Suchergebnisse

This book addresses why, whether and how the existing legal framework on water management in China could make climate change adaptation a mainstream issue. The book uses a table to illustrate the distinctions and similarities between IWRM and water-centered adaptation to analyze the possibilities of mainstreaming adaptation. The new water-planning processes and EIA are also illustrated in the form of figures showing the differences after factoring in adaptation considerations. Interviews with water managers to obtain their perception and attitudes towards climate change adaptation offer new perspectives for readers. The adaptation- mainstreaming approach, which finds a way to balance various interests and tasks, will arouse the interests of those readers who argue that climate change is only one of the issues challenging water management, and that poverty reduction, environmental protection and living standard improvement are even more important. Readers will also be interested to discover that the adaptation mainstreaming approach could be applied in water management institutions such as water planning and EIA. In addition, the book offers a clear explanation of the challenges of adaptation to the existing water-related legal framework from a theoretical perspective, and provides theoretical and practical recommendations

This book explores the legal and hydro-political trajectories of the Nile Basin as the region, caught between increased demand and dwindling supply, faces a looming water crisis. Mahemud Tekuya brings a crucial multidisciplinary lens to his analysis of one of the world's most history-rich watercourses.

Climate change remains a global challenge requiring international collaborative action. Another area where countries have successfully committed to a long-term multilateral resolution is the liberalization of international trade. Integration into the world economy has proven a powerful means for countries to promote economic growth, development, and poverty reduction. The broad objectives of the betterment of current and future human welfare are shared by both global trade and climate regimes. Yet both climate and trade agendas have evolved largely independently through the years, despite thei

"Competition over the Nile watercourse is becoming a global crisis. As population growth, economic development, and urbanization increase the demand for water in the Nile Basin while climate change threatens its supply, the region faces a looming water crisis. An effective resolution of this multifaceted issue, which impacts 11 African countries, requires detailed multidisciplinary research"--

"Competition over the Nile watercourse is becoming a global crisis. As population growth, economic development, and urbanization increase the demand for water in the Nile Basin while climate change threatens its supply, the region faces a looming water crisis. An effective resolution of this multifaceted issue, which impacts 11 African countries, requires detailed multidisciplinary research"--

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Contributors -- 1. Sexual Assault in Canada: Recent Developments / Mohr, Renate M. / Roberts, Julian V. -- 2. The Struggle to Redefine Rape in the Early 1980s / Łoś, Maria -- 3. Changing Definitions of Sexual Assault: An Analysis of Police Statistics / Roberts, Julian V. / Grossman, Michelle G. -- 4. The Processing of Child Sexual Abuse Cases -- 5. Effects of Reform Legislation on the Processing of Sexual Assault Cases / Clark, Scott / Hepworth, Dorothy -- 6. The Judicial Construction of Sexual Assault Offences / Boyle, Christine -- 7. Sexual Assault Sentencing: Leaving Justice to Individual Conscience / Mohr, Renate M. -- 8. Sexual Assault of Inuit Females: A Comment on 'Cultural Bias' / Nahanee, Teressa -- 9. Compensation for Women Who Have Been Raped / Sheehy, Elizabeth A. -- 10. Sexual Assault Trials and the Protection of 'Bad Girls': The Battle between the Courts and Parliament / Bowland, Adelyn L. -- 11. Seaboyer and Gayme: A Study InEquality / Majury, Diana -- 12. Redefining Reformism: The Consultations That Shaped Bill C-49 / Mcintyre, Sheila -- 13. Sexual Assault: Future Research Priorities / Roberts, Julian V. / Mohr, Renate M. -- Appendix A. Sexual Assault in Canada: A Bibliography ( 1977-1991) / Roberts, Julian V. / Grossman, Michelle G. -- Appendix B. Legal Text of 'Rape Shield' Legislation C-49

Contents -- Preface -- I. The Legal System -- II. On Legal Acts -- III. On Legal Impact -- IV. When Is Law Effective?--Part I -- V. When Is Law Effective?--Part II -- VI. On the Origin of Law and Laws -- VII. Law, Power, and Social Structure -- VIII. On Legal Culture -- IX. On Internal Legal Culture -- X. Social Change and Legal Change -- Bibliography -- Index

Social movements provide the engine of legal change and law itself spurs social movement activity. This issue of Studies in Law, Politics and Society examines the legal life of social movements and their impact on law. The articles collected here take up social movements in several different nations, including France, South Africa and Canada, asking us to consider the way context is reflected in movement activities