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Fossil fuel feuds and the ICJ Advisory Opinion on Climate Change

Review of European, Comparative &International Environmental Law, EarlyView.
Abstract The Advisory Opinion on Obligations of States in Respect of Climate Change by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) breaks new ground by clearly identifying fossil fuel production, licensing and subsidisation among the activities to which international climate change obligations apply, going as far as suggesting that such activities may ...
Harro van Asselt, Tejas Rao
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An overview of social inflation in the US property and casualty insurance industry in 2025

Risk Management and Insurance Review, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper examines social inflation in the US property and casualty (P&C) insurance industry, exploring its definition, origins, and key drivers. We highlight its evolution over time and growing significance in 2025, and we discuss potential strategies for insurers, reinsurers, and policymakers to mitigate its impact in the future.
Marie‐Laure Badiel, Georges Dionne
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Does Conflict Reshape the Military–FDI Nexus? Evidence From a Dynamic Panel Analysis

Review of International Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper examines the relationship between military expenditure and foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows in 61 low‐ and middle‐income countries over 1990–2018, with a focus on how this relationship is shaped by conflict dynamics and institutional contexts.
Prashant Bhandari, Narendra Regmi, Krishna Sharma   +2 more
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The “clean hands” doctrine in investment Arbitration and its applicability to the Ecuadorian legal system

Iuris Dictio, 2018
The Clean Hands doctrine is currently applied in international investment arbitration. Tis doctrine has the effect that arbitration tribunals declare their lack of competence over to process the dispute proposed by the investor and the host State.
Andrés Armando Cervantes Valarezo
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Missing Binds: How Absent Ties Unleash Migrant Worker Activism Under an Authoritarian Regime

Sociological Forum, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Migrant workers are considered less militant in collective action than locals, partly because they lack social ties in the receiving community. However, in China's Pearl River Delta, I find the opposite. Comparing five cases of labor protest from 2014 to 2016 drawing on ethnographic observations, interviews, and labor activists' records, I ...
Zheng Fu
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Etymology and entomology: The semiotics and ethics of multispecies gene nomenclatures

Journal of Linguistic Anthropology, Volume 36, Issue 2, August 2026.
Abstract This article examines controversies surrounding gene names that are perceived as humorous in the context of fruit flies but are considered rude in the clinical context of human medicine. Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork in insect laboratories, interviews with entomologists and geneticists, and an analysis of scientific and clinical ...
Colin M. E. Halverson
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Arbitration as a successful method of resolving disputes in the Polish energy sector: Implications for managers

Wroclaw Review of Law, Administration and Economics
The main purpose of the article is to evaluate the possibility of using alternative dispute resolution (ADR) methods in resolving investment disputes in the energy sector.
Ryszkowski Karol, Witoszek-Kubicka Aleksandra   +1 more
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Land Under Siege: Militarized Capitalism and Urban Land Dispossession in the City of Goma, Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo

Antipode, Volume 58, Issue 4, July 2026.
ABSTRACT This article investigates the relationship between militarization and land grabbing in the context of rapid urbanization and protracted violent conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Drawing on two case studies of the dispossession and privatization of public urban land in Goma, Eastern Congo, during the state of siege, the paper ...
Benjamin Muhoza, Karen Büscher, Sam Kniknie   +2 more
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Local responses to the threats of dramatic crises: do institutional leaders make a difference, and if so, how?

Disasters, Volume 50, Issue 3, July 2026.
Abstract This study examines the complexity of disaster response management and the role of local institutional leadership. Drawing on a comparative analysis of the May 2023 floods in two Emilia‐Romagna provinces in Italy, it explores how local leadership influences the outcomes of crisis management within a shared institutional and hazard context ...
Giliberto Capano, Alexandra D′Angelo
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How Eurocrats Negotiate the Path From Crisis to Routine: Tracing the Micro‐Foundations of Routinisation After the Greek Crisis

JCMS: Journal of Common Market Studies, Volume 64, Issue 4, Page 1310-1333, July 2026.
Abstract Whilst institutional change following the eurozone crisis is well documented, the mechanisms underlying this change remain less understood. This article examines how EU officials negotiated the routinisation of the European Commission's Task Force for Greece into the Structural Reform Support Service, a technical assistance mechanism for all ...
Marylou Hamm
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