Bombarding borders (So to speak): Against a Bleak Prognosis of Migration Governance in Post-pandemic Times

Since the outbreak of Covid-19, reports on wildlife reclaiming locked-down cities have flourished in all corners of the globe. You might have noticed that, albeit to a lesser extent, news about unidentified aerial phenomena —UFOs by their ordinary name— have also proliferated. Between you and me, this is no mere coincidence. But allow me to further elaborate on my assertion.Fil: Courtis, Corina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Filosofía y Letras. Departamento de Ciencias Antropológicas; Argentin

Algunas aproximaciones a las respuestas de derecho sobre la locura

Fil: Courtis, Christian. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Derecho. Buenos Aires, Argentin

Standards to Make ESC Rights Justiciable: A Summary Exploration

Social rights – or economic, social and cultural rights (ESC rights) – are not a new idea. There have been examples of the statutory recognition of ESC rights since the last third of the nineteenth century. ESC rights entered the language of constitutional law in the period between the two world wars – early examples include the 1917 Mexican Constitution, the 1919 German Constitution and the 1931 Spanish Constitution – and have become part of constitutions in most of the world since the end of the Second World War. ESC rights have also been part of international human rights since the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948, and perhaps even before, since the adoption of the ILO Constitution and the Charter of the League of Nations. Yet, compared to civil and political rights, considerably less attention has been devoted to the need to produce a conceptual framework to develop the content of ESC rights and the protection mechanisms needed to enforce them. One of the traditionally neglected issues with regard to ESC rights is the question of their justiciability, that is, the possibility for people who claim to be victims of violations of these rights to file a complaint before an impartial body and request adequate remedies or redress if a violation has occurred or is likely to occur. This article examines some developments in the field of the justiciability of ESC right

THE OPTIONAL PROTOCOL TO THE INTERNATIONAL COVENANT ON ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS: A NEW INSTRUMENT TO ADDRESS HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS

The article discusses the adoption of the new Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights as a means to obtain redress for violations against economic, social and cultural rights in the international sphere – including its potential use for the consideration of the violation of extraterritorial obligations.Keywords: Human rights. Social rights. Violations. Optinal protocol

La estrategia de nuestra araña : una visión crítica del derecho y del rol del abogado desde perspectivas contemporáneas

Fil: Courtis, Christian. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Derecho. Buenos Aires, Argentin

Business goodwill: Conceptual clarification via accounting, legal and etymological perspectives

Abstract: Confusion as to the real nature of commercial goodwill is well-entrenched in the literature, as evidenced by accountants\u27 attention to valuation formulae rather than the underlying assets. The paper traces conceptual clarification of business goodwill via early writers on accounting, legal opinion and etymology. These three perspectives, together with a chronology of 91 selective definitions, reveal the shift in thinking over the past century. Goodwill, from being thought of as a set of inducements which attract persistent patronage, has become submerged by methods of valuation based upon superior earning power concepts and by the accounting notion of a residuum

La politique industrielle dans la Communauté économique européenne : Crise et changement

The ultimate goal of industrial policy is to allow constant improvement in both the quality and standard of living. Necessary conditions to such improvement are full employment at both high, real wages and at increasing rates of productivity. For the European Economic Community, productivity must not only increase absolutely but also relatively, in comparison to other international competitors. Yet during the 60's and early 70's, Europe's competitive position in a number of major industrial sectors weakened, such that the energy shock, when it did come, signaled a reversal in established terms of trade. Suddenly, the Common Market was confronted with new problems of adjustment and decline.It is within this context that both the role and the focus of EEC industrial policy have changea and that come to play the underlying dynamics that shape European industrial policy formulation. In these new economic conditions, traditional policies of demand management, of counter-cyclical measures and of monetary control have proved inadequate to restore real growth, full employment and ordered structural change. While purely national solutions appear to be no longer possible in many sectors, member countries have become increasingly locked into competitive rather than the complementary industrial strategies. New and intense political strains have emerged.Political legitimacy and a clear mandate are critical to the formulation and implementation of industrial policy. Although the essential economic logic of the Treaty of Rome is clear, its political dimensions are less evident. Indeed there is nothing in the Common Market treaty about industrial policy. Yet as the question of industrial development moves to the centre of political debate, the future evolution of the community will be increasingly linked to EC industrial policy. This article analyzes European industrial policy as we enter the 80's. It begins with an analysis of the economic realities and the social and political forces behind the changing focus of European industrial policy and examines briefly the context of industrial policy formulation at the European Community level. Subsequently it turns to the new sectoral pattern and emphasis of European industrial policy. Finally, the article evaluates the evolution of European industrial policy in the latter part of the 70s and considers emerging trends

DU PONT ratio : a comprehensive measure of business performance

In this paper we present and compare various financial measures of business performance which are becoming progressively more comprehensive culminated with the HOB model which is the expanded form of DU PONT ratio. We allege that DU PONT - ROE model can be used as a measure of strategy success. We also consider it is a superior indicator in the long run. It mergers all necessary and meaningful information of financial statements reflecting supply and demand factors which are largely determined by industry and firm specific factors. Further decomposition of ROE according to HOB model make more clear the internal and external environment assessment and explains more fully the value creation process contributing considerably to strategic management process.peer-reviewe