Transnational regulatory networks (such as the Basel Committee, the Financial Stability Board (FSB) and the Iosco) and private actors (such as the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB)) have long been setting global financial standards, lacking formal binding force, but often perceived as having a hard impact. The implementation of financial standards coming from transnational networks...
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND THREATS TO SECURITY IN NIGERIA: CHALLENGES FOR PUBLIC LAW
Information Technology has enhanced productivity but has also increased the rate of criminal activities that are not limited by boundaries or territory. Conversely, Communications technologies have enhanced the capacity of law enforcement and governments to conduct surveillance, intercept and collate data. This raises concern about unwarranted intrusions into the privacy of individuals, companies and other...
Inter-American dialogues: searching for common and shared standards of democracy
Human rights, democracy and the rule of law appear in the international human rights system at the same time as cause and consequence of its expansion. Within these inflows, the Inter-American System emerges with the intention of corroborating and consolidating the democratic transition of the states of the region. These pretensions support the structure of...
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Prof King will introduce and moderate the panel along with Prof Levy.
Legal Pluralism: Challenging ‘Default Settings‘ in IHR
This paper argues employs the International Court of Justice (ICJ) case of the Bakassi Peninsula (2002) as a lens through which to consider fertile intersections of legal pluralism and human rights, with a focus on two particular issues. First, the challenge of addressing contemporary border disputes that can trace their origins to colonialisation, and; second,...
Legally Contextualizing American Confederate Monuments and Italian Fascist Monuments
In October 2017, shortly after violent clashes over the summer and the decisions of the city of Charlottesville, Virginia in The United States to remove monuments of the confederate generals Robert E. Lee and Thomas J. “Stonewall“ Jackson, Ruth Ben-Ghiat wrote an article for The New Yorker entitled “Why are so many Fascist Monuments in...
LAW-MAKING IN THE FACE OF THE MIGRATION CRISIS: TO FIND THE BEST LEGISLATIVE POLICY (THE SWEDISH CASE).
The recent Syrian crisis and the following increase in migratory fluxes have put many European welfare states under pressure. At least initially Sweden has been one of the most generous European recipient of migrants, confirming its world-image as a safe harbor for “people in need“ around the globe. However, due to factors of internal and...
Legal Drafting Tools to Prevent Arbitrariness in Discretion
Discretion comes with the possibility to choose between different legitimate solutions, involving a significant amount of power for administrative authorities. The paper discusses discretionary powers, identifying situations in which it is acceptable to grant such powers and the existing legislative drafting tools to impede discretion to turn into arbitrariness. The paper addresses three issues. First,...
Labour law for the robots?
Henry Ford II, and the leader of the automobile workers union, Walter Reuther, both saw many examples of advanced machinery operating at the firm. The words they exchanged brilliantly encapsulated the paradox of automation: “Henry Ford II: Walter, how are you going to get those robots to pay your union dues? Walter Reuther: Henry, how...