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Shell wins appeal in landmark Netherlands climate case

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A Netherlands appeals court overturned a landmark 2021 ruling requiring Shell to cut its carbon emissions by 45 percent by 2030 on Tuesday. The original 2021 decision was the first time a court had ordered a private company to meet specific emissions reduction targets based on human rights obligations related to climate change.

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Germany top court rules Berlin rent cap is unconstitutional

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The Constitutional Court in Karlsruhe, Germany, ruled Thursday that Berlin’s Rent Cap Act is unconstitutional as it has undermined Germany’s Basic Law. The Act came into force last year, and its provisions are now deemed void as of April 2021. It froze rental rates for 1.5

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New issue alert: RabelsZ 2/2021

Conflict of Laws

It features the following articles: Horst Eidenmüller: Recht und Ökonomik des Extremsport-Sponsorings in vergleichender Perspektive, Volume 85 (2021) / Issue 2, pp. 273-325 (53), DOI: 10.1628/rabelsz-2021-0002. The Law and Economics of Extreme Sports Sponsoring in Comparative Perspective.

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Afghanistan dispatches: ‘This will be the end of the modernization of law in this country.’

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Today, 17 August 2021, the Taliban’s spokesperson held his first press conference. A lot of students are wary about the job market, especially law students as most of the legal jobs in future would be carried out by male Taliban who think they are expert in Sharia Law.

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Climate Litigation in Japan: What to Expect in 2025

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in 2021, which is 2% higher than the percentage before the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami in 2011. Background Japan has heavily relied on the use of fossil fuels for its power generation. According to the Japanese Agency for Natural Resources and Energy, the countrys fossil fuel dependency was 83.2%

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Guest Post: Climate Litigation in Japan: Citizens’ Attempts for the Coal Phase-Out

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Further, the Act on Promotion of Global Warming Countermeasures (national legislation providing the general framework concerning the adoption and implementation of measures to combat global warming) was revised in May 2021. Civil law cases. The revised Act explicitly included the pledge for net zero by 2050. Kobe Steel Ltd.,

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Thailand: Global Attorney-Client Privilege Guide 2021 - Tilleke & Gibbins

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As a civil law jurisdiction, Thailand does not recognize the common law concept of privilege (ACP), although there is a recognized general equivalent.