Human Rights, Economic Justice and U.S. Exceptionalism

On April 5, 2019, PILR held their triennial symposium titled: Revisiting Human Rights: The Universal Declaration at 70. As a reflection of the event, a few panelists composed contribution pieces reflecting on the topic

Reclaiming Refugee Rights as Human Rights

On April 5, 2019, PILR held their triennial symposium titled: Revisiting Human Rights: The Universal Declaration at 70. As a reflection of the event, a few panelists composed contribution pieces reflecting on the topic

The ideas of Thomas Jefferson in The Declaration of Independence

ABSTRACT 2009. This minor thesis discussed about the ideas of Thomas Jefferson as included in The Declaration of Independence. This research took the form of library research utilizing the descriptive technique. The primary data are the words, phrases, and interpreted statement which in the Declaration of Independence text. The secondary data are collected from books, magazines, journals, and internet websites about Jefferson’s background, the Declaration of Independence, and articles. The purpose of this research is to find out the ideas of Thomas Jefferson in the Declaration of Independence text. To achieve the goal, the researcher employees historical approach, biographical approach and philosophical approach. Those approaches were related to me each other in order to find out the ideas of Thomas Jefferson as described in the text of Declaration of Independence. Historical approach was applied to explain the event at that time. Biographical approach was applied to understand more about how the author’s intention in the work is related to his background. While philosophical approach was used to know how the philosophy expressed in the one of Thomas Jefferson works. The analysis of this research lead that there were three ideas reflected in the Declaration of Independence values: that all men are created equal, all men have natural rights, and government is used to secure these rights with democracy and freedom

COMMERCE AND TRADE Creation and Nature of Agency Relationship: Provide for Grants of Conditional Power of Attorney

The Act clarifies the law relating to the validity of granting a conditional power of attorney. Such grants are valid if they are made in writing and if they provide for one or more persons, as designated by the principle, to determine by written declaration that the event or contingency which is to give rise to the agency relationship has occurred. The Act further provides that third parties may act in reliance on the designee\u27s written declaration without liability to the principle, regardless of whether the specified event has actually occurred

COMMERCE AND TRADE Creation and Nature of Agency Relationship: Provide for Grants of Conditional Power of Attorney

The Act clarifies the law relating to the validity of granting a conditional power of attorney. Such grants are valid if they are made in writing and if they provide for one or more persons, as designated by the principle, to determine by written declaration that the event or contingency which is to give rise to the agency relationship has occurred. The Act further provides that third parties may act in reliance on the designee\u27s written declaration without liability to the principle, regardless of whether the specified event has actually occurred

Ex-Dividend Price Behavior in Spanish speaking markets: do stocks behave differently in Spain, Mexico, and Chile?

The main focus of this thesis is to analyze the behavior of stock price on ex-dividend day of ADRs in Spain, Mexico, and Chile. Announcement date, and ex-dividend date for each ADR is collected to be analyzed against the other ADRs. One would expect different behaviors in the different markets because of different tax treatments in Chile, Mexico, and Spain. Traditional event testing is being used to analyze the stock price behavior on and around ex-dividend days. The event test measures the impact of regulatory events and allows for abnormal changes in stock prices that occur in conjunction with dividend announcements. The final analysis indicates that stock prices do not in fact behave as expected on and around declaration dates and ex-dividend dates. This could be as a result of the small data sample, or errors in the data collected which may have clouded the results of the analysis

UDHR: Our North Star for Global Social Justice or an Imperial and Settler-Colonial Tool to Limit our Conception of Freedom?

On April 5, 2019, PILR held their triennial symposium titled: Revisiting Human Rights: The Universal Declaration at 70. As a reflection of the event, a few panelists composed contribution pieces reflecting on the topic

Aryan Racial Declaration by German Citizen

Typed document, ‘Erklarung’ underlined at top center; signatures and dates handwritten at bottom half with red handstamp on left Information Provided by Michael D. Bulmash: This declaration, given by Mr. Claus Rass, just six months after Hitler becomes chancellor of Germany, states that there are no known circumstances which would give reason to believe that “I am not Aryan or that my parents or grandparents were members of the Jewish religion. I am aware that I will be punished in the event that my given declaration is not true.”https://digital.kenyon.edu/bulmash/2320/thumbnail.jp

Zoom In, Class Out: An Event Study on Publicly Traded Ed Tech Firm Valuations During COVID-19

This paper examines how publicly traded Ed Tech firms reacted to negative announcements regarding COVID-19. Using an event study method, I document how an international portfolio of Ed Tech firms react across multiple event windows. The results show that Ed Tech firms reacted positively to the announcement of the first US death and negatively to the World Health Organization’s declaration that COVID-19 was a pandemic. Additionally, differences in geographical location did not impact cumulative abnormal returns across event windows. Finally, firm-specific characteristics such as volatility and financial leverage had little or no significance on stock returns

An Old Reference

The year 1876 marked the 100th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. It was also noted for a logological event of considerable interest, which has languished in obscurity all too long: the publication in London of William R. Cooper\u27s landmark work, An Archaic Dictionary, from the Egyptian, Assyrian, and Etruscan Monuments and Papyri