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View article: The New Paradigm Revisited
The New Paradigm Revisited Open
Let's begin with the very idea of a "new paradigm": are there distinctive ideas organizing our particular proposals, and if so, what are they? Our commentators profess varying degrees of skepticism, and we hope to allay their doubts with a…
View article: Afterword: European dilemmas
Afterword: European dilemmas Open
This afterword engages with some of the chapters with a view to clarify particular aspects of the legitimacy pathways theory and respond to specific criticisms to it. It first deals with the Italian case to show how the rigidity of the con…
View article: Thin film photovoltaic panel and method
Thin film photovoltaic panel and method Open
A thin film photovoltaic panel includes a backcap for protecting the active components of the photovoltaic cells from adverse environmental elements. A spacing between the backcap and a top electrode layer is preferably filled with a desic…
View article: World Lawyers’ Pledge on Climate Action†
World Lawyers’ Pledge on Climate Action† Open
The World Lawyers’ Pledge on Climate Action is an open letter from and to the global legal community, calling for the mainstreaming of climate concerns throughout the law and legal profession. It seeks to rethink and redefine the role and …
View article: Bibliography
Bibliography Open
This book critically examines the range of policies and programmes that attempt to manage economic activity that contributes to political violence. Beginning with an overview of over a dozen policies aimed at transforming these activities …
View article: Introduction
Introduction Open
The purpose of this book is to provide a novel overview of constitutional change from different perspectives and focusing on important phenomena such as constitutional and political transitions, constitutional and socio-legal memory and ob…
View article: Reforming Environmental Law: The Democratic Case for Market Incentives
Reforming Environmental Law: The Democratic Case for Market Incentives Open
In this article, the environmental law is discussed under the democratic and market perspectives, in order to present to the reader that it is possible to have more efficiency to the administrative processes of this scenario, and that the …
View article: People’s vote: what would a serious Brexit referendum look like?
People’s vote: what would a serious Brexit referendum look like? Open
A number of things were wrong with the 2016 referendum, including the disenfranchisement of key stakeholders and the extent of misinformation by both sides. Given that referendums should be informed exercises in democratic decision-making,…
View article: How to have a serious referendum on Brexit and avoid a rerun of the original
How to have a serious referendum on Brexit and avoid a rerun of the original Open
A number of things were wrong with the 2016 referendum, including the disenfranchisement of key stakeholders and the extent of misinformation by both sides. Given that referendums should be informed exercises in democratic decision-making,…
View article: 3. Utilitarian Adjudication
3. Utilitarian Adjudication Open
In this paper I offer a defense of the view that judges should decide cases in accordance with act utilitarianism: i.e., in whatever way maximizes overall well-being.To advance this thesis, I first briefly give reasons for dissatisfaction …
View article: Introduction: The Question of Legitimacy
Introduction: The Question of Legitimacy Open
Introduction: The Question of LegitimacyTalk of constitutional crisis conjures up some great disturbance in the larger society-revolution or war, economic depression or massive movement for social change.The mighty social forces unleashed …
View article: PREFACE
PREFACE Open
We have been friends for almost thirty years.And looking back, this book builds on conversations that began in the good old days when we were young Yale professors in search of truth and light.But the disparate threads all came together in…
View article: 8. RESPONSIBLE CITIZENSHIP
8. RESPONSIBLE CITIZENSHIP Open
Address broadcast over radio station WORD in Spartanburg on the occasion of American Education Week.
View article: REORGANIZING NATO: EUROPE’S LAST CHANCE TO PRESERVE FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS
REORGANIZING NATO: EUROPE’S LAST CHANCE TO PRESERVE FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS Open
CONFERENCE ON “GLOBAL CONSTITUTIONAL DISCOURSE AND TRANSNATIONAL CONSTITUTIONAL ACTIVITY” PALAZZO DUCALE, VENICE, ITALY 7 December 2016 Keynote Address
View article: Britain at the Constitutional Crossroads – Court, Parliament, and Popular Sovereignty in the Twenty-First Century
Britain at the Constitutional Crossroads – Court, Parliament, and Popular Sovereignty in the Twenty-First Century Open
Bruce Ackerman is Sterling Professor of Law and Political Science at Yale University. His lecture is entitled 'Britain at the Constitutional Crossroads – Court, Parliament, and Popular Sovereignty in the Twenty-First Century'. The event wa…