 | | | | Can South African road authorities satisfy constitutionally protected basic access needs without sacrificing economic growth? This paper combines economic theory with GIS application to assess whether South African road authorities can satisfy constitutionally protected basic access needs without sacrificing economic growth. The trade-off between access to basic services for all citizens and economic growth is investigated, with particular attention to issues of constitutional obligations, quality of life, and the fundamental role of economic growth in poverty reduction. Based on Rawls's Theory of Justice and game theory arguments presented by Binmore, lexicographical priority is assigned to basic access roads.... |
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| CFP: Religion and politics: agreements & conflicts. XIIth International Conference of the Spanish Society of Sciences of Religions The complex, multifaceted and dynamic relationships between Religion and Politics play a significant role throughout the history of human development. The study of this topic, in the past but also in contemporary societies, is a fundamental issue of the disciplines of History, Political Philosophy, Law, Anthropology, and Sociology. This Conference offers a scientific arena to think, discuss and research on the diverse ways in which Religion and Politics converge, dialogue, collide, and shape public&private social practices. Amongst other topics to be explored, it can be included how... |
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| The Constitutional Justification of Religion This article addresses religion from a legal perspective. It argues that religious matters should be settled outside the secular legal system; otherwise, the secular legal system would not be truly secular. However, religion demands special protection as a public good and social value, as it constitutes an extrinsic constitutional limit of the legal. For a secular legal system, protecting religion ultimately means protecting human beings' pursuit of the suprarational. Protecting suprarationality has three important legal consequences: (a) suprarational acts in the strictest sense should... |
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| A New Global Paradigm for Religious Freedom This essay offers a broad normative paradigm of religious freedom, a minimum standard for protecting this liberty that is rooted in human dignity, compatible with various constitutional frameworks, and based on worldwide "opinionated disagreement." |
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| Polymer-based Nanocomposites for Energy and Environmental Applications The synthesis of polymer-based nanocomposites is one of the major advancements in polymer-based materials. It has developed as a subject of prodigious interest over the last few decades. The simple synthesis, nanoscale dimensions, biodegradable character, high aspect ratio, light weight, cost-effectiveness, and sustainability aspects have all established a drive for these types of materials. Presently, there are no restrictions to their potential applications, although their main application is related to advanced materials, used for energy and the environment. This is mainly because of the... |
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| Constitutional Court, European integration and (geo)political struggle Starting with 2009, the influence exerted by the Constitutional Court (CC) on the Moldovan politics has increased substantially. The Court managed to assert itself as an active player in the political sphere, often changing radically the trajectory of events. The CC's contribution to the political processes in the country increased yet amid the critical decline in the weight of the other state institutions. Being in a relationship of official subordination to the Constitution only, the Court could act without any political impediment. Thus, this contributed to the redefining of the Romanian... |
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| Formal Innovations vs. Informal Innovations: The Case of the Mining Sector in Nigeria The study mapped innovation activities in the formal and informal mining sector in Nigeria. Data were collected through primary and secondary sources. Primary data were collected through guided questionnaire administration, guided interviews and personal observation. A purposive sampling method was adopted to select firms that are micro, small and medium enterprises. The study covered 100 (50 in the formal sector and 50 in the informal sector) purposively selected companies in southwestern Nigeria. Secondary data were collected from different published sources. Data were analysed using... |
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| The idea of terrorism This draft paper is a phenomenological, critical and ontological examination of the idea of terrorism and the notion of a terrorist act. The paper looks at the ideological foundations of terrorism, and the presentation of terrorism and terrorist acts in media and communication in language and discourse. More particularly, there is a specific examination of the ontology and phenomenology of the term through four lenses: terrorism as performance, terrorism as ritual embodiment, terrorism as a double-sided experiential phenomenon, and terrorism as political discourse linked to power. There is... |
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| Ability of Net Income in Predicting Dividend Yield: Operating Cash Flow as a Moderating Variable The purpose of this study is to determine the ability of net income in predicting dividend yield with operating cash flow as a moderating variable on manufacturing companies of the consumer goods industry sector listed in the Indonesia Stock Exchange on the period 2012-2016. The sample is selected by using purposive sampling technique. The data analyzed by using moderated regression analysis. The result of analysis shows that, at the 0.05 level of significance, operating cash flow significantly influences the dividend yield, while net income does not affect the dividend yield. However,... |
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