June 2010

Crisis perception in decision making: An innovative conceptual framework and its application in disaster relief

Decision making is the most vital stage in the public policymaking, especially when decision makers face crises. There is a rich theoretical literature and dense theory buildings on decision making in politics as usual, but little is empirically understood how perception of crisis decision-making is shaped. This paper focuses on the stage of decision making in face of crisis. I develop an innovative conceptual framework...

Author(s): Allen Lai Yu Hung

June 2010

A critical appraisal of the doctrine of obligation in international law

In terms of politics, obligations are requirements which must be fulfilled and these are generally in the form of legal obligations, which incur a penalty for lack of fulfilment, although certain people are obliged to carry out certain actions for other reasons which may be based on traditional or social idiosyncrasies. This paper is an attempt at x-raying the major schools of thought as well as the basis of obligation...

Author(s): Law Egbomuche-Okeke