published_or_final_version / abstract / toc / Chinese Historical Studies / Master / Master of Arts

This thesis asks the following fundamental question: to what extent can economic and social rights be made effective through law? Because this question touches at once upon the effectiveness of these rights and on their status as norms of positive law, attempting to answer it requires first, an openness to other disciplines, and subsequently, to the question of the respect and control of these norms, namely that of sanction. From the outset, a preliminary and multidisciplinary analysis of the issue of contemporary poverty hints at an undeniable deviation with "pure legal theory". Moreover, economic and social rights are becoming more and more tangible in national legislation and more frequently invoked before the court (who is turn are showing a growing openness). 'Hard law' does have a place in this implementation, notably a symbolic one. Thus, the first part is dedicated to the determination of the role of 'hard law' as well as to the relevance of judicial activism. Given the limitations of 'hard law', the second part examines the issue of alternate courses of State action as opposed to any other demands for rights. Two forms of 'soft' and 'reflexive' law will then be examined in the interest of rendering economic and social rights effective: respectively from within the State, and from outside its framework. First, strategic planning (accompanied by outcome-based management) may serve to coordinate the State apparatus in the struggle against poverty. In what concerns the role of law at a societal level and in the context of a complex society, societal guidance will be preferred to impose strategic planning. In this way, it will be possible to shed light on other forms of sanction, which may be complimentary to legal ones. Finally, it is necessary to establish certain control and follow-up mechanisms of this category of rights, more relevant and innovative in order to garner a greater effectiveness of economic and social rights.

Zugl.: Diss.

Thesis (M.A.)--University of Nevada, Reno, 2008. / "May, 2008." Includes bibliographical references (leaves 63-69). Library also has microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mich. : ProQuest Information and Learning Company, [2009]. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm. Online version available on the World Wide Web.

Univ., Diss.--Regensburg, 2003. / Literaturverz. S. 293 - 327.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--State University of New York at Binghamton, Department of Political Science, 2009. / Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Florida State University, 2005. / Advisor: Joseph C. Beckham, Florida State University, College of Education, Dept. of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies. Title and description from dissertation home page (viewed Jan. 25, 2006). Document formatted into pages; contains x, 225 pages. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Wisconsin--Madison, 2003. / Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references (p. 182-194).

Is corruption a circumstantial problem or is it really rooted in the Peruvian society? Why does Criminal Law should take action against corrupt acts? How is corruption perceived from the point of view of the Peruvian Judicial Power?These and other issues are answered by the interviewed, from her experience as judge and as officer in charge of the fight against corruption in Peru. / ¿La corrupción es un problema coyuntural o está realmente arraigada en la sociedad peruana? ¿Por qué el Derecho Penal debe intervenir ante los actos de corrupción? ¿Cómo se percibe la corrupción desde el Poder Judicial?Estas y otras cuestiones son respondidas por la entrevistada, desde su experiencia como jueza y de funcionaria encargada de la lucha contra la corrupción en el país.

O objeto deste estudo é a análise do comportamento da palavra nos discursos de posse dos Presidentes do Supremo Tribunal Federal, tendo como foco o enunciador e o lugar que ocupa no mundo em que constrói seu discurso, quando toma a palavra que lhe é de direito. Verificamos as relações de poder estabelecidas pela palavra e a ação que ela é capaz de realizar: a construção de imagens, a percepção do outro no momento do costuramento discursivo e os ajustamentos necessários entre o eu e o outro para o desenvolvimento da argumentação. Considerando que o poder imanente da palavra política é premissa fundamental para identificar o ethos dos enunciadores discursivos, demos, pois, enfoque ao modo como se dá a sua constituição nesses discursos, tendo em vista a representação histórica, social, linguística e discursiva dos sujeitos enunciadores, cuja identidade individual ou coletiva, bem como a do auditório a que se destina inscreve o binômio língua/sociedade como premissa fundamental para a realização do estudo da estrutura linguística utilizada em sua redação. Analisar os discursos de posse dos presidentes do Supremo Tribunal Federal, nos últimos 47 anos da República no Brasil, permite que apontemos uma das imagens do Poder Judiciário, forjada pelos membros do próprio Poder e o espelhamento inegável entre presidência e presidentes; que observemos as características que os inserem em determinados domínios discursivos e o contrato que confirma a interdependência e relevância de enunciador e auditório para a constituição do ethos de credibilidade nesses discursos, que tratamos como subgênero textual do gênero discurso de posse; que identifiquemos os ajustamentos e interação entre a tríade enunciador, discurso e auditório responsável pelo desenvolvimento da argumentação e da construção de uma das faces do ethos do Poder Judiciário / The objective of this study is to analyze how words act in the inaugural addresses of Chiefs Justice of the Supreme Court, focusing on the speaker and the place he/she occupies in the world within he/she creates his/her speech, during the moment he/she has the right to speak. The relations of power established by the word and the action the same is capable of realizing: image construction, the otherness perception at the moment of creating the discourse and the necessary adjustments between the "self" and the "other' in order to develop argumentation. Considering that the immanent power of the political word is the basic premise to identify the ethos of the discourse announcers, it was emphasized on how it is constituted in these speeches, being aware of the historical, social, linguistic and discursive representation of the speakers, whose individual or group identity, as well as the audience to whom is addressed inscribes language and society as a basic premise to realize the study of the linguistic structure that was used in their composition. Studying the inaugural addresses of Chiefs Justice of the Supreme Court in the last 47 years of Republic in Brazil, allows us to point out one of the images of the Judicial Power, created by its own members, and the reflection between presidency and presidents; to observe the characteristics that inscribe them in certain discursive domains and the "contract" that confirms the interdependence and relevance of the announcer and audience for the constitution of the ethos of "reliability" in these speeches, which we identify as " inaugural address/speech"; to identify the adjustments and interaction between the three parts: announcer, address/speech and audience responsible for the development of the argumentation and the building of one of the faces of the ethos of the Judicial Power