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

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Civil law cases. Civil lawsuits were filed in Sendai in 2017 and Kobe in 2018 by citizens against corporations that planned to build new coal-fired power plants. a group of citizens submitted a civil law complaint requesting an injunction to stop the construction and subsequent operation of two coal-fired power plants.

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Job Opportunity – Postdoctorand in Transnational Family Law (Swiss Institute of Comparative Law)

Conflict of Laws

According to the announcement, the tasks required will be: Collecting, classifying and analyzing Swiss and foreign law, case law and relevant law and literature Aggregation and disaggregation of data, identifying variables and highlighting specific features, leading to different insights Drafting comparative reports in comparative civil law, civil (..)

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UN Draft Treaty on Transnational Business Enterprises and Human Rights in the Making: Raising the Global Bar in Corporate Litigation

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This holds for tort law (liability), criminal law, and administrative law. This is an important point, as the Draft Treaty leaves it up to the State Parties to determine whether the human rights violations are best dealt with in administrative, criminal, or civil law (Art.

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‘Giustizia consensuale’: A New Law Journal on Consensual Justice in Its Many Nuances and Forms

Conflict of Laws

In addition, alternative dispute resolution mechanisms are in tune with the current changes in administrative law; there is a deep link between droit souple and justice douce , between soft law and ADR, between non-traditional substantive law and alternative administrative judicial review.

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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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