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Title: International Human Rights and Canadian Law. Legal Commitment, Implementation and the Charter Author(s): BEAULAC, Stephane; SCHABAS, William A Date: 2007 Type of Publication: Book

Title: International Schumpeterian competition and optimal R&D subsidies Author(s): IMPULLITI, Giammario Date: 2007 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI MWP Abstract: This paper studies the welfare effects of international competition in the market for innovations, and analyzes how competition affects the costs and the benefits of cooperative and non-cooperative R&D subsidies. I set ...

Title: Interpreting Murder Medically A Medico-Legal Case from an Early 20th Century European Periphery Author(s): SKÅLEVÅG, Svein Atle Date: 2007 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI MWP Abstract: The paper takes as its departure point a murder case from 1911, when four siblings killed their younger brother in a remote location in northern Norway. This episode becomes an occasion for discussing medical and juridical ...

Title: Inventing Russian History: ‘Reflections on Russia’ – an unearthed essay by Yakov Ivanovič Bulgakov (1743-1809) Author(s): VELIZHEV, Mikhail Date: 2008 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI MWP Abstract: This paper analyzes the anonymous article “Reflections on Russia, or Some Remarks on Russians Civil and Moral Status Until Peter I’s Reign” published in 1807 in the Moscow literary magazine “Messenger of Europe”. ‘Reflections’ ...

Title: Inventors and Impostors: An Economic Analysis of Patent Examination Author(s): SCHUETT, Florian Date: 2009 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI ECO Abstract: The objective of patent examination is to separate the wheat from the chaff. Good applications - those satisfying the patentability criteria, particularly novelty and nonobviousness - should be accepted, while bad applications ...

Title: Inventors and Impostors: an Economic Analysis of Patent Examination Author(s): SCHUETT, Florian Date: 2009 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI MWP Abstract: The objective of patent examination is to separate the wheat from the chaff. Good applications – those satisfying the patentability criteria, particularly novelty and non-obviousness – should be accepted, while bad ...

Title: Is Behavioral Economics Doomed? The Ordinary versus the Extraordinary Author(s): LEVINE, David K. Date: 2009 Type of Publication: Other Series/Report no.: EUI MWP LS Abstract: Behavioral economics is an effort to bring psychological and emotional aspects of human behavior into economic theory. Critics of existing theory, including many psychologists and behavioral economists, poorly understand ...

Title: Is Contract Law Necessary? Author(s): SCHWARTZ, Alan Date: 2010-10-22 Type of Publication: Other Series/Report no.: EUI MWP LS Abstract: This Lecture argues that much of the contract law in the cases (the US, the UK and Canada) and in the codes (Europe and Latin America) is unnecessary. To say that a law is unnecessary is to say that it does not perform a ...

Title: Is there a Tension between Transparency and Efficiency in Decisions? The case of the Council of the European Union Author(s): NOVAK, Stéphanie Date: 2011-01-01 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI MWP Abstract: Decision makers sometimes refer to the tension between transparency and efficiency in decisions. Yet, this argument is not so obvious, partly because the notion of efficiency is unclear. As a first step in the analysis of ...

Title: The Israel Defense Forces and the Al-Aqsa Intifada: When Tactical Virtuosity Meets Strategic Disappointment Author(s): CATIGNANI, Sergio Date: 2008 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI MWP Abstract: The following paper analyzes the Israel Defense Forces’ (IDF) counter-insurgency strategy and campaign carried out against the Palestinian insurgency within the Occupied/Disputed Territories of the West Bank and Gaza Strip ...

Title: Italian Ambassadorial Networks in Early Modern Europe: An Introduction Author(s): FLETCHER, Catherine; DESILVA, Jennifer Mara Date: 2010-01-01 Type of Publication: Article Abstract: (No abstract as this is an introduction to a special edition of the journal.)

Title: Italian colonial policy in Libya and the pious foundations Author(s): GAZZINI, Claudia Date: 2009 Type of Publication: Article

Title: The Janus Face of EU Migration Governance: Impairing democratic governance at home – improving it abroad? Author(s): FREYBURG, Tina Date: 2012 Type of Publication: Article Abstract: In the field of European Union (EU) migration policies, a large number of legal, administrative, and institutional tightening measures have been established in the name of domestic security since the early 1990s. These ...

Title: Joined cases C-402/05 and 415/05 (Kadi) and (Al Barakaat) Author(s): LAVRANOS, Nikolaos Date: 2009 Type of Publication: Article

Title: Jovan Jovanovic Zmaj and the Serbian Identity between Poetry and History Author(s): ALEKSOV, Bojan Date: 2007 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI MWP Abstract: The recent violent outburst of Serbian nationalism has attracted significant interest in the ever-growing field of nationalism studies. In addition, the so-called ‘cultural turn’ has engaged scholars in the reappraisal of ...

Title: Juan Valverde, or Building a “Spanish Anatomy” in 16th Century Rome Author(s): ANDRETTA, Elisa Date: 2009 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI MWP Abstract: The paper focus on the sojourn in Rome of the Spanish anatomist Juan de Valverd. His role, both within the Spanish community and the political and cultural framework of the city, will be examined in various places of the ...

Title: Judging in the Multilevel Legal Order: Exploring the Techniques of ‘Hidden Dialogue’ Author(s): MARTINICO, Giuseppe Date: 2010-01-01 Type of Publication: Article Abstract: The aim of this paper is to focus on that particular form of judicial conversation represented by what I have endeavoured to call the techniques of 'hidden dialogue' between the European Court of Justice (ECJ) and the ...

Title: The judicial enforcement of EU law through national courts: possibilities and limits Author(s): SLEPCEVIC, Reinhard Date: 2009 Type of Publication: Article

Title: Jugendliche aus Zuwandererfamilien im Übergang von der Schule in den Beruf – Perspektiven der Lebenslauf- und Integrationsforschung Author(s): AYBEK, Can Date: 2008 Type of Publication: Contribution to book

Title: Jurisdictional Competition Author(s): LAVRANOS, Nikolaos Date: 2009 Type of Publication: Book

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