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The Good of the Child — the Good of the Family, the Church and Society

Author(s): Helena Hrehovà / Language(s): English Issue: 3/2015

The article entitled “The Good of the Child — the Good of the Family, the Church and Society” deals with the fact that reminds people for many centuries that the child is a good in three aspects: for the family, the Church and society. The family is the first and irreplaceable form of human community. In the family, every person learns to love and to form him- or herself through moral-ethical education in harmonic relationship with other people. These are rational reasons why we should protect the traditional family against marginalization and interventions from government and state administration. Parents have a right to educate their own children and children have a right to have both parents — mother and father. In the Churche very child is a gift from God and living limb of Christ’s mystical body, therefore the Church has a duty to protect human life from conception to natural death. The child needs society and society needs children in order to function and have a future. Thus, the article stresses three convictions: human dignity is inviolable and sacred; with every person comes God’s blessing into the world; any attempt to separate man from God is the most tragic mistake of modern people.

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FAMILY INFLUENCE IN THE PHENOMENON OF JUVENILE DELINQUENCY

Author(s): Mihaela Luminița Sandu,Kristive Viorica Ispas / Language(s): English Issue: 1/2018

Juvenile delinquency is a social pathological behaviour in which a child commits crime; it is a social disease which creates social disorganization in the society. Each one of us have heard about a crime committed by children, and this juvenile delinquency can be seen from social and legal points of view. From the social viewpoints, disrespect shown by a child towards norms, values, customs and traditions of society can be called juvenile delinquency. But from the legal view-point, breaking of laws established by state by a child is called juvenile delinquents. We all know that no child is delinquent by birth, but the behaviour of society makes him delinquent. Ill- treatment by parents or community members and even misbehaviour of class mates and teachers makes a child delinquent. Studies of the family took as its starting point the observation that, in general, children tend to resemble their parents in terms of appearance, behaviour and mentality, even the transmission of hereditary traits or characteristics involves physical, mental, from parents to children.

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CORRELATION BETWEEN COMMUNITY NEEDS AND SOCIAL ASSISTANCE SYSTEM IN ROMANIA

Author(s): Florin Ionut Stancu / Language(s): English Issue: 2/2017

The social assistance system is a dynamic and complex one. Dynamically, because social phenomena are interdependent with the degree of development of society, and complex because social phenomena tend to become more and more different, that often the emergence of some involves the development of others. The structural elements of the social assistance system in solving social phenomena are fundamentally related to the personnel involved in the system (specialists - social workers and other specialized personnel), the categories of beneficiaries and the social environment (benefits, services, legislation, institutional network).

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AMENDMENTS AND COMPLETIONS TO LAW NO. 2017/2003 TO PREVENT AND COMBAT DOMESTIC VIOLENCE

Author(s): Corina Dragan / Language(s): English Issue: 2/2017

The article focuses on the new amendments and additions to the Law No. 217/2003 on the prevention and combating of domestic violence. Within the article I have tried to identify the gaps existing in the current law, but also the pluses and minuses brought by the new law. Since 2003, when the law no.217 entered into force, the authorities had difficulties in its application, all to the detriment of the victims of domestic violence. Statistics in this period were not at all gratifying, and the effects were visible from year to year. The need to change legislation in the field of domestic violence has been increasingly pressing. It is desirable to change procedures, improve working tools, and involve more social actors in protecting victims of domestic violence.

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Accessibility of Polish and Nordic Cittaslow Towns

Author(s): Alicja Zawadzka / Language(s): English Issue: 2/2018

The main objective of this article is to indicate transport accessibility (according to two criteria: fly&60 and 6×60×60) and information accessibility (on the Internet) of all Polish (28 ) and all Nordic (9 ) towns — members of the International Network of Cities Where Living is Good. The research was conducted using non-reactive methods: content analysis and desk research. The analysis has shown that the fly&60 criterion is met by eight Cittaslow towns (seven Polish and one Nordic), and the 6×60×60 criterion — by five towns (four Polish and one Nordic), which confirms the thesis on the peripheral nature of Cittaslow cities, which in fact may be perceived as an attracting factor. Their location, away from frequently used routes, may attract (some of them already do so) tourists seeking alternative forms of leisure, following a growing global trend of sustainable tourism. The level of accessibility to online information on the Cittaslow towns is varied, but rather low.

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The Relationship between Foreign Direct Investments and EU Funding During the 2007–2013 Programming Period

Author(s): Łukasz Cywiński / Language(s): English Issue: 3/2018

The review of economic literature indicates that the 2007–2013 programming period has not yet been completely analyzed in terms of the EU funds and stock of FDI. Moreover, previous studies omitted most of the EU funds because they focused mainly on structural funds and cohesion funds. The main question of this paper is organized around whether there is a positive relationship between the stock of FDI and specific EU funds. We use a panel of 27 EU countries to analyze fifty policy variables from the 2007–2013 programming period with panel linear regression models. In contrast to analysis of previous programming periods, the results did not indicate that there was a statistically significant relationship between structural or cohesion funds and the stock of FDI. The results indicate instead that ceteris paribus FDI stock is influenced by EU funds for preservation and management of natural resources and the media 2007 programme. And more specifically that EUR 100 million increase of funds for preservation and management of natural resources increased FDI stock by 1,01%–2,02%. A one million increase of funds for media 2007 related programs increased FDI stock by 3,36%–4,29%. Additionally, the results indicate that there is an interaction between GDP per capita and funds for the preservation of animal and plant health, and GDP per capita with funds for solidarity and management of migration flows. This research is a pilot study. According to the author’s knowledge this is the first analysis that takes into account all EU policy variables, and not just a selected few as well as the first study that analyses FDI and all EU funds during the 2007–2013 programming period.

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Entrepreneurial Orientation, Growth and Development of SMEs. Empirical Results from Poland and the Czech Republic

Author(s): Krzysztof Łobos,Mirosława Szewczyk / Language(s): English Issue: 4/2018

Based on individual-level data from a cross-sectional sample of small and medium enterprises located in Poland and the Czech Republic we performed an analysis of the impact of entrepreneurial orientation on SMEs’ growth and development. The hypotheses outlined in the study were tested by using structural equation modeling. The study results revealed that overall there was a strong measure of agreement among SMEs from Poland and the Czech Republic. SMEs in Poland and the Czech Republic have a similar approach to pro-activeness, innovativeness and risk-taking. However, Polish firms are less likely to act aggressively. The results of the structural equation modeling indicate entrepreneurial orientation affects SME growth and development. In general, when enterprises seek to innovate and to outpace competitors they are rewarded for their efforts.

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Обществена динамика и законотворчество

Author(s): Sofka Mateeva / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 1/2013

The paper analyses the possibilities of legal sociology in the process of facilitation and improvement of the legislative process. In particular, it is attempted to base and argument the interaction between law and public opinion as a social institute in the contemporary social dynamics context. There are four basic areas of such interaction under consideration, each of which may contribute for the improvement of the current legislation. It is argued that it is the obligation of the legislator to be aware of public opinion, but that there is no obligation for the legislator to be driven in its legislative activity directly or closely by public appreciation or reasoning. It is concluded that in democratic societies the interaction between law and public opinion is in fact an iterative process since public opinion changes – sooner or later – bring about the respective legislative modifications and vice versa – legislative modifications bring about the formation of new public arrangements, moods and expectations.

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Престъпления, свързани с употреба на наркотични вещества или техни аналози

Author(s): Angela Nikolova / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 2/2008

In the second half of the past and the beginning of the 21st century, ILLEGAL DRUG TRAFFICKING IS ONE OF THE MOST DANGEROUS INTERNATIONAL CRIMES 249. It damages or threatens the health and well-being of certain categories and population groups in different countries. In recent decades, the strong trends and widespread scale of the illicit manufacture, distribution and trafficking of narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances has created a disruption and has had a devastating impact on economic, socio-political and cultural relations in every society and in international communication between states and peoples.

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Няколко думи относно правните догми в Законь соудный людмь (опит за правно-историческо и правно-догматическо изследване)

Author(s): Hristofor Manchev / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 3/2005

In the following lines we will try to give some light to these legal phenomena, hurrying to note in advance for our humble attempt to penetrate this matter, with the intrinsic, usually for every first attempt mistakes, faults, failures. Experience not useful with your own final results, and above all as a basis upon which it can be discusses. And of course the questions will be more than the answers.

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State Building Challenges and the European Integration Process: The Kosovo Case

Author(s): Zenum HALILI / Language(s): English Issue: 2/2018

Kosovo, a new state which is in the process of international recognition of its statehood, after the 1999 war, and until the declaration of independence in 2008, has faced a number of challenges during its efforts to build the democratic system and order. Following the declaration of independence and a considerable number of international recognitions, Kosovo’s new democratic institutions are taking their responsibilities for the country's integration into the European Union. This paper provides one overview of state building challenges and the European integration process of the Republic of Kosovo. Kosovo has its old and new history, which was decided by the great powers in London, Berlin, Paris, in Yalta and Potsdam, and later in Dayton and Rambouillet. The purpose of this paper is to examine the historical roots of the independence movement among Kosovo Albanians, until the declaration of independence onFebruary 17, 2008, and the state-creating challenges of the Kosovo state. Like other Western Balkan aspiring members, Kosovo's politicians and its population are fully committed to the process of European Integration. Being the last state from the Balkan Peninsula, Kosovo signed with EU a Stabilization and Association Agreement. EU membership is on the horizon, but Kosovo expects great work to achieve its objective.

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Editörden: Çatışma ve Kriz Sürecinde Yoğun Kitlesel Akışlara Uluslararası Toplumun Bir Cevabı Olarak Küresel Göç ve Mülteci Mutabakatları

Author(s): Mehmet Gokay Özerim,Deniz Eroğlu Utku,Pinar Yazgan / Language(s): Turkish Issue: 1/2019

Dünya artan bir şekilde birbiriyle daha derinden bağlantılı hale gelirken, insan hareketliliği bu süreci etkileyen ve süreçten etkilenen önemli bir kavram olarak karşımıza çıkmaktadır. Küreselleşme olarak anılan bu hızlı dönüşüm süreci, insan hareketliliğine ivme sağlamaktadır. Bununla birlikte süreç diğer yandan bu hareketliliği daha düzenli, daha kontrol edilebilir hale getirip, kayıpların minimuma indirilmesinde etkin inisiyatiflerin geliştirilmesi konusunda uluslararası işbirliği için zorlayıcı nedenler ortaya çıkarmaktadır. Zira Suriye krizi ile bir kez daha gün yüzüne çıktığı üzere hareketlilik, salt bölgesel çabalarla değil, küresel boyutta ele alınması gereken bir kavramdır. Bu vesile ile ortaya çıkan bir diğer unsur ise, geliştirilecek inisiyatiflerin yine salt hedef ülke odaklı değil, kitlelerin kırılganlıklarının göz önünde bulundurularak tasarlanması gerekliliğidir. Bu noktada, 2016’da BM öncülüğünde alanda sorumluluk paylaşımına yön verecek, göç ve mülteci kavramlarını beraberce ele alacak bir mutabakatın tamamlanması için BM üye ülkelerinin bir araya gelmeleri oldukça önemli bir adımdır. Bu adım, içerisinde 23 temel hedefi barındıran Küresel Göç Mutabakatı’nın 2018 Aralık ayında tamamlanması ile nihayetlenmiştir. Başlangıçtaki katılım hevesini yitirse de, umut veren içeriği ile alana yeni bir soluk getireceğine inandığımız bu Mutabakatı Mülteci Mutabakatı ile birlikte dergimizin bu sayısının sunuş bölümünde mercek altına aldık. Analizimiz, Göç ve Mülteci Mutabakatları’nı hızlı değişim süreci olarak küreselleşme bağlamında çatışma ve kriz kavramları çerçevesinde incelemektedir. Burada eleştirel bir yaklaşım ile mutabakatlara yönelik beklentileri ele alırken, metinde yer alan kısıtlara da değindik. Mutabakatların hareketliliğe bütüncül yaklaşan dilini ve uluslararası işbirliği çabalarının bir yansıması olmasını oldukça değerli görmekle beraber, hedef kitlenin kırılganlıklarına ve ihtiyaçlarına cevap verme noktasında gelişmeye ihtiyaç duyduğunu düşünmekteyiz.

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THE DIFFICULT TRANSITION TO UKRAINIAN DEMOCRACY FROM INDEPENDENCE UNTIL THE ADOPTION OF ITS CONSTITUTION

Author(s): César García Andrés / Language(s): English Issue: 1/2019

In 1991, with the disintegration of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, the emerging states had to face a major change in all areas, not only political but also economic, social, administrative, etc. Among the main challenges that these countries had to assume was the entry into the democratic field, unknown to them. This had to be done through the implementation of a system that validated the new situation of these countries. One of the key aspects of this transition was the elaboration of a democratic constitution, since, although in the communist regimes there were constitutions, it is necessary to remember that these were simple fictions under the Communist Party. It can be found one of these cases in Ukraine, which, since its declaration of independence on 24 August 1991, had to gradually begin this unprecedented path within its borders. From this moment, a long road began for the resolution of the post-Soviet conflicts inherited from the previous era, until the achievement of a new Constitution for Ukraine on June 28, 1996. It is therefore necessary to analyse in depth how the Ukrainian democratisation process went up to the consolidation of its constitution. An exhaustive interdisciplinary analysis will be carried out of all the problems faced by Ukraine in order to complete this process, which was accomplished out in all the ex-Soviet republics with greater or lesser success.

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PROCEDURAL GUARANTEES CONCERNING THE RESPECT OF THE CHILD’S BEST INTEREST

Author(s): Cosmin Mihai Pricina / Language(s): English Issue: 1/2019

The legislator has enshrined the rights of the child as human rights and transposes into national law the universal standards applicable to all children. There has been a general transposition from a child's needs regulation to a full legal valorization of their rights as a natural person undergoing protection and covering the child’s entire person. The absence or insufficiently outlined characters of the child’s discernment associated with limited life experience are legally compensated by a system of means of protecting both the person and the child's heritage. In scientific papers it is mentioned that, as a rule, in ordinary situations, the legal guardian is called upon to identify the direction of the child's interest and to decide accordingly. In all processes concerning minors (divorce, child custody, establishing or termination of placement) the court can not offer a solution without hearing the minor if he has reached the age of 10 years. Therefore, according to the provisions of article 264 Civil Code, the court of tutorship will settle the dispute only after the minor has been heard in the respective case. The purpose of this paper is to show procedural guarantees and psychological implications in the extraordinary situations in which the child can be found. Special situations arise from external forces generated by parents or others in civil society. The magistrate must ensure the trust that the relationship between him and the child should be based on. The hearing technique essentially pursues the observance of the general principles of the protection and promotion of child rights in close connection with the principle of truth finding by the magistrate.

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Le phénomène de l’intimidation à l’école. Perspectives victimologiques et criminologiques

Author(s): Carmen Palaghia / Language(s): French Issue: 1(HorsSer)/2019

This study conceptually and etiologically defines the harassment among students, either face to face or virtually, the types of bullying and cyberbullying from the perspective of the dynamic of the aggressor-victim relationship. In this regard, the aggressor and the victim’s profile are outlined, as well as the fluctuations of the attitudinal-behavioral pattern within the victim-aggressor-school triad. By referring to the aggressiveness among students, we will predominantly analyse the school harassment, emphasizing both the determinant factors and the effects on the psychological plan with reference to the efficient strategies of preventing the bullying and cyberbullying from the educational environment.

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Continuity and Change in the Vienna Police Force, 1914–1945

Author(s): Mark Lewis / Language(s): English Issue: 2/2019

In 1914, before the First World War, the Austrian state police and military intelligence created a new type of imperial surveillance system in the Habsburg Monarchy to track spies. In1938, after the Nazi take-over of Austria, the Gestapo took control of the state police and also reshaped the Kriminalpolizei and Sicherheitswache to suit Nazi policy. Were there elements in preventative policing under the Habsburg Empire and later political systems that made it easier for the Nazis to reshape the police? Or were the crimes committed by the Viennese police under Nazism only possible because of Nazi restructuring and ideology? Instead of astraight-line progression or a sudden Nazi radicalisation, this paper argues that four different political systems required new policies, while the force itself struggled with internal problems at certain points. However, since the police is a social and cultural institution,there were also prejudices and investigative practices that persisted across eras. Part I of this study traces transformations in the police from 1914 to 1934, while Part II, which will be published in the next issue of S.I.M.O.N, will cover Austrofascism and Nazism.

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THE ROLE OF THE JURISPRUDENCE OF THE EUROPEAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN RESOLVING CASES CONCERNING SEPARATIST REGIMES IN THE REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA AND GEORGIA

Author(s): Kurtskhalia Alexander / Language(s): English Issue: 1/2020

By exercising its contentious and advisory powers, the Strasbourg Court has an important role to play in identifying and filling gaps in public international law. As the European Convention only proposes a list of fundamental human rights and freedoms, without defining them, the essential role in their interpretation and application rests with the European Court of Human Rights.The application of the Convention in cases concerning human rights violations within the territory with separatist regimes raises the question of the Convention's opposition to these regimes and of their liability under the Convention. As a general rule, separatist regimes are not parties to international treaties on human rights, which would provide for certain obligations for them. However, there are situations in which the rules of international law entail obligations imposed on non-state formations.

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THE PHENOMENON OF THE ”DE FACTO STATES” AND NATIONAL IDENTITY CONSTRUCTION – THE TRANSNISTRIAN PARADIGM

Author(s): Natalia Putină / Language(s): English Issue: 1/2020

This article is an analysis of the phenomenon of ”de facto states„ and process of nation-building in unrecognized states, in particular, Transnistrian case. De facto states are considered an interesting anomaly in the modern international system of sovereign states. No matter how successful and efficient they are in the administration of their territories, they fail to achieve international recognitionAuthor analyze that the most important elements that have been identified by scholars in domain of construction of identities in unrecognized states, as un tool of soft power to enforce and consolidate internal recognition and population support of political power in condition of lacks of external recognition.Will be pointed the historical aspects that influenced the crystallization of a separate identity in Transnistrian region, the importance of cultural, political and symbolical aspects; the role of local political and political regime in separate region.

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RADISLAV KRSTIC`S CASE AS AN EXAMPLE OF COMMANDER`S LIABILITY

Author(s): Katarzyna Czeszejko-Sochacka / Language(s): English Issue: 03/2020

The issue of the military order is a very complex one. When giving or executing an order, one should always take into account the necessity to make choices. The decisions taken may in the future imply criminal liability as a consequence of the order that is contrary to legal norms, or executing it. The purpose of the article is to present the problem of giving an order from the perspective of the crimes committed in the former Yugoslavia, with a detailed account of the R. Krstic’s case. The author tried to answer the questions: What is the scope of the commander's liability? Is he liable only for the orders he has given? Does this liability extend to the behavior of his subordinates as well? In the presented article an analysis of selected court cases important from the point of view of the problem of giving an order was carried out. For this purpose, the regulations of International Military Tribunal at Nuremberg were analyzed. Subsequently, an analysis of selected court cases being investigated under the jurisdiction of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia. In conclusion are indicated the regulations of International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda and the regulations of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court.

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Transitions Online_Around the Bloc-29 January

Author(s): Ioana Caloianu / Language(s): English Issue: 02/04/2020

TOL’s regional news roundup: Ukraine at odds with Romania; justice for Russianjournalist; France and the Eastern Partnership; flying pets and Aeroflot; andAbkhazia’s archives.

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