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Title: Lexicographic Voting Author(s): KLINGELHÖFER, Jan Date: 2011-01-01 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI MWP Abstract: This paper reconsiders the division of the literature on electoral competition into models with forwardlooking voters and those with backward-looking voters by combining ideas from both strands of the literature. As long ...

Title: "Against Accountability" Author(s): MANSBRIDGE, Jane Date: 2010-01-01 Type of Publication: Other Series/Report no.: EUI MWP LS; Abstract: Although relatively corrupt regimes require citizen monitoring and accountability enforced by the threat of sanction, this kind of relationship between citizens and their agents is inefficient and normatively unsatisfying. ...

Title: Status of PMSC Personnel in the Laws of War: The Question of Direct Participation in Hostilities Author(s): SOSSAI, Mirko Date: 2009 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI AEL Abstract: The legal status of private military and security company personnel under the law of international armed conflicts determines the rights and the privileges afforded by the law and the legal consequences deriving from the ...

Title: Passing the Buck: State Responsibility for Private Military Companies Author(s): HOPPE, Carsten Date: 2009 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI AEL Abstract: States hire Private Military or Security Companies [PMSCs/contractors] in armed conflict and occupation to fulfil tasks formerly exclusively handled by soldiers, including combat, guarding and protection, and detention and ...

Title: ‘We Can’t Spy … If We Can’t Buy!’: The Privatization of Intelligence and the Limits of Outsourcing ‘Inherently Governmental Functions’ Author(s): CHESTERMAN, Simon Date: 2009 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI AEL Abstract: Though it lags behind the privatization of military services, the privatization of intelligence has expanded dramatically with the growth in intelligence activities following the 11 September 2001 attacks on the United ...

Title: Obligations of States to Prosecute Employees of Private Military and Security Companies for Serious Human Rights Violations Author(s): BAKKER, Christine Date: 2009 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI AEL Abstract: Both in conflict and post-conflict situations, states increasingly rely on private military and security companies (PMSCs) to perform tasks which used to be carried out by their Military. Practice shows that employees of ...

Title: EU Operations and Private Military Contractors: Issues of Corporate and Institutional Responsibility Author(s): WHITE, Nigel D.; MACLEOD, Sorcha Date: 2009 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI AEL Abstract: The European Union has developed its security competence since 1992, thus putting pressure on its Member States to provide troops for the increasing number of EU peace operations being deployed to different areas of the ...

Title: Individual Liability of Private Military Personnel under International Criminal Law Author(s): LEHNARDT, Chia Date: 2009 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI AEL Abstract: The article examines the present status of private military personnel under international criminal law. Perpetrators of international crimes are frequently integrated into a hierarchically structured collective, such as ...

Title: Litigating Abuses Committed by Private Military Companies Author(s): RYNGAERT, Cedric Date: 2009 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI AEL Abstract: 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: Supranational Regulation and Contested Accountability: The Case of GMO Risk Regulation in the European Union Author(s): SKOGSTAD, Grace Date: 2008 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI SPS Abstract: The regulation of genetically modified organisms in the EU has become embroiled in a tension between agency and fiduciary principles of delegated authority and the alternate understandings of political accountability they ...

Title: Narrowing the gap? Law and new approaches to governance in the European Union Author(s): WALKER, Neil; DE BURCA, Grainne; TRUBEK, David M.; SCOTT, Joanne; STURM, Susan; SMISMANS, Stijn; HERVEY, Tamara K.; TRUBEK, Louise; ARMSTRONG, Kenneth; KILPATRICK, Claire; MAHER, Imelda; SCHELKLE, Waltraud Date: 2007 Type of Publication: Article

Title: Contested competences in Europe: incomplete contracts and interstitial institutional change Author(s): RASMUSSEN, Anne; BOUWEN, Pieter; FARRELL, Henry; HERITIER, Adrienne; JUPILLE, Joseph; SORIANO, Leonor Moral; BERGSTRÖM, Carl-Fredrik; MOURY, Catherine; CAPORASO, James A. Date: 2007 Type of Publication: Article

Title: Participatory Governance and European Administrative Law: New Legal Benchmarks for the New European Public Order Author(s): NICKEL, Rainer Date: 2006 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI LAW Abstract: European Governance is more than just a policy instrument without legal significance. Its regulatory sub-divisions, such as Comitology, the Lamfalussy procedure, and the growing number of European administrative agencies, ...

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