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Endumeni and Water Trading in the Superior Courts: Falling Short of a Unitary Approach to Statutory Interpretation

Potchefstroom Electronic Law Journal
This article critiques recent decisions on water trading in the superior courts in light of the approach to statutory interpretation set out in Natal Joint Municipal Pension Fund v Endumeni Municipality (2012 (4) SA 593 (SCA)).
Tracy-Lynn Field
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Career motivations and perceptions of teaching of 16–19‐year‐olds in England and Wales

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract The current study provides an understanding of career‐related motivations of 16–19‐year‐olds in schools and A‐level colleges in England and Wales. The 672 participants (62% women) were asked to complete a modified version of the Motivations for Career Choice and the Persistence Research in Science and Engineering scales and provide comments on
Sophie Thompson‐Lee, Rebecca, J. S. Snell, Hui Wang, Robert M. Klassen   +4 more
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Clarifying Misconceptions and Recentring the Debate on Heritable Human Genome Editing in South Africa: A Response to De Vries

Potchefstroom Electronic Law Journal
This article responds to recent criticisms by Professor Jantina de Vries regarding my research group's position on the legal status of heritable human genome editing (HHGE) in South Africa.
Donrich Thaldar
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Is statutory interpretation solely an exercise in retrieving the drafters’ intentions? R. Dworkin’s view of judges’ interpretation of the law

Revista Filosófica de Coimbra, 2018
Nem sempre é claro o método que os juízes utilizam para interpretar a lei aplicável aos casos a serem julgados. Vários filósofos do direito argumentam que se deve investigar a intenção do legislador para alcançar um julgamento adequado.
Fernanda Aranha Hapner
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Understanding teacher agency in the context of school‐based climate change and sustainability education: A case study of the experiences of teachers and school students in England

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Drawing on teacher agency as a conceptual framework, we explored the extent to which school teachers in secondary schools in England achieve agency in relation to teaching climate change and sustainability. This research provides a novel approach to understanding the relational and emergent qualities of teacher agency by bringing together ...
Nicola Walshe, Elizabeth A. C. Rushton
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OECD Transfer Pricing Guidelines in the Polish legal system. An overview of recent problems

Prawo Budżetowe Państwa i Samorządu, 2019
The authors attempt to explore the status of the OECD Transfer Pricing Guidelines in the Polish Constitutional system and its meaning in the sphere of taxation.
Krzysztof Lasiński-Sulecki, Wojciech Morawski   +1 more
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The Supreme Court, CAFA, and \u3cem\u3eParens Patriae\u3c/em\u3e Actions: Will it be Principles or Biases? [PDF]

, 2013
The Supreme Court will hear a case during its 2013-2014 term that will test the principles of both its conservative and liberal wings. In Mississippi ex rel. Hood v.
Gifford, Donald G., Reynolds, William L.
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Can boarding schools help looked after and vulnerable children improve academic attainment?

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract The education of children in statutory care, or at the edge of care, is a serious concern for governments and policymakers. How to promote educational opportunities for these children can involve challenging and often contentious proposals. In this paper, we study one proposal put into practice in England: the provision to children who are in ...
David Murphy, Gianni De Fraja, Mike Adkins   +2 more
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Brighton v RSPCA NSW: Appeals and Lessons Four Years On

Animals
Animal law has the potential to initiate improvements for animal wellbeing. However, this largely depends on how effectively the law bridges the legal chasm between animal welfare and animal suffering, a chasm the authors refer to as the welfare gap ...
Kathryn Jurd, Sophie Riley
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‘They just want the perfect kids on show’: The illegal exclusion of children with special educational needs and disabilities from primary schools

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Guidance from the Department for Education stipulates that permanent exclusions should only be used as a last resort and where there is potential for harm to come to anyone in the school setting. Suspensions are positioned as a tool to communicate to a pupil that their behaviour is in breach of the school's behaviour policy.
Megan Whitehouse
wiley   +1 more source