Law topic list of research papers
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Conscientious Objection to Vaccination2016 / Steve Clarke, Alberto Giubilini, Mary Jean Walker
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Host country governance and the African land rush: 7 reasons why large-scale farmland investments fail to contribute to sustainable development
Abstract The large social and environmental footprint of rising investor demand for Africa’s farmland has in recent years become a much-examined area of enquiry. This has produced a rich body of literature that has generated valuable insights into...
2016 / George C. Schoneveld -
Learner-centered Teaching and Learner Autonomy
Abstract The paper focuses on some issues of contention concerning the widely commented shift from a teacher-centered to a learner-centered approach in ELT. It is based on the premise of building learner autonomy [Holec, 1981] that is expected to...
2016 / Ellie Boyadzhieva -
The Continuing Evolution of Official Statistics: Some Challenges and Opportunities2016 / Steve MacFeely
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Accommodating consensus and diversity in environmental knowledge production: Achieving closure through typologies in IPBES
Abstract How can a diversity of perspectives be accommodated in scientific and political consensus on environmental issues? This paper adopts a science and technology studies (STS) approach to examine how the pursuit of consensus-based knowledge and ...
2016 / Jasper Montana -
Piracy off the coast of Somalia: implications for China’s maritime security2016 / Manickam Venkataraman
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Understanding institutions: different paradigms, different conclusions2016 / Daniel Friel
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Using Ecological Site Information to Improve Landscape Management for Ecosystem Services
On the Ground • Ecological sites and their component state-and-transition models are valuable tools for predicting the effects of climatic and...
2016 / Joel R. Brown, Kris M. Havstad -
Potency test of a rape accused in India – Rationale, problems and suggestions in light of the Criminal Law (Amendment) Act, 20132016 / Md Shadab Raheel, Abhishek Yadav, Shashank Pooniya, Sudhir Kumar Gupta, A.K. Jaiswal
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Climate Change Mitigation Techniques and International Law: Assessing the Externalities of Reforestation and Geoengineering2016 / Cedric Ryngaert
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Who demands collective action in an imperfect institutional environment? A case study of the profession of advocates in Russia
Abstract We analyse the profession of criminal defence lawyers (“advocates”) in Russia to understand their potential for collective action in an imperfect institutional environment. In 2013, we conducted a survey of 372 advocates in 9 regions of...
2016 / Anton Kazun, Andrei Yakovlev -
Acquis Communautaire as Supranational Legal Texts and their Interlingual Reproduction across Multilingual Europe
Abstract This conceptual paper examines EU institutional-legal texts as a rich repository of theoretical problems, using a synergy of linguistic and translatological approaches. The paper aims to promote awareness of EU supranational texts’...
2016 / Klaudia Bednárová-Gibová -
Causes and strategies of limiting psychoactive substance use by female escort agency sex workers
Abstract Introduction Purpose of the article is to analyse the motives of the decision to limit or stop using psychoactive substances (mainly alcohol) by female escort agency sex workers. Also presented are sex workers’ strategies...
2016 / Izabela Ślęzak -
Terminological Dictionaries in ESP Training of Engineer Physicists
Abstract The article is devoted to the actual task of creating learners’ dictionaries. It defines the general objectives in creating of such dictionaries as well as the principles of their formation, namely the harmonization of concepts in different ...
2016 / Svetlana Andrianova, Anna Makarova -
The year of 2016, a milestone2016 / Gilberto Luis Camanho
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Present at the confusion
Abstract By the fall of 1990 the economic position of the USSR had deteriorated to the point where the Gorbachev government sought the advice and assistance of the major Western international financial institutions: the International Monetary Fund,...
2016 / John Nellis -
CHALLENGING THE CENTRALIST DOCTRINE IN MEXICAN FAMILY LAW: AN ANALYSIS OF THE EVOLUTION OF STATE AUTHORITY OVER CIVIL LAW MATTERS AND ITS IMPACT ON THE REGULATION OF COHABITATION AND DIVORCE
ABSTRACT This article addresses the need for debate about the concepts of federalism, centralization, decentralization and sovereignty within the context of Mexican comparative and family law. Until recently, private law and family law scholars have ...
2016 / Graciela Jasa Silveira -
Enduring politics: the culture of obstacles in legislating for assisted reproduction technologies in Ireland
Abstract Assisted reproductive technology has become a normalized part of reproductive medicine in many countries around the world. Access, however, is uneven and inconsistent, facilitated and restricted by such factors as affordability, social and...
2016 / Jill Allison -
Balance of threat: The domestic insecurity of Vladimir Putin
Abstract During the 17 years that Vladimir Putin has ruled Russia, the country has become increasingly authoritarian. However, I argue that this rollback of democracy has not been motivated by Putin's blind desire to maximize his political power, as ...
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What’s Out There2016 / Katharine Dow