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Empowering the Active Jury: A Genuine Tort Reform [PDF]
, 2008 The rallying cry of tort reform is frequently associated with changes to the civil justice system that restrict the civil jury or avoid it altogether.
Hans, Valerie P.
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Bank Income Smoothing, Societal Patriarchy and Policy Uncertainty
International Journal of Finance &Economics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Using a sample of 745 banks from 26 OECD countries over the period 1997–2023, we investigate the moderating effects of societal patriarchy on bank income smoothing (IS), amidst policy uncertainty (PU). Results indicate that in periods of high PU, banks operating in highly patriarchal societies tend to curtail the use of loan loss provisions ...
Tanveer Ahsan +4 more
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What Explains International Interest Rate Co‐Movement?
Journal of Applied Econometrics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The international co‐movement of interest rates reflects correlated business‐cycle fluctuations, largely driven by demand shocks. Monetary policy in advanced economies follows domestic mandates—inflation and the output gap—and does not respond to foreign policy shocks.
Annika Camehl, Gregor von Schweinitz
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Legal nature of charging interest payable under loan agreement
Ученые записки Казанского университета: Серия Гуманитарные науки, 2017 The paper aims at establishing the legal nature of charging interest payable under loan agreement. In order to fulfil this aim, the term “interest payable” has been analyzed.
A.I. Khabirov
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Research on Apology in Civil Liability [PDF]
, 2016 自《民法通则》实施以来，赔礼道歉作为一种民事责任方式已经在我国司法实务中适用了近30年。赔礼道歉民事责任在我国得以形成有一定的历史文化原因，它的主要立法目的是化解纠纷，调和矛盾。然而目前的司法实务中，赔礼道歉并没有实现较好的立法效果，反而陷入了适用混乱、执行困难的适用困境。 本文认为造成赔礼道歉适用困境的原因主要有两个方面：从宪法的角度来看，赔礼道歉与宪法所保障的良心自由相冲突，有违宪的嫌疑，这是赔礼道歉民事责任在理论上存在的障碍；从实务的角度来看，由于赔礼道歉具有很强的主观性，不少侵权人抱着“钱可以赔，
刘思源
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The Relevance of Apology to Reparations for Historical Injustice
Journal of Applied Philosophy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This article explains the centrality of apology to an adequate account of reparations. I look in depth at what goes on in apology. As I have previously argued, apology is an expressive action through which we seek to mark adequately the significance of our own wrongdoing. I claim that apology so understood is not merely ornamental.
Christopher Bennett
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Failure in Motion: A Framework for Capability Erosion and Institutional Dysfunction
Strategic Change, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Drawing on the literature on capability erosion and institutional dysfunction (ID), this study develops a conceptual framework that sheds new light on how the interaction between capability erosion and ID creates conditions for business failure across borders. By articulating two dimensions of heterogeneous capability and resource erosion (i.e.
Joseph Amankwah‐Amoah +1 more
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Impact of Nitrogen Deposition on Carbon and Nitrogen Cycling in Peatlands Under Land‐Use Change
Land Degradation &Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Increasing nitrogen (N) deposition significantly alters carbon and N dynamics in peatlands by affecting microbial processes, enhancing greenhouse gas emissions and nutrient leaching into adjacent waters. However, how peatland conversion for agriculture and forestry influences the fate of added N under elevated atmospheric deposition remains ...
Yujing Deng +3 more
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Land Degradation &Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Coal remains a major global energy source despite ongoing environmental controversies, particularly, regarding climate change and landscape transformation. This study investigates the spatiotemporal dynamics of land use and land cover (LULC) in the Moatize Coal Basin (MCB), Mozambique, between 1990 and 2024, with a specific focus on land ...
Ivan Latinho Naite +2 more
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