PUBLIC POLICY AND INEQUALITY IN NIGERIA: AN INTERROGATION by MOSES DANJUMA BOT, MARIA ELEYI IGOCHE, ANOMNIHE UDOKA TIMDIR

“…The study recommends that the government should prioritize the fight against systematic corruption in Nigeria by allowing the principle of the rule of law prevail. The study also recommends for an increase in funding for social safety net programs, such as unemployment benefit, food assistance, in order to help reduce poverty and inequality. …”
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Editorial: Aspiration management and rehabilitation by Phyllis M. Palmer, Paula Leslie, Paula Leslie

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BOARD INDEPENDENCE, AUDIT QUALITY AND EARNINGS MANAGEMENT AMONG LISTED NON-FINANCIAL COMPANIES IN NIGERIA by Mohammed Ahmed, Mohammed Yabagi Ibrahim

“…Especially in a setting where the capital market is still in the process of developing and where legal protection and law enforcement are lacking, the findings of this research could prove to be beneficial to regulators in their efforts to limit the occurrence of earnings management and to enhance financial reporting quality. …”
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Legal Framework for Minimizing Electoral Barriers to Women's Representation in Indonesian Elections by Agustin Widjiastuti, Nafis Dwi Kartiko

“…The study assesses relevant legal principles and regulations, including the 1945 Constitution and the Election Law, through both statutory and conceptual approaches. …”
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“But Here Comes the Water…” —Dam-Induced Displacement and Resettlement in the Technological and Hydroelectric Landscapes of Portugal’s New State (1933–1974) by Pereira André

“…However, dam-induced displacement spanned most of the twentieth century, peaking in the 1950s after the state began to actively participate in the construction of the national electric grid, through Law n.º 2002 (1944). Borrowing from Cernea’s “Impoverishment Risks and Reconstruction” model to analyse archival sources and read them along and against the grain, I focus on Portuguese episodes of “Dam-Induced Displacement and Resettlement” to spotlight both how “those who were in the way of progress” acted upon the prospect of displacement and how they were acknowledged—by the companies, by the State—in the shaping of the Portuguese hydroelectric landscapes— through the articulation of programs for internal colonization, the renewal of rural housing or the revision of policies regarding expropriation.…”
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Abuse Of Authority By State Officials In Corruption Cases: The Case Of Complete Systematic Land Registration Program by Ahmad Hadi Prayitno, Dwi Wahyono, M Rizal Bagaskoro

“…The findings indicate that the accountability of the perpetrators clearly meets the elements outlined in Article 3 in conjunction with Article 18 of the Corruption Law. Abuse of authority, as an element of corruption in Indonesia, manifests in actions that contradict the public interest or benefit individuals, groups, or other parties, as well as the misuse of procedures intended to achieve specific goals. …”
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Making »Un Tribunal para la Constitución«: A Documentary on the Creation and First Years of the Spanish Constitutional Court (1980–1986) by Miguel Beltrán, Daniel Sarmiento

“…Finally, Section IV gives a brief overview of the impact of the documentary and its main contribution to the historiography of the Spanish transition to democracy and contemporary Spanish constitutional law. …”
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iRheoFoam: A package for simulating complex planar interfaces by Adolfo Esteban, Julio Hernández, Javier Tajuelo, Miguel Ángel Rubio

“…It is based on the Boussinesq–Scriven constitutive law and the Navier–Stokes equations, includes various solvers for both time-dependent and steady problems, and allows easy incorporation of new interface models and solvers, making it a versatile and powerful tool.…”
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Die verstaan en funksie van die Ou Testament in die kerk (of: kan die kerk klaarkom sonder die Ou Testament?) Deel II by S. D. Snyman

“…The result of this investigation boils down to two basic answers given: The Old Testament was either totally rejected or narrowed down to a formula like promise-fulfillment; law-gospel; continuity-discontinuity. However well intended, to narrow down the Old Testament to a single formula resulted in viewing the Old Testament only as preliminary, the Word of God for an interim period only and validated by the New Testament. …”
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CORRUPTION AND ITS IMPACT ON SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN NIGERIA by AKE MODUPE

“…Various forms of corruption are investigated in the political, corporate, judicial, and law enforcement sectors, with institutional inadequacies, rent-seeking behaviour, and cultural issues identified as major drivers. …”
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Appointing Constitutional Court Justices with Statesman Qualification through Transparent Selection Mechanism by Iwan Satriawan, Hanifa Erianto

“…The result shows that the concept and nature of statesmanship as a requirement for Constitutional Court Justices is based on the Republic of Indonesia's Constitution and the Constitutional Court Law, which states that Constitutional Court Justices must meet the requirements such as integrity and impeccable personality, fair; and statesman who control the Constitution and state administration. …”
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Die oudheid van die letter en die nuutheid van die Gees. Enkele opmerkings oor die Skrif as lewende Woord by P. F. Theron

“…Therefore a warning is sounded against identifying the law or the Old Testament as such, with the gramma. …”
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From Domain Decomposition to Model Reduction for Large Nonlinear Structures by Leturcq, Bertrand, Le Tallec, Patrick

“…The model at subdomain level solves the full elastic problem but with a reduced nonlinear loading, based on simplified boundary conditions, reduced creep flow rules, projected sign preserving contact conditions, and a NTFA like reduced friction law to get the evolution of each slipping mode. …”
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The Implications of Non-Domestication of Kampala Convention to the Protection of the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Nigeria by Tasiu Magaji

“…However, the convention has not been domesticated into Nigerian law, leaving IDPs particularly vulnerable to extreme challenges such as forced displacement, loss of shelter and assets and discrimination. …”
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DOES TAXATION AFFECT BANKS’ PROFITABILITY: EVIDENCE FROM NIGERIA by Emmanuel Imuede Oyasor

“…Moreso, governments should formulate unequivocal tax policies that would aid tax law and administration that would encourage business growth. …”
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Optimal feedback control of dynamical systems via value-function approximation by Kunisch, Karl, Walter, Daniel

“…The cost functional for the training of an approximate optimal feedback law incorporates two main features. First, it contains the average over the objective functional values of the parametrized feedback control for an ensemble of initial values. …”
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Impact of using podcasts on students learning motivation by Irmadel Aurelliana, Syifa Syahfiana Nugraha

“…During the pandemic state that is happening right now, the education process is required to continue, so a Distance Learning policy is issued, which requires all people, including students, to stay at home as a way to prevent transmission of the virus through a circular by the Minister of Education and Culture that stated in law number 3 of 2020 regarding the prevention of Covid-19. …”
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Wkład Tomasza Cranmera w rozwój angielskiej reformacji by Wojciech Medwid

“…As a part of his reform program he worked on the revision of canon law, a correction formula of the prayer book and formation of doctrine, which were ingrained in the Bible and the patristic thought. …”
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Masculinity and Femininity in the Qur’an: Reflections on the Personalities of the Prophet Muhammad and Siti Khadijah by Moh Soim, Zein Fuady, Muhammad Zahid

“…This study concludes that men and women can possess masculine and feminine traits, in that women can have masculine characteristics and men can have feminine traits, provided that they are legitimized by Islamic law. …”
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Higher courses as the first higher school in Lithuania by Česlovas Mančinskas

“…There were 6 departments (faculties): Humanitarian, Law, Mathematical-Physical, Technical, and Medical at the Courses, and they were headed by the deans E. …”
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