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The charter now known as Sawyer 1211 contains a detailed account of an intergenerational property dispute between Queen Eadgifu and her rival Goda, concerning the possession of two Kentish estates. Typically, the charter has either been understood as evidence of dispute settlement or to establish facts about Eadgifu that are otherwise unattested.
Jonathan Tickle
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Power and politics in framing bias in Artificial Intelligence policy
Abstract Bias is a key issue in expert and public discussions about Artificial Intelligence (AI). While some hope that AI will help to eliminate human bias, others are concerned that AI will exacerbate it. To highlight political and power aspects of bias in AI, this contribution examines so far largely overlooked topic of framing of bias in AI policy ...
Inga Ulnicane, Aini Aden
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Beyond the flying geese? New patterns, actors, and contestations of policy transfer in East Asia
Abstract East Asian policy transfer and diffusion is conceived as following a “flying geese” model but transformations in the region challenged this hierarchical leader‐follower relationship between countries. Based on the articles in this Special Issue, this article seeks to nuance the flying geese dynamics of policy transfer.
Giulia C. Romano, Kidjie Saguin
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Social acceptance of policy instrument design during times of crisis
Abstract Disasters create challenges for governments as they need to design effective and legitimate policy instruments to deal with the crisis. In this paper, we analyze social acceptance of regulations and financial investments in crisis governance, taking the example of the COVID‐19 pandemic. By using data from two survey experiments in Switzerland,
Flavia Fossati, Philipp Trein
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Abstract This study assesses the role of interparliamentary institutions (IPIs) and networks in the diffusion of new ideas and solutions of (digital) public engagement in national parliaments by using elite semistructured interviews from two case studies, Austria and Portugal.
Sofia Serra‐Silva
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Abstract When gold deposits were confirmed in a community watershed in 2005, water became a politically charged arena for anti‐mining activism. This article follows the outcomes of a 2014 Ecuadorian water law on conflicts over water provisioning. Arguments about water's material properties and social qualities were deployed by government, municipal ...
Teresa A. Velásquez
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Behavioural responses by a bumble bee to competition with a niche‐constructing congener
Nectar robbing by flower‐biting bumble bees constitutes ecological niche construction if robbing holes persist and intensify nectar competition experienced by non‐biting, bystander flower visitors. In response, bystanders can tolerate robbing, switch plant species or adopt robbing, perhaps partially compensating for exploitative competition associated ...
Nick M. Rosenberger +3 more
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Una perspectiva raciolingüística desde el Reino Unido
Journal of Sociolinguistics, Volume 27, Issue 5, Page 478-482, November 2023.
Ian Cushing
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If we recognize that animals have rights, even minimal and rudimentary as the right to not to be killed without an acceptable reason or the right to live without constant or repetitive pain (§ 17 Animal Protection Law), then the consequence is that they ...
Luis Greco
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La institución de la legítima ha generado un interesante debate entre la doctrina iusprivatista que atañe a dos cuestiones estrechamente emparentadas con la teoría del Derecho, como son la función y estructura del ordenamiento jurídico.
Carrio Sampedro, Alberto
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