The 1992 United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (the Rio Conference) heralded a new era of environmental law, with its purpose to formulate strategies to achieve sustainable development worldwide, recognising the interconnectedness of all systems on earth, and the need to...

The EU environmental policy is challenged by current international development (withdrawal of the US from the Paris climate accord, melting of the Arctic, changes in climate, extreme weather events), the sustainable development policy agenda and also by public pressure. The interest of the...

Future U.S. legislation to curb the emission of greenhouse gases (GHGs) seems likely to include enforcement provisions and to give the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and individual U.S. states significant roles in enforcing its provisions. Following an overview of U.S. environmental...

As America enters the new decade, we enter a period of significant change. With the unexpected rise of the COVID-19 pandemic, many Americans are now questioning the current system and are looking for positive change. Politicians and policymakers need to seize this opportunity to protect...

This is the Twentieth Annual Survey of American Choice-of-Law Cases. It covers cases decided by American state or federal courts from January 1 to December 31, 2006, and reported during the same period. Of the 2,598 conflicts cases that met both of these parameters, the Survey focuses on the...

The Australian Senate's “Interim Report on Unconventional Gas Mining” was released in June 2016, following heightened political awareness of continuing public outcry relating to unconventional gas exploration. In Queensland, the state government has supported the gas industry's headlong rush...

Modern scientific research and the exploitation of genetic resources and traditional knowledge may offer great benefits to humankind. How can the patent system help scientists, commercial enterprises and civil society at large to realize those benefits while safeguarding the rights and interests...

This paper describes the challenges victims, insurers and governments face in dealing with insurance for low-probability high-consequence events in both developed and developing economies. In developed economies, given their limited experience with catastrophes, there is a tendency for all three...

This chapter examines the issue of coexistence of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) alongside conventional and organic crops. The central focus is on whether there is a veritable opportunity for coexistence of all three types of crops, which allows for freedom of choice by both farmers and...

Spanish Abstract: En el presente trabajo de investigación, se muestra un análisis jurídico nacional y supranacional en correspondencia al derecho a la seguridad social de los empleados domésticos en México, derecho reconocido en la misma Constitución Política de los Estados Unidos...