The 2008 Ecuadorian Constitution regards Pacha Mama or Nature as having ‘the right to integral respect for its existence and for the maintenance and regeneration of its life cycles, structure, functions and evolutionary processes’ (art. 71). A rich body of jurisprudence (here, here and here) has developed around this idea in Ecuador, recognizing today nature’s … Read more
A California man has been sentenced to seven years in prison for his involvement in a fraudulent scheme that saw over 50 individuals and organisations lose millions of dollars. 59-year-old Allen Giltman, of Irvine, California, pleaded guilty to charges that he and his co-conspirators built a network of fraudulent websites impersonating legitimate financial institutions. According … Read more
What caught my eye this week. I don’t know about you, but I really miss that six-month spell last year when we all fretted about what was going to happen to pension allowances, inheritance tax, AIM shares, and all the rest of it. Everyone knows financial planning is dull as dishwater. So why not living … Read more
Rekindling the ultra-vires debate? Most lawyers in the field of European Union law seem to have reached an (unspoken) consensus that breaches of the principle of conferral of powers (Art. 5(2) TEU) either do not occur or can not be successfully challenged before the ECJ anyway. Contrary to this, Advocate General (AG) Emiliou’s Opinion from … Read more
Editorial Note: We earn a commission from partner links on Forbes Advisor. Commissions do not affect our editors’ opinions or evaluations. The rate on a 30-year fixed refinance decreased to 6.93% today, according to the Mortgage Research Center. The 15-year, fixed-rate refinance mortgage average rate is 5.89%. For 20-year mortgage refinances, the average rate is … Read more