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Two new journals for Inderscience Publishers.


Inderscience Publishers (London) has begun the publication of two new legal journals, including "International Journal of Nuclear Law" (IJNL IJNL International Journal of Not-For-Profit Law ) and "International Journal of Technology Policy and Law" (IJTPL). Both journals will be published quarterly.

"IJTPL" is a double-blind referred information resource in the fields of technology and law. It is targeted to policy-makers, government officials, academics, researchers and managers in IT, business and commercial settings and is designed to share technology and law in the fields of science Fields of science are widely-recognized categories of specialized expertise within science, and typically embody their own terminology and nomenclature.

Natural sciences

Main article: Natural science
 and technology, political science, informatics, sociology and economics. Editorial focuses on the "international dimension" to meet the needs of accelerating global technological, social and economic changes.

Content covers such topics as: commercial law, consumer protection e-government, trademark, patent and copyright law, national security, telecommunications law, insurance issues, Internet abuse, social engineering, information ethics Information ethics it is the field that investigates the ethical issues arising from the development and application of information technologies. It provides a critical framework for considering moral issues concerning informational privacy, moral agency (e.g. , and knowledge sharing, among man others.

"IJNL" is a reference for both professionals and academics in the field of nuclear law and provides current information on all major developments falling within the domain of nuclear law. Noting that nuclear law "is in a continual state of flux Noun 1. state of flux - a state of uncertainty about what should be done (usually following some important event) preceding the establishment of a new direction of action; "the flux following the death of the emperor"
flux
," Inderscience said that the new journal's mission is to carry analysis on issues of concern to nuclear law and regulations, promote study of the problems related to the peaceful use of nuclear energy and contribute to the creation of legislation governing the peaceful use of nuclear energy.

It is targeted to legal practitioners, judges, researchers, law firms This list of the world's largest law firms by revenue is taken from The Lawyer and The American Lawyer and is ordered by 2006 revenue:[1]
  1. Clifford Chance, £1,030.2m – International law firm (headquartered in the UK);
  2. Linklaters, £935.
 and government agencies and carries information on a wide range of subjects, including: the origins of nuclear law, regulating bodies, conventions, emergency preparedness and responses, mining and milling, spent fuel and radioactive waste radioactive waste, material containing the unusable radioactive byproducts of the scientific, military, and industrial applications of nuclear energy. Since its radioactivity presents a serious health hazard (see radiation sickness), disposing of such material is a , legal issues related to the movements of nuclear fuel and radioactive waste, safety and regulation, liability, nuclear energy policy, ethics, emerging international law, and competition and deregulation Deregulation

The reduction or elimination of government power in a particular industry, usually enacted to create more competition within the industry.

Notes:
Traditional areas that have been deregulated are the telephone and airline industries.
. An annual online/print subscription to either journal costs 610 [euro] for institutions. For individuals, an annual online subscription to either journal costs 150 [euro].
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