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Germany and Spain lead changes towards international insolvencies in Europe
With the Council regulation (EC) No. 1346/2000 of 29 May 2000 on insolvency proceedings, that came into effect May 31, 2002 the European Union has introduced a legal framework for dealing with cross-border insolvency proceedings. In order to achieve the aim of improving the efficiency and effectiveness of insolvency proceedings having cross-border effects within the European Community, the provisions on jurisdiction, recognition and applicable law in this area are contained in a Regulation, a Community law measure which is binding and directly applicable in Member States. The goals of the Regulation, with 47 articles, are to enable cross-border insolvency proceedings to operate efficiently and effectively, to provide for co-ordination of the measures to be taken with regard to the debtorâs assets and to avoid forum shopping. The Insolvency Regulation, therefore, provides rules for the international jurisdiction of a court in a Member State for the opening of insolvency proceedings, the (automatic) recognition of these proceedings in other Member States and the powers of the âliquidatorâ in the other Member States. The Regulation also deals with important choice of law (or: private international law) provisions. The Regulation is directly applicable in the Member States3 for all insolvency proceedings opened after 31 May 2002
Stability of Covariant Relativistic Quantum Theory
In this paper we study the relativistic quantum mechanical interpretation of
the solution of the inhomogeneous Euclidean Bethe-Salpeter equation. Our goal
is to determine conditions on the input to the Euclidean Bethe-Salpeter
equation so the solution can be used to construct a model Hilbert space and a
dynamical unitary representation of the Poincar\'e group. We prove three
theorems that relate the stability of this construction to properties of the
kernel and driving term of the Bethe-Salpeter equation. The most interesting
result is that the positivity of the Hilbert space norm in the non-interacting
theory is not stable with respect to Euclidean covariant perturbations defined
by Bethe-Salpeter kernels. The long-term goal of this work is to understand
which model Euclidean Green functions preserve the underlying relativistic
quantum theory of the original field theory. Understanding the constraints
imposed on the Green functions by the existence of an underlying relativistic
quantum theory is an important consideration for formulating field-theory
motivated relativistic quantum models.Comment: 29 pages, Latex, corrected typos, added background section, improved
proof of key resul
EU insolvency regulation and its impact on European business
Insolvenzrecht, Internationales Recht, EU-Staaten, Bankruptcy law, International law, EU countries
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Researcher-Led Development of E-Research in the Social Sciences: The Case of an E-Social Science Pilot Demonstrator Project
The introduction and use of information and communication technologies (ICT) in the process of research is extending beyond research management into research practice itself. This extension of the use of ICT in research is being termed as e-research. The characteristics of e-research are seen as the combination of three interrelated strands, which are: the increased computerization of the research process; research organized more predominantly in the form of distributed networks of researchers, and a strong emphasis on visualization. E-research has become established in the natural sciences but the development of e-research in relation to social sciences is variable and less pervasive. The richness of the social sciences and their variety of practices and engagement in diverse fields of study mean that e-research as utilized in the natural sciences cannot be easily migrated into the social sciences. This paper explores the development of e-research for the social sciences. The paper is based on an ESRC funded e-social science demonstrator project in which social scientists sought to shape the use of Grid ICT technologies in the research process. The project is called: \'Collaborative Analysis of Offenders\' Personal and Area-based Social Exclusion\': it addresses social exclusion in relation to how individual and neighbourhood effects account for geographical variations of crime patterns and explores the opportunities and challenges offered by e-research to address the research problem. The paper suggests that if e-research is driven from the needs of social research then it can enhance the practice of social science.E-Research; Social and Area-Based Exclusion; Young People at Risk of Crime; Information and Communication Technologies; Collaborative Research; Interdisciplinary Research
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