VOLUME 3(1) • 2008
NEWS COVERAGE AND MARKET-DRIVEN TENDENCIES TOWARDS TRIVIALIZATION AND TABLOIDIZATION
ABSTRACT. Entman argues that media framing is to select some aspect of a perceived reality and make them more salient in a communicating text. Gitlin asserts that the Internet redistributes the flow of unlimited media but does not dry it up. Jones maintains that news stories are simply one type of n..
THE PSYCHOLOGICAL PROBLEMATIZATION OF THE MATHEMATICAL THOUGHT
ABSTRACT. Brown says that the meaning of a mathematical expression cannot be located as an entity "outside" language. Ortiz et al. affirm that when children are first taught probability, they have frequently used terms and expressions to refer to randomness, sometimes with a meaning different to wha..
NEWS MEDIA, INFOTAINMENT, AND THE DECLINE OF REPORTING
ABSTRACT. Shoemaker states that Internet news portals have broken the geographic boundaries of "local" news. Martin notices that news reports on television are typically given without much overt context. Merritt claims that one can be objective in looking at the facts and still care about the implic..
MATHEMATICAL INTERPRETATION AND THE PHENOMENOLOGY OF LANGUAGE
ABSTRACT. According to Wildgen, Husserl contends that the perceptual integration of retinal fields and flows into a percept may be generalized to the formation of concepts. Cassirer shares with Husserl's transcendental phenomenology a certain skepticism as to the applicability of mathematical geomet..
THE EVOLUTION OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE THEORY
ABSTRACT. Kelly writes that the assertion that men and women engage in similar patterns of domestic violence can be denied fairly. Markham holds that a large number of the women seeking legal assistance have mental health difficulties. Meier suggests important avenues for advancing the jurisprudence..
ESTABLISHING A LEGAL FRAMEWORK FOR ELECTRONIC COMMERCE
ABSTRACT. Hoeren claims that in the context of electronic trade, problems arising between users and providers can be solved by applying traditional principles of contract law. Thomas states that intellectual property law is essential to e-commerce. Polanski notices that on 23 November 2005 the UNGA ..
WTO LAW AND LEGAL REGIMES
ABSTRACT. Lawrence affirms that, in addition to concerns over sovereignty, there are also differences of emphasis on the precise nature of the WTO's legal order. Fadiga and Fadiga-Stewart note that both the GATT and the WTO as institutions have created norms or standards of behaviour and set up rule..
THE EUROPEAN COURT OF AUDITORS AND SOUND FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
ABSTRACT. Bernicot asserts that the European Commission is responsible for the execution of the budget and the Member States are required to cooperate with the Commission to ensure that funds are correctly used. Weber points out that the vital importance and actuality of audit quality is confirmed b..
HOW SHOULD SOCIETY ADDRESS THE COPYRIGHT PIRACY PROBLEM?
ABSTRACT. Chon attempts to map the challenges raised by recent encounters between intellectual property and development, proposing a normative principle of global intellectual property. Gervais notes that the economic purpose of copyright law is instrumentalist in nature, ensuring the orderly produc..
CONTRACT LAW AND BEHAVIORAL ECONOMICS
ABSTRACT. Posner affirms that even if the goal of contract law is to promote efficiency rather than to enforce promises as such, enforcing the parties' agreement insofar as it can be ascertained may be a more efficient method of attaining this goal than rejecting the agreement when it appears to be ..
AN ANALYSIS OF THE CONTEXTUAL SPECIFICITY OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
ABSTRACT. Luciano et al. focus on budgetary implications of DV laws in the Latin America, Central American, and the Caribbean (LAC) region. Edwards and Haslett argue that evidence of actual work in restorative processes with victims of domestic violence and their offenders has been scarce. Lambert a..
HARMONIZATION OF COMMERCIAL CONTRACT LAW
ABSTRACT. Smits discusses the practical importance of harmonization of commercial contract law. Hatzis shows that Civil contract law is a fertile ground for economic analysis and is more efficient than Common contract law. Pomfret argues that it is not obvious whether regional/bilateral agreements a..