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Living Law, Legal Pluralism, and Corruption in Post-Soviet Uzbekistan [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
This paper aims to explore the multifaceted meaning, logic, and morality of informal transactions in order to better understand the social context that informs the meaning of corruption and bribery in post-Soviet Uzbekistan.
Svensson, Måns,   +6 more
core   +1 more source

Who Qualifies to Assure? The Professional and Managerial Capture of Sustainability Assurance

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines how the qualification of assurors in sustainability and environmental reporting assurance (SERA) is constructed and why it remains fiercely contested. Drawing on actor–network theory (ANT) and qualitative evidence from regulators, NGOs, assurors and reporting companies in India, we conceptualise ‘qualification’ as a ...
Flavia Rodricks   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Anchoring Corporate Climate Action: Credible Commitments and the Internal Governance of Private Standard‐Setters

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Corporate climate commitments depend partly on the credibility of the institutions that define and validate them. This article examines the Science Based Targets initiative as a key private standard‐setter in polycentric climate governance.
Marybel Perez, Alejandro Agafonow
wiley   +1 more source

Normative and Legal Pluralism: A Global Perspective [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
This lecture sets out to demystify the topic of legal pluralism by examining the relationship between legal pluralism, normative pluralism, and general normative theory from a global perspective.
Twining, William
core   +2 more sources

Globalisasi Hukum dalam Pluralisme Hukum Modern

open access: yesThe Indonesian Journal of Socio-Legal Studies
This article revisits the concept of legal pluralism, which continues to evolve alongside society and all its complexities. Knowledge of legal pluralism evolves in line with societal changes identified through scientific research and activities. Over the
Sulistyowati Irianto
doaj   +1 more source

Value Pluralism and the Two Concepts of Rights [PDF]

open access: yes
Philosophers and legal theorists still disagree about the correct analysis of 'rights', both moral and legal. The 'Will Theory' and the 'Interest Theory' - the two main views - can each account for various features of rights, but neither of them is ...
Horacio Spector
core  

Sustainability Assessment of Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises: A Systematic Review and Hybrid Architecture for Credible, Salient, and Legitimate Knowledge Governance

open access: yesCorporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Sustainability assessment advances corporate social responsibility toward inclusive development. Widely recognized approaches prove inadequate for micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs), resulting in fragmented proliferation that hinders cumulative knowledge.
Luísa Couto Gonçalves de Souza   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Multiculturalism and religion-based legal pluralism: Islamic law in Europe

open access: yesRevista CIDOB d'Afers Internacionals, 2017
This article addresses the degree of recognition of the regulations of Islamic law by Spanish courts from the perspective of legal pluralism. It therefore first sets out the conception of legal pluralism as a new regulatory paradigm and its recent ...
Christian J. Backenköhler Casajús
doaj   +1 more source

Corporate‐Community Land Governance for Peace: A Governance Materiality Framework for CSR, ESG, and Sustainable Agribusiness

open access: yesCorporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Within corporate social responsibility (CSR) and environmental, social, and governance (ESG), there is a gap. This paper aims to fill that gap by building on a previous empirical study. It introduces the Land Governance Materiality Framework (LGMF), which redefines land governance as a critical governance skill that impacts ESG performance ...
Ifedayo Grace Malachi, Reza Eslamipoor
wiley   +1 more source

Legal Pluralism and the Rights of the Transgender Population

open access: yesForo, Revista de Derecho
Contemporary societies are characterized by their plurality, due to the co-existence of groups with diverse identities. These social relations tend to be asymmetrical, with hegemonic groups influencing collective decision-making and marginalizing non ...
José Luis Sánchez Vallejo   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

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