From a Nobel Prize–winning pioneer in environmental economics, an innovative account of how and why "green thinking" could cure many of the world's most serious problems—from global warming to ...pandemics Solving the world's biggest problems—from climate catastrophe and pandemics to wildfires and corporate malfeasance—requires, more than anything else, coming up with new ways to manage the powerful interactions that surround us. For carbon emissions and other environmental damage, this means ensuring that those responsible pay their full costs rather than continuing to pass them along to others, including future generations. In The Spirit of Green, Nobel Prize–winning economist William Nordhaus describes a new way of green thinking that would help us overcome our biggest challenges without sacrificing economic prosperity, in large part by accounting for the spillover costs of economic collisions.In a discussion that ranges from the history of the environmental movement to the Green New Deal, Nordhaus explains how the spirit of green thinking provides a compelling and hopeful new perspective on modern life. At the heart of green thinking is a recognition that the globalized world is shaped not by isolated individuals but rather by innumerable interactions inside and outside the economy. He shows how rethinking economic efficiency, sustainability, politics, profits, taxes, individual ethics, corporate social responsibility, finance, and more would improve the effectiveness and equity of our society. And he offers specific solutions—on how to price carbon, how to pursue low-carbon technologies, how to design an efficient tax system, and how to foster international cooperation through climate clubs.The result is a groundbreaking new vision of how we can have our environment and our economy too.
Cilj je istraživanja bio ispitati povezanost i veličinu doprinosa socio-demografskih karakteristika sudionika, njihova iskustva i stavova objašnjenju procjena opasnosti, (ne)ubrojivosti i kazni ...počinitelja kaznenih djela (KD). Podaci su prikupljeni online, anketnim upitnikom na prigodnome uzorku od 257 punoljetnih sudionika prosječne dobi 29 godina (23.7 % muškaraca). Općenito, nakon kontrole učinka ostalih varijabli procijenjena odgovornost počinitelja/počiniteljice KD-a pokazala se najkonzistentnijim i najvažnijim prediktorom ubrojivosti i opasnosti počinitelja/ počiniteljice KD-a, kao i primjerene kazne za počinjeno KD. Pripisivanje veće odgovornosti počinitelju/počiniteljici za počinjeno KD značajno pridonosi višoj procjeni ubrojivosti, opasnosti i tendenciji strožemu kažnjavanju. Veća sklonost pripisivanja kriminalnoga ponašanja vlastitomu izboru te slabije vjerovanje u učinkovitost psihijatrijskih tretmana psihički oboljelih osoba takoðer značajno pridonose predviðanju veće ubrojivosti i veće opasnosti počinitelja/počiniteljice KD-a.
U radu se analizira posebno pravno uređenje odgovornosti za štete nastale na radu i u vezi s radom u pravnim odnosima do kojih dolazi kod privremenog zapošljavanja putem agencija za privremeno ...zapošljavanje. Riječ je o posebnom pravnom uređenju odgovornosti za štete koje zbog svoje nedorečenosti ostavlja otvorenim pitanja vrste i kriterija odgovornosti, ali i jasnog određenja pretpostavki odgovornosti za štetu u svakom od područja koje ovo posebno pravno uređenje regulira. Izlažući pravna shvaćanja iznesena u pravnoj doktrini i sudskoj praksi, u radu se na ova pitanja nastoji odgovoriti tumačenjem koje svoju osnovu ima u bitnim obilježjima na kojima se privremeno zapošljavanje temelji, kao i u odgovarajućoj primjeni pravila posebnog pravnog uređenja o odgovornosti za štetu nastalu na radu i u vezi s radom i odgovarajućoj primjeni općih pravila obveznog prava o odgovornosti za štetu.
The paper analyzes the special legal regulation of liability for damage ocurred at work and in connection with work in legal relations that occur in temporary employment through temporary agency work. It is a special legal regulation of liability for damage, which due to its vagueness leaves open questions about the type and criteria of liability, but also a clear definition of the assumptions of liability for damage in each of the areas regulated by this special legal regulation. Explaining the legal understandings presented in legal doctrine and case law, the paper seeks to answer these questions with an interpretation that has its basis in the essential features on which temporary employment is based, and in the appropriate application of the rules of special legal regulation on liability for damage that occured at work and in relation to work and proper application of the general rules of mandatory law on liability for damage.
Moralne granice u okolnostima samoobrane određene su, između ostalog, moralnim statusom osoba koje se u tim okolnostima nalaze. Netko tko posjeduje moralni imunitet zadržava pravo ne biti napadnut i ...samim time zaštićen je od potencijalne obrambene štete. U radu razmatram ulogu moralnog imuniteta u kontekstu problema takozvanih “nevinih napadača”. Dok neki smatraju da nevine napadače – uslijed nedostatka njihove odgovornosti za prijetnju – nije moralno dopustivo usmrtiti u samoobrani, pokazujem da argumenti koji se pritom navode ne uspijevaju uspostaviti spomenuti zaključak. Na koncu se također priklanjam onim autorima koji tvrde da nevinost napadača u ovim slučajevima nije prepreka opravdanju za njihovo usmrćivanje.
Članak se uglavnom oslanja na izvorne znanstvene radove, na sublimirane prikaze i kritičke recenzije velikoga broja bioetičkih radova, objavljenih u razdoblju od kraja prošloga stoljeća do danas, ali ...se najviše oslanja na recenzije, prikaze i kritičke osvrte i komentare poznatoga hrvatskog filozofa Rade Kalanja. On je još prije tridesetak godina s pravom upozoravao da su biološka i genetička istraživanja došla do razine (“granične situacijeˮ/Jaspers) u kojoj se iznova, ali sada u mnogo oštrijem i radikalnijem obliku, postavlja pitanje odnosa znanosti i etike, a mi bismo danas, povodom rata u Ukraini, dodali: odnosa bioetike i geopolitike. Jedna od teških posljedica tragičnih događanja u Ukrajini opasnost je od uvećavanja ionako velike svjetske gladi, u kojoj, u krajnjoj liniji, postaje manje bitno je li hrana prirodna/organska ili je GMO, već je važno ima li je uopće, što znači da nema nikakve hrane, prije svega žitarica. Ili, naprotiv, hrane ima u izobilju, ali samo za one koji imaju novca kupiti ju, a njih je sve manje, tako da preostaje da im se hrana pokloni. Ali u tom bi slučaju izostali profiti globalnoga kapitalizma, a što bi svakako bilo neprihvatljivo za svjetske transnacionalne elite jer bi praktično ugrozilo fundamente kapitalizma i označilo kraj globalnoga kapitalističkog sustava/poretka. Znači, na pomolu je velika humanitarna katastrofa dopunjena milijunskim izbjeglicama, i to ne samo iz Ukrajine, već i šire diljem svijeta. Ova će situacija biti dodatno pogoršana i lošim ekonomskim posljedicama, prije svijega za EU, a zatim i za cijeli svijet, što zajedno uključuje UN i njezine specijalizirane agencije, prije svega UNHCR i UNESCO, u
U radu autorica izlaže pojam medija, pravno raščlanjuje pojmove elektroničkih publikacija, interneta, digitalnih i društvenih medija, te analizira njihov sve veći utjecaj na sport i njegov razvitak. ...U nastavku rada autorica ukratko obrazlaže pojam osobnih prava u sportu. Uz osvrt na pravo na privatnost sportaša i pravo sportaša na vlastiti lik/sliku, autorica izlaže slučajeve povreda prava osobnosti sportaša nastalih u elektroničkim medijima, na internetu i na društvenim mrežama iz sudske prakse. Središnji dio rada posvećen je analizi građanskopravne odgovornosti za povrede prava osobnosti sportaša nastalih u elektroničkim publikacijama, na internetu i društvenim mrežama. Zaključno, autorica nudi de lege ferenda prijedloge kako bi se postojeću pravnu regulativu ovog područja moglo unaprijediti.
In the paper the author presents the concept of media, legally parses the concepts of electronic publications, the Internet, digital and social media, and analyzes their increasing influence on sports and its development. In the continuation the author briefly explains the concept of personal rights in sports, with a review of the right to privacy of athletes and the right of athletes to their own image. The central part of the paper is dedicated to the analysis of civil liability for violations of the personality rights of athletes in electronic publications, on Internet and social media. In conclusion, the author offers de lege ferenda proposals so that the existing legal regulations of this area can be improved.
The responsibility of international organizations attracted special attention in theory and practice of international law after the International Law Commission began its work on the topic in 2002. ...The Commission ended its work in 2011 by adopting the Draft Articles on the Responsibility of International Organization. In this contribution we give an overall review of the Draft articles with special a emphasis on the cases of multiple attribution and responsibility of states for internationally wrongful acts of international organizations. Analyzing the critical remarks raised in regard to the Draft, we concluded that they cannot diminish the successful outcome of the work of the Commission, which is, a coherent and consistent system of rules devoted to the responsibility of international organizations.
This article examines the obligations and liabilities of the parties to a contract of international carriage of goods by road with regard to the necessary documents and information for the purposes ...of customs and other procedures that must be performed before the delivery of goods within the meaning of Article 11 of the CMR Convention. Through a comparative analysis of the respective case law in the CMR member states and of the internationally relevant legal doctrine, the authors identify possible problems in applying the relevant provisions of the CMR Convention and find appropriate solutions to uniformly interpret the CMR Convention at the international level. Ultimately, the aim is to increase legal certainty for all stakeholders with a material interest in relation to a contract for the international carriage of goods by road. The authors pay special attention to the current domestic case law on the application of Article 11 of the CMR Convention and suggest appropriate solutions in the context of Croatian law when it applies to a contract for the international carriage of goods by road.
With regard to the legal regulation of the shipowner’s civil liability for damage caused by the death and personal injury of a crew member in various national legislations, although they are based on ...different legal traditions, their common feature is that the status of seafarers in most of these countries is regulated separately from the status of transport workers and other professions on land. Croatian seafarers sail on Croatian ships registered in the national register of ships, as well as on ships under the flags of other countries, sharing thus the fate of more than two and a half million seafarers from more than eighty maritime countries in all seas and oceans of the world. It is necessary to emphasise that for all these seafarers, the important legal framework is provided not only by the regulations of the State of their citizenship or their residence, but also by the law of the flag State of the ship, the port State where the ship enters, and the State where the shipowner is based. Having in mind that these countries in many cases belong to the Anglo-American legal area, causing the application of their legal regulations in court proceedings for compensation of damage to seafarers of all nationalities, including Croatian nationality, the paper presents some of the most important legal solutions of common law systems.