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England and Wales: Empirical Findings (2016)
Book Chapter
Kemp, V., & Hodgson, J. (2016). England and Wales: Empirical Findings. In M. Vanderhallen, M. V. Oosterhout, M. Panzavolta, & D. D. Vocht (Eds.), Interrogating young suspects: procedural safeguards from an empirical perspective. Intersentia

Commercial agency and the duty to act in good faith (2016)
Journal Article
Tosato, A. (2016). Commercial agency and the duty to act in good faith. Oxford Journal of Legal Studies, 36(3), 661-695. https://doi.org/10.1093/ojls/gqv040

© The Author 2016. Published by Oxford University Press. All rights reserved. Under Directive 86/653/EEC on the co-ordination of the laws of European Union Member States relating to self-employed commercial agents, commercial agents have an obligatio... Read More about Commercial agency and the duty to act in good faith.

Uses of macro social theory: a social housing case study (2016)
Journal Article
Bevan, C., & Cowan, D. (2016). Uses of macro social theory: a social housing case study. Modern Law Review, 79(1), 76-101. https://doi.org/10.1111/1468-2230.12167

This article reflects on the use of macro social theoretical perspectives to explain micro social issues. It uses social housing allocations as a case study of the issues that arise in such explanations. There has been a number of important social th... Read More about Uses of macro social theory: a social housing case study.

Is there a EU copyright jurisprudence?: an empirical analysis of the workings of the European Court of Justice (2016)
Journal Article
Favale, M., Kretschmer, M., & Torremans, P. (2016). Is there a EU copyright jurisprudence?: an empirical analysis of the workings of the European Court of Justice. Modern Law Review, 79(1), 31-75. https://doi.org/10.1111/1468-2230.12166

The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has been suspected of carrying out a harmonising agenda over and beyond the conventional law-interpreting function of the judiciary. In relation to the development of a EU copyright law, the Court has... Read More about Is there a EU copyright jurisprudence?: an empirical analysis of the workings of the European Court of Justice.

Food security and the right to food: finding balance in the 2012 Food Assistance Convention (2016)
Journal Article
La Chimia, A. (2016). Food security and the right to food: finding balance in the 2012 Food Assistance Convention. International and Comparative Law Quarterly, 65(1), 99-137. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0020589315000500

On 25 April 2012, after years of negotiations delayed by halts and setbacks, the Food Assistance Convention was adopted—the latest in a series of agreements that since 1967 have regulated the international provision of food aid. Great expectations ha... Read More about Food security and the right to food: finding balance in the 2012 Food Assistance Convention.

Exclusion zones in the law of armed conflict at sea: evolution in law and practice (2016)
Journal Article
Sivakumaran, S. (2016). Exclusion zones in the law of armed conflict at sea: evolution in law and practice. International Law Studies, 92,

This article analyses the changes in the law and practice of exclusion zones in the law of armed conflict at sea. It identifies three principal phases. First, it explores the exclusion zones of the Russo-Japanese War of 1904–1905, which were modest i... Read More about Exclusion zones in the law of armed conflict at sea: evolution in law and practice.

International environmental litigation in EU courts: a regulatory perspective (2016)
Journal Article
Grusic, U. (2016). International environmental litigation in EU courts: a regulatory perspective. Yearbook of European Law, 36(1), 180-228. https://doi.org/10.1093/yel/yew003

This article argues that the rules of European private international law, which frame international litigation in the courts of the Member States of the EU, fail in their pursuit of the cosmopolitan goals of EU environmental policy. The practical ap... Read More about International environmental litigation in EU courts: a regulatory perspective.

The role of civil liability in ensuring police responsibility for failures to act after Michael and DSD (2016)
Journal Article
Hyde, R. (2016). The role of civil liability in ensuring police responsibility for failures to act after Michael and DSD. European Journal of Current Legal Issues, 22(1),

Police failures may contribute to a failure to prevent injury, or worse. The question of whether the police should be liable for such investigatory failures has exercised the higher courts frequently since the seminal case of Hill. The Supreme Court... Read More about The role of civil liability in ensuring police responsibility for failures to act after Michael and DSD.