Parents as advocates for their hearing impaired children transitioning from a private setting to a mainstream setting

This project studied the experiences of parents whose hearing impaired children moved from private education settings into mainstream education.

An evaluation of private speech

This literature review examines the use of private speech among typically developing and hearing impaired children. This paper supports the view that private speech provides a self-regulatory function and guides behavior and problem-solving.

Análisis crítico de las instituciones del visto bueno y de la jubilación patronal en el Código del Trabajo ecuatoriano (Tema Central)

La investigación versa sobre el visto bueno, forma de terminación unilateral del contrato de trabajo, motivada en causales determinadas en la ley y con un procedimiento ante autoridad administrativa, y sobre la jubilación patronal, incorporada en 1938 al primer Código Laboral Ecuatoriano y creada para solucionar, transitoriamente, el seguro de vejez de los trabajadores del sector privado. En el análisis hemos tratado de demostrar la obsolescencia y anacronismo de estas instituciones que no aportan en forma adecuada para el objetivo que fueron establecidas. La poca contundencia del visto bueno que, al no tener fuerza obligatoria, puede ser impugnado, la subjetividad con la que resuelve la autoridad y la lentitud del trámite administrativo, hacen necesario un sistema ágil y efectivo. La jubilación patronal debe ser sustituida por un beneficio que, sin perjudicar a los trabajadores, una vez terminada su vida laboral, les sirva como compensación a sus años de servicio.

La concepción de propiedad privada en los arbitrajes internacionales en materia de inversión: reflexiones a partir del caso argentino (Coyuntura)

El artículo se propone escrutar, a la luz del caso argentino, la concepción de propiedad privada subyacente en las respuestas de las instituciones internacionales de arbitraje en el marco de las controversias entre Estados e inversores transnacionales. Se entiende que el análisis del caso argentino puede echar luz en la materia al tratarse del país con mayor número de demandas en su contra.

Public and Private Regulation: Mapping the Labyrinth. CEPS Working Document No. 370, October 2012

Private governance is currently being evoked as a viable solution to many public policy goals. However, in some circumstances it has shown to produce more harm than good, and even disastrous consequences as in the case of the financial crisis that is raging in most advanced economies. Although the current track record of private regulatory schemes is mixed, policy guidance documents around the world still require that policy-makers give priority to self- and co-regulation, with little or no additional guidance being given to policymakers to devise when, and under what circumstances, these solutions can prove viable from a public policy perspective. With an array of examples from several policy fields, this paper approaches regulation as a public-private collaborative form and attempts to identify possible policy tools to be applied by public policy-makers to efficiently and effectively approach private governance as a solution, rather than a problem. We propose a six-step theoretical framework and argue that IA techniques should: i) define an integrated framework including both the possibility that private regulation can be used as an alternative or as a complement to public legislation; ii) involve private parties in public IAs in order to define the best strategy or strategies that would ensure achievement of the regulatory objectives; and iii) contemplate the deployment of indicators related to governance and activities of the regulators and their ability to coordinate and solve disputes with other regulators.