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What’s in a Convention? Process and substance in the project of European constitution-building. IHS Political Science Series: 2003, No. 89
Full text linkThe paper studies aspects of the process and substance of the deliberations of the Convention on the Future of the Union, against the backdrop of the longer term development of a Constitution for the European Union. It examines some of the issues which have arisen over the course of the longer term debate about European constitutionalism, including the normative basis of a putative Constitution for the EU. In the main part of the paper, the primary objective is to elaborate in more detail the ways in which the Convention’s work was structured by the complex procedural and substantive heritage of the Union’s constitutional acquis. It focuses on the Convention as an addition to an already complex and multi-facetted constitution-building process, and looks at some of the principles which it has proposed to bring into the constitutional architecture, such as the explicit articulation of the supremacy principle. It concludes that at times the fit between the ‘old’ and the ‘new’ in the constitutional process and substance developed by the Convention is far from satisfactory
A New Statistical Modelling Approach to Ocean Front Detection from SST Satellite Images
Full text linkOcean fronts are narrow zones of intense dynamic activity that play an important role in global ocean-atmosphere interactions. Owing to their highly variable nature, both in space and time, they are notoriously difficult features to adequately sample using traditional in-situ techniques. In this paper we propose a new statistical modelling approach to detecting and monitoring ocean fronts from AVHRR SST satellite images that builds on the 'front following' algorithm of Shaw and Vennell (2000). Weighted local likelihood is used to provide a smooth, non-parametric description of spatial variations in the position, mean temperature, width and temperature change of an individual front within an image. Weightings are provided by a Gaussian kernel function whose width is automatically determined by likelihood cross-validation. The statistical model fitting approach allows estimation of the uncertainty of each parameter to be quantified, a capability not possessed by other techniques. The algorithm is shown to be robust to noise and missing data in an image, problems that hamper many of the existing front detection schemes. The approach is general and could be used with other remotely sensed data sets, model output or data assimilation products
Citizenship and constitutional law:An introduction
Full text linkThe goal of this collection is to uncover the different ways in which constitutional law and citizenship intersect. Linking citizenship and constitutional law in this way can help to elucidate many of the foundational dilemmas of the modern state, as well as offering a deeper understanding of the condition of citizenship in the modern world. The advantage of taking a constitutional approach is that it enables us to take a close look at the fundamentals of the legal status of citizenship, whilst exploring other aspects of citizenship which are not as effectively captured purely by a formal legal approach to membership, such as issues of identity and community
CITSEE, or a Trip into the Unknown
Full text linkProfessor Jo Shaw of the University of Edinburgh and the CITSEE Research Project contributes an Op-Ed piece to CITSEE.e
CITSEE, or a Trip into the Unknown
Full text linkProfessor Jo Shaw of the University of Edinburgh and the CITSEE Research Project contributes an Op-Ed piece to CITSEE.e
Citizenship in Scotland's Future
Full text linkLast week, the Scottish Government launched its blueprint for an independent Scotland. Here, Jo Shaw outlines what it says, and doesn't say, about citizenship
Citizenship in Scotland's Future
Full text linkLast week, the Scottish Government launched its blueprint for an independent Scotland. Here, Jo Shaw outlines what it says, and doesn't say, about citizenship
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