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Judicial interpretation of legal texts: a study in Jordanian legislation

Cogent Social Sciences
When applying legal texts to the facts of a case, these texts may conflict with each other, or the conflict may exist in the same text, or they may be obscured or deficient. It is incumbent upon the judge to interpret these texts and remove the conflict,
Mashal Mufleh Jarrah, Safa Hakem Mestarih, Ghazi Ayed Alghathian   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Accounting for animal health in efficiency analysis: An application to Swedish dairy farms

American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract Poor animal health is a central concern in modern livestock production. Despite the necessity to incorporate animal health in efficiency analysis, the theoretical and empirical developments are limited on this subject. This article appropriately characterizes the axiomatic properties of animal health within a production framework.
Frederic Ang, Enoch Owusu‐Sekyere, Karin Alvåsen, Helena Hansson   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Food inflation pass‐through from agricultural imports in a small open economy

American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper develops a new framework for quantifying cost pass‐through in a small open economy by estimating firm‐level markup responses to agricultural import price shocks. We show theoretically that markup adjustments depend on firms' reliance on imported inputs and demand curvature, generating heterogeneous inflationary effects across firm ...
Minseong Kang, Seungki Lee
wiley   +1 more source

The role of venture‐financed startups in innovation for US agriculture

American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract To evaluate the role played by startup companies in the innovation ecosystem of US agriculture, we compile a unique dataset of 6024 new entrants founded 1987–2019 that details their financing lifecycles, annual economic performance, and patenting activities.
Gregory D. Graff, Charles A. W. de Grazia, Nicholas E. Rada   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

“Will you be there for me?” Social support from family and friends during cold case sexual assault prosecutions

American Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract If sexual assault survivors report the assault to the criminal legal system, they often need informal support from family and friends throughout the long and frequently retraumatizing process of investigation and prosecution. This study is part of a long‐term community‐based participatory action research project in a predominately Black ...
Rebecca Campbell, Rachael Goodman‐Williams, Katie Gregory, McKenzie Javorka, Jasmine Engleton   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Empirical Legal Research: The Gap between Facts and Values and Legal Academic Training

Utrecht Law Review, 2015
While traditional legal scholarship is under pressure and debates are taking place on the aims and methods of the academic study of law, at the same time empirical legal research is blossoming if not booming. The more empirical legal research is a growth
Frans L. Leeuw
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Collaborating with transnational families: Learning from the experiences of family caretakers, educators, psychologists, and spiritual leaders in Honduras

American Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract This manuscript centers on the experiences of caretakers of minors in Honduran transnational families (TNFs) in which one or both parents emigrated, and of the schoolteachers, professional psychologists, and spiritual leaders working with these families.
Marco Gemignani, Yolanda Hernández‐Albújar, Nerea Larrinaga‐Bidegain   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

FACTUAL INDETERMINACY IN INTERNATIONAL TAX LAW

BRICS Law Journal, 2016
Legal indeterminacy comes in a variety of forms identified here as: (i) general legal indeterminacy; (ii) factual indeterminacy; and (iii) Mach/Feyerabend factual indeterminacy.
B. Bogenschneider
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The rain feels different under the same umbrella: Experiences with poverty across LGBTQ subgroups

American Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract Population‐based survey data have demonstrated that LGBTQ communities report varying rates of economic insecurity, yet very little research directly assesses how pathways into and experiences with poverty look different among subgroups at the intersections of sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI).
Bianca D. M. Wilson, Lillian Nguyen
wiley   +1 more source

The Transformation of Taxation into Racket as a Consequence of a Nihilistic Attitude Toward the Normative Understanding of Law

Сибирское юридическое обозрение
Objective. This study aims to demonstrate that the rejection of a normative understanding of law poses a primary threat to the rule of law. It further proposes a method for identifying the actual meaning attributed to legal provisions through established
S. B. Polyakov
doaj   +1 more source