Title:Paolo Sarpi between Jean Bodin and Thomas Hobbes: A case study on the "political animal" in early modern Europe
Author(s):KAINULAINEN, JaskaDate:2009Type of Publication:ThesisSeries/Report no.:EUI PhD thesesAbstract:The aim of my thesis is to present an intellectual biography of Paolo Sarpi (1552-1623) by researching three different but intertwining sides in his intellectual activities: natural philosophy, religion and politics. My ...
Title:A paradigm for coherence in EU external relations law : the European neighbourhood policy
Author(s):VAN VOOREN, BartDate:2010Type of Publication:ThesisSeries/Report no.:EUI PhD thesesAbstract:Coherence is a powerful rhetorical device that is prevalent throughout decades of EU external relations discourse and practice. There is intuitiveness to coherence, an implied sense of ‘good fit’ between the different ...
Title:Paradoxophilia: Imaginary invalid or chronic disease? An analysis of paradoxicality in legal decisions
Author(s):SAHM, PhilippDate:2012Type of Publication:ThesisSeries/Report no.:EUI LLM thesesAbstract:Paradox mentionings have become fashionable in scholarly literature, but are essentially incomplete. Consequently, the question arises whether paradoxophilia is law’s disease or a mere obsession of some legal scholars. A ...
Title:Party Responses to Social Movements: A comparative analysis of Italy and The Netherlands in the 1970s and 1980s
Author(s):PICCIO, Daniela RomeéDate:2011Type of Publication:ThesisSeries/Report no.:EUI PhD thesesAbstract:The independent and spontaneous mobilization of social movements during the late 1960s challenged political parties in their very fundamental function of political linkage and has often been deemed a symptom of a crisis ...
Title:Passing the Buck: state responsibility for the conduct of private military companies
Author(s):HOPPE, CarstenDate:2009Type of Publication:ThesisSeries/Report no.:EUI PhD thesesAbstract:This thesis analyzes whether and how international law can ensure that states relying on Private Military or Security Companies [PMSCs/contractors] to provide certain coercive services in armed conflict or occupation, ...
Title:Passions and the German Enlightenment: The political thought of J.H.G. von Justi
Author(s):NOKKALA, Ere PerttiDate:2010Type of Publication:ThesisSeries/Report no.:EUI PhD thesesAbstract:This thesis is the first comprehensive interpretation of J.H.G. von Justi’s political and international thought. It demonstrates that the intellectual world of Justi was much more diverse and open than has previously been ...
Title:Patterns of associational life in Western Europe, 1800-2000: A comparative and historical interpretation
Author(s):FERNANDES, Tiago LuisDate:2009Type of Publication:ThesisSeries/Report no.:EUI PhD thesesAbstract:This dissertation addresses the problem of the sources of associational life and civic engagement. I develop a new theory of the origins of associational life by a comparative historical study of popular sector/lower class ...