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Inscribing Authority: Female Title Bearers in Jewish Inscriptions

open access: yesReligions, 2012
This paper investigates representations of gender in the material culture of the ancient synagogue. The pertinent data are numerous dedicatory and funerary inscriptions linking individual Jews, men and women, with titles seemingly associated with ...
Carrie Duncan
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Crusade for Justice and the Question of Authenticity in African American Autobiography

open access: yesCurrent Objectives of Postgraduate American Studies, 2015
This article aims at throwing light on the concept of racial authenticity and on its connections with the discourses around authority and cultural dominance.
Monia Dal Checco
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Military organization and assertive communication [PDF]

open access: yesВојно дело, 2016
Military organization is a unique social institution as regards its organization, structuredness and interpersonal relations, which are determined by the nature of its raison d'etre - armed struggle.
Đurić-Atanasievski Ksenija   +1 more
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The Rule of St. Benedict and Modern Liberal Authority [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
In this paper I examine the sixth century ’Rule of St. Benedict’, and argue that the authority structure of Benedictine communities as described in that document satisfies well-known principles of authority defended by Joseph Raz.
Zagzebski, Linda
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The Resolution of Distressed Financial Conglomerates

open access: yesRSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences, 2017
One of the most elegant legal innovations to emerge from the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010 is the FDIC’s single-point-of-entry (SPOE) initiative, whereby regulatory authorities will be in a position to resolve the ...
Howell E. Jackson, Stephanie Massman
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Global Law for Private Law

open access: yesTilburg Law Review, 2012
The standard concept of law, consisting of legislation and case law, provides authority and legitimacy to law, as well as a methodology. Transnationalisation of law has necessitated the recognition of non-state influences. Although this should lead to an
Eric Tjong Tjin Tai
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Invalid party wall awards and how to avoid them [PDF]

open access: yes, 2000
Considers the reasons for the invalidity of party wall awards. Examines decided cases under earlier party wall legislation in the context of the Party Wall etc. Act 1996. Explains invalidity on the basis of an excess of the surveyors’ statutory authority.
Anstey J.   +17 more
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Use and Abuse of Authority [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
Employment contracts give a principal the authority to decide flexibly which task his agent should execute. However, there is a tradeoff, first pointed out by Simon (1951), between flexibility and employer moral hazard.
Bartling, Björn   +2 more
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Strategic Step for Environmental Rescue: A Theoretical Legal Studies

open access: yesRechtsidee: Law Journal, 2014
Indonesia is among the developing countries that are struggling to develop in the field of industrial development. The logical consequence of any development process, especially industrial development is the emergence of associated impacts that greatly ...
Bambang Sutrisno
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AUTHORITY LEGITIMATION IN CAMPAIGN DISCOURSE OF AMERICAN PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES [PDF]

open access: yesStudies in Linguistics, Culture, and FLT, 2020
This article addresses legitimation in discourse seen as a complex and multifaceted concept. The specific focus is on authority legitimization which is understood not simply as ethos construction but rather as a claim to rightness, i.e.
Boryana Kostova
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