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Publicity, punishment and protection: the role(s) of adverse publicity in consumer policy (2011)
Journal Article
Cartwright, P. (2012). Publicity, punishment and protection: the role(s) of adverse publicity in consumer policy. Legal Studies, 32(2), https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1748-121X.2011.00212.x

This paper argues that adverse publicity can fulfil two crucial roles in consumer protection law and policy. First, it can operate as an effective regulatory sanction in its own right; secondly it can play a vital role in helping consumers to exert m... Read More about Publicity, punishment and protection: the role(s) of adverse publicity in consumer policy.

Libya and lessons from Iraq: international law and the use of force by the United Kingdom (2011)
Journal Article
White, N. D. (2011). Libya and lessons from Iraq: international law and the use of force by the United Kingdom. Netherlands Yearbook of International Law, 42, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-6704-849-1_9

Those countries, including the United Kingdom, using force in Libya in 2011 have taken much greater care to ensure that their actions are underpinned by legality. This suggests a return to respect for the jus ad bellum, but as the operation against L... Read More about Libya and lessons from Iraq: international law and the use of force by the United Kingdom.

Children, young people and requests for police station legal advice: 25 years on from PACE (2011)
Journal Article
Kemp, V., Pleasence, P., & Balmer, N. (2011). Children, young people and requests for police station legal advice: 25 years on from PACE. Youth Justice, 11(1), https://doi.org/10.1177/1473225410394288

Informed by data extracted from 30,921 police electronic custody records, drawn from 44 police stations across four police force areas and including 5153 records of juveniles aged 10 to 17 years, this article examines the take-up of legal advice by c... Read More about Children, young people and requests for police station legal advice: 25 years on from PACE.

Public health sans frontières: human rights NGOs and "stewardship on a global scale" (2011)
Journal Article
Murphy, T. (2011). Public health sans frontières: human rights NGOs and "stewardship on a global scale". Northern Ireland Legal Quarterly, 62(5),

Part of a special issue: 'A symposium with Professor Roger Brownsword: super-stewardship in the context of public health', guest edited by Dr Mark Flear, and featuring papers by both Flear and Brownsword, as well as Dr John Coggon, Professor Soren Ho... Read More about Public health sans frontières: human rights NGOs and "stewardship on a global scale".

Iceland and European Union accession - the whaling issue (2011)
Journal Article
Davies, P. G. (2011). Iceland and European Union accession - the whaling issue. Georgetown International Environmental Law Review, 24(1),

This article seeks to assess one of the important questions regarding Iceland’s potential accession to the EU, namely, whether Iceland could legitimately continue its whaling operations under current EU environmental law if it becomes a member of the... Read More about Iceland and European Union accession - the whaling issue.

Mental health law in the community: thinking about Africa (2011)
Journal Article
Bartlett, P., Jenkins, R., & Kiima, D. (2011). Mental health law in the community: thinking about Africa. International Journal of Mental Health Systems, 5(21), https://doi.org/10.1186/1752-4458-5-21

The new United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities creates a new paradigm for mental health law, moving from a focus on institutional care to a focus on community-based services and treatment. This article considers implem... Read More about Mental health law in the community: thinking about Africa.

'The necessity must be convincingly shown to exist': standards for compulsory treatment for mental disorder under the Mental Health Act 1983 (2011)
Journal Article
Bartlett, P. (2011). 'The necessity must be convincingly shown to exist': standards for compulsory treatment for mental disorder under the Mental Health Act 1983. Medical Law Review, 19(4), https://doi.org/10.1093/medlaw/fwr025

Current English law has few controls on the involuntary treatment of persons detained under the Mental Health Act 1983. In 2001, R (Wilkinson)v. Broadmoor Special Hospital Authority provided some hope that, in conjunction with the Human Rights Act an... Read More about 'The necessity must be convincingly shown to exist': standards for compulsory treatment for mental disorder under the Mental Health Act 1983.

EU public procurement: an introduction (2011)
Book
Arrowsmith, S., Bordalo Faustino, P., Heuninckx, B., Treumer, S., & Fejø, J. (2011). S. Arrowsmith (Ed.), EU public procurement: an introduction. University of Nottingham

The justice lottery?: police station advice 25 years on from PACE (2011)
Journal Article
Pleasence, P., Kemp, V., & Balmer, N. (2011). The justice lottery?: police station advice 25 years on from PACE. Criminal Law Review, 2011(1),

January 2011 marks the 25th anniversary of the introduction of the unequivocal right of police station detainees to obtain advice from a solicitor. However, while this right is a fundamental safeguard to procedural propriety, no large-scale investiga... Read More about The justice lottery?: police station advice 25 years on from PACE.