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Innovations in urban development management in the United States of America
Authors:   Kazan State University of  Architecture and Engineering, Nabiullina Karina Rashidovna
Published: November 2018

The study examines the US territory management practices that have a great significance and provide innovative approaches to the Russian Federation in this regard. US local authorities have a priority over the federal center while making decisions on territo-rial management. This allows them to be flexible and adapt better to local conditions when dealing with real estate, property rules, construction standards, urban reconstruction, transport services, and fire safety to consider other opinions and engage entre-preneurs and property owners in the social and eco-nomic activities. Go to 2040 Strategy Papers for Chi-cago are valuable from the standpoint of its devel-opment: the instrument has two editions for profes-sionals and citizens. This generates the urban plan-ning policy of the authorities that is more open to interested actors. Besides, it makes their involve-ment in investment construction projects in the ter-ritory more attractive and transparent. The success of territory development projects in the USA is large-ly due to the legally defined business zones that consider both the simplified approval procedures and the system of preferences and financial bene-fits.
The assessment of the integration efficiency of forest management and forest protection in Russia and China
Authors:   Baikal Institute of Nature Management,  Siberian branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Puntsukova Svetlana Dorzhievna
Published: November 2018

Based on an integrated approach to assessing the integration efficiency in the field of forest manage-ment and forest protection in both Russia and Chi-na, the author analyzes the indicators of the change in forest area as a result of economic activity, the status of voluntary certification of forests and wood consumption for production that reflect business responsibility for addressing environmental and social issues. The study examines the availability of forests performing the functions of biodiversity conservation and environmental protection. A com-parative analysis of the properties under review identifies that China is a leader in the forest expan-sion, the decrease in forest product consumption and other indicators, which is a consequence of the successful implementation of environmental and economic policy mechanisms in the field of green-ing forest management and forest protection. The Russian Federation lacks sustainable development criteria, and as a planetary donor of resources and environmental services, it risks being involved in the raw-material development area of the forest econo-my. Forest condition, the dynamics of its change, trends in forest production development are crucial in making national policy and management deci-sions and determining the direction of public and private investment in forestry.
Personal bankruptcy in the Russian Federation: several aspects of abuse of the right
Authors:   Vladivostok branch of  the Far Eastern Law Institute of  the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia, Kulazhnikov Vadim Vladimirovich
Published: November 2018

An extraordinary debt relief mechanism, i.e. render-ing citizens insolvent, was approved by the Russian law in October 2015. The research analyzes the case law of personal bankruptcy in Russia as of Novem-ber 2018. The paper explains the common external lawful actions that can be considered unfair. The study on case law represented by the rulings of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation is to pro-tect creditors from the fraud by debtors, i.e. citizens who want to abuse the right to be rendered insol-vent. The author concludes that creditors should focus on the possible concealment of extra income by the debtors, the division of property or renuncia-tion of inheritance before declaring bankrupt as well as atypical alimony agreement.
E-government in Russia as a tool for political Internet communication
Authors:   Ufa State Petroleum Technological University, Degtyareva Vera Sergeevna
Published: November 2018

The study analyzes the phenomenon of Russian e-government and highlights its aspects and devel-opment stages considering previous achievements through the system, institutional, and historical ap-proaches. The author concludes that the specific nature of the Russian e-government implies its for-malization and a weak focus on the representation of citizens’ interests. In addition, there are three e-government development stages in Russia: 1) the 1950s – the creation of the State Automated Control System; 2) 1962–1991 – the establishment of the Nationwide Automated Data Processing and Control System; 3) 2008 – till present – the development and implementation of the current e-government project.
PARTISIPASI POLITIK DALAM PROSES PEMBANGUNAN DESA DI KECAMATAN WORI KABUPATEN MINAHASA UTARA
Authors: Kimbal Marthen
Published: November 2018

Pembangunan desa sebagai bagian integral dari pembangunan nasional memiliki arti strategis untuk kepentingan masyarakat desa. Pembangunan desa dapat berjalan dengan baik sehingga diperlukan adanya partisipasi politik. Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah untuk memperoleh gambaran tentang partisipasi politik dalam pembangunan desa. Metode yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah metode Penelitian kualitatif dengan penelitian Deskriptif yang didasarkan pada. Jumlah informan dalam penelitian ini sebanyak 4 orang. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan pemahaman masyarakat pendidikan politik masih sangat rendah dan pendidikan politik dianggap sebagai alternatif untuk mengubah sikap dan perilaku masyarakat desa dalam demokrasi.
H-solvability of optimal control problem for degenerate parabolic variation inequality
Authors: Kasimova Nina Vasylivna
Published: November 2018

We consider the optimal control problem for  degenerate parabolic variation inequality with weight function of potential type that is in differential operator. Using the direct method of calculus of variations we prove the solvability of mentioned above optimal control problem in the class of so-called H-admissible solutions. It is also established that the set of H-admissible pairs is closed in the product of topologies of the state space and the control space.
Selective model-predictive control for flocking systems
Authors: Albi Giacomo , Pareschi Lorenzo
Published: November 2018

In this paper the optimal control of alignment models composed by a large number of agents is investigated in presence of a selective action of a controller, acting in order to enhance consensus. Two types of selective controls have been presented: an homogeneous control filtered by a selective function and a distributed control active only on a selective set. As a first step toward a reduction of computational cost, we introduce a model predictive control (MPC) approximation by deriving a numerical scheme with a feedback selective constrained dynamics. Next, in order to cope with the numerical solution of a large number of interacting agents, we derive the mean-field limit of the feedback selective constrained dynamics, which eventually will be solved numerically by means of a stochastic algorithm, able to simulate effciently the selective constrained dynamics. Finally, several numerical simulations are reported to show the effciency of the proposed techniques.
Identificación de una Bifurcación de Hopf con o sin Parámetros
Authors: Cortés García Christian Camilo
Published: November 2018

En este trabajo se presenta los lineamientos teóricos que identifica la existencia de una bifurcación genérica de Hopf, con o sin parámetros, a través de un punto o una línea de puntos de equilibrio para un sistema dinámico continúo. Con estos lineamientos definidos, se analiza la bifurcación de Hopf sin parámetros a través del estudio de contornos viscosos para un sistema de ecuaciones diferenciales parciales conformado por un término de reacción - difusión; con condición inicial constante a trozos y una línea de puntos de equilibrio que presenta un par de valores propios complejos conjugados con parte real nula en su linealización a medida que se aproxima al origen. En condiciones adecuadas, se distinguen dos casos para este tipo de bifurcación genérica de Hopf sin parámetros: hiperbólica y elíptica, genéricas en el sentido que es una bifurcación controlada en una línea de puntos de equilibrio.
Implications of Legislation on the Provision of National and Public Library Services in Zambia
Authors: Zulu Paul , Ngoepe Mpho , Saurombe Nampombe
Published: November 2018

Currently (2017), there is no single institution designated as a national library in Zambia. Although national library services are provided by some institutions, there is no legislation to support them. Efforts to foster the enactment of library legislation since 1976 have not resulted into this law being passed. This study measured the correlation between the lack of legislation and the provision of national library services in Zambia. The study comprised a cross-sectional survey to collect quantitative data through questionnaires administered to public library staff, interviews with senior government officials, executive members of the Library and Information Association of Zambia and the Zambia Library Consortium, and a document analysis on text from grey literature. The results of the survey revealed that enactment of library legislation in Zambia could help establish a national library and increase government funding to existing library services and facilities. It is recommended that the Library and Information Association of Zambia, the Zambia Library Consortium, and the Zambia Library Service relentlessly collaborate to push for the immediate enactment of the library bill.
Africa-South America Approximation: What Drives It?
Authors: Jumat Wayne Jayson-Lee
Published: November 2018

Analysis
Instructional Guidance to Zimbabwean Experienced Student Teachers with Bachelorâ€™s Degrees Studying Towards Postgraduate Diplomas in Education
Authors: Mandiudza Leona
Published: November 2018

Instructional guidance is an essential component of the professional training teachers receive as it assists in the production of efficient and effective teachers. The story of experienced graduate teachers who have no requisite professional qualifications is unique as these teachers join a training programme, the Post Graduate Diploma in Education (PGDE), when they already have some experience in teaching, with some already in instructional leadership positions at their schools. The problem arises when they are the ones to be supervised when they join the training programme. This research study sought to solicit these graduate traineesâ€™ perceptions concerning the effectiveness and usefulness of the programme to them with the aim of establishing how they are guided and who their instructional leaders or mentors are when they are on teaching practice (TP). This was a qualitative multiple case study of five purposively sampled student teachers who are instructional leaders at their schools. Data was collected through interviews with these students and a focus group discussion with five lecturers who went out to supervise them on TP. The study found that these student teachers did not have mentors or did not make use of them and therefore lacked support and guidance when on TP. They, in most cases, did not want the junior staff members to know that they were pursuing a professional programme which then affected their preparations for their supervisors (the college lecturers). The study recommends that graduate teachers be encouraged to join professional programmes immediately after completing their first degrees, before they are engaged as teachers and even given positions of leadership which make them mentors, or instructional leaders, before they attain a professional qualification. The universities can also marry the bachelorâ€™s degrees with an education component. The Ministry of Education should appoint fully qualified teachers to leadership positions in order for them to be able to assist the novice teachers and students deployed to their schools. The university can also deploy these students to other schools where they can get instructional guidance which is essential for their professional growth.
Hyper Visual Culture: Implications for Open Distance Learning at Teacher Education Level
Authors: Dziwa Dairai D.
Published: November 2018

Many printed and electronic texts to date abound with visual information purportedly integrated to enrich the learning experience of the readers. The world today is inundated with images. Thus, consciously or unconsciously, visual learning is becoming prominent in every learning situation and inevitably in the print-based open distance learning model (ODL) in teacher education. In this paper I argue that there is no proportionate growth between the use of visual language and visual semiotics competences for open distance learning at teacher education level in Zimbabwe. This paper is based on empirical findings from a gender critical visual narrative study conducted in Zimbabwe with 20 teacher education students. Prompts in conjunction with focus group discussions were used to solicit participants to exhibit how gender perspectives were interpreted through the encoding and decoding of visual displays. The results showed that the images actually exhibited gendered data, particularly critical social themes such as gender violence, fights for equal rights and gender oppression reversals in addition to the predictable patriarchal, masculine, hegemonic themes identified. The study therefore concluded that exposing the student teachers to visual pedagogy during ODL without the pre-requisite visual interpretation skill is disastrous, ineffective and time wasting. Learning becomes divorced from the world in which the learner lives. The paper therefore puts forward some guidelines for the adoption of visual pedagogy and recommendations to expose the teacher education students to the visual grammar and semiotic skills necessary for visual analysis.
Economic Performance and Public Finance in Kenya, 1960-2010
Authors: Hope Kempe Ronald
Published: November 2018

Countries with positive per capita real growth are characterised by positive national savings—including government savings, increases in government investment, and strong increases in private savings and investment. On the other hand, countries with negative per capita real growth tend to be characterised by declines in savings and investment. During the past several decades, Kenya’s emerging economy has undergone many changes and economic performance has been epitomised by periods of stability/instability, decline, or unevenness. This article discusses and analyses the record of economic performance and public finance in Kenya during the period 1960?2010, as well as policies and other factors that have influenced that record in this emerging economy.
The Andersen-Forbes Computational Analysis of Biblical Hebrew Grammar
Authors: Forbes Dean A. , Anderson Francis I
Published: November 2018

The Andersen-Forbes BH database is based upon the text of L, having omitted cantillations, corrected obvious errors, segmented or ligatured orthographic words by rule, and resolved homographs. Each segment has an associated set of grammatical features and an assistive gloss. Our linguistic preferences favour data-driven over theory-driven analyses, language performance over language competence, and quantitative over qualitative language models. In our research, we rely on successive approximations, planning at least one step ahead at each stage. In representing grammatical structure, we opt for simple descriptive features displayed in a single-level environment that allows representation of non-binary, discontinuous, and ambiguous situations. As our work has progressed, refinements and extensions have been added, among them naÃ¯ve semantic categories, constituent licensing relations, and semantic roles. With proper care, the grammatical data may be productively probed. As we enhance the databaseâ€™s consistency, we are also extending its linguistic coverage and refining its search methodology
Jehoiakimâ€™s So-called Ê½Ê½Donkey BurialÊ¼Ê¼ (Jer 22:19): More Observations on This Puzzling Passage
Authors: Kruger Paul A.
Published: November 2018

A variety of suggestions have been advanced to unravel the obscure picture of a â€œdonkey burialâ€ in Jer 22:19, such as taking it as (1) representative of the broad category of a â€œnon-burialâ€, (2) regarding the image as a metaphor signifying the bestial way Jehoiakimâ€™s dead body will be treated, (3) explaining the pronouncement in Jer 22:19 as an example of the disgraceful manner in which a corpse could be dealt with during a siege when circumstances hardly permit any other way of interment, or (4) deeming what was prophesied about Jehoiakimâ€™s corpse as an example of grave desecration. The purpose of this contribution is not to offer another solution, but to illustrate that, apart from the specific reference to â€œan assâ€™s burialâ€, all the other motifs associated with this image in Jer 22:19 draw on a common ancient Near Eastern literary repertoire, as is especially attested in curse catalogues and royal inscriptions.
African Folklore for Critical Self-reflection, Reflective Dialogue, and Resultant Attitudinal and Behaviour Change: University Studentsâ€™ Experiences
Authors: Buthelezi Thabisile Makhosazana , Agbomeji Ayinde Mojeed , Cele Rejoice Gugu Lindiwe
Published: November 2018

Â This article reports on the findings of a study, which included 154 participating university students from diverse cultural backgrounds. Qualitative data obtained from the participants were thematically analysed, using analytical induction and drawing from Mezirowâ€™s transformative learning theory. The findings showed that African folklore provides knowledge that includes cultural, folklore and morality knowledge, which is integrated with values. This knowledge is packaged, arranged and transmitted in particular ways that enable the learner or young person to engage in self-reflection, reflective dialogue, and reflective action. We argue that African folklore in itself is a pedagogical strategy that integrates knowledge and values with entertainment elements that expose the young people to life through a transformative phase, which encompasses psychological, convictional and life-style adaptation processes. In these processes, both the nature of knowledge and the ways in which the knowledge is communicated constitute an African folklore approach to education that when used and reinforced, ultimately leads to lasting positive attitudinal and behaviour changes in young people. We therefore, recommend that further research be conducted to explore the use of African folklore as a teaching and learning strategy in formal school settings, particularly in life-skills education, with the aim of achieving lasting positive attitudinal and behaviour changes in young people.
Disseminating Folklore through Cultural Dance in South African Contemporary Theatre: A Case of Siva (Seven) Dance Production
Authors: Ndou Hulisani , Lewis Janine
Published: November 2018

There is a consensus amongst folklorists that the dissemination of folklore is entrenched in the tradition of orality. The idea that folklores are â€˜â€˜â€˜passed downâ€™ from generation to generation through â€˜word of mouthâ€™ or â€˜talesâ€™ confines the folklore tradition to the mono-modal communication platform of the â€˜spoken word.â€™â€™â€™ While the authors acknowledge the richness and expediency of this delivery mode, this article advocates for the use of physicality and performance as supplementary embodiments of folklore. It argues that since the aspects of the body in time and space are already phenomenologically- integrated into folklore through the realms of words and imagination, it is necessary to fully synthesise performativity into the folklore tradition both visually and theatrically through dance and movement.
The Influence of Shopping Characteristics and Socio-Demographic Factors on Selected In-Store Buying Practices in Different Socio-Economic Regions
Authors: Duffett Rodney Graeme , Foster Crystal
Published: November 2018

The aim of this paper is to ascertain the usage of price comparisons and avoidance of impulse purchases regarding in-store food-buying practices among consumers who reside in low, middle and high socio-economic status (SES) regions. The article will also focus on the effect of shopping characteristics and socio-demographic factors on in-store food-buying practices. A quantitative consumer intercept survey was conducted among 400 low, 400 middle and 400 high SES region consumers in retail stores. Statistical analysis of in-store food-buying practices was conducted via a generalised linear model analysis of variables, utilising the Waldâ€™s Chi-square statistic distribution. Consumers who live in the low SES region exhibited the largest price comparison usage tendency, whereas the high SES region consumers showed the highest predisposition to make impulse purchases. Several shopping characteristics and socio-demographic factors resulted in significant associations in terms of price comparisons and the avoidance of impulse purchases. Food manufacturers, marketers and retailers should consider implementing the studyâ€™s primary results in their marketing activities among consumers in the different SES regions. Additionally, shopping characteristics and socio-demographic factors of in-store food-buying practices require further research to add to the limited theoretical discourse.Â
Women and Traditional Governance Systems: A Case of Vukuzenzele Village, Mzingwane District, Zimbabwe
Authors: Nkala Gugulethu Sharmaine , Khumalo Njabulo Bruce , Baloyi Charity
Published: November 2018

In much of rural sub-Saharan Africa, women in traditional patrilineal systems are generally subordinated to men, thus endangering gender equality. Women born and nurtured in such systems are relegated to second-class citizenship, are inferior to men, and are excluded from collective decision-making, as they are presumed to be represented by husbands and fathers. In the past decade, however, womenâ€™s visibility and influence has increased. As women have begun to participate in political issues, discussions around gender equality have cut across various sectors, including governance. This article seeks to identify whether traditional governance systems are beginning to take gender issues into consideration in their organisation and composition. It also seeks to bring to light and document opinions of women living in rural Vukuzenzele Village on issues relating to traditional governance. Through interviewing traditional leaders and women in the community, this study sought to answer the questions: (1) Do women have roles and responsibilities similar to male counterparts in traditional governance systems? (2) Do cultural attitudes still impact on gender roles? (3) How are cases and disputes involving women treated within the system? (4) How is the traditional governance system, in this case, affected by democracy or gender equality advocacy?Â Â
How Wide Are ‘‘The Gates Of Zion’’ A Textual, Translational, And Performative Study Of Psalm 87
Authors: Wendland Ernst R
Published: November 2018

Psalm 87, a joyous “Song of Zion,” presents us with a rather controversial religious poem that scholars and commentators roundly debate, with respect to the Hebrew text itself, its interpretation, and its overall strophic organisation. This study explores some of the salient hermeneutical issues, which revolve around an identification of the presumed divinely begotten inhabitants of “the City of Zion,” and comes to a new conclusion with regard to the structure of this psalm that relates in turn to its apparent intended meaning. These observations form the basis for evaluating several recent translations—first, a traditional “formal correspondence” liturgical version, and secondly, more “functionally equivalent” renditions, one in English, another one in Chichewa, a Bantu language of south-central Africa. The primary aim of these latter versions is to express the translated text in a more dynamic manner that highlights the psalm’s oral-aural features, as well as its potential for contemporary performance.
Reconstructing Adolescent Identity within the Context of Family Violence
Authors: Petersen Charlene , Grobler Herman , Botha Karel
Published: November 2018

This article qualitatively explores a psycho-educational strategy, using a visual creative medium as a method for reconstructing adolescent identity within the context of family violence. The psycho-educational strategy was applied with 12 adolescent participants over five sessions with the intention to bring about awareness of the configuration process of identity. Through identifying and naming the different parts of identity, a reconstructed identity can be formed. The findings of the study revealed that through the psycho-educational strategy, adolescentsâ€™ heightened awareness led to healthier contact-making with the self and therefore facilitated a healthier configuration process of identity. The findings further show that the adolescents became more self-empowered and resilient to change and to redefine who they were within this family violence triad, and had more control in how they foresaw their future.
Village Savings and Loan Associations Schemes: Contributions to Peace
Authors: Chivasa Norman
Published: November 2018

This study is an appreciation of the contributions of the Village Savings and Loan Associations scheme to peace between its members and the community. It seeks to demonstrate, by means of specific examples of existing groups of the village savings and associations (Mukando) scheme in wardÂ 8 of the Seke district, Mashonaland East province, Zimbabwe, that although the scheme helps to fight poverty and financial vulnerability among the poor people, it promotes peace as well. The study revealed that the key elements, namely social capital, friendships, social relationships, coexistence and tolerance, on which the scheme is anchored, are major factors that contribute to peace. It also emerged that the creation of the scheme increases the capacities of its members to access supportive networks, befriend each other and coexist in a tolerant way, thus, helping to foster factors that promote peace between members within the community. Therefore, reproducing the Mukando scheme could imply building more stable households and communities.
Integrating Youth into Mainstream Community Development through Community-Based Planning
Authors: Tirivanhu Precious , Mataruka Christian Kudzai , Chirau Takunda J.
Published: November 2018

The youth constitute a significant proportion of Zimbabweâ€™s population. Despite their significance in numbers, they continue to be marginalised in mainstream planning, decision-making and implementation processes of local development interventions. This study explored the utilisation of community-based planning as a tool for integrating the youth into local development through an action research process. Two research questions are dealt with: what are the essential activities for implementing a youth-friendly community-based planning process? And, what are the impacts of engaging the youth in community-based planning? The results indicated that the key tenets of such a process include local awareness raising, district level engagement, local level institutional functionality assessment, community youth mapping, and intensive planning and community feedback meetings. Impacts of integrating youths into community-based planning include institutionalisation of youth-sensitive planning at district level, improved cohesion by the youth from various political divides, enthusiasm by youths in ensuring incorporation of youth-related issues in ward plans, and renewed vigour by the youth to participate in local development activities. The study recommends youth-sensitive community-based planning as an approach for mainstreaming the youth into community development programmes.
Editorial
Authors: Van Breda Adrian D
Published: November 2018

Editorial
The Curious Case of the Non-co-operating Interested Party in Anti-dumping Investigations in South Africa: A Critical Analysis of Farm Frites International v International Trade Administration Commission
Authors: Vinti Clive
Published: November 2018

This article critically reflects on the position of the non-co-operating interested party in anti-dumping investigations in South Africa through a detailed study of the case between Farm Frites International and the International Trade Administration Commission. The article finds that the â€˜essential facts letterâ€™ is not the only factor under consideration by ITAC in making a final determination of â€˜dumpingâ€™ in South African law. Secondly, the article finds that the applicant failed to prove it will suffer â€˜severe prejudiceâ€™ because ITAC is legally entitled to disregard the submissions of a non-co-operating interested party and then to proceed on the basis of the â€˜facts availableâ€™ or the â€˜best information availableâ€™ and therefore any prejudice suffered was wholly self-inflicted. In the alternative, the article finds that even in the event that â€˜serious prejudiceâ€™ was proved by the applicant, the application would nevertheless fail because such â€˜prejudiceâ€™ could still be undone or remedied by the recommendation of ITAC to the minister and/or by the final decision of the minister.
Ubuntu and South African Law: Its Juridical Transformative Impact
Authors: Nkosi Sipho
Published: November 2018

The paper examines the concept of ubuntu. It begins with a brief examination of the etymological origin, ontology and meaning of the concept. The writer then illustrates these by considering some South African maxims, cultural practices and traditions through which ubuntu finds expression and is concretised. He also examines how the South African courts, particularly the Constitutional Court, have begun to move away from the purely philosophical or theoretical exposition of the concept towards its juridical and transformative valueâ€”and implicationsâ€”for the countryâ€™s constitutional jurisprudence. To demonstrate this shift, the writer reviews several ground-breaking instances in which the courts found occasion to infuse the countryâ€™s legal remedies with not only the relational ethos of ubuntu but also with its innate qualities of fairness, sympathy, justice, equity and empathy. The writer expresses the hope that the courts will, in the future, rely on ubuntu to resuscitate old remedies whose essence was in many ways consonant with ubuntu but were rendered obsolete for policy or ideological reasons under colonialism and apartheid. He is also optimistic that the courts will create a new set of remedies that will serve South Africaâ€™s noble constitutional project well.
Ulibambe Lingashoni
Authors: Ntola Siqhamo Yamkela
Published: November 2018

Book review
Developing the Jurisprudence of Constitutional Remedies for Breach of Fundamental Rights in South Africa: An Analysis of Hoffman and Related Cases
Authors: Okpaluba Chuks
Published: November 2018

In order to accomplish its objectives of extensively regulating rights and obligations, the 1996 Constitution of South Africa similarly provides for the enforcement of those rights by the courts. In turn, it has, in the said enforcement provisions, invested in the courts enormous discretionary powers to enable them to effectively deal with breaches of the entrenched fundamental rights as well as all constitutional rights violations. That the Constitutional Court has purposefully interpreted and made optimum use of the expressions: â€˜appropriate reliefâ€™ and â€˜just and equitableâ€™ order in developing the constitutional remedies jurisprudence is crystal clear from a wealth of available case law. It is also not in doubt that the contributions of Justice Ngcobo (later Chief Justice) in this regard are intellectually gratifying. This presentation singles out for discussion and analysis the judgment of Ngcobo J in Hoffman v South African Airways 2001 (1) SA 1 (CC) which not only typifies judicial activism at its acme; it has also introduced into the South African public and labour laws, the novel remedy of â€˜instatement.â€™ Apparently drawn from the analogy of the labour law remedy of reinstatement, â€˜instatementâ€™ is akin to the remedy of mandamus in public law, and specific performance in the law of contract. This article moves from the premise that this innovation is one of its kind in contemporary common law jurisprudence and one which courts in the common law jurisdictions world would no doubt emulate one fine day.
Recalibrator of Axioms: A Tribute to Justice Sandile Ngcobo
Authors: Sachs Albie
Published: November 2018

Commentary
Sandile Ngcobo: A Short Study in Judicial Leadership
Authors: Calland Richard
Published: November 2018

This is a personal tribute to the retired Chief Justice discussing his judicial leadership as he held the position of Chief Justice. It seeks to fill a gap and to ensure that this aspect of Justice Ngcoboâ€™s professional record is not overlooked. This tribute does not attempt to delve into the academic literature related to judicial governance and leadership other than in passing, and nor does it draw on the even bigger scholarly pool on leadership in general. Instead, it offers a discursive, somewhat personal account of my perception of the leadership role that Ngcobo played, especially during his brief, but to my mind, seminal period as Chief Justice between 2009-2011.
Encoding Metal-Cation Arrangements in Metal-Organic Frameworks for Programming the Composition of Electrocatalytically Active Multi-Metal Oxides
Authors: Castillo-Blas Celia , López-Salas María de las Nieves , Gutiérrez María C. , Puente-Orench Inés , Gutiérrez-Puebla Enrique , Ferrer María Luisa , Monge María Ángeles , Gándara Felipe
Published: November 2018

In the present contribution, we report how through the use of metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) composed of addressable combinations of up to four different metal elements it is possible to program the composition of multi-metal oxides, which are not attainable by other synthetic methodologies. Thus, due to the ability to distribute multiple metal cations at specific locations in the MOF secondary building units it is possible to code and transfer selected metal ratios to multi-metal oxides with novel, desired compositions through a simple calcination process. The demonstration of an enhancement in the electrocatalytic activity of new oxides by pre-adjusting the metal ratios is here reported for the oxygen reduction reaction, for which activity values comparable to commercial Pt/C catalysts are reached, while showing long stability and methanol tolerance.
Exploiting Imine Photochemistry for Masked N-Centered Radical Reactivity
Authors: Staveness Daryl , L. Collins III James , McAtee Rory C. , Stephenson Corey
Published: November 2018

This report details the development of a masked N-centered radical strategy that harvests the chemical potential of violet light to drive the conversion of cyclopropylimines to 1-aminonorbornanes. This process is initiated by the nitrogen-centered radical character of a photoexcited imine, facilitating the homolytic fragmentation of the cyclopropane ring followed by a radical cyclization sequence that forms two new C–C bonds en route to the norbornane core. Employing the excited state diyl of a Schiff base as a masked N‑centered radical is a unique mode of reactivity, the utility of which is amplified by the bathochromic shift into the visible spectrum imparted by the 4-nitrobenzimine. In addition to the intramolecular reactivity that generates 1‑aminonorbornanes, intermolecular formal [3+2] cycloadditions are also amenable to this strategy. This photochemical methodology operates in continuous flow, enhancing the potential to translate this approach beyond the academic sector.
H2 Binding, Splitting, and Net Hydrogen Atom Transfer at a Paramagnetic Iron Complex
Authors: Prokopchuk Demyan E. , Chambers Geoffrey M. , Walter Eric D. , Mock Michael T. , Bullock Morris
Published: November 2018

The reactivity of H2 with abundant transition metals is crucial for developing catalysts for energy storage in chemical bonds. While diamagnetic transition metal complexes that bind and split H2 have been extensively studied, paramagnetic complexes that exhibit this behavior remain rare. We describe the reactivity of a square planar S = ½ FeI(P4N2)+ cation (FeI+) that reversibly binds H2/D2 in solution, exhibiting an inverse equilibrium isotope effect of KH2/KD2 = 0.58(4) at -5.0 °C. In the presence of excess H2, the dihydrogen complex FeI(H2)+ cleaves H2 at 25 °C in a net hydrogen atom transfer reaction to give the dihydrogen-hydride cation trans-FeII(H)(H2)+. The proposed mechanism of H2 splitting involves both intra- and intermolecular steps, resulting in a mixed firstand second-order rate law with respect to initial [FeI+]. The key intermediate is a paramagnetic dihydride complex, trans-FeIII(H)2+, whose weak FeIII-H bond dissociation free energy (calculated BDFE = 44 kcal/mol) leads to bimetallic H-H homolysis, generating trans-FeII(H)(H2)+. Reaction kinetics, thermodynamics, electrochemistry, EPR spectroscopy, and DFT calculations all support theproposed reaction mechanism.
Quatrefoil
Authors: Mergulhão Tiago
Published: November 2018

Experimento de dissolução geométrica de signos e estruturas usando trigonometria elementar. A harmonia geométrica mais simplória. O quatrefolio é uma forma geométrica advinda da experimentação mais básica com o círculo, a forma elementar. Ubicua na arte de todo o mundo pode ser encontrada em azuleijos, paredes, janelas, bolsas, símbolos, diagramação, composições estéticas, dentre outros.
“Novas Hermenêuticas” para “Novos Direitos” Ou não Se Põe Vinho Novo em Odres Velhos
Authors: Bacelar Jeferson Antonio Fernandes , Barretto Vicente de Paulo
Published: November 2018

O texto discute o surgimento de novos direitos humanos/fundamentais resultantes das demandas sociais contemporâneas. Reafirma que tais direitos, inicialmente negados, são conquistados e reconhecidos com lutas intensas e constantes, mas que, ainda assim, necessitam de fundamentação, o que exigiria saberes hermenêuticos, tanto jurídicos quanto filosóficos. Apresenta a alternativa hermenêutica amparada inicialmente na circularidade heideggeriana e gadameriana, que no âmbito jurídico, proporcionou a emergência de um novo modelo interpretativo, superador do sistema subsuntivo, e que tem permitido o agregar de posturas exegéticas inovadoras às tradicionais, ampliando possibilidades resolutivas de conflitos. No caso da hermenêutica jurídica, defende que deve garantir tanto o surgimento como a efetivação dos direitos humanos/fundamentais. É quanto à efetividade que aponta a insuficiência dos modelos eurocêntricos para o enfrentamento de questões típicas da América Latina. Propõe, então, “novas hermenêuticas” para “novos direitos”, ou seja, modelos hermenêuticos latino-americanos que contribuam para oferecer melhores condições para a emergência e maior grau de realização dos direitos humanos/ fundamentais, analisando propostas oferecidas por filósofos, com destaque para Enrique Dussel (hermenêutica analética), Walter Mignolo (hermenêutica pluritópica) e Maurício Beuchot (hermenêutica analógica).
(Re)pensando o Arranjo Democrático na Modernidade Tardia
Authors: De Tomaz Carlos Alberto Simões , Lages Cintia Garabini
Published: November 2018

O artigo preocupa-se em fornecer elementos para o equacionamento de duas angustiantes indagações: 1) É necessário que os Estados sejam democráticos para que a ordem internacional seja democrática? 2) A ordem internacional global será democrática independentemente de vários Estados não sê-lo? Para o enfrentamento dessas questões, o artigo desvela a faceta cruel da crise democrática projetada entre o déficit social e a modernidade tardia no âmbito interno do Estado Democrático de Direito como vinculada aos fenômenos da fantochização da legitimação e da expansão ascendente do poder que amordaça o desenvolvimento de uma solidariedade participativa e, na sequência, projeta a crise democrática no âmbito da sociedade global heterárquica onde o Estado amarga a perda de centralidade de criação e aplicação normativas diante do aparecimento e/ou fortalecimento de outros polos nômicos, muitos deles nocivos como as redes internacionais para a prática de crimes, ou mesmo potencializados pelo poder econômico, que se apresentam em detrimento da autonomia do Direito e do projeto de homem - o homo humanus do Direito – vinculado ao princípio da dignidade.
O Trabalho Informal na Cidade Fortaleza: Entre o Saneamento Urbano, Políticas Públicas e a Filosofia (1880-1910)
Authors: Correia Daniel Camurça
Published: November 2018

Busca-se com este artigo analisar as maneiras pelas quais os trabalhadores das ruas, tais como carregadores, vendedores e pedintes, articulavam seus dias na cidade de Fortaleza, no final do século XIX, em meio as articulações políticas e normativas da província cearense. Apesar das diversas tentativas da elite política, médica e intelectual estabelecerem discursos e práticas contra a presença maciça, o trabalho desarticulado e o corpo doente dos populares, estes, cada vez mais, se faziam presentes por meio dos trabalhos realizados, seja em tempos de seca, seja no período da belle époque fortalezense. Por meio da análise das fontes, problematiza-se a tipificação dos trabalhadores pobres e informais, no momento em que a elite econômica fortalezense desejava instaurar a modernidade comercial na capital cearense. Para o desenvolvimento do artigo foi realizada pesquisa bibliográfica, além do levantamento de dados da época, como fontes primárias (Relatório do Secretario Interino dos Negócios do Interior da Província do Ceará, Atas de Correspondência da Intendência Municipal da cidade de Fortaleza, Atas de Correspondência do Paço Municipal da cidade de Fortaleza); fontes secundárias (Código de Posturas da Cidade de Fortaleza); e livros de crônicas e memórias da cidade de Fortaleza.
Proporcionalidade Impura: O Transplante dos Princípios da Razoabilidade e da Proporcionalidade à Moda Brasileira
Authors: Cademartori Luiz Henrique Urquhart , Rêgo Eduardo de Carvalho
Published: November 2018

Razoabilidade e proporcionalidade são conceitos jurídicos historicamente desenvolvidos nos Estados Unidos da América e na Alemanha, respectivamente. No Brasil, ambos os institutos foram importados e incorporados ao ordenamento sob a denominação majoritária de princípio da proporcionalidade. Não sendo necessariamente sinônimos, a condensação da razoabilidade e da proporcionalidade em apenas um postulado certamente traz problemas ao intérprete e ao aplicador da lei. Para piorar, e utilizando a ideia de “transplante jurídico” desenvolvida pelo jurista colombiano Diego López Medina em sua Teoría Impura del Derecho, o transplante descontextualizado dos institutos desenvolvidos nos “sítios de produção” norte-americano e alemão acabou dando origem, em terras brasileiras, a uma espécie de proporcionalidade impura, que ignora quase completamente o contexto histórico e jurídico por trás dos institutos em que buscou inspiração. Simplesmente congregando a “fórmula mágica” (adequação, necessidade e proporcionalidade em sentido estrito) desenvolvida pelo Direito alemão com a noção de “bom senso” e “justa medida” consagrada no Direito anglo-saxão, criou-se no Brasil o princípio constitucional implícito da proporcionalidade. Como efeito de sua rápida popularização entre os juristas, o princípio acabou se tornando uma espécie de panaceia – remédio contra todos os males jurídicos – a ser utilizada pelo poder Judiciário brasileiro sobretudo contra as normas jurídicas produzidas pelo poder Legislativo e que sejam consideradas inoportunas ou inconvenientes: na verdade, com a proporcionalidade, o controle de constitucionalidade de normas ficou relegado ao alvedrio do Supremo Tribunal Federal e demais magistrados de níveis inferiores.
Sedução, Estupro e Casamento No Século XVIII: Descobrindo as Mulheres da Paraíba Colonial
Authors: Coutinho Silva Luisa Stella de Oliveira , Barbas Homem António Pedro Nina
Published: November 2018

Estudar o Direito Colonial implica o uso de uma mentalidade diferente de modo a compreender seu funcionamento já bastante longe da maneira de pensar o Direito atualmente. No período colonial a Igreja Católica era um importante e influente poder junto do Estado e da Inquisição, as três jurisdições existentes no Antigo Regime imprescindíveis ao estudo do direito português e brasileiro dos séculos XVI, XVII e XVIII. Esse poder religioso que emana de uma instituição relacionada às crenças e ao pensamento ideológico permite o acesso às instâncias políticas individuais e coletivas da vida privada e pública das pessoas em sociedade. Dentre a imensidão de artigos de Ordenações, leis, alvarás, regimentos, monitórios e constituições sinodais vamos nos concentrar na análise dois casos ocorridos na Capitania da Paraíba em meados do século XVIII. Ambos tratam de casos de sedução, rapto e estupro, conceitos que precisam ser entendidos em comparação ao padrão e ato esperado, desejado e recomendado a todas as mulheres como modelo: o casamento.
Segurança Jurídica na Proposta Jurisprudencialista
Authors: Santos Danielle Osorio
Published: November 2018

O pensamento jurídico tem se confrontado com a necessidade de conceber um direito seguro, seja seguro porque certo, seja seguro porque estabilizador. Pretendemos abordar a segurança jurídica, tendo como uma linha paradigmática o que o normativismo concebia como segurança e como pretendia alcançá-la, damos ênfase, à segurança jurídica visada em uma decisão judicativa, que é a proposta da concepção jurisprudencialista, granjeada através de um exercício metodológico permeado por uma racionalidade prático-normativamente orientada. Em que termos a proposta jurisprudencialista – que concebe o direito como um sistema normativamente aberto – mostra-se apta a promover a segurança através do direito, e como podemos encontrar nesse sistema jurídico a segurança do direito.
A Teoria da Consensus Economics e Direito
Authors: Stelzer Joana , Gonçalves Everton das Neves
Published: November 2018

Pretende-se estudar uma teoria de consenso para a criação de Paradigma Jurídico -Econômico próprio para a implementação de Ordem Econômica Internacional voltada para o desenvolvimento sustentável, justo y eficiente que, incluído no processo de glo- balização, implique na harmonização das doutrinas e legislações objetivando, por fim, a consagração de principiologia apropriada para o Ordenamento Constitucional Econó- mico das Constituições do Brasil e Europeias, segundo o Principio da Eficiência Econô- mico Social (PEES), assim como, sugerir a principiologia da Análise Econômica do Direito (AED), conforme se defende, para a criação ou análise das normas jurídicas. Para tanto, faz-se estudo de uma construção teórica que procure o equilíbrio próprio de uma Teoria Consensual para o Direito, indicando a apreciação do mesmo conforme o Pluralismo Ju- rídico-Econômico Líbero-Social, segundo inspiração em autores como Habermas, Walter Eucken, John Rawls, Adam Przeworsky, Norberto Bobbio, Dworkin y Henry George. Assim, finaliza-se o trabalho com a proposição de uma efetiva aproximação do Direito e da Ciência Econômica, demonstrando a possibilidade de ordenação dos fatos econômicos pelo Direito Econômico e a utilização da Teoria Econômica para a criação e interpretação do Direito, por meio da AED. O método utilizado na investigação é o dedutivo. Quanto aos fins, trata-se de análise exploratória e explicativa, ainda, apresentando ao fim, o PEES, como reflexão crítica relativa ao comportamento econômico-jurídico.