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    Nova Law Review Full Issue

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    Certified public accountant, 1932 Vol. 12 January-June

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    Study to Support the Fitness Check of EU Consumer Law; Country Report Hungary in Study for the Fitness Check of EU Consumer and Marketing Law, Final report Part 3-Country reporting (2017)

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    Detailed report on the implementation and practical application of Directive 1999/13/EC, Directive 98/6/EC, Directive 1999/44/EC, Directive 2009/22/EC, Directive 2006/114/EC and Directive 2005/29/EC in Hungary. See http://ec.europa.eu/newsroom/just/item-detail.cfm?item_id=5933

    The influence of fairness and ethical trade-offs on public support for road safety measures. An international and intercultural exploration

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    The research questions of this thesis are: ‘When is a road safety policy measure fair?’ and ‘Which factors influence the support for road safety policy measures?’. The core approach used to address these research questions was to present citizens, experts and policy-makers with contentious measures in road safety and identify the factors associated with their views on these measures. Three complementary methods were used: a global analysis of the associations between national indicators, in-depth interviews with experts and policy-makers in five countries, and an online survey of a representative sample of adults in ten countries. An original scheme has been developed for categorizing arguments in favour and against policy measures. The research undertaken has led to a better understanding and operationalisation of fairness. A (road safety) policy measure is perceived as fair if it is equitable, not restricting human liberties, relevant and feasible to implement. Perceiving a measure to be fair is indicative but not sufficient for supporting it. Many factors influence public support for policy measures. The level of support for policy measures in road safety differs strongly between countries, and is associated with the level of economic development and national culture. When road safety performance is relatively high and societies are individualistic, the opposition against new measures tends to be higher. Important factors influencing public support are beliefs concerning the importance of the problem which the measure is intended to address, the expected consequences, and the confidence that the measure can be implemented effectively. Individuals’ support for a policy measure is strongly associated with the social norm, i.e. the belief that their friends would support that measure. Recommendations are made for further research on fairness and support for measures, as well as for improvement of policy-making in road safety

    Science and the farmer: the development of agriculture in West Wales, 1900-1950

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    This study contends that agricultural science significantly contributed to the development of agriculture in West Wales and argues that farming during the decades under study was progressive and not, as portrayed by some historians, that farmers in general were suspicious of change, resentful of science and irresponsive to the opportunities available.The research has shown that farmers were receptive to new ideas but the process of adoption and adaption was often challenged by conservative farmers and the scientific information and its practical use had to be rigorously tested and confirmed before becoming an established process. The application of agricultural science is shown in this study to be a complex process and local knowledge combined with the new science was at the heart of any changes in procedures by farmers in West Wales. The slow rate of adoption of agricultural science that has been attributed to the traditional conservatism of farmers may be justified in part but the complexity of the processes necessitated trials and validation and this shows an acceptance and an understanding by farmers of the difficulties inherent in the techniques and applying them to individual farms. Agricultural improvement is not just confined to increases in production and profitability but also encompasses quality and importance and this study acknowledges the value of both county advisory support and the leadership of progressive farmers. This research shows how their roles became the means of channelling the scientific information from the laboratory scientists to the farmer in order to contribute to the adoption of new technology and the production of new foodstuffs. Agrarian policy and strategies are seen to support the challenges of the farmers and the scientific principles of the plough-up campaigns in the First and Second World Wars and the formation of the Development Commission and the Agricultural Research Council iv are considered within a scientific context that contributed to changing attitudes in the farming community. The considerable historiography of twentieth century Welsh agriculture has paid little attention to the value of agricultural science and the farmers’ acceptance and implementation of this science within agricultural development. The vast literature tends to focus more on economic progress and the social history of estates, tenants and tenancies, and the farm labourers. Agricultural progress and development encompasses many components such as inputs and outputs, market forces, labour, agricultural policy and pricing policies and these subjects are well documented and referenced. This study addresses the disparity within historical agricultural literature on the application of agricultural science and its role in contributing to agricultural progress.This thesis demonstrates that scientific methods applied to farming provided the essential foundation to progress in West Wales in the decades 1900-1950
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