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Criminal Law In Auschwitz (2019)
Book Chapter
Fraser, D. (2019). Criminal Law In Auschwitz. In Ideology and Criminal Law: Fascist, National Socialist and Authoritarian Regimes (33-57). Oxford: Hart Publishing

This chapter, through the lens of a biographical study of Nazi lawyer, SS Judge Konrad Morgen, esatablishes the ways in which "law" continued to exist in National Socialist Germany. Morgen investigated and prosecuted crimes committed by SS officers... Read More about Criminal Law In Auschwitz.

Remedies for Breaches of Rights to Light: Averting a Tragedy of the Anticommons (2019)
Book Chapter
Rotherham, C. (2019). Remedies for Breaches of Rights to Light: Averting a Tragedy of the Anticommons. In B. McFarlane, & S. Agnew (Eds.), Modern Studies in Property Law, Volume 10, 145-166. Hart Publishing

An occupier who enjoys light through a window in England, Wales or Northern Ireland for 20 years acquires an easement, the breach of which will amount to a nuisance. While other common law jurisdictions inherited the English law on ‘ancient lights’,... Read More about Remedies for Breaches of Rights to Light: Averting a Tragedy of the Anticommons.

The Rise of Private Military and Security Companies in European Union Migration Policies: Implications under the UNGPs (2018)
Journal Article
Davitti, D. (2019). The Rise of Private Military and Security Companies in European Union Migration Policies: Implications under the UNGPs. Business and Human Rights Journal, 4(1), 33-53. https://doi.org/10.1017/bhj.2018.21

This article examines the involvement of Private Military and Security Companies (PMSCs) in both shaping and implementing the European Agenda on Migration (European Agenda), launched by the European Union in May 2015. The migration policies which hav... Read More about The Rise of Private Military and Security Companies in European Union Migration Policies: Implications under the UNGPs.

Art.49 Accessible Format (2018)
Book Chapter
Varney, E. (2018). Art.49 Accessible Format. In I. Bantekas, M. Ashley Stein, & D. Anastasiou (Eds.), The UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: A Commentary. Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/law/9780198810667.003.0050

This chapter examines Article 49 of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD). The importance of Article 49 CRPD is threefold. Firstly, it facilitates the dissemination of the CRPD by requiring that the Conventio... Read More about Art.49 Accessible Format.

Art.21 Freedom of Expression and Opinion, and Access to Information (2018)
Book Chapter
Varney, E. (2018). Art.21 Freedom of Expression and Opinion, and Access to Information. In I. Bantekas, M. Ashley Stein, & D. Anastasiou (Eds.), The UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: A Commentary, Ilias Bantekas, Michael Ashley Stein, and Dimitris Anastasiou (eds.). Oxford University Press (OUP). https://doi.org/10.1093/law/9780198810667.003.0022

This chapter examines the effectiveness of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) in promoting and protecting the equal right of persons with disabilities to freedom of expression and opinion and access to inf... Read More about Art.21 Freedom of Expression and Opinion, and Access to Information.

Charlesworth and Percy on Negligence (2018)
Book
Walton, C., Armitage, M., Cooper, R., Hyde, R., Kramer, P., & Todd, S. (Eds.). (2018). Charlesworth and Percy on Negligence. London: Sweet and Maxwell

Anti-Shechita Prosecutions in the Anglo-American World, 1855–1913: “A major attack on Jewish freedoms” (2018)
Book
Fraser, D. (2018). Anti-Shechita Prosecutions in the Anglo-American World, 1855–1913: “A major attack on Jewish freedoms”. Brighton MA: Academic Studies Press

This book examines, for the first time, historical attempts by animal welfare groups to ban the Jewish method of slaughter. (shechita) It details cases from Australia, Canada, England, Scotland, and the United States, many for the first time, in whic... Read More about Anti-Shechita Prosecutions in the Anglo-American World, 1855–1913: “A major attack on Jewish freedoms”.

Redefining contractual capacity? the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and the incapacity defence in English contract law (2017)
Journal Article
Varney, E. (2017). Redefining contractual capacity? the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and the incapacity defence in English contract law. Legal Studies, 37(3), 493-519. https://doi.org/10.1111/lest.12166

How can the incapacity defence in contract law coexist with the concept of universal legal capacity advanced by the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD)? In the absence of clear guidance from the CRPD on the link between le... Read More about Redefining contractual capacity? the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and the incapacity defence in English contract law.

The Voyage (2017)
Book Chapter
BENNETT, H. (2017). The Voyage. In H. Bennett (Ed.), Carver on Charterparties (193-382). Sweet and Maxwell

Irreconcilable Differences? The Road Traffic Act and the European Motor Vehicle Insurance Directives (2017)
Journal Article
Marson, J., Ferris, K., & Nicholson, A. (2017). Irreconcilable Differences? The Road Traffic Act and the European Motor Vehicle Insurance Directives. Journal of Business Law, 1, 51-70

The UK has a chequered past in relation to its compliance with EU law. In some instances, it has gone beyond the minimum requirements imposed by its EU parent in providing protection for individuals (see for instance the UK’s implementation of art.9... Read More about Irreconcilable Differences? The Road Traffic Act and the European Motor Vehicle Insurance Directives.

Disability and Information Technology: A Comparative Study in Media Regulation (2013)
Book
Varney, E. (2013). Disability and Information Technology: A Comparative Study in Media Regulation. Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/cbo9781139017947

Disability and Information Technology examines the extent to which regulatory frameworks for information and communication technologies (ICTs) safeguard the rights of persons with disabilities as citizenship rights. It adopts a comparative approach f... Read More about Disability and Information Technology: A Comparative Study in Media Regulation.

Advanced Television Systems Committee, Inc (2009)
Book Chapter
Varney, E. (2009). Advanced Television Systems Committee, Inc. In C. Tietje, & A. Brouder (Eds.), Handbook of Transnational Economic Governance Regimes. Brill Academic Publishers. https://doi.org/10.1163/ej.9789004163300.i-1081.418

Non-governmental organizations, transnational business associations, private standard-setting bodies, public-private partnerships, and institutionalized incentive schemes now occupy a central place in the regulation and governance of transnational ec... Read More about Advanced Television Systems Committee, Inc.