Theories on issue competition assume that there is only a limited number of issues that a person prioritises simultaneously. In this research note, we test this mechanism by using a panel study that was conducted among Belgian parents in 2019 and 2020. Between the two observations of the study, the country suffered a severe health crisis due to the COVID-19 pandemic. We investigate whether this crisis reduced the priority of environmental issues among respondents. Our results show that there was indeed a significant decline of some indicators for environmental concern, but not for others. Furthermore, we show that a higher priority for the health-related and economic consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic was associated with a steeper decline in environmental concern. |
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Did the COVID-19 Pandemic Reduce Attention to Environmental Issues?A Panel Study Among Parents in Belgium, 2019-2020 |
Journal | Politics of the Low Countries, Issue 1 2022 |
Keywords | issue competition, COVID-19 pandemic, panel study, environmental concern, Belgium |
Authors | Sari Verachtert, Dieter Stiers and Marc Hooghe |
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Is a whole-school approach necessary? The potential for alternative models of restorative justice in education |
Journal | The International Journal of Restorative Justice, Issue 1 2022 |
Keywords | restorative justice, procedural justice, student voice |
Authors | Heather Norris |
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Evaluations of restorative justice frequently report that only a minority of schools succeed in adopting a whole-school approach. More common are a consortium of practices necessitating the evaluation of schools not implementing the whole-school model but still achieving positive results. Previous research established that unconventional models have successful outcomes, yet little is known about the contextual factors and the causal mechanisms of different practices. This study finds that models of restorative justice facilitating student voice and consequently procedural justice have promising outcomes. Importantly, alternative models may be less resource-intensive, making them more feasible to fully implement. |
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Journal | Corporate Mediation Journal, Issue 2 2021 |
Keywords | international commercial mediation, Belt and Road Initiative, Singapore Convention, China, international dispute resolution |
Authors | Henneke Brink |
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With unfaltering determination, China continues to expand its Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). This article focuses on the preference that is given to mediation for the resolution of BRI-related disputes. China, Hong Kong and Singapore proclaim that this approach better fits with ‘Asian’ cultural values than adversarial processes like arbitration and litigation. The BRI can be seen as an innovative field lab where mechanisms for international commercial conflict management and resolution are being developed and put to action - and where legitimacy is tested. |
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Journal | Netherlands Journal of Legal Philosophy, Issue 2 2021 |
Keywords | Global solidarity, Pandemics, Global Existential Threats, Collective Intelligence, CrowdLaw |
Authors | José Luis Martí |
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Some of the existential threats we currently face are global in the sense that they affect us all, and thus matter of global concern and trigger duties of moral global solidarity. But some of these global threats, such as the COVID-19 pandemic, are global in a second, additional, sense: discharging them requires joint, coordinated global action. For that reason, these twofold global threats trigger political – not merely moral – duties of global solidarity. This article explores the contrast between these two types of global threats with the purpose of clarifying the distinction between moral and political duties of global solidarity. And, in the absence of a fully developed global democratic institutional system, the article also explores some promising ways to fulfill our global political duties, especially those based on mechanisms of collective intelligence such as CrowdLaw, which might provide effective solutions to these global threats while enhancing the democratic legitimacy of public decision-making. |
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Journal | Netherlands Journal of Legal Philosophy, Issue 2 2021 |
Keywords | Mechanical solidarity, Organic solidarity, Contract, Good faith, Punishment |
Authors | Candida Leone |
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The article uses three prominent examples from the Dutch context to problematize the relationship between contractual and social solidarity during the coronavirus crisis. The social science ideal types of ‘mechanical’ and ‘organic’ solidarity, and their typified correspondence with legal modes of punishment and compensation, are used to illuminate the way in which solidarity language in private relationships can convey and normalize assumptions about the public interest and economic order. |
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Journal | East European Yearbook on Human Rights, Issue 1 2021 |
Authors | Matthias C. Kettemann and Martin Fertmann |
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This study explores the spread of disinformation relating to the Covid-19 pandemic on the internet, dubbed by some as the pandemic’s accompanying “infodemic”, and the societal reactions to this development across different countries and platforms. The study’s focus is on the role of states and platforms in combatting online disinformation. |
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Sustainability in Global Supply Chains Under the CISG |
Journal | European Journal of Law Reform, Issue 3 2021 |
Keywords | CISG, sustainability, supply chains, UN Global Compact, Codes of Conduct, conformity of the goods |
Authors | Ingeborg Schwenzer and Edgardo Muñoz |
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In this article, the authors assert that the United Nations Convention for the International Sale of Goods (CISG) can contribute to tackling gaps in statutory legislation and defective business conduct that have been associated with unsustainable trade in Global Supply Chains (GSCs). The authors provide evidence that the CISG contains rules enabling a general legal framework for establishing uniform sustainable standards for goods concerning suppliers, sellers and buyers located in different countries. For instance, the CISG provisions on contract formation ease the incorporation of joint codes of conduct for sustainable trade in GSCs. In addition, the contracting parties’ circumstances and current trade usages are now more relevant to determine what constitutes conformity of the goods under the contract and the default warranties in Article 35 CISG. On the level of remedies, the authors show that best-efforts provisions, possibly included in a code of conduct or inferred from standards applicable to the goods, may redefine the notion of impediment in Article 79 CISG, which could lead to exoneration of liability for the seller. They also demonstrate why fundamental breach and the calculation of damages are at the centre of the discussion regarding the remedies for breach of an obligation to deliver sustainable goods. |
Review of Hungarian Scholarly Literature |
Marie-Claire Cordonier Segger et al. (eds.), Intergenerational Justice in Sustainable Development Treaty Implementation. Advancing Future Generations Rights Through National Institutions (Book Review)Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2021, 870 p, ISBN 978-1-10848-802-0 |
Journal | Hungarian Yearbook of International Law and European Law, Issue 1 2021 |
Authors | Tejas Rao |
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Case Notes |
The Hungarian Constitutional Court’s Decision on the Protection of ForestsDecision No. 14/2020. (VII. 6.) AB of the Constitutional Court of Hungary |
Journal | Hungarian Yearbook of International Law and European Law, Issue 1 2021 |
Keywords | public trust, non-derogation, Constitutional Court of Hungary, Article P, future generations |
Authors | Attila Pánovics |
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In its decision delivered on 15 June 2020, the Hungarian Constitutional Court stated that several provisions of the 2017 amendment of the Act XXXVII of 2009 on Forest, Forest Protection and Forest Management are unconstitutional. The case was also an opportunity for the Constitutional Court to adopt another milestone decision on the interpretation and application of the environment-related provisions of the Fundamental Law and the “non-derogation principle”. The progressive decision of the Constitutional Court entrusts the Hungarian State with trustee duties. The present Case Note is an analysis of Decision No. 14/2020. (VII. 6.) AB of the Constitutional Court. |
Public Health Emergency: National, European and International Law Responses |
Support for FamiliesA Way to Tackle COVID-19 and Its Implications in Hungary |
Journal | Hungarian Yearbook of International Law and European Law, Issue 1 2021 |
Keywords | family, children, vulnerable groups, social protection, housing benefits, labor market |
Authors | Éva Gellérné Lukács |
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COVID-19 poses a huge challenge for families and children; their exposure to economic, social and mental hardship is considerable and is confirmed by several studies. The pandemic pushes governments to allocate resources to the economy, but it is equally important to invest in the future by supporting families and children. The article outlines general tendencies in the EU and reflects on Hungarian measures in this field. During the first, second and third waves of COVID-19, a wide range of measures were introduced in Hungary. By extending the eligibility periods of family benefits for families with small children (both social insurance contribution-based and universal benefits) approximately 40,000 families (households) were covered. During the first and second COVID-19 waves, not only did the government extend benefit eligibility, but it also announced several new or renewed measures related to cash benefits and housing for families with at least one economically active parent. During the third wave eligibility periods of family benefits have again been extended. On the other hand, the unemployment benefit system remained intact, labor market pitfalls were addressed by providing wage subsidies. |
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Exploring the growth and development of restorative justice in Bangladesh |
Journal | The International Journal of Restorative Justice, Issue 2 2021 |
Keywords | restorative justice, Bangladesh, salish, village courts, INGOs |
Authors | Muhammad Asadullah and Brenda Morrison |
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Although restorative justice is a new concept in Bangladesh (BD), resolving wrongdoing outside the criminal justice system is not a new practice. Community-based mediation, known as salish, has been practised for centuries – withstanding colonisation, adaptation and distortion. Other practices, such as village courts and customary justice, are also prevalent in Bangladesh. Of these, village courts are currently the most widely practised in Bangladesh. Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ Bangladesh) formally introduced restorative justice in 2013 with the support of international non-governmental organisations (INGOs), NGOs, academics and government agencies. Most of the literature on community-based justice practice focuses on village courts; academic, peer-reviewed research on restorative justice in Bangladesh is scarce. This qualitative study explores the growth and development of restorative justice in Bangladesh. Using in-depth qualitative interviews and survey, the study retraces the genesis of restorative justice in Bangladesh. In recent times, GIZ Bangladesh has been key to the development of restorative justice, which was further expanded by UNDP’s Activating Village Courts project, as well as a graduate course on restorative justice at the University of Dhaka. This study also finds contentious themes raised by the key informants, specifically the role of INGOs, government and community. |
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Journal | Netherlands Journal of Legal Philosophy, Issue 1 2021 |
Authors | Iris van Domselaar |
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Corporate Mediation and Company LawState of the Art, Recent Trends and New Opportunities |
Journal | Corporate Mediation Journal, Issue 1 2021 |
Keywords | corporate dispute, enforcement, mediation clause, stakeholders, sustainability, sustainable development |
Authors | Valentina Allotti |
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This article describes the legal framework on corporate mediation in Italy with a particular focus on the effects of the mediation clauses included in company by-laws. The available data on the use of corporate mediation indicate that such clauses are not commonly used. There is still resistance among the parties in a dispute to engage in dialogue through mediation, not only where corporate disputes are concerned. The author suggests that one way to expand the use of mediation would be to promote the introduction of mediation clauses in the articles of association of companies. She also suggests that recent trends in company law, notably the emergence of sustainability issues, related to the impact of business activity on the environment and society, and more broadly on human rights, may create new opportunities for the use of mediation to prevent and solve corporate-related disputes. |
Case Reports |
2021/9 AGET Iraklis: another belated victory for the employer (GR) |
Journal | European Employment Law Cases, Issue 1 2021 |
Keywords | Information & Consultation, Collective Redundancies |
Authors | Effie Mitsopoulou |
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The Supreme Court of Greece has clarified that the validity of terminations is not affected by the lack of consultation with the employees’ representatives, as per Directive 2002/14/EC on a general framework for informing and consulting employees. In case of non-compliance with such obligation, alternative administrative or judicial measures can be provided by the Member States. It further reiterated that the expediency and necessity of the company’s business decision to suddenly interrupt its plant operation cannot be subject to judicial control. |
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Journal | European Employment Law Cases, Issue 1 2021 |
Authors | Ruben Houweling, Daiva Petrylaitė, Marianne Hrdlicka e.a. |
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Various of our academic board analysed employment law cases from last year. However, first, we start with some general remarks. |
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Journal | The International Journal of Restorative Justice, Issue 1 2021 |
Keywords | restorative justice, restorative practice, environmental justice, environmental regulation |
Authors | Miranda Forsyth, Deborah Cleland, Felicity Tepper e.a. |
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The challenges of developing meaningful environmental regulation to protect communities and the environment have never been greater. Environmental regulators are regularly criticised for failing to act hard and consistently, in turn leading to demands for harsher punishments and more rigorous enforcement. Whilst acknowledging the need for strong enforcement to address wantonly destructive practices threatening communities and ecosystems, we argue that restorative approaches have an important role. This article explores a future agenda for environmental restorative justice through (1) situating it within existing scholarly and practice-based environmental regulation traditions; (2) identifying key elements and (3) raising particular theoretical and practical challenges. Overall, our vision for environmental restorative justice is that its practices can permeate the entire regulatory spectrum, going far beyond restorative justice conferences within enforcement proceedings. We see it as a shared and inclusive vision that seeks to integrate, hybridise and build broader ownership for environmental restorative justice throughout existing regulatory practices and institutions, rather than creating parallel structures or paradigms. |
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Journal | The International Journal of Restorative Justice, Issue 1 2021 |
Authors | Brunilda Pali and Ivo Aertsen |
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The Mediation DisruptionA Path to Better Conflict Resolution through Interdisciplinarity and Cognitive Diversity |
Journal | Corporate Mediation Journal, Issue 2 2020 |
Keywords | interdisciplinarity, social psychology, diversity and inclusivity, disruption |
Authors | Mark T. Kawakami |
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As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to expose obsolete business practices and force companies into uncharted territories, a disruption worth (re)considering for companies is to replace their over-reliance on litigation with mediation. In order for mediators to make this transition more appetising for businesses, we must train mediators to: 1) think more holistically through interdisciplinary training; and 2) foster cognitive diversity amongst our pool. |