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... content and context. The speech starts with a bit of stage setting legitimization--the first citizen surrounded by his people who together represents the executive power of the state: Thank you all for being here. Let me just acknowledge the presence of some ... conduct of non military warfare against Al-Qaida in a world in which the masses determine winners and losers through political action. "By any measure, the cost of keeping it open far exceed the complications involved in closing it. That's ...

... of Europeans to tolerate even fairly intrusive legislation, including the funding of government campaigns to change purely private social behavior. Most of the sort of legislative action approved is not surprizing: reducing highway speeds, limiting ... a healthy ingrediant. State regulation, in effect, provided the bond that tied all the disparate menbers of a political community together. In the old days, the balance would be tipped in favor of private communities when they managed to coopt the ...

... that the electricity supply interruption was temporary, and that it was not possible to tie the humanitarian situation in Gaza to the actions of the IEC.225 In the absence of current violation, the only issue remaining was whether there was a ... programs. The second was a greater focus on strategic Global Fund investment to meet the political requirements of Norway, especially with respect to investment in emerging economies. Together they suggest the limits of the formally public/functionally ...

... decisions. Part IV examines the Norwegian Funds in action. It explores the nature of the Norwegian SWF's engagement with corporate social responsibility through its investments, as well as its engagement with two political situations: the Israel-Palestine conflict, and ... fund as a non-state vehicle for regulatory interventions in private economic markets. Together, they will suggest that the simpleminded formula-formally public and functionally private plus conformity to a model of private non- ...

... feminism is totalitarian because it denies the individual a private space; every private thought and action is public and, therefore, political," writes Bork. "The party or the movement claims the right to control every aspect of life." Daphne ... revolutionary process.… Families have supported oppression by separating people into small, isolated units, unable to join together to fight for common interests.… Families make possible the super-exploitation of women by training them to look upon their ...

... wield as shareholders in foreign corporations-for instance, what if Middle Eastern or East Asian SWFs banded together to oust the CEO of a U.S. corporation? In corporate governance terms, this would be seen as positive shareholder activism ... control. Likewise sovereign shareholders directly in their role as shareholders. Their actions, though can be viewed as regulatory in a sense. They mean to translate the political will of the state through its activist activities as a shareholder (either by the ...

... only 45 years, starting with the time we both practiced tax law together in the Department of Justice in Washington, D.C. (I lasted only about four months in tax ... leakage?) that he is being investigated is threatening to ruin his reputation, the SEC will give a no action letter to an investigated person and let him use it as he pleases. But ... others lost half their money in 2008 is probably a good soundbite and therefore an attractive "political" statement, but, like so many soundbites and attractive ...

... collective action; one of the puzzles is how to work individuals but also use the network to best effect, creating greater leverage toward whatever our goals may be. The political ... he says, not speaking well enough to people not already involved in politics. Advice from Gordon: It takes person-to-person, and needs incentive for people to recruit ... money given to legislators plus voting records - that hadn't been put together before. Launched it with California data and will soon launch site for U.S ...

... that cherished by liberals and feminists begin? Are all forms of subjugation and oppression properly the object of state action, or do some lie beyond the ken of government in a liberal democracy? What policies and laws provide the best means ... multiple "regimes of truth," disqualifying as violent imposition any clear insistence on truth. What, however, about submitting Islam - together with all other religions - to a respectful, but for that reason no less ruthless, critical analysis? This, and ...

... , don't panic. It's not law-yet. However, in January of this year, Senator Clinton introduced this legislation, together with Senator Edward Kennedy and Congressman John Lewis. This proposed legislation contains sweeping employment law reform. Regardless of ... ) to be analyzed the same way Title VII claims are analyzed. Cutting to the chase, this means that class actions under the ADEA would be permissible. As discussed previously on this blog, age discrimination cases are likely to be overwhelming ...