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Food, Farming & Sustainability : Perspectives on U.S. Agricultural Production
Schneider, Susan A. - 2014
This article offers a discussion of the U.S. agricultural sector and its current focus on an industrialized model of production. Challenges to the longterm sustainability of this approach are presented and an approach based more on natural processes is advocated. The article was prepared for the...
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A Review of China’s Sustainable Development Goals through International Investment Agreements
Fan, Kun - 2023
Based on a comprehensive treaty survey, the article presents the general approaches to sustainable development goals (SDGs) in Chinese International Investment Agreements (IIAs). With the global trend towards investor responsibilisation, a new generation of investment policies places inclusive...
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Judicial Defenders : Their Role in Postgenocide Justice and Sustained Legal Development
McCourt, Kerstin - 2014
Efforts to encourage the legal community to play a catalytic role in sustained legal development in Rwanda gave rise to specific, and in some cases life-threatening, challenges. This article explores the role of the Corps of Judicial Defenders in Rwanda and its potential to contribute both to...
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Digital courts and corporate investment in sustainability : evidence from China
Li, Wen; Peng, Qing - In: International review of financial analysis 88 (2023), pp. 1-19
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Litigating Sustainability – Towards a Taxonomy of Counter Corporate Litigation
Taylor, Mark B. - 2020
The paper sets out to establish a basis for research into the role of litigation involving business entities as part of the larger project of regulating business activity for sustainability. The paper frames the wave of climate litigation against companies in domestic courts alongside the...
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The Next Green Issue : Considering Property Insurance for the Green Building
Prum, Darren A. - 2013
As government policies across the country try to encourage more environmentally friendly buildings, the next green issue facing the owners of the completed structure is obtaining the proper insurance coverage to protect their investment. A typical property insurance policy covers the costs to...
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Racial Capitalism and the Ecological Crises of the Anthropocene
Gonzalez, Carmen G. - 2023
The concept of racial capitalism has been embraced by scholars and activists as a means of exploring the common roots of contemporary social and ecological crises. These include unprecedented environmental degradation, extreme economic inequality, the resurgence of authoritarian...
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Post-conflict justice and sustainable peace
Lie, Tove Grete; Binningsbø, Helga Malmin; Gates, Scott - 2007
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Water and Ecologically Sustainable Development in the Courts
Preston, Brian - 2013
Australia is the driest inhabited continent with scarce water resources. The demands of a rapidly growing population and economy, including agriculture, exceed supply, with significant environmental consequences for present and future generations. Disputes concerning the sustainability of use of...
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The Judicial Development of Ecologically Sustainable Development
Preston, Brian - 2016
decades. The task of instilling ESD and its principles with legal rigour has generally fallen to the judiciary. The … judiciaries of the world have, through their decisions, cast some light on the concept of ESD and have answered to varying degrees …, judicial decisions are developing a body of jurisprudence on ESD. This paper sketches some of the ways in which the judiciary …
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