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Participatory Policy Development: Reflections on Designing the Strong Roots for Our Futures Program in Victoria

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In this paper, we trace the journey to create the Strong Roots for our Futures Program, a government program to resource and support Traditional Owners to undertake a range of activities in areas where no state recognition existed. We provide a background to state recognition in Victoria before considering the program design, leading to an ...
Nell Reidy   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Enduring but Unwelcome Role of Party Intent in Treaty Interpretation

open access: yesAJIL Unbound, 2018
Party “intent” is not one of the tools that the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties (VCLT) gives to treaty interpreters. To be sure, party intent is presumably reflected in the “object and purpose” of the treaty, but it is not a separate criterion ...
Andrea K. Bjorklund
doaj   +1 more source

The Majority Approach to Arbitration Waiver: A Workable Test or A License for Litigants to Play Games with the Courts? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
[Excerpt] “The freedom of parties to agree to arbitrate their disputes is enshrined by contract law and federal law. By inserting a mandatory arbitration clause in a contract, both parties agree that, should a dispute arise between them, they will not ...
Savage, James
core   +1 more source

T. rex cognition was T. rex‐like—A critical outlook on diverging views of the neurocognitive evolution in dinosaurs

open access: yesThe Anatomical Record, EarlyView.
Abstract A recent debate has emerged between Caspar et al. (2024) and Herculano‐Houzel (2023) on inferring extinct dinosaur cognition by estimating brain neuron counts. While thought‐provoking, the discussion largely overlooks the function of cognition, as well as partly neglects the difficulties involved in estimating neuron numbers, which according ...
Thomas Rejsenhus Jensen   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

The United States Supreme Court case Ziglar v. Abbasi and the severe psychological and physiological harms of solitary confinement

open access: yesTorture, 2017
In the aftermath of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, a group of Middle Eastern, North African, and South Asian men was arrested for immigration violations, held as “terrorism suspects,” and detained in federal prison for months.
Eric Ordway   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

AT&T Mobility and the Future of Small Claims Arbitration [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
This article focuses on small claims arbitration and examines the impact of AT&T Mobility on the legitimacy of the process. Part II of the article describes the Supreme Court’s AT&T Mobility decision, which held that the FAA preempts a California rule ...
Gross, Jill I
core   +1 more source

Limitations on Jurisdiction and Arbitration Agreements Based on Applicable Law and the Identity of the Carrier in Cargo Claim Disputes [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
The article demonstrates through an analysis of the limitations on choice of forum or arbitration agreements following the invalidity of a choice of law clause included in a charter party and/or a bill of lading (B/L). It is equally difficult enforcing a
Echebarria Fernández, J.
core   +2 more sources

Continual decision‐making dynamics across biological organisms

open access: yesBiological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Decision‐making is a central function of adaptive behaviour in biological agents. However, strategies for adaptive decision‐making can vary substantially across species. Here, we aim to extend the comparative scope of decision‐making analyses to phylogenetically diverse organisms.
Liberty Severs, Qiuran Wang
wiley   +1 more source

On the Requirements of Legal Justice of the Administrative Law Enforcement Activity

open access: yesСибирское юридическое обозрение, 2020
The article considers issues of understanding by the administrative-legal science of legal justice of the law-enforcement activity of executive authorities, other public administration bodies.
S. V. Yarkovoy
doaj  

Arbitration Agreement in Taiwan Arbitration Regulations in a Comparative Perspective

open access: yesIndonesian Comparative Law Review, 2018
As far as arbitration agreement is concerned, it is suggested that the Taiwan Arbitration Act1 (as last amended on 2 December 2015, formerly named the Commercial Arbitration Act, came into force on 24 December 1998, after the reform of the arbitration ...
Ju-Yeh Wan
doaj   +1 more source

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