Le droit de l'arbitrage, plus encore que le droit international prive, se prete a une reflexion de philosophie du droit. Les notions, essentiellement philosophiques, de volonte et de liberte sont au coeur de la matiere. La liberte des parties de preferer aux juridictions etatiques une forme privee de reglement des differends, de choisir leur juge, de forger la procedure qui leur parait la plus appropriee, de determiner les regles de droit applicables au differend, quitte a ce qu'il s'agisse de normes autres que celles d'un systeme juridique donne, la liberte des arbitres de se prononcer sur leur propre competence, de fixer le deroulement de la procedure et, dans le silence des parties, de choisir les normes applicables au fond du litige, soulevent autant de questions de legitimite.Le present ouvrage s'attache a identifier les postulats philosophiques qui sous-tendent la matiere, a montrer leur profonde coherence et les consequences pratiques qui en decoulent dans la resolution des grands contentieux du commerce international.
In today's world of rapid technological changes, science and technology play a key role in the development of a nation, in improving standards of living, and in advancing industrial growth. Combining a wide range of perspectives--from sociology, history, economics, and political science--this volume explores the constitution and growth of scientific communities and the current state of scientific potential in a wide range of developing countries. The African, Asian, and Latin American case studies shed light on a variety of fundamental issues of direct relevance to developing nations. The issues discussed include the colonial and postcolonial experiences of the countries studied; the role played by key actors like state and scientific elites; the influence of differing political systems on the growth of science and technology; and the reasons why, despite comparable approaches to developing science and technology, the resulting progress varies dramatically across countries. Providing a truly comparative perspective on a theme of central importance to developing countries, this volume will attract a wide readership among scholars and professionals in the fields of sociology, economics, history, science and technology studies, science communication and education, development studies, policy studies, and the social study of science.
Peripheral hormones have a major impact on the brain: they are able to interfere with its development, to affect release of neurotransmitters and concentrations of receptors, to trigger growth factors involved in lesion repair. These multiple actions account for their capacity to modulate a number of physiological parameters, from reproductive functions to memory, behaviour and aging. This book based on contributions of pioneer investigators in the field, outlines the role of hormones in pathogenic processes such as mental disturbances or neurodegenerative diseases.
The mechanisms that govern the development of the neural circuitry are still largely unknown. It has not yet been clearly established to what extent areal cortical differentiation depends on environmental or genetic factors. The first part of this book reports on findings of transplantation studies, performed in newborn recipient rats, in which these developmental issues were addressed. In humans, the cerebral cortex can be affected by a variety of diseases, hence several experimental studies were undertaken to determine to what extent transplantation of cortical neurons could be proven a useful treatment for cerebral cortical damage. The second part deals with the functional effects of transplantations performed in adult recipient rats.
The research and critical reviews contained in this volume are based on the fourth International Conference on Cognitive Neuroscience (ICON), held at Dourdan, France, June 14-19, 1987. 114 participants attended this conference devoted to a better understanding of cognitive functions using Event-Related-Potentials (ERPs) of the brain. ICON meetings aim to foster fruitful and extensive discussions between specialists in different disciplines, working on different topics, who have in common the goal of integrating the methodologies of cognitive/experimental psychology and ERPs to yield a better understanding of human cognition. Seven topics provided the framework for the conference: Information Processing, Motor Control, Development, Analysis and Interpretation of Distributional ERP Data, Attention, Memory, and Language. Each of these topics was addressed in invited presentations that highlighted the advances and current problems in both cognitive psychology and ERP research.
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