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Relational theory and choice rhetoric in the Supreme Court of Canada
(2015)
The issue of personal choice has become central to Canadian family law. Much of the debate derives from the competing models of autonomy posited by neoliberal and feminist theorists. Neoliberalism, which currently dominates ...
Family law and the corporate veil: accessing company assets on marital breakdown after Prest v. Petrodel Resources Ltd
(Dublin University Law Journal, 2014)
When, if ever, can a company’s assets be used to meet the family law liabilities of private persons? This question has arisen infrequently in Irish law, perhaps because family lawyers tend to assume that assets held by ...
E-regulation and the rule of law: smart government, institutional information infrastructures, and fundamental values
(IOS Press, 2016-02-15)
Information and communications technology (ICT) is increasingly used in bureaucratic and regulatory processes.
With the development of the Internet of Things , some researchers speak enthusiastically of the birth of the ...
Economics, politics and democracy in the age of credit-rating capitalism
(Sameeksha Trust, 2013-02-02)
Unlike in earlier major economic crises, the current turmoil in the global economy has seen the consolidation of orthodoxy as the dominant paradigm. This essay traces the political economy of change in the current situation ...
Lack of critical slowing down suggests that financial meltdowns are not critical transitions, yet rising variability could signal systemic risk
(Public Library of Science, 2016-01-13)
Complex systems inspired analysis suggests a hypothesis that financial meltdowns are abrupt critical transitions that occur when the system reaches a tipping point. Theoretical and empirical studies on climatic and ecological ...
Recognising legal capacity: commentary and analysis of Article 12 CRPD
(Cambridge University Press, 2017-02-15)
This paper aims to summarise the current understanding and literature around Article 12 of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD). It provides a brief history of the key terms associated with the ...
New ideas or false hopes? : International, European, and Irish climate change law and policy after the Paris Agreement
(Round Hall, 2016)
This article is an overview and summary of recent developments in international, European and Irish climate change law and policy. It places the recently-concluded Paris Agreement in the context of the US-China Deal on ...
Official indifference and persistent procrastination: An analysis of Sinnott
(Judicial Studies Institute, 2002)
The Supreme Court decision in Sinnott v. Minister for
Education,
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though predictable, resulted in widespread
disappointment among disability groups and families of
people with disabilities. By a majority of six to ...
Quantifying the effects of the inclusion and segregation of Contracts for Difference in Australian equity markets
(Econjournals.com, 2014)
This study examines the effects that Contracts for Difference (CFDs) have had on theAustralian equity market, either as an accelerant for mispricing, or as a source of increased marketfunctionality through the addition of ...
Cultural Control and the Culture Manager: Employment Practices in a Consultancy
(Work Employment and Society, 2000-01-01)
This article explores the use of company culture as a means of management control. It reports research conducted in a consultancy that aimed to secure loyalty from its employees through a conscious policy of organised play ...