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The Missing View Of The Cathedral: The Private Law Paradigm Of European Legal Integration, Daniela Caruso Mar 1997

The Missing View Of The Cathedral: The Private Law Paradigm Of European Legal Integration, Daniela Caruso

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The traditional partition between public and private law continues to reinforce the belief that public law is the only proper realm of political debate, where decisions having redistributional consequences are and should be taken. This allows for a seemingly minor role of private law in the debate on European integration. This article challenges such a traditional image by noticing the central role of private law in the several legal systems of the European Union, and by analysing a few instances of resistance to private law integration. The analysis suggests that, while fully engaged in debating the public law implications of …


Achieving Full Effectiveness Of Community Law: The Court Of Justice's Third Stage Of Enforcement Rules Implementation, Compliance And Effectiveness: Emerging Issues On Compliance And Effectiveness Within The European Union, Roger J. Goebel Jan 1997

Achieving Full Effectiveness Of Community Law: The Court Of Justice's Third Stage Of Enforcement Rules Implementation, Compliance And Effectiveness: Emerging Issues On Compliance And Effectiveness Within The European Union, Roger J. Goebel

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Today we will be considering the experience of the European Union (EU) as a possible model for international law. We will start with Roger J. Goebel, director since 1984 ofthe Center of European Union Law, Fordham Law School.


Private Ownership And Corporate Performance: Some Lessons From Transition Economies, Roman Frydman, Cheryl W. Gray, Marek P. Hessel, Andrzej Rapaczynski Jan 1997

Private Ownership And Corporate Performance: Some Lessons From Transition Economies, Roman Frydman, Cheryl W. Gray, Marek P. Hessel, Andrzej Rapaczynski

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Data on mid-sized firms in three transition economies provide strong evidence that private ownership – for worker ownership – improves corporate performance. And the privatized firms' superior ability to generate revenues allows those firms to sustain or expand employment.

Using a large sample of data on mid-sized firms in the Czech Republic, Hungary, and Poland, Frydman, Gray, Hessel, and Rapacynski compare the performance of privatized and state firms in the environment of the postcommunist transition.

They find strong evidence that private ownership – for worker ownership – improves corporate performance. They find no evidence of the privatization shock that was …