The Boeotian Federal Constitution

Welfare, Voting and the Constitution of a Federal Assembly

Equal and proportional representation are two poles of a continuum of models of representation for the assembly of a federation of states. The choice of a model has repercussions on the welfare distribution in the federation. We determine, first by means of Monte Carlo simulations, what welfare distributions result after assemblies that were constituted on the basis of different models of repre...

Utilitarianism, Degressive Proportionality and the Constitution of a Federal Assembly

From Undang-undang Melaka to federal constitution: the dynamics of multicultural Malaysia

BACKGROUND Malaysia is a multicultural state comprising three main races: Malays, Chinese and Indians. The three main religions are Islam, Buddhism and Hinduism. Other religions such as Sikhism and Christianity are also practised. Muslims are the majority comprising 67 % of the population. METHODS This paper is qualitative in nature. It applies historical comparative method in presenting its ...

[Equity in health according to reports by the Brazilian National Health Conferences since enactment of the 1988 Federal Constitution].

Based on a literature review and taking into account a concept of equity and its application to the field of public health, this article discusses the meaning ascribed to the term "equity" and its variations in the reports by the 9th, 10th, and 11th National Health Conferences in Brazil. Qualitative methods and content analysis were used to evaluate the approach to equity in two products the Co...

Taxation and the Constitution