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Showing 1 to 20 of 81 for “"impartiality"”.
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Judicial independence versus judicial impartiality: A comparative approach
… principles of judicial independence and judicial impartiality and how these concepts have been channelled and applied in the Egyptian judiciary. It approaches the subject, using a comparative methodology, by discussing how the essence, elements, institutional mechanisms, threats, and aspects of …
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A purposive formalist interpretation of Chapter III of the Australian Constitution
… interpreted to best achieve the independence and impartiality of federal courts? The interpretation of Chapter III is as hotly debated as it is fundamentally important. Two key viewpoints have emerged in this debate: formalism and functionalism. A formalist test – strictly separating government …
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Testing the procedural justice model of legal socialization: Expanding beyond the legal world
… figure. Within each scenario, voice and impartiality (components of procedural justice) were manipulated. After reading each scenario, participants completed measures assessing perceived legitimacy, rule cynicism, and the intent to violate a rule. Across both studies, voice and …
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Political Cosmopolitanism: A Humanized and Socialized Account of Global Citizenship in Action
… society, but its basis on universalism and impartiality can unjustly homogenize public discourse and limit citizenship activity. In my first chapter I interrogate these concepts and appeal to the capabilities approach to humanize impartiality, making cosmopolitanism more inclusive and …
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Ordinamento giudiziario amministrativo e garanzie statiche della giurisdizione
The thesis evaluates if the independence and impartiality of Italian administrative judges is sufficiently respectful of the due process clause. The starting point of this analysis is the fact that administrative justice historically stands at the stormy meeting point between the executive power …
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Representing Europe or National Priorities? Variation among Nordic Presidencies of the Council of the EU in Amplifying or Silencing National Environmental Policy
… accordance with the Presidency’s formal norm of impartiality. Although the Presidency of the Council was institutionalised to facilitate consensus and coordination among EU member states, the office also appears to provide national governments with opportunities to shape the Council’s agenda in …
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Formalism and Contextualism in Moral Education: An Analysis of Two Exemplars
… The question of resolving the conflict between impartiality and particularity is a complex one to which no obvious and easy answer corresponds. While there are important conflicts and tensions between a formalist and a contextualist moral theory, these two points of view also serve to complement …
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Ethnic Composition of Constitutional Courts in Ethnically Divided Societies: the cases of the Republic of Cyprus and Bosnia-Herzegovina
… constitutional review cases, public trust in the impartiality of the judiciary, public confidence in the court’s legitimacy and the improvement in decision-making. A key thesis in the present work is the support for the ethnic composition of constitutional courts in ethnically divided societies …
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Transfigured partiality : toward a positive account of Kierkegaardian special loves.
… partiality is justified, not somehow despite impartiality constraints, but conditional on its being an application of impartial morality. Drawing out the full range of significance attributable to Kierkegaard's idea of God as the middle term in love, I seek to defend the possibility—and …
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Social justice after Kant: Between constructivism and deconstruction (Rawls, Habermas, Levinas, Derrida)
… for the particular other which conflicts with impartiality. Distinguishing himself from both the reconstructive tradition and Levinas, Derrida affirms, in part through his readings of Kant, the undecidability of the critical function of justice. Committed to the possibility of justice, Derrida …
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Third Party Mediation: Comparative Case Study on the Effectiveness of Foreign Intervention in Intra-State Armed Conflicts in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Libya, and Myanmar.
… factors as the mediator’s skill and perceived impartiality, the support of the United Nations Security Council and clarity of their mandate, the timing of their interventions (the ‘ripeness’ concept) and the involvement of civil society. The purpose of this research will be to assess the …
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Due Process for Whom?: Evaluation of Sexual Misconduct Policies at Institutions of Higher Education From the Lens of the Respondent
… the right to appeal, and the need for impartiality and fairness. Determination of the sample was through use of homogenous non probability sampling of an entire population that included all IHEs that met seven criteria. The 238 policies were accessed via institutional websites and were …
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Praxis Of Judicial Independence In South Africa: An Imminent Constitutional Recourse
… protect the courts to ensure the independence, impartiality, dignity, accessibility and effectiveness of the courts”. These five characteristics significantly overlap and imply one another, are tightly related, and are interdependent in many more ways. The impartiality, dignity, efficacy, and …
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A Critical Analysis of the Sociology of Scientific Knowledge: Problems of Knowledge-Legitimation (Strong Programme, Rational Reconstruction, Relativism, Symmetry Thesis)
… strong programme, particularly the symmetry and impartiality theses, and (iv) whether a consistent sociological and relativist reconstruction of scientific knowledge, which rejects any reference to universally binding, non-contingent cognitive criteria, is in principle possible. Issues (i)-(iv) …
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La percepción de los ciudadanos respecto a la actuación del Consejo Nacional de la Magistratura, en los procesos de selección, nombramiento y ratificación de magistrados
… this magistrate is acting with independence, impartiality and probity. The problem posed is: How to obtain a positive perception of the citizenship, regarding the performance of the National Council of the Magistracy, in the processes of selection, appointment and ratification of magistrates? …
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The democratic prospects of literacy
… ideals of individual autonomy and universal impartiality have shaped dominant conceptions of literacy. I further demonstrate the inadequacy of liberalism for addressing the relations of group oppression that define the color line in the United States. Building on this explication of the need …
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A study of the theory of appraisal for selection
… guide appraisal for selection: the principle of impartiality, the principle of provenance, and the principle of contemporary value.
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The question of faith : U.S.-based religious NGOs in international relief and development
… ICRC's humanitarian principles of neutrality, impartiality and independence? To answer these questions, I analyze organizational documents, examine USAID reports and IRS tax forms, as well as interview staff members of six US-based FBOs. This thesis uses a continuum as the primary framework to …
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Under Western eyes : the BBC and the Iranian revolution 1978-1979 : a discursive analysis
… "sender" in terms of its mythic reputation for "impartiality" and "objectivity" in representing the world events as news. The way in which the BBC as a Western broadcaster mediated in the highly anti-Western context of the Iranian revolution of 1979 is the core question that the study attempts to …
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A critique on the investigation and adjudication powers of the Fair Competition Commission and finality clause of the Fair Competition Tribunal in Tanzania: a reflection from Jamaican and South African competition law
… of stakeholders particularly on the question of impartiality, since the FCC is likely to be a judge of its own cause. Likewise, the Constitution of Tanzania provides that the judiciary be the final appellate body in administration of justice, but the FCA vested this power in the quasi-judicial …
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