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Regulating Risk: A Measured Response to the Banking Crisis (2008)
Journal Article
McIlroy, D. H. (2008). Regulating Risk: A Measured Response to the Banking Crisis. Journal of Banking Regulation, 9(4), 284-292. https://doi.org/10.1057/jbr.2008.15

This paper argues that regulatory responses to the sub-prime crisis ought to be guided by the fundamental principle that bank regulation is justified by the adverse consequences of banks taking excessive risks. It therefore proposes three reforms: r... Read More about Regulating Risk: A Measured Response to the Banking Crisis.

Professor Ann Lambton (2008)
Journal Article
Waghmar, B. (2008). Professor Ann Lambton. The independent (Compact ed.), 50-50

Was there discrimination in the distribution of resources after the earthquake in Gujarat? Imagination, epistemology, and the state in western India (2008)
Preprint / Working Paper
Simpson, E. (2008). Was there discrimination in the distribution of resources after the earthquake in Gujarat? Imagination, epistemology, and the state in western India. London

In this paper, I analyse and reason with the patterns of discrimination evident in the reconstruction initiatives following the 2001 earthquake in Gujarat. I do so in order to explain what discrimination there was, and how and why such discrimination... Read More about Was there discrimination in the distribution of resources after the earthquake in Gujarat? Imagination, epistemology, and the state in western India.

Mistake of Legal Element, the Common Law, and Article 32 of the Rome Statute: A Critical Analysis (2008)
Journal Article
Heller, J. (2008). Mistake of Legal Element, the Common Law, and Article 32 of the Rome Statute: A Critical Analysis. Journal of International Criminal Justice, 6(3), 419-445. https://doi.org/10.1093/jicj/mqn032

Article 32(2) of the Rome Statute provides that ‘[a] mistake of law may … be a ground for excluding criminal responsibility if it negates the mental element required by such a crime’. Although this provision has been described as ‘cryptic’, I argue i... Read More about Mistake of Legal Element, the Common Law, and Article 32 of the Rome Statute: A Critical Analysis.

Dispatches from Zimbabwe (2008)
Journal Article
Chan, S. (2008). Dispatches from Zimbabwe. Prospect (London. 1995), 148,

Effective Utilization of Arbitrators and Arbitration Institutions in Africa by Appointors (2008)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Onyema, E. (2008, July). Effective Utilization of Arbitrators and Arbitration Institutions in Africa by Appointors. Paper presented at 4th International Arbitration and ADR in Africa Workshop, Conrad Hilton, Cairo, Egypt

This paper delivered at an international conference on arbitration and Africa in Cairo examines how arbitrators of African origin and arbitration institutions in Africa can be better utilized by those who appoint them in arbitration especially where... Read More about Effective Utilization of Arbitrators and Arbitration Institutions in Africa by Appointors.

South East Asian Film and Cinema Studies at SOAS : The Role of the Library (2008)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Martland, N. (2008, July). South East Asian Film and Cinema Studies at SOAS : The Role of the Library. Paper presented at South East Asia Library Group meeting, Maison Asie-Pacific, Marseille, France

This paper examines South East Asian film and cinema studies at SOAS, and in the wider context of the academic study of world cinema in UK universities. The paper looks at the role of SOAS Library in supporting South East Asian film studies, particul... Read More about South East Asian Film and Cinema Studies at SOAS : The Role of the Library.

Modeling Energy and Development: an Evaluation of Models and Concepts (2008)
Journal Article
Van Ruijven, B., Urban, F., Benders, R., Moll, H., Van der Sluijs, J., De Vries, B., & Van Vuuren, D. (2008). Modeling Energy and Development: an Evaluation of Models and Concepts. World Development, 36(12), 2801-2821. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2008.01.011

Most global energy models are developed by institutes from developed countries, focusing primarily on issues that are important in industrialized countries. Evaluation of the results for Asia of the IPCC/SRES models shows that broad concepts of energ... Read More about Modeling Energy and Development: an Evaluation of Models and Concepts.

Regional Specialization in Ceramic Production of the Northern Sung Period (2008)
Book Chapter
Pierson, S. (2008). Regional Specialization in Ceramic Production of the Northern Sung Period. In Conference on Founding Paradigms: Papers on the Art and Culture of the Northern Sung Dynasty (759-776). National Palace Museum

In studies of Chinese ceramics of designated periods, it is generally assumed that the forms and decoration produced were universal, that is, they were made by most kilns in most types of wares. In fact, as this study of Northern Sung ceramics will d... Read More about Regional Specialization in Ceramic Production of the Northern Sung Period.