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Transnational Corporations and International Law provides a comprehensive overview of existing laws and principles aimed at regulating the international behaviour of transnational corporations (TNCs). Alice de Jonge highlights the inadequacies and possibilities inherent in the current regulatory network and also outlines a theoretical framework for bringing TNCs more comprehensively under the coverage of internationally-agreed standards of behaviour. The book then explores institutional avenues for bringing TNCs to account when such standards are breached. The author also provides a unique per

Farm Animal Welfare legislation in the US? Modern Farm Animal Protection Act

In Australia, a supreme court has a supervisory role over the statutory adjudication process that has been established within the security of payment legislation. In this role, the courts have quashed many adjudication determinations on the grounds of jurisdictional error in recent years. This is a problem as the courts' involvement in statutory adjudication is contrary to the object of the legislation. When reviewing adjudication determinations, the courts have adopted different approaches with respect to determining the role of adjudicators and the essential jurisdictional facts that must exist in order for an adjudicator to have jurisdiction to hear a referred disputed matter. This diversification of judicial interpretation with respect to jurisdictional error is confusing, not only to construction professionals, but also to many lawyers. Via a desktop study – where the evidence is mainly garnered from case law, governmental reports and commentaries – this paper reviews the legal complexities involved in diagnosing jurisdictional errors. In doing so, the paper aims to answer the question as to why the adjudication process has become bogged down in the quagmire of judicial review. The paper concludes that the evolving inconsistency of case law in relation to statutory adjudication is a crucial factor contributing to the erosion of the object of the security of payment legislation in Australia. Moving forward, the paper argues that establishing a legislative review mechanism of jurisdictional challenges may be sufficient to address this problem.

"The United Nations Convention on the Law of Sea ('UNCLOS') is hailed as one of the most significant multilateral legal agreements executed in the past few decades. However, its shortcomings are neither trivial nor inconsequential, especially regarding maritime boundary disputes involving hydrocarbon resources. This monograph examines the relationship between UNCLOS and maritime boundaries in five non-polar regions, encompassing almost 90% of global unresolved disputes involving offshore hydrocarbon development. The regions, which include the eastern Mediterranean, the Caspian Sea, the Persian Gulf, northeast Asia, and the South China Sea, were chosen for their oil and gas resources potential and recent military skirmishes that have the potential to lead to wider regional confrontations. The book addresses each region's maritime boundary status in the context of specific articles within UNCLOS that have been exploited by disputing states to justify their overlapping claims. The history and future applicability of multilateral Joint Development Area agreements for each region are evaluated for their potential to provide a f cooperative solution to resolve ongoing tensions. Highlighting the limitations of current 'gun-boat' diplomacy, the monograph makes practical suggestions for new paradigms for resolving outstanding disputes, promoting lasting peace and generating economic benefits resulting from resource development"--

Genetically modified food is at the heart of a new global conflict over how to govern risky technologies in an era of globalization. This timely collection brings together experts from the fields of IR, environmental studies, trade and law to examine the sources of international friction and to explore the prospects for international co-operation

Intro -- Contents -- Foreword -- Part I Preliminary study on counter-terrorismand human rights in the case lawof the European Court of Human Rights -- Part II A selection of terrorism-related cases heardby the European Court of Human Rights -- Selected cases -- A. v. The Netherlands (Application No. 4900/06), 20 July 2010 -- A. and Others v. The United Kingdom (Application No. 3455/05), 19 February 2009 -- Abdullah Aydin v. Turkey (No. 2) (Application No. 63739/00), 10 November 2005 -- Acar and Others v. Turkey (Applications Nos. 36088/97 and 38417/97), 24 May 2005 -- Akkoç v. Turkey (Applications Nos. 22947/93 and 22948/93), 10 October 2000 -- Aksoy v. Turkey (Application No. 100/1995/606/694), 26 November 1996 -- Aktas v. Turkey (Application No. 24351/94), 24 April 2003 -- Alinak v. Turkey (Application No. 40287/98), 29 March 2005 -- Arslan v. Turkey (Application No. 23462/94), 8 July 1999 -- Association Ekin v. France (Application No. 39288/98), 17 July 2001 -- Başkaya and Okçuoğlu v. Turkey (Applications Nos. 23536/94 and 24408/94), 8 July 1999 -- Batı and Others v. Turkey (Applications Nos. 33097/96 and 57834/00), 3 June 2004 -- Brannigan and McBride v. The United Kingdom (Applications Nos. 14553/89 and 14554/89), 25 May 1993 -- Brogan and Others v. The United Kingdom (Applications Nos. 11209/84, 11234/84, 11266/84 and 11386/85), 29 November 1988 -- Castells v. Spain (Application No. 11798/85), 23 April 1992 -- Ceylan v. Turkey (Application No. 23556/94), 8 July 1999 -- Chahal v. The United Kingdom (Application No. 70/1995/576/662), 15 November 1996 -- Dağtekin and Others v. Turkey (Application No. 70516/01), 13 December 2008 -- Demir and Others v. Turkey (Applications Nos. 71/1997/855/1062-1064), 23 September 1998 -- Dicle v. Turkey (Application No. 34685/97), 10 November 2004 -- Dikme v. Turkey (Application No. 20869/92), 11 July 2000.

"Laws may generally be regarded as requirements for human conduct, applying to all persons within their jurisdiction, commanding what is right, prohibiting what is wrong, and imposing penalties for violations".1 In the law's efforts at safeguarding patient safety, it has also generated fear of legal reprisal. However a good understanding of the rules and regulation that govern day-to-day practice, and awareness of accountability and professional responsibility intrinsic to the healthcare professions is critical to maintaining the high standard and regard to which these professions are held. ; peer-reviewed