Dissertations / Theses on the topic 'Written law'

This thesis proposes that the United Kingdom's constitution is changing so as to incorporate written principles that restrain Parliament through judicial review. This model originates in the common law as well as the orthodox theories of Blackstone and Dicey. It is supported by the ultra vires doctrine and provides a basis for judicial review of Parliament itself. As constitutions may accommodate written and unwritten elements, along with various means of enforcement and change, they are defined by how strongly they reflect underlying norms. This expressive function, with a shift in the rule of recognition endorsing judicial review, democratically legitimizes constitutional texts as positivist expressions of popular will binding Parliament. Furthermore, through common-law adjudication, courts may constitutionalize statutes or treaties coming over time to represent shifting norms. This "quasi-written" common-law constitution is already emerging in the United Kingdom, as illustrated through cases based upon the Human Rights Act and the European Communities Act.

La tesi presenta una serie di risultati dell'analisi quantitativa sulla linguistica. Inizialmente sono studiate due fra le leggi empiriche più famose di questo campo, le leggi di Zipf e Heaps, e vengono esposti vari modelli sullo sviluppo del linguaggio. Nella seconda parte si giunge alla discussione di risultati più specifici sulla presenza di fenomeni di burstiness e di correlazioni a lungo raggio nei testi. Tutti questi studi teorici sono affiancati da analisi sperimentali, svolte utilizzando varie traduzioni del libro "Guerra e pace" di Leo Tolstoj e concentrate principalmente sulle eventuali differenze riscontrabili tra le diverse lingue.

It has been oft assumed that the law-writings in the Torah were legislation (i.e., prescriptions obliging upon society and enforced by judges). However, comparative evidence from cuneiform-law and closer analysis of the biblical records have undermined this anachronism. Scholars today generally recognize that ancient Israel’s law-collections were not legislation, but served monumental, didactic, and other functions. But accepting this understanding opens up another question: late Second Temple Judaism viewed the Torah as binding-law; how did this re-characterization come about? The question is relatively fresh in circles of biblical-law. Though it has received some attention, more is needed. The purpose of the present dissertation is to contribute toward this question. To date, scholars have primarily focused on the reforms of Josiah (2Kgs 22-23) and those of Ezra and Nehemiah, due to the prominent role of the “law-book” in these periods. In terms of methodology, scholars have tended to use developmental models or comparative evidence to tease out the significance of these accounts. While such approaches are necessary, this project addresses another need: close examination of the law-book’s actual application in these accounts. After laying necessary groundwork (in chs 1-2), the first part of the dissertation (chs 3-4) examines “how is the law-book being used?” in these two reforms. Significant developments are discerned, but nothing is deemed to indicate a fundamental re-characterization of law-writings from traditional functions. In the second part of the dissertation (chs 5-7), evidence from the Hellenistic era is advanced to indicate the introduction of a radical re-characterization of law-writing and to hypothesize two mechanisms for “triggering” it (i.e., Ptolemaic judicial policies and Hellenistic ethnographical standards). The final chapter (ch8) summarizes the “Torah re-characterization model” thus developed and indicates implications and directions for further study.

Thesis (LLD)--Stellenbosch University, 2013.
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This dissertation examines the approach to statutory formalities in South African law. It focuses primarily on formal requirements which result in nullity in the event of non-compliance, and in particular, on those prescribed for alienations of land (section 2(1) of the Alienation of Land Act 68 of 1981) and suretyships (section 6 of the General Law Amendment Act 50 of 1956). To provide context, the study commences with a general historical overview of the development of formal requirements. It also considers the advantages and disadvantages of formalities. The conclusion is reached that an awareness of both is required if a court is to succeed in dealing with the challenges posed by statutory formalities. The dissertation then considers more specific aspects of the topic of formal requirements, including the difference between material and non-material terms. It also reveals that the current interpretation of statutory formalities is quite flexible and tends towards a conclusion of validity if reasonably possible. However, cases involving unnamed or undisclosed principals present particular challenges in this context, and the possibility of greater consistency, without the loss of theoretical soundness, is investigated. A discussion of what should be in writing, and with what exactitude, necessarily involves a consideration of the extent to which extrinsic evidence is admissible. The interaction between formal requirements and the parol evidence rule is therefore investigated. Special attention is paid to incorporation by reference. After an examination of the common-law approach to this topic, the conclusion is reached that room exists for developing this area of South African law, especially where a sufficient reference to another document is concerned. Rectification also enjoys detailed examination, due to the unique approach adopted in South African law. Where formalities are constitutive, a South African court first satisfies itself that a recordal complies with these requirements ex facie the document, before it will consider whether rectification may be appropriate. An analysis of both civilian and common-law judgments suggests that the South African approach is based on a misconception of the purpose of rectification. This leads to the further conclusion that the requirement of ex facie compliance should be abolished as a separate step and that a court should rather consider whether awarding a claim for rectification would defeat the objects of formalities in general. Finally, the remedies available to a party who performs in terms of an agreement void for formal non-compliance and the effect of full performance in terms of such an agreement, receive attention. An investigation of the remedies available in other legal systems reveals that the South African approach of limiting a party to an enrichment claim is unnecessarily restrictive. It is argued that local courts should reconsider their exclusion of estoppel in this context, particularly in cases where one party’s unconscionable conduct has led the other to rely on the formally defective agreement. In cases of full performance, no remedies are available, but it is argued that a distinction should be drawn between reciprocal and unilateral performances.
AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Hierdie proefskrif ondersoek die benadering tot statutêre formaliteite in die Suid-Afrikaanse reg. Dit fokus hoofsaaklik op die formele vereistes wat lei tot nietigheid in die geval van nie-nakoming, en in die besonder dié wat voorgeskryf word vir die vervreemding van grond (artikel 2 (1) van die Wet op Vervreemding van Grond 68 van 1981) en borgstellings (artikel 6 van die Algemene Regswysigingswet 50 van 1956). Ten einde die nodige konteks te verskaf, begin die studie met ‘n algemene historiese oorsig van die ontwikkeling van formaliteite. Dit oorweeg ook die voor- en nadele van formaliteite. Die gevolgtrekking is dat ‘n bewustheid van beide vereis word indien ‘n hof die uitdagings wat deur statutêre formaliteite gestel word, suksesvol wil hanteer. Die proefskrif oorweeg dan meer spesifieke aspekte van formaliteite, insluitende die verskil tussen wesenlike en nie-wesenlike bedinge. Dit toon ook dat die huidige opvatting van statutêre formaliteite redelik buigsaam is en tot ‘n bevinding van geldigheid lei waar dit redelikerwys moontlik is. Gevalle van onbenoemde of versweë prinsipale bied egter besondere uitdagings in hierdie verband en die moontlikheid word ondersoek om ‘n meer konsekwente, maar tegelyk teoreties-gefundeerde benadering te volg. ‘n Bespreking van wat op skrif moet wees, en met watter mate van sekerheid, behels noodwendig ‘n oorweging van die mate waarin ekstrinsieke getuienis toelaatbaar is. Die interaksie tussen formaliteite en die parol evidence-reël word derhalwe ondersoek. Spesiale aandag word bestee aan inlywing deur verwysing. Na oorweging van die benadering in gemeenregtelike stelsels, word die gevolgtrekking bereik dat ruimte bestaan vir ontwikkeling op hierdie gebied, veral met betrekking tot ‘n voldoende verwysing na ‘n ander dokument. Rektifikasie word ook breedvoerig hanteer, vanweë die eiesoortige benadering in die Suid-Afrikaanse reg. Waar formaliteite konstitutief van aard is, sal ‘n Suid-Afrikaanse hof eers vasstel dat ‘n ooreenkoms ex facie die dokument aan die formaliteite voldoen, voordat dit sal oorweeg of rektifikasie moontlik is. ‘n Ontleding van sivielregtelike en gemeenregtelike beslissings dui daarop dat die Suid-Afrikaanse benadering op ‘n wanbegrip van die doel van rektifikasie gebaseer is. Dit lei tot die verdere gevolgtrekking dat die vereiste van ex facie nakoming as ‘n afsonderlike stap afgeskaf behoort te word en dat ‘n hof eerder moet oorweeg of die toestaan van ‘n eis vir rektifikasie die oogmerke van die formaliteite in die algemeen sou verydel. Laastens word aandag geskenk aan die remedies beskikbaar aan ‘n party wat presteer ingevolge ‘n ooreenkoms wat nietig is weens nie-nakoming van formaliteite, asook die effek van volle prestasie kragtens so ‘n ooreenkoms. In eersgenoemde geval beperk die Suid-Afrikaanse reg daardie party tot ‘n verrykingseis. ‘n Ondersoek van die remedies beskikbaar in ander regstelsels toon dat dit onnodig beperkend is. Dit word aangevoer dat Suid-Afrikaanse howe die uitsluiting van estoppel in hierdie konteks moet heroorweeg, veral in gevalle waar een party se gewetenlose optrede daartoe lei dat die ander party staat maak op die formeel-gebrekkige ooreenkoms. In gevalle van volledige prestasie is daar geen remedies beskikbaar nie, maar dit word aangevoer dat ‘n onderskeid getref moet word tussen wedersydse en eensydige prestasies.

Millions of custodial suspects waive their rights each year without the benefit of legal counsel. The question posed to psychologists in disputed Miranda waivers is whether this waiver decision was, knowing, intelligent, and voluntary. Mental health professionals must be aware of potential barriers to Miranda comprehension to provide expert opinions regarding a defendant's competency to waive rights. The current study examined how Miranda warning reading level, length, and method of administration affects Miranda comprehension. Recently arrested detainees at Grayson County Jail were administered oral and written Miranda warnings from the Miranda Statements Scale (MSS; Rogers, 2005) to measure their comprehension of the warnings. Surprisingly low levels of Miranda comprehension were found for most warnings. For all warnings at or above 8th grade, a substantial minority (27.1% - 39.6%) of defendants exhibited failed (i.e., < 50% understanding) Miranda comprehension. Regardless of other variables, oral administrations resulted in a substantially larger number of defendants with failed Miranda comprehension. Implications for public policy and clinical practice are discussed.

This thesis examines the doctrine of positive prescription of landownership in Scots law, with particular reference to the written deed that is required in order to commence the prescriptive period. The first part of the thesis sets out the historical context in which this doctrine has developed. Due to the civilian foundations of Scots law, the thesis begins with a brief examination of the Roman law of acquisitive prescription. This examination is both historical and comparative as it emphasises the unusual nature of the Scots law doctrine of positive prescription in comparison to Roman and later civilian formulations of acquisitive prescription. The fact that the Scots law of positive prescription has an apparent antipathy to good faith is also analysed in this context. The Roman law examination is then followed by a description of the development of the Early Scots law of acquisitive prescription. This again demonstrates the difference of Scots law from both civilian acquisitive prescription and common law adverse possession. The Early Scots law material is also significant in illuminating the context in which the Scots law doctrine of positive prescription emerged. The existence of limitation based on possession alone is a feature of Early Scots law which is highlighted in this section. The second, and more extensive, part of the thesis focuses on doctrinal analysis of the written deed that is required in order to commence positive prescription in Scots law. This is in turn divided between an examination of the requirement of ex facie validity of the foundation writ and an examination of the requirement that the foundation writ must be habile to include the area in respect of which positive prescription is sought. The thesis demonstrates that the development of the doctrinal formulations of these concepts has not been free from some degree of confusion. However, it is shown that, in the case of ex facie validity, there is a solid principle of interpretation, grounded in consistent authority, which has only fallen from view in recent times. In the case of hability, the underlying principles are not so easily discerned. Nevertheless, it appears that particular principles may be present in respect of the interpretation of hability. The thesis concludes with a discussion of the current and future state of the law of positive prescription of landownership, with particular reference to the impact of land registration.

Darbe nagrinėjama, kaip sakytinė kalba keičiama į rašytinę, kokie pagrindiniai sakytinės kalbos bruožai, kokios klaidos daromos baudžiamosios bylos medžiagoje. Darbo šaltinis –baudžiamųjų bylų medžiaga. Dalis sakytinės ir rašytinės kalbos ypatybių sutampa – daromos panašios leksikos klaidos, vartojama terminija. Teisinei rašytinei kalbai nebūdingi intarpai, pasikartojimai, tačiau menko išsilavinimo žmonių rašytinės kalbos pavyzdžiuose jų yra. Teisinės kalbos bruožai: gausu dalyvių, ypač neveikiamosios rūšies, pusdalyvių, padalyvių,. Dominuoja ilgi beasmeniai sakiniai, daug terminų, tarptautinių žodžių, reikiamybės dalyvių, suvestinių tarinių, būdingi įvairūs netaisyklingos teisinės kalbos pasakymai.
The study analyses the main features of spoken language, the process of changing spoken language into written, describes the mistakes, which appear in material of criminal law cases. The source of the study – material of criminal law cases. It should be noted, that part of features of spoken and written languages coincide – similar mistakes of lexis are being done, similar terminology is being used. Despite the fact that inserts, frequencies are not common for written laguage, in the examples ofwritten language of uneducated people they nevertheless appear. The features of legal language: a plenty of participles, expecially passive, dominant long impersonal sentences, many legal terms, international words, gerundives, cumulative predicates, common various expressions of irregular legal language.

En droit international privé, l’ordre public est un outil de la justice conflictuelle dont la mission est de défendre le corpus juridique et la cohésion sociale de l’État requis. Pour ce faire, l’ordre public international repose sur un mécanisme dont les deux composantes sont les lois de police et l’exception d’ordre public. Dans les contentieux témoignant d’un élément d’extranéité, l’ordre public international peut s’opposer à l’application d’une loi étrangère pour trancher un litige ou faire obstacle à la circulation d’un acte public étranger en raison des atteintes qu’ils pourraient porter aux valeurs fondamentales du for. En droit français, l’ordre public international trouve un fondement textuel dans l’article 6 du Code civil qui dispose qu’« [o]n ne peut déroger, par des conventions particulières, aux lois qui intéressent l'ordre public et les bonnes mœurs ». Cela signifie qu’en théorie, si l’ordre public international défend l’axiologie du for, il faut que le législateur ait au préalable déterminé la substance de l’ordre public international ; le cas échéant, le principe d’ordre public consacré par le Code civil resterait lettre morte. Effectivement, le juge national ne peut pas créer du droit. Pourtant, en matière d’ordre public international, c’est au juge qu’est revenu la mission de déterminer les normes juridiques, principes et valeurs devant intégrer l’ordre public international. Ce constat fut l’occasion de formuler plusieurs remarques. Dans le système légaliste français, le juge n’a pas la légitimité nécessaire pour être le seul décisionnaire en la matière et l’ordre public international virtuel est souvent critiqué par les juristes pour sa variabilité et son imprévisibilité. En outre, la Constitution française, qui détermine le processus d’élaboration de la norme, habilite exclusivement le législateur à produire un discours normatif. Enfin, le juge n’est pas le porteur de la vox populi qui ne peut s’exprimer, d’après le contrat social, qu’à travers la règle de droit adoptée par le législateur en sa qualité de représentant du Peuple. À l’aune de ces considérations, il ressort qu’un décalage entre l’« être » et le « devoir-être » du système juridique affecte l’organisation sociétale française a fortiori en droit international privé. À ce titre, la première partie de l’étude a été consacrée à l’exposition de la relativité des présupposés et dogmes sur lesquels reposent la construction de l’ordre public international textuel. Cela nous a permis de mettre en exergue l’importance de la complémentarité de la textualité et de la virtualité de l’ordre public international, mais plus encore, l’impossibilité de considérer avec absoluité l’objectif de parvenir à édicter un ordre public international textuel. A contrario, nous avons mis en lumière la rationalité intrinsèque du phénomène de la virtualité en droit, qui en la matière est motivé par une démarche constructive initiée par le juge au service du système juridique français. La virtualité de l’ordre public international participe à l’édification de la Nation en préservant les règles les plus structurantes pour les individus sur le territoire du for. La deuxième partie de l’étude s’est attelée à démontrer l’existence de l’influence psychique de l’individu sur le système juridique, mais aussi le fonctionnement et la mission de l’ordre public international. Les besoins motivationnels des individus et les mécanismes conscients comme inconscients de la vie mentale des personnes physiques ont une résurgence sur la finalité de l’ordre public international. Cela fut l’occasion de mettre en perspective la multiplicité des fonctions de l’ordre public international et de s’intéresser à leur utilité dans le contexte juridique contemporain. In fine, c’est au profit d’une approche pluridisciplinaire et éclectique que nous sommes parvenu à faire émerger la rationalité des fonctions de l’ordre public international et de sa dimension virtuelle
In private international law, public policies are a tool of conflict laws, whose mission is to defend the legislative corpus and the social cohesion of the required State. In order to do so, international public policies rely on a mecanism made out of two main components: mandatory laws and public policies’ exceptionality. When an extraneous element is present in a given case, international public policies can go against the application of a foreign law in order to settle a case or to oppose the traffic of a foreign public act going against the founding values of the forum. In French law, international public policies are based on article 6 of the Code civil, which states that "one cannot, through specific conventions, go against the laws of public policies and good morals". This means that, in theory, if international public policies defend the forum’s axiology, the lawmaker must previously have determined international public policies’ substance; if it is so, the principle behind public policies sanctionned in the Code civil would be held in abeyance. Indeed, a national judge cannot create law. However, when it comes to international public policies, judges have ended up with the responsibility to determine legislative norms, principles and values meant to become international public policies. This observation presents an opportunity to elaborate on a few points. In the French legal system, the judge does not have the necessary legitimacy to be the sole decision-maker on this topic and international public policies are often criticized by legal practitioners for their changeability and unforseeable nature. What is more, the French Constitution, which determines the process through which norms are drawn up, only authorizes the law maker to produce prescriptive discourse. Finally, the judge is not the vox populi’s herald: according to the social contract, the rule of law is its sole expression as it stems from the proper representative of the People, the law maker. From these observations, one can conclude that a discrepancy exists between the legal system’s being and its duty, which affects the French social organisation, especially when it comes to private international law. This has allowed us to stress the importance of the balance between the written and virtual aspects of private international law, and more than that, the impossibility of considering in absolutes the aim of creating written international public policies. On the other hand, we have brought to light the intrinsic rationality of virtual law, motivated in this case by a constructive approach initiated by the judge in service of the French legal system. The written nature of international public policies takes part in the edification of the Nation by preserving the most structuring rules for individuals within the territory of the forum. The second part of our study shows an existing psychological influence on the legal system as well as on international public policies’ operating and objectives. People’s motivational needs and the mechanisms, both conscious and unconscious, that drive their mental lives have an impact on international public policies’ aim. Once again, this was an opportunity to put into perspective the many functions of international public policies and to delve into their use in a contemporary legal context. Ultimately, it is through a multidisciplinary and eclectic approach that we have managed to bring to the surface the rationale behind international public policies’ functions, and its virtual characteristic

Il presente lavoro è volto ad analizzare un particolare aspetto della disciplina della responsabilità civile del medico: si tratta dell’utilizzo di documenti medico-scientifici, variamente denominati practice parameters, practice patterns, written policies, protocols, standards, e riassumibili nella locuzione clinical practice guidelines o linee-guida per la pratica clinica, che viene fatto dai rule makers, siano essi legislatori o giudici, per individuare il criterio di giudizio della condotta tenuta dal medico. Nel primo capitolo, dopo aver brevemente accennato alle necessarie nozioni di epistemologia della medicina, al contenuto delle guidelines e alla metodologia con cui esse vengono prodotte, si dà conto di alcune interazioni tra scienza e diritto verificatesi – con riferimento ai documenti medico-scientifici in esame – nell’ordinamento dell’Unione Europea, del Consiglio d’Europa e poi in quello italiano. Lo studio della responsabilità medica, nonché quello dell’utilizzo delle guidelines, induce poi ad attingere alle risorse della comparazione giuridica. In particolare, si è imposta la scelta dell’ordinamento degli Stati Uniti d’America, in quanto proprio dalla dottrina americana è stata formulata per la prima volta alla fine degli anni ’80 l’ipotesi di utilizzare le linee-guida nei processi per medical malpractice. Nel secondo capitolo si offre perciò una ricostruzione dettagliata del sistema delle fonti e del ruolo delle giurisdizioni statali e federali nella produzione e applicazione del diritto americano, con particolare attenzione alla responsabilità civile del medico. Inoltre, per quanto attiene alla struttura della medical malpractice, si rileva che il criterio di giudizio prevalentemente utilizzato è quello della medical custom, che è ritenuta un fatto, il quale deve essere pertanto oggetto di prova dinnanzi alla giuria. Da ciò discende che nei processi relativi alla responsabilità civile del medico assumono particolare rilievo le conoscenze tecniche in materia di medical custom, però negli Stati Uniti una consulenza tecnica d’ufficio non viene praticamente mai disposta dal giudice: poiché l’onere della prova del breach of duty grava sull’attore, si osserva che l’expert witness di parte in materia di negligenza del medico diviene un requisito astrattamente necessario di procedibilità della domanda del paziente. È dunque in un’ottica essenzialmente probatoria, e cioè nell’interazione e – a volte – nella contrapposizione con quanto affermato dalla expert testimony, che la giurisprudenza e la dottrina americane concepiscono l’uso processuale delle linee-guida per la pratica clinica. Si prosegue perciò con l’analisi delle regole della Law of Evidence, con particolare attenzione al vaglio sulla expert witness testimony imposto dal c.d. Daubert test, e alle disposizioni in materia di ammissibilità dei documenti nel trial. Nel terzo capitolo, si dimostra che l’uso delle linee-guida nei processi americani per medical malpractice è un fatto assai più frequente di quello che la dottrina americana ritiene, e che le regole appena descritte in materia di Evidence costituiscono tuttora i riferimenti normativi più significativi per il giudizio di ammissibilità e rilevanza di tali documenti, più che i pochi statutes speciali in materia di linee-guida e responsabilità medica, che sembrano essere invece il modello a cui ha fatto riferimento il legislatore italiano per l’adozione del decreto Balduzzi. Nel quarto capitolo si ritorna al diritto italiano, e si ricostruisce la parabola che ha portato, nel nostro ordinamento, la responsabilità civile dall’illecito aquiliano alla responsabilità per inadempimento dell’obbligazione da contatto sociale. Si mettono inoltre in rilievo le distorsioni operate dalla giurisprudenza, che ha voluto caratterizzare la disciplina di questa responsabilità in senso oggettivo assoluto. Nel quinto capitolo, si rileva che in questo humus – assai diverso da quello della Law of Torts – viene trapiantata dall’art. 3, co. 1 d.l. 13 settembre 2012, n. 158 conv. con modif. in l. 8 novembre 2012, n. 189 l’idea di escludere la responsabilità del medico in caso di rispetto delle linee-guida, che trae ispirazione da alcuni statutes americani, i quali però – come si è detto – non rappresentano “il” modello più autorevole e diffuso in materia negli Stati Uniti. Viene poi effettuato un inquadramento delle guidelines assai differente rispetto a quanto accade oltreoceano: infatti, se l’obbligazione del medico ha ad oggetto una prestazione a regola d’arte, sinonimo di perizia, tali documenti si devono collocare a livello del criterio di qualificazione giuridica della condotta, non a quello dell’accertamento del fatto, e dunque non sono affatto prove, a differenza di quanto ritengono generalmente i giuristi americani. Si sostiene, in seguito, che in forza del principio iura novit curia e dell’esplicito richiamo di cui all’art. 3, co. 1 decreto Balduzzi, il giudice è tenuto a conoscere e a fare uso delle linee-guida per la pratica clinica nell’accertamento della responsabilità civile del medico, nella misura in cui esse siano applicabili al caso di specie e scientificamente valide. Proprio per quanto attiene al vaglio giudiziale di tali documenti, e specialmente a quello relativo alla loro validità scientifica, si propone poi all’interprete italiano di cogliere i frutti dell’esperienza americana, guardando con particolare attenzione al Daubert test. Ma nella circolazione del modello che qui si propone, si è coscienti che l’originale subisce alcune importanti modificazioni, di cui si dà conto. Infine, si definiscono i limiti entro i quali la Cassazione può sindacare l’utilizzo delle linee-guida da parte dei giudici di merito.
PHD DISSERTATION - ABSTRACT - THE ASCERTAINMENT OF MEDICAL MALPRACTICE THROUGH CLINICAL PRACTICE GUIDELINES AND OTHER SCIENTIFIC DOCUMENTS. This PhD dissertation aims to analyze a specific aspect of Medical Malpractice Law: the use of scientific documents – known as practice parameters, practice patterns, written policies, protocols, standards or clinical practice guidelines – by rule makers (legislators and Courts) in order to identify the standard of care for health care practitioners. In the first chapter, after a short introduction on fundamental notions of medical epistemology, guidelines’ content and their production, some interactions between Science and Law are described, picking the European Union Law, Council of Europe Law and finally Italian Law. Research on guidelines and Medical Malpractice calls for taking the advantage of Comparative Legal Studies. In particular, the legal system of the United States of America has been chosen. This because American scholars have first proposed in the ‘80s to use guidelines in Medical Malpractice trials. The second chapter offers thus a detailed picture of the sources of the law, including the role of state and federal Courts in making American Law. Focusing then on Medical Malpractice, it has to be said that the majority of the States adopted medical custom as the standard of care, which is a matter of fact, to be proven in front of the jury. According to this, in Medical Malpractice trials expert witness testimony about medical custom became very relevant, but no Court in the U.S. appoints experts. This, and the fact that the plaintiff retains the burden of proof of the breach of duty, makes partisan expert testimony mandatory for the claim of the patient to be heard by the jury. Therefore, Courts and scholars in the United States put guidelines in the Evidence Law frame, looking at how they interact – or sometimes clash – with expert testimonies. So, the chapter ends with an analysis of the Law of Evidence, with a focus on the so called “Daubert test” on expert witnesses, and one on the admissibility of documents. The third chapter demonstrates that the use of clinical practice guidelines in Medical Malpractice trials is way more frequent than American scholars think. Furthermore, it shows that the above-mentioned rules of Evidence are still the most relevant source of the law governing admissibility and relevance of these documents. Evidence Law indeed is far more relevant than the small number of state and federal statutes on Medical Malpractice that mention guidelines as a judicial tool for assessing liability. But these statutes seem to have inspired the Italian legislator seems adopting the so called “decreto Balduzzi” (see art. 3, comma 1 d.l. n. 158 of 2012 – l. n. 189 of 2012). The fourth chapter goes back to the Italian legal system, describing the path that brought Medical Malpractice from Tort Law to Contract Law through the so called “contatto sociale” doctrine. Furthermore, the case law caused some distortions of the rules that are now similar to strict liability. The fifth chapter describes a legal transplant from American Tort Law to the very different Italian legal environment: the idea of giving a defense to doctors who complied with clinical practice guidelines. Anyhow, some American state statutes, not the prevailing traditional Evidence Law pattern, have influenced the Italian legislator. Moreover, the conceptual framing of clinical practice guidelines under Italian Law is very different from the original. In Italy, Medical Malpractice is a branch of Contract Law, according to which the clinician is bound to perform treatments with the due technical expertise (“perizia”). Scientific documents can help Courts to define doctor’s behavior as coping with technical expertise, which is a matter of law. Guidelines cannot prove any fact. Therefore, they are not related to Evidence Law. The core of this PhD dissertation is that Italian Courts have to take judicial notice of clinical practice guidelines in Medical Malpractice trials. This comes out of the “iura novit curia” principle (“The Court must know the law” principle) and art. 3, co. 1 of decreto Balduzzi, which explicitly talks about clinical practice guidelines and iatrogenic injuries. The above-mentioned scientific documents have also to pass muster under a test of applicability to the case and scientific validity. This dissertation suggests taking the advantage of the American experience, in particular of the so called “Daubert doctrine”. However, even this would be a legal transplant, in which the original model would be surely modified, as this work shows. Finally, the fifth chapter describes how Cassazione Court could reverse lower Courts’ decisions that apply clinical practice guidelines in Medical Malpractice cases.

This essay reflects a particular method and way of working that I employ when undertaking artistic research. My artworks are rooted and develop from the situation I find myself in as an artist, the very context I exhibit the work within. I do this by trying to understand this position, both on the micro and macro scale. As an artist currently studying at—and subsequently exhibiting in relation to— Konstfack, I base my research with the physical manifestation of the school. An imposing building that was part of a huge headquarters and factory site for the telecommunication company, Ericsson, in south Stockholm. The title of my essay is from the translation of a unique German cipher machine, the Geheimschreiber, made known to me through enquiry into this site. Throughout the Second World War the German army used this machine to send highly encrypted military messages across Swedish telephone cables. Following one of the greatest accomplishments in the history of cryptography, a Swedish mathematician broke this German code and subsequently assisted in designing a deciphering machine on behalf of the Swedish Intelligence branch. This device, known as the App, was secretly developed and manufactured by Ericsson, possibly where I now study. In exploring the theme of secrets, this essay originates from an underpinning desire and subject of my work to reveal what is concealed or overlooked. Through researching and writing this essay I attempt to have a better understanding on the notion of secrets, in both the private and public realms. Introducing the artistic process and situation I am working from, I explore the central role that secrets play within society. In order to understand secrecy today I introduce the intertwined and associated contemporary debates of privacy, (both private and public) and transparency through such subjects as Google’s new privacy policy, mobile phone hacking, WikiLeaks and offshore banking.

En el presente estudio se hace una comparación entre los dos libros de texto Caminando y Vistas, los cuales son los dos más utilizados en la clase de ELE en el bachillerato sueco. El objetivo del estudio es analizar cuáles son los métodos utilizados en las tareas de producción escrita en los libros de texto anteriormente mencionados. Otra pregunta que se pretende contestar es cómo trabajan los profesores de ELE con las tareas de producción escrita que ofrecen los libros de texto. Además, se busca responder en qué se basan las otras tareas de producción escrita que utilizan los profesores de ELE en su enseñanza. La hipótesis es que los libros de texto ofrecen tareas de producción escrita que principalmente tienen el enfoque gramatical, donde el aprendiz ha de traducir frases. La segunda hipótesis es que los profesores experimentan una falta de tiempo, lo que significa que solo eligen algunas tareas de producción escrita. La tercera hipótesis es que los profesores utilizan otras tareas de producción escrita y que estas tareas se basan en temas actuales, intereses de los aprendices y otros medios como, por ejemplo, artículos. El método empleado es de corte mixto, cualitativo y cuantitativo. Se utiliza el método de muestreo por conveniencia para saber cuáles son los libros de texto más utilizados en la clase de ELE. Para el análisis de las tareas de producción escrita, se aplican los cuatro enfoques mencionados por Cassany (2003: 271): el gramatical, el funcional, el procesual y el enfoque basado en el contenido. Los informantes del estudio son un total de siete profesoras activas, cinco que usan Caminando y dos que usan Vistas. Las docentes que contestaron el cuestionario tienen entre 3,5 a 41 años de experiencia como profesoras de ELE. El resultado del estudio muestra que el enfoque gramatical es el dominante en ambos libros de texto. Adicionalmente, los resultados indican que las profesoras experimentan una falta de tiempo y que no trabajan mucho con las tareas de producción escrita que ofrecen los libros de texto, sino que utilizan otras tareas de producción escrita basadas en temas actuales o intereses de los aprendices.
The following study is a comparison between the textbooks Caminando y Vistas which are the two most used textbooks in the Spanish as a foreign language (ELE) classroom in Swedish Upper Secondary School. The study aims to analyze what methods are used in the written production tasks in the abovementioned textbooks in Sweden. Another question that the study seeks to answer to is how teachers work with the written production tasks offered by these textbooks. Furthermore, the study seeks to answer what the other tasks used by teachers are based on. The hypothesis of the study is that the textbooks offer tasks of written production that are primarily based on the grammatical approach, where the learner gets to translate sentences. The second hypothesis is that teachers experience a lack of time, which means that they only choose some tasks of written production. The third is that teachers use other written production tasks and that these are based on current topics, students’ interests and other media such as, among other, news articles. The method used is mixed, both qualitative and quantitative. A convenience sampling was used to find out which textbooks are the two most used in the class of ELE. For the analysis of the written production tasks, the four approaches mentioned by Cassany (2003: 271) were applied: the grammatical, the functional, the procedural, and the content-based approach. The informants of the study are a total of seven active teachers, five who use Caminando and two who use Vistas. The informants have between 3,5 and 41 years of experience teaching ELE. The result of the study shows that the grammatical approach is the dominant one in both textbooks. Additionally, the results indicate that teachers experience a lack of time and do not work much with the written production tasks offered by textbooks but instead use other tasks based on current topics or interests of the learners.

Alors que la protection effective des droits et libertés est souvent conçue comme dépendante de leur garantie juridictionnelle, cette dernière implique une transformation de l'équilibre qui s'établit entre le juge, non élu, et le législateur, représentant du peuple souverain. À travers une analyse pratique des effets du travail juridictionnel sur l'activité législative, tels qu'ils se sont déployés aux États-Unis, au Canada et au Royaume-Uni sur les quinze dernières années, il est possible d'évaluer les conséquences de la consécration de certains droits dans un catalogue opposable par le juge au législateur, en matière d'équilibre entre les pouvoirs législatif et juridictionnel. Si ces trois systèmes, aux traditions constitutionnelles éloignées, disposent chacun de mécanismes spécifiques pour assurer le respect des droits consacrés, plusieurs points de convergence peuvent être mis en lumière. Leur étude sera alors l'occasion d'appréhender dans une perspective renouvelée l'équilibre qui s'établit entre les deux institutions. Elle fera progressivement apparaitre l'idée d'une véritable collaboration du législateur et du juge en matière de protection des droits et libertés dans les démocraties contemporaines
Effective human rights protection is often perceived as being dependent upon their judicial enforcement. However, such a mechanism transforms the relationship between unelected judges and electorally accountable legislators. Through an empirical analysis of the effects of judicial review on legislation and legislative decision-making, in the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom, during the last fifteen years, the actual impact of the entrenchment of human rights in a written bill of rights will be assessed and evaluated. Even though these three countries have different processes to guarantee the respect of entrenched rights, and despite their long-settled and contrasting traditions, their systems are not as conflicting as it is often thought. This study finally leads to a better understanding of the relationship between judges and legislators in contemporary democracies and underlines the idea of a genuine collaboration of powers

El presente trabajo tiene por finalidad analizar la representación del conflicto social en torno al proyecto minero Las Bambas. Para su desarrollo se utilizará de base las publicaciones de los diarios El Comercio y La República entre los meses de setiembre - octubre del 2015; y marzo – mayo del 2019. El presente análisis busca dar a conocer cuáles son las identidades construidas para cada uno de los actores involucrados, es decir, la comunidad, la empresa minera y el Estado. Se busca presentar una aproximación al contexto de los conflictos abordando la relación entre los protagonistas expuesta por dichos diarios. Asimismo, se busca identificar y describir las características que la portadas, editorial y noticias les brindan a los actores involucrados en torno al conflicto social. Esta investigación también permitirá identificar el rol que cumple cada actor y cómo los diarios favorecen o no a cada uno de ellos a través del lenguaje escrito, verbal, no verbal y visual. De esta manera se busca comparar la representación que brinda cada diario a los tres involucrados; contextualizar los métodos de diálogo o negociación usados, presentar los intereses de las partes, y mostrar la identidad que se le atribuye a cada uno.
The purpose of this work is to analyze the representation of the social conflict around the Las Bambas mining project. For its development, the publications of the newspapers El Comercio and La República between the months of September - October 2015 will be used; and March - May 2019. This analysis seeks to make known which identities are constructed for each of the actors involved, that is, the community, the mining company and the State. The aim is to present an approach to the context of conflicts by addressing the relationship between the protagonists exposed by these newspapers. Likewise, it seeks to identify and describe the characteristics that the covers, editorial and news provide to the actors involved in the social conflict. This research will also identify the role that each actor plays and how the newspapers favor or not each one of them through written, verbal, non-verbal and visual language. In this way, the aim is to compare the representation that each newspaper provides to the three involved; contextualize the methods of dialogue or negotiation used, present the interests of the parties, and show the identity attributed to each one.
Trabajo de investigación

El momento de expansión de la industria turística justifica la creciente demanda de profesionales con una formación adecuada, destacando la importancia de la competencia comunicativa tanto oral como escrita en inglés como lengua internacional. Aunque los componentes orales tienden a considerarse un objetivo preferente en el aprendizaje/adquisición de lenguas para turismo, la escritura efectiva de ciertos géneros también forma parte del quehacer diario de la empresa turística. En el presente trabajo nos centramos en la carta de reclamación/queja que escribe una agencia de viajes a otro servicio del sector en nombre de un cliente insatisfecho. El principal objetivo del estudio empírico es la enseñanza de diversos recursos de cortesía mediante los cuales los estudiantes mejoran su competencia escrita de este tipo de correspondencia, haciendo especial hincapié en la función que desempeñan cada uno de ellos. Las actividades diseñadas para tal fin plantean una serie de comentarios que invitan a la reflexión de los alumnos de tal forma que los recursos de cortesía que aprenden a utilizar en esta carta puedan también aplicarlos a otro tipo de correspondencia o textos escritos propios de su contexto profesional específico.

La presente investigación tuvo como objetivo determinar el grado de eficiencia que tiene el programa ‘’El placer por la lectura’’a través de la aplicación sistemática de las estrategias didácticas e innovadoras en el desarrollo de la comprensión oral y escrita de los niños del segundo grado de dos instituciones educativas privadas ubicadas en el distrito de Santiago de Surco, Lima Metropolitana. Para ello, se realizó el presente trabajo cuantitativo cuasi experimental de corte longitudinal con pre test y post test en ambos centros educativos. Concluyendo que el grado de eficiencia que tiene la aplicación sistemática de las estrategias diseñadas son significativas en el desarrollo de la comprensión oral y escrita de los niños del segundo grado de ambas instituciones.
The objective of this research was to determine the degree of efficiency of the program `` The pleasure of reading '' through the systematic application of didactic and innovative strategies in the development of oral and written comprehension of children of the second degree from two private educational institutions located in the district of Santiago de Surco, Metropolitan Lima. For this, the present quantitative quasi-experimental longitudinal cut work was carried out with pre-test and post-test in both educational centers. Concluding that the degree of efficiency of the systematic application of the designed strategies is significant in the development of oral and written comprehension of second grade children from both institutions.
Tess

The subject of this thesis is the issue of overdue receivables and their reflection in accounting according to accounting and tax legislation valid in the Czech Republic. First it discusses debt collection and related costs. Then it maps the rules for recognition of impairment loss on receivables in the accounts through allowances and write-offs, also from the perspective of international financial reporting standards and in terms of tax optimization. The main part of the work is an analysis of overdue debts and formed allowances in the years 2004 to 2014 in nine selected leasing companies operating on the Czech market, focusing on the influence of the financial crisis of 2008 and 2009.

FARIAS, Maria Cilvia Queiroz. Família e escola: uma parceria em busca da competência leitora de crianças da escola pública. 2010. 231f. Tese (Doutorado em Educação) - Universidade Federal do Ceará, Faculdade de Educação, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Educação Brasileira, Fortaleza-CE, 2010.
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Este estudo analisou o impacto das estratégias de colaboração que as famílias de um bairro da periferia de Fortaleza e a escola situada nessa mesma localidade construíram, em parceria, para desenvolver a competência leitora de crianças do 2º ano do Ensino Fundamental. Desenvolvido por meio de pesquisa-ação com dezoito crianças e suas famílias, possibilitou a intervenção com práticas compartilhadas no ambiente familiar. Nesta pesquisa, as crianças interagiram com impressos de diversos gêneros e portadores textuais (contos clássicos da literatura infantil, outros contos em prosa e verso sobre temas variados, revistas infantis, gibis etc.), cujas leituras foram mediadas por pessoas da família. Uma vez por semana, durante quatro meses, cada criança selecionava, em média, cinco exemplares para serem lidos no domicílio, tendo sido proposta, também, uma interação verbal sobre as leituras realizadas, orientadas por uma ficha de leitura. Os sujeitos que participaram da investigação fazem parte de uma comunidade, na qual o índice de analfabetismo é muito alto, e as práticas sociais de leitura identificadas em seus domicílios, além de reduzidas e pouco diversificadas, atendem, na maioria das vezes, a propósitos pragmáticos, não incentivando, portanto, a participação das crianças. Como técnicas de coleta de dados, utilizamos a observação participante, a entrevista semiestruturada e a análise documental. Os instrumentos foram: questionário sobre a situação socioeconômica e cultural das famílias, questionário com perguntas abertas e diário de campo. Para a coleta de dados sobre a competência leitora e escritora das crianças, realizamos individualmente uma sequência de atividades de leitura e de escrita e utilizamos dois instrumentos oficiais: a Prova do PAIC e a Provinha Brasil. A partir das análises dos dados, constatamos que a leitura mediada contribuiu para: a compreensão do princípio alfabético; a apropriação de aspectos linguísticos próprios da linguagem literária dos contos; a diferenciação entre aspectos da linguagem oral e escrita; a ampliação e construção de conhecimentos prévios (linguísticos, textuais e de mundo); a compreensão textual (habilidade para identificar o assunto do texto, para identificar informações explícitas no texto e para fazer inferências) e a capacidade de ler criticamente. As contribuições também se estenderam à família, provocando mudanças atitudinais e conceituais em relação à criança e sua aprendizagem. Na análise comparativa dos conhecimentos construídos pelo Grupo Controle e pelo Grupo de Sujeitos, este segundo obteve melhores resultados em todos os quesitos avaliados. Em síntese, constatamos a ampliação dos conhecimentos das crianças referentes à língua escrita bem como desenvolvimento de atitudes favoráveis em relação à leitura e a escrita após a interação das crianças com impressos escolhidos por elas e lidos com a mediação de parceiros da família.

La tesis se encarga de analizar, por un lado, la integración y el desarrollo de las nuevas tecnologías en la Administración de Justicia; y, por otro, los parámetros que constituyen la validez y eficacia del documento electrónico.
La primera cuestión se centra en la configuración de los Sistemas de Información de la Oficina Judicial y del Ministerio Fiscal, así como de la informatización de los Registros Civiles, donde el art. 230 LOPJ es la pieza clave. Se estudian sus programas, aplicaciones, la videoconferencia, los ficheros judiciales y las redes de telecomunicaciones que poseen la cobertura de la firma electrónica reconocida, donde cobran gran relevancia los convenios de colaboración tecnológica. La digitalización de las vistas quizá sea una de las cuestiones con más trascendencia, teniendo en cuenta que el juicio es el acto que culmina el proceso. Aunque no todos los proyectos adoptados en el ámbito de la e.justicia se han desarrollado de forma integral, ni han llegado a la totalidad de los órganos judiciales. El objetivo final es lograr una Justicia más ágil y de calidad, a lo cual aspira el Plan Estratégico de Modernización de la Justicia 2009-2012 aprobado recientemente.
En referencia a la segunda perspectiva, no cabe duda que el Ordenamiento jurídico y los tribunales, en el ámbito de la justicia material, otorgan plena validez y eficacia al documento electrónico. Nuestra línea de investigación se justifica porque cada vez son más los procesos que incorporan soportes electrónicos de todo tipo, ya sea al plantearse la acción o posteriormente como medio de prueba (art. 299.2 LEC). Entre otros temas examinamos el documento informático, la problemática que rodea al fax, los sistemas de videograbación y el contrato electrónico.
La tesi s'encarrega d'analitzar, per una part, la integració i el desenvolupament de les noves tecnologies dins l´Administració de Justícia; i, per l'altra, els paràmetres que constitueixen la validesa i l'eficàcia del document electrònic.
La primera qüestió es centra en la configuració dels Sistemes d´Informació de l´Oficina Judicial i del Ministeri Fiscal, així com de la informatització dels Registres Civils, on l'art. 230 LOPJ es la peça clau. S'estudien els seus programes, aplicacions, la videoconferència, el fitxers judicials i les xarxes de telecomunicacions que tenen la cobertura de la firma electrònica reconeguda, on cobren gran rellevància els convenis de col·laboració tecnològica. La digitalització de les vistes tal vegada sigui una de les qüestions amb més transcendència, tenint amb compte que el judici es l'acte que culmina el procés. Però no tots el projectes adoptats en l'àmbit de la e.justicia s'han desenvolupat d'una manera integral ni han arribat a la totalitat dels òrgans judicials. L'objectiu final es assolir una Justícia més àgil i de qualitat, al que aspira el Pla Estratègic de Modernització de la Justícia 2009-2012 aprovat recentment.
En referència a la segona perspectiva, no hi ha dubte que l´Ordenament jurídic i els tribunals, en l'àmbit de la justícia material, donen plena validesa i eficàcia al document electrònic. La nostra línia d'investigació es justifica perquè cada vegada son més el processos que incorporen suports electrònics de tot tipus, ja sigui quant es planteja l'acció o posteriorment como a medi de prova (art. 299.2 LEC). Entre altres temes examinem el document informàtic, la problemàtica que envolta al fax, els sistemes de videogravació i el contracte electrònic.
The thesis seeks to analyse, on the one hand, the integration and development of the new technologies in the Administration of Justice; and, on the other, the parameters which constitute the validity and efficiency of the electronic document.
The first question centres on the configuration of the Information Systems of the Judicial Office and the Public Prosecutor, as well as the computerisation of the Civil Registers, where the art. 230 LOPJ it's the part key. Their programmes, applications, the Video Conferencing, the judicial registers and the telecommunication networks which are covered by the recognised electronic signatures, are studied, where the agreements on technological collaboration gain great relevance. The digitalisation of evidence might perhaps be one of the questions with most consequence, bearing in mind that the judgment is the act by which the process is culminated. Although not all the projects adopted within the compass of e.justice have developed completely nor have reached all the judicial organs. The final objective is to achieve an agile, quality Justice, to which the recently approved Strategic Plan for the Modernisation of Justice aspires.
With reference to the second perspective, there is no doubt that the juridical Ordinance and the tribunals within the compass of material justice grant full validity and efficacy to the electronic document. Our line of investigation is justified because there are more and more processes which are sustained by electronic supports of all kinds, whether it be at the establishment of the action or later, as a proof of it (art. 299.2 LEC). Amongst other things, we examine the computerised document, the problems which surround the fax, the systems for video recording and the electronic contract.

Die ekstrinsieke getuienis-reël word in die algemeen beskou as een van die mees problematiese areas van die Suid-Afrikaanse bewysreg. Die Suid-Afrikaanse Regskommissie het dan ook redelik onlangs ondersoek ingestel na die wenslikheid van die behoud of afskaffing van die reël. Ondersoek word ingestel na die ware aard van die ekstrinsieke getuienis-reël en of die reël op ’n korrekte wyse in die Suid-Afrikaanse reg ingevoer is. ’n Deeglike kritiese ontleding word verder gedoen van die twee komponente waaruit die ekstrinsieke getuienis-reël bestaan, naamlik die integrasiereël en die interpretasiereël, met behoorlike verwysing na relevante regspraak en die standpunte van akademiese skrywers op hierdie gebied. Kritiese ondersoek word verder ingestel na die verslag en aanbevelings van die Suid-Afrikaanse Regskommissie ten aansien van die ekstrinsieke getuienis-reël. Die impak van die 1996 Grondwet, asook die moderne ontwikkeling van die rekenaar en elektroniese dokumente op die ekstrinsiekegetuienis-reël word ook kortliks ondersoek. Daar word verder grondig ondersoek ingestel na die ekstrinsieke getuienis-reël in ’n regsvergelykende perspektief met spesifieke verwysing na die Engelse, Amerikaanse, Kanadese, Nederlandse, Duitse, Franse en Switserse reg, asook die moontlike waarde wat sodanige benaderings kan toevoeg tot die reël in ’n Suid-afrikaanse konteks. Die gevolgtrekking waartoe gekom word in hierdie proefskrif is dat die ekstrinsieke getuienis-reël aansienlik gemodifiseer moet word in die Suid-Afrikaanse reg deur middel van die promulgering van spesifieke wetgewing op hierdie gebied. Die essensie van hierdie wetgewing moet daaruit bestaan dat alle relevante ekstrinsieke getuienis toegelaat behoort te word ten einde die ware bedoeling van die kontrakspartye vas te stel, behalwe waar dit blyk dat hulle ooreengekom het om hulle algehele ooreenkoms in die skriftelike kontrak te integreer. Daar behoort egter terselftertyd ’n aansienlike bewyswaarde aan die skriftelike dokument, asook die terme daarin vervat, geheg te word ten einde die onskendbaarheid van die skriftelike dokument te preserveer.
Criminal and Procedural Law
LL.D.

碩士
國立中山大學
中國文學系研究所
100
Abstract In recent years, studies of Taiwanese aboriginal literature have been given attentions due to the trend of localization in literature. Japanese scholars are the pioneers who are interested in and study Taiwanese aboriginal literature. They spend lots of efforts on studying Yami tribe much more than on other aborigines in Taiwan. The Yami did not have written language. They orally passed their culture on generation by generation. Therefore, they have abundant literature of oral tradition. Siyapenjipengaya, a Yami, worried that the Yami culture would be lost because of the assimilation to the Han nationality. He, therefore, recorded the culture features in literation. Yami is one of the Austronesian tribes, and they are the only aborigine who live near coasts in Taiwan. Their culture is much different from the other aborigines in Taiwan, and they are the only aborigine who do not have the tradition of headhunting and wine making. This study focused on the features of tribalism and cultural heritages in the works of Siyapenjipengaya. The works displaying tribalism were classified as the origins of the tribe, the spirits in traditional stories, life stories, and Anito’s stories. The works displaying cultural heritages were classified as the knowledge of seas and oceans, cultural heritages, and Yami songs. By studying the folk stories and songs in the works of Siyapenjipengaya, the purpose of this study was to comprehend the custom and tradition of Yami culture.

PROTECTION OF PERSONALITY IN SCOPE OF LEGAL PHILOSOPHY AND APPLICABLE LAW 1. Summary We can see law from two main perspectives. Law is either complex of written regulations, which are prepared by human beings based on some interests or it is a complex of rules, which altough are written, but its nature are originating from higher normative system. First is a present perspective. Current law science is prefering valid law as complex of regulations published in statute book. What is not banned by law, is allowed. Though this law philosophy is leading to instability in society. Every year legislator is making hundreds of amendements and create new laws to cover new circumstances which appear in the society. Despite legislator effort is society further unsatisfied with legal state. Society claims that law is enforceable for those who are able to hire big law firms, which can find neccesary grey areas. Immanuel Kant among the first draw a problem between legality and legitimacy. But it is not only matter of legislator whether he acts legitimately or legally, but as well as of receiver of law norm. Is every legal act of the recepient of the legal order of the Czech Republic legal as legitimate? Legal yes, if in conformity with legal order. But is it even legitimate? And is it moral? For juspositivism is...

碩士
國立臺北教育大學
語文與創作學系碩士班
106
As a Tibetan writer whose books are written in Chinese, A Lai devotes himself to dispelling prejudices against his hometown by writing. The Tibetan stories in his books not only show traditional Tibetan culture but also focus on rapid changes of contemporary Tibetan society. Moreover, we also can see Tibetan people’s daily life full of partings, reunions, love, and hatred in his books, which shows their unique culture. Most critics admire A Lai for creating stories which contain impressive descriptions of Tibetan history and controversial issues, but the critics who care about feminism issues often attack the female characters in A Lai’s works because they think the female characters that are smeared are the worst parts in his works. Are the female characters in A Lai’s works as worthless as people say? Based on this question, I want to focus on Tibetan females in A Lai’s works, investigate the role and the prototype of females in his works, and compare the position of the female characters with the position of Tibetan females in reality. Through investigating A Lai’s background and Tibetan culture and analyzing the female roles in texts, I found A Lai wanted to show the real situation that Tibetan females faced in the past, such as being treated unfairly in the patriarchy and being stigmatized by Tibetan religion. Even though Tibetan females have a tough life, we still can see that they embody the bright side of human nature. Different from the males having advantages in Tibetan society, the females show the best version of themselves at a distinct disadvantage.

L'arbitrage évolue parallèlement et en accord au développement du commerce et des relations internationales s'accompagnant d'un accroissement des différends commerciaux de plus en plus complexes et spécialisés. En choisissant l'arbitrage, les parties excluent, de manière consensuelle, la compétence juridictionnelle des tribunaux étatiques. Ce droit à l'accès aux tribunaux étatiques se retrouve notamment à la Charte québécoise des droits et libertés de la personne. La validité d'une convention d'arbitrage dépend donc avant tout de la preuve de son existence et la preuve du consentement des parties s'y rattachant. La nécessité de l'écrit est donc un moyen de s'assurer du consentement des parties. La Convention de New York de 1958 énumère plusieurs de ces principes de forme. Son article 11(2), qui prévoit que la convention d'arbitrage doit être par écrit, n'est plus adapté aux réalités juridiques et commerciales d'aujourd'hui ni au développement du commerce électronique. Que peut être considéré comme un écrit afin de répondre aux exigences de l'article 1I(2)? Abordée par la CNUDCI, cette problématique quant au formalisme requis dans l'expression de la volonté des parties à se soumettre à l'arbitrage est d'une importance capitale dans la mesure des différentes interprétations qui existent à ce sujet tant au niveau du droit québécois et canadien qu'au niveau du droit international. Une réforme des dispositions législatives quant au formalisme écrit du consentement à l'arbitrage doit être mise en place et ce, soit par une réforme des dispositions législatives existantes ou par une mise à jour officielle de l'interprétation donnée aux dispositions actuelles en vigueur.
Arbitration has evolved in parallel and in accordance with the development of commerce and of international relations coming along with the rise of commercial disputes which are becoming increasingly complex and specialised. By choosing arbitration, the parties consensually exclude the jurisdiction ofState courts. This right to access State courts is protected namely in the Charter ofHuman Rights and Freedoms. The validity of an arbitration clause therefore depends above all on the proof of its existence and of the consent of the parties to that effect. The necessity of the written form becomes a mean that insures of the consent of the parties. The 1958 New York Convention enumerates several of those formal requirements. !ts section 11(2), which states that the arbitration clause has to be in written form, is not adapted to today's legal and commercial reality nor to the development of electronic commerce. What exactly is considered as ''written'' in order to respect the requirements of section 1I(2)? As addressed by UNCITRAL, the issue concerning the formalism required for the expression of the parties' intent to be subjected to arbitration is of a vital importance. Numerous interpretations exist in Canadian law as well as in International law. A reform of the existing legal provisions relating to the consent of arbitration needs to be implemented, either through a reform of the existing provisions or through an official process to update the interpretation given to the requirements that are a1ready in place.
"Mémoire présenté à la Faculté des études supérieures en vue de l'obtention du grade de LL.M. en droit option droit des affaires"

碩士
國立臺灣師範大學
科學教育研究所
102
The purpose of this research was to explore the impact of different ways of teachers’ feedback on the students’ learning achievement. Researcher choose open-ended type as homework question type, because it’s hard to confirm what students really understand and the type used hardly with homework or test in Taiwan. Additionally, researcher used special written homework form to help student express what he (or she) thought. With Newton’s Three Laws of Motion as the learning material, quasi experimental research design was applied to the students in the third grade of a junior high school, who were selected through convenient sampling. The three classes in the third grade of a junior high school taught by the researchers were sorted into three groups: the customized written feedback group, the in-class oral feedback group and block format written feedback group - the control group. In order to detect the difference in students’ learning achievement, pretest and post test on the master level of the learning material were given to all three groups before and after the lesson on Newton’s Laws of Motion with a written homework, so were the pretest and post test on the study motives. In addition, a self-examination survey was employed to the students of each group to measure their attitude towards the lesson, the homework, the contents, and the methods of feedback. In the end, a written homework questionnaire and semi-structured interview were conducted to learn about the students’ thoughts. The study results are as follows: (1) According to the pretest and post test on the learning achievement on Newton’s Three Laws of Motion, the customized written feedback group showed the biggest progress, followed by the in-class oral feedback group, while the block format written feedback group showed the slightest progress or even a setback; (2)There was no apparent difference in the pretest and post test on the study motives of the students from each group; (3)almost all of the customized written feedback group thought that teacher’s feedback is really helpful, though it didn’t higher student’s confidence very much, it still play a positive role to student’s learning. Researcher suggested that written homework feedback should include customized feedback and in-class oral feedback, therefore every student could understand why the answer is wrong and learn from the mistake of others. The main purpose is to bring homework into full play, in other word it’s to supporting students’ learning.

Concerns the Hmong people in the Lao People's Democratic Republic and the Turkmens in Iraq.
UN Job no.: G0511801 E. Material type: NGO written statements. Issued under agenda item 6, agenda document E/CN.4/2005/1. Issued under agenda item 6a, agenda document E/CN.4/2005/1.

博士
國立中央大學
中國文學研究所
97
The Creation of Chinese Language of A Lai阿來, a contemporary Tibetan writer, shows a peculiar aura of the Tibetan culture. Based on the Tibetan historical context, this dissertation manage to reveal how the Tibetan consciousness of A Lai manifests in his works , and being a modern Tibetan intellectual what his culture idea is . Given the fact that Tibet owns its native language and letters, the Tibetan literature that A Lai created with Chinese language seem to encounter suspicion, but when carefully analyzed the omnipresence of the Tibetanization touch in his works offset the limitation of his not being able to use the native Tibetan language. If it can be accepted that the first problem that confronts A Lai is the matter of language, then the religious thoughts in his works are also problematic and arouse the suspicion that whether he is possessed with the Tibetan cultural spirit or not. Analyzing A Lai’s view of religion in the perspective of cultural study of region can show the fact that in the category of the Tibetan Buddhism there exist an additional region character of the Tibetan native Bonism苯教 of Aba阿壩which is in Sichuan 四川 and A Lai’s hometown. Aspiring to be the representative of Tibetan, A Lai succeeds to the role of story-teller and singer of the Tibetan epic and creates the spiritual belief center of Tibetan’s own by narrating the story of Tibetan in written language. Being a modern Tibetan intellectual, A Lai is not just satisfied with conceiving the spiritual tower in literature to resist the incorporation of foreign civilization , moreover in the real life he actively advocates the scientific imagination for the benefit of the future development of Tibetan/ Chinese by means of the editorship of the magazine Science Fiction World. The similarity between the Tibetan literature and Science fiction shows the fact that A Lai, with the double identity of both being a Tibetan writer and a Chinese intellectual, eventually come back to the stance of carrying forward the characteristic Tibetan culture.