The principle of subsidiarity offers a criterion for the rational allocation of roles within federations between federal and state governments. The principle states that 'functions should be performed by the lowest level of government competent to do so effectively'. However, embedded in the...

Turkish Abstract: Kızıldeniz'in en stratejik noktalarından biri Habeşistan açıklarındaki Dehlek adalar topluluğudur. İslâmiyet, adalara 702 yılında ulaşır. Emevîler döneminde mücrimler, siyasî ve ahlakî suçlular ile bürokrasiden el çektirilenlerin sürgün yeri olan...

This talk explores the natural and cultural limits on human kindness towards strangers and non-human animals. I suggest that humans have a deep natural capacity for kindness. However, the duties imposed by this capacity are highly demanding, so we use techniques of ethical avoidance to place...

This paper is an update of bankruptcy trends in Australia. The paper updates the work of Ramsay and Sim (2009) using data from the Annual Reports of the Inspector General in Bankruptcy for Australia and comments upon changes in the characteristics of Australian personal insolvents with...

Academic discussions of the justifications for trade mark protection have focused on the arguments that trade marks reduce consumer search costs and protect against misappropriation of other traders' labour and investment. One thing that is striking about these justifications, however, is that...

Over recent years there has been growing interest in the relationship between trade marks and free speech. United States academics have argued that we should look to freedom of expression principles to curb the expansion of trade mark rights and this suggestion is being taken increasingly...

Die Krise der Staatsanleihenmärkte hat die Frage ausgelöst, welche Indikatoreneine kommende Umschuldung von Staatsschulden anzeigen. Typische Belastungsindikatorenwie die Schuldenhöhe oder das Verhältnis Schuld/Einwohneretc. können Umschuldungen nicht erklären. Dies deutet darauf hin, dass...

Die Studie ist einerseits ansprechend und übersichtlich aufgebaut.In Bezug auf ihre wesentlichen Aussagen ist sie aber andererseitsunbrauchbar. Es werden Aussagen auf eine unzuverlässigeArt und Weise abgeleitet. Die an vielen Stellen angesprochenenumfangreichen empirischen Erhebungen werden an...

In Deutschland ist die Gruppe der Geringqualifizierten am meisten vom Risiko der Arbeitslosigkeitbetroffen. Die Arbeitslosenquote dieser Gruppe liegt seit Jahren bei etwa 20% gegenüber Werten vondeutlich unter 10% der übrigen arbeitsfähigen Bevölkerung. Personen ohne abgeschlossene...

Community title schemes are an increasingly popular form of housing in Queensland and throughout Australia in general. Community title housing (typically apartment buildings and townhouses) involve medium to high-density living, which in turn tend to produce a higher incidence of neighbourhood...