scholarly journals Challenges of Deliberation and Participation

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 19-25 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Forester

The future of sustainability is tied to the future of our ability to manage interconnectedness and interdependence, and thus to our abilities to engage in cooperative, value-creating public deliberations and negotiations. To understand these issues, we need a better understanding of the micro-politics of planning and public participation, the relationships between our received theories and our practices, and in particular, the work of public dispute resolution and its implications for democratic deliberation and governance. We need better to understand the differences between dialogue, debate, and negotiation, as well as the corresponding work of facilitating a dialogue, moderating a debate, and mediating an actual negotiation. Contrasting processes and practical attitudes of dialogue, debate, and negotiation can teach us, in the context of creating a sustainable future, that we must devise discursive and conversational political processes and institutions that explore possible commitments so that we not only know the right things to do but actually bring ourselves and one another to do those right things.

2018 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Nita Triana

This study explains the importance of the arbitration clause in determining the resolution of sharia economic disputes. The settlement of economic disputes in the Court is less in the interest of the economic actors, because of the long time, the limited resources and the results of the win-loss cause damage to future business relations. Resolution of arbitration disputes is an alternative choice. The research method used is a qualitative method, a type of doctrinal research with a normative juridical approach. Dispute resolution arbitrarily has many advantages over litigation (Court), the nature of which prioritizes negotiations, can avoid hostility so that business relationships will still be intertwined properly. To ensure that in the future will use the arbitration event, if there is a dispute in a commercial agreement between the two parties it is important to make an arbitration clause separate from the commercial agreement (principal agreement). The arbitration clause is binding on both parties. The power of the arbitration clause will give legal consequences to prevent one of the parties who have agreed on an arbitration agreement to seek a dispute resolution in the Court. These legal consequences are usually implemented in the form of the right to file exceptions to absolute authority over a lawsuit or case filed with the Court whose parties have been bound by an arbitration agreement. Arbitration agreements (arbitration clauses) are very important to be carried out to smooth the movement of the sharia economy in the future, especially when the sharia economic movement is international. Arbitration in Islamic law has long been known as a form of dispute resolution known as tahkim. Tahkim is to appoint someone as a referee or peacemaker, by two or more people who are in dispute in order to settle the case which they have peacefully divided. The selected referee or peacemaker is a person who is approved by both parties because they are considered able to resolve the dispute between them. This person who acts as a referee, peacemaker or arbitrator in Islamic law is called hakam


2011 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
pp. 142 ◽  
Author(s):  
Raja R. Gopaldas ◽  
Faisal G. Bakaeen ◽  
Danny Chu ◽  
Joseph S. Coselli ◽  
Denton A. Cooley

The future of cardiothoracic surgery faces a lofty challenge with the advancement of percutaneous technology and minimally invasive approaches. Coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) surgery, once a lucrative operation and the driving force of our specialty, faces challenges with competitive stenting and poor reimbursements, contributing to a drop in applicants to our specialty that is further fueled by the negative information that members of other specialties impart to trainees. In the current era of explosive technological progress, the great diversity of our field should be viewed as a source of excitement, rather than confusion, for the upcoming generation. The ideal future cardiac surgeon must be a "surgeon-innovator," a reincarnation of the pioneering cardiac surgeons of the "golden age" of medicine. Equipped with the right skills, new graduates will land high-quality jobs that will help them to mature and excel. Mentorship is a key component at all stages of cardiothoracic training and career development. We review the main challenges facing our specialty�length of training, long hours, financial hardship, and uncertainty about the future, mentorship, and jobs�and we present individual perspectives from both residents and faculty members.


2018 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 89-107
Author(s):  
Cheri Bayuni Budjang

Buying and selling is a way to transfer land rights according to the provisions in Article 37 paragraph (1) of Government Regulation Number 24 of 1997 concerning Land Registration which must include the deed of the Land Deed Making Official to register the right of land rights (behind the name) to the Land Office to create legal certainty and minimize the risks that occur in the future. However, in everyday life there is still a lot of buying and selling land that is not based on the laws and regulations that apply, namely only by using receipts and trust in each other. This is certainly very detrimental to both parties in the transfer of rights (behind the name), especially if the other party is not known to exist like the Case in Decision Number 42 / Pdt.G / 2010 / PN.Mtp


Author(s):  
Ashoka Mody

This chapter describes two scenarios, the two possible ways in which the final act of the European project plays out. In the first scenario, European authorities remain confident that they have essentially been on the right track and they continue to make modest course corrections, which they believe will ensure a brighter European future. However, the elusive and frustrating pursuit of deeper economic and financial integration causes more economic and political damage. Setbacks and crises recur to test the euro and its accompanying political vision. In the second scenario, the pro-European vision, European authorities recognize the important truth that “more Europe” will not solve Europe's most pressing economic and social problems. They dismantle the economically counterproductive and politically corrosive system of fiscal rules and rely more on financial markets to enforce fiscal discipline. Paradoxically, the euro survives, not because it adds value but because it becomes largely irrelevant.


Author(s):  
J.S. Grewal

On Lord Wavell’s initiative, the Simla Conference was held to discuss the proposal of a new executive council and a new constitution for India after the war. Master Tara Singh represented the Sikh community at the Simla Conference. The Conference failed due to Jinnah’s insistence that the Muslim League alone had the right to nominate Muslim representatives on the Executive Council. The failure of the Conference made the general elections of 1945–6 all the more important. The general elections resulted in a large degree of polarization between the Hindus, Muslims, and Sikhs. The Muslim League got Muslim mandate in favour of Pakistan. The Congress got a mandate of Hindus and a considerable proportion of the Sikhs for independence without partition. The Akalis got support of the large majority of the Sikhs for an independent political entity of the Sikhs. This polarization was of crucial importance for the future.


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