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International Insolvency Review, EarlyView.Abstract This paper conducts a comparative legal analysis of corporate restructuring frameworks in England and Bhutan, examining their capacity to integrate climate variability considerations and promote sustainable business practices. It discusses the procedural mechanisms for restructuring financially distressed enterprises available under the law of
Eugenio Vaccari, Migmar Lham
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What Makes for More or Less Powerful Constitutional Courts? [PDF]
, 2014 It is sometimes suggested that one or another constitutional or supreme court (for example, the U.S., Indian, or German) is the “most powerful in the world.” And yet it is often far from clear what the measure of power is or should be, what the sources ...
Gardbaum, Stephen
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Induced abortion in the world: 3. In search of a minimum common ground
International Journal of Gynecology &Obstetrics, EarlyView.Abstract The rising worldwide trend toward legalization of termination of pregnancy has been accompanied by increased polarization around abortion. Two opposite broad coalitions emerged from this confrontation, generally known as the “pro‐life” and “pro‐choice” movements. The basic issue for pro‐life advocates is that the protection of “innocent, human
Giuseppe Benagiano +4 more
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Two Problems for the Political Inclusion of Animals
Journal of Applied Philosophy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT In recent years, the field of animal ethics has taken a political turn, with scholars arguing that sentient nonhuman animals should be included in the political sphere. This article explores two key challenges arising from this turn towards the political inclusion of animals: the Conflict Problem and the Numbers Problem.
David Paaske, Angela K. Martin
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Education as a Common Possession
Journal of Applied Philosophy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This article reflects on Will Kymlicka's account of solidarity and membership through the lens of conflict over public schooling in San Francisco. It contrasts a Marshallian vision of society as a shared possession capable of sustaining democratic solidarity and welfare institutions with an anti‐Marshallian politics that sees the language of ...
Margaret Kohn
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Lampung Journal of International LawEconomic globalization has heightened tensions between national sovereignty and international trade obligations. This study compares constitutional review mechanisms in Indonesia, Thailand, and India, representing civil law and common law systems.
Hananto Widodo +4 more
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Journal of Applied Philosophy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This article identifies assistive technologies (ATs) as ‘pre‐technologies’ mediating access to other technologies for disabled subjects (DSs). The motivation is to show that without ATs, DSs cannot be said to have the same level of access to freedom and self‐forming activities as able‐bodied subjects.
Sarel Marais
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Revista Interdisciplinar de Direito, 2009 The central motivation of this article aims to identify the determinants of Ineff ec-tiveness of social rights and propose a solution to this problem consistent with the new constitutionalism based on the legalization of ...
Alfredo Canellas Guilherme da Silva
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ICJ DISCRETIONARY POWERS: JUDICIAL ACTIVISM V. RESTRAINT IN THE ADVISORY OPINION ON KOSOVO
Anali Pravnog Fakulteta u BeograduIn response to Serbia’s request, the United Nations General Assembly sought an Advisory Opinion from the International Court of Justice regarding the legality of Kosovo’s 2008 unilateral declaration of independence.
Nadia ASAAD
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Judicial Review and Judicial Activism in Japan
Law and Contemporary Problems, 1990 Judicial activism and judicial restraint describe the relationship between the judiciary and the political branches of government. In the context of Japan, they refer to the relationship between the Supreme Court and inferior courts, on the one hand, and the Diet, the Cabinet, the bureaucracy, and the analogous policymakers of prefectural and local ...
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