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The Many Lives — and Faces — of Lex Mercatoria: History as Genealogy in International Business Law [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
It has been claimed that cross-border business transactions are governed by a transnational body of norms specific to international trade, generally known as lex mercatoria, the law merchant.
Hatzimihail, Nikitas E.
core   +1 more source

Managing Complaint Mechanisms for Regulatory Enforcement: Evidence From Human Rights Institutions During the COVID‐19 Pandemic

open access: yesRegulation &Governance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT How do regulatory bodies ensure that including the beneficiaries of regulation in regulatory processes improves governance? In many regulatory arrangements, beneficiaries' “fire alarm” monitoring and reporting of targets' violations via complaint mechanisms activate regulatory bodies' enforcement role.
Nicole De Silva
wiley   +1 more source

Droit d’auteur, droit des brevets : droits perpétuels ?

open access: yes
Introduction généraleL’idée d’un droit de propriété au bénéfice de l’inventeur d’une technique nouvelle, au profit de l’auteur d’une œuvre de l’esprit, est le fruit d’une construction historique qui prend sa forme actuelle depuis la fin du XVIIIe siècle en France – et dans de nombreux pays. Ces droits de propriété ne cessent de s’affirmer et de prendre
Ferreira, Laïsa, Despres, Claire
openaire   +2 more sources

Catherine de' Medici and the Forest of Orleans: Queenly Participation in Early Modern French Forest Management

open access: yesRenaissance Studies, EarlyView.
Abstract This essay demonstrates how a gender‐informed, more‐than‐human lens can provide new ways to analyse how the role of a queen in forestry management was conceptualised by sixteenth‐century professional men. It explores these ideas as they are presented in a work published by Guillaume Martin, Lieutenant General of the forests and waterways of ...
Susan Broomhall
wiley   +1 more source

Staging the Semahs: Performing Aleviness in Turkey and Europe

open access: yesStudies in Ethnicity and Nationalism, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The semah, a genre of music and movement practices imbued with values of gender, class, age and ethical egalitarianism, lies at the core of the Alevis' ayn‐i cem rituals. Since the 1970s, processes of urbanisation, migration, folklore production and heritage‐making have facilitated the circulation of semah beyond ritual contexts, particularly ...
Sinibaldo De Rosa
wiley   +1 more source

La conversion au prisme du droit

open access: yesCahiers d'Études du Religieux- Recherches Interdisciplinaires, 2014
Le phénomène de la conversion religieuse est principalement appréhendé, par le droit, sous l’angle du prosélytisme. En effet, la conversion du point de vue du sujet entendue comme une expérience intérieure échappe en tant que telle au champ juridique car
Vincente Fortier
doaj   +1 more source

What is a Multi‐Ethnic Party and How to Spot a Fake One?

open access: yesSwiss Political Science Review, EarlyView.
Abstract Multi‐ethnic parties have been variously defined: as those which do not champion the interests of, or mobilize against, any specific ethnic group; as those with a recognisably cross‐communal leadership or membership; and as those which acquire some distribution of support across groups.
Jon Fraenkel
wiley   +1 more source

The New European Choice-Of-Law Revolution [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
Conflict of laws in Europe was long viewed by outsiders as formalist, antiquated, and uninteresting. Now that the European Union has become more active in the field, things are changing, but most view these changes as a mere gradual evolution.
Michaels, Ralf
core   +1 more source

Predicting Learning: Understanding the Role of Executive Functions in Children's Belief Revision Using Bayesian Models

open access: yesTopics in Cognitive Science, EarlyView.
Abstract Recent studies suggest that learners who are asked to predict the outcome of an event learn more than learners who are asked to evaluate it retrospectively or not at all. One possible explanation for this “prediction boost” is that it helps learners engage metacognitive reasoning skills that may not be spontaneously leveraged, especially for ...
Joseph A. Colantonio   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

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