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Free Expression and Coerced Choice: The Role of the Army and Lord Protector in Miltonic Freedom

open access: yesRenaissance Studies, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Scholarly approaches to understanding freedom in Milton's prose tend to connect Milton's ideas to either liberalism or republicanism. Neither of these approaches is sufficient because freedom, for Milton, was not a single concept. Milton explored political and religious freedom very differently.
Benjamin Woodford
wiley   +1 more source

Robust Interlayer Exciton Interplay in a Twisted van der Waals Heterotrilayer on a Broadband Bragg Reflector up to Room Temperature

open access: yesAdvanced Functional Materials, Volume 36, Issue 62, 3 August 2026.
In this work, we highlight a unique material platform capable of producing three distinct room temperature (RT) photoluminescence (PL) resonances from spatially separated regions composed of a heterobilayer (HBL), a homobilayer (HoBL), and an heterotrilayer (HTL) transition metal dichalcogenide (TMD) heterostructures configuration on a highly ...
Bhabani Sankar Sahoo   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Bicameralism, Shared Rule and the Purpose of Federalism

open access: yesRevista d'Estudis Autonòmics i Federals
Més d’un terç de les constitucions actuals estableixen un parlament bicameral. Tanmateix, la institució d’una segona cambra té una història força més llarga que el constitucionalisme modern: arrelades en antigues assemblees elitistes, les segones cambres
Anna Gamper
doaj   +1 more source

Aprovação de empréstimos a governos subnacionais no Brasil: há espaço para comportamento político oportunista?

open access: yesDados: Revista de Ciências Sociais, 2008
Dans cet article, on cherche à vérifier s'il y a une influence politique dans le processus d'octroi de prêts à des gouvernements sous-nationaux (les États brésiliens) à l'intérieur du Sénat.
Paulo Roberto Arvate   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Czech climate case: An unfortunate tale of questionable strategies and unanswered questions

open access: yesReview of European, Comparative &International Environmental Law, Volume 35, Issue 2, Page 578-589, July 2026.
Abstract On 5 November 2025, the Czech Constitutional Court rejected the complaint in the landmark climate case (Pl. US 6/25). This concluded a 4‐year strategic litigation process, which challenged governmental inaction on climate change. Brought by individuals, an NGO and a municipality, the action alleged that insufficient greenhouse gas (GHG ...
Jiří Vodička
wiley   +1 more source

Udział Senatu RP w tworzeniu prawa i kreowaniu polityki społeczno-gospodarczej państwa

open access: yesStudia z Polityki Publicznej, 2015
Polityka społeczno-gospodarcza jako jedna z dziedzin branżowych polityki publicznej kreowana może być przez różne organy państwa, wśród nich znajduje się także druga izba parlamentu.
Eliza Nowacka
doaj   +1 more source

“Welcome to France.” Can mandatory integration contracts foster immigrant integration?

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Political Science, Volume 70, Issue 2, Page 425-440, April 2026.
Abstract European governments, struggling with incorporating diverse immigrant populations, introduced integration contracts. Through language training and compulsory civics courses, these contracts aim to induce new migrants to adopt the host society's culture, respect its values, and improve their labor market outcomes.
Mathilde Emeriau   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Ethical Counseling on Assisted Suicide in German and Swiss Right‐To‐Die Organizations: Challenges and Perspectives

open access: yesBioethics, Volume 40, Issue 3, Page 284-290, March 2026.
ABSTRACT During the last years, more and more countries have introduced a practice of assisted dying in their medical system and regulated it by separate laws or by additions to the existing body of criminal law. In this respect, the two neighboring countries, Germany and Switzerland, are exceptional cases.
Dieter Birnbacher, Peter Schaber
wiley   +1 more source

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

open access: yesCriminal Behaviour and Mental Health, Volume 36, Issue 1, Page 21-32, February 2026.
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   +18 more
wiley   +1 more source

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