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...

Finance has become an indispensable vehicle for economic development in emerging economies. Such economic progress involves a number of human rights implications which affect financial products, the entitlements of the banking sector itself as well as broad matters of socio-political and...

This paper explores the current problematic rebirth of liberalism in Africa and why the rule of law must be reconsidered to achieve sustainable development. It accepts the common view that no viable society can exist today without a credible, legitimate, and widely accepted legal regime. In...

The paper analyzes the role of NGOs in fostering social accountability and the rule of law in contemporary Serbia. It is based on a fieldwork conducted in 2014 and is part of a wider research effort that includes analysis of social accountability in Cambodia

The international bailout granted to Portugal between 2011 and 2014 was conditional on the adoption by the Portuguese State of austerity measures included in a memorandum of understanding (MoU) signed by the European Commission on behalf of the European Union and the Member States.The MoU was...

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....

"The rapid growth of multinational corporations has given rise to many complex and controversial international law and governance issues. Driven to maximize shareholder value, these corporations are legally structured to seize every advantage while also benefiting from generous investor rights...