VOLUME 8(1) • 2016
HAS CHINA’S ANTI-CORRUPTION STRATEGY REDUCED CORRUPTION OR PURGED POLITICAL RIVALS?
ABSTRACT. This research makes conceptual and methodological contributions to China’s objectives regarding government corruption and commercial bribery, its dual anti-corruption system, and its anti-corruption implementation regime. The current study has extended past research by elucidating China’s ..
ACCESS TO JUSTICE SYSTEM AS AN EFFECTIVE ENJOYMENT OF HUMAN RIGHTS: CHALLENGES FACED BY ROMA MINORITY IN ALBANIA
ABSTRACT. Access to justice system is a broad notion which refers to the entire process that encompasses both, procedural aspects as well as the achievement of “just and equitable” legal and judicial outcomes. This paper uses a bottom-up approach and a set of primary and secondary data to assess the..
EMPOWERING PAKISTAN’S CIVIL SOCIETY TO COUNTER VIOLENT EXTREMISM
ABSTRACT. Pakistan is one of the most strategically important countries for the United States and the Muslim world. Since 9/11, the United States has focused on securing a more stable and democratic Pakistan that is capable of countering violent extremism (CVE); however, despite investing over $30 b..
EU LAW IN MEMBER STATE COURTS: “ADEQUATE JUDICIAL PROTECTION” AND EFFECTIVE APPLICATION – AMBIGUITIES AND NONSEQUITURS IN GUIDANCE BY THE COURT OF JUSTICE?
ABSTRACT. EU law on judicial protection before Member State courts plays an essential role as to the practical significance of EU law. This article studies the so-called procedural autonomy case law of the Court of Justice of the EU by examining formulations of rulings, focusing on requirements for ..
FAMILY LAWS AND ACCESS TO JUSTICE
ABSTRACT. The purpose of this article is to provide a brief overview of some trends in family life and family law internationally, with a focus on North America, Europe and Australasia. These trends include changes in the law concerning parenting after separation to encourage the involvement of both..
INDIVIDUALISM IN THE RIGHT KEY
ABSTRACT. Individualism has different renditions but the one that supports America’s polity is often mischaracterized. This paper presents a neo-Aristotelian, humanist version that rejects the critics’ focus on the Hobbesian type. pp. 11–19 Keywords: Hobbes; atomism; scientism; Ayn Rand; Libertaria..
DISSIDENT THOUGHT: SYSTEMS OF REPRESSION, NETWORKS OF HOPE
ABSTRACT. In this essay I examine the figure of dissident thought in the contexts of philosophical, jurisprudential and political thought. I connect dissidence to the concept of dissent and its linguistic cognates including “disagreement” and “opposition,” but also the logic of negation in order to ..
FROM BARE LIFE TO BUREAUCRATIC CAPITALISM: ANALYZING THE GROWTH OF THE IMMIGRATION DETENTION INDUSTRY AS A COMPLEX ORGANIZATION
ABSTRACT. The work of post-structuralist political philosopher Giorgio Agamben (1998, 2005) has had a major influence on the study of immigration detention in Europe and elsewhere. In particular, his concepts homo sacer (“bare life”) and “zones of exemption” depict the growth of immigration detentio..
BRIDGING THE GAP BETWEEN ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION AND ROBUST ADVERSE COSTS ORDERS
ABSTRACT. This article investigates and seeks to shed light upon an area which has not received attention in the current literature: the discrepancy which exists in within the English civil justice system between judicial endorsement of ADR and the failure of the courts to translate or reflect that ..
THE STATE OF SOCIAL JUSTICE IN THE ARAB WORLD: THE ARAB UPRISINGS OF 2011 AND BEYOND
ABSTRACT. The Arab uprisings were sometimes seen as calls for democracy, but we argue that in fact they were more accurately calls for social justice. Citizens across the region took to the streets to demand better economic, political and social outcomes including reducing levels of inequality, elim..