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  • 23 Nov 2020
    Arthur Taylor von Mehren, Hao Jiang, James Gordley

    Part II: Will the Chinese Civil Code Become the Code of the Century?

    You can read Part I here. Equal treatment of state and private interests in contract law The equal protection of private and state interests is not an empty statement. It can be shown in the streamlining of the previously complicated rules on validity of contract. Contract is considered a subcategory of civil juristic acts in […]

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  • 19 Nov 2020
    Caitlin Vandertop

    Empire’s ‘Unreal Cities’

    Travelling between the cities of the former British empire can produce an uncanny sense of déjà vu: despite vast social, cultural and environmental differences, you’ll see familiar street names and statues, clock towers and law courts, missionary churches and schools, cricket grounds and botanical gardens. Linking a global network of cities, colonial iconography and urban […]

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  • 18 Nov 2020

    Q&A with Mark Jacobson

    Mark Jacobson, the author of 100% Clean, Renewable Energy and Storage for Everything, is here to answer your questions on renewable energy and climate change! Mark Jacobson answered questions about his new book and 100% clean and renewable energy during his author webinar last week. We didn’t have time to address all the great questions […]

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  • 16 Nov 2020
    Arthur Taylor von Mehren, Hao Jiang, James Gordley

    Part I: Will the Chinese Civil Code Become the Code of the Century?

    2020 has been an exceptionally challenging year. The widespread of Covid-19 affects everyone’s life across the globe. As we manage to live through the endless lockdowns and reopens and learn to live a different life, a major event in the legal world seems to have been forgotten: the enactment of Chinese Civil Code. The code […]

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  • 16 Nov 2020
    Wallace Arthur

    Huge boost to the search for extraterrestrial life

    A decision has just been reached that will give an amazing boost to our capacity to search for evidence of extraterrestrial life. On 12th November, member states of the European Space Agency (ESA) signed off on the proposed space telescope called ARIEL, which has thus been given the green light for construction and launch. There […]

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  • 12 Nov 2020
    Karen Stollznow

    Home for Christmas?

    In response to the global COVID-19 pandemic, the Australian government has closed its borders, but welcomes home Australian citizens. However, it’s not as simple as boarding a plane and flying home. Due to restrictions placed on international passenger arrivals into the country, tens of thousands of Australians are still stuck overseas. Australians stranded in other […]

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  • 11 Nov 2020
    Wole Soboyejo, Leo Daniel

    Q&A with the editors of ‘Bioinspired Structures and Design’

    What inspired Bioinspired Structures and Design? This book was inspired by a course entitled “Bioinspired Structures” (16,982) that was taught by Prof. Leo Daniel at MIT. This highly successful course, which was posted on MIT’s open courseware, attracted the attention of Cambridge University Press, and led eventually to a contract with Cambridge University Press to […]

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  • 11 Nov 2020
    Vincenzo Penteriani, Mario Melletti

    Bears of the World: Why is this Book Needed?

    Bears of the World was born from the idea of two friends who were wondering about the lack in the scientific literature of a book on all the species of the bears of our planet. This book demonstrates why the study of human-bear interactions, and stakeholder perception and involvement, are crucial for bear conservation and […]

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