10 research outputs found
The Max-Planck-Institute: Liability of the State for Illegal Conduct of its Organs
A Review of Liability of the State for Illegal Conduct of its Organs by The Max-Planck-Institut für Ausländishces Öffentliches Recht und Völkerrech
Reflections
The American Society of International Law Committee recommended that the Manley 0. Hudson Medal be awarded to Professor Eric Stein for his lifetime of significant contributions to international and comparative law. Stein, the Hessel E. Yntema Professor of Law, Emeritus, at the University of Michigan Law School, had been an active supporter of ASIL as Honorary Vice President, Counsellor, and Honorary Editor of, and frequent contributor to, the American Journal of International Law. His many books and articles established him as a leading thinker and writer on European Community law and on what he described in a famous article as the Uses, Misuses, and Nonuses of Comparative Law
The Max-Planck-Institute: Liability of the State for Illegal Conduct of its Organs
A Review of Liability of the State for Illegal Conduct of its Organs by The Max-Planck-Institut für Ausländishces Öffentliches Recht und Völkerrech
Anomalous experiences and schizotypy: which comes first? The Hermit Crab syndrome hypothesis
This study confirms findings of previous research as they state that some triggering events or anomalous experiences can give rise to a disruption of cognitive processes and emotional changes in a predisposed person. Furthermore, our research states that the cognitive process and change of world view (paradigm shift (PS)) accompanying some paranormal experiences (PEs) could facilitate the development of a schizotypal personality structure. For the purposes of this study, 675 young people aged between 13 and 25 years old (M = 16.8, SD = 1.9) completed the Schizotypal Personality Questionnaire, the Revised and Modified Paranormal Belief Scales, the measurement of eight kinds of PE and a self-reported measurement of change of world view. The results confirm the mediating role of PS between paranormal practices and schizotypy as the cognitive process contributing to symptom formation as well as to symptom maintenance. The said results also confirm the existence of cognitive–emotional stages, also called Hermit Crab syndrome, in the process of the “paranormalisation” of reality
From Negative to Positive Integration. European State Aid Control through Soft and Hard Law
European state aid control, a part of competition policy, typically follows the logic of
negative integration. It constrains the potential for Member States to distort competition by
reducing their ability to subsidize industry. In addition, this paper argues, ambiguous Treaty
rules and heterogeneous Member States' preferences have enabled the European Commission
to act as a supranational entrepreneur, not only enforcing the prohibition of distortive state
aid, but also developing its own vision of “good” state aid policy. In order to prevent or to
settle political conflict about individual decisions, the Commission has sought to establish
more general criteria for the state aid which it still deems admissible. These criteria have
been codified into a complex system of soft law and, more recently, hard state aid law. The
Commission has thus created positive integration “from above” and increasingly influences
the objectives of national state aid policies
Reflections
The American Society of International Law Committee recommended that the Manley 0. Hudson Medal be awarded to Professor Eric Stein for his lifetime of significant contributions to international and comparative law. Stein, the Hessel E. Yntema Professor of Law, Emeritus, at the University of Michigan Law School, had been an active supporter of ASIL as Honorary Vice President, Counsellor, and Honorary Editor of, and frequent contributor to, the American Journal of International Law. His many books and articles established him as a leading thinker and writer on European Community law and on what he described in a famous article as the Uses, Misuses, and Nonuses of Comparative Law