Title:Feminismo, religión y democracia en el proceso de legalización del aborto en la ciudad de México
Author(s):RUIBAL, AlbaDate:2012Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:La posición conservadora sobre el abor to ha impuesto un dogma religioso a la comunidad política en los países latinoamericanos, a través del cual se ha bloqueado la discusión pública y se han establecido prohibiciones ...
Title:ECJ Interprets InfoSoc Exception for Ephemeral Recordings
Author(s):ROSATI, EleonoraDate:2012Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:The Court of Justice of the European Union (ECJ) has interpreted Article 5(2)(d) of and recital 41 in the preamble to the InfoSoc Directive (Directive 2001/29), which allow EU Member States to adopt an exception or limitation ...
Title:On Netlog, ACTA and the Scope of IPR Injunctions in the EU
Author(s):ROSATI, EleonoraDate:2012Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:On 16 February this year the Court of Justice of the European Union (“CJEU”) published its decision in Case C-360/10 Belgische Vereniging van Auteurs, Componisten en Uitgevers CVBA (SABAM) v Netlog NV (“Netlog”). This was ...
Title:La logica della proporzionalità: il ragionamento con magnitudini non numeriche
Author(s):SARTOR, GiovanniDate:2012Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:This paper aims at explaining the basic logical structure of the proportionality assessments, under the assumption that such assessments are based on quantitative reasoning, even when no numbers are explicitly given. First ...
Title:Probabilistic Rule-Based Argumentation for Norm-Governed Learning Agents
Author(s):RIVERET, Régis; ROTOLO, Antonino; SARTOR, GiovanniDate:2012Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:This paper proposes an approach to investigate norm-governed learning agents which combines a logic-based formalism with an equation-based counterpart. This dual formalism enables us to describe the reasoning of such agents ...
Title:International Organizations and Transnational Corporations at a World Court of Human Rights
Author(s):SCHEININ, MartinDate:2012Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:This article is based on the author’s involvement in preparing a Draft Statute for a future World Court of Human Rights. The proposal seeks to modify the traditional vertical structure of human rights norms by introducing ...
Title:Transnational Private Regulation and the Production of Global Public Goods and Private 'Bads'
Author(s):CAFAGGI, FabrizioDate:2012Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:The article focuses on the role of private regulators in the production, access regulation, and protection of global public goods (GPGs). It addresses transnational private regulation (TPR) as a public good in itself and ...
Title:Global Public Goods amidst a Plurality of Legal Orders: A symposium
Author(s):CAFAGGI, Fabrizio; CARON, David D.Date:2012Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:A public good (an example is a lighthouse) can be produced by private parties. However, they rarely are. Rather, such goods are generally thought of in economics as a type of commodity that government often provides and ...
Title:Public and Private in the International Protection of Global Cultural Goods
Author(s):FRANCIONI, FrancescoDate:2012Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:The idea of cultural heritage as an ‘international public good’ can be traced back to the Preamble to the 1954 Hague Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict, according to which ...
Title:The AOL Huffington Post Merger and Bloggers' Rights
Author(s):DALY, AngelaDate:2012Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:This article examines the merger between AOL and the Huffington Post. The broader issues around the merger will be investigated, especially the implication for rights, in particular free expression, and their conditions ...
Title:On the Rules of Standing to Challenge State Aid Decisions Adopted at the End of the Preliminary Phase
Author(s):PASTOR MERCHANTE, FernandoDate:2012Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:This contribution analyses the judgments of the Court of Justice [ECJ] in the Kronoply and Kronotex and Deutsche Post and DHL cases. Although they concern different sectors, both cases share a common procedural itinerary. ...
Title:Teleological Justification of Argumentation Schemes
Author(s):WALTON, Douglas; SARTOR, GiovanniDate:2012Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:Argumentation schemes are forms of reasoning that are fallible but correctable within a self-correcting framework. Their use provides a basis for taking rational action or for reasonably accepting a conclusion as a tentative ...