Public Law and the Emergence of a Multi-Layered Constitution in Europe

Streaming video requires RealPlayer to view.The University Archives has determined that this item is of continuing value to OSU's history.Nicholas Bamforth is a Fellow in Law at Queen's College, Oxford University. His areas of specialization include constitutional and administrative law, European Community law, human rights, and philosophy of law.Ohio State University. Mershon Center for International Security StudiesEvent webpage, streaming video, photo

Mycoremediation of petroleum contaminated soils: progress, prospects and perspectives

Mycoremediation, an aspect of bioremediation, has been investigated for some decades. However, there seems to be little progress on its commercial application to petroleum-contaminated soils despite some promising outcomes. In this review, mycoremediation is examined to identify development, limitations and perspectives for its optimal utilization on petroleum-contaminated soils. Mycoremediation agents and substrates that have been used for the treatment of petroleum contaminated soils have been identified, application methods discussed, recent advances highlighted and limitations for its applications accentuated. Possible solutions to the challenges in applying mycoremediation to petroleum-contaminated soils have also been discussed. From this review, we conclude that for optimal utilization of mycoremediation of petroleum-contaminated soils, ideal environmental, edaphic and climatic factors of a typical contaminated site must be incorporated into the approach from first principles. Development of application procedures that can easily translate laboratory results to field applications is also required

Articles 13 and 35(1), Subsidiarity, and the Effective Protection of European Convention Rights in National Law

The ‘effective remedy’ requirement in Articles 13 and 35(1) of the European Convention on Human Rights prescribes minimum levels of protection for Convention rights at national level, subject to the constraint that incorporation of the Convention is not required. It is underpinned by subsidiarity as a rationale, and provides constraints on any signatory state which seeks to reduce the level of protection in its national law. In particular, Article 13 requires that judicial review before national courts is no less intense than the scrutiny the European Court of Human Rights would employ in the case concerned. In relation to the United Kingdom, Article 13 will require the continuation of proportionality review in any successor to the Human Rights Act 1998, and it remains unclear whether the current declaration of incompatibility procedure is sufficient

Articles 13 and 35(1), Subsidiarity, and the Effective Protection of European Convention Rights in National Law

The ‘effective remedy’ requirement in Articles 13 and 35(1) of the European Convention on Human Rights prescribes minimum levels of protection for Convention rights at national level, subject to the constraint that incorporation of the Convention is not required. It is underpinned by subsidiarity as a rationale, and provides constraints on any signatory state which seeks to reduce the level of protection in its national law. In particular, Article 13 requires that judicial review before national courts is no less intense than the scrutiny the European Court of Human Rights would employ in the case concerned. In relation to the United Kingdom, Article 13 will require the continuation of proportionality review in any successor to the Human Rights Act 1998, and it remains unclear whether the current declaration of incompatibility procedure is sufficient