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Global Democracy: In the Beginning
Goodin, Robert E. - 2008
Talk about global democracy seems to be fixated on a Reform-Act model of democracy, with 'one person one vote for all affected by the decisions' as for example in a second popularly-apportioned chamber of UN. Politically, that seems wildly unrealistic. But remember that the Reform Acts came very...
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International human rights treaty to change social patterns: The convention on the elimination of all forms of discrimination against women
Cho, Seo-Young - 2010
This paper analyzes empirically whether the ratification of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW), advocating the multiple dimensions of women's rights, affects the level of women's rights in a country. Measuring commitments to the CEDAW based on...
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State recognition of the right to food at the national level
Vidar, Margret - 2006
This paper considers to what extent the human right to food has been recognized by countries in the world, by analysing international obligations and constitutional provisions, bearing in mind that the right to food may be either explicitly or implicitly protected at the constitutional level. It...
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Sovereign states and surging water: Brahmaputra river between China and India
Mahapatra, Sushanta Kumar; Ratha, Keshab Chandra - 2015
, extreme monsoon rainfall and sea level rise. Water is emerging as a new possible irritant between China and India. For India … diversion projects in Tibet by China is a matter of grave concern for lower riparian states. For China, it is having hidden … requirement of fresh water as the pollution grows and population rise has forced China to have the Tsangpo-Brahmaputra River …
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A Comparison Between Shale Gas in China and Unconventional Fuel Development in the United States: Health, Water and Environmental Risks
Farah, Paolo D.; Tremolada, Riccardo - 2013
China is appraised to have the world's largest exploitable reserves of shale gas, although several legal, regulatory …, environmental and investment-related issues will likely restrain its scope. China's capacity to successfully face these hurdles and … produce commercial shale gas will have a crucial impact on the regional gas market and on China’s energy mix, as Beijing …
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Propriedade intelectual, serviços e investmentos: Panorama de regulação em acordos regionais de comércio celebrados por União Europeia, Estados Unidos, China e Índia
Roriz, João Henrique Ribeiro; Tasquetto, Lucas da Silva - 2012
by the United States, European Union, India and China in comparison with how the world trade system regulates them. Then …
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Medidas de defesa comercial e regras de origem: Panorama de regulação em acordos regionais de comércio celebrados por União Europeia, Estados Unidos, China e Índia
Egydio de Carvalho, Marina Amaral - 2013
and scanning of existing preferential agreements for the United States, European Union, China and India on Trade Remedies …
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China’s Market Economy Status and European Anti-Dumping Regulation
Sandkamp, Alexander; Yalcin, Erdal - In: CESifo Forum 17 (2016) 1, pp. 77-85
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Der systematische Raub von Glasaalen für den chinesischen Markt
Weerth, Carsten - In: BDZ-Fachteil (2022) 10, 11, pp. 67-68, 79-80
Im grenzüberschreitenden Warenverkehr (v.a. Reiseverkehr o. Postverkehr) liegt die Aufmerksamkeit bei der Kontrolle von Tieren oder Pflanzen auf der Einfuhr von exotischen Exemplaren, die dem Washingtoner Artenschutzübereinkommen CITES (Convention on the International Trade in Endangered...
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Rule of law, institutional quality and information
Bruno, Randolph Luca - 2008
The focus of this paper is the analysis of the persistent lawlessness attitude observed in some transition and developing countries where an overall increase in the quality of institutions is recorded. The mechanism of information diffusion on institutional quality is explored using a model...
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