Title:A Formal Prescriptive Approach to General Principles of (International) Law
Author(s):QUIRICO, OttavioDate:2007Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI LAWAbstract:From the analytical viewpoint a norm can formally be regarded as a right-duty (or
claim-obligation) relation (1) that regulates behaviour (action/inaction) (2) among
subjects (3) in definite space (4) and time (5). In ...
Title:Formalising Arguments about the Burden of Persuasion
Author(s):PRAKKEN, Henry; SARTOR, GiovanniDate:2007Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI LAWAbstract:This paper presents an argument-based logic for reasoning about allocations of the burden of persuasion.
The logic extends the system of Prakken (2001), which in turn modified the system of Prakken & Sartor
(1996) with ...
Title:Foundational Economic Theories for Political-Scientific Inter-Branch Studies
Author(s):KARAGIANNIS, YannisDate:2007Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI RSCASAbstract:Economic theories are increasingly popular in political science, and in particular in research on the
relations between the legislative, the executive, and the judicial branches of government. Among these
theories, ...
Title:Four Funerals and a Party? The Political Repertoire of the Italian Radicals
Author(s):RADAELLI, Claudio M.; DOSSI, SamueleDate:2011Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI RSCASAbstract:The transformations brought about by changing patterns of representation, the role of the media in politics, and processes of Europeanization and globalization have challenged the political parties of the West-European ...
Title:Four Visions of Constitutional Pluralism
Author(s):AVBELJ, Matej; KOMÁREK, JanDate:2008Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI LAWAbstract:What is constitutional pluralism? What does it stand for? What does it want to achieve,
contribute, or change in the European integration? Is it a viable, desirable or perhaps
even an indispensable theoretical take on ...
Title:Fractional Integration and Cointegration Testing Using the Sample Mean
Author(s):DEMETRESCU, MateiDate:2008Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI MWPAbstract:The convergence rate of the sample mean of fractionally integrated processes is
exploited to build test statistics for the fractional integration parameter d of univariate
series, as well as for the rank of fractional ...
Title:The Fragile Consensus on Fragility
Author(s):BERTOLI, Simone; TICCI, ElisaDate:2010Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI RSCASAbstract:The concept of fragility, which was initially born in the security arena, has been gaining increasing
relevance in the development discourse over the past few years. However, fragility still remains a
fuzzy and elusive ...
Title:Fragile Countries and the 2008-2009 Crisis
Author(s):ALLEN, Franklin; GIOVANNETTI, GiorgiaDate:2010Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI RSCASAbstract:This paper analyses the channels through which the economic and financial crisis of 2008-2009 is
transmitted to fragile countries in Sub-Saharan Africa. Trade stands out as the main direct channel,
even though intra-Africa ...
Title:Fragile States, Commodity Booms and Export Performance: An Analysis of the Sub-Saharan African Case
Author(s):MOLD, Andrew; PRIZZON, AnnalisaDate:2010Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI RSCASAbstract:Sub-Saharan Africa’s export performance over recent decades has typically been por-trayed as poor
compared to other regions in developing countries. This paper takes a new look at the record, using
data on the volume ...
Title:Fragility and MDG Progress: How Useful is the Fragility Concept?
Author(s):HARTTGEN, Kenneth; KLASEN, StephanDate:2010Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI RSCASAbstract:While progress in developing countries as a whole, in terms of growth, poverty reduction, and several
MDGs, has been quite good in recent years, fragile states lag behind in levels of MDG achievement.
To understand the ...
Title:Framework for Economic Development in EU External Relations
Author(s):PODSTAWA, Karolina; PUCCIO, Laura; BOTTA, Marco; DE ANDRADE CORREA, Fabiano; CREMONA, Marise; DUBAVA, Ilze; FAKHOURY MUEHLBACHER, Tamirace; PODSTAWA, Karolina; PUCCIO, Laura; SILGA, JanineDate:2012Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI LAWAbstract:This Working Paper is a collection of contributions presented during the Workshop "Framework for Economic Development in EU External Relations on 22nd and 23rd January 2010. The contributions explore various facets of what ...