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Wrongful birth and wrongful life. Floodgate argument and the balancing of conytrasting rights in courts law making
2017
The decision analyzed affects damages forthe born child because of the impossibility for the mother to exercise the right to abortion, as the diagnosis was missing and she was not aware of the hard risk for her physical and psychological health coming from the birth of a child affected by “down syndrome”. The study starts from the distinction between: a)Wrongful birth: the personal damages suffered by pregnant women, who have not had the possibility of self-determining in the prosecution of the pregnancy in case of pathological processes of the fetus; in particular, in those cases when a disease exposes herself and her health to a severe risk (a pre-condition for abortion, according to the …
Perceived Retaliation Against Internal Whistleblowers: Evidence From Public Institutions in Sub-Saharan Africa
2014
The study uses power relations theory to investigate existence of perceived retaliation against internal whistleblowers in Sub-Saharan Africa using evidence from employees in public institutions of Kenya. Focus was on the way perceived retaliation is related to seriousness of wrongdoing, whistleblower psychological power and management support to whistleblowers. The research design was quantitative, exploratory and analytical using cross-sectional data. Respondents were selected using simple random sampling and requested to complete a self-administered questionnaire. Findings were that perceived retaliation against whistleblowers exists and it was positively correlated to position of a wron…
Condotta di singoli organi e condotta dell’apparato statale in tema di colpa nell’illecito internazionale
1988
In questo scritto si dimostra che l'elemento della colpa nell'illecito internazionale (inteso come "colpevolezza") è difficilmente compatibile con la struttura complessa dell'organizzazione dello Stato contemporaneo. La dimostrazione è essenzialmente condotta con riferimento alla giurisprudenza della Corte di giustizia delle comunità europee in tema di violazione dei trattati o di regolamenti da parte degli Stati. Viene altresì sottolineato che un tale risultato è in linea con l'evanescenza delle cause di invalidità dei trattati concernenti la volontà di singoli organi partecipanti al processo di stipulazione. The idea is advanced that state fault - understood as an essential precondition f…