The democratic transition of Bhutan is often romanticised in popular media through utopian projection of Gross National Happiness. While it is glorified for its top-down democratisation, it has a flip side with no effective opposition either from the…
A number of migration scholars suggest that domestic courts have become the key protective institution for refugees. How can we explain this claim? One prominent explanation identifies group litigation as the key source of the increasing influence of…
Changing habits leads to changes in ways of learning and teaching. The widespread use of smartphones appears as an opportunity and at the same time as a need for adoption in higher education institutions. The purpose of this paper is to analyze the…
In 1536 the English Parliament under pressure from Henry VIII and the Lord Chancellor, Thomas Cromwell, gave its consent for the dissolution of the lesser monasteries and abbeys in the king’s realm, and three years later with the sanction of MPs some…
Partisan news sources of all political stripes would have us believe that there’s a war raging on in American society. Increasingly prevalent is the notion that America is in the grips of what some despairing analysts (and gleeful news anchors) have…
In order for fact-finders to rationally evaluate the probative value of forensic pattern-matching evidence, information about the accuracy and reliability of examiners’ opinions is necessary. Empirical tests of ability and performance, however, must…
Corona Virus Disease (COVID) has so far infected millions of individuals, claiming the lives of tens of thousands. Italy and the United States, two major international powers, are particularly hard hit, with millions of people dead per day. For…
This article presents the main ANSA involved in the conflict in EasternUkraine. It focusses on an analysis of the specific phenomenon of theopolchentsy - Narodnoe opolchenie Donbassa. The aim of this paper is tointroduce and describe these actors and…
In the last century, international focus on workplace equality has reached an all-time high. The role of women in the workplace has been a point of dispute since the beginning of this era of professionalism. Support for bringing women into the…
