The role of cities in mobilising transformative change has gained increasing attention in global discourses on climate change and sustainability. Through the lens of urban
energy transitions, this paper focuses on how this form of change within the urban energy system can be mobilised. [...]
Even though workplace conditions worldwide are subject to local and international laws, labor conditions in global supply chains have continuously raised human rights concerns.
In response to societal pressure, multinationals have taken on a certain degree of responsibility regarding workplace conditions in supplier factories, notably by [...]
In its AI Act, the European Union chose to understand trustworthiness of AI in terms of the acceptability of its risks. Based on a narrative systematic literature review on
institutional trust and AI in the public sector, this article argues that the EU adopted a simplistic conceptualization of trust and is overselling its regulatory [...]
This article takes a critical look at merger law and practice in the EU, the United States, and Germany regarding data-related transactions. It focuses on the current legal
standard and evaluates the recent decision practice in these jurisdictions. This includes the increasing implementation of data-related remedies, such as data access [...]
Patents relating to the human brain and its functions regularly fulfil the general patent requirements. In some cases, however, the inventions in question reveal considerable
risks for the rights of individuals, but also for society as such, which have a hitherto unknown dimension and which have not been discussed so far. [...]
While habitat destruction threatens other-than-human life across the planet, overexploitation and illegal trade are the second leading source of threats to wildlife. ‘Wildlife’
though predominantly is taken to mean other-than-human animals, and plants are largely overlooked or ignored even though they are critical to human societies and [...]
This article aims to analyze the procedure and grounds for the refusal of recognition and enforcement of foreign arbitral awards in Albania by highlighting several legal issues
that might arise during the procedure. The analysis is focused on the hierarchy of the applicable legal instruments, the competent authority, and the procedure for [...]
China is one of the pioneers in developing innovative models for credit business through a partnership between FinTech firms and traditional financial institutions such as
banks. There are two main business models of FinTech-bank partnership, namely the loan facilitation model and the co-lending model. [...]
National fossil fuel companies, public utilities and other State entities are responsible for vast amounts of greenhouse gas emissions. The pollution of these State entities
represents a substantial departure from the due diligence standards of international law. [...]
