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In commercial maritime law, "the contract of affreightment" and "marine insurance" may be the most important and difficult subjects. As far as the contract of affreightment is concerned, the difficulites derive from the existence of two entirely different forms of contracts, a charterparty and a bill of lading. In order to explore commercial maritime law, one key question is to
Innovation is considered one of the most important drivers for economic growth but measuring innovation is complex and abstract. To measure innovation, it is common to use proxies such as patent and R&D expenditure. How good of a measure is patents when it comes to explaining economic growth? Patents have faced a lot of critique when being used as a proxy for innovation, quality adjustment for
Thirty-five years after the massive earthquake that shook the city on July 28, 1976, Tangshan residents still live with the scars of the losses and injuries that were suffered. This case study is about possible recent changes to commemorations and public memory in Tangshan. Firstly, it will examine how the Tangshan earthquake is commemorated publicly through monuments, ruins and at schools. Second
Human behaviors lead to environmental change. If that premise stands true, then to put global warming under control is to restrict human behaviors in order to lessen their impact. For carbon emission specifically, the idea is to transform the global economy through a process of decarbonization. This paper focuses on China, both the largest carbon emitter and the largest of emerging economies leadi
