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South Africa: The Ambiguities of a Middle Power

Global Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT South Africa represents an interesting species of a middle power. This derives from its inherited economic muscle as Africa's powerhouse and the liberation struggle against apartheid, both of which have shaped its democratic transition. The traditions of liberation and democracy, in turn, have profoundly influenced how South Africa has ...
Garth L. le Pere
wiley   +1 more source

Between democratic security and democratic legality : discursive institutionalism and Colombia’s Constitutional Court

, 2016
Jan Boesten
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Emergency Powers, Constitutional (Self-)Restraint and Judicial Politics: the Turkish Constitutional Court During the COVID-19 Pandemic [PDF]

, 2022
Emre Turkut
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The correlation between sanction adjustments and drunk‐driving violations and related outcomes in Taiwan: A nationwide interrupted time series analysis

Addiction, EarlyView.
Abstract Background and aims Drunk‐driving accounts for a significant portion of traffic crashes in Taiwan. From 2008 to 2013, both the Taiwan Legislative Yuan and the federal administrative agencies collaborated to increase drunk‐driving penalties.
Ling‐Wei Kuo, Chien‐An Liao, Chi‐Tung Cheng, Chien‐Hung Liao, Chih‐Po Hsu, Chih‐Yuan Fu, Shih‐Ching Kang, Brett Olin, Chun‐Shiang Yang, Jen‐Fu Huang   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Is there an institutional structure conducive to judicial independence? An overview of ruling constitutions in Latin America

Revista Debates, 2014
What determines the nature of judicial review and the way it operates in the new democracies? Institutional factors seem to impact the independence and power of courts and therefore are often used to explain their behavior. Mechanisms such as composition
Rebecca Magalhães, Ernani Carvalho
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Criminalisation under scrutiny: how constitutional courts are changing their narrative by using public health evidence in abortion cases. [PDF]

Sex Reprod Health Matters, 2019
Undurraga V.
europepmc   +1 more source

Guarantee of Local Autonomy and Competence Dispute by the Constitutional Court

, 2020
Cho Sung Kyu
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Comparison to Criminal Sanctions in the Constitutional Review of Punitive Damages [PDF]

, 2004
This Article focuses on the third guidepost announced in BMW v. Gore for reviewing whether the amount of punitive damages award is so excessive as to violate due process, specifically, comparing punitive damages to criminal sanctions.
Murphy, Colleen P.
core   +3 more sources

Progress and Poverty: Walter Rodney's Legacy

The American Journal of Economics and Sociology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The conventional view of human progress states that the more humanity makes progress, the less poverty is entrenched. But, global development is currently characterized by a persistent combination of economic progress and growing relative poverty. This endemic inequality has puzzled economists for years.
Franklin Obeng‐Odoom
wiley   +1 more source

SOME ASPECTS OF CONSTITUTIONAL CONTROL IN THE SWISS CONFEDERATION, THE REPUBLIC OF AUSTRIA, AND THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY

Jurisprudencija
This article analyzes the procedure for establishing the institutions of constitutional justice in the Swiss Confederation, the Republic of Austria, and the Federal Republic of Germany, including the requirements for persons seeking to become a ...
Milda Vainiutė (†), Kristina Kenstavičienė   +1 more
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