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Title:Making up for an unlucky month of birth in school : causal evidence on the compensatory advantage of family background in England Author(s):BERNARDI, Fabrizio
; GRÄTZ, MichaelDate:2015Citation:
- Sociological science, 2015, Vol. 2, pp. 235-251
Type:ArticleAbstract:Previous research has shown that being born in the months immediately preceding the school entry cut-off date leads to lower educational outcomes in countries with a strict admission policy. In this article we use the ...
; GRÄTZ, MichaelDate:2015Citation:
Title:Exploring the constitutional possibilities for a European social model : some common constitutional traditions between liberalism and social intervention Author(s):RODRÍGUEZ GONZÁLVEZ, FranciscoDate:2014Citation:
- L'Europe en formation, 2014/2, No. 372, pp. 122-151
Type:ArticleAbstract:The European Social Model (ESM) is a rather vague concept, generally used for defining a certain combination between social concerns and the need for economic improvement and efficiency. This vagueness implies a weak ...
Title:Contested norms in new-adopter states : international determinants of LGBT rights legislation. Author(s):AYOUB, Phillip M.Date:2015Citation:
- European journal of international relations, 2015, Vol. 21, No. 2, pp. 293-322
Type:ArticleSeries/Number:[COSMOS]Abstract:This article is concerned with the question of why lesbian, gay, bisexual, and trans (LGBT) rights legislation is introduced at higher levels in some cases and less so in others. To address this puzzle, the article analyzes ...
Title:With arms wide shut: threat perception, norm reception and mobilized resistance to LGBT rights Author(s):AYOUB, Phillip M.Date:2014Citation:
- Journal of Human Rights, Vol. 13, No. 3, pp. 337-362
Type:ArticleSeries/Number:[COSMOS]Abstract:This article utilizes original survey and interview data to explore why norms governing lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) rights mobilize an active resistance in some cases and not in others. Based on a ...
Title:Eurostat, soft law and the measurement of public debt : the case of public-private partnerships Author(s):VEGA, AlbertoDate:2013Citation:
- European Journal of Legal Studies, 2013, Vol. 6, No. 2, pp. 96-118
Type:ArticleAbstract:Budget stability seems to be mainly regulated through hard law, but in order to measure public debt, Eurostat has had to complement many aspects with informal instruments such as decisions in press releases, manuals, ...
Title:In defence of defence rights : the need for common rules of criminal procedure in the European Union Author(s):LONGRIDGE, CorriDate:2013Citation:
- European Journal of Legal Studies, 2013, Vol. 6, No. 2, pp. 136-156
Type:ArticleAbstract:The phenomenon of globalization and the expansion of EU mobility rights have been a catalyst for cross-border crime and a driving force for Member State cooperation in the field of criminal law. This paper argues broadly ...
Title:The functionality of conceptual terms in international law and international legal discourse Author(s):LINDERFALK, UlfDate:2013Citation:
- European Journal of Legal Studies, 2013, Vol. 6, No. 2, pp. 27-50
Type:ArticleAbstract:Investigating the meaning of conceptual terms is an important task for legal scholars. Traditionally, the meaning of conceptual terms has been analyzed by reference to what those terms describe, namely a relationship ...
Title:On the conceptual origins of the law of unjustified enrichment in the draft common frame of reference Author(s):WRIGHT NELSON, JackDate:2013Citation:
- European Journal of Legal Studies, 2013, Vol. 6, No. 2, pp. 119-135
Type:ArticleAbstract:Book VII of the Draft Common Frame of Reference presents a codification of the law of unjustified enrichment, derived from European jurisdictions and legal traditions. Yet European private law lacks a ‘common core’ concerning ...
Title:Rent seeking with asymmetric players : an application to litigation expenditures Author(s):SALKIN, SvetoslavDate:2013Citation:
- European Journal of Legal Studies, 2013, Vol. 6, No. 2, pp. 157-173
Type:ArticleAbstract:This paper uses insights from the literature on rent-seeking contests toanalyze the expenditure decisions of a Defendant and a Plaintiff in the course of their legal battle. It is shown that the total amount of litigation ...
Title:The controversies about legal indeterminacy and the thesis of the ‘norm as a framework’ in Kelsen Author(s):DEL REAL ALCALÁ, Juan AlbertoDate:2013Citation:
- European Journal of Legal Studies, 2013, Vol. 6, No. 2, pp. 174-188
Type:ArticleAbstract:One of the most persistent controversies in law is related to its completeness or incompleteness. In the context of the debate between inconclusive law or the completeness of the law, the main argument of the paper is that ...