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Illinois passed the latest law requiring new apartment buildings to be wired for EV chargers. Now apartment communities are figuring out the best ways to make shared charging work for everyone.
Looking at the underlying philosophical and moral questions involved in abortion debates can help explain why it’s such an intensely divisive issue.
A lump of cells could be given the legal status of a person, or remain a property.
Making a safe and healthy work environment a human right is only the first step in ensuring governments protect workers
Ethically, vaccine mandates are justifiable on multiple levels, based on the common good and a public health ethics framework.
The solution to a defective, sexist Criminal Code ban can be found in the Youth Criminal Justice Act.
Governments of different political leanings helped forge the Human Rights Commission. To abolish it would diminish accountability and silence an important government critic.
The voices of recreational cannabis users are curiously missing from the official debate about legalisation.
The African Cup of Nations is the continent’s premier soccer tournament - but it’s not being broadcast on TV as usual. Behind the blackout is a tale of court rulings and sour deals.
The South African pressure group Afriforum and its allies want to be the only voices speaking on behalf of Afrikaners.
It is just as much for our own sake, as for the sake of robots, that we should begin recognising the rights of intelligent machines.
The deal was not as bad as it could have been, but not as good as it should have been.
Proposed changes to South Africa’s labour laws would make it almost impossible to strike and render the planned national minimum wage unenforceable.
After violence in Charlottesville, internet firms are erasing bigoted content. But should private companies serve as unaccountable regulators and be responsible for policing complex social issues?
New Zealand just conferred personhood upon the Whanganui River, giving it standing to legally defend its rights. Can this novel strategy save the environment?
If you have an Irish granny, a spare €650,000 to spend in Malta, or a hankering for a new villa in Cyprus, then EU citizenship is within reach.
This is election year for several African countries and there’s a need to ensure social media isn’t used to incite violence. But can governments be prevented from restricting citizens’ rights?
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Senior lecturer, University of Edinburgh
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Research Fellow, Environmental Political Theory, Vrije Universiteit Brussel
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Lecturer in International Development, The Open University
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Senior Lecturer in Law, University of Westminster
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Professor of Law, University of Sussex
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Professor, Sociology, University of the Western Cape, Nelson Mandela University
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Associate Professor, Criminology, Department of Social Science, York University, Canada
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Professor of European Union Law, Durham University
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Senior Lecturer in Law, Newcastle University
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Associate Professor of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati
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Professor of Anthropology, Northwestern University
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Professor of Communications, Howard University
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Associate Professor, School of Journalism, Toronto Metropolitan University
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Professor of Law, University of Waikato
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James T. Jensen Endowed Professor for Transactional Law and Director, Program on Intellectual Property and Technology Law, University of Utah