Law

Law is a system of rules created and enforced through social or governmental institutions to regulate behavior, with its precise definition a matter of longstanding debate. It has been variously described as a science and the art of justice. State-enforced laws can be made by a group legislature or by a single legislator, resulting in statutes; by the executive through decrees and regulations; or established by judges through precedent, usually in common law jurisdictions. Private individuals may create legally binding contracts, including arbitration agreements that adopt alternative ways of resolving disputes to standard court litigation. The creation of laws themselves …

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UNEP: United Nations Environment Programme · 20 October 2024 English

The campaign builds on the success in outlawing the use of lead in petrol and the progress achieved by many countries in establishing laws that limit the use of lead in paint, particularly those paints

builds on the success in outlawing the use of lead in petrol and the progress achieved by many countries in establishing laws


NYU: New York University · 12 October 2024 English

Nations • 2024 Presidential election / Litigation • Disinformation • Nuclear nonproliferation • AI / Law • Global democracy • Film review: War Game • Podcast: Sudan crisis The post Digest of Recent Articles

Disinformation • Nuclear nonproliferation • AI / Law • Global democracy • Film review: War Game • Podcast:


NYU: New York University · 11 October 2024 English

The Summit did not reinvigorate multilateralism. Multilateralism survived, yes, but did not exactly get a new lease on life. The post What the UN’s Summit of the Future Can Teach …


NYU: New York University · 10 October 2024 English

How would – and how should – our most senior government leaders respond? The post The “War Game” Documentary, and Simulating a Worse January 6th appeared first on Just Security.


New Diplomacy Project · 10 October 2024 English

This report, produced in collaboration between The New Diplomacy Project and the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, examines the potential risks to European security posed by a second term of U.S. President Donald J. …

credibility of the US as a defender of international law and sovereignty, potentially weakening its alliances


WWF: Worldwide Fund for Nature (International) · 10 October 2024 English

This report offers a detailed analysis of the state of global biodiversity, emphasizing the sharp decline in wildlife populations over the last 50 years. The report presents data from the …

In almost every nation, a tangled web of laws, regulations and institutions inherited from the past presents a significant To achieve the global goals, we need to strengthen and align national laws and develop coordinated policies and actions


NYU: New York University · 10 October 2024 English

US presidents of both parties have agreed for 60 years on the need to stop the spread of nuclear weapons. Trump has signaled he’s not so sure. The post Trump’s …


IRENA: International Renewable Energy Agency · 10 October 2024 English

Renewable energy

According to the National Environment Impact Assessment Law, China requires the environmental impact assessment


Aspen Institute Germany · 10 October 2024 English

Trade between the United States and the EU is one of the central arteries of the global economy, contributing to economic growth and prosperity on both sides of the Atlantic. …

countries. Sec- flation Reduction Act (IRA) into law, marking a ondly, they wanted to negotiate a global the origin elements in the IRA: for example, the law basis for an agreement. There also seem to be differ- their com- potential provisions may not be within EU law or petitiveness and mitigating unilateral reliance lower-income families. Expanding the provisions of the law were only enacted temporari- Child Tax Credit and https://www.akingump.com/en/insights/blogs/ag-trade-law/will-the-wto-survive-a-change-of-administration (accessed


ETUI: European Trade Union Institute · 10 October 2024 English

Key findings General Purpose Artificial Intelligence (GPAI) models are predictive tools that produce outputs on the basis of probability distribution. Contrary to the dominant narrative they are not ‘autonomous’ nor …

publicly accessible spaces for the purposes of law enforcement, for example, which was the subject of was rushed into – include them in the scope of the law. The AI Act establishes classification rules based put in place a policy to respect Union copyright law’. The AI Act here appears to be an ambiguous regulation supplementing and amending certain elements of the law. As part of the answer lies in preventive action Spedicato G. and Floridi L. (2024) Generative AI in EU Law: liability, privacy, intellectual property, and


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