CARICOM regional integration and challenges in maritime law – a case study of Guyana’s offshore energy developments

2020 ◽  
pp. 137-150
Author(s):  
Alicia Elias-Roberts
Keyword(s):  
Regional Integration ◽  
Maritime Law

Towards Macro-Economic Convergence in SACU: The Position of Botswana

2020 ◽  
Vol 41 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mabutho Shangase
Keyword(s):  
Economic Policy ◽  
Regional Integration ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Free Trade Area ◽  
Building Blocks ◽  
Customs Union ◽  
Economic Convergence ◽  
Trade Area ◽  
Recent Developments

In light of recent developments such as the African Continental African Free Trade Area agreement (AfCFTA), incrementalist approaches to regional inte gration that focus on sub-regions seems to have been pushed to the backburner as more focus puts the entire African continent at the centre of integration processes. With all its potential, gradual macro-economic convergence has accordingly been neglected. Discussions on macro-economic convergence have on the other hand been cast over the broader sub-region such as the Southern African Development Community (SADC) where a number of indicators and targets have been identified and pursued closely. Whilst looking at Botswana as a point of departure, this paper argues that incremental macro-economic convergence is pivotal to broader regional integration and the Southern African Customs Union (SACU) provides an ideal stepping-stone. An incrementalist approach to macro-economic convergence as well as broader regional integration should begin with identifying key formal institutions that serve as custodians of macro-economic policy such as the central banks and departments of finance or treasuries. Using secondary data sources, with Botswana as a case study, this paper foregrounds macro-economic convergence, macro-economic policy making institutions, and SACU as critical building blocks for broader regional integration.

scholarly journals Ontology-Based Liability Decision Support in the International Maritime Law

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mirna El Ghosh ◽  
Habib Abdulrab
Keyword(s):  
Decision Support ◽  
Conceptual Modeling ◽  
Liability Rule ◽  
Maritime Law ◽  
Legal Rules ◽  
Modeling Process ◽  
Legal Domain ◽  
Core Ontologies ◽  
Procedural Aspect

In this paper, we present an ontology-based liability decision support task in the international maritime law, specifically the domain of carriage of goods by sea. We analyze the liabilities of the involved legal agents (carriers and shippers) in case of loss or damage of goods. Thus, a well-founded legal domain ontology, named CargO-S, is used. CargO-S has been developed using an ontology-driven conceptual modeling process, supported by reusing foundational and legal core ontologies. In this work, we demonstrate the usability of CargO-S to design and implement a set of chained rules describing the procedural aspect of the liabilities legal rules. Finally, we employ these rules in a liability rule-based decision support task using a real case study.

scholarly journals European regional integration. Case study of Romania

Europa XXI ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 21 ◽  
pp. 145-154 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carmen Beatrice Păuna ◽  
Dalina Maria Andrei
Keyword(s):  
Regional Integration ◽  
European Regional

The Rise of International Parliaments

2020 ◽  
pp. 269-288
Author(s):  
Frank Schimmelfennig ◽  
Thomas Winzen ◽  
Tobias Lenz ◽  
Jofre Rocabert ◽  
Loriana Crasnic ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
International Organizations ◽  
Regional Integration ◽  
Institutional Design ◽  
Empirical Results ◽  
International Diffusion ◽  
International Authority ◽  
Building Purpose ◽  
Global Norms ◽  
Comparative Regionalism

This chapter concludes the book and presents its key findings and takeaways. It reiterates the argument of strategic legitimation in international organizations: that governments establish international parliamentary institutions to pay tribute to global norms of democratic governance and legitimate international organizations that have become both more powerful and contested. It further summarizes the key empirical results of the book and highlights that the rise of international parliaments originates in the combination and interplay of two different constellations and processes: supranational regional integration (combining region-building purpose with high international authority) and international diffusion. The chapter goes on to assess the case study evidence on the legitimacy benefit of ‘recognition’ that international parliamentarization provides to states and their international organizations. Finally, it discusses the implications of the analysis for the study of institutional design, comparative regionalism, and global, cosmopolitan democracy.

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