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

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On May 6, 2022, the Citizens’ Committee on the Kobe Coal-Fired Power Plant filed an appeal to Japan’s Supreme Court in Citizens’ Committee on the Kobe Coal-Fired Power Plant v. As of May 2022 , there are 163 operating coal-fired power plants in Japan. Civil law cases. By Yumeno Grace Nishikawa, LLM*. Kobe Steel Ltd.,

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Victimization vs. Criminalization: The Trump Predicament 

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At the same time, Trump has been held liable on many occasions for fraud or for violating civil laws and torts. With respect to Trump he remains a primary deviant when it comes to ordinary customs as he has not been successfully stigmatized or shamed by others and certainly not by himself.

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