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… Zoekresultaten 11 juni 2019 door: in Law It is, I think, fair to say that Brexit is not going well. Some even think that it is a ‘complete and unmitigated mess’ . No doubt at least in part for this reason, there has been a flurry of commentary arguing that such momentous a decision should not have been taken by way of referendum (for a summary of, as well as an argument against this narrative see here ). This is a tempting conclusion. But I do not think it is right. However, I want to … Instead, I want to point out a serious flaw in how the implementation of the referendum result seems to have been conceptualised. The UK is a representative democracy and, accordingly, its key constitutional principle is often said to be parliamentary sovereignty. That is, the workings of its constitutional arrangements are based on parliament’s power to pass any law it wishes coupled with its inability to bind future parliaments. Because of this, the Brexit vote was legally speaking advisory … Government nor Parliament had or have a legal duty to implement the result, let alone implement the result in a particular way. In political terms, however, the referendum has been taken not only to be binding, but also to replace and/or curb parliamentary discretion as to its implementation. It is this last point I want to take issue with. To be clear, the problem is not that the referendum has been interpreted as being so weighty as to be politically binding – there are good arguments in favour of …
… evidence was submitted: • The use of the said terms by operators in the same industry. E.g., Costa Coffee, MAAN Coffee, Coffee Bené, Pacific Coffee, Shangdao Coffee in China all had relevant pages with the content of mocha coffee beverages on their websites. • Consumers’ perception of online platforms. E.g., HNTF referred to the 21 replies under the question of ‘what is the difference between latté and Mocha coffee?’ on Zhihu.com, a Q&A platform in China comparable to quora.com. The evidence … evidentiary value. Particularly, the agent of HNTF conducted multiple undirected street survey activities in several areas at Beijing, Dalian (of Liaoning Province, in Northeast China), and Chengdu (Sichuan Province, in Southwest China), all with notary staffs’ site supervision. At each site, 200 questionnaires were collected and the results were: • Beijing: 95% of the respondents knew ‘摩卡’ coffee, and all of them regarded ‘摩卡’ as a specific taste of coffee instead of a brand; • Dalian: 89% of … of the First Instance upheld all the evidence from HNTF regarding both the past and the status quo. As to the street survey evidence, the court affirmed the approach that covered different cities, with notary staff on site, and targeted non-specific groups. (Kat’s note: Here is a pause. The Court did not consider the approach as indestructible. Rather, the affirmation was made upon the fact that, to quote the exact words of the ruling, ‘Rui Chang did not provide corresponding counter-evidence’.) …
… Zoekresultaten 15 oktober 2014 door: L.L.G. Soete in General At the start of this academic year, on the occasion of the 200th anniversary of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, I was asked to participate in a debate here in Maastricht on “borders”: the frontiers that surround us here in the southernmost part of the country to the east, west and south. My talk started with a Loesje slogan. A Dutch free speech organisation, Loesje has gone international, so I take it you are familiar with its clever philosophical reflections. The one I started my talk with was the following: “A border is actually a desire … to … but also in at least one other language of the Euregion. For me, this is ultimately what our nearby borders invite us to take on board: knowledge of the culture and language on the other side. This text was also published in the Maastricht University (web) magazine , October 2014. L.L.G. Soete Andere blogs: General Alumni Arts and Social Sciences Business and Economics Corona Heath, Medicine and Life Sciences Law Maastricht Students Psychology and Neuroscience Science and Engineering …
… definition of the search engine given under Article 2(20) of the Federal law ‘On Information, Information Technologies and Information Protection’ (N 149-FZ ), which defines search engines as systems whose function is limited to providing links to websites which store specific information. The bot does more than that: it offers a short report about the person indicated in the search query. In effect, Eye of God should be regarded as a data controller and most certainly remains in breach of Article 22(1) of the Federal law ‘On Personal Data’, which requires all data controllers to be listed in the special register kept by Roskomnadzor. Contrary to Eye of God’s claims, Eye of God’s website reveals that the bot is still run by the sole proprietor, which is not officially recognized as a data controller, and not an LLC featured in the register. This gives rise to a suspicion that Eye of God simply provided false information in …
… the true origin of their products to consumers. For example, if “ Peruvian Coffee ” is a registered GI, all coffees with specific characteristics and produced in Peru following specific steps can be sold under that name. If another Peruvian producer starts producing a coffee (in Peru) and selling it, this producer will not be able to make any reference that can evoke the product “ Peruvian Coffee ” (e.g., specifying “ Coffee from Peru ” on the labelling). As a result, the other producer is unable …
… the Tour de France and the World Tour, but after a couple of years I realised that it wasn’t going to happen. I also met a Dutch girl that bound me to the country. Why Maastricht? After my cycling career, I realised that I better go to school and start a future outside of cycling. I’ve always loved reading. I really love literature and arts. I love going to museums and experiencing paintings. I decided that when I go to university I would study something purely out of interest and immerse myself … with art and literature in English. My choice was Maastricht or Groningen. Maastricht is a much more beautiful city than Groningen, especially if you’re a cyclist. How do you experience combining your study with your other interests? When I decided start university, I decided that that would be my first priority. At the same time, whenever I had the free time I would go for a bike ride. I find that they really complement each other. I think lots of people who are very ambitious with school get … not stressed about things. How did you start journalism? When I was racing, I started keeping a blog mostly to let friends and family know how the races are going. After a while, I got bored saying the race grew hard after 25 km, I was in the second group, I suffered all day but finished 30th. So then I became more interested in conveying the experience of racing through words. Bike racing is something I was completely in love with and I thought it was a cool exciting, interesting experience but …
… article discussing the fatal accident caused by G. were most likely actively seeking this information. To this end, the ECtHR acknowledged that the contested article was easily retrievable by entering G.’s name full name in a search engine or on the website of Le Soir. Lastly and sixthly, the Court stressed that national courts should consider the effect of the imposed measure on the right to freedom of expression. In the case at hand the ECtHR noted that the anonymisation of the piece in the …
… has been a PhD researcher at the Institute for trans-national and cross-border cooperation and Euregional Mobility / ITEM since June 2016. For more information about his research on cross-border pension communication, please visit: News article: Start of research on the cross-border pension tracking service regarding the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany (05-06-2016) PhD research: Towards a cross-border pension tracking service between the Netherlands and Germany Labels: ITEM publiekrecht …
… semi-successfully. This puts the Directive in the context where it codifies standards to which many platforms already adhere. However, students remarked that this could put smaller platforms at a disadvantage, especially if they are acting on a voluntary basis or without profit. Upload filters also raise issues regarding who would police them and how fundamental rights would be protected if most, if not all, content we experience in these platforms is filtered through some algorithm. We will have …
… discourage refugees to stay in Bulgaria and most of them seek possibilities to leave the country. Thus Bulgaria shifts the refugee integration problem to other EU Member States. This is not a durable solution and the Bulgarian government should invest targeted efforts to reintroduce integration measures as fast as possible. Author Zvezda Vankova, PhD Candidate, Law faculty Labels: human rights refugee integration Andere blogs: General Alumni Arts and Social Sciences Business and Economics Corona …