VOLUME 4(2) • 2012
THE STATUS OF PROPERTY RIGHTS IN INTERNATIONAL SPACE LAW
ABSTRACT. The aim of the present study is to examine and evaluate the legal issues relevant to bringing a lunar property claim, the boundary between what is private activity in space and what is government activity in space, the commercial and economic potential of space travel and Lunar development..
IMPLEMENTATION OF INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN LAW ‒ CURRENT CHALLENGES AND OBSTACLES
ABSTRACT. All nation states are obliged to take all necessary measures to ensure implementation of International Humanitarian Law. Measures that are available to nation states could be preventative, controlling, repressive and executive. These measures are to be undertaken in conflict situations, as..
THE EXHAUSTION OF GREEK POLITICAL SYSTEM AND A SOCIETY IN FLAMES
ABSTRACT. Recession and major financial instability in Greece have been accom- panied by a deep socio-political crisis. The author aims to analyze the inability of both dominant and opposing political parties to meet public’s expectations and develop a sustainable ideological schema that would ensur..
ISN’T EQUAL OPPORTUNITY A BASIC HUMAN RIGHT? HOW FEUDALISM HINDERS COMMUNITY TRANSFORMATION AND ECONOMIC EVOLUTION
ABSTRACT. This paper looks at the concept of feudalism. The historical spread of feudalism is briefly outlined, as well as the vacuum in debate about the subject by economists and other social commentators. The paper defines three levels of feudalism; institutions, social structure, and mindset, the..
INSIGHT INTO ILL-TREATMENT IN THE WORKPLACE: PATTERNS, CAUSES AND SOLUTIONS
ABSTRACT. This article summarizes the findings of a representative study of ill-treatment in the British workplace. Using evidence drawn from nearly 4,000 in-home, face-to-face interviews and backed up by four organizational case studies, the article illustrates how workplace ill-treatment falls int..
NO SOLUTION FOR EUROPE WITHOUT REAFFIRMING THE LISBON STRATEGY
ABSTRACT. The EU of social welfare or of generational warfare, the continent of debt-bound economies or of knowledge-based community? Is the predatory generation in power? Europe’s redemption lies in the re-affirmation of the Lisbon Strategy of 2000, a ten-year development plan that focused on innov..
RISE OF POLITICAL ISLAM IN TURKEY AND ITS EFFECTS ON TURKISH‒SYRIAN RELATIONS
ABSTRACT. This paper aims to explain the rise of political Islam in the last two decades in Turkey and its effects on Turkish Syrian relations. I believe, without referring to the historical and theoretical background of Political Islam, it would not be easy to understand the domestic and foreign po..
LEGAL DIMENSIONS OF SECULARISM: CHALLENGES AND PROBLEMS
ABSTRACT. Due to both increased international collaboration among scholars in the field of religion in the law and emerging conflicts around the globe with religious overtones, there is an urgent need to establish a common phraseology for this field. The word “secularism” is commonly heard in these ..
CORPORATE HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS AND PRIVATE INTERNATIONAL LAW • THE HINGE FUNCTION AND CONDUCTIVITY OF PIL IN IMPLEMENTING HUMAN RIGHTS IN CIVIL PROCEEDINGS IN EUROPE: A FACILITATING ROLE FOR PIL OR PIL AS A COMPLICATING FACTOR?
ABSTRACT. In this article the author explores the role private international law (‘PIL’) could play in addressing human rights violations committed by a multinational company operating outside Europe − possibly in a conflict zone − in a civil action in Europe. The article examines the feasibility of..
DEPENDENT ORIGINATION AS A NATURAL GOVERNING LAW
ABSTRACT. The paper explains the concept of dependent origination and its place in Buddhist Dharma (teaching). Dependent origination is then described as a heuristic and discussed in relation to James Lovelock’s GAIA hypothesis, the solar system, the economic system, the social environment, event ph..
WHERE HAVE ALL THE WOMEN GONE? GENDER AND THE LITERATURE ON CONSTITUTIONAL DESIGN
ABSTRACT. The literature on constitution-making is substantial but, until recently, gender as an imperative of design has received little attention. There are many monographs, symposia or collections on constitutional design where gender as a referent is simply missing, and where women, if acknowled..
KANT’S DILEMMA AND THE DOUBLE LIFE OF CITIZENSHIP
ABSTRACT. This paper uses a critical reading of Immanuel Kant’s struggles in his late writings to conceptualize citizenship as a lens to examine a tension inherent to the idea of citizenship itself. This tension, which the paper argues underlies the divides in the citizenship literature between Gree..