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Europe’s Constitutional Law in Times of Crisis: A Human Rights Perspective
Nordicum-Mediterraneum, 2016 In this paper, we aim to survey representative constitutional amendments in the European Union’s area, whether attempted or accomplished, as well as significant adjudications by constitutional bodies, since the outset of the ongoing international ...
Giorgio Baruchello +1 more
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Sustainable Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Sustainable Development Goal 16 (SDG 16) emphasizes peace, justice, and strong institutions as essential foundations for sustainable development. This study adopts a desktop‐based qualitative research approach to examine how institutional quality and governance systems influence progress toward SDG 16 and broader development outcomes.
Maryem Souiai +8 more
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Sustainable Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) assessment criteria have received substantial recognition for investment decision and practical steps to achieving the sustainable development goals (SDGs). Given the global reliance on public‐private partnership (PPP) to bridge infrastructure deficit, investment into these projects is on the rise; it
Caleb Boadi +2 more
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Sustainable Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT South Africa's Climate Change Act 22 of 2024 was enacted amid escalating climate risk, entrenched inequality, carbon‐intensive development, and uneven state capacity. This article evaluates the Act at the level of policy design rather than implementation outcomes.
Jacob Kwakye
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Moral Economies of Debt Forgiveness and Enforcement in Postcrisis Iceland
Economic Anthropology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Who deserves financial relief in times of crisis, and on what grounds? The 2008 collapse of Iceland's banking system prompted state intervention to mitigate household indebtedness, including forbearance, pension withdrawals, repayment adjustments, and debt reductions.
Timothy Heffernan
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Colonial Past and Constitutional Momentum: The Case of Iceland
Nordicum-Mediterraneum, 2013 In June 2010, nearly two years after the world-wide financial crisis of 2008 hit Iceland, the Icelandic Parliament passed an act on a Constitutional Assembly.
Ágúst Þór Árnason
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Healing the trauma of rape and sexual abuse (second report)
, 1995 Since the last RCC report was published the nation has been made tragically aware of sexual violence in our community, particularly as it affects defenceless children.
Rape Crisis Centre.
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Stimuli‐responsive nanostructured hydrogen sulfide donors for enhanced cancer treatments
Smart Molecules, EarlyView.Three typical kinds of stimuli‐responsive nanostructured hydrogen sulfide (H2S) donors are reviewed. The nanostructures ensure precise delivery of H2S to the lesion site and regulate the release behavior. The H2S‐based gas therapy has been used to synergize with other cancer treatment modalities, achieving enhanced efficacy while reducing side effects.
Yuxuan Lyu +7 more
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From Map Follower to Navigator: Archetypes of Environmental Impact Assessment
Systems Research and Behavioral Science, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Environmental impact assessment (EIA) scholarship is commonly framed as a tension between efficiency and comprehensiveness paradigms. These paradigms describe a persistent tension but cannot explain how EIA operates through it. Drawing on social systems theory, this analysis traces that operation.
Kenneth Kang
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Ulysses and the Rent-Seekers: The Benefits and Challenges of Constitutional Constraints on Leviathan [PDF]
. A constitutionally constrained government may be viewed as an attractive arrangement in that it may limit the rent-seeking behavior by narrowly motivated special interest groups and instead support policies of a Pareto-improving character. However, the
Kurrild-Klitgaard, Peter
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