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Book review: how to save a constitutional democracy by Tom Ginsburg and Aziz Z. Huq
No full textIn How to Save a Constitutional Democracy, Tom Ginsburg and Aziz Z. Huq focus on the structural forces that can break democratic societies and the role the constitutional system plays in democratic failure as well as its prevention. The book’s clear and engaging approach makes it a valuable contribution to scholarship on democracy and authoritarianism, recommends Lorenzo Canepari
Dignity, Not Deadly Force
No full textWhile domestic security forces around the world equip themselves with military-grade weapons and surveillance technologies, those who research crime have reached a different consensus: To reduce lawbreaking, officers should listen to the accused, show basic courtesy, and exhibit evenhandedness. University of Chicago law professor Aziz Z. Huq concludes that the health of a country’s democracy may even depend on it.</jats:p
Introduction
No full textThe burgeoning literature in comparative constitutional has not devoted sufficient attention to the constitutional functions of political parties, nor has it systematically explored the constitutional law of electoral design. This volume examines the constitutional treatment of parties and elections both as a matter of constitutional theory and from the perspective of historical and contemporary practice. To this end, it draws together a series of contributions from a diverse range of scholars working in distinct disciplines. Political scientists tend to treat political parties as their key object of study, while comparative constitutional lawyers have largely ignored them, preferring to focus on other institutional question. What follows brings each perspective into conversation with the other
The Benefits of Being Economics Professor A (and not Z)
No full textAlphabetic name ordering on multi-authored academic papers, which is the convention in the economics discipline and various other disciplines, is to the advantage of people whose last name initials are placed early in the alphabet. As it turns out, Professor A, who has been a first author more often than Professor Z, will have published more articles and experienced afaster growth rate over the course of her career as a result of reputation and visibility. Moreover, authors know that name ordering matters and indeed take ordering seriously: Several characteristics of an author group composition determine the decision to deviate from the default alphabetic name order to a significant extent.performance measurement, incentives, economists, name ordering
On the trail of an ancient middle eastern ethnobotany: Traditional wild food plants gathered by ormuri speakers in kaniguram, nw pakistan
No full textAn ethnobotanical field study focusing on traditional wild food botanical taxa was carried out in Kaniguram, South Waziristan, Pakistan, among Ormur (or Burki or Baraki) peoples, which represent a diasporic minority group, as well as among the surrounding Pashtuns. Through sixty semi-structured interviews, fifty-two wild food plants (taxa) were recorded, and they were primarily used raw as snacks and cooked as vegetables. Comparative analysis found a remarkable overlap of the quoted plant uses between the two studied groups, which may reflect complex socio-cultural adaptations Ormur speakers faced. Ormur people retain a rich knowledge of anthropogenic weeds and the phytonyms reveal important commonalities with Persian and Kurdish phytonyms, which may indicate their possible horticultural-driven human ecological origin from the Middle East. Some novel or rare food uses of Cirsium arvense, Nannorrhops ritchiana, Periploca aphylla, Perovskia atriplicifolia, Viscum album, Oxalis corniculata and Withania coagulans were documented. Since the Ormuri language represents a moribund language, still spoken by only a few thousand speakers in NW Pakistan and Afghanistan, it is recommended that the traditional bio-cultural and gastronomical heritage of this minority group be appropriately protected and bolstered in future rural development programs
Enhancing Public Building Energy Efficiency Through Digital Twin Modeling and Iterative Simulation: A Sustainable Approach
No full textThe digital twin of a public building, Città Metropolitana di Milano, is simulated to analyze energy consumption and efficiency under various operational conditions and assumptions. Iterative simulations identified key measures for reducing energy consumption and enhancing efficiency, focusing on window glazing, reduced lighting power density, and solar panel integration, considering constant HVAC systems and schedules. The analysis compares a base case with existing characteristics to a proposed case incorporating energy-efficient measures, yielding improvements in energy performance. These strategies reduce reliance on fossil fuel-based energy and promote a transition to sustainable energy sources. These performance measures reduce reliance on fossil fuel-based energy consumption and pave the way toward greener and more sustainable energy resources-based energy consumption as per UN SGDs 7 and 11. This research will be a valuable tool for policymakers and building managers to visualize real-time energy performance to ensure improved energy efficiency and predictive maintenance
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The collapse of constitutional remedies /
No full textAziz Z. Huq examines what happens when our constitutional rights are violated. Many people think that federal courts will step in then and provide a remedy. But for most people, and especially for the vulnerable in our society, they won't lift a finger. As Huq argues, the powerful often get quicker access to the courts and more fulsome judicial review, which shows a break from the way in which the courts were originally designed. This book shows the deep ironies of judicial independence and charts a part of getting free of its most baleful effects
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The Necessary and Proper Stewardship of Judicial Data
No full textAziz Z. Huq is a scholar of US and comparative constitutional law. His recent work concerns democratic backsliding and the regulation of AI. His award-willing scholarship is published in several books and in leading law, social science, and political science journals. He also writes for Politico, the Washington Post, the New York Times, and may other non-specialist publication.
His lecture titled “The Necessary and Proper Stewardship of Judicial Data” was presented as the 122nd SIbley Lecture on March 27, 2024 in the Hatton Lovejoy Courtroom. A reception followed at the law school
The Necessary and Proper Stewardship of Judicial Data
No full textAziz Z. Huq is a scholar of US and comparative constitutional law. His recent work concerns democratic backsliding and the regulation of AI. His award-willing scholarship is published in several books and in leading law, social science, and political science journals. He also writes for Politico, the Washington Post, the New York Times, and may other non-specialist publication.
His lecture titled “The Necessary and Proper Stewardship of Judicial Data” was presented as the 122nd SIbley Lecture on March 27, 2024 in the Hatton Lovejoy Courtroom. A reception followed at the law school
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