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Beijing Law Review (BLR) is an international refereed journal dedicated to the latest advancements in law. The goal of this journal is to keep a record of the state-of-the-art research and promote the research work in law and related disciplines. All the manuscripts must be prepared in English and are subject to a rig…
Marcos Aurelio de Arruda
This article aims to expose how the general average has historically evolved in different countries, subject to the principles of mutual security and common benefit, and the requirements for an act to be considered general average under the York-Antwerp Rules…
Izuoma Egeruoh-Adindu, 1 1
The struggle to combat climate change is a challenge facing humanity. Mitigating climate change effects requires the involvement of everyone, from every citizen to every government. In years past, the international community has been involved in negotiating s…
Chandaphan Suwijak, Shouping Li
The growing number of small satellite systems and launches is considered to play an essential role in conducting space activities. The development of these space activities has opened up new opportunities for novel and creative uses of space systems, especial…
Joseph Ooko Nyangaga
The right of peoples to self-determination is a legal entitlement under international law that grants communities the right to freedom as peoples. The Somali way of life as pastoralists, including other nomadic tribes, is confined to the nationality and citiz…
Keran Zhao, Fengcheng Xiao
After the conflict between Russia and Ukraine broke out, western countries such as the United States regarded Russia as the aggressor, and asked other countries to do the same, but China, India, Brazil, Turkey and other countries did not accept such request a…
Enobong U. Etuk
The dearth of satisfactory retirement plans coupled with poor retirees’ well-being led to the introduction of the contributory pension scheme. Pensions administration in Nigeria dates back to the 1950s. However, with effect from June 2004, a new Pension schem…
Uchechukwu Uguru, Moses C. Umobong
Copyright Piracy is pervasive in Nigeria and consequently, it has affected the fortunes of copyright owners. The Copyright Act provides for anti-piracy measures in section 25 of the Act, which empowers the Nigerian Copyright Commission to make regulations to…
Caixia Zou, Fanyu Zhang
As artificial intelligence technologies are increasingly deployed in this digital era entitled to generate automated and semi-automated decisions, and the internal logic of machine learning algorithms is typically opaque, the absence of a right to explanation…
Rita Abhavan Ngwoke, Sogunle B. Abayomi
The exercise of the presidential pardon power has generated periodic controversies and elicited various reform proposals in Nigeria. The power is often exercised in ways that are clearly at odds with the Nigerian Society’s interest, including granting pardons…
Caixia Zou, Fangchun Li, Yi’nan Dong
Based on the interpretation on the evolution of theoretical basis of the construction of legal expert system as the clue, this article mainly analyzes and points out the dilemma faced by symbolism and connectionism as the algorithm on construction of legal ex…
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Beijing Law Review (BLR) is an international refereed journal dedicated to the latest advancements in law. The goal of this journal is to keep a record of the state-of-the-art research and promote the research work in law and related disciplines. All the manuscripts must be prepared in English and are subject to a rig… All articles are open access under a CC BY 4.0 licence, with authors retaining copyright.
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