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The Stewardship Of Trust In The Global Value Chain, Kishanthi Parella
The Stewardship Of Trust In The Global Value Chain, Kishanthi Parella
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Global governance has not yet caught up with the globalization of business. As a result, our headlines provide daily accounts of the extent and consequences of these "governance gaps." The ability of corporations to evade state control also contributes to an unusual, even frightening, phenomenon: corporations are governing like states. Some governance functions traditionally delivered by state actors are now increasingly undertaken by transnational corporations. One area that is experiencing this substitution is dispute resolution of human rights. Corporations and other business enterprises, individually or collectively, are creating a variety of grievance mechanisms to address human rights and other conflicts …
Poverty, Wealth, And Obligation In International Environmental Law, Mark A. Drumbl
Poverty, Wealth, And Obligation In International Environmental Law, Mark A. Drumbl
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Developing nations are demonstrating some success in basing their participation in international environmental governance upon commitments by developed nations to provide financial resources and technology transfer. In recent years, these commitments have achieved textual status with a number of multilateral agreements. Part II of this Article identifies and documents treaty-based examples of this swap of resources in exchange for participation, with particular focus on the areas of climate change, biodiversity use/conservation, and ozone protection. This Article suggests that this swap represents a dynamic and emerging relationship between the North and the South that can best be described as a "shared …
Slavery, Economic Development And The Law: The Dilemma Of The Southern Political Economists, 1800-1860, Eugene D. Genovese, Elizabeth Fox-Genovese
Slavery, Economic Development And The Law: The Dilemma Of The Southern Political Economists, 1800-1860, Eugene D. Genovese, Elizabeth Fox-Genovese
Washington and Lee Law Review
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