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Human rights indicators and implementation (2022)
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The last several decades have seen many advances in the development and application of human rights indicators, which has progressed alongside the continued development of international, regional, and national human rights legal frameworks. This chap... Read More about Human rights indicators and implementation.

Judicial Independence and Countering Terrorism in the UK (2022)
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This chapter examines the challenges to judicial independence posed by measures that depart from normal standards of justice in countering terrorism with particular reference to the UK. Two particular contexts will be examined: the Irish ‘troubles’... Read More about Judicial Independence and Countering Terrorism in the UK.

The protection of cultural heritage by copyright and related rights (2022)
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The chapter looks at the ways in which copyright and related rights can protect cultural heritage.

AI and the Crisis of the Self Protecting Human Dignity as Status and Respectful Treatment (2022)
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Human dignity as a universal moral value has not previously been explored as an important indicator of whether AI is ethically designed, developed, and deployed. Drawing on law and moral philosophy, this chapter develops a legal-philosophical concept... Read More about AI and the Crisis of the Self Protecting Human Dignity as Status and Respectful Treatment.

Children's Rights (2022)
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The last 30 years have seen the emergence of children as a discrete—and increasing—focus of international human rights law attention. Centring on the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) and the work of its treaty-monitoring body, the UN Commi... Read More about Children's Rights.

Intellectual Property (2022)
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This chapter looks from a global private international law perspective at intellectual property and the role played by the Hague Conference on Private International Law

Witness Evidence in Pre-Trial and Trial Procedure (2022)
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Both in English and German criminal procedure, fewer cases than in the past are decided on the basis of live witness testimony at the trial, and the ‘orality’ principle has been eroded in both jurisdictions. An increased reliance on witness statement... Read More about Witness Evidence in Pre-Trial and Trial Procedure.

The Multifaceted Notion of Time in International Law (2022)
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Although time forms a part of the very bedrock of international law as a legal order and fundamentally determines international law as a discipline, the relationship between time and international law has received only limited attention. To most inte... Read More about The Multifaceted Notion of Time in International Law.

Protection of Designs on the Basis of Use 232 (2021)
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Protecting the Right to a Fair Trial in an Era of Criminal Justice Transformation (2021)
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This chapter considers the manner in which the UK’s highest courts have met the challenge of maintaining fair trial rights in an era of unprecedented change in criminal justice. Emphasis is placed on the framework of the Human Rights Act 1998 and the... Read More about Protecting the Right to a Fair Trial in an Era of Criminal Justice Transformation.

The Case For A Hybrid Jury In Europe (2021)
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This chapter proposes a model of a hybrid jury for both common law and civil law European criminal justice systems which is required to give a reasoned decision and fits well with the jurisprudence of the European Court of Human Rights.

Shades of Grey: Autonomous Sanctions in the International Legal Order (2021)
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Contrasting Penal and Non-Penal Responses to Terrorism: Proportionality and Human Rights in the UK (2021)
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This chapter examines the penal and non-penal executive measures that have been taken to combat two main phases of terrorist activity within the last 50 years, namely Irish or so-called 'troubles-based' terrorism dating back to the 1970s and more re... Read More about Contrasting Penal and Non-Penal Responses to Terrorism: Proportionality and Human Rights in the UK.

Introduction : situating, researching, and writing comparative legal history (2021)
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This volume is a selection of essays taken from the excellent range of papers presented at the British Legal History Conference hosted by the Institute for Legal and Constitutional Research at the University of St Andrews, 10–13 July 2019. The theme... Read More about Introduction : situating, researching, and writing comparative legal history.

The Digital Single Market Directive (2021)
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The chapter offers a comprehensive commentary on the new digital single market directive, which provided a major copyright update.

The Security Council, Peace-making and Peace Settlement: Between Executive and Pragmatic (2021)
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Disability in EU transport legislation (2020)
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Equal access to transport plays a key role in facilitating independent living and participation in society and in realising the full enjoyment of other human rights, including the right to education and employment. The accessibility of transport goes... Read More about Disability in EU transport legislation.

EU Design Law: Transitioning Towards Coherence? 15 Years of National Case Law (2020)
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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)
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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 Voyage (2020)
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