Mixed Blessing? EP Oversight of the ESDP and the Constitutional Treaty

As commonly held, the European Security and Defence Policy (ESDP) suffers from a “double democratic deficit”: the EP has a marginal role in the ESDP-making process and the national parliaments remain unable to account for their own government. Therefore pressure coming from these two institutions had been exercised during the Convention on the Future of Europe to improve the democratic oversight on this rapidly evolving policy. This paper investigates the innovations included in the Constitutional Treaty, focusing specifically on the new role granted to the EP. It shows that even though this text does not substantially modify the inter-institutional balance of powers in the ESDP area, the EP may take advantage of some of its articles to become an actor in the ESDP-control process in the ‘living constitution.

Les obligations positives de l'Etat dans la jurisprudence de la Cour européenne des droits de l'homme : théorie générale, incidences législatives et mise en oeuvre en droit suisse

Malgré la place toujours plus importante qu'occupent les obligations positives au sein de l'économie de la Convention européenne des droits de l'homme, cette notion jurisprudentielle trop peu connue est présentée dans cet ouvrage sous la forme d'un triptyque. La première partie dresse un portrait complet de la dogmatique des obligations positives dans le cadre de la CEDH et offre une vue d'ensemble des développements issus de la jurisprudence et de la doctrine sur cette notion. La deuxième partie, consacrée à l'étude de la casuistique des obligations positives matérielles déduites de la CEDH par les juges de Strasbourg, met un accent particulier sur les obligations positives à incidences législatives. Le respect de ces dernières par le droit suisse est étudié dans la dernière partie. Prix 2015 de la Société Académique Vaudoise, mention «Lauréat de l'Université»

The debates of the Constitutional Convention of the state of Iowa, assembled at Iowa City, Monday, January 19, 1857. Being a full and complete report of the debates and proceedings, by authority of the Convention; accompanied, for purposes of reference, by a copious index of subjects, and remarks of members thereon. W. Blair Lord, reporter.

The two volume record of the debates that occured during the thirty-nine days it took to draft the third constitution of the State of Iowa.

Notice on Civil Rights Obligations Applicable to the Distribution of Funds under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009

Federal agencies will shortly begin distributing funding from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Recovery Act). They must do so in accordance with all nondiscrimination and equal opportunity statutes, regulations, and Executive Orders that apply to the distribution of funds under the Recovery Act. Agencies that grant funds also must ensure that their recipients and sub recipients comply with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (prohibiting race, color, and national origin discrimination including language access for limited English proficient persons), Section 504 of the rehabilitation Act of 1973 (prohibiting disability discrimination), Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 (prohibiting sex discrimination in education and training programs), the Age Discrimination Act of 1975 (prohibiting age discrimination in the provision of services), and a variety of program-specific statutes with nondiscrimination requirements.