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Duverger, semi-presidentialism and the supposed French archetype [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
The concept of semi-presidentialism was first operationalised by Maurice Duverger. There are now 17 countries with semi-presidential constitutions in Europe.
Cheibub A. Jose   +18 more
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Buchanan and the Social Contract: Coordination Failures and the Atrophy of Property Rights

open access: yesSouthern Economic Journal, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT James Buchanan advocated that societies should be based on a social contract. He rejected anarchy, seeing it as a “Hobbesian jungle” that calls for government intervention to maintain social order. He also opposed theories of spontaneous order. These views led to debates about the compatibility of Buchanan's works with classical liberalism and
Stefano Dughera, Alain Marciano
wiley   +1 more source

The Difficulty of Constitutional Amendment in Canada [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Scholars of comparative constitutional law would suggest that the United States Constitution is the world’s most difficult democratic constitution to change by formal amendment.
Albert, Richard
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Beggars as Rational Choosers

open access: yesSouthern Economic Journal, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT American municipalities increasingly regulate panhandling. That regulation is controversial. The determinants of panhandling activeness are unknown, and it is doubted whether panhandling activity responds rationally to incentives. To shed light on these issues, we collect data on hundreds of panhandlers and the passersby they solicit at ...
Peter T. Leeson   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The contribution of the humanities to the theory and practice of public administration in the 21st century

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Public Administration, EarlyView.
Abstract This Forum Article integrates a range of four contributions which are all underpinned by the conviction that the rediscovery of the humanities may be beneficial to the field of public administration. The first piece examines the contribution that philosophy, as a key discipline of the humanities, can provide to the field of public ...
Edoardo Ongaro   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Principles of independence and accountability in the activities of the European Central Bank and the central bank of the EU member state

open access: yesАналітично-порівняльне правознавство
The scientific article is devoted to the study of the principles of independence and accountability in the activities of the European Central Bank and the central bank of the EU member state. The article focuses attention on Art. 108 and Art.
R.P. Naturkach
doaj   +1 more source

Constitutions as Equilibria: A Game-theoretic Approach to Positive Constitutional Economics [PDF]

open access: yes
The aim of this paper is to derive conditions under which either dictatorship or the rule of law are the equilibria of a post-constitutional game. It thus contributes to positive constitutional economics, i.e., the research program that is interested in ...
Kirstein, Roland, Voigt, Stefan
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HISTORICAL INCRIMINATION OF FACTS AGAINST PATRIMONY [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
The aim of this study arises from the importance recognized to patrimony as a social value of all evolution stages of society. Assuming that all antisocial acts which affects patrimony were always sanctioned, I tried to illustrate their incrimination ...
MIHAIL-SILVIU POCORA
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Constitutional and legal principles of building the institutional capacity of the National Bank of Ukraine

open access: yesНауковий вісник Ужгородського національного університету. Серія Право
The article is devoted to the study of the issue of the constitutional and legal foundations of the development of the institutional capacity of the National Bank of Ukraine.
R. P. Naturkach
doaj   +1 more source

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