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What we know today : a contemporary understanding of the Atlantic slave trade -- The nineteenth century law of the sea and the British abolition of the slave trade -- Fydor Martens and the question of slavery at the 1890 Brussels conference -- Slavery and the League of Nations : Ethiopia as a civilised nation -- The international legal regime of slavery and human exploitation and its obfuscation by the term of art : slavery-like practice' -- A review of Understanding global slavery, a reader by Kevin Bales -- A review of Trafficking in human beings, modern slavery by Silvia Scarpa -- A case note of Hadijatou Mani Koraou v. Republic of Niger -- A case note of Rantsev v. Cyprus and Russia -- Immanent critique : international law and the dubious case-law on slavery -- A review of The slave trade and the origin of international human rights law by Jenny S. Martinez -- Review of Colonialism, slavery, reparations and trade, remedying the past? edited by Fernne Brennan and John Packer -- No effective trafficking definition exists : domestic implementation of the Palermo Protocol -- On the curious disappearance of human servitude from general international law -- Sham adoption : the DNA of a conventional servitude -- Exploitation and labour in international law -- A legal consideration 'slavery' in light of the travaux preparatoires of the 1926 convention -- The definition of 'slavery' in general international law and the crime of enslavement within the Rome statute -- Case note of the Queen v. Tang -- When forced marriage is slavery -- Property law and the definition of slavery / Jean Allain and Robin Hickey -- Slavery and its definition / Jean Allain and Kevin Bales

"Across four decades, John Witte, Jr. has advanced the study of law and religion by retrieving religious sources of law, renewing timeless teachings of religion for today, and reengaging with the difficult issues confronting society. Interdisciplinary, international, and interfaith in scope, Witte's work has generated an enormous body of scholarship. This collection of essays by leading scholars examines his impact and maps new directions for future exploration"--

From the philosophical perspective article deals with the correlation between law and consciousness. To address the issue, ideas from renowned thinkers are used. It specifically describes the experience of addressing the subject in Russian philosophy from the late nineteenth to the early twentieth century. The article shows the reasons for preferring law or consciousness in different periods of history and demonstrates the rational nature of law and the irrational nature of consciousness, indicating that law and consciousness are not mutually exclusive. It concludes with an attempt to combine the two concepts in activities of people who must enforce legal norms. Using the experience of Russian philosophy, which regards the law as a moral minimum, people are advised to govern their actions not only by legal rules, but by listening to the voice of their conscience. The authors suggest understanding conscience as a spiritual and moral human law that makes it possible to make decisions without being forced or motivated from the outside, governed by the internal realization of good and evil and identifying the veracity, justice, and rectitude of an act.

Chapter 1 Introduction -- Chapter 2 Defining Reparative Justice and Global Examples of its Implementation -- Chapter 3 Treaty Law for States, Soft Law addressing Non-State Actors and The Human Rights Responsibilities of NGOs -- Chapter 4 How International Human Rights Law Potentially Applies to Development NGOs in a Post Mass Atrocity Context Working in Partnership with/As Proxies of States -- Chapter 5 Rwanda Case Study -- Chapter 6 Conclusion.

Good governance practices through electronic government (eGov) platforms can be suitable instruments for strengthening the outcomes of smart city policies. While eGov is the application of information and communication technologies to public services, good governance defines how well public authorities manage public and social resources. Contemporary public management views, such as &lsquo ; new public service&rsquo ; include citizen participation as a critical factor to sustainable government in smart cities. Public services, in the age of digital technology, need to not only be delivered through eGov platforms, but also need to be coproduced with the engagement of social players, e.g., citizens. In this sense, eGov platforms act as digital commons, and conceived as digital spaces, where citizens and public agents interact and collaborate. In this paper, we presented the Municipal eGov Platform Assessment Model (MEPA), which is a model specifically developed to evaluate eGov platforms regarding their potential to promote commons in smart cities. The study applied MEPA to 903 municipal websites across Brazil. The results revealed that the majority of investigated Brazilian eGov platforms have only a low level of digital commons maturity. This finding discloses less citizenship coproduction, and fewer opportunities for city smartness. As the MEPA model offers public authorities an instrument to depict weaknesses and strengths of municipal eGov platforms, its adoption provides an opportunity for authorities to plan and manage their platforms to act as promoters of digital commons and citizen coproduction.