Title:From a status to a transaction-based approach? : institutional design in European contract law
Author(s):CAFAGGI, FabrizioDate:2013Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:The Common European Sales Law (CESL), currently under examination at the European Parliament, is intended to introduce a regime for cross-border sales that individual Member States can extend to domestic transactions ...
Title:Network analysis to detect common strategies in the Italian foreign direct investment
Author(s):DE MASI, Giulia; GIOVANNETTI, Giorgia; RICCHIUTI, GiorgioDate:2013Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:In this paper we reconstruct and discuss the network of Italian firms investing abroad, exploiting information from complex network analysis. This method, detecting the key nodes of the system (both in terms of firms and ...
Title:Associating, mobilizing, politicizing : local developmental agency from without
Author(s):BRUSZT, Laszlo; VEDRES, BalazsDate:2013Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:Decades of increase in external aid programs sparked a wide range of criticisms pointing to misaligned interests, lack of accountability, and the reproduction of developmental traps. The success of development from without ...
Title:Protest and policing on October 15th, global day of action : the Italian case
Author(s):DELLA PORTA, Donatella; ZAMPONI, LorenzoDate:2013Type of Publication:ArticleSeries/Report no.:[COSMOS]Abstract:Fifteenth October 2011, a global day of anti-austerity action called for by the Spanish indignados, saw hundreds of thousands of protestors converging on Rome for a national march. One of the largest, this Rome event was ...
Title:Da Benedetto a Francesco : il Vaticano e la nuova "translatio imperii"
Author(s):FERRARA, PasqualeDate:2013Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:Negli anni di Benedetto XVI, la chiesa ha continuato ad adattarsi ai cam¬biamenti internazionali in modo molto graduale. Si è riconosciuta sem¬pre più “globale” ma ha faticato a modernizzare la sua governance. Si è concentrata ...
Title:Fighting Hate Speech through EU Law
Author(s):BELAVUSAU, UladzislauDate:2012Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:This article constitutes a chapter from a forthcoming book on EU non-discrimination law (E. Ellis & K. Benediktsdóttir (eds.), Equality into Reality: Action for Diversity & Non-Discrimination). It explores the rise of the ...
Title:Climate Change and Norman Daniels' Theory of Just Health: An essay on basic needs
Author(s):LACEY, JosephDate:2012Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:Norman Daniels, in applying Rawls’ theory of justice to the issue of human health, ideally presupposes that society exists in a state of moderate scarcity. However, faced with problems like climate change, many societies ...
Title:Institutional Change in Europe: Co-decision and comitology transformed
Author(s):HERITIER, AdrienneDate:2012Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:This article explains how institutional rules change after they have been established in two important areas of European decision-making: co-decision and comitology. It shows how legislation under co-decision was transformed ...
Title:Building Gas Markets: US versus EU, market versus market model
Author(s):VAZQUEZ, Miguel; HALLACK, Michelle; GLACHANT, Jean-MichelDate:2012Type of Publication:ArticleSeries/Report no.:[Loyola de Palacio Chair]Abstract:The liberalization process of the gas sector has showed that the reasoning to introduce competition in gas industries separates the services in at least two groups: commodities with relatively low transaction costs, and ...
Title:The Pro-Competitive Effect of Campaign Limits in Non-Majoritarian Elections
Author(s):IARYCZOWER, Matias; MATTOZZI, AndreaDate:2012Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:We study a model of elections in non-majoritarian systems that captures the link between competition in policies and competition in campaign spending. We argue that the overall competitiveness of the political arena depends ...
Title:Going, Going, ...Gone? The Decline of Party Membership in Contemporary Europe
Author(s):VAN BIEZEN, Ingrid; MAIR, Peter; POGUNTKE, ThomasDate:2012Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:This article offers an overview of levels of party membership in European democracies at the end of the first decade of the twenty-first century and looks also at changes in these levels over time, comparing party membership ...
Title:Product Replacement Bias in Inflation and its Consequences for Monetary Policy
Author(s):WEBER, HenningDate:2012Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:The paper examines a New Keynesian model with product entry and exit and with two types of households. Households consume different product baskets, and therefore, face different inflation rates. The statistical bureau ...
Title:Neue Herausforderungen für die Kindertagesstätten: Professionalisierung des Personals in der Frühpädagogik
Author(s):BLOSSFELD, Hans Peter; ROSSBACH, Hans-GüntherDate:2012Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:Die meisten Experten sind sich heute weitgehend einig, dass das entscheidende Fundament für spätere erfolgreiche Bildungs- und Berufskarrieren im Lebenslauf bereits in der frühkindlichen Entwicklung gelegt wird. Qualitativ ...
Title:Montenegro’s Minorities in the Tangles of Citizenship, Participation, and Access to Rights
Author(s):DZANKIC, JelenaDate:2012Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:This paper examines the relationship between citizenship, participation, cultural and socio-economic rights of minorities in Montenegro by focusing on the divergence between policies and their implementation. Taking an ...
Title:What Conscience Can Do for Equity
Author(s):SAMET, IritDate:2012Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:The paper argues that there are good reasons to frame the categories of equitable liability around the concept of conscience. A quick look at recent case law reveals an increasing use of conscience categories to discourage ...