Wem gehört die Stadt? Wem gehört das Land? Wem gehört der Meeresboden? Über Jahrzehnte hinweg wurde Stadtboden privatisiert, und auch der Ozeanboden wird verwertet. Unternehmen wollen in der Tiefsee Mineralien fördern, die für die Batterien von E-Autos benötigt werden. Wohnimmobilien und Tiefseemineralien sind zu Anlageobjekten geworden, die Verwertung des Bodens hat weitreichende gesellschaftliche Auswirkungen. Selbst wenn beide Orte denkbar weit voneinander entfernt liegen, lassen sich a...

Despite being an important legal instrument in the law of the WTO, the waiver has hitherto been the subject of little scholarly analysis. Isabel Feichtner fills this gap by challenging the conventional view that the WTO's political bodies do not engage in significant law-making. She systemises the GATT and WTO waiver practice and suggests a typology of waivers as individual exception, general exception and rule-making instruments. She also presents the procedural and substantive legal requ...

Radical Municipalism offers a fresh perspective on the democratizing capacity of the politics of the common in the transformation of public services, aiming to foster social change at the local level and beyond.Building on a strong theoretical foundation and featuring 14 original case studies from Europe and the Americas, the chapters explore the challenges and possibilities of implementing common-based strategies. A unique and vital resource, this book is essential for scholars an...

This book addresses key challenges and conflicts arising in extractive industries (mining, oil drilling) concerning the human rights of workers, their families, local communities and other stakeholders. Further, it analyses various instruments that have sought to mitigate human rights violations by defining transparency-related obligations and participation rights. These include the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI), disclosure requirements, and free, prior and informed ...

Gathering an interdisciplinary range of cutting-edge scholars, this book addresses legal constitutions of value.Global value production and transnational value practices that rely on exploitation and extraction have left us with toxic commons and a damaged planet. Against this situation, the book examines law’s fundamental role in institutions of value production and valuation. Utilizing pathbreaking theoretical approaches, it problematizes mainstream efforts to redeem institutions...