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Beyond Territoriality: The Case of Transnational Human Rights Litigation [PDF]
Cases for civil damages that have been brought before Western courts by victims of torture and persecution against states officials or corporations, challenge the principles of state sovereignty and jurisdictional competence. While national courts can in
Peer Zumbansen
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Biotechnology and Bioengineering, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The agitation power input substantially impacts the oxygen transfer rate in aerobic fermentation processes. Furthermore, in a carbon‐limited process where the substrate feed rate is controlled by the concentration of dissolved oxygen, the power input will consequently govern the feed rate.
Mariana Albino +6 more
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The protection of the consumers’ interests in the car distribution [PDF]
The present study gives an overview primary of the private law rules of the miscellaneous regulations of the consumer protection on the example of car distribution, presenting its civil law and competition law regulations.
Anna Francsovics, Éva Lakatosné Novák
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Extent, characteristics and policy applications of Key Biodiversity Areas
Biological Reviews, EarlyView.ABSTRACT A global standard for the identification of Key Biodiversity Areas (KBAs) was published 10 years ago to provide a unified set of criteria for identifying ‘sites of significance for the global persistence of biodiversity’. We review the initiative's origins, the KBA identification process, characteristics of the current network, threats, policy
Stuart H. M. Butchart +57 more
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Deterrence vs Judicial Error: a Comparative View of Standards of Proof [PDF]
We argue that the common law standard of proof, given the rules of evidence, does not minimize expected error as usually argued in the legal literature, but may well be efficient from the standpoint of providing maximal incentives for socially desirable ...
Claude Fluet, Dominique Demougin
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Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The role of business towards achieving the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) has been well established. However, SDG contextualization continues to pose a conundrum, particularly for firms operating in multiple contexts. This becomes even more problematic in the case of SDG 11, the only goal in the sustainable development agenda directly
Andreas Georgiou
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Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study examines the economic consequences of Digital Technologies Disclosure (DTD), focusing on its impact on the cost of capital. The increasing significance of digital transformation in shaping corporate strategies and market perceptions motivates the study.
Hussein Mohsen Saber Ahmed +2 more
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DIFFERENTIATING OF IMPLEMENTATION OF CIVIL LAW PRINCIPLES IN COURT PRACTICE
Russian Journal of Economics and Law, 2013 Objective: to study the mechanism of implementation of the Russian civil law principles in court practice. To achieve it the basic options are revealed for the application of the fundamental principles of civil legislation, and the “analogy of law” model
A. Y. Ryzhenkov
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Making the modern criminal law: a response [PDF]
, 2017 In this short response, I address some of the general themes that have been raised by the commentators. I discuss these under three main heads. These are, first, the relationship between descriptive and normative accounts of the criminal law; second ...
Farmer, Lindsay
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Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study examines how carbon accounting can be used to govern, not merely report, circular economy principles in shipping corporations. Grounded in institutional theory and aligned with the UN 2030 Agenda, this study introduces circular harmony as an accounting design principle: Circular interventions are embedded in a single well‐to‐wake ...
Assunta Di Vaio +2 more
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