UN Constitutional Assistance: An Emergent 'Policy Institution'

Emergent un-Quantum Mechanics

There is great interest in “emergent” dynamical systems and the possibility of quantum mechanics as emergent phenomena. We engage the topic by making a sharp distinction between models of microphysics, and the so-called quantum framework. We find the models have all the information. Given that the framework of quantum theory is mathematically self-consistent we propose it should be viewed as an...

Un-ordered Organisation: Exploring Processes in an Emergent Social Movement

This paper uses concepts from complexity theory to metaphorically frame an exploratory analysis of emergence within a social movement. In particular un-order, self-organisation and global local linkages are used to conceptually frame the social forum. The Sydney Social Forum (SSF) represents one of many emergent, self-organising units within the global social forum movement. Preliminary results...

Emergent and Instrumental Institutions in English Constitutional History

This paper examines the relationship between the emergent order of Anglo-American common law and representative government, with the instrumental organizations which act within them, particularly parliament and statute law. Much like the sensory order emerges through our efforts to make use of a complex of experiential data, one step removed, the complex adaptive system of the social order emer...

Medicaid assistance for elective abortions: the statutory and constitutional issues.

INTRODUCTION In Roe v. Wade,' the Supreme Court held that women have the right 2 to an abortion free from any state interference 3 during the first trimester of pregnancy, but that from the commencement of the second trimester, the state may impose such regulations as are reasonably related to maternal health. 4 The ramifications of this landmark decision5 are not yet completely clear. One issu...

USAID Policy Paper: Population Assistance