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Recognizing Challenges And Opportunities In The Quest To End Hunger, Jennifer Williams Zwagerman
Recognizing Challenges And Opportunities In The Quest To End Hunger, Jennifer Williams Zwagerman
Texas A&M Law Review
As an attorney and professor that does not focus on intellectual property law, I was a bit apprehensive about providing a keynote address for a Symposium focusing on “Agriculture, Intellectual Property, and Feeding the World in the 21st Century.” As I thought about this topic, knowing that there were other speakers who would focus more on the IP issues and technical aspects of various topics, I kept coming back to the importance of technology as we worktowards the goal of feeding the world, and the many ways in which innovation plays a role in meeting that goal. It also brought …
Where We're Going, We'll Need Roads! Building The Bridge To The Future: Public-Private Partnerships For Future Border Infrastructure Development, Jessica R. Lesnau
Where We're Going, We'll Need Roads! Building The Bridge To The Future: Public-Private Partnerships For Future Border Infrastructure Development, Jessica R. Lesnau
Texas A&M Law Review
In a world where global economies are increasingly interdependent, the United States, and its North American counterparts, Canada and Mexico, are booming sources of international trade. Now, more than ever, global competitiveness necessitates developments in U.S. infrastructure, especially at major border crossings where congestion and poor infrastructure create bottlenecks interfering with the free movement of goods. Questions pertaining to international border crossings circle the debate at the most crucial international border crossing in North America: the Ambassador Bridge, which spans the Detroit River between Detroit, Michigan, and Windsor, Ontario. A legal battle rages over the proposed construction of a new …
Pengisian Jabatan Anggota Badan Pemeriksa Keuangan (Bpk) Untuk Mewujudkan Bpk Yang Independen, Dumaria Simanjuntak
Pengisian Jabatan Anggota Badan Pemeriksa Keuangan (Bpk) Untuk Mewujudkan Bpk Yang Independen, Dumaria Simanjuntak
Jurnal Hukum & Pembangunan
BPK as the only external audit institution that is equal to other state institutions whose responsibility to audit the state finance's management and accountability should be far apart from political parties' interests. However nowadays some of the chief-persons of BPK are involved in political parties' interests morever become suspects in some corruption cases. To establish BPK as independent and professional institution, chief-person position charging must be free from political parties' interests. This essay exposes the development of regulation of BPK chief-person position charging as main topic analysis. The conclusion of the research is there was advance development in regulation related …
Menolak Mafia Peradilan: Menjaga Integritas Hakim-Menyelaraskan Perbuatan Dan Nuraninya, Eman Suparman Prof.
Menolak Mafia Peradilan: Menjaga Integritas Hakim-Menyelaraskan Perbuatan Dan Nuraninya, Eman Suparman Prof.
Jurnal Hukum & Pembangunan
The terminology is not only just a figment or slander. In fact, its present has been confirmed by the establishment of the Judicial Mafia Eradication Task Force by President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono. Lately, some important events have occurred in Indonesian judiciary organs. The welfare improvement program for judges, which was manifested by the Judicial Commission, Government and Parliament of the Republic of Indonesia in the form of increased allowances of judges, has not been able to significantly erode the corrupt behavior of some unscrupulousgreedy judges.Therefore, in order to respond to the objective conditions that occur lately, the President of the …
Identity Crisis: The Misclassification Of California Uber Drivers, Benjamin Powell
Identity Crisis: The Misclassification Of California Uber Drivers, Benjamin Powell
Loyola of Los Angeles Law Review
The Uber ridesharing service is synonymous with the rise of mobile application-based services. This business model has spurred a number of novel legal questions, particularly surrounding the proper identification of Uber drivers. Are they employees, guaranteed the ample protections and workers' rights under California law? Or independent contractors, less subject to employer control, but without the same protections the State provides to employees? With the proliferation of these types of services, answering this question is of critical importance, both to current Uber drivers as well as the countless others who will enter this rapidly-developing field in the coming years. This …