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The Functional Threshold: Direct International Legal Regulation of Collective Nonstate Entities and the Law of International Peace and Security (2020)
Journal Article
Van der Ploeg, K. P. (2021). The Functional Threshold: Direct International Legal Regulation of Collective Nonstate Entities and the Law of International Peace and Security. New York University Journal of International Law and Politics, 53(1), 71-133

This article explores transformations in international law with respect to collective nonstate entities, challenging the mainstream view that international law stipulates rights and obligations directly binding on such entities only on an exceptional... Read More about The Functional Threshold: Direct International Legal Regulation of Collective Nonstate Entities and the Law of International Peace and Security.

Beyond negative interpretations of freedom of contract: The interplay between private law and human rights in light of the UN convention on the rights of persons with disabilities (2020)
Book Chapter
Varney, E. (2020). Beyond negative interpretations of freedom of contract: The interplay between private law and human rights in light of the UN convention on the rights of persons with disabilities. In C.-G. Stănescu, & A. Adimi Gikay (Eds.), Discrimination, Vulnerable Consumers and Financial Inclusion: Fair Access to Financial Services and the Law (35-56). Taylor & Francis (Routledge). https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003055075-4

How should the concept of ‘freedom of contract’ be understood in a way that is compatible with the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD)? With a focus on English contract law, this discussion challenges negative interpretati... Read More about Beyond negative interpretations of freedom of contract: The interplay between private law and human rights in light of the UN convention on the rights of persons with disabilities.

The Functional Threshold: Direct International Legal Regulation of Collective Nonstate Entities and the Law of International Peace and Security (2020)
Preprint / Working Paper
Van der Ploeg, K. P. The Functional Threshold: Direct International Legal Regulation of Collective Nonstate Entities and the Law of International Peace and Security

This article explores transformations in international law with respect to collective nonstate entities, challenging the mainstream view that international law stipulates rights and obligations directly binding on such entities only on an exceptional... Read More about The Functional Threshold: Direct International Legal Regulation of Collective Nonstate Entities and the Law of International Peace and Security.

Human Dignity in an Age of Autonomous Weapons: Are We in Danger of Losing an 'Elementary Consideration of Humanity'? (2020)
Journal Article
Ulgen, O. (2020). Human Dignity in an Age of Autonomous Weapons: Are We in Danger of Losing an 'Elementary Consideration of Humanity'?. Baltic Yearbook of International Law Online, 17(1), 167-196. https://doi.org/10.1163/22115897_01701_009

Military investment in robotics technology is leading to development and use of autonomous weapons, which are machines with varying degrees of autonomy in target, attack, and infliction of lethal harm (that is, injury, suffering or death). Examples o... Read More about Human Dignity in an Age of Autonomous Weapons: Are We in Danger of Losing an 'Elementary Consideration of Humanity'?.

In Search of Due Diligence Obligations in UN Peacekeeping Operations: Identifying Standards for Accountability (2020)
Journal Article
White, N. D. (2020). In Search of Due Diligence Obligations in UN Peacekeeping Operations: Identifying Standards for Accountability. Journal of International Peacekeeping, 23(3-4), 203-225. https://doi.org/10.1163/18754112-02303005

It is argued in this article that due diligence, grounded on positive duties under international human rights law, is a standard against which to measure the performance of UN peacekeeping forces. Its adoption by the UN will improve accountability, b... Read More about In Search of Due Diligence Obligations in UN Peacekeeping Operations: Identifying Standards for Accountability.

The Voyage (2020)
Book Chapter
Bennett, H. (2020). The Voyage. In H. Bennett (Ed.), Carver on Charterparties (201-404). (2nd). Sweet and Maxwell

The circular economy and the implied terms of contract in English sales law (2020)
Journal Article
Beheshti, R. (2021). The circular economy and the implied terms of contract in English sales law. Journal of Property, Planning and Environmental Law, 13(1), 31-45. https://doi.org/10.1108/JPPEL-09-2020-0042

Purpose The purpose of this article is to examine the contractual framework for the sale of goods in order to gauge whether the English sales law regime can promote a circular business model. Examination of the contractual framework for the sale o... Read More about The circular economy and the implied terms of contract in English sales law.

Autonomy in Documentary Credits: Time for a Nullity Exception? (2020)
Journal Article
Saidova, S. (2020). Autonomy in Documentary Credits: Time for a Nullity Exception?. Lloyd's Maritime and Commercial Law Quarterly, 2020(Part 4), 603-625

This article analyses whether English law should recognise a nullity exception to the autonomy principle in documentary credits. It assesses policies in favour of and against this exception and proposes and constructs the nullity exception based on t... Read More about Autonomy in Documentary Credits: Time for a Nullity Exception?.