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The Role of Public Administrators in Building a Robust Liberal Democracy

Public Administration Review, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT After decades of expansion, liberal democracy is threatened by autocratic populists. These actors exploit widening gaps between leaders and citizens, as well as growing political polarization in the population, to consolidate executive power by undermining courts, sidelining elected assemblies, discrediting public administrators, and ...
Eva Sørensen, Jacob Torfing
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International commitments on climate‐friendly investment liberalisation: A green straitjacket?

Review of European, Comparative &International Environmental Law, EarlyView.
Abstract Meeting the objectives of the Paris Agreement will require considerable capital mobilisation. International investment agreements (IIAs) govern and promote financial flows. However, their alignment with international climate objectives has, thus far, either been non‐existent or insufficient.
Stefanie Schacherer
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Rethinking EU environmental law: Towards the ecologisation of the European legal order

Review of European, Comparative &International Environmental Law, EarlyView.
Abstract This article critically examines the structural limitations of the EU's environmental legal framework in the context of the current ecological crisis and explores the potential transition towards an ecocentric paradigm. While the EU has developed one of the most advanced environmental regulatory systems globally, its effectiveness remains ...
Susana Borràs‐Pentinat
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Broad and narrow, legal and expressive: The dual nature of Rights of Nature in Europe

Review of European, Comparative &International Environmental Law, EarlyView.
Abstract Rights of Nature initiatives have been met with considerable scepticism within European legal landscapes. Often termed a ‘legal transplant’, a rights‐based approach to nature is criticised as offering little added value beyond the safeguards provided by traditional environmental law.
Flora Hausammann, Johannes Reich
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Traceability as evidence for timber legality: Institutional competence and legal design under the ITTA

Review of European, Comparative &International Environmental Law, EarlyView.
Abstract This article examines how traceability records acquire legal significance under the International Tropical Timber Agreement (ITTA) and domestic and regional timber‐legality regimes. It argues that traceability systems should be understood as evidentiary infrastructures whose legal relevance depends on institutional competence, lawful authority
Marcelo Feitosa de Paula Dias
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Enhancing ecological protection through cross‐border police cooperation: The role of joint simulation exercises

Review of European, Comparative &International Environmental Law, EarlyView.
Abstract Environmental crime is increasingly recognised as a transnational phenomenon requiring coordinated enforcement responses capable of addressing its cross‐border ecological, social and economic impacts. In this context, the strengthening of cross‐border police cooperation and specialised training has become particularly relevant within the EU ...
Maria Marques‐Banque
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An enforcement pyramid for greenhouse gas emissions trading systems

Review of European, Comparative &International Environmental Law, EarlyView.
Abstract Enforcement is crucial for ensuring compliance by regulated entities in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions trading systems (ETSs). This article identifies potential non‐compliance and enforcement issues behind officially reported high compliance rates, emphasising the need to complement existing ETS enforcement strategies to enhance their ...
Ying Xie, Michael Faure
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The Construction of Compliance with the European Union Deforestation Regulation in Global Coffee Value Chains

Regulation &Governance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The European Union's Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) obliges the importers and users of seven agricultural commodities to achieve supply chain traceability and prevent deforestation‐linked products from entering the EU market. This paper investigates how companies and producing countries in the coffee sector prepared for EUDR compliance by ...
Janina Grabs
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Poetic Sociology

Sociological Forum, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Can sociologists feel? Sociological writing can be beautiful, making us think differently about people, processes, and structures. Yet traditional academic writing that does this is rare. For example, most articles adhere to a jargon‐filled format and structure that mimics a detached and disciplined writer.
Victoria Reyes
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Preventing Erasure and Seeking Accountability in Sri Lankan Diasporic Fiction

World Englishes, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Sixteen years after the end of the military conflict in Sri Lanka in 2009, there has been no real accountability for the atrocities that took place during the 26‐year war between the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) and the Sri Lankan state. Shankari Chandran's Chai Time at Cinnamon Gardens and V. V.
Maryse Jayasuriya
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