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Repeated Multiparty Elections Expand Civil Liberties
2008
Democracy and Elections in Africa. By I. Lindberg Staffan. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2006. 248 pp., $55.00 cloth (ISBN: 0-8018-8332-3), $24.95 paper (ISBN: 0-8018-8333-0). Democracy and multiparty elections are high on the agendas of many international actors, human rights groups, and African governments. Although the possibilities for free association, monitoring the use of power, and electoral competition have increased, electoral fraud and political violence are prevalent in many African countries. As a result, democratization remains a critical area for researchers and practitioners interested in African affairs. It is, therefore, exciting to come across a book that…
Self-inflicted long bone fractures for insurance fraud.
2018
Self-inflicted fractures simulating traffic accident represent a new social fraud opportunity for criminality. Recognising scams through an increase of awareness of existence of self-inflicted arm fractures for insurance fraud could help community health workers to report these injuries to the competent authorities. In this article, authors have recognised an unusual but consistent pattern of upper and lower limb fractures whose incidence does not coincide in numerical terms with what is reported in literature. The aim of the present study is to describe fracture patterns observed over the past 2 years. Further, authors describe clinical presentations of these fractures and attempt to defin…
Krāpniecības apzīmējumu etimoloģiskā analīze
2016
Bakalaura darbā tiek pētīta krāpniecību apzīmējošo terminu izcelsme angļu valodā. Pētījuma mērķis ir izpētīt ar krāpniecību saistīto terminu veidošanos un izcelsmi, lai atklātu vispārīgās tendences juridiskās terminoloģijas attīstībā. Darbā izmantotās pētniecības metodes iekļauj valodas pārmaiņu, juridiskās angļu valodas attīstības vēstures, krāpniecības vēstures un veidu izpēti, kā arī izvēlēto terminu analīzi pielietojot kvantitatīvo un kvalitatīvo metožu apvienojumu. Pētījuma teorētiskajā daļā raksturota vēsturiskās lingvistikas un etimoloģijas nozare, krāpniecība un juridiskā terminoloģija un tās attīstība. Pētījums aptver trīsdesmit krāpniecību apzīmējošus terminus, kuriem analizēta to…
Kryptologia a prawo – wybrane zagadnienia: idea kryptowaluty i jej wpływu na ewolucję oszustw w internecie
2016
Rozwój cyberprzestrzeni i jej narzędzi kreuje nowe zagadnienia zarówno w świecie wirtualnym, jak i realnym. Pojawienie się nowego elementu, tzn. waluty cyfrowej w postaci monet kryptograficznych spowodowało szereg zmian w funkcjonowaniu użytkowników w Sieci. Wraz ze zmianami ewoluowały również metody stosowane przez cyberprzestępców. Celem artykułu jest ukazanie, jaki wpływ wywarły monety typu bitcoin na powstanie nowych form oszustw występujących w Internecie
La investigación de los crímenes del poder en el Ecuador. La cosa juzgada fraudulenta, una herramienta contra la impunidad
2022
La tesis analiza la investigación a los crímenes del poder en el Ecuador y en el impulso de una herramienta procesal llamada «cosa juzgada fraudulenta», con el fin de desentrañar patrones y sistemas de impunidad del poder. El trabajo indaga los fundamentos del poder en la democracia constitucional, se estudia el ideal de visibilizar y controlar al poder recogido en la ilustración hasta el actual constitucionalismo, el cual fracasa por la capacidad que tiene del poder de hacer, es decir, se identifica que el poder opaco incide y transforma la realidad social magnificando problemas irrelevantes y minimizando los verdaderamente importantes. En este estado, el constitucionalismo ecuatoriano y g…
Note a margine dell’ordinanza della Corte costituzionale sul caso Taricco: l’effetto delle norme dei trattati istitutivi dell’UE sulla legge penale s…
2017
The present paper deals with the decision of the Italian Constitutional Court to refer a preliminary ruling to the European Court of Justice on the well-known case "Taricco". The latter, in 2015, stated that the Italian law on statute of limitations was inconsistent with the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, having regard to the obligation upon Member States, stemming from art. 325 TFUE. The Constitutional Court found that such an interpretation of the afore mentioned norm could bring to a violation of the rule of law in criminal matters, with particular regard to the prohibition of retroactive application of criminal law "in peius", intended as a fundamental principle of the…
Public contracts in Italy: the failure of the anti-pandemic investments
2023
Abstract Purpose – This paper describes and analyzes the complexity of the regulation and the stipulation of public contracts in Italy, focusing speci cally on the failure of recent anti-pandemic investments. This is of particular interest during a state of emergency when it should be avoided to waste public funds and to speculate. Everything shows how the regulations of public procurement a fects the realization of big investments, the use of public funds and the possibility for anyone to pursue criminal purposes. Design/methodology/approach – After an introduction focused on the EU legal framework on public contracts as implemented in the internal legislation, the paper will go deeper in …
Obblighi contributivi e tutela penale della sicurezza sociale
2020
La sicurezza sociale riguarda un nucleo specifico di interventi positivi dello Stato volti a soddisfare bisogni dell’individuo tipicizzati, nell’ottica della realizzazione dei diritti previdenziali ed assistenziali garantiti costituzionalmente. Costituisce, dunque, uno specifico settore del welfare, inclusivo non solo della previdenza sociale ma anche di aspetti tipici dell’assistenza sociale. Il volume rappresenta un primo tentativo, nella dottrina italiana, di ricostruzione dogmatica del bene «sicurezza sociale» da un punto di vista penalistico. Alla luce di una iniziale messa a fuoco dei suoi fondamenti teorico-giuridici, si esaminano varie forme di “concretizzazione” del macro-bene qui …
A Novel Model for Cybersecurity Economics and Analysis
2017
In recent times, major cybersecurity breaches and cyber fraud had huge negative impact on victim organisations. The biggest impact made on major areas of business activities. Majority of organisations facing cybersecurity adversity and advanced threats suffers from huge financial and reputation loss. The current security technologies, policies and processes are providing necessary capabilities and cybersecurity mechanism to solve cyber threats and risks. However, current solutions are not providing required mechanism for decision making on impact of cybersecurity breaches and fraud. In this paper, we are reporting initial findings and proposing conceptual solution. The paper is aiming to pr…