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Inequality in Southern Africa : An Assessment of the Southern African Customs Union
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Year: 2022 Publisher: Washington, District of Columbia : The World Bank,

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The Southern African Customs Union (SACU) is the most unequal region in the world. While there has been some progress in recent years, inequality has remained almost stagnant in the most unequal countries. Using an innovative framework, this report provides a systematic and comprehensive analysis of inequality in the region. The main conclusions are as follows: first, inherited circumstances over which an individual has little or no control (i.e., inequality of opportunity) drive overall inequality, and their contribution has increased in recent years. This is an important concern particularly because this type of inequality is not the result of people's efforts. Second, lack of access to jobs and means of production (education, skills, land, among others) by disadvantaged populations slows progress towards a more equitable income distribution.


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The function of equity in international law
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ISBN: 0192638270 0191904600 Year: 2021 Publisher: Oxford, England : Oxford University Press,

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Drawing on a large and varied body of judicial and arbitral case law, this book provides a comprehensive, original, and up-to-date account of the role of equity in international law.

Differential treatment in international environmental law
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ISBN: 0754623149 9780754623144 Year: 2003 Publisher: Aldershot : Ashgate,

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Differential treatment in international environmental law
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ISBN: 1315257823 1351944207 9781351944212 1351944215 9781351944205 9780754623144 0754623149 9781315257822 9781351944199 9781138250888 1138250880 Year: 2016 Publisher: Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon New York, NY


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La vulnérabilité saisie par les juges en Europe
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ISBN: 9782233007094 2233007093 Year: 2014 Volume: 7 Publisher: Paris : Pedone,

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La vulnérabilité pose la question du rapport des individus à la société dans laquelle ils vivent. Elle interroge la « représentation de l'humain » dans le cadre de la Cité, la Polis. Si cette représentation a profondément évolué depuis près de vingt-ans, c'est que la société s'est transfigurée. Le modèle de l'Etat-providence d'après-guerre, social et protecteur n'est plus ; le Welfare State a vécu. Face aux bouleversements politiques, économiques, sociaux, familiaux révélateurs de cette disparition du modèle social d'après-guerre, de nouvelles formes d'appréhension et de traitement du rapport de l'individu à une société fragilisée sont apparues. Philosophes d'un côté, sociologues de l'autre se sont engouffrés dans l'étude des nouvelles formes de subjectivité contemporaine. Adieu les analyses en termes d'autonomie et d'égalité des droits et vive celles qui mettent l'accent sur la dépendance relationnelle et l'équité qui n'est plus universaliste mais différenciée. La vulnérabilité a pris alors son envol ; elle a même triomphé dans plusieurs champs disciplinaires : de la philosophie à la sociologie en passant par le droit, mais aussi les sciences appliquées.On assisterait donc à un Vulnerability Turn qui permettrait de repenser l'être humain, son rapport à l'Autre et au monde qui l'entoure, et qui serait à la base d'un ensemble de nouvelles obligations imposées à la charge des Etats. Tout serait-il parfait ? Loin de là. Si la vulnérabilité a le vent en poupe, elle n'en a pas moins soulevé de virulentes critiques allant de la valorisation d'une approche compassionnelle proche du misérabilisme - qui discriminerait plutôt qu'elle ne rassemblerait - aux risques d'essentialisation, de stigmatisation ou encore de paternalisme.Cette quatrième journée d'étude organisée dans le cadre du cycle des « juges en Europe » a permis à un groupe de juristes publicistes, sur la base d'une belle et stimulante 'ouverture sociologique', d'examiner la manière dont le concept de vulnérabilité a été utilisé par les juges et les conséquences que cet usage engendre, tant en termes théoriques que pratiques.


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Revisiting proportionality in international and European law : interests and interest- holders
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ISBN: 9789004448063 9789004448070 Year: 2021 Publisher: Leiden, The Netherlands : Koninklijke Brill NV,

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"This book casts new light on the application of the principle of proportionality in international law. Proportionality is claimed to play a central role governing the exercise of public power in international law and has been presented as the 'ultimate rule of law'"--

Lantsloot vander hagedochte : fragmente van een middelnederlandse bewerking van de Lancelot en prose
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ISBN: 0444856463 9780444856463 Year: 1987 Volume: 48,3 Publisher: Amsterdam : Noord-Hollandsche uitgeversmaatschappij = North-Holland publishing company,

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Beneficial Ownership : Basic and Federal Indian Law Aspects of a Concept
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ISBN: 3319016857 3319016865 Year: 2014 Publisher: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer,

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The hunt for beneficial owners is on. Like an elephant, the beneficial owner hides in the jungle of complex legal structures, waiting to be discovered by eager prosecutors. But what lies behind this metaphor? What is a Beneficial Owner? Is beneficial ownership a right? What does this right encompass? What is the value of this right compared to other rights? And if beneficial ownership is not a right, is it still a legally relevant relation? How do courts, namely the U.S. Supreme Court deal with the concept?  When do Anglo-American judges and European scholars resort to the concept? This book approaches these questions from two perspectives: legal fundamentals and the field of U.S. federal Indian law. Both legal theories and case law are scrutinized with the aim to find a better understanding of the basic conception and characteristics of beneficial ownership.  Federal Indian law has been chosen for the study of the concrete implications of the beneficial ownership concept in what Roscoe Pound referred to as “the law in action.” To some, this choice of legal field might seem somewhat unusual. What answers could federal Indian law possibly offer with regard to pressing questions from the financial industry? As always, there is a short and a long answer. The short answer is that the analysis of an equally sophisticated field of law can open new perspectives on a given field of law. For example, not only potential criminals and tax evaders but also members of an older civilization are beneficial owners. The long answer can be found in this very book.

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