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Surrogacy: Is the European Court of Human Rights Pushing States to Lower their Moral Objections?
Comparative analysis: Mennesson v. France (Application no. 65192/11) and Paradiso and Campanelli v.Italy (Application no. 25358/12)...
Nensi Sinanaj
Mar 25, 202026 min read
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Oil Market Efficiency: A Case Study for Iranian Economic Prosperity
Abstract Iran is an energy superpower with the second largest reserves in the world that produced 5.1 percent of the world’s total...
Yasaman Yousefi
Mar 9, 202029 min read
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The Capability Approach as Metric of Wellbeing: Operationalization and Measures Beyond GDP
Abstract The Standard of Living and the Quality of Life are multidimensional concepts and core determinants to capture the wellbeing of...
Giulia Botta
Mar 5, 202031 min read
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Common Pool Resources and Microcredit: Cooperation and Reciprocity to Achieve Social Justice and Loc
Abstract Sustainable development will not succeed until economic activity takes into consideration its impact on human well-being and...
Alice Martiny
Feb 10, 202048 min read
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Trafficking in Human Beings, and Forced and Compulsory Labor: A Case Study of “Chowdury and Others v
Trafficking in human beings and forced labor has found modern forms in the contemporary world. As Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 8.7 men
Mohsen Jafari Yangabadi
Feb 1, 202016 min read
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An Economic Approach to Crime: Prevention and Punishment
Abstract This paper explores different economic theories in order to develop an effective crime prevention scheme. First, a possible...
janireriobello
Nov 8, 201924 min read
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The Proportionality Principle in the Emission Control Permit Procedure as based in BImSchG (Federal
Abstract The principle of proportionality in the German Administrative law is part of the rule of law. It applies to all laws,...
Nensi Sinanaj
Oct 17, 201915 min read
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Legal Status of Environmental Migrants
Abstract Environmental factors, particularly the impacts of climate change, are influencing all aspects of human life, sometimes obliging...
Mohsen Jafari Yangabadi
Oct 10, 201922 min read
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Tensions of Federalism: Three Cases of Energy Source Self-Determination
Abstract How do federal law and regulations of energy infrastructure influence the "energy mix" of a society? This paper explores the...
Aaron Phillips
Sep 30, 201916 min read
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The Dark Side of Globalization: Exploitation and Trade of Coltan in the Democratic Republic of Congo
Abstract Globalization has increased both the supply and demand of international products and services, but it has had severe...
janireriobello
Aug 13, 201915 min read
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The New Generations Acting Against Amazon Deforestation in Colombia
The issue has been on the eye of environmental activists and civil society who are struggling to stop and regulate the disturbing increase o
Erika Marcela Hosman
Jul 26, 201913 min read
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The Human Rights NGO Perspective in front of a Violation of International Labor Law
Abstract The following fictitious legal opinion was written in the perspective of a legal expert of an NGO for the protection of human...
Giacomo Marino Gallina
Jun 24, 20197 min read
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Promoting gender equality and development through the care economy
Abstract The paper tries to study the reasons why there is a lack of women's role in the decision-making process in the developed...
Alice Martiny
Apr 30, 201919 min read
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Women's land rights and development: inverting the vicious cycle
Abstract Land is a fundamental asset for people’s livelihood, especially for those living in rural areas: it is both a source of...
Sara Lorenzini
Mar 20, 201917 min read
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Smart City Automation and its effects on the public services
Abstract In 1807, during King George III birthday celebration in London, Frederick Winsor performed an extraordinary conjuring trick on...
Ori Efratie
Feb 12, 201914 min read
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The Italian labour market: Gender inequality and work-life balance
Abstract Critically low employment rates and discrimination against women by firms, despite higher academic achievement of women than...
Runa Fridriksdottir
Jan 15, 20191 min read
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