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The Defence of Public Necessity
The Modern Law Review, EarlyView.This article challenges the idea that public necessity must be a complete defence to trespass liability. It identifies and distinguishes three distinct categories of public necessity: two afford justifications for interfering with person or property, whereas the third is better understood as an excuse.
Samuel Beswick
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Global Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The European Union's proposed Space Law aims to establish a unified approach for sustainable space activities across the EU. While the EU's satellite constellations contribute to sustainability efforts, they can also have negative environmental impacts.
Elena Cirkovic, Vitali Braun
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American Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.Abstract Many are skeptical of the appeal of authoritarian political systems. We argue that global audiences will embrace authoritarian models when they believe that autocracies can meet governance challenges better than democracies. We collect comprehensive data on the external messaging of the Chinese and American governments.
Daniel Mattingly +5 more
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The application of politeness principles in speech acts in the 2024 presidential Election debate
Cogent Arts & HumanitiesLanguage politeness is a pragmatic topic that can help identify potential presidential candidates in positioning themselves in debates. This study analyzes the application of the principle of linguistic politeness in improving the delivery of speech acts
Mulyono +3 more
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Cultural aspects of the development of international water routes [PDF]
BIO Web of ConferencesThis article will focus on the forms of politeness in German, Kyrgyz. The forms of politeness expression in this case studied from the point of view of intercultural communication.
Beksultanova Gulzada +2 more
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Power, costs, collective action, bargaining, and solidarity
American Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.Abstract Some argue that the more costly it would be to exercise one's power over an issue, the less power one inherently has over it. I challenge this thesis with two major objections—one conceptual, the other practical or explanatory—contending that costs influence issue‐power not inherently but contingently in specifically strategic contexts.
Arash Abizadeh
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Journal of Pragmatics Research, 2023 This research explores the collaborative nature of successful conversations between lecturers and students at AKM's English Language Center, using Hymes' SPEAKING theory to understand the social aspects involved. The study employs qualitative methods and
Reza Oktaviabri, Agwin Degaf
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Power, Politeness, and the Pragmatics of Nicknames
Names, 2009 Nicknames distribute power within a social group: they can be imposed, or they can be used by agreement between namer and named. This is not the difference between political and apolitical uses of nicknames: agreement is a political act, the result of ...
Michael Adams
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Macau as Method: Recombinant Urbanism in Post‐Socialist China
Asia Pacific Viewpoint, EarlyView.ABSTRACT In ‘Asia as Method’, Chen Kuan‐Hsing argues for the value of an indigenous inter‐Asian approach to analysing the effects of European imperialism on the countries and citizens of Asia. This article mobilises both Chen's inter‐Asian referencing strategy and the city‐state of Macau to explore Macau's role in China's engagements with global ...
Tim Simpson
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Local economic resilience and economic specialization in Greece during the crisis
Regional Science Policy &Practice, EarlyView., 2023 Abstract This paper scrutinizes the issue of economic resilience, aiming to detect the existence of a systematic link with economic specialization. To this end, the paper conducts an empirical analysis at the local (i.e., municipal) level of Greece during the economic crisis period (2009–2015), providing cartographic visualizations and spatial ...
Panagiotis Artelaris +2 more
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