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Buchanan and the Social Contract: Coordination Failures and the Atrophy of Property Rights
Southern Economic Journal, EarlyView.ABSTRACT James Buchanan advocated that societies should be based on a social contract. He rejected anarchy, seeing it as a “Hobbesian jungle” that calls for government intervention to maintain social order. He also opposed theories of spontaneous order. These views led to debates about the compatibility of Buchanan's works with classical liberalism and
Stefano Dughera, Alain Marciano
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Psicologia & Sociedade, 2012 Ao longo do século XX as referências legais tornaram-se a grande esperança de ver o mundo mudar, transformando as relações formais e cotidianas em tribunais de execução legal.
Estela Scheinvar
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Crime, Gender and Policing: The Role of Women Officers in Addressing Gender‐Based Violence in India
Systems Research and Behavioral Science, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study examines whether an increased presence of women in Indian police forces results in enhanced justice for victims of gender‐based crimes and improves the overall effectiveness and responsiveness of the police. It employs focus group discussions and qualitative system dynamics modelling to examine the dynamics of women in law ...
Kandaswamy Paramasivan +3 more
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Scientia Iuris, 2009 Democracy is in crisis. We no longer feel represented, no longer is the people summoned in an authentic way; it is now a mere icon; it is now only a facet of what should be a whole. Now a new assumption is needed, based on enabling maximum development of
Felipe Scalabrin +1 more
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Symbolic Interaction, EarlyView.Rampage school shootings, where students go to their own school to randomly kill classmates, teachers, friends, and strangers, are among the most drastic types of human behavior. While research increasingly points to interaction dynamics as being key for the emergence of crime and violence, scholars have not yet systematically studied interaction ...
Anne Nassauer
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Abortion, sexual abuse and medical control: the Argentinian Supreme Court decision on F., A.L.
Sexualidad, Salud y Sociedad: Revista LatinoamericanaIn Argentina, during the 2000s but increasingly since 2005 up to 2016, women and feminist´s organizations and lawyers disputed over the abortion juridical regulation at Courts facing conservative resistances.
María Eugenia Monte
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Symbolic Interaction, EarlyView.In the aftermath of the 2020 U.S. election, the boundary between activism and extremism blurred, with election officials reporting violent threats and false accusations of election fraud. From a symbolic interactionist perspective, these attacks provide a unique lens for examining the consequences of being falsely labeled a criminal.
Steven Windisch
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FEMICÍDIO: a (mal) anunciada morte de mulheres
Revista de Políticas Públicas, 2010 This article is the product of a research conducted for a master’s degree dissertation on the criminal ́s justice system based on the analysis of criminal cases. The discussion focuses the lethal expression of gender violence, that is, murder.
Izabel Solyszko Gomes
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Thunderbird International Business Review, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Executive Summary Strategic decisions related to ownership participation in cross‐border acquisitions (CBAs) are among the most fundamental choices for African firms to address the unique internationalization challenges related to their home country context.
Dominik Anderhofstadt +2 more
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ENTRE A EFETIVIDADE DAS POLÍTICAS PÚBLICAS E A JUDICIALIZAÇÃO
Revista de Políticas Públicas, 2019 This article aimed to analyze access to justice for the elderly population, as well as the social and political consequences of their non-participation in the democratic context.
Clara Mafalda Pinto Bessa de Souza +3 more
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