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DEVELOPMENT OF THE SYSTEM OF PUNISHMENT IN CRIMINAL LAW
Russian Journal of Economics and Law, 2015 Objective: to analyze the formation of punishment in criminal law (from ancient times to the present day), to demonstrate various aspects of punishment used at different times in different countries. Methods: a comprehensive study of phenomena and processes of objective reality, and the theoretical writings of legal scholars.
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A Test of the Coase Conjecture Using Prices of Electronic Books
Southern Economic Journal, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The Coase Conjecture predicts that a durable‐goods monopolist without commitment will rapidly cut price toward marginal cost. We test this prediction in the electronic‐book market using release‐day prices. To proxy for marginal cost, we use competitive prices of public‐domain electronic books on the same platforms.
Tim Groseclose, Alex Tabarrok
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AI Personhood, Criminal Law, and Punishment
Abstract This article considers what kind of personhood AI agents and robots might have under criminal law. The answer depends on whether the personhood is grounded in the ontological qualities of entities or whether its application has functional values. Ontologically, two stages are identified. The first stage considers AI agents or
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Adding Realism to Theories of Taxpayer Compliance
Southern Economic Journal, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Explaining why people pay taxes has not been a central focus in the many important contributions of Jim Cox. Even so, I argue here that his work has greatly affected the way that we think about taxpayer compliance, by adding both directly and indirectly much needed realism to the theories and the applications of compliance. These contributions
James Alm
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An Ecological Systems Analysis of University Students' ChatGPT Use in Higher Education
Systems Research and Behavioral Science, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Educational technology research has largely conceptualised students' ChatGPT adoption through individual‐level cognitive or integrity frameworks, leaving multilevel systemic conditions undertheorised. This study applies Bronfenbrenner's ecological systems theory (EST) to examine how students at a research‐intensive university in Istanbul ...
Thseen Nazir
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Accomplishing Ethics‐Work as a Generic Social Process
Symbolic Interaction, EarlyView.Existing systems of university research ethics are often criticized by those in the qualitative research tradition. A common thread is that ethics cannot be fully anticipated before the research begins, as is expected by most institutional review boards.
Deana Simonetto, Antony Puddephatt
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Formation of Distance‐Based Orientation: Political Identity through Relational Positioning in Israel
Symbolic Interaction, EarlyView.Distance‐based orientation describes how pejorative labels may serve as anchor points for political identity. Existing research on political labeling has largely emphasized stigmatization, overlooking how labels may acquire durability and orienting capacity without losing pejorative force. Drawing on publicly circulating discourse, we trace positioning
Tammar Friedman, Asaf Saadon
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Environmental Toxicology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT As top predators, terrestrial carnivores face great risk of pesticide exposure and serve as sentinels of environmental contamination. Additionally, terrestrial carnivores are frequently threatened by intentional or secondary poisoning with highly toxic compounds, such as carbamates and organophosphates.
Marina Pellegrino da Silva +10 more
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X-Ray Spectrometry, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The present study is a report of the real forensic analysis of characters written by fountain pen(s) on two sheets of paper. One sheet is the calligraphy written by the victim of the Sayama incident. The other is number characters written with a fountain pen found on the lintel of the suspect's house.
Jun Kawai +2 more
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