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Showing 1 to 20 of 783 for “"The EU"”.
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Legality and The EU
<p>In this work I address a number of important theoretical questions that the institutional order of the European Union (EU) poses for legal theory. I examine Raz’s approach to theorizing legality and several elements of his theory of law, arguing that the institutional structures of the EU resist …
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The EU ETS: A Critical Analysis
… established via cap & trade programs, are the dominant means by which climate stabilization is currently being pursued worldwide, with many centered around the European Union’s Emissions Trading Scheme. As such, a critical analysis of the EU ETS & its effectiveness is crucial to assess …
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Personal Bankruptcy Systems in the EU – Measuring Leniency
Since the Second World War, there has been a massive credit expansion to consumers, also in Europe. With increased credit to consumers comes inevitably increased risk of a negative credit event, in many cases due to change of life events, such as loss of job, sickness, divorce, and death of an …
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Plug-in electric vehicle introduction in the EU
… and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in the EU's transport sector. However, PEV well-towheel (WTW) emissions depend on improvements in vehicle technology and on the emissions produced in generating the electricity to charge the vehicle. This electricity is produced to a certain extent by …
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Is the EU "Going Too Far"? Examining the divide between the legislator within the EU and members of the financial market
In 2010 the European Commission released a discussion paper entitled ‘Green Paper: Lessons from the crisis’ in which they expressed the need to reinforce the audit system in order to help prevent future financial failure. Regarding the issue of auditor independence, the European Commission …
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The debate on stem cell research in the EU
The stem cell and therapeutic cloning debate was a major issue in the discussions under the sixth and seventh Framework programmes for research and Development. This dissertation studies the differences between Member States, Political Groups and Institutions on the matter. This is done by …
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Greening the EU : Power practices, resistances and agenda setting
… with environmental problems have been adopted by the European Community. The ambition in this study has been to understand the process whereby environmental concerns have been brought up on the Community agenda and how that agenda has subsequently been shaped. It is argued that by starting from a …
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How the EU Membership Has Affected Turkey’s Political Environment
<p>This thesis aims to analyze and argue how the membership process for the European Union has affected Turkish politics and to what outcome it led Turkey. Starting with the EU candidacy, Turkey has gone through radical political changes, most of which have proved negative given the history of the …
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The impact of the EU internet gaming policies on Malta
… existed for centuries. One can go back as far as the scriptures in the Bible and find references to 'tossing of lots'. There are many references to tossing of lots, among which, the Bible tells us about when the apostles cast lots to determine the replacement for Judas. Whether speaking about …
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The EU Intelligence Community: Elements of a EU intelligence Culture
The EUGS 2016 introduced new challenges and set specific head goals for the policy of the European Union in the fields of external action and security. Such decisions must be implemented and backed by valid intelligence support. The EU intelligence community, that according to this paper is …
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Regional autonomy movements in Europe: National governments and the EU
This thesis investigates whether the success of a regional autonomy movement within a nation state belonging to the European Union (EU) is determined by the actions of the national government or activities on behalf of the autonomy within the EU. Case studies are made of the autonomy movements in …
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A Comparative Analysis of Free Trade Between the U.S. and the EU : A Case Study of the U.S./Chile FTA and the EU/Chile FTA
<p>Unlike many studies that assess the impacts of free trade agreements (FTAs), this thesis is a study of the negotiated outcomes in FTAs between the United States (U.S.) and Chile, and the European Union (EU) and Chile. Existing negotiation literature pertains to multilateral trade talks, dispute …
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THE SCOPE OF THE LAW APPLICABLE TO COMPANIES IN THE EU.
Despite the crucial role of corporate mobility in ensuring the proper functioning of the internal market, and although Articles 49 and 54 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union expressly recognize the freedom of establishment for certain – albeit not all – legal persons, the …
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"Trade relationships between the EU and South Africa/the ACP countries"
The starting point from which the EU has evolved must be marked as the end of the Second World War. This war left nearly all of Europe devastated and the Malta Agreement led to a division of Europe which had never been experienced before. 1 Experiences after the first World War2 and the growing …
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Potential for meeting the EU new passenger car CO₂ emissions targets
In 2009, the European Parliament agreed to limit the CO2 emissions from new passenger cars sold in the European Union to an average of 130g/km by 2015. Further, a probable longer-term CO2 emissions target of 95g/km is specified for 2020. This thesis attempts to assess the feasibility of meeting …
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Devising a refined framework for distinguishing between ‘workers’ and ‘self-employed persons-undertakings’ in the EU labour and competition law fields: Lessons from the EU agency acquis
In recent years, the European labour market has undergone a radical change. In addition to part-time, fixed-term and agency work (the original ‘atypical’ contracts), new casual forms of employment have become more prevalent such as zero-hours contracts, employee sharing, ICT-based mobile work, …
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The influence of Eurosceptic parties on the EU policies of member states
The aim of this research was to understand whether and how Eurosceptic parties might influence the EU policies of member states. It took the Netherlands and Hungary as case studies, focusing on the influence of Eurosceptic parties on the migration of those member states. For the Netherlands, the …
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Japanese firms in the EU: Europeanization of lobbying strategies and enduring national characteristics
The number of Japanese firms in Brussels has increased since the creation of the European Single Market. At the same time, large European firms have become independent political actors and harmonized their lobbying pattern, creating a distinctive business-government relationship in the EU. Yet, it …
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