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Are well-known Declaration on the Future of Europe (Annex to the Treaty of Nice) and the Declaration of Laeken (Belgium, 2001), which have created the Convention on the Future of Europe, under the patronage of former President of France and European Movement (Brussels), namely Mr. Valery Giscard...
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This paper describes institutions of direct democracy between 1997 and 2003 in 26 Swiss cantons (states), specifically … the statutory initiative and referendum, the constitutional initiative, and the fiscal referendum. In particular, it …-legislative institutions are distinguished. This paper also provides calculations of the index and sub-indices of direct democracy for the …
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Theory can have profound effects on practice, some intended and desirable, others unintended and undesirable. That's the story of the influence the field of law and economics has had on the domain of law and accounting. That influence comes primarily from agency theory and modern finance theory,...
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Bank debit cards may look like credit cards, but they certainly do not act like them when it comes to account overdrafts. This does not suggest that credit cards are better than debit cards, as complaints abound concerning the transparency of fees charged to consumers for credit card...
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Juries attract both stiff criticism and unqualified praise. Here, we examine how the American juries actually behave in tort cases, based on archival research, post-trial interviews with jurors, experiments with real and simulated juries, observations of real jury deliberations, and surveys of...
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This Article urges that while the CISG is primary authority for resolution of cases arising under it, courts and commercial parties should neither over emphasize the importance of Article 2 in CISG cases nor completely neglect or overlook the limited role it might play where its provisions on...
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The purpose of this Essay is to analyze the treatment and the types of tort and strict liability claims that courts are likely to redirect toward the Code's Article 2 remedies. This Essay examines the typical application of the economic loss doctrine, including the bargain policy underlying the...
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A Housing Blitzkrieg Which Failed surveys the consequences of a series of Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court decisions recognizing a warranty of habitability for residential tenancies, and thereby expanding the scope of responsibilities landlords have in residential property leases. In case...
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This Article observes that there is not a clear consensus among courts in how to describe the scope and nature of a breach of the peace when a lender elects self-help repossession and things go awry. That does not mean that courts have not deduced some guideposts that parties can use in deciding...
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