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Showing 1 to 16 of 16 for “"Regulatory tool"”.
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Evaluation of guarantees of origin as a regulatory tool for sustainable energy
… guarantee of origin (hereafter GO) is a further tool related to RES electricity. GO is a standardized tradeable certificate used to prove to final consumers that the electricity supplied was generated from renewable energy sources. GO is connected to the so called ‘energy mix disclosure’ …
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The Liberalisation of European Energy Markets: The Use of Competition Law as a Regulatory Tool
… decisions, in order to create a quasi-ex ante regulatory effect in the markets. The main conclusion of this thesis is that a lack of legal certainty and insufficient clarification of the law originating from this approach might have detrimental impacts on a single and competitive energy market …
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Documentation as a Tool for Algorithmic Accountability
… and that documentation is the necessary tool to accomplish this goal. This work begins by establishing the ``hole'' in current approaches to AI risk regulation, the lack of a civil liability regime. It also highlights that civil liability is an already existing and effective regulatory …
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Legitimacy in the New Regulatory State
… considers one of the most legally controversial tools in the expanded regulatory ‘tool kit’: industry rule-making. The principal aim is to highlight that the tension between the ‘responsiveness’ that regulatory scholars advocate in order to improve regulatory effectiveness, on the one hand, and …
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An analysis of the deficiencies impeding regulation of environmental standards in the Nigeran oil and gas industry and possible solutions through legal transplantation from other model regimes.
… operating in Nigeria have clearly violated regulatory standards established in the Nigerian environmental regime. It has further been observed that the violations are repeated and persistent in nature. This is interesting considering that the Nigerian environmental regime has provided …
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The "Silent Scream" of "Pathetic Seeds": exploring a feminist ethics of care as a means to broaden the scope of current GM crop risk assessment practices in South Africa
… modified (GM) crops is assumed to be a benign regulatory tool, due to its perceived objectivity and freedom from the morals and values that pervade society. Yet, against the backdrop of growing environmental pressures, social tensions and political instability, problems that cannot be …
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Coding AuthentiCity
… Form-based coding is a relatively new regulatory tool, and has recently been standardized through the creation of the Form-Based Codes Institute (FBCI) in 2005. Using the FBCI's criteria for a form-based code, this thesis evaluates the components of each case study's coding document. …
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Judicial regulation of administrative policies that influence the exercise of statutory discretions
… administrative policies, their rise as a regulatory tool of government and the growing administrative preference for policy over delegated legislation are explored. It is argued that there is a necessity for the courts to develop the law regulating the administrative use of policy to …
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Land use politics southern style : the case of cash proffers in Virginia
… and efficacy of cash proffers, a land use regulatory tool in Virginia. Using a mixed methods approach, I answer research questions on how and why cash proffers came into existence; are implemented; and affect housing development. The importance of this dissertation topic stems from the …
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Pre-contractual assessments in mortgage loans: Promoting responsible lending or exacerbating financial exclusion? - A comparative study of the South African National Credit Act and the European Mortgage Credit Directive
… (affordability) assessments as a key regulatory tool in the prevention of “reckless” or “predatory” lending and the promotion of a responsible credit regime. In particular, so it is argued, a responsible lending regime and the protection of consumers is crucial in the mortgage credit …
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Essays on Margin Requirements, Endogenous Illiquidity, and Portfolio Choice
… markets and are often used as an important regulatory tool for improving market conditions. However, their economic impact beyond affecting default risk is still largely unknown. The first essay proposes a tractable and flexible equilibrium model with and without information asymmetry to …
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Uncertainty, Risk and the (in)Applicability of the Precautionary Principle: Reassessing the Scope of Precaution and Prevention in International Environmental Law
… as well as its overall limitations as a regulatory tool. This thesis attempts to move beyond this impasse by reassessing the precautionary principle in light of the distinction traditionally made in formal scientific discourse between risk and uncertainty. While this technical distinction …
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Operator compliance and attitudinal compliance to aspects of Australian whale watch management conditions
… for whale watch vessels are an effective regulatory tool by: 1) observing whale watch operations that target humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) in Queensland and New South Wales' waters and 2) conducting a questionnaire survey of whale watch operators’ attitudes towards compliance. …
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Revolutions and 'Rough Cuts': Bodily Technologies for Regulating Sexuality in Contemporary Iran
… Republic of Iran are often focused on the regulatory tool of criminalization in relation to sex and sexuality. More recently, popular academic debates have centered on the revolutionary sexual practices among a subculture of upper-middle class Tehrani youth. Yet the scope of practices, …
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The Influence of Legal and Regulatory Context on Perceptions of Hydraulic Fracturing Risks
… perceptions of its risks, and of the legal and regulatory frameworks governing it. Applying the grounded theory method of analysis (Chapter 2), I found that the importance of feeling informed about various aspects of fracking featured prominently in the interview data. Participants expressed …
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INCENDI DOLOSI E TRAFFICO ILLECITO DI RIFIUTI IN LOMBARDIA: STRUMENTI NORMATIVI DI PREVENZIONE E CONTRASTO ALLA CRIMINALITÀ AMBIENTALE
Il fenomeno degli incendi dolosi in impianti di stoccaggio e smaltimento di rifiuti che ha recentemente interessato il territorio lombardo affonda le sue radici in una concatenazione di cause di natura e origine diversa, la cui analisi assume un carattere di vitale importanza in un’ottica di tutela …