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- Citizenship entitlements beyond borders? Identifying mechanisms of access and redress for affected publics in international environmental law
- I argue that although international law is state centric in nature, there is a growing body of international environmental law that allows at least some input from public actors in implementing key substantive and procedural obligations. The evolution of these environmental entitlements is linked to the global diffusion of democratic...
- Research articles 2006-07-01
- US Military Turns to NACE for Corrosion Expertise
- The Department of Defense continued its relationship with NACE International by extending a contract for training and certification in corrosion protection. NACE International, an organization that grew out of the "National Association of Corrosion Engineers", is the world's leading authority on corrosion protection and prevention. Surface Finishing.com has...
- Blog posts 2008-11-20
- The Female Health Company (FHC)
- The Female Health Company manufactures, markets, and sells the female condom.
- Videos 2008-11-12
- Wallstrip: The Female Health Company (FHC)
- The Female Health Company manufactures, markets, and sells the female condom.
- Videos 2008-11-12
- Sample Transmission & Protection Engineer Cover Letter
- Use this template as a cover letter to apply for the post of transmission & protection engineer. The job applicant in this transmission & protection engineer cover letter mentions his previous experience working in this capacity for another company planning and laying out telephone transmitting facilities from engineering sketches. All...
- Tools & templates 2009-01-01
- Sample Fire Protection Engineer Cover Letter
- Use this template as a cover letter to apply for the post of fire protection engineer. This fire protection engineer cover letter displays the applicant's ability to investigate the causes of fires, determine the methods of protection from fires, and design or recommend materials or equipment such as structural components...
- Tools & templates 2009-01-01
- Project Management: Staying Visible In Bad Conditions With FR Hi-Visibility Rainwear
- There are many jobs ranging from construction worker to police officer to rescue worker where having extra protection is a necessity. This means you need work wear that is going to act as a barrier between you and your harsh environment. Of course, not all protective clothing is made alike,...
- White papers 2008-04-16
- Do Employment Protections Reduce Productivity?: Evidence From U.S. States
- Theory predicts that mandated employment protections may reduce productivity by distorting production choices. Firms facing (non-Coasean) worker dismissal costs will curtail hiring below efficient levels and retain unproductive workers, both of which should affect productivity. These theoretical predictions have rarely been tested. We use the adoption of wrongful-discharge protections by...
- White papers 2007-01-12
- Needs-Based Approach To Social And Economic Rights
- This paper deals with the relationship between social and economic rights and civil liberties and political rights. It looks at historical and contextual differences between the three categories of rights and a diversified ways in which all of them are indispensable for the protection of human dignity. The context of...
- White papers 2005-09-26
- You Can Get Out of Debt
- Overdraft protection is a good safety net to protect one against these types of problems, but if one is not careful it can become a crutch that encourages irresponsible financial behavior. Don't have enough money in the checking account to pay for that leather coat that's on sale for only...
- White papers
- Life Insurance Providing Little Protection From Terrorism
- The Association of British Insurers has sought to reassure emergency workers who may die as an indirect consequence of terrorist events by stating, "Exclusions do not generally apply on stand-alone life assurance policies, regardless of the occupation of the policyholder", however, they also indicate that "Other personal insurance cover" such...
- White papers
- Mental Illness Should Be Recognised as a Disability
- A House of Commons committee is urging better protection against discrimination for people with mental illness. Protection should also be extended for people with progressive illnesses and given to people with severe depression that lasts for more than six months. A joint parliamentary committee that was set up specifically to...
- White papers 2004-06-05
- Trade Disputes and the Implementation of Protection Under the GATT: An Empirical Assessment
- This paper is a first attempt to empirically determine why countries choose to violate or adhere to GATT rules when making trade policy adjustments between negotiating rounds. One uses a previously unexploited set of data in which countries implemented two 'Types' of protection under the GATT system between 1973-1994: 'Legal'...
- White papers 2002-06-01
- Protecting Valuable Commercial Information In The Digital Age: Law, Policy And Practice
- The growing importance and value placed on information and ideas in the global information economy, coupled with the fact that these assets are now generally stored electronically, creates an increasing need to protect them through legal and other means from unauthorized use and interference. Given the history of ‘market regulation'...
- White papers 2003-01-01
- Towards An Integrated Theory Of Intellectual Property
- This article addresses a curious gap in the theory of intellectual property. One of the central dogmas in both the legal and economic literatures is that patents, copyrights, and trademarks constitute separate forms of protection, each serving different purposes and designed to operate independently of the others. By challenging this...
- White papers 2002-04-01
- Convertible Bond Design and Capital Investment: The Role of Call Provisions
- If firms issue convertible securities to facilitate sequential investment, the securities should be engineered to give sufficient flexibility to accommodate timing of follow-on investment. The abstract examines call provisions in convertible bonds and argues that firms with investment options expected to expire sooner later will offer weaker stronger call protection....
- White papers 2003-01-01
- Driven Protection For Employees
- Some of these provisions include protections for employees, new and increased individual penalties, and employment benefits regulation. All these provisions have been discussed in detail. Congress passed the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 hurriedly, and some of the statutory language reflects this fact. In light of the current political climate, employers...
- White papers 2003-01-01
- Protection for Sale: An Empirical Investigation
- A prominent model in the recent political-economy literature on trade policy is Grossman and Helpman's (1994) Protection for Sale' model. This model yields clear predictions for the cross-sectional structure of trade protection. The objective of our" paper is to check whether the predictions of the Grossman-Helpman model are consistent with...
- White papers 1997-02-01
- How Much Protection Does A Leasehold Mortgagee Need?
- This issue explains a set of "middle ground" leasehold mortgagee protections that try to balance the concerns of a ground lessor and a leasehold mortgagee in a condensed and straightforward way. Every real estate attorney, developer, or investor who negotiates a long-term ground lease knows it must be "financeable." ...
- White papers 2003-04-01
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- Migration And Social Protection: A Concept Paper
- While social protection as an agenda for reducing vulnerability and risk of low-income households with regard to basic consumption and services has become an important part of development discourse at both national and international levels, there is little literature linking migration to social protection frameworks or policies. This paper attempts...
- White papers 2003-12-01
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