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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…
Muhammad Faisal Rasheed, Shouping Li
The future of outer space and space law is closely related to the newly developing wave of neo-colonialism on earth. The increasing impact of major power relations, resource driven agendas and with this transformation in global geopolitics, world has seen pop…
Dishan Madushanka, Nisanka Jayarathna, Karawita Arachchige Akalanka Nuwan Thilakarathna
This paper critically examines how “waste” is defined in sociological theory versus legal doctrine, exploring whether these perspectives conflict or complement each other. Sociological approaches drawing on theorists like Mary Douglas, Zygmunt Bauman, Michael…
Giovani Ribeiro Loss, Edmilson Moutinho dos Santos, 1 1
The objective of this study is to propose alternative structures for the regulation of electricity and, consequently, for the whole energy sector, taking into account new variables posed by the energy transition. This article is grounded mainly in scholarly l…
Inácio Ferreira Façanha Neto, Josanne Cristina Ribeiro Ferreira Façanha
This study aims to analyze the Social Question in Brazil and the implementation of public employment policies adopted in Brazil and in the State of Maranhão, highlighting the challenges faced by the government in promoting state growth and development within…
Renato Base
How is legal reality constituted in social practice? Why do judges, lawyers, and citizens “see” the same law so differently? This paper introduces the Law of Observational Reciprocity (LOR) as a foundational epistemological principle for the sociology of law:…
Giovanni Matteucci
There are at least four alternatives to manage conflicts: negotiation, mediation, arbitration, litigation. In negotiation, the conflicting parties try to find a solution by themselves. In mediation, a neutral third party facilitates the communication between/…
Abdullah Theeb Mahmmoud, Ribhi Wajeeh Dola
This study examines modern criminal policy and its impact on the guarantees of a fair trial in the new legislation in Palestine. The Palestinian legislator has moved toward adopting a package of special criminal decree‑laws. It is observed that, despite their…
Luiz Fernando Eng de Lima
This article examines how legal pragmatism, grounded in Charles Sanders Peirce’s abductive reasoning and Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.’s consequentialist perspective, offers an anti-essentialist alternative to formalist models of judicial decision-making. It seek…
Jamieson M. Kirkwood, Xingsi Di
This article analyses the pathway for Chinese nationals to acquire permanent residency in the EU member state of Cyprus (officially called the Republic of Cyprus). It also considers Cyprus’s membership of the EU, the important Schengen visa territory (which m…
Paulo Caliendo
The growing use of algorithms and artificial intelligence (AI) systems in tax administration poses significant challenges to constitutional principles that have historically constrained the state’s power to levy taxes. This paper analyses how the automated 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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