Above the Law

Lost Voters: Participation in EU elections and the case for compulsory voting CEPS Working Document No. 317/July 2009 Anthoula Malkopoulou Abstract The malaise among Europe’s voting citizens with regard to the European Parliament elections casts a shadow over the EU’s commitment to political participation and democratic values. Not only do EU elections hold little political relevance next to national electoral cycles, but voters are also lost in the EU’s labyrinth of accountability. Yet, what

presented at the 2nd ECPR Graduate Conference, Barcelona, August 26, 2008 Please do not quote without permission Emanuela Dalmasso University of Turin emanuela.dalmasso@libero.it Abstract The paper aims to analyse the new Family code in Morocco considered as a controversial issue of the democratisation process. First we address the analysis of relations between tribal system and national identity to explain the promulgation of the first Family code. Afterwards we focus on the role played

“The new energy crisis: climate, economics and geopolitics” Jean-Marie Chevalier General introduction of world state economy Recession The financial crisis that began in 2007 was clearly understood but what happened last year wasn’t expected. A so deep recession wasn’t expected. We are in the recession, we have signs of the end of the tunnel but we still have a high unemployment and the recovering is going to be long, slow and painful (weak). There is no increase of the revenue

FUEL v HENRAGE R & ANOR 2009 SCJ 255 A claim for the sum of Rs630,000 from the two defendants for the sale of watermelons Learned counsel for the plaintiff argues that in the light of the evidence on record and having regard to article 1586 of the Civil Code, the sale was perfected as it was a whole sale transaction “vente en bloc” which did not require the counting of the number of watermelons and that the risk was for the purchaser once there was a valid contract. Held: I find that

Journal of the European Union L 254/1 I (Acts adopted under the EC Treaty/Euratom Treaty whose publication is obligatory) REGULATIONS COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 859/2008 of 20 August 2008 amending Council Regulation (EEC) No 3922/91 as regards common technical requirements and administrative procedures applicable to commercial transportation by aeroplane THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, (4) Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, On the basis

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Regulation of air transport is one of the most fundamental issues of international aviation and is therefore of great interest to all airport operators. Regulation policies affect the volume and character of air transport services and thus have a major impact on airports. Furthermore, the availability of adequate levels of high quality, safe and secure airport facilities is critical if the goal of the liberalization of air transport is to be achieved. Until recently, scheduled passenger transportation

Counterfeiting of goods can be seen as one of the most significant drawback of globalization economy. This widespread parallel economy perfectly succeeded in integrating itself to the economic globalization. But the phenomenon is much more complex that what we can see in newspapers or in stores during holidays. The huge amount of money generated by the trade of counterfeited goods all around the world underlines the emergency to tackle the issue as soon as possible. Above all, counterfeiting of goods asks several

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Banking 1. What is Islamic Banking? 2. What is the Islamic Banking Global Scenario? 3. What are the Major modes of Islamic banking and finance? 4. Can Islamic banks play any role in economic development of the Country? 1. What is Islamic Banking? Islamic banking has been defined as banking in consonance with the ethos and value system of Islam and governed, in addition to the conventional good governance and risk management rules, by the principles laid down by Islamic Shariah. Interest