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The Mandatory Force of the Contract in Relation with the Thirds. Positive Consecration in Comparative Law and in the New Romanian Civil Code

EIRP Proceedings, 2011
The drafters of the Romanian Civil Code at 1864 supressed the last part of the correspondingarticle of French Civil Code (art. 1165) so that the appearance was created of a rigid principle that did notallow for exceptions.
Nora Andreea Daghie
doaj  

The Second Anniversary of the Constitutionalisation of the French Charter for the Environment: Constitutional and Environmental Implications [PDF]

, 2008
The former French president J. Chirac will most likely be remembered for his international standing against the US and domestically, within France, for having initiated a major ‘bill of rights’, the Charter for the Environment, and for its ...
Marrani, David
core   +1 more source

The Minimum Age of Criminal Responsibility Internationally—History, Systems and the Future

Criminal Behaviour and Mental Health, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background In most countries, a criminal conviction requires evidence that the individual committed the act and that they had the mental capacity to understand what they were doing and that it was wrong. Youth, as an indicator of brain development, is one factor affecting criminal capacity.
Enys Delmage, Philip Anderson, Aileen Blower, Aaron Brown, Mary Davoren, Sofia Enell, Ross Gibson, Ann Karina Henriksen, Diana Johns, Riittakerttu Kaltiala, Maria João Leote de Carvalho, Thimo Martijn van der Pol, Eva Mulder, Sanne Oostermeijer, Mirian S. Orlando, Fleur Souverein, Pamela Taylor, Florence Thibaut, Heidi Hales   +18 more
wiley   +1 more source

Framing Modern Slavery: Do Stakeholders Talk Past Each Other?

Canadian Journal of Administrative Sciences / Revue Canadienne des Sciences de l'Administration, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Modern slavery literature has thus far mostly adopted a downstream perspective, in the sense that researchers investigated corporate actors' responses after the enactment of transparency legislation. The common finding is that corporate disclosure is poor and ineffective, contributing to a failure to eradicate modern slavery.
Sylvain Durocher, Darlene Himick, Leigh Ellen Walsh   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Betrayal of the French Civil Code: A Tragedy in Three Acts

Krakowskie Studia z Historii Państwa i Prawa, 2023
French jurists have thought that their Civil Code expresses an individualism characteristic of the ideals of the French Revolution and the principles of liberalism. Property was regarded as a right of the owner that was unlimited in principle. Contract was defined in terms of the will of the parties to contract on whatever terms they chose.
openaire   +2 more sources

Approaches to Statutory Interpretation and Legislative History in France [PDF]

, 2003
The study investigated potential effects of the presentation order of numeric information on retrospective subjective judgments of descriptive statistics of this information.
Lindskog, Marcus, Winman, Anders
core   +3 more sources

Asymptotic properties of cross‐classified sampling designs

Canadian Journal of Statistics, EarlyView.
Abstract We investigate the family of cross‐classified sampling designs across an arbitrary number of dimensions. We introduce a variance decomposition that enables the derivation of general asymptotic properties for these designs and the development of straightforward and asymptotically unbiased variance estimators.
Jean Rubin, Guillaume Chauvet
wiley   +1 more source

Dueling for honor and identity economics [PDF]

, 2012
Dueling is one of the best indicators of political transition from anarchy to order. This paper explores the dynamics of dueling for honor as a social institution in England, France, and Germany.
Hassani Mahmooei, Behrooz, Vahabi, Mehrdad   +1 more
core   +1 more source

Resilience Practices and Post‐Traumatic Growth Among Sudanese IDPs

Conflict Resolution Quarterly, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In this paper we examine the resilience of internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Sudan who have endured various forms of suffering resulting from being targeted or trapped by militants involved in large‐scale violence. Upon escaping the conflict zones, the civilians exhibit strength, adaptability, and wisdom in the face of various threats to ...
Karina Korostelina, Daniel Rothbart, Beltina Gjeloshi   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Do Firms Hoard Cash Under Environmental Pressure? Insights From GHG Emissions and Greenwashing Activities

Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Environmental accountability has become a global priority, with governments implementing policies like the Kyoto Protocol and the Paris Agreement. However, many firms continue to operate outside environmentally ethical standards, facing potential regulatory, financial, and reputational risks.
Ones Amri, Davide Calandra, Paolo Biancone, Hasna Chaibi   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source