Title:The Uncertain Future of Slovenian Exceptionalism
Author(s):GUARDIANCICH, IgorDate:2012Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:The political-economy literature has so far almost unanimously regarded Slovenia as the social-democratic exception in Central and Eastern Europe, due to a combination of highly consensual democratic institutions, low party ...
Title:War, Diplomacy and Social Mobility: The Casali family in the service of Henry VIII
Author(s):FLETCHER, CatherineDate:2010-01-01Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:By employing Gregorio Casali as his permanent representative at the curia from 1525, King Henry VIII of England acquired a diplomatic structure not uncommon in sixteenthcentury Europe: the family consortium. This article ...
Title:Wenn die Wüste blüht: Eine Replik auf Thomas Bräuninger
Author(s):FREYBURG, TinaDate:2012Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:In meinem ZIB-Aufsatz »Demokratisierung durch Zusammenarbeit?« präsentierte ich Ergebnisse meiner Studie zum demokratisierenden Potenzial transgouvernementaler Politiknetzwerke, die Staatsbeamte aus etablierten Demokratien ...
Title:What Conscience Can Do for Equity
Author(s):SAMET, IritDate:2012Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:The paper argues that there are good reasons to frame the categories of equitable liability around the concept of conscience. A quick look at recent case law reveals an increasing use of conscience categories to discourage ...
Title:What Makes a Basic Structure Just?
Author(s):RONZONI, MiriamDate:2008Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:In his multi-faceted attack on Rawls’s account of justice, G.A. Cohen has argued that the notion of basic structure is necessarily insensitive to the importance of informal social norms to social justice. The paper argues ...
Title:WTO Origin Rules for Services and the Defects: Substantial Input Test as One Way Out?
Author(s):WANG, HengDate:2010Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:The origin of services is often one of the issues that regulators have to address to determine whether there is trade in services. It is also indispensable for the application of preferential trade commitments including ...