Highlights the equal and effective enjoyment of human rights by persons with disabilities. Discusses a number of related issues: the shift from the traditional "medical model" of disability to securing the rule of law and human rights; the interdependency between civil and polit…
Analyses the history and contemporary development of international maritime law. Provides understanding of the role of the International Maritime Organization, the law surrounding maritime zones, the legal regime of islands, the international sea-bed area, the legal regime gover…
Examines the use of qualitative indicators in measuring compliance with labour standards focusing on comparative methods of construction as well as the appropriateness of particular methods for particular applications.
Reconsiders the central purpose of social regulation-the abatement or control of risks to society. Recounts the experiences of pioneering agencies that have confronted the risk-control challenge directly, developing operational capacities for specifying risk concentrations, prob…