Multi-criteria Analysis in Legal Reasoning

Multi-criteria Analysis in Legal Reasoning

Author: Bengt Lindell

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

Published: 2017-05-26

Total Pages: 301

ISBN-13: 1786430207

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Providing an accessible introduction to the application of multi-criteria analysis in law, this book illustrates how simple additive weighing, a well known method in decision theory, can be used in problem structuring, analysis and decision support for overall assessments and balancing of interests in the context of law.


Copyright and Information Privacy

Copyright and Information Privacy

Author: Federica Giovanella

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

Published: 2017-12-29

Total Pages: 359

ISBN-13: 1785369369

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Federica Giovanella examines the on-going conflict between copyright and informational privacy rights within the judicial system in this timely and intriguing book.


ASEAN Resistance to Sovereignty Violation

ASEAN Resistance to Sovereignty Violation

Author: Southgate, Laura

Publisher: Bristol University Press

Published: 2019-05-08

Total Pages: 294

ISBN-13: 1529202205

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Available Open Access under CC-BY-NC licence. Examining how the Association of Southeast Asian Nations’ (ASEAN) has responded to external threats over the past 50 years, this book provides a compelling account of regional state actions and foreign policy in the face of potential sovereignty violation. The author draws on a large amount of previously unanalysed material, including declassified government documents and WikiLeaks cables, to examine four key cases since 1975. Taking into account state interests and the role of external powers, the author develops the ‘vanguard state theory’ to explain ASEAN state responses to sovereignty violation, which, it is argued, has universal applicability and explanatory power.


Africa's International Relations

Africa's International Relations

Author: Beth Elise Whitaker

Publisher:

Published: 2018

Total Pages: 418

ISBN-13: 9781626377349

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Comprehensive and engaging, this timely introduction to Africa’s international relations explores how power, interests, and ideas influence interactions both among the continent’s states and between African states and other actors in the global arena. How has history shaped the international relations of African states and peoples? What role does identity play? How are foreign policies linked to domestic political dynamics, and especially to the pursuit of regime security? How are states grappling with the tensions between sovereignty and external pressures? These are among the questions answered as the authors address a wide range of ongoing and emerging challenges, all in historical and theoretical context. In addition, a case study at the end of each chapter illustrates key concepts and reflects an ongoing debate. The result is an ideal text for students, as well as an invaluable resource for researchers and policymakers. -- ‡c From publisher's description.


The Oxford Handbook of Modern Diplomacy

The Oxford Handbook of Modern Diplomacy

Author: Andrew Fenton Cooper

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2013-03-28

Total Pages: 990

ISBN-13: 0199588864

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Including chapters from some of the leading experts in the field this Handbook provides a full overview of the nature and challenges of modern diplomacy and includes a tour d'horizon of the key ways in which the theory and practice of modern diplomacy are evolving in the 21st Century.


The Balancing of Interests in Environmental Law in Africa

The Balancing of Interests in Environmental Law in Africa

Author: Willemien Du Plessis

Publisher: PULP

Published: 2011

Total Pages: 698

ISBN-13: 1920538054

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"Now that economic development is starting to pick up in many countries in Africa, the question arises how such development can be balanced with the need for adequate environmental protection. This crucial issue, inherent in the notion of sustainable development, is addressed in this innovative and path-breaking volume. For the first time, academics from seventeen African countries have joined forces to analyse the way in which economic and environmental interests are balanced in their legal systems. The authors all use a common framework to improve the comparability of the country studies. The different country-related chapters do not only provide insights into the formally applicable legal rules (law in the books), but given that the book brings together academics aware of the practice in Africa, they also describe the way in which environmental policy functions in practice (law in action). Many case studies, with conceptual analyses are provided of pollution incidents and the way in which administrative agencies or courts have on those occasions balanced the interests between the economy, society and the environment. A critical comparative analysis by the editors points at tendencies towards convergence and points of divergence between the African countries. Suggestions for policy reform are also formulated, showing African countries how they can benefit from experiences in the US and Europe. This thought provoking volume is a must for anyone (academic, policymaker or practitioner) interested in sustainable development generally and in Africa in particular."--P. [4] of cover.


The Cambridge Handbook of Consumer Privacy

The Cambridge Handbook of Consumer Privacy

Author: Evan Selinger

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2018-04-02

Total Pages: 616

ISBN-13: 1316859274

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Businesses are rushing to collect personal data to fuel surging demand. Data enthusiasts claim personal information that's obtained from the commercial internet, including mobile platforms, social networks, cloud computing, and connected devices, will unlock path-breaking innovation, including advanced data security. By contrast, regulators and activists contend that corporate data practices too often disempower consumers by creating privacy harms and related problems. As the Internet of Things matures and facial recognition, predictive analytics, big data, and wearable tracking grow in power, scale, and scope, a controversial ecosystem will exacerbate the acrimony over commercial data capture and analysis. The only productive way forward is to get a grip on the key problems right now and change the conversation. That's exactly what Jules Polonetsky, Omer Tene, and Evan Selinger do. They bring together diverse views from leading academics, business leaders, and policymakers to discuss the opportunities and challenges of the new data economy.


Foreign Investment in the Energy Sector

Foreign Investment in the Energy Sector

Author: Eric De Brabandere

Publisher: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers

Published: 2014-06-05

Total Pages: 312

ISBN-13: 9004244719

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Foreign investments in the energy sector raise formidable legal questions, often requiring a delicate balance between private and public interests of the various stakeholders. Foreign Investment in the Energy Sector: Balancing Private and Public Interests opens with a discussion of the legal protection of foreign investment in the main segments of the energy sector (namely oil, gas, mining and hydroelectric industry), both in substantive and procedural terms. This second part of the book focuses on the Energy Charter Treaty, by far the most important international legal instrument in the energy sector, and its future after the decision of the Russian Federation not to ratify it. In its third part, the book examines four critical areas that are often negatively concerned by economic activities by multinational in the energy sector, namely compliance with safety and labour standards, protection of the environment, respect of indigenous peoples rights, and protection of public health. Foreign Investment in the Energy Sector: Balancing Private and Public Interests, a comprehensive collection of essays from experts and practitioners, offers an important new resource to the field.


Flexibility at Work

Flexibility at Work

Author: Peter Andrew Reilly

Publisher: Gower Publishing, Ltd.

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 204

ISBN-13: 9780566082597

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Flexibility at Work shows you how to obtain the business benefits of flexibility whilst addressing the needs of both employer and employee. Peter Reilly breaks down flexibility into five different types, from functional through to financial. He introduces a model of how mutual flexibility might be developed and the preconditions necessary to make it successful. Along the way he cites much evidence of how employers are introducing alternative working arrangements that provide benefits to both parties.Flexibility can reduce costs, improve quality and service, increase productivity, hedge against change, and meet supply needs.


Balancing Constitutional Rights

Balancing Constitutional Rights

Author: Jacco Bomhoff

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2013-12-19

Total Pages: 289

ISBN-13: 1107044413

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A comparative and historical account of the origins and meanings of the discourse of judicial 'balancing' in constitutional rights law.