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Soviet positions on international law and organizations are changing sharply under the influence of the policy of perestroika (restructuring) introduced by General Secretary M. S. Gorbachev. This development was brought to the attention of the American Society of International Law at its Annual Meeting in April 1988 by the noted Soviet international lawyer, G. I. Tunkin.

Es wird ein Bezugsrahmen entwickelt, der Typen von Gesellschaften nach den wichtigsten Handlungsressourcen zusammen mit dem politischen System sowie den wichtigsten realisierten Werten und Rechten unterscheidet. Als partieller Test dieses Bezugsrahmens wird sodann untersucht, wie erklärungsträchtig Modelle auf der Basis von Handlungsressourcen in zehn westlichen Ländern sind. Für den internationalen Vergleich wird ein entsprechendes Berufsstrukturmodell entwickelt. Die Erklärungskraft der Modelle wird mit der erklärten Varianz bezüglich der Hauptkriterienvariablen beurteilt, nämlich der Einkommenshierarchie und der Polarität Kapital versus Arbeit. Eine Typologie von Sozialstrukturen wird schließlich auf der Basis der Einkommensungleichheit und des Ausmaßes der Kontraste im Klassenbewußtsein generiert. (psz)

"Prospect Theory in International Relations" published on by Oxford University Press.

Professor Hansen reviews the development of copyright from its traditional domestic orientation to the modern emphasis on globalization and harmonization. His commentary analogizes modem trends in International copyright to religious equivalents. He notes that the current players include a "secular priesthood" (the traditional copyright bar and academics), "agnostics and atheists" (newer academics and lawyers, particularly those concerned with technology and the culture of the public domain) and "missionaries" (whose task it is to increase copyright protection around the world and who are primarily driven by trade considerations). The copyright "crusade" has been driven by this last group. The author compares the task of increasing copyright protection in newly industrialized and developing countries to the conversion of any group to a new religion. The missionaries, primarily from the United States and the European Union, have the choice of seeking voluntary or involuntary conversions. He augurs that the prospects for voluntary conversion are slim and that coercion will continue to be used against newly industrialized and developing nations when copyright protection is at stake.