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In September 2015, the United Nations General Assembly adopted the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). This historic document constituted a transformative 'plan for action for people, planet and prosperity' with regards to the sustainable development efforts of all...
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OUP Oxford
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2023-11-24
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This open access book explains how leading business organizations attempt to achieve the responsible and ethical use of artificial intelligence (AI) and other advanced information technologies. These technologies can produce tremendous insights and benefits. But they...
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Springer
Parution :
2023-11-22
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Kryptowerte wie der Bitcoin stellen ein neuartiges Phänomen dar, welches vor allem in rechtlicher Hinsicht zahlreiche Fragen aufwirft. Die vorliegende Arbeit erforscht nach Erläuterung der technischen Grundlagen der Blockchaintechnologie die währungs- und...
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Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2023-11-22
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This volume is a collection of chapters based on work within Myanmar by the authors between 2009 and 2021 while working to improve housing, land and property rights for the population. Despite the extensive application and political uptake of their work throughout the...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2023-11-22
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Imagine that Eric, a young man, has been convicted of a gang-related crime: he was found by police at the scene of a robbery carried out by his friends. The sentencing judge now needs to make a decision. Not knowing whether Eric poses a risk to the public, she turns to...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2023-11-22
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Collegiality is a core legal principle of the European Commission's internal decision-making, acting as a safeguard to the Commission's supranational character and ensuring the Commission's independence from EU Member States. Despite collegiality's central role within...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2023-11-22
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Visions of Cannabis Control argues that cannabis prohibition is the result of moral panic that has been instigated, perpetuated, and sustained in ways that are difficult to dislodge. The book documents the history of these cannabis policies and explores the impact of...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2023-11-22
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There is no denying that the rules and enforcement mechanisms of investment law and arbitration reach deep into the regulatory and policy space of host states. Investment tribunals have the ability to second-guess all variety of state measures and, in doing so, have...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2023-11-22
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Obwohl sieben der neun Menschenrechtsverträge auf Ebene der Vereinten Nationen die Möglichkeit eines Staatenbeschwerdeverfahrens eröffnen, kam dieser Verfahrensart über Jahrzehnte hinweg keinerlei praktische Bedeutung zu. Im Frühjahr 2018 erreichten den CERD-Ausschuss...
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Springer
Parution :
2023-11-21
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Artificial intelligence (AI) – both in its current, comparatively limited form and even more so in its potential future forms (such as general and superintelligence) – has raised both concerns and hopes. Its actual and potential consequences are increasingly...
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Springer
Parution :
2023-11-20
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Im Juli 2017 wurde in Deutschland die Möglichkeit der selbstständigen Vermögensabschöpfung eingeführt. Dabei handelt es sich um ein Novum unter den Abschöpfungsinstrumenten, denn der von der Einziehung Betroffene muss einer Straftat nicht überführt sein. Es genügt der...
Editeur :
Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2023-11-20
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Ewan McKendrick has been an instrumental figure in shaping the law of obligations, both as a practitioner and as a professor at the University of Oxford and University College London. On the occasion of his retirement from the Oxford Law Faculty, this volume presents a...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2023-11-19
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This book draws on original research and existing theoretical perspectives and frameworks to critically examine the role of roads policing and its place within the wider field of policing. It looks at the challenges and complexities of doing roads policing and...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2023-11-18
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Shaping Contracts for Work provides an in-depth examination of the common law's role in shaping employment contracts through the mechanism of implied terms. It constructs a theory which views the nature of the employment contract as distinct from other types of work...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2023-11-18
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This book explores the historical and legal importance of two principles, Quod Omnes Tangit, and Tianxia Wei Gong, which have played significant roles in European and Chinese political and legal history. While Quod Omnes Tangit has been thoroughly researched, Tianxia...
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Springer
Parution :
2023-11-16
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Wahrnehmung und Einstellung der Bevölkerung zum Strafvollzug werden entscheidend von den ihr zur Verfügung stehenden Informationen geprägt. Fehleinschätzungen der Strafvollzugswirklichkeit sind das Ergebnis von wechselseitigen Kommunikationsprozessen, auf deren Ebenen,...
Editeur :
Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2023-11-16
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This book provides innovative and empirically based insights into the ongoing debate on the fragmentation of international trade law. It offers the reader a much-needed doctrinal overview of the different approaches to the issue of fragmentation and reveals their...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2023-11-16
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There is no denying that the rules and enforcement mechanisms of investment law and arbitration reach deep into the regulatory and policy space of host states. Investment tribunals have the ability to second-guess all variety of state measures and, in doing so, have...
Editeur :
OUP Oxford
Parution :
2023-11-16
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Das Rückkaufhandelsverbot gemäß § 34 Abs. 4 GewO ist zuletzt vermehrt in den Fokus der Gerichte geraten.Das hängt mit Klagen von Verbrauchern zusammen, die bei Liquiditätsengpässen entsprechende Geschäftsmodelle beanspruchten und sich benachteiligt fühlten. Oft handelt...
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Springer
Parution :
2023-11-15
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This book describes how statements made by non-state actors affect the scope of an individual's criminal responsibility and how they should be taken into account by domestic criminal courts. Sentencing is only possible on the basis and within the limits of the law. In...
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Springer
Parution :
2023-11-15
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