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The Ciudades Modelo Project: Testing The Legality Of Paul Romer’S Charter Cities Concept By Analyzing The Constitutionality Of The Honduran Zones For Employment And Economic Development, Michael R. Miller

Michael R Miller

Over the last several years, the Honduran government has been aggressively advancing a "model cities" project that it argues will provide options for its citizens to escape the extreme violence in their country without migrating to the U.S. The model cities, which are formally called "Zones for Employment and Economic Development" ("ZEDEs"), are purported to be autonomously governed areas that will attract foreign investment and compete for residents by establishing safer communities and better managed institutions governed by the rule of law.

The ZEDEs trace their origin to a concept formulated by development economist Paul Romer, who proposed the idea …

The Ngoisation Dilemma: International Cooperation, Grassroots Relations And Government Action From An Accountability Perspective, Lina Buchely

Lina Buchely

This paper summarizes the results of a case study examining policy advocacy activities developed by the Fundación Esperanza (Hope Foundation) and the Plataforma Social HERMES (HERMES Social Platform) in support of Colombian Draft Law 070 of 2009 (creation of a National System for Migration and other regulations). It maps the actors and interests involved in efforts taking place between February and May 2010, to promote public policy in the field. The conclusion drawn from this research is that there are at least three ways of highlighting the relationships between civil society actors, government servants, grassroots and international cooperation agencies in …

Persistence Of Legal Culture: The Case Of Immigrants From The Former Soviet Union To Israel, Julia Shamir

Julia Shamir

The concept of legal culture has been receiving a growing attention from scholars; more recently, it has been the subject of numerous empirical investigations. However, this research is often over-generalizing, because it overemphasizes the similarity of the opinions held by different segments of population. Furthermore, the relationship of migration and the change—or persistence—of the attitudes and perceptions that constitute legal culture has not received particular attention in the scholarly literature. Drawing on 70 in-depth interviews with the representatives of two segments of the Israeli society—the immigrants of the early 90’s from the former Soviet Union and the secular Israeli Jews—that …