The purpose of this judicial analysis is to put at the disposal of courts and tribunals dealing with international protection cases, a helpful tool for the understanding of protection issues, in this chapter, Article 15(c) of the Qualification Directive (QD). This provision, which by its nature...

Focusing on the expanding realm of international adjudication, this paper approaches justice from the domain of the empirical and shows - through a careful, interview-based case-study analysis in the WTO-EU context - that justice in the transnational context is not only a contested concept, but...

The relationship between institutional quality, entrepreneurship, and economic growth has been well documented within the literature. However, much less work has been done regarding judicial independence and how this affects, specifically, entrepreneurial activity. Therefore, this paper attempts...

Institutional and individual accountability is an important feature of societies in transition from conflict or authoritarian rule. The imperative of accountability has both normative and transformational underpinnings in the context of restoration of the rule of law and democracy. This article...

Disputes involving banks deserve special attention from the judiciary. This flows from the overarching importance of banks to the financial system and the potentially disastrous consequences of bank failures. Against this background, this paper highlights key considerations that the Courts must...

One of the fundamental principles of the criminal law is consistency: like offenders must be treated alike. However, research has shown that when it comes to sentencing in New Zealand, there is in fact substantial regional disparity in the penalty imposed on similarly situated offenders. The...