Social Sciences

Volume 4, Issue 4, August 2015

  • Consumers’ Perceptions on Packaging of Processed Food Products in Dodoma Municipality, Tanzania

    Sarah Mmari, John Safari, James Lwelamira

    Issue: Volume 4, Issue 4, August 2015
    Pages: 77-81
    Received: May 25, 2015
    Accepted: Jun. 06, 2015
    Published: Jun. 23, 2015
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    Abstract: Packaging performs important functions of containing, promoting and facilitating the storage and use of products, and could be treated as one of the most important factors influencing consumer’s purchase decision. However, packaging of processed food by small scale entrepreneurs is often insufficient to enhance competitiveness in the market. The ob... Show More
  • The Participation of Women in Politics Has Become Major Challenge for Gender Equality in Albania After the "90 of the Twentieth Century

    Manjola Xhaferri

    Issue: Volume 4, Issue 4, August 2015
    Pages: 82-85
    Received: May 28, 2015
    Accepted: Jun. 06, 2015
    Published: Jun. 25, 2015
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    Abstract: The purpose of this paper is to expose the importance of women's participation and Albanian women in the political sphere. The paper is focused specifically in the role played by women in political life and how are they involved in this sector. Policy has been a totally male field, where political positions are held by men, even in the most part, o... Show More
  • Fragmentation of International Legal System Established for the Governance of the Oceans

    Jorge Sánchez, Paola Tafur

    Issue: Volume 4, Issue 4, August 2015
    Pages: 86-89
    Received: Jul. 14, 2015
    Accepted: Jul. 20, 2015
    Published: Jul. 25, 2015
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    Abstract: The paper presented below is intended to reveal the institutional and substantive inconsistencies within the international legal system instituted for the governance of the oceans –UNCLOS-, from a literature review of various theoretical approaches related to fragmentation of international law. So, what is contained in the document it was initially... Show More
  • The Place of Customary and Religious Laws and Practices in Ethiopia: A Critical Review of the Four Modern Constitutions

    Endalcachew Bayeh

    Issue: Volume 4, Issue 4, August 2015
    Pages: 90-93
    Received: Jul. 03, 2015
    Accepted: Jul. 24, 2015
    Published: Aug. 06, 2015
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    Abstract: The objective of this paper is to examine the place of customary and religious laws and practices in the Ethiopian constitutions. To this end, the study made comparison as to the place of those elements in the four constitutions, thereby implying the changes and continuities. As a result, the study shows that the 1995 FDRE constitution better incor... Show More
  • Ethnic Federalism: A Means for Managing or a Triggering Factor for Ethnic Conflicts in Ethiopia

    Muhabie Mekonnen Mengistu

    Issue: Volume 4, Issue 4, August 2015
    Pages: 94-105
    Received: Jun. 28, 2015
    Accepted: Jul. 21, 2015
    Published: Aug. 06, 2015
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    Abstract: Being one of the most diverse nations in the world, Ethiopia is not an exception to be free from ethnic conflicts due to its weak political structures and mal governance. The existing ethnic federal arrangement of EPRDF is devised with the aim to accommodate the interests of distinct ethnic groups in Ethiopia. Meanwhile, it is still subject to crit... Show More
  • The Historical Development of Bankruptcy Law Both in the World in General and Ethiopia in Particular: in Comparison and Contrast

    Alemnew Gebeyehu Dessie

    Issue: Volume 4, Issue 4, August 2015
    Pages: 106-109
    Received: Jul. 24, 2015
    Accepted: Aug. 06, 2015
    Published: Aug. 14, 2015
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    Abstract: This essay paper is to analytically discuss the brief historical evolution of bankruptcy Law both in the world more generally and in Ethiopia specifically. In tracing the historical evolution of bankruptcy law, it is believed that it is possible to reach at its optimum understanding of jurisprudential concepts, legislations enacted, the reactions o... Show More