Judicial Review of the Improper Policy Implementation of Treaties
In recent years the courts of England and Wales have come to recognise a new iteration of judicial review which this article terms ‘review of improper policy implementation of treaties’ or ‘RIPIT’. RIPIT enables a reviewing court to scrutinise a domestic policy document which is promulgated for the purpose of securing compliance with a legislatively ...
Joanna Bell
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Experimental comparison of compulsory and non compulsory arbitration mechanisms [PDF]
We run a series of experiments to compare the well known arbitration scheme FOA (Final Offer Arbitration) with a new arbitration scheme, non compulsory, we proposed in a companion paper (Tanimura and Thoron (2008)): ROC (Recursive Offer Conciliation ...
Eric Guerci, Sylvie Thoron
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Cart before the Horse? BSH Hausgeräte v Electrolux and Exclusive Jurisdiction over Patent Validity
In a much‐anticipated judgment, the Grand Chamber of the CJEU in BSH Hausgeräte GmbH v Electrolux AP reshaped the landscape of cross‐border patent litigation in the EU. The case concerned the interpretation of Article 24(4) of Regulation 1215/2012 (Brussels Ia), under which the courts of the European Member State of deposit or registration have ...
Maxence Rivoire
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The impacts of New York's balance billing regulation on ground ambulance pricing
Abstract Objective To examine the effects of New York's surprise billing regulations on price changes by emergency ground ambulance service providers. Study Design We exploited a natural experiment using a difference‐in‐differences design with randomization inference (RI) to examine the effects of New York state regulations on the prices of emergency ...
Wendy Y. Xu+3 more
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World Peace Through Law: Rethinking an Old Theory
The author sets about re-thinking the old concept of “World Peace Through Law” (WPTL), meaning replacing the use of international force with the global rule of law.
James Ranney
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Challenges to Slovakia and Poland health policy decisions: use of investment treaties to claim compensation for reversal of privatisation/liberalisation policies [PDF]
Investment treaties, and possibly the EU Treaty itself, are being used by multinational companies Penta and Eureko to try and force the Slovak government to pay compensation for reversing health privatisation and liberalisation policies.
Hall, David
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Double Moral Hazard in Contract Farming: An Experimental Analysis
ABSTRACT Weak enforcement and power imbalances in developing‐country contract farming can create opportunities for both farmers and processors to renege on agreements; a situation known as double moral hazard (DMH). Drawing on a principal–agent framework, we use a controlled laboratory experiment to compare DMH, where processors can reduce agreed‐upon ...
Alexandros Karakostas+2 more
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The Attitude of the British Dominions to the Geneva Protocol
The study is based on unpublished sources of British provenance and on scientific literature. It analyses the attitude of the British dominions to the suggested Protocol for the Pacific Settlement of International Disputes (Geneva Protocol) in the autumn
Jaroslav Valkoun, Lukáš Novotný
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Collective Bargaining and Compulsory Arbitration: Prescriptions for the Blue Flu [PDF]
This paper reveals that municipal police departments are much less likely to strike in states that have collective bargaining laws than in states with no police bargaining law or when police bargaining has been outlawed.
Casey Ichniowski
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Sustainable Food System Chapters in Trade and Investment Agreements: Lessons on Policy Innovation
ABSTRACT The need to adapt existing global policy instruments to achieve sustainable development objectives is increasingly recognised worldwide. Responding to the global need to help countries progress towards transforming food systems, the EU proposed, negotiated and agreed to adopt a chapter dedicated to Sustainable Food Systems in its free trade ...
Dori Patay+7 more
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