Author: Margherita Melillo Publisher: Cambridge University Press ISBN: 1009354345 Category : Law Languages : en Pages : 372
Book Description
Weaponising Evidence provides the first analysis of the history of the international law on tobacco control. By relying on a vast set of empirical sources, it analyses the negotiation of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) and the tobacco control disputes lodged before the WTO and international investment tribunals (Philip Morris v Uruguay and Australia – Plain Packaging). The investigation focuses on two main threads: the instrumental use of international law in the warlike confrontation between the tobacco control advocates and the tobacco industry, and the use of evidence as a weapon in the conflict. The book unveils important lessons on the functioning of international organizations, the role of corporate actors and civil society organizations, and the importance and limits of science in law-making and litigation.
Author: Margherita Melillo Publisher: Cambridge University Press ISBN: 1009354353 Category : Law Languages : en Pages : 323
Book Description
Weaponising Evidence provides the first analysis of the history of the international law on tobacco control. By relying on a vast set of empirical sources, it analyses the negotiation of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) and the tobacco control disputes lodged before the WTO and international investment tribunals (Philip Morris v Uruguay and Australia - Plain Packaging). The investigation focuses on two main threads: the instrumental use of international law in the warlike confrontation between the tobacco control advocates and the tobacco industry, and the use of evidence as a weapon in the conflict. The book unveils important lessons on the functioning of international organizations, the role of corporate actors and civil society organizations, and the importance and limits of science in law-making and litigation.
Author: Jens Hillebrand Pohl Publisher: Springer Nature ISBN: 3031414756 Category : Law Languages : en Pages : 262
Book Description
This highly topical volume presents pioneering research for the purpose of developing a common analytical foundation and framework for the emerging interdisciplinary research field of investment control. Long considered as exceptional measures, restrictions on inward foreign direct investments (FDI) have become ever more common and accepted. This book presents different perspectives on how decision-makers go about the tasks of assessing risks and threats to national security that may be posed by FDI and then balancing those risks and threats against economic interests of parties concerned and society at large.
Author: Joshua Paine Publisher: Cambridge University Press ISBN: 1108640427 Category : Law Languages : en Pages : 425
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This book uses environmental disputes as a focus to develop a novel comparative analysis of the functions of international adjudication. Paine focuses on three challenges confronting international tribunals: managing change in applicable legal norms or relevant facts, determining the appropriate standard and method of review when scrutinising State conduct for compliance with international obligations, and contributing to wider processes of dispute settlement. The book compares how tribunals manage these challenges across four key sites of international adjudication: adjudication in the World Trade Organization and under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, International Court of Justice litigation, and investment treaty arbitration. It shows that while international tribunals perform several key functions in the contemporary international legal order, they are subject to significant constraints. Paine makes a genuine addition to literature on the role of international adjudication in international law which will benefit academics, practitioners, and policymakers.
Author: Andrea Bianchi Publisher: Cambridge University Press ISBN: 1108846610 Category : Law Languages : en Pages : 317
Book Description
Will appeal to scholars, practitioners and general readers engaging with treaty interpretation at all levels and will enhance the reader's knowledge and mastery of the interpretive process. It will shed light on all those relevant elements and/or connections that the traditional rule-based approach to treaty interpretation largely overlooks.
Author: James A. Green Publisher: Cambridge University Press ISBN: 1009406388 Category : Law Languages : en Pages : 387
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Examines the conceptual nature of collective self-defence in international law, the requirements for its operation, and how they apply.
Author: Godwin Eli Kwadzo Dzah Publisher: Cambridge University Press ISBN: 1009354043 Category : Law Languages : en Pages : 409
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A pioneering study that challenges the legal orthodoxy of sustainable development in international law from a non-Western perspective.
Author: Caoimhe Doyle Publisher: punctum books ISBN: 0615956661 Category : Philosophy Languages : en Pages : 142
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This book contains the proceedings from Weaponising Speculation, a two-day conference and exhibition that took place in Dublin in March 2013. Weaponising Speculation was organised by D.U.S.T. (Dublin Unit for Speculative Thought) and aimed to be an exploration of the various expressions of DIY theory operative in the elsewheres, the shafts and tunnels of the para-academy. The topics covered all come under the welcoming embrace of speculation, spanning a broad range: from art, philosophy, nature, fiction, and computation to spiders, culinary cosmology, and Oscar the Grouch. The book itself aims to be more than just a collection of essays and catalogue of artworks, but also a documentation of the event as a whole. An object that both those present at the event and those who missed it would want to own - bringing something new to both sets of readers
Author: Lisa Schirch Publisher: Routledge ISBN: 1000378918 Category : Political Science Languages : en Pages : 232
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Social media technology is having a dramatic impact on social and political dynamics around the world. The contributors to this book document and illustrate this "techtonic" shift on violent conflict and democratic processes. They present vivid examples and case studies from countries in Africa, South and Southeast Asia, Latin America as well as Northern Ireland. Each author maps an array of peacebuilding solutions to social media threats, including coordinated action by civil society, governments and tech companies to protect human minds, relationships and institutions. Solutions presented include inoculating society with a new digital literacy agenda, designing technology for positive social impacts, and regulating technology to prohibit the worst behaviours. A must-read both for political scientists and policymakers trying to understand the impact of social media, and media studies scholars looking for a global perspective.
Author: Margherita Melillo
Author: Margherita Melillo
Author: Jens Hillebrand Pohl
Author: Gail Lythgoe
Author: Joshua Paine
Author: Andrea Bianchi
Author: James A. Green
Author: Godwin Eli Kwadzo Dzah
Author: Caoimhe Doyle
Author: Lisa Schirch