Enhancing European Cooperation in Financial Supervision and Crisis Management. ACES Working Papers, August 2009

To overcome the regulatory pitfalls, regulatory capacity and resources in financial markets governance need to be enhanced, not only at national but also at global levels. In order to shed light on policy issues and agendas in international financial policy cooperation, this paper focuses on the case of European financial integration and regulations. The analysis of policy developments at the European level in coordinating differing national interests, supervisory systems, and practices among EU member states highlights fundamental elements of global financial regulatory cooperation.

Testing limited environmental liability against human rights requirements. IES WORKING PAPER 3/2009

Questions regarding oil spills remain high on the political agenda. Legal scholars, legislators as well as the international, European and national Courts struggle to determine key issues, such as who is to be held liable for oil spills, under which conditions and for which damage. The international regime on oil spills was meant to establish an “equilibrium” between the needs of the victims (being compensated for their harm) and the needs of the economic actors (being able to continue their activities). There is, however, a constantly increasing array of legal scholars’ work that criticizes the regime. Indeed, the victims of a recent oil spill, the Erika, have tried to escape the international regime on oil spills and to rely instead on the provisions of national criminal law or EC waste legislation. In parallel, the EC legislator has questioned the sufficiency of the international regime, as it has started preparing legislative acts of its own. One can in fact wonder whether challenging the international liability regime with the European Convention on Human Rights could prove to be a way forward, both for the EC regulators as well as the victims of oil spills. This paper claims that the right to property, as enshrined in Article P1-1 of the Human Rights Convention, could be used to challenge the limited environmental liability provisions of the international frameworks.

Do Changes in Regulation Affect Employment Duration in Temporary Work Agencies? CES Germany & Europe Working Papers, No. 07.1, 2007

Over the past three decades Germany has repeatedly deregulated the law on temporary agency work by stepwise increasing the maximum period for hiring-out employees and allowing temporary work agencies to conclude fixed-term contracts. These reforms should have had an effect on employment duration within temporary work agencies. Based on an informative administrative data set we use a mixed proportional hazard rate model to examine whether employment duration has changed in response to these reforms. We find that the repeated prolongation of the maximum period for hiring-out employees significantly increased average employment duration while the authorization of fixed-term contracts reduced employment tenure.

Can the new refugee relocation system work? Perils in the Dublin logic and flawed reception conditions in the EU. CEPS Policy Brief No. 332, October 2015 Thursday, 1 October 2015

This Policy Brief argues that the newly adopted EU temporary relocation (quota) system constitutes a welcome yet timid step forward in addressing a number of central controversies of the current refugee debate in Europe. Two main challenges affect the effective operability of the new EU relocation model. First, EU member states’ asylum systems show profound (on-the-ground) weaknesses in reception conditions and judicial/administrative capacities. These prevent a fair and humane processing of asylum applications. EU states are not implementing the common standards enshrined in the EU reception conditions Directive 2013/33. Second, the new relocation system constitutes a move away from the much-criticised Dublin system, but it is still anchored to its premises. The Dublin system is driven by an unfair and unsustainable rule according to which the first EU state of entry is responsible for assessing asylum applications. It does not properly consider the personal, private and family circumstances or the preferences of asylum-seekers. Policy Recommendations In order to respond to these challenges, the Policy Brief offers the following policy recommendations: The EU should strengthen and better enforce member states’ reception capacities, abolish the current Dublin system rule of allocation of responsibility and expand the new relocation distribution criteria to include in the assessment (as far as possible) asylum-seekers’ preferences and personal/family links to EU member states. EU member countries should give priority to boosting their current and forward-looking administrative and judicial capacities to deal and welcome asylum applications. The EU should establish a permanent common European border and asylum service focused on ensuring the highest standards through stable operational support, institutional solidarity across all EU external borders and the practical implementation of new distribution relocation criteria.

2009 University of Michigan Men's Golf Team

Back Row: Nick Pumford, Alexander Sitompul, Ross Millman, Billy McKay, Michael Slovitt, Head Coach Andrew Sapp

Front Row: Assistant Coach Chris Whitten, Bill Rankin, Matt Thompson, David Weisfeld, Lion Kim, Alex Frankel

Women's Volleyball Team, 2009. UM

Top Row” Lexi Zimmerman, Sloane Donhoff, Maggie Brusch

Third Row: Catherine Yager, Claire McElheny, Courtney Fletcher, Karlee Bruck, Cassie Petoskey,

Second Row: Wil Turner (trainer) Amanda Ault (assistant coach) Erin More (dir. VB oper.) Megan Bower, Alex Hunt, Veronica Rood, Juliana Paz, Mark Rosen (head coach), Leisa Rosen (associate head coach)

Front Row: Amanda Yerke, Michelle McMahon, Jackie Nissen

Ann Arbor artist Catherine Spurr tests her "wind sculpture" for the UM Arts andCraftsmen Guild Fall Air Fair, Sept. 30 and Oct. 1 in and around the Michigan Union

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Commercial tariffs and regulations of the several states of Europe and America : together sith the commercial treaties between England and foreign countries /

Report on Mexico made to the British Lords of the Committee of Privy Council for Trade and Plantations, containing treaties of commerce and navigation between Great Britain and Mexico, customs' tariff, commercial regulations, monies, weights, measures, and reports on trade, navigation, manufactures, finances, mining, Indian population, etc. The majority of this work relates to California, New Mexico, Oregon Territory and Russian America.

Characterization of hazardous waste transportation and economic impact assessment of hazardous waste transportation regulations /

Work performed for the Office of Solid Waste under contract no. 68-01-4381.

LTPP beyond FY 2009 : what needs to be done?

"This report summarizes the current status of the Long-Term Pavement Performance (LTPP) program and its major activities -- data collection, data storage, data analysis, and product development. It describes the work that will be needed beyond 2009 to realize the full potential of the world's most comprehensive pavement performance database and the benefits that will be accrued by capitalizing on the investment that has been made"--p. [2] of cover.

Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards Act, as amended.

Shipping list no.: 87-474-P.