Tag Archives: Democracy

Human rights and democracy in the world: EU annual report 2018 adopted

“Today, the EU adopted the 2018 Annual Report on Human Rights and Democracy in the world. This report provides a snapshot of the EU’s engagement and actions in 2018, ranging from the flagship campaigns like the one for the 70th … Continue reading

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Empathy, Democracy, and the Rule of Law

Kiel Brennan-Marquez & Stephen E. Henderson, Artificial Intelligence and Role-Reversible Judgment, __ J. of Crim. L. and Criminology __ (forthcoming), available at SSRN. Frank Pasquale Are some types of robotic judging so troubling that they simply should not occur? In Artificial Intelligence … Continue reading

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The Republicans' War on Democracy

No collusion. If true, so what? The Trump campaign was happy to receive the help of the Russians. From its perspective, for a foreign power to influence the outcome of an American election was entirely welcome. Perhaps the Russians have … Continue reading

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Part 12: What is the (Cuban idea of) Revolution? Differences with China (Caribbean Marxism's Socialist Democracy Series, Considering the Cuban Constitutional Project, From Communist Party to Popular Plebiscite)

(Pix © Larry Catá Backer 2017 (Viñales))In this post and those that follow we will begin to flesh out what we see as the great challenges of democracy in illiberal states, and the methods undertaken by the Caribbean (Cuban) form … Continue reading

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Part 10: Communist Party and Asamblea Nacional–Popular Representation in the Shadow of Democratic Centralism in Cuban Socialist Democracy 1.0 (Caribbean Marxism's Socialist Democracy Series, Considering the Cuban Constitutional Project, From Communist Party to Popular Plebiscite)

(Graphic from the Inventario website HERE)In this post and those that follow we will begin to flesh out what we see as the great challenges of democracy in illiberal states, and the methods undertaken by the Caribbean (Cuban) form of … Continue reading

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