Ribolovne zone država Europske unije

Cilj istraživanja je analiza i prikaz država Europske unije koje imaju proglašenu ribolovnu zonu, odnosno ribolovni ili ribolovno-ekološki pojas. U radu se iznose propisi zemalja Europske unije koji se odnose na ribolovni pojas s ciljem obrade teme s pravnog aspekta, cjelovito na jednom mjestu, izdvojeno od ostalih pravnih režima na moru. Temeljna znanstvena hipoteza rada je dana u obliku tvrdnje da je u interesu obalne države proglasiti ribolovnu zonu i proširiti jurisdikciju na moru radi zaštite i očuvanja prirodnih bogatstava mora i omogućavanja odgovornog iskorištavanja tih bogatstava na održivoj osnovi. Autorica analizira institut ribolovne zone te iznosi prednosti koje država ima u tom pojasu, kako na zaštitu živih morskih bogatstava, zaštitu od prekomjernog lova i ribolova, zaštitu mora od onečišćenja te na gospodarski razvoj obalne države. Analiziraju se i uspoređuju nacionalni propisi država koje imaju proglašenu ribolovnu zonu te posebno prikazuje zaštićeno-ekološko ribolovni pojas Republike Hrvatske

Robert Nozick, Anarhija, država i utopija

Prikaz knjige Robert Nozick, Anarhija, država i utopija, prevela Božica Jakovlev, Naklada Jesenski i Turk, Zagreb 2003, 447 str

(In)Visible Hand(s)

In this paper, the author discusses the regulatory role of the state and legal norms, in market economy, especially in so-called transition countries. Legal policy, and other questions of the state and free market economy are here closely connected, because the state must ensure with legal norms that economic processes are not interrupted: only the state can establish the legal basis for a market economy. The free market’s invisible hand is acting in questions such as: what is to be produced, how much is to be produced, for whom it is to be produced, how it is to be produced. During the transition period but also in the establishnig EU, the role of legal norms is much more important then it (is) would be expected: problems of transition are more connected with ethics and psychology, then with legislation.Law and economics, legal norms, (de)regulation, State

Narod, država in identitete v obmejnih prostorih

Borders have been subject to various types of inquiry in the social sciences and humanities, spanning the fields of the political geographical, social anthropological, sociological, as well as political and cultural history. This paper focuses on the theoretical aspects of investigating borderness and outlines the development of the area which has emerged in the last decades in the field of social studies and the humanities, the so-called "border studies", with a special emphasis on historiography. Border studies open new questions of identity and cultural policy. The aim of the paper is to apply the theoretical findings of political geographers, anthropologists and sociologists to historiographical exploration of border areas, including the Upper Adriatic. In the case of the Upper Adriatic, it is possible to fully appreciate how dramatically the changing borders can affect the lives of the local population. The new political border set after World War II not only divided the territory between two states but also sharply delineated identities. Therefore, in our opinion, the investigation of borders not only deals with the political aspect of their creation and change but necessitates that historians expand their focus to investigating the social and cultural aspects of borderness which manifest the multi-faceted nature of this phenomeno

Anti-Jewish Propaganda in the NDH and the Slovak State

This paper examines the nature of the anti-Semitic propaganda used by the Slovak State and the Independent State of Croatia (Nezavisna Država Hrvatska -- NDH) during World War II, taking into account the two countries’ unique and common objectives, evolving political contexts, strategies, and tactics. The paper also analyzes how those activities fit into the wider strategy of nation building and the attempt to create a new collective identity which was to be predicated on the concept of exclusivity and racial/cultural superiority

INTRAINDUSTRIJSKA TRGOVINA SJEDINJENIH AMERIČKIH DRŽAVA

The main objective of this manuscript is to explain the horizontal and vertical intra-industry trade of United States with trade partner of NAFTA, European Union and ASEAN. Identify the determinants of intra-industry trade, horizontal and vertical. Using a panel data approach, the results show a negative correlation between endowments and intra-industry trade. These results indicate that intra-industry trade occurs more frequently among countries that are similar in terms of factor endowments. The findings support the theory that, in general, there is no positive statistical association between HIIT and HO variables. Our results also confirm the hypothesis that trade increases if the transportation costs decrease.Cilj ovog rada je objasniti horizontalnu i vertikalnu intraindustrijsku trgovinu SAD-a s trgovinskim partnerima NAFTA-e, Europske Unije i ASEAN-a, te utvrditi determinante intraindustrijske trgovine, horizontalne i vertikalne. Koristeći pristup panelnih podataka, rezultati pokazuju negativnu korelaciju između zaklada i intraindustrijske trgovine. Ti rezultati ukazuju na to da se intraindustrijska trgovina češće odvija među zemljama koje imaju sličnosti po pitanju zaklada. Nalazi potvrđuju teoriju da, generalno gledano, nema pozitivne statističke veze između HIIT i HO varijabli. Naši razultati također potvrđuju hipotezu da trgovine raste ako se smanjuju troškovi prijevoza

The Strategy - Ending Globalization Disorders

Scientifically, globalization is a pure-form or model that refers to a condition whereby a dominant state unilaterally or multilaterally maintains a balance of power to fail member states in the international system it dominates. Globalization can be implemented exclusively or inclusively under blocs (regional) or International Governmental Organizations (IGOs) as means of the balance of power for the failure of states. This is the theme that this article pursues to objectively examine the current globalization regime as the function of two arms of the balance of power applied to fail states in the international system. One arm of the current globalization regime applies interest-lending of the Bretton Woods institutions namely, International Bank for Reconstruction (IBRD)/World Bank and International Monetary Fund (IMF). The other arm uses the strategy of resource wars. The problem is that interest charges of the World Bank and IMF have failed to cause real domestic growth in 185 states since the initial Ten/Five-year Development Plans, 1946/51-56. This is seen in the domestic and foreign debt burdens arising out of loan interests of the IBRD/World Bank and IMF. There have been more than 136 resource wars that have caused over 250 million deaths (market value loss of over USD 500 trillion) in the period 1946 to date. The unit of analysis of the paper is that the previous and current strategies of globalization have been illegitimate, severely violated fundamental human right, contravened business ethics and caused the failure states. Thus, the Bretton Woods system has not, and will not as it stands, benefit USA and her allied member states and the Third World inclusive. Legally and morally, Latin American states who signed the Bretton Woods Agreements in 1944 were not in-due-form: African, Asian and Eastern European states were not represented; and given the most compelling fact that others from Europe (e.g. Germany) and Japan agreed in the unique historical moment, the logical conclusion is that the liberty and fundamental freedoms and rights of member states have since been violated by the IBRD/World Bank and IMF interest-lending. (i) The paper recommends among others a new formula for the re-creation a humanistic international monetary authority that will benefit all stakeholders without interfering in the balance of power. To say the least, interest lending of the Bretton Woods systems was appropriated from the 1545 Act ("An Acte Agaynst Usurie", 37 H.viii 9), which must be replaced with the humanistic monetary formula that maintains the balance of power to the lender, and also agreeable with international business ethics and human rights. (ii) This will multiply earnings of the world bank group to over 150 %. (iii) Over 3 billion out of the 6,8 billion people who had abandoned or feared interest-lending of commercial banks will join the industry - hence pulling over 150 % earnings. (iv) Employment will increase to more than 60 %. (v) Inflation will fall to 3 %. (vi) Local and investor confidence will rise, hence enlarging the financial market. (vii) There is urgent need for creating new geographies of the peace by closing Western driven ethnic battle frontlines that emerged with Huntington's new pattern of conflict (1990s to date).globalisation, Africa, Bretton Woods system, international organisations

SOVEREIGN STATE: FUNDAMENTAL LEGAL-POLITICAL PROJECT OF MODERNITY (1)

U traganju za konzistentnim teorijskim okvirom politologijskog poimanja države, valja se osloniti na valjane sadržajne i metodologijske orijentire. U članku se za njima traga u kritičkom i produktivnom dijalogu s tri najeminentnija pojedinačna suvremena znanstvena priloga primjerenom razumijevanju države: teorijom države A. Passerin d’Entrèvesa, poviješću državâ B. Barret-Kriegel i poviješću modernog pojma države Q. Skinnera. U prvom se dijelu članka sažeto iznose njihovi ključni uvidi o (modernoj) državi. Temeljno je djelo Passerin d’Entrevèsa, u kojemu je izložen nezaobilazan kategorijalni sklop za cjelovito poimanje države općenito, logike suverenosti posebice. Državi kao takvoj valja pristupiti kao moći (ili sili) (sa stajališta djelotvornosti), potom kao vlasti (sa stajališta legaliteta), na posljetku kao autoritetu (sa stajališta legitimnosti). Pojmovno odrediti državu, cjelovito i precizno, znači biti u stanju objasniti i razumjeti kako sila (ili moć), najprije legalizirana kao vlast, postaje legitimnom kao autoritet. Pojam suverenosti označuje transepohalni projekt preobrazbe moći u vlast posredstvom prava, podvrgavajući je zakonima. Te ključne uvide preciziraju i djelomično korigiraju istraživanja Barret-Kriegel i Q. Skinnera. Suverena država je dvostruko apstraktna javna vlast i nije transepohalna kategorija nego epohalni pravnopolitički projekt, razlikovna značajka moderne. Suverena je država epohalan politički novum, jer je prva organizacija političke vlasti u povijesti koja samoograničuje svoju moć da bi osigurala osobnu sigurnost i neovisnost državljana kao pravnih subjekata. Kao ideja racionalne i legitimne vlasti, povijesno se afirmira kao antiteza orijentalnom despotizmu i drevnome patrimonijalno-senjorijalnom režimu.In searching for a consistent theoretical framework of the political science understanding of the state, one should rely on valid substantial and methodological markers. The author identifies them in this article by means of a critical and productive dialogue with three major contemporary contributions to the pertinent understanding of the state: the theory of the state by A. Passerin d’Entrèves, the history of states by B. Barret-Kriegel and the history of the modern concept of the state by Q. Skinner. In the first part of the article their key insights into the (modern) state are briefly outlined. The seminal work is that by Passerin d’Entrevès, in which he presents the categorial set essential for a comprehensive understanding of the state in general, and the logic of sovereignty in particular. The state as such should be understood as might or force (from the perspective of effectiveness), as power (from the perspective of legality), and finally as authority (from the perspective of legitimacy). To conceptually define the state, comprehensively and accurately, means to be able to explain and understand how force (or might), first legalized as power, gains legitimacy in the form of authority. The concept of sovereignty marks the transepochal project of the transformation of might into power through the mediation of law which subjects it to laws. These key insights are made more precise and are partly corrected by the research done by Barret-Kriegel and Q. Skinner. The sovereign state is a doubly abstract public authority and is not a transepochal category but an epochal legal-political project, modernity’s distinguishing feature. The sovereign state is an epochal political novum, as it is the first organization of political power in history that self-limits its might to ensure personal security and indipendence of citizens as legal subjects. As a notion of the rational and legitimate power it historically affirms itself as an antithesis to oriental despotism and the ancient patrimonial-seniorical regime