Large private monopolies usually end up using their market power to produce below the socially efficient level and therefore are not allocative efficient. ... The contract length. Demsetz chose in his example a one-year contract. ... The problem of human asset is also bound to the length of the contract. ... The first part of this paper has emphasised the fact that franchising contracts...
Feudalism was, without doubt, the framework for all political, economic, and social life during this period. ... The challenges gave rise to the economic, political and social system of feudalism. ... These feudal systems provided people with protection and safety by establishing a stable social order. ... At the bottom of this social structure were peasants. ... Since the feudal contract rarely involved any actual written document, loyalty was of the utmost importance. ...
The social position of both samurais and knights was one area with defined similarities. Japan and Europe alike, both had social orders that had to be followed according to class. Being warriors, they fall into the middle class on both forms of the social pyramid(Doc A). ... Although there are no legal bindings between a samurai and lord, but there is one for knights, and it is called a feudal contract(Doc B). The European feudal contract was a legal document stating the obligations of a lord and his vassal respectively(Doc B). ...
Sergeant at the Law The Sergeant at the Law was a person of wisdom and knew the law extremely well. He "knew of every judgment, case and crime recorded, ever since King William's time. He could dictate defenses or draft deeds," He was obviously hardworking and wise, and gained a lot of respect. "...
The EU economic integration and decision-making processes must be substantially revised to make essential social and economic reforms possible. Sustainable development, environmental protection and social regulations should be adopted as aims of the EU in addition to the four "Basic Freedoms". ... The commitment of the European Union to social justice should be strengthened and opting-out must be stopped. ... A European Monetary Union should only be approved if social criteria are added to the monetary convergence criteria. ... The party was able to form a new coalition together with the soc...
Processes such as gentrification, globalisation, the dynamics of social polarisation, and ideas of urban planning. ... This led to a significant change in the district and there was a large change I the "social composition of the residents". ... Leading to strong social polarisation within Paris. ... "At the time of the 1990 census 10% of the active population of the Paris agglomeration was without work, and a further 8% were in some form of precarious employment such as a work based training scheme or a short term contract". ... The growing wealth of these people in the service sect...
As migrants flowed within the British empire, Asians who arrived in Kenya were given greater access to social, educational and capitalist opportunities by the colonials, as a result of higher 'racial' status (also Bennell 1982, p131). ... Even in some instances when the British expressed a desire to provide better social programs for education, as in Tanganyika, there were various obstacles to their success. There was some apathy to participating in these programs, due to their perception as 'European' social processes, as well as conflict between the different schools of t...
Enlightened absolutism: Jean-Jacque Rousseau's Social Contract 1762. ... Her policies were equally complex, influenced on the one hand by new French ideas of social justice and the nobility of the human race, and on the other hand by traditional Russian ideas of absolute rule over an enserfed and subhuman population. ...
Nonetheless, with the financial problems linked with expatriation being now solved, the only major challenges still remaining are the social, cultural and adaptation challenges. ... Some blame family issues, or if single, social issues like adapting to the language, culture, or both.[4] The future expat remains there for a few days during which he meets the person who currently occupies his future position (comparable to Buddy for ERASMUS exchange students) and his future colleagues, most of them locals. ... Although not mandatory, expats may be presented with the possibility to study the lang...
Because employees are more isolated, they are less likely to spread or contract contagious diseases such as flu, colds, viruses, etc. ... Employee is less likely to contract contagious diseases such as flu, colds, viruses, etc. ...
The importance of securing natural energy resources is taking center stage in the European Union's (EU) future plans. Turkey, a candidate for a full membership to EU, is located close to 70% of the world's oil and gas reserves. Due to it's proximity to these important resources, Turkey is in a perfect position to host a large pipeline (Nabucco Gas Pipeline) that will carry gas from the Caspian Sea to the Middle East. This would give all the countries involved a necessary alternative to the Russian supply routes - and it would become the fourth most dynamic energy corridor for Eu...
Except for a few social deviants, neither Africans nor Europeans would enslave members of their own societies, but in the early modern period, Africans had a somewhat narrower conception of who was eligible for enslavement than had Europeans. ... The slave trade was thus a product of differing constructions of social identity and the ocean-going technology that brought Atlantic societies into sudden contact with each other. ... Because Amerindians died in large numbers, and insufficient numbers of Europeans were prepared to cross the Atlantic, the form that this demand took was shaped by con...
From a broader perspective, a treaty can be defined as an obligatory contract between EU member countries. ... During this Reich, which was comprised of both Romanian and German people, the foundation for the political, social and cultural evolution of Western Europe was laid down thoroughly. The consequence of instincts originating from this initial social and party-political center can barely be exaggerated. ...
Around the world, unemployment or the threat of it remains one of the main challenges to long-term social sustainability. Indeed, the experience of recent years has underscored social sustainability as key to longer-term competitiveness, and thus to sustainable growth. ... More recently, in order to better place the discussion of competitiveness in the societal and environmental context, the World Economic Forum has begun exploring the complex relationship between competitiveness and sustainability as measured by its social and environmental dimension. ... Government attitudes toward markets a...
Homosexuality has been a part of the world since the beginning of time. It was practiced by ancient civilizations through modern times. It wasn't until the last several hundred years that it became a problem for certain members of society. During the mid to late 1800's, European public officials took note of a trend of some citizens focusing less on intercourse for family propagation and more as a form of simple pleasure. Historians feel this was in part due to the post-Industrial Revolution lifestyle that pushed people into cities and away from family farms, where societal models su...
