Title:The EU Position in Taxation and Development
Author(s):MOGNI, AndreaDate:2012Type of Publication:OtherSeries/Report no.:EUI RSCAS PPAbstract:Tax is a core part of a state building and one of the most visible signs of the social contract between citizens and the State. Fair, transparent and efficient tax systems demonstrate good governance and shape government ...
Title:European and United States Counter-Terrorism Policies, the Rule of Law and Human Rights
Author(s):SCHEININ, Martin; SCHEININ, Martin; BARRETT, Richard; MURPHY, Cian C.; ROACH, Kent; ROY, Olivier; LANE SCHEPPELE, KimDate:2011Type of Publication:OtherSeries/Report no.:EUI RSCAS PPAbstract:On 15 March 2011 the Global Governance Programme at the EUI hosted a High-Level Policy Seminar
(HLPS) on "European and United States Counter-Terrorism Policies, the Rule of Law and Human
Rights". The first part of the ...
Title:European Defence: Challenges after the Treaty of Lisbon
Author(s):TEIXEIRA, Nuno SeverianoDate:2012Type of Publication:OtherSeries/Report no.:EUI RSCAS PPAbstract:This paper argues on European Defence issues, namely, the challenges after the Treaty of Lisbon.
The first part analyses, in an historical perspective, the evolution of European defence, from its origins to the implementation ...
Title:European Union competencies in respect of media pluralism and media freedom
Author(s):CMPFDate:2013Type of Publication:OtherSeries/Report no.:EUI RSCAS PPAbstract:This report presents the phenomena of media freedom and pluralism and the major academic and policy debates about their social, political, economic role and implications. It highlights the importance of media freedom and ...
Title:Getting European Universities into Shape
Author(s):JACOBS, Bas; VAN DER PLOEG, FrederickDate:2006Type of Publication:OtherSeries/Report no.:EUI RSCAS PP
Title:Getting past the WTO deadlock : The plurilateral option ?
Author(s):WOOLCOCK, SteveDate:2013Type of Publication:OtherSeries/Report no.:EUI RSCAS PPAbstract:The WTO’s Doha Development Agenda (DDA) negotiations are blocked. After repeated attempts to make progress, trade ministers have called for exploring new approaches to negotiations. This has been interpreted by some as ...
Title:Global Administrative Law: An Italian perspective
Author(s):CASSESE, Sabino; BATTINI, Stefano; D’ALTERIO, Elisa; NAPOLITANO, Giulio; DE BELLIS, Maurizia; CAROLI CASAVOLA, Hilde; MORLINO, Elisabetta; CASINI, Lorenzo; CHITI, Edoardo; SAVINO, MarioDate:2012Type of Publication:OtherSeries/Report no.:EUI RSCAS PPAbstract:This Policy Paper collects a set of contributions given and discussed at the Conference on “Global Administrative Law: an Italian Perspective”, European University Institute, Global Governance Programme, 24 February 2012. ...
Title:Global Governance: Dialogue Between Courts
Author(s):LORENZETTI, RicardoDate:2010Type of Publication:OtherSeries/Report no.:EUI RSCAS PPAbstract:Judicial diplomacy can be seen as a cooperative action and interaction among domestic courts, usually highest judicial bodies, towards regional legal integration. It has manifested itself in two ways: (1) through dialogue ...
Title:The Governance Gap: Globalization and the crisis of democracy in the west
Author(s):KUPCHAN, Charles A.Date:2012Type of Publication:OtherSeries/Report no.:EUI RSCAS PPAbstract:A crisis of governability has engulfed the world’s industrialized democracies. It is not coincidental that the United States, Europe, and Japan are simultaneously experiencing political breakdown. Rather, globalization is ...
Title:Harnessing trade opportunities in the Middle East and North Africa
Author(s):CHAUFFOUR, Jean-Pierre; HOEKMAN, Bernard M.Date:2013Type of Publication:OtherSeries/Report no.:EUI RSCAS PPAbstract:Greater integration into the international economy is a key means through which countries in the Middle East and North Africa can reap the benefits of already existing market opportunities to accelerate economic growth and ...
Title:International Trade Observatory (ITO): Trade Roundtable
Author(s):MAVROIDIS, Petros C.; HORN, Henrik; MESSERLIN, Patrick; PETERSMANN, Ernst-Ulrich; SAPIR, AndréDate:2011Type of Publication:OtherSeries/Report no.:EUI RSCAS PPAbstract:The Doha round is going through tough times and at this stage it is impossible to predict its outcome. This is the central message coming from the meeting held on February 4, 2011 at EUI (RSCAS). For reasons having to do ...
Title:Is There a Legal Duty to Address World Poverty?
Author(s):SALOMON, Margot E.Date:2012Type of Publication:OtherSeries/Report no.:EUI RSCAS PPAbstract:States are reticent to support the idea that they have human rights obligations to people other than their own. However decades of United Nations consideration and human rights standard-setting in the area of international ...
Title:Islamic Finance in Europe
Author(s):WILSON, RodneyDate:2007Type of Publication:OtherSeries/Report no.:EUI RSCAS PPAbstract:Islam all too often resonates negatively in Europe, with a great part of non-Muslim public opinion uncomfortable with Islamic culture and values. Secular and Christian opinion is at best suspicious of shariah, Islamic law, ...