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Complex geopolitical debate surrounds the role of intellectual property (IP) in advancing and achieving the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Summarising and advancing this discourse, this prescient Companion is a thorough examination of how IP law interacts, influences and impacts each of the seventeen SDGs.
This book evaluates the national implementation of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) in ASEAN. Working with country-specific research teams, the contributors compiled detailed case-studies of CRPD implementation in each country in ASEAN. This book presents a detailed overview of the problem, the relevant literature, and the conceptual framework, and then it explores the implementation of the CRPD in each of the ten countries in Southeast Asia. Details include the factors that influenced each country to ratify the CRPD, the focal point structure of implementation, the independent mechanism established to monitor the implementation, and the civil s...
What do we know about the current realities of work and its likely futures? What choices must we make and how will they affect those futures? Many books about the future of work start by talking about the latest technology, and focus on how technology is going to change the way we work. And there is no doubt that technology will have huge impacts. However, to really understand the direction in which work is going, and the impact that technology and other forces will have, we need to first understand where we are. This book covers topics ranging from the ‘mega-drivers of change’ at work, power, globalisation and financialisation, to management, workers, digitalisation, the gig economy, ge...
Some ten years have elapsed since the world was rid of the scourge of the maniacal Tommy Tu-Sun who met his end whilst undergoing radical brain surgery at a Swiss clinic in Davos…… But did he? A series of alarming but seemingly unconnected events on mainland Europe provokes renewed interest from the International Crime Prevention Unit section of the ICPB which is now headed by Keith Harpur. It followed the disappearance of 10 year old Samuel Harpur, beloved son of Keith and Sally Harpur, from their home in Carmarthen.
An authoritative and indispensable guide to disability and media, this thoughtfully curated collection features varied and provocative contributions from distinguished scholars globally, alongside next-generation research leaders. Disability and media has emerged as a dynamic and exciting area of contemporary culture and social life. Media–– especially digital technology––play a vital role in disability transformations, with widespread implications for global societies and how we understand communications. This book addresses this development, from representation and audience through technologies, innovations and challenges of the field. Through the varied and global perspectives of ...
Traces the descendants of the following Junkin couples: Launcelot Junkin and Elizabeth Campbell who married prior to 1799; James Junkin and Mary Chittick who married July 8, 1800 and John Junkin and Jane Junkin who married Aug. 19, 1829. Many of these couples' children immigrated to Canada from Ireland.
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