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This collection of original essays explores the myriad expressions
of austerity since the 2008 financial crisis. Case studies drawn
from Canada, Australia and the European Union provide extensive
comparative analysis of fiscal consolidation and the varied
political responses against austerity. Contributions examine such
themes as privatization, class mobilization and resistance, the
crisis of liberal democracy and the rise of the far right. The
potential impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in shaping future
austerity and alternatives is signalled. Given the rapidly shifting
terrain, this comprehensive handbook provides important insights
into a complex and fast-changing period of politics and policy.
This book is a review of the development of the WTO dispute
resolution procedure and the power and influence it has gained over
the practises of the member countries as well as in other
international treaties. The book addresses the development of
environmental competency in the WTO and examines the arguments of
those who oppose WTO rule making with impacts on the environment.
The WTO's interactions with multilateral environmental agreements
are considered and recent WTO cases including the 2011 US/Mexico
tuna dispute and the US sea turtles decision are analysed in
detail. In examining how an international organisation which was
established with a specific purpose in mind has come to interact in
fields beyond its original remit, James Watson demonstrates how the
dispute resolution system at the WTO has come to work in a
judicialised manner, operating with an informal system of
precedent. This has led to the contracting parties placing more
reliance on the decisions of the dispute panels and appeal body
when considering policy options, with WTO rulings increasingly
influencing the behaviour of national legislatures in regard to the
environment. The book goes on to make concrete recommendations,
based on existing practise in the WTO dispute resolution procedure,
which could enhance decision making in environmental cases heard by
the WTO. The book argues that this could be achieved with
straightforward amendments to the WTO, based on existing practices
endorsed under the WTO for other policy considerations. The WTO and
the Environment will be of particular interest to academics and
students of International and Environmental law.
This book is a review of the development of the WTO dispute
resolution procedure and the power and influence it has gained over
the practises of the member countries as well as in other
international treaties. The book addresses the development of
environmental competency in the WTO and examines the arguments of
those who oppose WTO rule making with impacts on the environment.
The WTO's interactions with multilateral environmental agreements
are considered and recent WTO cases including the 2011 US/Mexico
tuna dispute and the US sea turtles decision are analysed in
detail. In examining how an international organisation which was
established with a specific purpose in mind has come to interact in
fields beyond its original remit, James Watson demonstrates how the
dispute resolution system at the WTO has come to work in a
judicialised manner, operating with an informal system of
precedent. This has led to the contracting parties placing more
reliance on the decisions of the dispute panels and appeal body
when considering policy options, with WTO rulings increasingly
influencing the behaviour of national legislatures in regard to the
environment. The book goes on to make concrete recommendations,
based on existing practise in the WTO dispute resolution procedure,
which could enhance decision making in environmental cases heard by
the WTO. The book argues that this could be achieved with
straightforward amendments to the WTO, based on existing practices
endorsed under the WTO for other policy considerations. The WTO and
the Environment will be of particular interest to academics and
students of International and Environmental law.
Over the last two decades, Eddie Bravo has been at the forefront of
revolutions we've seen in the arts of fighting, comedy, and
podcasting. But he wasn't alone in his journey. For just over a
decade, James Watson and Eddie Bravo were inseparable: musical
partners, work colleagues, roommates, and best friends. From metal
to rap, our protagonists worked to master the art of music
together. Through the story of these past experiences in the
pursuit of musical mastery, the reader will get to intimately
understand Eddie Bravo and see how those experiences in his youth
spent in music made him the man and martial artist he is today.
Through the narration of our author, we get the complete picture of
the private man behind the Eddie Bravo public persona.
Along with Francis Crick, James Watson was the discoverer of the
double helix structure of the DNA molecule, realising both how it
was able to reproduce itself and how, through its immense variety,
it was able to pass on genetic instructions from one generation to
the next. Their discovery paved the way for fifty years of
explosive scientific achievement of extraordinary importance, both
in strictly scientific terms and in its technological and social
significance. From Dolly the sheep to GM foods to designer babies,
science-related newspaper headlines have been dominated by the
implications of their work. In DNA, now fully updated and revised
to include new findings in gene editing, epigenetics and
agricultural chemistry, as well as two entirely new chapters on
personal genomics and cancer research, Watson tells the story of
this pioneering research and its impact on the world in which we
live, from its beginnings to the present day. This is the most
comprehensive and authoritative exploration of DNA's impact -
practical, social, and ethical - on our society and our world.
The Great War profoundly affected both New Zealand and its Prime
Minister William Massey (1856-1925). Farmer Bill oversaw the
dispatch of a hundred thousand New Zealanders, including his own
sons, to Middle Eastern and European battlefields. In 1919 he led
the New Zealand delegation to the Paris Peace Conference, where it
was represented both in its own right and as part of the British
Empire. This symbolised its staunch loyalty to Empire and the fact
that it had its own particular interests. Massey was largely
satisfied with the Versailles Treaty, as New Zealand gained a
mandate over Western Samoa, Germany forfeited its other Pacific
colonies, and control over Nauru's valuable phosphate deposits was
shared between Britain, Australia and New Zealand, rather than
simply being given to Australia. He believed that the apparent
confirmation of British power improved New Zealand's security, and
had little faith in the League of Nations. However, the opposition
Labour Party came to believe the League could prevent a major war
and made that a cornerstone of their foreign policy in government
after 1935. Their belief that Versailles was unfair to Germany
partly influenced them to favour negotiations with Hitler even
after the outbreak of war in 1939.
The story of the most significant biological breakthrough of the
century - the discovery of the structure of DNA. 'It is a strange
model and embodies several unusual features. However, since DNA is
an unusual substance, we are not hesitant in being bold' By
elucidating the structure of DNA, the molecule underlying all life,
Francis Crick and James Watson revolutionised biochemistry. At the
time, Watson was only 24. His uncompromisingly honest account of
those heady days lifts the lid on the real world of great
scientists, with their very human faults and foibles, their petty
rivalries and driving ambition. Above all, he captures the
extraordinary excitement of their desperate efforts to beat their
rivals at King's College to the solution to one of the great
enigmas of the life sciences.
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