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The Connecticut legislature is considering a bill to outlaw group meetings by employers to discuss a variety of matters, including the issue of union representation. "An Act Concerning Captive Audience Meetings" would allow workers to file a lawsuit to challenge discipline for not attending a mandatory employer meeting where union issues are discussed. Typically, this would be during a union campaign. The bill states:

THIS ISSUE IS COMPRISED OF THE REPORTS ON TWO QUESTIONNAIRES ENTITLED "REPORT ON THE STATE OF THE REPUBLIC" AND "WHICH WAY OUT?", COMPILED BY THE "EXPERIENCE AND THE FUTURE" DISCUSSION CLUB AND TRANSLATED BY A. SWIDLICKI, AND OTHERS. THE FIRST DOCUMENT IS A COMPREHENSIVE EXAMINATION OF SOCIAL, ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL CONDITIONS IN POLAND. THE SECOND IS ON WAYS TO END THE SOCIOPOLITICAL CRISIS.

Introduction / Tracy Lightcap and James P. Pfiffner -- Torture and public opinion : the partisan dimension / Peter Miller, Paul Gronke, and Darius Rejali -- Does terror cause torture? : a comparative study of international public opinion about governmental use of coercion / Jeremy D. Mayer, Naoru Koizumi, and Ammar Anees Malik -- Strange, savage blood : defeat and torture in the war on terror / Tracy Lightcap -- U.S. torture policy and command responsibility / James P. Pfiffner -- The efficacy of coercive interrogation / James P. Pfiffner -- Unintended consequences : the effect of advocacy to end torture on empowerment rights violations / Courtenay R. Conrad and Jacqueline H. R. DeMeritt -- Torture reform in democracies : a causal interpretation / Henry F. Carey -- Index.

The article examines state corporations as one of the options to organize the governance of state-own assets. The basic legal rules of state corporations contain imbalance between the complexity and diversity of goals and concentration of resources within state corporations, on the one hand, and weak capacity of control over their activity on the ground of formal rules, on the other hand. In these circumstances the direct control by the highest level of governmental authorities over the corporations activity is critical for achieving the state objectives. The important role of the principal and relatively low demand for corporate governance rules are common features of state corporations and modern Russian private companies.

Bibliography: v.2, p. [337]-362. ; v. 1. A commentary on the development of legal, political, and international ideals.--v. 2. Extracts illustrating the growth of theories and principles of jurisprudence, government, and the law of nations. ; Mode of access: Internet.