Title:Lionello Levi Sandri: his service to Europe
Author(s):BECHERUCCI, AndreaDate:2008Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:The article outlines the career of Lionello Levi Sandri, a lecturer in industrial law, as vice-president of the European Commission in charge of Social affairs between 1961 and 1970. As a member of the Hallstein Commission ...
Title:Liquidity and Crises
Author(s):ALLEN, Franklin; CARLETTI, Elena; KRAHNEN, Jan Pieter; TYRELL, MarcelDate:2011Type of Publication:BookAbstract:Financial crises have been pervasive for many years. Their frequency in recent decades has been double that of the Bretton Woods Period (1945-1971) and the Gold Standard Era (1880-1993), comparable only to the period during ...
Title:Liquidity Runs with Endogenous Information Acquisition
Author(s):ZWART, SanneDate:2008Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:This paper analyzes a liquidity run model in which investors strategically acquire private information. The availability of information can eliminate the multiplicity typical for models without private information. Even ...
Title:Lisbon Treaty and the Possibility of a European Network Demoi-cracy
Author(s):PASKALEV, VesselinDate:2009Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI LAWAbstract:The paper discusses the Early Warning Mechanism (EWM) to be introduced by the Lisbon Treaty, the
incentives of the national parliaments to use it and the limited opportunity it opens for bringing Europe
closer to its ...
Title:Listen carefully: democracy brokers at the European social forums
Author(s):DÖRR, NicoleDate:2009Type of Publication:ThesisSeries/Report no.:EUI PhD thesesAbstract:Interested in activists’ practices of translation as a potentially innovatory method of participatory democracy in a multilingual polity like the EU, my Dissertation explores the European Social Forum (ESF) process, a ...
Title:Literature in the Construction of ‘Cuban Identity’, 1823-1845
Author(s):AGUILERA-MANZANO, José MaríaDate:2007Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI MWPAbstract:The main aim of this article is to discuss some of the characteristics of the identity project constructed by the Cuban liberal autonomists’ group during the transition from the Ancien Régime to liberalism. This faction ...
Title:Litigating Abuses Committed by Private Military Companies
Author(s):RYNGAERT, CedricDate:2009Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI AELAbstract:One of the main tools for 'socializing' private military contractors (PMCs) is litigation. The threat of litigation may encourage contractors to set up their own corporate social responsibility and accountability mechanisms ...
Title:Litigation, Redress and Enforcement
Author(s):MICKLITZ, Hans-Wolfgang; STUYCK, Jules; TERRYN, Evelyne; TICHY, LubosDate:2010Type of Publication:Contribution to book
Title:A Living Tradition: The Holy See, catholic social doctrine, and global politics, 1965-2000
Author(s):STUMMVOLL, A. AlexanderDate:2012Type of Publication:ThesisSeries/Report no.:EUI PhD thesesAbstract:In this thesis I explore the question of how the Holy See translates its own normative vision into concrete diplomatic practice. Drawing upon Alasdair MacIntyre’s concept of a ‘living tradition’, I argue that Catholic ...