Fette Jahre

Informality in German Parcel Delivery

“…The days of doom, however, are gone: while much of Europe continues to be in state of economic and social crisis, Germany is Europe's economic superstar (ibid.). Enthusiastic references to the German model frequently point to successful labour market reforms and predict 'fat years' ahead (Rürup/Heilmann 2012). Much less attention is given to the dark underbelly of Germany's success: more than 20 (1991: 12,8) are now in atypical employment and Germany boasts one of the largest low wage sectors in Europe, with nearly 25 having hourly wages below the low wage threshold of 9.14€/h (IAQ 2013).…”

Adherence to the Request Criterion in Jurisdictions Where Assisted Dying is Lawful? A Review of the Criteria and Evidence in the Netherlands, Belgium, Oregon, and Switzerland

“…This criterion is more susceptible to objective determination by physicians than a subjective criterion based on suffering. 141 However, the price of the relatively straightforward Belgian criterion is that many individuals, most notably dementia patients, are unable to plan for future incompetence by executing an ADE. 142 There have been successive attempts to amend the Euthanasia Act (Belgium) 2002 in order to allow an individual to execute an ADE to cover the cases where he "has lost awareness of his person, his mental and physical state, and his social and physical environment," 143 the most recent of which is under consideration by the Joint Committee on Justice and Social Affairs.…”