Title:China's sovereignty in international law : from historical grievance to pragmatic tool
Author(s):MULLER, WimDate:2013Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:The concept of sovereignty is at the heart of Chinese international legal discourse, as well as Chinese foreign policy. Yet there is no agreement among international lawyers, political scientists and theorists what exactly ...
Title:Giulio Einaudi in esilio
Author(s):MUNARI, TommasoDate:2012Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:Shortly after the armistice of 8 September 1943, the Italian publisher Giulio Einaudi (1912-1999), like many other anti-Fascists, fled his country and took refuge in Switzerland, settling in Lausanne. During those same ...
Title:What is left for parties? : An overview of party mandate in France (1981-2009)
Author(s):FROIO, CaterinaDate:2013Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:The review draws on the author’s recent book to explore the long-standing question of the influence of partisanship on policy implementation. Partisanship is traditionally expected to exert an influence on policy implementation, ...
Title:Public-Private Hybrid Governance for Electronic Payments in the European Union
Author(s):JANCZUK-GORYWODA, AgnieszkaDate:2012Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:This contribution illustrates the evolution of the Single Euro Payments Area (SEPA) as a form of European hybrid governance. The hybridity of SEPA is conceived in terms of interaction between traditional hard law, soft law ...
Title:Human Rights and Acts by Troops Abroad: Rights and jurisdictional restrictions
Author(s):ANDENÆS, Mads Tønnesson; BJØRGE, EirikDate:2012Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:Jurisdiction and immunity have tempered the emergence of human rights and remedies. They are often the first line of defence for authorities when a new area is brought in under judicial review. Government acts abroad, and ...
Title:Experience with electricity market test suite : students versus computational agents
Author(s):TRINH, Quynh Chi; SAGUAN, Marcelo; MEEUS, LeonardoDate:2013Type of Publication:ArticleSeries/Report no.:[Florence School of Regulation]Abstract:This paper applies two experimental economics methods (i.e., agent-based modeling and laboratory experiment) to a market test suite that is based on a fictional European wholesale electricity market. Quantitative results ...
Title:L’histoire intellectuelle : quelles idées, quel contexte ?
Author(s):THOMSON, AnnDate:2012Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:Cet article discute dans un premier temps l’histoire intellectuelle telle qu’elle se pratique notamment dans le monde anglophone, tout en soulignant les résistances que rencontre en France cette branche des études historiques. ...
Title:Differences in Life Expectancy due to Race and Educational Differences are Widening, and Many may Not Catch Up
Author(s):OLSHANSKY, S. Jay; ANTONUCCI, Toni; BERKMAN, Lisa; BINSTOCK, Robert H.; BÖRSCH-SUPAN, Axel; CACIOPPO, John T.; CARNES, Bruce A.; CARSTENSEN, Laura L.; FRIED, Linda P.; GOLDMAN, Dana P.; JACKSON, James; KOHLI, Martin; ROTHER, John; ZHENG, Yuhui; ROWE, JohnDate:2012Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:It has long been known that despite well-documented improvements in longevity for most Americans, alarming disparities persist among racial groups and between the well-educated and those with less education. In this article ...
Title:The Modular Logic of Private International Law
Author(s):DUNG, Phan Minh; SARTOR, GiovanniDate:2011Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:We provide a logical analysis of private international law, a rather esoteric, but increasingly important, domain of the law. Private international law addresses overlaps and conflicts between legal systems by distributing ...