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Redistributive land reforms, agricultural productivity, and structural change: New cross‐national evidence

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract Large‐scale land reforms constitute a substantial redistribution of wealth and reallocation of agricultural land, which is a major form of asset and production input in developing countries. While land redistribution (from the rich to the poor) remains a highly controversial issue, extensive evidence on its effect is limited.
Devashish Mitra   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

THE OPTIONAL INSTRUMENT OF EUROPEAN CONTRACTS LAW [PDF]

open access: yesChallenges of the Knowledge Society, 2011
The pragmatic approach of the European contracts lawissueimposes the conceptualization and the execution of a form to materialize it accordingly, thus as to meet the legal, economic, socialand political realitiesexisting at the level of the European ...
LUMINITA TULEASCA
doaj  

‘Turkeys Cannot Vote for Christmas’: Why Epistemic Disobedience in an Anti‐Black World Matters

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Never in the history of global coloniality has the idea of epistemic disobedience been as important as in the 21st century. This is not only because the struggle for decolonisation has shifted from physical confrontation between the coloniser and the colonised into a battle of ideas but also because the former has deployed the idea of ...
Morgan Ndlovu
wiley   +1 more source

Democracy and (European) Private Law: A Functional Approach [PDF]

open access: yesSSRN Electronic Journal, 2010
The development towards a European private law (and in particular the drafting of the Draft Common Frame of Reference) presents a major challenge to our traditional understanding of how rules of private law should come into being. In the European member states, private law is traditionally 'made' in close cooperation between the national legislatures ...
openaire   +3 more sources

Victims' rights in criminal trials: prospects for participation [PDF]

open access: yes, 2005
Victims in common law jurisdictions have traditionally been unable to participate in criminal trials for a number of structural and normative reasons. They are widely perceived as ‘private parties’ whose role should be confined to that of witnesses; and ...
Doak, J
core   +1 more source

Family Dispute Resolution in Australia: The Under‐Servicing of Indigenous, Migrant and Refugee Families Experiencing Family Violence

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Improving access to legal services for Indigenous, migrant and refugee women is critical to addressing family violence. In this context, Family Dispute Resolution (FDR) has long been discussed as a solution for separating families. This paper presents key findings of a research evaluation of an Australian Government $8.37 million pilot project
Siobhan McDonnell, Alyson Wright
wiley   +1 more source

FRAMEWORK FOCAL CONTACTS IN EUROPEAN PRIVATE INTERNATIONAL LAW AND EUROPEAN UNION PRIVATE INTERNATIONAL LAW

open access: yesHuman Research in Rehabilitation, 2016
The paper describes the role and representation of framework focus contacts in private international law, and their function in collision regulation on determining the binding law in private law with an element of foreignness.The introduction provides ...
Musić Nijaz
doaj  

Justice through European Private Law [PDF]

open access: yesSSRN Electronic Journal, 2016
To what extent should judges in civil cases take into account moral views in their adjudication of a case? The answer to this question depends on the way in which the relationship between law and morality is conceived of: If law is seen as a branch of political morality, judges should already take into consideration moral views when defining the legal ...
openaire   +3 more sources

EU Law as Private International Law? Re-Conceptualising the Country-Of-Origin Principle as Vested Rights Theory [PDF]

open access: yes, 2006
One of the most pertinent issues in contemporary European conflict of laws is the tension between Community law and traditional choice of law rules.
Michaels, Ralf
core   +1 more source

Dr. Hans Kohn and the political takeover of the Berlin Medical Society by the National Socialist regime in 1933

open access: yesThe Anatomical Record, EarlyView.
Abstract To solidify their power over society, totalitarian regimes will usually eliminate any dissent, any perceived threats early on. These threats include not only political enemies but also educated and independent segments of society, such as professional associations.
Michael Hortsch
wiley   +1 more source

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