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Contested Civic Spaces
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 344

Contested Civic Spaces

For some years, we have observed a broad public discussion over the shrinking civic space. While the focus has generally been on countries with authoritarian governance systems, it has more recently become apparent that the issue is neither restricted to these countries nor indeed to countries with weak or non-existing democracies. It has been demonstrated that the space in which civil society actors and individual citizens may contribute to public affairs is undergoing fundamental changes in Europe. While in some areas, the clout of civic initiative is larger today than ever before, in others, civic action is highly disputed and governments are attempting to crowd out non-governmental actor...

How International Law Works in Times of Crisis
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 369

How International Law Works in Times of Crisis

  • Categories: Law
  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2019
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  • Publisher: Unknown

For some time, the word 'crisis' has been dominating international political discourse. But this is nothing new. Crisis has always been part of the discipline of international law. History indeed shows that international law has developed through reacting to previous experiences of crisis, reflecting an agreement on what it takes to avoid their repetition. However, human society evolves and challenges existing rules, structures, and agreements. International law is confronted with questions as to the suitability of the existing legal framework for new stages of development. Ulrich and Ziemele here bring together an expert group of scholars to address the question of how international law con...

Philanthropy in the Muslim World
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 423

Philanthropy in the Muslim World

Philanthropy plays an essential role in Muslim practice around the world. Using a new framing, Philanthropy in the Muslim World contributes to the literature by adding Muslim-majority countries that have not been previously included in cross national philanthropy volumes as well as countries that have important Muslim minority communities.

Judicial Activism in an Age of Populism
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 205

Judicial Activism in an Age of Populism

This book explores the range of meanings attributed to the terms ‘judicial activism’ and ‘populism’ in contemporary times and examines the potential interplay between these two phenomena. Drawing upon various political examples, it discusses the implication of populist movements for democratic institutions, policies, and processes. The chapters in this volume examine the impact of populism on judicial decision-making in various socio-cultural contexts. The contributing authors explore the implications of populist beliefs, including those which promote anti-democratic perspectives, on the integrity, independence, and the role of the judiciary in a democratic society. This volume offers unique international perspectives on the concern that populist initiatives may be and continue to be a threat to democratic foundational values and principles. Judicial Activism in an Age of Populism will be a beneficial read for students of Politics, Sociology, Public Administration and Management, and Law and Society. It was originally published as a special issue of The International Journal of Human Rights.

Three Generations of European Constitutional Courts in Transition to Democracy
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 261

Three Generations of European Constitutional Courts in Transition to Democracy

  • Categories: Law

A comparative perspective of role played by three generations of European Constitutional Courts in the process of transition to democracy.

Comparative Constitutional Reasoning
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 867

Comparative Constitutional Reasoning

  • Categories: Law

A large-scale comparative work of leading cases examines judicial constitutional reasoning in eighteen different legal systems globally.

Rights-Based Constitutional Review
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 463

Rights-Based Constitutional Review

  • Categories: Law

Constitutional review has become an essential feature of modern liberal democratic constitutionalism. In particular, constitutional review in the context of rights litigation has proved to be most challenging for the courts. By offering in-depth analyses on changes affecting constitutional design and constitutional adjudication, while also engaging with general theories of comparative constitutionalism, this book seeks to provide a heightened understanding of the constitutional and political responses to the issue of adaptability and endurance of rights-based constitutional review. These original contributions, written by an array of distinguished experts and illustrated by the most up-to-da...

World History as the History of Foundations, 3000 BCE to 1500 CE
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 783

World History as the History of Foundations, 3000 BCE to 1500 CE

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2019-10-29
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  • Publisher: BRILL

In World History as the History of Foundations, 3000 BCE to 1500 CE, Michael Borgolte investigates the origins and development of foundations from Antiquity to the end of the Middle Ages. In his survey foundations emerge not as mere legal institutions, but rather as “total social phenomena” which touch upon manifold aspects, including politics, the economy, art and religion of the cultures in which they emerged. Cross-cultural in its approach and the result of decades of research, this work represents by far the most comprehensive account of the history of foundations that has hitherto been published.

Jahrbuch für Management in Nonprofit-Organisationen 2021
  • Language: de

Jahrbuch für Management in Nonprofit-Organisationen 2021

Der zehnte Band des Jahrbuchs für Management in Nonprofit-Organisationen widmet sich drei Schwerpunkten: Im ersten Teil geht es um die Themen "Personal, Rekrutierung und Arbeitgeberattraktivität". Daran anschließend folgt ein zweiter Abschnitt zu "Aktuellen Herausforderungen für NPO, Zivilgesellschaften und demokratische Entwicklung", bevor sich der dritte Teil mit "Perspektiven und Zukunftskonzepten für NPO" befasst. Das Jahrbuch versammelt Beiträge von Wissenschaftlerinnen und Wissenschaftlern, die eine produktive Verbindung von Theorie und Praxis herstellen, indem sie aktuelle Forschungsergebnisse sowie konkrete Erfahrungen vermitteln.

Die Entdeckung der Gestaltbarkeit
  • Language: de
  • Pages: 393

Die Entdeckung der Gestaltbarkeit

Ein Bewusstsein von Gestaltungsfreiheiten gesellschaftlichen Fortschritts - das ist auch in der Zeit nach der Französischen Revolution im langen 19. Jahrhundert keine Selbstverständlichkeit. Felix Baumert zieht Alexis de Tocqueville, Karl Marx und Max Weber erstmals gemeinsam heran, um aus ihren verschiedenen Perspektiven zu zeigen, wie sich auch in der modernen Welt einschränkende Möglichkeitsräume oder gar die Erstarrung von Gestaltungsfreiheiten ergeben können. Damit zeigt er die fundamentale Bedeutung von Politik in der Moderne auf, und zwar als notwendiges Instrument der Bewusstwerdung sowie der Absicherung von Gestaltungsfreiheiten.