Title:The Language Issue in the Evolution of Ukrainian Constitutionalism
Author(s):ULASIUK, IrynaDate:2010Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:Ukraine has had a long history of various official (non-Ukrainian) languages which were administratively imposed by the frequently changing governing regimes. The Russian linguistic influence was particularly strong with ...
Title:Language Policies and Law in Education in Post-Soviet Belarus
Author(s):ULASIUK, IrynaDate:2011Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:The dissolution of the Soviet Union brought to the fore claims of linguistic minorities which had been ignored a way too long. In almost all of the former Soviet republics language became an impetus to national revival ...
Title:Law's legitimacy and 'democracy-plus'
Author(s):SADURSKI, WojciechDate:2006Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:Is it the case that the law, in order to be fully legitimate, must not only be adopted in a procedurally correct way but must also comply with certain substantive values? In the first part of the article I prepare the ...
Title:Law’s Legitimacy and ‘Democracy-Plus'
Author(s):SADURSKI, WojciechDate:2006Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:Is it the case that the law, in order to be fully legitimate, must not only be adopted in a procedurally correct way but must also comply with certain substantive values? In the first part of the article I prepare the ...
Title:Le dialogue des juges à l'épreuve de la QPC
Author(s):MILLET, François-XavierDate:2010Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:Dans ce qui fait figure d’une affaire d’Etat - et de juges - relative à la question prioritaire de constitutionnalité (QPC), la Cour de Justice de l’Union européenne (CJUE) a jugé le 22 juin dernier par son arrêt Melki et ...
Title:Legal Concepts as Inferential Nodes and Ontological Categories
Author(s):SARTOR, GiovanniDate:2009Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:I shall compare two views of legal concepts: as nodes in inferential nets and as categories in an ontology (a conceptual architecture). Firstly, I shall introduce the inferential approach, consider its implications, and ...