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Cross, Crucifix, Culture: An Approach To The Constitutional Meaning Of Confessional Symbols, Frederick Mark Gedicks, Pasquale Annicchino Feb 2014

Cross, Crucifix, Culture: An Approach To The Constitutional Meaning Of Confessional Symbols, Frederick Mark Gedicks, Pasquale Annicchino

Frederick Mark Gedicks

In the United States and Europe the constitutionality of government displays of confessional symbols depends on whether the symbols also have nonconfessional secular meaning (in the U.S.) or whether the confessional meaning is somehow absent (in Europe). Yet both the United States Supreme Court (USSCt) and the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) lack a workable approach to determining whether secular meaning is present or confessional meaning absent. The problem is that the government can nearly always articulate a possible secular meaning for the confessional symbols that it uses, or argue that the confessional meaning is passive and ineffective. What …


Moral Hazard Within The Greek Economic Crisis: An Analysis Of European Union Law Effectiveness In Dealing With The Greek Economic Crisis, Juan Castro, Juan Castro Jul 2012

Moral Hazard Within The Greek Economic Crisis: An Analysis Of European Union Law Effectiveness In Dealing With The Greek Economic Crisis, Juan Castro, Juan Castro

Juan Castro

In this paper I will present the historical background of the current Greek economic crisis. I will delve into the causes of the fiscal and current-account deficits since Greece’s euro entry in 2001. In addition to the economic and financial information provided, I will also present cultural aspects and differences between Greece and its surrounding neighbors, primarily Germany, and how moral hazard has exacerbated the conflict. Further I will discuss the legality of the countermeasures and solutions presented and how these encroach upon European Union law treaties. Lastly I will conclude that in order for Greece and Germany to stabilize …