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Germany's Federal Constitutional Court and the Regulation of GPS surveillance

German Law Journal, 2005
In its recent decision of April 12, 2005, Germany's Federal Constitutional Court (FCC) addressed concerns that advances in the technologies of surveillance will erode fundamental rights. Though it rejected the petitioner's call to limit use of the Global Positioning System (“GPS”) to track the movements of suspects, the Court did warn that surveillance
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Reforming Citizenship, Remaking the People: Nationality Law and Boundary‐Making in Contemporary Nationhood

Nations and Nationalism, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article examines contemporary citizenship reforms as institutional mechanisms through which states remake the boundaries of the people. Nationalism studies have long analysed the symbolic construction of nations, while citizenship studies have explored status, rights, migration and inclusion. Yet nationality laws remain under‐theorised as
José Renato Nascimento Tiraboschi Filho
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Lessons on State and Local Income Taxes From the Twenty‐First Century and Challenges for the Future

Public Budgeting &Finance, EarlyView.
Abstract I survey recent research on subnational income tax policy, arguing that a defining feature is geography. Geographic boundaries limit the power of subnational governments to tax people and activities. The article discusses where income should be taxed and the effects of these tax rules on the interjurisdictional mobility of people and jobs.
David R. Agrawal
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The Legal Dimension of the Social Function of Property [PDF]

Journal of Constitutional Law, 2022
The right to property is of special importance in a modern democratic society. In addition to its legal dimension, it has a political, social and, to some extent, moral dimension as well.
Anna Phirtskhalashvili
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The Role of Public Administrators in Building a Robust Liberal Democracy

Public Administration Review, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT After decades of expansion, liberal democracy is threatened by autocratic populists. These actors exploit widening gaps between leaders and citizens, as well as growing political polarization in the population, to consolidate executive power by undermining courts, sidelining elected assemblies, discrediting public administrators, and ...
Eva Sørensen, Jacob Torfing
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The Jurisdiction of the Constitutional Justice in Germany in 19th and 20th Century. Legally-Historical View

Journal on European History of Law, 2015
Constitutional justice and its competences towards the political powers have been discussed since the 19th century in in Europe. Who controls the laws? A court or the legislative itself?
Diemut Majer
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A Public Philosophy for Public Administration in Times of Democratic Crisis

Public Administration Review, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Public administration is at the center of the global democratic crisis. Meeting this challenge requires more than managerial and analytic competence—it requires a public philosophy grounded in the first principles of democratic ethos. We offer such a philosophy, drawing on four seminal thinkers whose concepts reflect the conditions public ...
Curtis Ventriss, Tina Nabatchi
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Tightening the Regulatory Grip: Local Regulatory Stringency and Sectoral Platform Regulation in EU Cities

Regulation &Governance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Platform companies like Uber and Airbnb are depicted as agile policy entrepreneurs who can navigate the boundaries of regulatory frameworks and manipulate regulations to their advantage; however, recent empirical studies suggest that their capacity to influence policy depends on the particular political and institutional context.
Eliska Drapalova, Kai Wegrich
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Judicial Order Sebagai Penguatan Sifat Final Dan Mengikat Putusan Mahkamah Konstitusi Dalam Perkara Pengujian Undang-Undang Nomor 7 Tahun 2017 Tentang Pemilihan Umum

Lareh Law Review
The authority of the Constitutional Court in the judicial review against the 1945 Constitution of the Republic of Indonesia (UUD NRI 1945) is stated in Article 24C paragraph (3).
Mutiara Miyonita, Arfiani, Feri Amsari
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New Labor Governance? The German Supply Chain Act and National Governance Mechanisms in Brazil

Regulation &Governance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Due diligence laws respond to labor governance challenges and to a lack of public governance addressing human rights violations in Global Value Chains. Despite ongoing contestation, the German Supply Chain Due Diligence Act seeks to hold German‐based firms accountable for human rights risks in their supply chains.
Helena Gräf
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