"This book examines the impact and implications of Japan's withdrawal from the International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling (ICRW), which came into effect in July 2019. In 1982 the International Whaling Commission (IWC) adopted a moratorium on commercial whaling which has been in...

An address at the Open Day at Frank Kitts Park to celebrate the Gentle Giants of the Ocean on 15 December 2007. The address considers Japan’s exploitation of the scientific research provision in the International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling

"Through the mid-nineteenth century, the United States whaling industry drove industrialization and urbanization, offering ways to lubricate and illuminate the country. The Pennsylvania petroleum boom of the 1860s brought cheap and plentiful petroleum into the market, decimating whale oil's...

On May 10, 2012, JPMorgan Chase & Co. started to report losses on its London based credit derivative portfolio. To date, these losses have accumulated to roughly USD~6.2 billion. In this document, we consolidate publicly available information on the JPMorgan case to provide a detailed review of...