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Firearm Safety in a Country of Arms

open access: yesThe Milbank Quarterly, EarlyView.
Policy Points Firearm safety policy in the United States cannot succeed through legislation alone; effective interventions must also address the social, economic, and infrastructural conditions that shape perceptions of safety. Evidence suggests that place‐based investments can reduce violence and firearm deaths while strengthening social cohesion and ...
JONATHAN M. METZL
wiley   +1 more source

X v The Lord Advocate: Challenges and Concerns for Vicarious Liability

open access: yesThe Modern Law Review, EarlyView.
In X v The Lord Advocate, the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom held that the Crown cannot be vicariously liable for torts committed by judges. This case note critically examines what could be viewed as two significant doctrinal shifts that were introduced by this ruling.
Haim Abraham
wiley   +1 more source

Post‐Breach Events, Itemisation and the Avoided Loss Rule

open access: yesThe Modern Law Review, EarlyView.
In English law, the following equation is used to compute damages awards: (a) loss sustained in consequence of the breach of duty (‘prima facie loss’) minus (b) benefits obtained as a result of the breach of duty = (c) net loss. This paper explores the manner in which prima facie loss is defined.
Melody Hadfield
wiley   +1 more source

THE TRANSCALAR POLITICS AND SPATIAL IMPLICATIONS OF INVESTMENTS IN SHOPPING MALLS IN AFRICAN CITIES: A Study of Accra's West Hills Mall, Ghana

open access: yesInternational Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract A surge in the number of shopping malls across many African cities reflects capital's responses to the continent's growing middle class and deepening neoliberal globalization. This article develops an analysis of the transcalar nature of these urban investments using the case of the West Hills Mall (WHM) in the Greater Accra Metropolitan Area (
Rosina Sheburah Essien   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

ACCOUNTING FOR BIODIVERSITY: Periphery Urbanization, Environmental Conflict, and Spatial Inequality in Monetizing the Value of Nature

open access: yesInternational Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract In terms of mainstream sustainability economics, market‐led initiatives aimed at biodiversity restoration represent a productive, morally conscientious choice. Under this view, efforts in areas such as biodiversity offsetting, net gain, or finance are considered effective tools for preventing or managing environmental degradation.
Ihnji Jon
wiley   +1 more source

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