http://hdl.handle.net/10453/76 Tue, 21 May 2013 23:34:20 GMT 2013-05-21T23:34:20Z http://hdl.handle.net/10453/17870 Australia Varnham Sally; Jackson Jim Russo, C Sat, 01 Jan 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/10453/17870 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/10453/17871 Neuroscience and Law: Australia Houston Leanne; Vierboom Amy Tade Matthias Spranger Whereas the past few years have repeatedly been referred to as the 'era of biotechnology', most recently the impression has emerged that at least the same degree of attention is being paid to the latest developments in the field of neurosciences. It has now become nearly impossible to maintain an overview of the number of research projects dealing with the functionality of the brain - for example concerning its organizational structure - or projects dealing with the topics of legal responsibility, brain-computer interface applications, neuromarketing, lie detection or mind reading. These procedures are connected to a number of legal questions concerning the framework conditions of research projects as well as the right approach to the findings generated. Given the primary importance of the topic for the latest developments, it is essential to compare the different legal systems and strategies that they offer for dealing with these legal implications. Therefore, the book International Neurolaw: A Comparative Analysis contains several country reports from around the world, as well as those of international organizations such as UNESCO, in order to show the different legal approaches to the topic and possible interactions. Sun, 01 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/10453/17871 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/10453/17873 Innovating the Practice of Normative Control in Project Management Contractual Relations Clegg Stewart; Bjorkeng Kjersti; Pitsis Tyrone Peter W. G. Morris, Jeffrey K. Pinto, Jonas Söderlund In the chapter we begin by considering the institution of contract and approaches to it. We follow this with an analysis of an institutional innovation, the development of alliancing as a specific form of contract premised on a far more normative mode of control than the disciplinary mechanisms of surveillance which have traditionally been seen as more typically associated with conventional contracts. A new way of managing projects is evolving, as we report in this chapter. We consider some of its advantages as well as some of its disadvantages. Sat, 01 Jan 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/10453/17873 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/10453/17872 Owning the Earth Graham Nicole Burdon, Peter The Earth and jurisprudence are both systems. The Earth is a system of physical and interlinked relationships. Jurisprudence is a system of abstract laws. Jurisprudence is a human creation. As such, jurisprudence is a system that depends for its existence on the systems of Earth because the former is the creation of a species whose existence is of the latter. It is therefore important, indeed necessary, to situate the system of laws within the physical context of the Earth's systems, because although the law currently situates itself above or separate to the physical realm, in reality the converse is true. Humans are physical beings dependent on, and subject to, their only home and ultimate jurisdiction - Earth. In a discussion of the idea of Earth Jurisprudence it is necessary to consider the laws of land and water ownership and use in terms of their physical (or economic) viability. In other words, laws that regulate the ownership and use of the Earth and its resources --- - -, - - --- - - - --- -_. -would-need-to-both-facilitate-and-regulate-human-earth ·relations-th-ar-are-consistent-with the unilateral dependence of humans and their socio-economic systems on the Earth's systems. Sat, 01 Jan 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/10453/17872 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z