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The People or the State?: Chisholm v. Georgia and Popular Sovereignty [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
Chisholm v. Georgia was the first great constitutional case decided by the Supreme Court. In Chisholm, the Court addressed the fundamental question: Who is Sovereign? The People or the State? It adopted an individual concept of popular sovereignty rather
Barnett, Randy E.
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Insolvency‐related foreign judgements in Nigeria: Contextualising English legal influence and comparative analysis of the UNCITRAL regime

open access: yesInternational Insolvency Review, EarlyView.
Abstract The United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) has produced the most robust international insolvency regime applicable to countries around the world. The Model Law on Cross‐Border Insolvency (1997) is widely accepted and already very popular among African countries.
Pontian N. Okoli
wiley   +1 more source

The Issue of Unamendable Norm in the First Constitution of Georgia [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Constitutional Law, 2021
The 1918 Act of Independence of Georgia is the first act of constitutional significance, which defined the Democratic Republic as a form of the political structure in Georgia.
Paata Javakhishvili
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Life After Hardwick [PDF]

open access: yes, 1992
Unless or until it is narrowed or overruled, Bowers v. Hardwick will dominate the law concerning government regulation of sexuality. In Hardwick the Supreme Court upheld as constitutional a Georgia sodomy statute that made oral or anal intercourse a ...
Hunter, Nan D.
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Values and visibility: How CEO activism influences private and public consumer choices

open access: yesStrategic Management Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Research Summary Firms' and executives' stances on controversial issues affect consumer behavior. This “political consumerism” might be motivated by ideology and a desire to signal to peers, and thus vary for private and public purchases. We conduct an experiment with 1198 consumers to study how purchase visibility affects responses to CEO ...
Young Hou, Christopher Poliquin
wiley   +1 more source

The Right to Life in the Context of Climate Change [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Constitutional Law, 2021
The Constitution of Georgia of 1921 did not directly guarantee environmental human rights (environmental issues gained particular importance only in the second part of the 20th century), however, it recognized the human being as the main value, and ...
Ana Beridze
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Centralised by Design: Anglocentric Constitutionalism, Accountability and the Failure of English Devolution

open access: yesThe Political Quarterly, Volume 96, Issue 1, Page 189-198, January/March 2025.
Abstract The Labour manifesto in this year's election implied a radical restructuring of the UK state, the way in which England is governed and in relations across the United Kingdom. The aim of making English devolution the ‘default option’ is set against fifty years of unsuccessful and partial devolution initiatives which have failed to reverse the ...
John Denham, Janice Morphet
wiley   +1 more source

The 1921 Constitution of Georgia: A Symbol of the Independence of Georgia [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Constitutional Law, 2021
The founders of the Democratic Republic of Georgia (1918-1921) considered the drafting of the basic law of the country, the Constitution, to be particularly important and saw its adoption as the most significant event after the Declaration of ...
Malkhaz Matsaberidze
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‘Enthusiasts’ and ‘Fanatics’: The Decembrists as a Case Study in French Influence on Russian Culture, Emotions and Thought

open access: yesHistory, EarlyView.
Abstract Participants in Russia's 1825 Decembrist uprising against the Tsarist regime were, quite literally, a case study in French cultural influence upon Russia. This is particularly true as it relates to Russia's emotional cultures. Although this has not, traditionally, been the primary focus of historical analysis of this event (in Soviet or ...
ADAM COKER
wiley   +1 more source

Partisan Cities: How State‐Local Political Alignment Shapes Credit Risk and Information Processing in the Municipal Bond Market

open access: yesJournal of Accounting Research, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper studies how partisan alignment between city leaders and state governors shapes information processing and bond pricing in the municipal bond market. Using a novel data set on 1,045 U.S. cities from 2005 to 2019, we show that cities with the same political affiliation as the state governor face 9 basis points lower borrowing costs ...
RAMONA DAGOSTINO, ANYA NAKHMURINA
wiley   +1 more source

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