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This work analyzes and compares the legal framework for foreign investments in the mining sector in Australia, South Africa and Colombia. The admission of foreign investments, corporate structure requirements, ownership of minerals and mineral rights, mining licenses, land access, performance requirements, distribution of profits and the tax regime, repatriation of profits, national and international dispute resolution mechanisms and the question of the Social License to Operate (SLO) / Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) policies are discussed in detail. The work concludes with an outlook on the future regulation of foreign mining investments and finally suggests the development of an International Mining Investment Law

Front Cover -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Executive Summary -- Abbreviations -- Chapter 1 External Environment -- Policies and Leadership -- Renewed Political Commitment and the Role and Status of the Finance Profession -- Success? -- Outlook for the Future -- Obstacles to Change -- Annex 1A: The National Audit Office: Helping the Nation Spend Wisely -- Annex 1B: Managing Public Money: Guidance to Civil Servants on How to Handle Public Funds -- Annex 1C: Finance Transformation Programme -- Annex 1D: Managing Taxpayers' Money Wisely: Commitment to Action 2011

1. Introduction -- 2. The Evolution of Palestinian Arab Proto-Self-Determination and "Peoplehood" During the Mandate for Palestine -- 3. From Disparate Means of Dispute Settlement to the Introduction of a Negotiation Imperative: 1948 - 1973 -- 4. The Emergence of Palestinian International Legal Personality and the Bilateral Negotiation Imperative: 1973 to Oslo -- 5. The International Law of Negotiation as a Means of Dispute Settlement -- 6. The International Law of Negotiation and Palestinian Applications for Admission to the United Nations: Sword or Shield? -- 7. Conclusion

Contents List of abbreviations, acronyms and glossary of terms Preface CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION - DIVIDED COMMUNITIES Divided communities Behavioural Vs structural approaches to division The 'parallel lives' thesis A shared and equal future? CHAPTER 2: THE HISTORY AND EVOLUTION OF EDUCATION IN NORTHERN IRELAND Education in Ireland Education in Northern Ireland Improving community relations through schools Integrated education: Education for mutual understanding (EMU): Cross-community contact scheme (CCCS). Segregation Vs integration in education Is integrated education the solution? CHAPTER 3: THE EDUCATION POLICY CONTEXT Political background Declining violence Tackling segregation A reconciled society? Shared Space Building a United Community? Education in Northern Ireland School Structures School performance Education segregation Tackling segregation and inequality CHAPTER 4: POST-PRIMARY SCHOOLS' PERFORMANCE School performance Salient Features of Northern Ireland's Post-Primary Schools Pupil Absenteeism A Multivariate analysis of School Performance School Size, Financial Stress, and Area Boards Single Sex versus Co-educational Schools FSM and SEN pupils Catholic versus Protestant Schools Explaining Absenteeism Is there a Catholic Ethos? Summary findings CHAPTER 5: INEQUALITY AND SEGREGATION Inequality and segregation Differences in educational outcomes between Grammar and Secondary Schools Differences in Educational Outcomes between Secondary Schools Difficulties of Accessing Grammar Schools by FSM and SEN pupils Selection Tests: FSM pupils and Grammar School Admission The performance gap - underachievement and inequality The deprivation-induced performance gap Segregation in schools Measuring Segregation Summary findings CHAPTER 6: SHARED EDUCATION - AN ALTERNATIVE APPROACH Collaborative learning Shared Education The Shared Education Programme - its inception Shared Education - its theoretical underpinnings S