22:45, 31 July 2009
The ECHR contains important values for the whole Europe. If one thinks backwards, about the time, when the ECHR was composed – Europe had just emerged from the war – the European leaders wished to create a system, which would prevent such a war from happening again. They thought that the ECHR could be a [...]
23:50, 30 July 2009
as important guarantors of democracy.
The freedom of thought in Article 9 of the ECHR is closely linked to other provisions in the ECHR, one of those being the freedom of expression.
In the ECHR, Article 10 (1) says:
„1. Everyone has the right to freedom of expression. This right shall include freedom to hold opinions and to [...]
20:46, 29 July 2009
An excerpt of my article, “Private Law Consciousness of the Estonian Nation in the Pre-Statehood and Early Post-Statehood Periods. Some Legal Problems Related to Transformation of Societies and Law Reforms”:
“[t]he concept of law also embraces understanding of law. In turn understanding of law is related to language, whereas development of legal language is related to [...]
22:21, 28 July 2009
I recently read an e-book on Logical Models in Social Sciences, by Rein Taagepera, and thought that since I already started with social policy issues here, and being a lawyer from Estonia, I could introduce the thought of some Estonian authors.
The referred book made me think that if there is an order in the Universe, [...]
1:34, 28 July 2009
The last article I read that made me think was Donald J. Kochan’s “Black Tuesday and The Graying of the Legitimacy of Governmental Intervention: When Tomorrow is Just a Future Yesterday” at The Social Science Research Network Electronic Paper Collection.
Why did this article make me think? At page 3 the author states that people are [...]
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