Above the Law

Germany: Lessons for the UK David G. Green Benedict Irvine Civitas: Institute for the Study of Civil Society London First published December 2001 Civitas email: books@civitas.org.uk © Institute for the Study of Civil Society 2001 All rights reserved ISBN 1-903 386-17-9 Typeset by Civitas in New Century Schoolbook Printed in Great Britain by Hartington Fine Arts Lancing, Sussex Contents Page Authors Acknowledgements vi vii Introduction 1. France and Germany: the Consumer’s View

HUMAN RIGHTS QUARTERLY For the Abolition of the Death Penalty in America: The Advocacy of Robert Badinter Martin A. Rogoff* Robert Badinter, Contre la peine de mort: Écrits 1970-2006 (Librarie Arthème Fayard, Paris, 2006), pp. 320; Robert Badinter, L’Abolition (Librarie Arthème Fayard, Paris, 2000), pp. 286. ABSTRAcT This essay reviews two books by Robert Badinter, former President of France’s Constitutional Council and former French Minister of Justice. Taken together, they describe his successful

course will deal with events leading up to the Second World War with emphasis being laid on the so-called “guilty men”. They apparently bear the responsibility for letting the quest for peace be transformed into excessive appeasement policies. During the course of the war, the political tide was to gradually turn giving Labour a distinct advantage and far more leeway to introduce the sort of social reforms they had been hankering after since 1906 when the party emerged as a political force to be

Theory b) In the Geoff Moore article, three theories have been analysed. These theories are shareholder theory, stakeholder theory and tinged shareholder theory. Shareholder theory is the idea that directors have a fiduciary duty to the shareholders alone and is concerned with maximising the wealth of the shareholders. The stakeholder theory argues that no one stakeholder benefits over another. The main arguments used in the article to support the shareholder theory are that the directors fiduciary

The Concept of jihād in the Writings of Abdessalam Yassine David Alexander Bienert Worcester College Acknowledgments I would like to thank the following people for their help and support: Michael Willis, Ronald Nettler, Jan Geert van Gelder, Christopher Melchert, Juan A. Macías Amoretti, and Avi Spiegel. Note on transliteration: The transliteration of Arabic letters in this thesis shall follow the standard system, with the following exceptions: ‫ﺡ‬ = ħ ş đ ŧ ż ‫= ﺹ‬ ‫= ﺽ‬ ‫ﻁ‬

Sri Lanka: the role of colonization in the conflict between Sinhalese and Tamils. My presentation will focus on Sri Lanka and especially on the conflict which is going on there since 30 years, between the Sinhalese government and the Tamil separatists. We don’t receive a lot of informations about it and, those we get are difficult to analyse so we’ll try to look at the roots of the conflict which may be found in the colonial period. Sri Lanka, officially known as “Democratic Socialist Republic

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MS - The largest confederation existing in the world and developing many links in terms of legal and commercial activities. - Based on the principal of a common market - The main principal is to organize a free relationship between the different MS. The specificities of the common market are developed through a customs union, a common currency system under the control of the ECB, but also a common agricultural policy and trade policy. EU also means the possibility to move freely across the borders

categories of people and/or companies. There are several definitions of tax havens. The Economist has tentatively adopted the description by Geoffrey Colin Powell (former economic adviser to Jersey): "What ... identifies an area as a tax haven is the existence of a composite tax structure established deliberately to take advantage of, and exploit, a worldwide demand for opportunities to engage in tax avoidance." The Economist points out that this definition would still exclude a number of jurisdictions

compromise → The constitution was drafted in 1787 and was fully ratified in 1791. Article 1 : it deals with all the powers and the principal branch which is the congress composed of the house of representatives and the senate. So it’s extremely powerful once you are elected for what you are empowered to. Article 2 : it deals with the executive power : it’s the President. There was a paranoia in XVIII century because of a fear the monarchic dictatorship. Article 3 : it deals with the judiciary