Rising from the Ashes: A Governance Perspective on Emerging Systemic Risks
Unpredictable events -like an infrastructure failure such as a blackout (e.g. the 1999 southern Brazil blackout or the northeast blackout of 2003 that occurred in the US and Canada), a large-scale financial crisis with deep consequences on the real economy (e.g. the Icelandic and the Greek crises), a non-conventional terrorist attack (committed with chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear weapons), the risk related to the exploitation of new technologies (typically nanotechnologies), or a geophysical event (as the 2010 volcanic ash crisis or the 2011 Japan earthquake) - may suddenly cause large-scale losses. The knock-on effect of these events grows beyond the direct social and economic impact on a specific geographic area, affecting simultaneously different regions and imposing immediate regulatory answers.
Financial Compensation for Victims of Catastrophes. A Comparative Legal Approach
From the contents: Introduction.- Country Reports: Austria (D. Hinghofer-Szalkay, B. A. Koch) Belgium (I. C. Durant) France (M. Cannarsa, F. Lafay, O. Moreteau) Germany (U. Magnus) Italy (A. Monti, F. A. Chiaves) The Netherlands (M. Faure, T. Hartlief) Sweden (S. Nyquist, E. Persson) United Kingdom (M. Huber, T. Amodu) United States (R. L. Rabin, S. A. Bratis).- Compulsory Catastrophe Extension of First Party Property Insurance from a Competition Policy Perspective (R. Van den Bergh).- Comparative and Policy Conclusions (M. Faure).- Annex: Questionnaire.- Index.- Publications.
Judicial politics in Britain: Patrolling the boundaries
This study considers judicial policy‐making in Great Britain by noting the peculiarly British institutional restraints on judicial action of parliamentary sovereignty, the resulting subordination of all courts to the legislative branch and the absence of a codified charter of rights or constitution. Though there is no judicial power to annul legislative or executive actions, British courts and judges still play a small, but significant, role in policy‐making through the common law and, in particular, through judicial review of adminstrative actions. A written bill of rights would likely draw courts further into the the political arena and politicise the appointment of judges.