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Little Fish in Big Ponds: The Pathways to Inclusion for Micro‐Minorities in Power‐Sharing Societies
Abstract Emergent critique of consociations has focused on how micro‐minority ‘others’ are frequently excluded from the opportunities presented by power‐sharing systems, with dominant elites shutting them out. Therefore, a key question is: how do the political elites of micro‐minorities gain more meaningful inclusion by adopting or navigating the ...
Aleksandra Zdeb, Drew Mikhael
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Any discrimination or exclusion based on sexual orientation for the purpose of reducing equali- ty before the law, as well as providing preferential treatment on these grounds, constitutes sexual orientation discrimination . This paper will, inter alia, address the rights of same-sex partners vis-à-vis the rights of heterosexual partners, with the aim ...
Čepo, Marina +2 more
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Autonomy limitations in public health law: Compulsory childhood vaccination [PDF]
It needs to be stressed that the opponents of compulsory vaccination programmes for children, which are nowadays preferred by many states, are not unanimous in their arguments against such policies.
Tucak Ivana
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This paper analyzes provisions of the Croatian Constitution related to environmental protection, as well as their application in the case law of the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Croatia. The main aim is to examine whether the Constitutional Court considers Croatian Constitution as prescribing the right to a healthy environment although it ...
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Contested heritage landscapes for Arabic language learning in a postcolonial France
Abstract This article analyzes the contested and multiple meanings of “heritage” that emerge for advanced Arabic language learners in a postcolonial France. A linguistic life histories approach reveals a fraught duality of privileged access and exclusionary adversity for heritage students of Arabic.
Chantal Tetreault +2 more
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CONSTITUTIONAL COURT OF THE REPUBLIC OF CROATIA AND THE „ABORTION DECISION“
Authors discuss the context, implications, and major challenges of implementing the Croatian Constitutional Court's historic 2017 „Abortion decision“.
Biljana Kostadinov, Ana Horvat Vukovic
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Between Practicality and Politics: Factors of Sub‐National Aid Allocation in Bosnia and Herzegovina
ABSTRACT Bosnia and Herzegovina represents a unique case of aid recipient for its complex history and administrative and political divisions. Yet, little is known about how foreign aid is allocated to local recipients. This qualitative study uncovers factors shaping sub‐national aid allocation in Bosnia and Herzegovina, highlighting donors' and ...
Lenka Dušková +5 more
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The Duration of Caretaker Periods and the Formation of Parliamentary Governments
ABSTRACT In this article, I focus on an understudied aspect of the cabinet formation process in parliamentary democracies: the caretaker periods associated with it. Building on the existing literature on government formation, I discuss conceptualization and measurement of caretaker periods, defined as periods during which a government is no longer or ...
Francesco Bromo
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An important source of the Croatian legal system is found in the Constitutional Court’s case law, which has been instrumental in shaping constitutional principles and implementing them in the proceedings of ordinary courts. Relying primarily on previously established constitutional principles, on doctrines legally binding to EU member states and their ...
Anita Blagojević, Marijana Majnarić
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Authors discuss the context, implications, and major challenges of implementing the Croatian Constitutional Court's historic 2017 „Abortion decision“. Twenty-six years after it was originally challenged, the socialist era abortion-enabling 1978 law withstood the test of constitutionality against a new constitutional and value order introduced by the ...
Kostadinov, Biljana +1 more
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