While Britain is a constitutional monarchy where the king’s power is strictly limited by law and tradition, much of what happens here has echoes of the past. In this case, the process harkens back to a time when the king exercised supreme power and chose his preeminent minist...
harmonized SRD II shareholder engagement rules and supporting soft-law stewardship developments will allow the tailoring of shareholder stewardship norms to local conditions and the provision of guidance and meaning to the SRD II rules, while a minimum harmonization of shareholder stewardship is already ...
The hacking group,also known as "Fancy Bear,"is notorious for state-sponsored campaigns and political meddling as part of the Kremlin's cyber-espionage programs. The group is thought to be responsible for the attacks on the Democratic National Committee (DNC) during last year's election, which...
Regardless of the situation, there are certain plans you will want to avoid at all costs when martial law is declared.
Talking to me on a trip to Britain this week, he (12) his startling—and at first appearance off-the-wall—new calculation that (13) excessive exposure to the sun is costing 1,600 deaths a year in the UK from melanoma skin cancers, (14) exposure to the sun is the cause of 25,...
If true — I’m not sure how one does that precisely, or why no one made a big stink about it at the time — that is not an admission they’ve got more powerful, but that they’ve got weak enough to need to use the apparatus of state for their gaslighting....
David Ricardo laid down the foundation of neo-classical theory by putting forth the law of comparative advantage in his book On the Principles of Political Economy and Taxation, which says that even a country which is good at making ev...
We next turn to the reputational consequences of firms meeting job creation targets. We first assess direct reputational benefits. We argue that the effect of a firm’s reputation in the subsidy setting is most salient in the context of future subsidy awards, in that a state government may not...
We are especially interested in papers/presentations/book discussions that bring a critical feminist lens to the conversations about how the law is used to create inequalities and insularities. Proposals should embrace the character of the conference and address from an intersectional perspective how the...
As well as their own welfare, national leaders also have to consider whether it is the right time for their party and their country to have a change of leader. While Ardern’s star was considered to be waning – domestically, at least – ahead of a general election later this year, Stur...