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State Immunity in Jurisprudence of Czech Courts (2014)
Journal Article
Van der Ploeg, K. P. (2014). State Immunity in Jurisprudence of Czech Courts. Czech Yearbook of International Law, 5, 421-450

Th is paper discusses the understanding and application of the doctrine of State immunity in the courts of the Czech Republic. In 2008, the Czech Supreme Court reversed its previous conceptualization of State immunity as absolute and introduced a res... Read More about State Immunity in Jurisprudence of Czech Courts.

Understanding and protecting vulnerable financial consumers (2014)
Journal Article
Cartwright, P. (2015). Understanding and protecting vulnerable financial consumers. Journal of Consumer Policy, 38(2), https://doi.org/10.1007/s10603-014-9278-9

This article considers how consumer protection law and policy should address the interests of particularly vulnerable financial consumers. Specifically, the article proposes a taxonomy of vulnerability which helps to identify (a) what makes consumers... Read More about Understanding and protecting vulnerable financial consumers.

Jurisdiction in Intellectual Property Cases (2014)
Book Chapter
Torremans, P. (2014). Jurisdiction in Intellectual Property Cases. In Research Handbook on the Croiss Border Enforcement of Intellectual Property Cases, 381-720. Edward Elgar Publishing

Reforming the Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DOLS): what is it exactly that we want? (2014)
Journal Article
Bartlett, P. (2014). Reforming the Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DOLS): what is it exactly that we want?

The Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DOLS) are the rules by which people who lack mental capacity can be deprived of liberty, most commonly in care homes or hospitals but also in supported accommodation and in the community more broadly. The prese... Read More about Reforming the Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DOLS): what is it exactly that we want?.

Peacekeeping, private security and international human rights law: a review of UN policies (2014)
Journal Article
White, N. D. (2014). Peacekeeping, private security and international human rights law: a review of UN policies. International Community Law Review, 16(4), https://doi.org/10.1163/18719732-12341289

The un is used to ‘outsourcing’ or ‘contracting out’ its peacekeeping functions but, traditionally, this has been to states willing to contribute troops to an operation under overall un command and control. This model itself has created tensions betw... Read More about Peacekeeping, private security and international human rights law: a review of UN policies.

Comparative and normative analysis of damages under the SGA and the CESL (2014)
Journal Article
Beheshti, R. (2014). Comparative and normative analysis of damages under the SGA and the CESL. St. Thomas law review, 26(4),

The Proposal for a Common European Sales Law (CESL) and the Sale of Goods Act 1979 (SGA) have adopted different approaches toward the calculation of damages. Under the SGA, the ‘market price’ rule is preferred over the rule governing ‘making a substi... Read More about Comparative and normative analysis of damages under the SGA and the CESL.

Fragmentation and Harmonization in the Development of Evidentiary Practices in International Criminal Tribunals (2014)
Book Chapter
Jackson, J., & Brunger, Y. (2014). Fragmentation and Harmonization in the Development of Evidentiary Practices in International Criminal Tribunals. In E. V. Sliedregt, & S. Vasiliev (Eds.), Pluralism in International Criminal Law (159-186). Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof%3Aoso/9780198703198.003.0006

This chapter discusses pluralism in international criminal procedure, and more specifically the law of evidence, as it is practised within and across different international criminal tribunals. It draws on a pilot study of interviews with prosecutors... Read More about Fragmentation and Harmonization in the Development of Evidentiary Practices in International Criminal Tribunals.

Human Rights and Public Finance: Budgets and the Promotion of Economic and Social Rights (2014)
Book
O'Connell, R., Harvey, C., & Nolan, A. (Eds.). (2014). Human Rights and Public Finance: Budgets and the Promotion of Economic and Social Rights. Hart Publishing

This edited collection addresses some of the most important challenges in contemporary human rights law and practice. Its central theme is the linkage between public finance, particularly budget decisions, and the realisation (or not) of economic and... Read More about Human Rights and Public Finance: Budgets and the Promotion of Economic and Social Rights.

'Do no harm'? Exploring the scope of economic and social rights in transitional justice (2014)
Journal Article
Schmid, E., & Nolan, A. (2014). 'Do no harm'? Exploring the scope of economic and social rights in transitional justice. International Journal of Transitional Justice, 8(3), https://doi.org/10.1093/ijtj/iju015

Increasing numbers of academics and practitioners are employing the language of economic and social rights (ESR) when conceptualizing the aims, scope and implementation mechanisms of transitional justice. Their contributions have added to an evolving... Read More about 'Do no harm'? Exploring the scope of economic and social rights in transitional justice.

Contemporary aspects of the promotion of democracy by the European Court of Human Rights (2014)
Journal Article
Mowbray, A. (2014). Contemporary aspects of the promotion of democracy by the European Court of Human Rights. European Public Law, 20(3),

This article examines the recent jurisprudence of the European Court of Human Rights concerning States obligations in regard to the maintenance and enhancement of democratic political activities within their societies. A selection of leading cases in... Read More about Contemporary aspects of the promotion of democracy by the European Court of Human Rights.

One HACCP, two approaches: experiences with and perceptions of the Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points (HACCP) food safety management systems in the US and the EU (2014)
Journal Article
Hyde, R., Hoflund, A. B., & Pautz, M. C. (2014). One HACCP, two approaches: experiences with and perceptions of the Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points (HACCP) food safety management systems in the US and the EU. Administration and Society, 48(8), https://doi.org/10.1177/0095399714548266

This paper explores the differences in the use of the Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point (HACCP) system to manage food safety risks in the food chain from farm to fork in the EU and the US. In particular, this paper investigates the current uses... Read More about One HACCP, two approaches: experiences with and perceptions of the Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points (HACCP) food safety management systems in the US and the EU.

Criminal Law Theory and the Limits of Liberalism (2014)
Book Chapter
Roberts, P. (2014). Criminal Law Theory and the Limits of Liberalism. In A. Du Bois-Pedain, A. Simester, & U. Neumann (Eds.), Liberal criminal theory: essays for Andreas von Hirsch. Hart Publishing

Exclusion from refugee status: article 1F(c) of the Refugee Convention and the purposes and principles of the United Nations (2014)
Journal Article
Sivakumaran, S. (2014). Exclusion from refugee status: article 1F(c) of the Refugee Convention and the purposes and principles of the United Nations. International Journal of Refugee Law, 26(3), 350-381. doi:10.1093/ijrl/eeu031

Article 1F(c) of the Refugee Convention provides that an individual is to be excluded from the benefits afforded by refugee status if ‘there are serious reasons for considering that ... he has been guilty of acts contrary to the purposes and principl... Read More about Exclusion from refugee status: article 1F(c) of the Refugee Convention and the purposes and principles of the United Nations.