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Climate change challenges the resiliency and integrity of social and legal systems worldwide. Responding to climate change requires us to think systematically – and ambitiously – about how to engage the rule of law as a tool in efforts to limit the causes and consequences of climate change....
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The universalization of human rights norms and the global liberalization of corporate and commercial endeavor are two especially conspicuous players on the globalization stage. Both, to some extent, rely on the notion of the Rule of Law to promote their ends, though they rely on different...
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Much political conflict in the world revolves around the issue of how much freedom to accord people. Liberal democracies are characterized by, e.g., the rule of law and a strong protection of civil rights, giving individuals a great deal of legally guaranteed freedom to lead their lives as they...
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Although the United States has launched repeated attacks on China’s human rights policies for the past three decades …, China’s Communist Party has been able to mount an effective defense and counterattack that has resonated with China … power. China has been able to mount this defense based on three prongs: tradition, law, and morality.Appealing to …
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With the establishment of China's new multilateral development banks in Asia, concerns on behalf of developed nations … development projects in Asia by China's new financial vehicles. However, according to the operational and financial principles of … uphold the reputation of the bank and thus of China's image but also have to be balanced in respect of the sovereign …
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few in legal scholarship considering the impact of the relationship between China’s growing soft power and its effect on … specifically examines how China’s methods of obtaining this power and influence—specifically through the Belt and Road Initiative … could justify future extreme acts, before examining steps that states should take to address China’s actions …
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