Realizing the Right to Access in France: Between Implementation and Activation

This article explores the realization of the right to access in France, based on biographical interviews with people with mobility or visual impairments. I lay out an original theoretical framework for studying rights realization at the individual level. Although rights activation is the horizon of most rights consciousness research, I argue that rights do not necessarily need to be activated in order to be made real. This realization may also derive from effective policy implementation. In France, however, disabled individuals are very active in realizing their right to access, in a context of insufficient implementation. Moreover, although there is limited collective mobilization, several types of policy feedbacks fuel rights activation and the emergence of grievances regarding the lack of accessibility. Studying the realization of the right to access thus opens up promising perspectives for sociolegal research.     

Family Context and Childhood Adjustment Associated with Intrafamilial Unwanted Sexual Attention

Unwanted sexual attention (UWSA) encompasses unsolicited verbal comments, gestures, stares, and other noncontact behaviors made regarding one's sexuality and physical appearance. The present study examined the correlates and impact of such UWSA perpetrated toward girls by family members. The first objective of the study was to explore whether family climate is associated with intrafamilial UWSA. This included looking at three types of dysfunctional parenting styles (unaffectionate, unavailable, and patriarchal) as well as exploring the co-occurrence of UWSA by adult and child relatives. The second objective was to then measure the impact of such intrafamilial UWSA on childhood emotional health, after controlling for parenting style and the experience of more traditional forms of child sexual abuse (CSA). Of the 296 university women (mean age = 19) who participated in the study, 70% (N = 206) reported UWSA from a family member prior to age 18. Whereas each dysfunctional parenting style was related to presence of UWSA, a simultaneous multiple regression analysis indicated that two of the parenting styles, patriarchal and parental unavailability, also predicted frequency of nonphysical UWSA within the family. Presence of UWSA from a child relative was significantly correlated with presence of UWSA from an adult relative. Additionally, a hierarchical multiple regression, entering the three parenting styles simultaneously in the first step, childhood sexual abuse in the second step, and familial UWSA in the last step, indicated that the frequency of UWSA by family members significantly predicted poorer childhood mental health when controlling for the other variables. Overall, results indicate that while the specific parenting styles which co-occur with UWSA may be detrimental in their own right, the impact of UWSA on girls appears to be above and beyond that of either parenting styles or CSA. Clinical implications are discussed.     

Planung und Gebietsschutz in der Ausschließlichen Wirtschaftszone

Mit § 38 Bundesnaturschutzgesetz (BNatSchG) wurde durch das BNatSchG-NeuRG vom 25. 3. 2002 die Rechtsgrundlage für die Einrichtung geschützter Meeresflächen in der Ausschließlichen Wirtschaftszone (AWZ) geschaffen ¹ . Im Mai 2004 hat der Bundesumweltminister der Europäischen Kommission zehn marine Schutzgebiete zur Aufnahme in das europäische Netz „Natura 2000“ gemeldet, die einen Flächenanteil von 31% der deutschen AWZ umfassen ² . Der im Zusammenhang mit der Novellierung des BNatSchG in die Seeanlagenverordnung neu eingefügte § 3a See- AnlV ermöglicht die Festlegung besonderer Eignungsgebiete für Windkraftanlagen. Sie wird zur Zeit vom Bundesamt für Seeschifffahrt und Hydrographie vorbereitet ³ . Im Rahmen der jüngsten Novellierung des Raumordnungsgesetzes (ROG) durch das Europarechtsanpassungsgesetz Bau (EAG-Bau) ist die Entwicklung einer Raumordnung für die AWZ nunmehr zur Aufgabe des Bundes erklärt worden ⁴ . Die Entwicklung gebietsbezogener Ordnungsvorstellungen für die AWZ scheint sich in den Prozess der „Terraneisierung“ ⁵ der Meere einzuordnen, der mit dem Seevölkerrecht zu synchronisieren ist (I.). Ansätze zur räumliche Ordnung der AWZ durch den Bund stellen sich im Weiteren vor dem Hindergrund der bundesstaatlichen Kompetenzordnung als verfassungsrechtliches Problem dar (II). Schließlich wird man auch die Übertragung terrestrischer Leitbilder und Instrumente auf marine Bedingungs- und Wirkungszusammenhänge mit der gebotenen Vorsicht angehen müssen (III.). 1) BGBl. I, S. 1193.2) Vgl. Trittin, Zukunftsaufgabe Naturschutz, Rede auf dem Deutschen Naturschutztag, Potsdam, 25. 5. 2004 (www.bmu.de).3) Soll das von der Bundesregierung für das Jahr 2020 angestrebte Ziel der Installierung einer Kapazität von 20.000 MW erreicht werden, müssten dafür 4000 Anlagen mit je 5 MW-Leistung errichtet werden. Sie würden ca. 2500 km² Fläche und damit etwa 5% der deutschen AWZ beanspruchen (Deutsches Windenergie Institut, Weiterer Ausbau der Windenergienutzung, 2001, S. 75).4) Vgl. EAG-Bau vom 24. 6. 2004 (BGBl. 2004 I, 1359); vgl. zur Vorgeschichte Buchholz, Territorialplanung zur See, in: Hofmeister/Voss (Hrsg.), Geographie der Küsten und Meere, 1985, S. 153ff.; Erbguth, Raumplanung im Meer—unter besonderer Berücksichtigung des Natur- und Umweltschutzrechts, NuR 1999, 491ff.; Erbguth, Wahrung möglicher Belange der Bundesraumordnung in der Ausschließlichen Wirtschaftszone der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, Rechtsgutachten im Auftrag des Bundesministeriums für Verkehr, Bau und Wohnungswesen, 2002; Rat von Sachverständigen für Umweltfragen (SRU), Windenergienutzung auf See, Stellungnahme 2003, S. 15ff. sowie Sondergutachten „Meeresumweltschutz in Nord- und Ostsee“ (BT-Drs. 15/2626, Tz 422ff.); Koch, Meeresumweltschutz für Nord- und Ostsee, NordÖR 2004, 211ff.5) Graf Vitzthum, Raum, Umwelt und Wirtschaft im Völkerrecht, in: ders., Völkerrecht, 2001, Rdnr. 58.     

Children in the environment: Forest day-care centers: Modern day care with historical antecedents

Some features of early child care are more prominent in Norway than in other countries, such as emphasis on the outdoor environment. Of general relevance and interest is the form of day care provided by forest day-care centers. Three ideas form the development of these centers placed in wild areas. First, throughout history, Norwegians have had a close attachment to nature and some parents want to provide their children with outdoor experiences at an early age. Second, urging children to play outdoors characterizes the image many parents have of a happy, healthy childhood. Third, provision of day care for children has always been restricted in western countries, forcing parents to invent types of service that can become part of an ecological system that promotes healthy development.The forest day-care centers developed recently represent a supplement to the wide typology of child care in the 21st century. The article outlines the connections between these ideas in general European and western history and Norwegian history and presents debate and decisions about a question dating from the last half of the 1980s. It concludes that the forest day-care centers are perhaps only a modern form of the original kindergarten concept, which started in Europe and America as gardens for children not gardens of children.     

Family Violence, Anger Expression Styles, and Adolescent Dating Violence

How partner violence is transferred across generations is relatively unexplored. This paper proposes that anger expression style (constructive, destructive direct, destructive indirect) mediates the relationship between exposure to family violence and dating violence perpetration by adolescents. Data are from 1,965 completed self-administered questionnaires given to eighth- and ninth-grade students in a primarily rural county in North Carolina in 1994. Results varied by gender and type of exposure to family violence. For females, destructive direct and destructive indirect anger expression styles mediated the relationship between experiencing family violence and dating violence perpetration. For males, this relationship was mediated primarily by destructive direct anger expression style. The association between witnessing family violence and dating violence perpetration for females was mediated by destructive direct anger expression style only. Witnessing family violence was not associated with dating violence perpetration for males, and therefore could not be mediated. This study suggests that adolescents exposed to family violence learn anger expression styles that put them at risk of being perpetrators of dating violence. Further research is needed to identify other mediators that explain how partner violence is transferred across generations.     

Responding to the global tobacco industry: Canada and the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control

Abstract: In a continuing quest to build and defend world markets for tobacco products, tobacco companies have long been involved in international cooperation and information‐sharing through their own international corporate networks, as well as through national and international industry trade associations. This is evidenced in tobacco industry corporate documents now freely available on the internet. In order to institute effective tobacco control policy, policy‐makers needed to become equally astute at sharing information across national boundaries and at considering the cross‐national implications of policy and legislation. The World Health Organization has been instrumental in developing the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC), and Canada has played an important part in this effort. The FCTC contains both demand‐reduction provisions and supply‐side provisions intended to reduce tobacco use worldwide. As a signatory to the FCTC, Canada has pledged to adhere to these provisions, thereby providing Canadian public administrators with effective tools to reduce tobacco use and its associated health burden both nationally and internationally. Sommaire: En cherchant continuellement à développer et à défendre les marchés mondiaux pour les produits du tabac, les sociétés productrices de tabac sont impliquées depuis longtemps dans la coopération internationale et le partage d'informations par le biais de leurs propres réseaux de sociétés internationales et d'associations professionnelles nationales et internationales. C'est ce qui ressort des documents des sociétés productrices de tabac auxquels on peut accéder librement sur Internet. Afin d'instituer une politique efficace de contrôle du tabagisme, les décideurs politiques ont dù devenir astucieux quant au partage d'informations et à l'étude des répercussions transnationales des politiques et des lois. L'Organisation mondiale de la santé a fortement contribuéà l'élaboration de la Convention‐cadre sur la lutte contre le tabagisme (CCLCT), et le Canada a joué un rôle important sur ce plan. La CCLCT contient à la fois des dispositions relatives à la réduction de la demande et d'autres relatives à l'offre qui visent à réduire la consommation de tabac dans le monde entier. En tant que pays signataire de la CCLCT, le Canada s'est engagéà respecter ces dispositions, fournissant ainsi aux administrateurs publics canadiens des outils efficaces pour réduire la consommation de tabac et le fardeau sur la santé qui lui est associéà l'échelle nationale et internationale.     

民法的法典化

法典编纂是法律文化和法学的最高贡献。法典编纂的动因是多方面的。在德国民法典产生至今的百余年中 ,它都因价值观和秩序观的变化而一直处于变化之中。这些变化在民法典的许多领域中体现出来。立法机关和法院对法律制度的继续发展使民法典具有了适应这些变化的能力