The Strasbourg Court and Ukraine: De Jure Pacis Ad Jus Belli

Priscianus of Lydia at the Sasanian Court: Solutionum ad Chosroem

Priscianus of Lydia’s Solutionum ad Chosroem is a series of answers to questions asked at a philosophical debate held at the Sasanian court c. 530 CE. Priscianus of Lydia was one of seven non-Christian philosophers from the Byzantine Empire who journeyed to the Sasanian Empire to take part in the debate. Long overlooked in the history of philosophy, Priscianus of Lydia’s text represents a branc...

Competing De Jure Standards, Good for Innovation?

There is a strong belief that competition between de facto standards stimulates innovation and benefits consumers because it drives down the costs of products. The tenability of this belief, its preconditions and limits have been widely scrutinized. However, little has been written about competition between negotiated, de jure standards. Are competing de jure standards a good thing? Blind (2008...

Who Participates in the De Jure Standard Setting in Japan?

This research examines the participants in the de jure standard setting in Japan, so as to understand the benefits and costs that corporations receive from participation. In particular, the research and development (R&D) expenditure to sales (R/S) ratio is used to examine corporations’ relative R&D position in their industry sector, in the following four sectors: (1) production machinery, (2) t...

De Facto and De Jure Property Rights : Land Settlement and Land Conflict on the Australian , Brazilian

We present a conceptual framework to better understand the interaction between settlement and the emergence of de facto property rights on frontiers prior to governments establishing and enforcing de jure property rights. In this framework, potential rents associated with more exclusivity drives “demand” for commons arrangements but demand is not a sufficient explanation; norms and politics mat...

De Jure and De Facto Validity in the Logic of Time and Modality