proceedings is inadmissible as evidence of any fact asserted.

Jakub J. Szczerbowski, “Ekonomiczna analiza prawa a metodologia prawa porównawczego. Wybrane zagadnienia,” in Człowiek pomiędzy prawem a ekonomią w procesie integracji europejskiej (Olsztyn - Bari, 2008).

by Jakub J. Szczerbowski

Law, Politics, and the Conception of the State in State Recognition Theory

by William Worster

The competing theories of state recognition and their failings actively demonstrate that recognition of a state does... more The competing theories of state recognition and their failings actively demonstrate that recognition of a state does not have any normative content per se, but rather, that the rules of state recognition, although legal rules, are legal vehicles for political choices. We have the dilemma of concurrently wanting the right cases to result in independent states while prohibiting the wrong ones from becoming so, and so we sail between political choices, using the language of law. The state is neither truly free to recognize another entity nor entirely bound. Differing cases require different legal criteria and different legal results. This flexibility in state recognition theory though, while depriving the act of any inherent legal meaning, has value in its utility for establishing lawful relationships.

This paper will argue that the reason we find it difficult to resolve the controversy over state recognition theory is because the international legal system translates political controversies into legal questions that can then be addressed through legal means. Legal actors, by announcing preference for one side of the question, often reveal certain legal and moral choices they are making about the nature of the state and the legitimacy of the international legal system - law and politics. In the area of state recognition, no theory of recognition has extinguished competition because no political choice has gained universal acceptance. The predominant political choice is most frequently deliberate indeterminacy, a co-existence of mutually opposing arguments. This indeterminacy is most likely deliberate because it permits the underlying rationale for the legal actor’s policies to change and evolve to suit the situation.

Can A Gang Culture Ever Be Justified In A Culture Of Peace?

by Owais Rajput

Presentation slides International Peace Day Bradford 24.09.2011

In this presentation I tried to highligh the issues of HARD TO REACH COMMUNITIES living in UK e.g. 4th and 5th... more In this presentation I tried to highligh the issues of HARD TO REACH COMMUNITIES living in UK e.g. 4th and 5th generation born and bred in UK of British Muslims from Kashmiri heritage.

12 Organ donation and transplantation: the Canadian experience

by Diego S. Silva

Co-authored with L. Wright.

In "Organ Shortage: Ethics, Law and Pragmatism" - Ed. Farrell, Price, Quigley (Cambridge Press; 2011)

Canada has approximately thirty-three million inhabitants, spread over nine million square kilometres, and there are... more Canada has approximately thirty-three million inhabitants, spread over nine million square kilometres, and there are two official languages: French and English. There is a Canadian federal government as well as ten provincial and three territorial governments which are in charge of local affairs. Canada has many First Nations populations; it is multi-cultural and multi-lingual, particularly in large cities such as Vancouver, Montreal and Toronto, reflecting extensive immigration of peoples from many parts of the world. Universal access to publicly insured healthcare is funded from general taxation, in accordance with the Canada Health Act 1984. This federal Act influences provincial healthcare insurance plans nationally by promising to pay out if the provinces and territories meet a number of requirements. The administration and delivery of healthcare is carried out by each province and territory, producing variation in services across the country.

Canada has an opt-in system of organ donation. In 2007, 2,153 transplants were performed in Canada, and the country recorded a deceased organ donation rate of 14.7 per million population (pmp) in 2008. There is a significant shortfall in the availability of organs for transplantation, with variation between the provinces. In 2008, 4,380 Canadians waited for a transplant, 2,083 received a transplant and 215 died waiting (see Table 12.1 below).

Organ transplantation is administered provincially, with limited national regulatory authority. The federal government's health agency, Health Canada, is empowered to require registration and to inspect Organ Procurement Organizations (OPOs) and living donor transplantation programmes.

De ciudadanos, Estado, derechos y ética

by Juan Antonio Fernández Manzano

This paper analyzes the concept of citizenship and some of its implications in the context of current Western... more This paper analyzes the concept of citizenship and some of its implications in the context of current Western democracies. Starting from the premise that citizenship implies a certain relation to a State, we review some of the classic foundations of the concept, concluding that what matters is the variety of substantive rights that the State recognizes to its political subjects. The essence of citizenship is revealed by reviewing the portfolio of rights included in their legal status. The reflection starts from the present moment, taking into consideration that the power loss of the states reduces political and civil rights and causes disaffection towards traditional politics, creating new forms of political participation whose potentialities and risks are highlighted.
Finally, we stress the need to generate power structures in which citizens have the opportunity to exercise their political rights and how that claim is linked to the cosmopolitan ideal of citizenship and to the presence of international institutions able to accommodate cultural diversity. We conclude by pointing out the role that ethical reflection plays in the recognition of minimum values which allow to achieve agreements that can result in universal rights.
Keywords: citizenship, rights, globalization and ethics of minimums, cosmopolitanism

A Biblical-Theological Study of the Relationship Between the Theme of Rest and the Sabbath

by Casey Hough

This essay explores the theme of rest in relationship to the Sabbath throughout redemptive history. This essay explores the theme of rest in relationship to the Sabbath throughout redemptive history.

Traffickers

by Karim Murji