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World Water Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Groundwater governance is complex due to several externalities associated with groundwater being an invisible natural resource tied to the land with millions of extractors and limited means of exclusion. The paper traces the evolution of groundwater irrigation in India and the corresponding change in groundwater laws and policies to address ...
Anindita Sarkar, Amrita Sarkar
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Vestnik Omskoj Ûridičeskoj Akademii, 2013 The scientific approaches to the foundation of the legal branch system of the social security law are analyzed in the article. The author offers two models of structuring its special part, based on the necessity of its norms differentiation according to ...
Antipyeva N. V.
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The Voting Rights Act\u27s Fight to Stay Rational: Shelby County v. Holder [PDF]
, 2013 This commentary previews an upcoming Supreme Court case, Shelby County v. Holder, in which the Court may decide whether Congress\u27s 2006 reauthorization of Section 5 and Section 4(b) of the Voting Rights Act was ...
Paul, Sudeep
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Papua New Guinea's Public Services Commission since independence: Sidelined or strengthened?
Australian Journal of Public Administration, EarlyView.Abstract This paper investigates reforms to the Public Services Commission (PSC) in Papua New Guinea (PNG) since independence in 1975. It looks at the original role of the PSC and then the various reforms it has been subject to: in 1986, 2003, and 2013, by constitutional and legislative change, and in 2019, by court ruling.
Nematullah Bizhan, Stephen Howes
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An Alcohol Mindset in a Drug-Crazed World: A Review of Birchfield v. North Dakota [PDF]
, 2017 Birchfield v. North Dakota involved the ability of legislatures to criminalize a driver’s refusal to submit to a chemical test after a law enforcement officer arrested the individual for driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs.
Beeny, Devon
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The Epistemic Challenge to Democratic Resilience: A Late‐Classical Athenian Institutional Solution
Constellations, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Democratic erosion is an increasingly worrying phenomenon, affecting not only both young and transitional democracies but also more consolidated ones. A particularly important aspect of this process (in its contemporary incarnation) is that, because of its subtle and incrementalist character, it is difficult to perceive by citizens, who often ...
Alexandru Volacu
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Reverse Incorporation of State Constitutional Law [PDF]
, 2011 State supreme courts and the United States Supreme Court are the independent and final arbiters of their respective constitutions, and may therefore take different approaches to analogous state and federal constitutional issues.
Blocher, Joseph
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Constellations, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Based on theories of deliberative democracy, this article explores the substantive content of reasons as a conceptual tool. Although most studies focus on procedural dimensions, we argue that identifying and mapping substantive reasons contributes to advancing empirical investigation in a theoretically informed and normatively relevant way ...
Rousiley C. M. Maia +3 more
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THE REMOVAL FROM OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT OF ONE OF THE CHAMBERS OF THE ROMANIAN PARLIAMENT BETWEEN OPPORTUNITY AND NECESSITY. REFLECTIONS ON THE CCR DECISION NO. 17 OF JANUARY 26, 2022 [PDF]
Challenges of the Knowledge Society, 2022 In March 2022, a decision of the Romanian Constitutional Court was published in the Official Gazette of Romania, Part I, which brings to the attention of practitioners, but also of the general public, the issue of the removal from office of one of the ...
Gheorghe STAN, Cristina TITIRIȘCĂ
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Constitutional Court, Judicial Independence, and Efforts to Achieve Qualified Justice
Hasanuddin Law Review, 2019 Judicial Corruption is a disgrace to the world of justice and disaster for the justice seeker community. The judiciary is the third branch of state power after the executive and legislature.
Irfan Nur Rachman
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