Political Parties, Foreign Policy and Ideology: Argentina and Chile in Comparative Perspective by Janina Onuki, Pedro Feliú Ribeiro, Amâncio Jorge Oliveira

“…Votes on foreign policy questions during the 2002-2006/2007 legislatures are considered.…”
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The Racial Context of Convenience Voting Cutbacks by Russell Weaver

“…Nevertheless, several U.S. state legislatures recently passed or proposed laws to scale back their EIP voting operations. …”
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Transplantation and mutation in Anglo-American trust law by Getzler, J

“…Rather, American courts and legislatures came to discard fundamental English trust doctrines. …”

Are language rights fundamental by Green, L

“…They are exempt from the power of Parliament and the provincial legislatures in section 33 to legislate notwithstanding the Charter. …”

The uses and abuses of referendums by Trueblood, L

“…The political and legal significance attributed to votes in referendums far surpasses that of elections, protests, or votes in legislatures. The aim of this thesis is to challenge this approach to referendums. …”

Legal-Economic Analysis of Contractorship Premium Rates: The Criticism of Social Security Organization and the Administrative Justice Tribunal by Abbas Toosi, جواد کاشانی

“…Contractors who were not satisfied with the judgement raised the externalities originating from the Directive before legislatures, and since 1384 were able to cause some legislations aimed at reforming SSO practices to be enacted. …”
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The Human Rights of Sex Trafficking Survivors: Trends and Challenges in American Vacatur Laws by Patricia C. Rodda, Heather Smith-Cannoy

“…Since 2010, forty-five state legislatures across the US have sought to solve this problem by passing vacatur laws. …”
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Ni hoy por ti ni mañana por mí. Cohesión en votaciones de roll call en la Cámara de Diputados de Chile, 2006-2014 by Hernán Campos-Parra, Patricio Navia

“…Originality: We contribute to the studies on the behavior of legislatures in Latin America to assess if, given the president’s legislative powers, legislators use their roll call votes as a tool to express solidarity with other legislators voting in favor of legislator-initiated bills, using roll call votes as a way to counter balance the powerful legislative tools of presidents.…”
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Not for the Faint of Heart: Becoming an Antiracist Philosopher in a Society Polarized by Critical Race Theory by Adebayo Oluwayomi

“…This faux moral panic has been used by legislatures across the country, as the raison d’être, to pass bans and enforce policies or rules that restricts how professors (including philosophers), and teachers can talk about race, systemic racism, structural oppression, or the problem of racial injustice in the classroom. …”
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Abortion Travels in Contemporary American Cinema: Parental Consent and the Bumpy Ride to Termination in Eliza Hittman’s Never Rarely Sometimes Always and Rachel Lee Goldenberg’s Un... by Andreescu Raluca

“…Wade, it is state legislatures that have ultimately acted as the final arbiters on the matter ever since. …”
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Reformas electorales y sistemas de partidos parlamentarios en América Cetral by Fátima GARCÍA DÍEZ

“…Este trabajo se ocupa de sugerir algunas de las líneas de investigación a partir de las cuales podría abordarse el estudio del funcionamiento legislativo a partir del análisis comparado de los procesos de reforma electoral.</p><p>ABSTRACT: Legislatures constitute the key political institution in representative democracies and electoral systems are the key variables affecting their composition and the process of policy making that takes place within this arena. …”
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Attitudes and Practices of Australian Veterinary Professionals and Students towards Early Age Desexing of Cats by Heather M. Crawford, Michael C. Calver

“…Increasingly, Australian legislatures mandate desexing of cats by three months of age, so the practices of some current/future veterinary professionals do not match changing legislation.…”
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Kosovo Integration in European Union by Rinor REXHEPI, Vigan SAHITI, Florim RULLANI

“…So we recommend that Kosovo should be integrated into the EU as soon as possible in order to have a genuine economic development and for this the future legislatures should work seriously on this. …”
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Measuring the risk of corruption in Latin American political parties. De jure analysis of institutions by Giovanna Rodríguez-García

“…First, it allows us to test arguments about the role of political parties and legislatures in reducing political corruption. Second, it helps to understand how political parties could improve their internal organization to decrease the risk of corrupt activities. …”
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THE ROLE OF NATIONAL SOCIAL STATES FOR PRESERVATION AND PROTECTION OF SOCIAL VALUES IN THE CONTEXT OF NEOLIBERAL GLOBAL ORDER by Domeniko Kvartuč, Valentino Kuzelj

“…In addition, the impact of economic processes, and crises on the constitutional order of national states is highlighted, which may result in “tacit” changes in the constitutional structures of individual states in the direction of dissolving the role of legislatures (as elected representatives of citizens) in creating economic, fiscal, and social policies. …”
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Understanding Civil-Military Relations for better Civilian Control of the Military in Nepal by Surendra Singh Rawal

“…The civilians must have authority and capabilities in determining the military's policy issues, where the MOD and the legislatures must play an essential role in controlling and oversight the military. …”
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ELECTRONIC FOUNDS TRANSFER – EFT by Milorad M. Bejatović, Maja S. Kovačević

“…As every other kind of business relationship, this one has also its defects coming from the fact that it is a new and not completely legally regulated area with numerous lacks especially in national legislatures. The safety of business transactions themselves could be endangered in different ways according to the fact that we are talking about doing some business through the WWW address. …”
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On their own initiative: how politicians use direct democracy in the United States by Lubbock, T

“…A test for the use of the legislative referral by state legislatures is particularly timely and has not been considered before. …”

Reformas electorales y sistemas de partidos parlamentarios en América Central by Fátima GARCÍA DÍEZ

“…Este trabajo se ocupa de sugerir algunas de las líneas de investigación a partir de las cuales podría abordarse el estudio del funcionamiento legislativo a partir del análisis comparado de los procesos de reforma electoral.</p><p>ABSTRACT: Legislatures constitute the key political institution in representative democracies and electoral systems are the key variables affecting their composition and the process of policy making that takes place within this arena. …”
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Is the Indian Child Welfare Act Losing Steam?: Non-Custodial Parental Rights After Adoptive Couple v. Baby Girl by Courtney Hodge

“…Since the 2000s, that doctrine has been losing support among state legislatures and courts.  Although Adoptive Couple does not explicitly endorse the exception, the opinion closely tracks the reasoning states courts have used to apply the exception. …”
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