The meaning and scope of the fourteenth amendment and the Civil Rights Act of 1866 remain among the most controversial issues in American constitutional law. Professor Kaczorowski contends that the issues have generated more controversy than they warrant , in part because scholars analyzing the legislative history of the amendment and statute have approached their task with preconceptions refle...

This essay investigates the role of natural law within philosophical debates in 1790s Britain over origins and applicability citizens' rights, an issue amplified by memories French Revolution. It marks Amelia Opie’s 1805 novel Adeline Mowbray as representative a counterrevolutionary faction focused extensively on rights citizens, yet fully distinct from theoretically grounded cosmopolitan visio...

. The paper reports on the scientific and practical conference «Issues of Protecting Rights Citizens Using Digital Technologies in Criminal Proceedings», held December 20, 2022 a mixed format. was organized by office Commissioner for Human Russian Federation Scientific Educational Center Kutafin Moscow State Law University (MSAL). devoted to topical issues related protection rights citizens mea...

Theoretical arguments and empirical evidence are advanced to bolster the claim that direct political participation via referenda and initiatives constitutes an advanced form of democracy with beneficial effects on Transition Countries. Direct democracy raises trust and honesty and improves social outcomes. Per capita incomes and subjective well-being are raised. Standard arguments against direc...

Abstract There is a growing body of scholarship examining the impact courts’ social rights judgments, especially their distributive (ie extent to which they deliver rights-related goods and services poor marginalised). Commentators have used this evaluate effectiveness courts in realising citizens’ rights. This paper contributes by adding new ‘relational’ dimension our understanding such impact...

We use the contingent valuation method to measure the amount citizens are willing to pay to improve scenic mountain-view amenities through the removal of billboards. Our approach addresses both the perceived property rights as well as the perceptions of the status quo in the southern Appalachian Mountains. We find that individuals who retire to the mountains have different preferences for land ...

Abstract ‘Citizen sensing’, grassroots-driven environmental monitoring, could revolutionize risk governance and decision-making. Yet, citizen sensing is far from being accepted by governmental authorities. This contribution explores the law doctrine legislation for a possible legal basis on which ‘sensing citizens’ perform their actions. I argue that practice, nature, voices citizen’s claims to...

The purpose of this study is to explore the emerging applications of E-Government, both in the United States and in the International Community. Information technology allows governments to service citizens in a more timely, effective, and cost-efficient method. E-Government implementation may meet initial citizen resistance, require cultural sensitivity, and change the way citizens and governm...

The directive on cross-border healthcare has been regarded by many as a major achievement of the policy of “patient empowerment” of the European Commission, granting EU citizens the right to access healthcare services (for planned treatment) in another member state [2]. In summary the aims of this directive are to: 1) clarify and simplify the rules and procedures applicable to patients regardin...