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'Why Do They Hate Us?...They Hate Our Freedoms' : The Globalisation of Terrorism and Counter-Terrorism

Saul, Ben - 2009

While most terrorism remains localised, aspects of some transnational terrorism and counter-terrorism have been simultaneously enabled and constrained by globalisation. This paper addresses both the material, causative and legal dynamics of globalisation in relation to terrorism and...

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Defining 'Terrorism' to Protect Human Rights

Saul, Ben - 2008

This paper first considers the policy reasons for why the international community should define terrorism, focusing on arguments that terrorism: (a) seriously violates human rights; (b) jeopardizes the State, deliberative politics and the constitutional order which sustains rights; (c) is...

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Defending 'Terrorism' : Justifications and Excuses for Terrorism in International Criminal Law

Saul, Ben - 2008

any new international crime of terrorism could be accommodated by individual defences in international criminal law …

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Conflict of Laws in Insolvency Transaction Avoidance

Ho, Look Chan - 2008

The proliferation of rules aimed at the management of cross-border insolvencies has not been coupled with sufficient attention to the choice of law rules relating to the avoidance of antecedent transactions as legal acts detrimental to all the creditors. This article is the first of its kind in...

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Energy Sovereignty or Regulatory Competition? North East Asian Renewable Energy Regulation in the Post Global Financial Crisis Era

Crossley, Penelope - 2015

article will argue that a schism has emerged between the regulation of renewable energy in Europe and North East Asia. While … regulation with physical interconnection and shared regulatory institutions and markets, in North East Asia this has not occurred … European region, in North East Asia a more protectionist approach has been adopted to support the domestic industry due to …

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Adapting to Climate Change in Marine and Coastal Areas : The International Legal Perspective

Stephens, Tim - 2013

Human induced climate change is driving rapid biophysical changes throughout the oceans and seas that cover over two-thirds of the Earth’s surface. The most widely discussed effect of climate change in the marine and coastal environment is sea level rise, and the transformation of coastal...

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International Tax Implications of Cloud Computing

Koukoulioti, Vasiliki; Reed, Chris - 2022

The current tax laws are based heavily on concepts of physical geography, such as controlling premises and physical equipment or employing staff in the jurisdiction. The geographical concepts do not accommodate the cloud business model in any sensible way. As a consequence, the taxation of cloud...

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Protecting Refugees in the Global 'War on Terror'

Saul, Ben - 2008

This paper focuses on the growing pressure to automatically exclude suspected terrorists from refugee status since the late 1990s including exclusion based on mere membership of terrorist organizations. As the first part of this paper shows, such pressure has emanated from the UN General...

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A Weathermap for International Arbitration : Mainly Sunny, Some Cloud, Possible Thunderstorms

Nottage, Luke R. - 2016

treaty arbitration opens the possibility of more theoretical diversity and therefore debate in the world of international …

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ASEAN Product Liability and Consumer Product Safety Regulation : Comparing National Laws and Free Trade Agreements

Nottage, Luke R. - 2015

partners world-wide. This paper uncovers already significant harmonisation in substantive product liability law enacted across …/or risks – as required now in major Asia-Pacific economies as well as in the EU. Reforms to national laws to fill this gap …

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