Plato's Republics

Patent Republics

This Article examines whether patent holders encourage innovation through democratic royalty sharing. This question is prompted by a developing belief among legal commentators and industry participants that private cooperation can remedy widespread transactional problems that threaten innovation. Until now, however, scholars have not examined the internal governance of patent licensing collecti...

Powers of Presidents in Republics *

HE QUESTION of Australia becoming a republic has sparked intense and often impassioned debate. This debate revolves around whether such change is necessary or important, and extends to what this symbolic change would entail in practice. The role of an Australian President as Head of State is an essential element of such discourse. It is vital that debate over a desirable role for the President ...

Participatory Republics: Play and the Political

In this paper we propose a critical reading of Sicart’s concept of political play, and we suggest an alternative framework that expands his work. We will apply Chantal Mouffe’s political theory to the core ideas in Play Matters, with the purpose of focusing and further developing the understanding of the political in the play activity.

Dietary beliefs in the Baltic republics.

OBJECTIVES As beliefs and knowledge about the possible effects of foods on health can influence food behaviours, this study examined selected dietary beliefs in the Baltic countries and the association of beliefs related to salt intake and to types of fat with food behaviours. DESIGN A cross-sectional study. SETTING Data from three surveys conducted in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania in the s...

Scientific Banana Republics: Do They Exist?