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Virtual rights? property in online game objects and characters
(Taylor & Francis, 2008-07-18)
The new industry of Massively Multi-Player Online Role-Playing Games (MMORPGs) brings together two sets of fictions: the interactive stories of shared computer games and the legal devices of intellectual property. In these ...
Access to justice under the Århus Convention and Irish judicial review
(SAGE Publications, 2008)
The case of Sweetman v An Bord Pleanála, decided in the High Court of Ireland in April 2007, raises a number of interesting issues regarding the scope of Directive 2003/35/EC on public participation in respect of the ...
Possible Irish responses to climate change
(Kluwer Law International, 2008)
Climate change is becoming a very important political, social and economic issue. Recent weeks have seen the publication of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s Fourth Assessment Report, with predictions of ...
Web-based Systems Development: Analysis and Comparison of Practices in Croatia and Ireland
(Springer, 2008)
Abstract: The ¿dot.com¿ hysteria which sparked fears of a ¿Web crisis¿ a decade ago has long subsided and firms established in the 1990¿s now have mature development processes in place. This paper presents a timely ...
Between Boston and Berlin: American MNCs and the shifting contours of industrial relations in Ireland
(Routledge, 2008)
Drawing on detailed qualitative case studies and utilizing a national business system lens, we explore a largely underrepresented debate in the literature, namely the nature of change in a specific but critical element of ...
Paternity fraud and the tort of deceit
(Clarus Press, 2008)
Recent cases in England, Australia and the United States have seen efforts to expand the
tort of deceit to allow a remedy in cases of paternity fraud. The tort of deceit has
traditionally applied to commercial transactions ...
A study of the use and effectiveness of controls in agile information systems development projects
(2008)
This study uses control theory as a lens to examine the use of control in agile information systems development (ISD) projects, specifically within software project teams that use agile methodologies. Traditionally, ...
Multinational corporations and industrial relations research: A road less travelled
(Wiley, 2008)
While there is a large body of academic debate surrounding human resource management issues in MNCs, industrial relations issues often fail to receive the same degree of attention. This paper attempts to move the debate ...
Composing the Top Management Team in the International Subsidiary: Qualitative Evidence on International Staffing in US MNCs in the Republic of Ireland
(Elsevier, 2008)
International staffing is a central plank of enquiry in MNC research. In this context, much of the research effort has been dedicated to providing an understanding of expatriation from a headquarter perspective and on ...
Housing rights: positive duties and enforceable rights at the European Court of Human Rights.
(Sweet & Maxwell, 2008)
Discusses the European Court of Human Rights' development of a human rights perspective on positive obligations in the context of housing. Traces the move from traditional liberal concepts of negative rights, the influence ...