"Zwei Karrieren - Eine Familie?" : Ergebnisse aus dem Projekt "Durch Selbständigkeit zur Doppelkarriere? Berufs-, Partnerschafts- und Lebenskonzepte erfolgreicher Gründerinnen"

Es wurde eine Abschätzung der Verbreitung von Doppelkarrierenpaaren in Deutschland vorgenommen. Verschiedene Erfolgsmaße wurden differenziert betrachtet. Neben objektiven Kriterien wie dem Einkommen wurden auch subjektive Erfolgsmerkmale wie die zufriedenheit und die work-life Balance in unterschiedlichen Partnerschaftskonstellationen näher untersucht

"Erfolg ist, wenn wir beide Karriere machen" : Ergebnisse aus dem Projekt "Durch Selbständigkeit zur Doppelkarriere? Berufs-, Partnerschafts- und Lebenskonzepte erfolgreicher Gründerinnen"

Die Broschüre stellt einige zentrale Ergebnisse des vom BBF und dem ESF geförderten Projekts vor. Herausgegriffen werden Befunde, die sich mit den Erfolgschancen von Frauen und Männern in unterschiedlichen Erwerbskonstellationen befassen

Legislative Amendment of Citizen Initiatives: Where the “Will of the Voter” Meets the “Consent of the Elector”

This article discusses the issues involved in legislative amendment of citizen initiatives in Maine by explaining the legislature’s authority to amend or repeal citizen initiatives, how and why the Maine Constitution specifically provides for that authority, and how and why that approach is conceptually consistent with numerous other provisions and principles of our Constitution. This article further suggests the types of issues that, regardless of the subject matter in question, the legislature should consider in deter­mining whether, and if so how and when, to change a directly democratic act of the people. Such considerations when earnestly applied can serve to balance the legislature’s representational duty to mind the popular will as well as its leadership responsibility to steward the state with the additional exercise of the legislature’s own lawmaking power

Campaign Finance Reform, Free Speech and the Supreme Court

In December 2003, the United States Supreme Court upheld all the key provisions of the Bipartisan Campaign Finance Reform Act (BCRA) of 2002. In their 5-4 decision, the justices deferred broadly to the limitations set by Congress on unregulated “soft money” and “issue ads” in political campaigns. Derek Langhauser, who worked in Senator Olympia Snow’s office as counsel in McConnell v FEC, as this case was called, gives a legal history of the challenge of balancing Congress’ interest in protecting the integrity of elections with the Constitution’s competitive rights of free speech and association. He describes in detail the Supreme Court’s decision, the implications of the decision, and the role of the Court in representative democracy

Implied Warranties of Seaworthiness: Applying the Knowing Neglect Standard in Time Hull Insurance Policies

Time hull marine insurance policies provide insurance for a definite period against damage to or loss of a vessel. Even in cases in which a ship owner expressly warrants to an insurer that a vessel will be seaworthy when the policy takes effect, and unless the insurer waives all warranties, American admiralty law implies a warranty of seaworthiness as a condition of the contract. This implied warranty increases the insurer\u27s chance of recovering his premium by mitigating his risk that the vessel will be damaged or lost. Although American admiralty law strives to remain harmonious with English admiralty law, American courts have, in a rare departure from favored uniformity, deviated from the English rule for implied warranties of seaworthiness in time hull marine insurance policies. Under English law, an owner breaches the warranty only when he has actual knowledge that the vessel is unseaworthy when the ship breaks ground. Under American law, an owner warrants absolutely when the policy takes effect that his vessel is seaworthy and that he will not thereafter, through bad faith or neglect, knowingly permit the vessel to break ground in an unseaworthy condition. The problem with American law lies in understanding what constitutes a knowing neglect. Some American courts purport to require actual knowledge by the owner that the vessel is unseaworthy before denying recovery. Other courts, however, will charge a shipowner with constructive knowledge of an unseaworthy condition and deny coverage under a time hull policy on that basis. Because of the disparity in the holdings by federal courts, Maine courts remain free to fashion their own rule for implied warranties in time hull policies. Pursuant to the United States Supreme Court\u27s holding in Wilburn Boat Co. v. Fireman\u27s Fund Insurance Co., marine insurance contracts may be construed according to state law unless an established federal rule governs. This Note argues that there is no established federal rule governing implied warranties for time policies because the federal courts have not agreed on whether the knowing neglect of an owner may be established merely by constructive, rather than actual, knowledge of unseaworthy conditions. Therefore, Maine law may apply. The Maine courts, however, have not squarely decided whether knowing neglect of an unseaworthy condition arising after the policy attaches may be established merely by charging an owner removed from the actual operation of the ship with constructive knowledge. This Note contends that when confronted with the issue, Maine courts should not charge an absent owner with constructive knowledge of the unseaworthy conditions of his vessel. Rather, the courts should require a showing of the owner\u27s actual knowledge of unseaworthiness before precluding coverage under a time policy

An Extraordinary Pardon

The author of this commentary describes the theory, origin, purpose, and process of the pardon power generally. He then discusses the story behind the pardon of Donald Gellers by Maine Governor Janet T. Mills. And finally, the author explains how this pardon helped advance subsequent policy actions in Maine

The 2005 BRAC Process: The Case to Save Maine’s Bases

Derek Langhauser gives a postmortem of Maine’s response to the Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) Commission’s announcement of imminent closure of bases in Portsmouth-Kittery, Brunswick and Limestone. Although Maine did not “win back” the Brunswick facility, Maine rescued the facilities in Portsmouth-Kittery and Limestone, secured additional resources for the Bangor Air National Guard and Bangor Naval Reserve Center, and was granted an expansion of the Limestone accounting center. Maine’s response to the BRAC Commission’s original announcement is testament to the extraordinary capacity of the states’ people to work together in times of crisi