Note[ref]An abbreviated version of this paper was prepared as a Briefing Paper for Dr. Carl-Johan Groth, Special Rapporteur of the UN Commission on Human Rights in Geneva. Some sections were incorporated into Agenda item 112 (A/50/663) at the Fiftieth Session of the General Assembly, Fall 1995.[/ref][ref] would like to thank Carlos Seiglie and Phil Brenner for […]

Note[ref]This is a revised version of the longer paper presented at the 1996 ASCE Annual Meetings. Some portions of this study appeared in an earlier paper, “Planning for a Free Market Labor Force in Post-Transition Cuba,” presented at the Allied Social Science Association meetings in San Francisco, California, January 4-7, 1996.[/ref] It is axiomatic that […]

This paper summarizes the current state of Cuban networks and discusses some of the potential, marginal impacts of those networks. We summarize the state of four networks with international connections. While much smaller and less powerful than networks in developed nations like the United States, they have grown substantially since 1992 and are significant relative […]

One of the consequences of the recent collapse of the Soviet Union and the Communist bloc has been a renewed appreciation of the lack of correspondence between the ideology and the practice of socialist revolutionary states. Not surprisingly, this lack of correspondence between the two is nowadays the most serious challenge to the legitimacy of […]

CONSTITUTIONALISM Definition Generally, questions of constitutionalism— ideas, institutions, rights, review and limitations on governmental powers— are addressed in terms of the United States Constitution (the “U.S. Constitution”) and the American idea of rights. A constitution serves to protect human rights by establishing the necessary implementation and review procedures. A constitution, fundamental or supreme law, is […]