Title:Sapere Aude! Access to Knowledge as a Human Right and a Key Instrument to Development
Author(s):VADI, ValentinaDate:2008Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:This article focuses on access to knowledge as a human right and instrument to development with particular regard to the pharmaceutical field. In the first part of this essay, after attempting to define knowledge, the two ...
Title:Saranno Rispettati Come Per il Passato. Italian Colonial Policy towards Libyan Religious Endowments
Author(s):GAZZINI, ClaudiaDate:2010Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI MWPAbstract:This paper offers a survey of Italian colonial policy towards Muslim religious endowments (waqf, pl. awqaf) in Libya from 1911 to 1943. Through an analysis of 41 lawsuits presented to the colonial Court of Appeals and a ...
Title:Satisfaction with Democracy in Post-Communist Multi-Ethnic Countries. The Effect of Political Institutions
Author(s):RUIZ-RUFINO, RubénDate:2008Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI MWPAbstract:Why are some ethnic minorities more satisfied with democracy than others in postcommunist countries? This paper explores this question by looking at the impact of political institutions on satisfaction with democracy. Using ...
Title:Saudi Post Innovative Address System: Integrating electronic and physical platforms
Author(s):ABDALLAH, Farah; FINGER, MatthiasDate:2010Type of Publication:Contribution to bookAbstract:In 2004, H.e. Dr Mohammad Benten was appointed president of Saudi Post (SP), a government-owned company facing critical challenges affecting its survival. The company’s customers perceived the Post as a traditional channel ...
Title:The Saving Glut Explanation of Global Imbalances. The Role of Underinvestment
Author(s):CORNELI, FlaviaDate:2009Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI ECOAbstract:According to the “Saving Glut hypothesis”, global imbalances are caused by inefficiently high level of precautionary savings in .nancially underdeveloped regions, where agents have limited opportunity to diversify idiosyncratic ...
Title:Scarlet Robes, Dark Suits: The Social Recruitment of the European Court of Justice
Author(s):COHEN, AntoninDate:2008Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI RSCASAbstract:This paper analyzes the social recruitment of the European Court of Justice from the early 1950s to the late 1990s with special focus on the early days of the Court (1950s-1960s). Early European integration can be described ...
Title:The Schizophrenias of R2P
Author(s):ALVAREZ, José E.Date:2008Type of Publication:Contribution to bookSeries/Report no.:Collected Courses of the Academy of European Law