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Background and rationale - The rise of the prevention state raises fascinating questions as to the role(s) of law as a public health tool. This project investigates the legal theory underlying public health law, with an emphasis on the propriety, scope, and tools of state intervention in health promotion and prevention. As such, it restates the...
This project studies shortened words such as 'prof' for 'professor' or 'exam' for examination. In linguistics, these words are known as clippings. How do speakers coin new clipped words? Why do speakers of English shorten 'laboratory' to 'lab', while speakers of French shorten...
La tradition procédurale civile suisse veut que le justiciable ait la faculté d’accéder au juge par lui-même. Néanmoins, la complexité d’un procès civil dépasse généralement le seuil des connaissances juridiques de la partie, ce qui rend couramment nécessaire l’intervention d’un avocat afin de garantir l’effectivité du droit cardinal d’accès à...