Les répercussions de la crise économique et politique que le Liban connait aujourd’hui ne se sont pas limitées à ses frontières. Un nombre très important d’individus résidants à l’extérieur de ce pays ont été touchés directement depuis le début de la crise. En effet, depuis octobre 2019, toute personne détenant des dépôts auprès des banques commerciales libanaises se voit refuser l’accès à ces fonds, surtout pour les transferts internationaux. Ces mesures mises en place par les banques commerciales représentent, en l'absence de législation appropriée, un contrôle des capitaux de facto dépourvu de toute légalité aux yeux du droit libanais. Compte tenu de la corruption qui ravage les institutions étatiques et des interférences politiques dans l’appareil judiciaire libanais, un recours depuis le Liban s’avère impossible aujourd’hui pour les déposants étrangers. Ces derniers recherchent désespérément un forum compétent afin d’exercer leurs droits dans l’espoir de récupérer un jour leurs économies investies dans les banques libanaises. De ces déposants, un nombre important réside au Québec. Ce groupe de personnes a subi un préjudice commun susceptible d’engendrer des litiges similaires. Ainsi se pose la question traitée par ce mémoire. En ce qui concerne les déposants québécois, et en considérant les objectifs de l’action collective québécoise, cette procédure pourrait-elle satisfaire leurs besoins d’accès à la justice? Afin de répondre à cette question, plusieurs problématiques se posent. Notamment, la compétence des tribunaux québécois de se saisir de ce litige, la satisfaction de ce dernier aux critères d’autorisation de l’action collective et les difficultés inhérentes à cette procédure dans le contexte factuel particulier. Ainsi, le lecteur comprendra, ce mémoire aura l’aspect d’une étude de cas pratique hypothétique. Toutefois, les enjeux juridiques seront traités en détail et de manière exhaustive. L’objectif principal demeure la faisabilité de ce recours selon le droit positif québécois. / The repercussions of the economic and political crisis that Lebanon is experiencing today are not limited to its borders. A very large number of individuals residing outside this country have been directly affected since the beginning of this crisis. Indeed, since October 2019, any person holding deposits in Lebanese commercial banks has been denied access to these funds, especially in the case of international transfers. These measures put in place by the commercial banks represent a de facto capital control that is, absent appropriate legislation, illegal under Lebanese law. Given the corruption that plagues state institutions and the political interference in the Lebanese judiciary, recourse from Lebanon is impossible today for foreign depositors. These account holders are desperately seeking a competent forum to exercise their rights in the hope of one day recovering their savings invested in Lebanese banks. Of these depositors, a large number resides in Quebec. This group of people have suffered a common prejudice that could lead to similar litigation. This raises the question addressed by this thesis. With respect to Quebec plaintiffs and considering the objectives of the Quebec class action, could this procedure satisfy their need for access to justice? In order to answer this question, several elements must be considered. In particular, the jurisdiction of the Quebec courts to hear this case, whether it meets the criteria for certification of a class action and the difficulties inherent to this procedure considering the peculiar factual context. Thus, the reader will understand that this thesis will have the aspect of a hypothetical practical case study. However, the legal issues will be dealt with in detail and in a comprehensive manner. The main objective remains to determine the feasibility of this recourse within the framework of Quebec's positive law.

Basée sur l’idée de progrès, la science moderne, d’inspiration cartésienne, est perçue par Simone Weil comme la principale cause de la crise moderne des valeurs. Sous-tendue par le mouvement droit, elle a perdu le principe d’analogie et s’est, de la sorte, dessaisie du monde ambiant des réalités quotidiennes. Aussi apparaît-elle non seulement comme à la source du scientisme, de la croyance en une raison scientifique autonome et du culte rendu aux applications techniques, mais aussi à l’origine du capitalisme industriel, du communisme révolutionnaire, du totalitarisme, de l’effondrement de l’ordre axiologique universel traditionnel concomitant à la crise de la civilisation. Les conséquences issues de ce mouvement de déracinement n’ont pas seulement conduit à l’oppression prolétarienne et coloniale ou au modernisme comme primat des valeurs d’innovation sur les valeurs de tradition, mais surtout à l’oppression généralisée et à l’oubli des structures axiologiques primordiales universelles que sont l’Etre, la Nécessité, le Passé, le Surnaturel. Fondé sur une dialectique structurelle déracinement-enracinement, pesanteur-grâce, le discours philosophique de Simone Weil sur la modernité poursuit un double enjeu. Sans se démarquer de la raison philosophique immanente, elle s’attelle à la fois à la dénonciation des propensions et défaillances qu’offrent les valeurs illusoires modernes d’argent, d’algèbre, de machinisme, d’impérialisme, de révolution, de démocratie, qu’à la conception d’une philosophie de la médiation des valeurs apte à contribuer à la renaissance d’une culture d’attention au capital axiologique de l’humanité. En effet, la modernité n’apparaissant plus que comme synonyme de crise des valeurs, il convient de tirer au clair ce piège qui fait de l’homme l’esclave de ses propres productions en y entreprenant une herméneutique ouverte non seulement au principe ontologique de nécessité, au-delà de toute projection avant-gardiste, mais surtout à une herméneutique des civilisations inspiratrices de l’humanité, en dehors de tout misonéisme passéiste, où le Surnaturel s’atteste dans sa plénitude comme critérium des valeurs authentiques et principe de médiation témoignant de l’enracinement de toutes choses dans l’être. Sans être en opposition avec les impératifs de découverte, d’invention et de développement, la philosophie weilienne de la médiation des valeurs se dévoile dans sa posture et sa validité comme une philosophie d’inspiration universelle à l’enracinement des peuples, des cultures et des nations, attentive à une pensée permanente des rapports entre la tradition et l’innovation, l’universalité et l’historicité. / Based on the idea of progress, the modern science, inspired by Descartes, is seen by Simone Weil as the primary cause of the modern crisis of values. Sustained by a linear movement, this science has lost the principle of analogy and, by consequent, it has lost its bindings with the surrounding world of everyday reality. Also, this science shows itself not only as the source of scientism, this belief in an independent scientific reason and the cult of the technical applications, but also as the source of industrial capitalism, of the revolutionary communism, of the totalitarianism, of the collapse of the traditional axiological order simultaneously to the crisis of civilization. Theses consequences resulting from the movement of uprooting not only led to the proletarian and the colonial oppression and to the modernism as the priority of the values of innovation on the values of tradition, but especially to a generalized oppression and the forgetting of the primordial universal axiological structures: the Being, the Need, the Past and the Supernatural.Based on a structural dialectic, the dislocation and the rooting, the fall and salvation, the philosophical discourse on modernity of Simone Weil seeks a double stake. Without a delimitation of the reason of the immanent philosophy, she is equally attached to the denunciation of the propensities and the failures of the modern illusory values of the money, of the algebra, of the machinery, of the imperialism, of the revolution, of the democracy, and to the conception of a philosophy of the mediation of values able to contribute to the rebirth of a culture attentive to the axiological capital of the humanity. Indeed, if the modernity appears no more as a synonym of the crisis of values, we must clarify this trap that makes the man the slave of his own productions by a hermeneutic open not only to the ontological principle of necessary, beyond any avant-garde projection, but principally a hermeneutic of the inspired civilizations of the humanity, without any outdated misoneism, where the Supernatural is attested in its fullness as criterion of the authentic values and as a principle of mediation reflecting the roots of all things in the Being. Without being in a conflict with the requirements of the discovery, of the invention, of the progress, the weilian philosophy of values mediation reveals itself as a philosophy of universal inspiration, founding the rooting of peoples, of cultures and of nations, paying permanent attention to the relationship between the tradition and the innovation, between the universality and the historicity.

Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-26T20:29:11Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Carlos Andre de Castro Guerra.pdf: 641515 bytes, checksum: ee219912a83c1db4b0242b77d8dc32a1 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2009-06-01 / Under the Federal Constitution the concept of spouse, companion and dependents should reflect the contemporary position of the essential right to a social security pension, which is warranted to such beneficiaries of the deceased person covered by social security in the occurrence of death. Accordingly, it should be inquired up to what extent the essentiality of this social right has been receiving the deserved and indispensable attention by the jurists and a fair treatment in the court decisions; starting from the reasons that led the Constitution to distinguish the spouse from the companion and both from dependents in its text, and what arguments justify these legal figures jointly under the single title of dependents in the Constitution, as if the express distinction set out in the Constitution was superfluous and unnecessary; without disregarding other aspects of the family of the person covered by social security and those who survive him/her, needy of means to survive. The evaluation and adjustment of the tension of these and other legal situations to the essentiality of this right should follow the dynamics of the principles of the human being s dignity, solidarity, equality and of the constitutional principles that may be influenced by the stimulations and interferences of the day-to-day, in the dialectic relation that is established with the social fact, with the contribution of legal theory and jurisprudence. Thus, this essay competes with its view, under the constitutional perspective, on the subject concerning the beneficiaries of a pension for death of the person covered by social security / O que se entender por cônjuge, companheiro e dependentes à luz da Constituição da República há de evidenciar a visão contemporânea do direito fundamental a prestações da previdência social assegurado a tais beneficiários do segurado falecido para cobertura do evento morte. Dessa maneira, cumpre indagar até que ponto a fundamentalidade desse direito social tem merecido a indispensável atenção doutrinária e adequado tratamento pela jurisprudência. A começar, portanto, pelas razões que levaram o constituinte a distinguir o cônjuge do companheiro e ambos dos dependentes no texto constitucional, e que argumentos podem justificar essas figuras de direito reunidas sob o título singular de dependentes no texto legal, como se a distinção expressa do texto constitucional fosse supérflua e desnecessária. Sem descurar de outros aspectos da entidade familiar, integrada pelo segurado e pessoas que a ele sobreviveram, necessitados de meios para sobrevivência. Aferir e ajustar a tensão dessas e doutras situações jurídicas à fundamentalidade desse direito obedece à dinâmica dos princípios da dignidade da pessoa humana, da solidariedade, da igualdade e dos valores da Lei Maior, permeáveis aos estímulos e interferências do cotidiano, na relação dialética que se estabelece com o fato social e com a contribuição da doutrina e da jurisprudência. A dissertação concorre com a sua óptica, na perspectiva constitucional, sobre o tema dos beneficiários da pensão por morte

Submitted by admin tede (tede@pucgoias.edu.br) on 2017-10-02T14:18:54Z No. of bitstreams: 1 CARLA LOUREIRO MIGUEL.pdf: 964855 bytes, checksum: 6616e8f7c99078e2a6c72141143400a1 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2017-10-02T14:18:54Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 CARLA LOUREIRO MIGUEL.pdf: 964855 bytes, checksum: 6616e8f7c99078e2a6c72141143400a1 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2003-08-01 / The relationship that young student workers establish with fashion in clothes is discussed, given that there is a field (of fashion) with all its specificities and strategies which constructs values and belief in its goods. Both the classified and classifying goods as well as the hierarchical and hierarchizing goods create a cultural necessity and legitimize the dominant culture. This study is based on Bourdieu’s theory of practice. It analyses the meaning of family, school and work for these young workers when drawing up their values and choices (habitus), and recognizes in the type of work that they carry out (domestic help and sales women), the fundamental structure in the formation of their likes, their life style, and, especially, of the meaning that fashion in clothes acquires, depending on the place in the social strata where they find themselves. / Discute-se a relação que jovens estudantes trabalhadoras estabelecem com a modavestimenta, sendo que existe um campo (da moda) com suas especificidades e estratégias construindo valores e a crença em seus bens. Bens classificados e classificantes, hierarquizados e hierarquizantes, criando a necessidade cultural e legitimando a cultura dominante. Fundamenta- se na teoria da prática de Bourdieu. Esse trabalho analisa o significado da família, da escola e do trabalho para essas jovens na construção de seus valores e escolhas (habitus), reconhecendo no tipo de ocupação (domésticas e vendedoras) que exercitam, a estrutura fundamental na formação do gosto, do estilo de vida e, principalmente o sentido que a modavestimenta adquire, a partir da posição que se encontram no espaço social.

Det pågår en diskussion i branschen om huruvida upphandlingsplikt för kommunala anläggningar som regleras i exploateringsavtal föreligger. Plan och bygglagen möjliggör för kommuner att antingen ålägga exploatören ”att vidta” eller ”finansiera” de kommunala anläggningarna, dock utan att förtydliga förenligheten med upphandlingslagstiftningen. Studien når slutsatsen att kommunala anläggningar som regleras i exploateringsavtal är upphandlingspliktiga. De fyra kriterier som konstituerar ett kontrakt i LOU:s mening: skriftlighet, ekonomiska villkor, upphandlande myndighet och utförande av byggentreprenad, är alla uppfyllda. Att tillämpa LOU kan i sig inbegripa en samling problem. Kommunen och exploatören, som avser bebygga kvartersmarken i planområdet, har ett avtalsförhållande genom exploateringsavtalet som kan reglera finansiella åtaganden för exploatören. Detta kan i sin tur ge exploatören ett teoretiskt incitament att lämna lågt anbud i upphandlingen; exploatören ska genom exploateringsavtalet ändå stå för kostnaderna. Exploatören är också verksam inom avtalsområdet av den orsaken att exploatören redan äger marken. Utredningar kan ske löpande som en förberedelse inför exploateringen av marken. I lagen om offentlig upphandling regleras om en anbudssökande deltagit i förberedelserna, så kallat konsultjäv, som möjligen kan aktualiseras. Studien visar att de kommuner som medverkar i en enkätundersökning inte har ett enhetligt arbetssätt. Minst 28 procent av de totalt 120 kommunerna som deltar i enkätundersökningen, sedan 2015-01-01 har låtit exploatören utföra kommunala anläggningar i minst ett exploateringsavtal. Det framkommer i samband med en intervjuundersökning att en av tre intervjuade kommuner använder sig av ”frivillig” tillämpning av LOU, utan hänsyn till uppfattningen att upphandlingslagstiftningen inte behöver tillämpas. Att LOU tillämpas, uppfyller istället syftet med att säkerställa bland annat vägar och gators kvalitet. De exploatörer som deltar i studien anger flera fördelar med att sköta utbyggnaden av allmän plats samordnat med utbyggnaden av kvartersmarken. Studiens enkät- och intervjuundersökning med kommuner vittnar om motsatsen, att exploatören som ålagts att finansiera kommunala anläggningar i exploateringsavtalet sällan inkommer med anbud i upphandlingen. De kommuner som deltar i studien upplever inte att konsultjäv eller regleringen av de finansiella frågorna redan i exploateringsavtalet, som föregår upphandlingen, vållar praktiska problem. De konstaterar förvisso att de fortfarande kan vara teoretiska problem. Studien visar vidare att det finns en skillnad i synsätt kring LOU beroende av yrkeskategori. Juristerna bedöms vara mer teoretiska i sitt synsätt och menar i huvudsak att LOU bör tillämpas. Exploateringsingenjörerna förefaller däremot vara mer praktiska i sitt synsätt, och vill låta exploatörerna bygga ut de kommunala anläggningarna som efter färdigställandet lämnas över till kommunen. / There is an ongoing discussion within the industry whether public procurement should be applied or not regarding municipality facilities that are regulated in development agreements. The law render for the municipality to either enjoin the developer “to institute” or “to finance”, however it is without clarification regarding the compatibility with the public procurement legislation. The study reaches the conclusion that public facilities that are regulated in the development agreements are subject to public procurement. The four criteria’s that constitutes a contract within the Swedish Act on Public Contracts (LOU) are all fulfilled. The municipals does not see consultant disqualification or regulation of the financial questions, that already is in the development agreement that proceed the procurement, causes any practical problems. It’s established that it could still be a theoretical issue. Applying the law of public procurement may come with complex problems. The municipality or the developer that has intention to build on the development area, have in an agreement through the development agreement that can regulate financial obligations for the developer. This will in theory give the developer incentive to come with an offer in the procurement that is not dependent on the actual costs; the developer should either way pay through the development agreement. The developer whom also is operative within the development agreements area who per say already is the land owner. Investigations, such as for example geotechnical investigations can continuously be done as a preparation for the development to come on the land. The law of public procurement regulates prior involvement of candidates or tenderers, so called consultant disqualification, which might be actualized. The study shows that the municipals that have partaken in the study do not have a unified way of working. Since 2015-01-01 at least 28 % of the 120 responding municipals let the developer execute the development of the municipal facilities in at least one development agreement. Another result that emerged is that in one of the three interviewed municipals there is a “voluntary” enforcement of the Swedish Act on Public Contracts (LOU), in spite of the opinion that the law of procurement should not be used. The use of LOU instead fulfills the purpose of securing the quality of roads and pavements. The developers that has partaken in the study state that there are several advantages with being the developer of the public areas coordinated with expansion of the land. The study’s survey and interviews with municipals show the opposite, that the developer whom has been enjoined to finance public facilities in the development agreement rarely participates as a tender in the procurement.The municipals does not see consultant disqualification or regulation of the financial questions, that already is in the development agreement that proceed the procurement, causes any practical problems. It’s established that it could still be a theoretical issue.It has also come to light that there is a different approach depending on work categories. Legal experts are described as the theorists and think that LOU should be used. The development engineers are on the other hand seen as the practitioners and they want the developer to have the opportunity to build the municipals facilities and then after they are finished is handed over to the municipal.

The thesis "The justification of eternity in times" addresses the relationship of the entity whose existence is modally necessary to the times of the entities of contingent existence, whose existence is defined by creation and termination, i.e., by the two poles of existence. The solution of this relationship is the answer to Panneberg's question about the relationship of eternity to the space-time structure of the universe. The approach to solving this problem is analyzed in the introductory chapter. Entities of contingent existence - beings - can be considered from the point of view of existence as polar entities, while the modally necessary one, which neither comes into existence nor ceases to exist, spans in its existence the poles of existence of all beings - it is therefore supra-polar in this sense. Time is needed to express the impermanence of the existence of beings. The fact that entities of contingent existence must exist in time raises the question of the relation of the modally necessary entity to time. The formal-logical expression of the relation of modally necessary entities to the times of modally contingent entities is discussed in second chapter. Sufficient conditions are given here for such an existence of a modally necessary entity which can be said to be of unbounded duration...

Východiska k řešenínežádoucíchnásilných jevů jsou koncipována křest'anskou etikou, jeŽ májedinečnou propojenost s humánními aspekty, z kterých trvale vychází. V teoretické části je etika členěna optikou různýchteologů, filosofu čisociologů dřívě.iŠÍi dneŠnídoby. Empirická část předkládá aktuální výzkum ke školskésociální Práci, která k nám díkyCharlottě a Alici Garrigue Masarykové historicky patří. Tato ProÍ'esrríČinnost u nás po Ii. světové válce jižale nepokračovaia. K jejíabsenci jsou PřidánY relevantní reflexe, u výzkumu .ie analýza a sumarizace, Poslední slova Ch, MasarYkové nesla všem lidem úžasnéposelství ,,Zmocněte se cJobra, pravcla je přece krásná". Křest'anská etika má ve svém poslání stejný význam, KlíČováslova: dobro a zlo, vývoj křest'anské etiky, morálka, humanismus, Školskásociálrrí práce, stav dnešníspolečnosti zřetelný na dětech. negativa technického rozvoje, nutnost redukce nežádoucích násiJných jevů. Annotation Methods of handling undesirable violent phenomena are embedded in Christian ethics, which is inextricably linked to the humane aspects that it originates from. In the theoretical part of this work the ethics is divided by the perspectives oť various theologians, Philosophers or sociologists of previous and present times. The empirical Part Presents relevant research in...

Современная аналитическая философия может применять семантику возможных миров для анализа философских проблем. В диссертации определяется онтологический базис для семантики возможных миров так, чтобы она была в полной мере применима к анализу проблем философия сознания, включая проблему тождества сознания и тела. Проводится анализ объектного и релятивного способов определения онтологии для семантики возможных миров для объектов и функций, при этом рассматривается возможность определения объектного способа как частного случая релятивного. Отношение достижимости в качестве способа задания «релятивных» переходов между возможными мирами является ключевым для релятивного подхода к онтологии семантики возможных миров. В диссертации сформулирована логическая система на основе допущения неполного сопоставления индивидных областей для отношения достижимости. / Modern analytic philosophy can apply the possible-worlds semantics for the analysis of philosophical problems. The dissertation determines ontological basis for the possible-worlds semantics, so that it is fully applicable to the analysis of problems of the philosophy of consciousness, including the issue of the identity of consciousness and body. The analysis of relational and object methods for determining the ontology of possible-worlds semantics for objects and functions takes place, while the possibility consideres of determining the object method as a special case of relative method. The attitude of the reachability as a means of model of «relative» transitions between the possible worlds is the key to relational approach to the ontology of possible-worlds semantics. The dissertation formulates the logical system based on the assumption of incomplete comparison individual areas for the attitude of the reachability.

Η παρούσα διατριβή εκπονήθηκε με σκοπό να γενικεύσει το πρόβλημα του ελέγχου υποθέσεων που εμπεριέχουν στοχαστική διάταξη στα πλαίσια της Μη Παραμετρικής Στατιστικής. Για τον σκοπό αυτό μελετήθηκε η σχετική βιβλιογραφία, εξετάσθηκε η ορολογία, οι ήδη υπάρχοντες ορισμοί και οι σχετικές προταθείσες μέθοδοι και ακολούθως έγινε προσπάθεια γενίκευσης του προαναφερθέντος προβλήματος. Η έρευνα αυτή απέδωσε δύο ομάδες αποτελεσμάτων. Στην πρώτη, ορίσθηκε μια νέα ολική διάταξη (XFO) σε κάθε σύνολο ασαφών αριθμών που έχουν διαφορετικές κορυφές οι οποίες σχηματίζουν συμπαγές υποσύνολο του ℝ. Η ασαφής αυτή διάταξη αποδίδει την σύγκριση των ασαφών αριθμών με ένα ασαφές μέτρο αναγκαιότητας και με το δυϊκό του μέτρο δυνατότητας. Η σύγκριση αυτής της μεθόδου με την πλέον αναγνωρισμένη αντίστοιχη μέθοδο διάταξης ασαφών αριθμών απέδειξε ότι η εισαχθείσα μέθοδος XFO είναι πιο κοντά στην αρχική μας εκτίμηση για την διάταξη και ανταποκρίνεται πιο αισιόδοξα. Στην δεύτερη ομάδα αποτελεσμάτων εισάγεται η έννοια της στοχαστικής διάταξης ασαφών τυχαίων μεταβλητών, με σύντηξη των ακολούθων εννοιών: α) της στοχαστικής διάταξης, β) της ανωτέρω ασαφούς διάταξης και γ) της εισαγόμενης έννοιας της ασαφούς συνάρτησης κατανομής. Ο ορισμός της στοχαστικής διάταξης δίδεται σε αρμονία με την μέθοδο XFO, αφού και οι δύο έχουν τις ρίζες τους στην ίδια διάταξη κλειστών διαστημάτων που εισάγεται αρχικά στην εργασία, μπορεί δε να θεωρηθεί η ασαφής στοχαστική διάταξη ως επέκταση της XFO. Η δεύτερη αυτή ομάδα περιλαμβάνει ένα εισαγόμενο για πρώτη φορά τρόπο ορισμού Ασαφών Υποθέσεων που περιέχουν στοχαστική διάταξη ασαφών τυχαίων μεταβλητών. Αυτό έχει αποτέλεσμα να βαθμολογείται θετικά μόνο η μία εκ των δύο ασαφών υποθέσεων, ασαφούς μηδενικής και ασαφούς εναλλακτικής, διευκολύνοντας έτσι την λήψη αποφάσεων. Προτείνεται διαδικασία ασαφούς ελέγχου που πιστοποιεί οποιαδήποτε ενυπάρχουσα στοχαστική διάταξη δύο ασαφών τυχαίων δειγμάτων, συμβατή με τον ορισμό, η οποία αντιστοιχεί θετικές τιμές αλήθειας μόνον στην αποδεκτή υπόθεση και μηδέν στην απορριπτόμενη. Τα αποτελέσματα του ελέγχου εκφράζονται με την βοήθεια δύο μέτρων αναγκαιότητας. Η μείζων συνεισφορά της προτεινόμενης ασαφούς διαδικασίας ελέγχου ασαφών υποθέσεων, που αναφέρονται σε στοχαστική διάταξη ασαφών τυχαίων μεταβλητών, είναι ότι παρέχει εργαλείο μετασχηματισμού του προβλήματος σε ένα περιορισμένο αριθμό ελέγχων κλασσικών υποθέσεων της μη Παραμετρικής Στατιστικής. Με τον τρόπο αυτό μπορούμε να συμβάλουμε στην επίλυση τέτοιων προβλημάτων ασαφών ελέγχων τόσο θεωρητικών ζητημάτων στοχαστικής διάταξης ασαφών τυχαίων μεταβλητών όσο και ενός αριθμού πρακτικών προβλημάτων, όπως της ασαφούς αξιολόγησης εξεταζομένων. / This dissertation has been carried out in order to extend the problem of testing hypotheses on stochastic orderings, with methods based on ranks. This study provides two sets of related results. In the first set of results we introduce a novel linear order, the “extended fuzzy order” (XFO), on every subset of F(ℝ), the members of which must have their modal values all different and form a compact subset of ℝ. A distinct new feature is that our linear determined procedure employs the corresponding order of a class interval associated with a confidence measure which assigns a necessity measure value on every comparison . This new XFO method measures the ordering of any two fuzzy numbers with a possibility and a necessity measure, a feature that makes the method relevant for processing of fuzzy statistical data. These fuzzy measures are compared with the widely accepted PD and NSD indices of D. Dubois and H. Prade. The comparison proves that our possibility and necessity measures are more optimistic and comply better with our intuition. In the second set of results it is investigated the fuzzy extension of hypotheses testing using non parametric methods based on ranks. To achieve this, the notion of fuzzy distribution function is introduced in a practical manner, which is proved to be equivalent to the known notion of Kruse and Mayer. The stochastic ordering of two fuzzy random samples is defined in a fusion of the notion of stochastic ordering, fuzzy distribution function and XFO method. A novel definition of fuzzy hypotheses related to a potential fuzzy stochastic order between two fuzzy random samples is given in a new manner so that the null and its alternative hypotheses do not overlap. Consequently, the method assigns positive possibility grades either to the null fuzzy hypothesis or to the its fuzzy alternative. This simplifies the fuzzy decision making, and moreover there is no need to defuzzify the results if a clear cut decision is required. A fuzzy statistical inference procedure of fuzzy hypotheses is proposed and it is carried out at a fuzzy significance level. The definition of a fuzzy critical value is required, which is carried out in a practical manner. The proposed method certifies any underlying stochastic fuzzy order between two fuzzy random samples giving grades of confidence to that. Two necessity measures are assigned to the rejection of the fuzzy null hypothesis in favor of its alternative. The first measures the necessity of the existence of any fuzzy stochastic ordering between the fuzzy random samples under examination. The second necessity measure expresses the confidence of the fuzzy null hypothesis rejection uniformly for all relevant α-cut levels. The main contribution of this thesis, as far as the second set of results is concerned, is that a problem of testing fuzzy hypotheses on stochastic orderings of fuzzy random variables at a fuzzy significance level, is transferred to a limited number of tests of classic hypotheses. These tests are carried out at a fuzzy significance level, and are processed with the application of the linear fuzzy ordering procedure XFO.

A critical investigation of the public/private distinction as it has been conceived in Anglo-American political thinking in the second half of the 20th century. A broadly held consensus has developed amongst many theorists that public/private does not refer to any single determinate distinction or relationship but rather to an often ambiguous range of related but analytically distinct conceptual oppositions. The argument of this thesis is that if we approach public/private in the search for analytic or conceptual clarity then this consensus is correct. Against this I propose that a number of the most dominant invocations of the distinction can be understood to express public/private as an irreducibly political dialectic that mediates the relationship between the subjective and objective side of social and political life. By locating these conceptually diverse invocations within a broader and more determinate framework of the historical development and contestation of the boundaries which establish the conditions for subjectivity, as the assertion of political agency, on the one hand, and which demarcate, police and defend these particular boundaries, as part of the objectively given character of social life and institutional organisation, on the other hand, then a more determinate character to public/private can be recognized. I then seek to explore the capacity of this model to capture and explain the peculiar post-war problematisation of public/private amongst a number of new left thinkers in Britain and America.