Towards a system of estates in virtual property
DOI: 10.1504/IJPL.2008.019429 | Juliet M. Moringiello | Virtual worlds such as Second Life have received a lot of press in the USA recently. As individuals and businesses participate in these virtual worlds, questions arise regarding the application of existing laws to their virtual world transa... | 3 - 13 |
ICT and the Emerging |Fourth World|: where does the responsibility lie?
DOI: 10.1504/IJPL.2008.019429 | Mhairi Aitken, Diego Quiroz-Onate | Today|s society is an increasingly technological one, and the importance of access to new technologies – particularly Information Communication Technology (ICT) – cannot be underestimated. Castells|s theory of the |Network Society| has demo... | 14 - 21 |
A comparative study on state reform in the light of the EU and international legal documents and practices: a legal analysis of Turkish regulations on ethics in the government
DOI: 10.1504/IJPL.2008.019429 | Cuneyt Yuksel | In order to modernise and democratise the Turkish administrative system and align it with EU standards, public reform is essential. Good governance, transparency and fight against corruption are indispensable components of a successful refo... | 22 - 46 |
Moving towards unsustainability: a study of the Chinese telecommunications regulation
DOI: 10.1504/IJPL.2008.019429 | Grace Li | The Chinese telecommunications market has evolved into the world|s largest market in recent years, which attracted vast attention from both foreign industries and regulators throughout the world. Although having only a short period of priva... | 47 - 68 |
A comparison of US judicial and NAFTA panel review of trade remedy cases
DOI: 10.1504/IJPL.2008.019429 | Juscelino F. Colares, John W. Bohn | Empirical analysis of NAFTA Chapter 19 panel decisions shows that they are far more likely than US courts to overturn US agency decisions despite being bound to apply the same law under the same standard and principles of review that US cou... | 69 - 81 |
Aviation security: legal framework and technical management
DOI: 10.1504/IJPL.2008.019429 | Kenneth Melancton Nielsen | Aviation security is a concept that is indeed multifaceted. It touches upon many people|s lives every day and in many ways. Not only business travellers and tourists are affected by aviation security measures. The media also portray the dif... | 82 - 93 |
Together in electric dreams: cyber socialism, utopia and the creative commons
DOI: 10.1504/IJPL.2008.019429 | Michael Filby | As the internet has become ever more prolific and intrinsic to modern society, so it has attracted the attention of the regulators of the world. As domestic and international legislatures apply increasingly restrictive rules, this paper ask... | 94 - 109 |
A superior win and an inferior loss: new developments in Chinese bankruptcy laws and regulations
DOI: 10.1504/IJPL.2008.019429 | Minkang Gu | The long-awaited new Enterprise Bankruptcy Law (the New Bankruptcy Law) of the People|s Republic of China (the PRC) was finally promulgated by the 23rd Session of the Standing Committee of the Tenth NPC and was effective on 1 June 2007. Whi... | 110 - 136 |
Gove: forgotten catalyst for native title or are we just where we started? Native title and the mining industry issues in Australia from Gove to the present day
DOI: 10.1504/IJPL.2008.019429 | Peter Gillies, Bob Cleworth, Gisele Kapterian | Gove occupies a unique place in Australian mining history as it provides one of the earliest examples of the interaction between the interests of the mining industry, the indigenous population and the Australian legal system. Often cited as... | 137 - 156 |
Better a sword than a shield: the case for statutory fair use right in place of a defence
DOI: 10.1504/IJPL.2008.019429 | Warren Chik | This paper endorses a reinvention of the general and flexible fair use doctrine through the simple powerful elevation of its legal status from a legal exception to that of a legal right, and identifies all the benefits that a fair use right... | 157 - 210 |
Relationship marketing at a crossroads with competition rules: the case of distribution agreements
DOI: 10.1504/IJPL.2008.019429 | Alina Mihaela Dima | As the European economies have evolved to a more open and competitive model, the strict rules on distribution have been increasingly criticised for an antibusiness bias. There is a fierce debate among economists as to the anticompetitive ef... | 211 - 221 |
No trifling matter: the de minimis principle in relation to the delivery of the wrong quantity of goods under Hong Kong law
DOI: 10.1504/IJPL.2008.019429 | Ji Lian Yap | This article seeks to examine the application of the de minimis principle in respect of the quantity of goods supplied under a sale of goods contract under Hong Kong law, and to suggest several law reform proposals in that regard. One of th... | 222 - 228 |
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