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Intelligence Sharing in Multinational Military Operations and Complicity under International Law (2021)
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This article examines the international legal framework applicable to intelligence sharing in multinational military operations, with a particular focus on complicity scenarios. It first provides a theoretical overview of the role of fault in complic... Read More about Intelligence Sharing in Multinational Military Operations and Complicity under International Law.

The First Global Ontological Standard for Ethically Driven Robotics and Automation Systems [Standards] (2021)
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In the complex and rapidly evolving fields of artificial intelligence (AI) and robotics, the elaboration of ethical concerns, considerations, and requirements helps elucidate the nature of technology’s reach and impact on society where there is a leg... Read More about The First Global Ontological Standard for Ethically Driven Robotics and Automation Systems [Standards].

The United Kingdom's views on elections to the International Court of Justice during the Cold War (2021)
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This article considers the process of nominating and electing candidates to the International Court of Justice ('ICJ') during the Cold War by focusing on a specific national encounter: the views of the United Kingdom government during elections to th... Read More about The United Kingdom's views on elections to the International Court of Justice during the Cold War.

The Effectiveness of Human Rights Due Diligence for Preventing Business Human Rights Abuses (2021)
Journal Article

Human rights due diligence is today a key aspect of the international, regional and national debates about corporate accountability for human rights abuse. It is a process by which businesses are expected to assess actual and potential human rights i... Read More about The Effectiveness of Human Rights Due Diligence for Preventing Business Human Rights Abuses.

International Non-State Humanitarian Actors outside of the International Legal System: Can there be any Legal Consequences for Humanitarian Actors? (2021)
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Humanitarians are saviours, people employed by organisations that were created to provide neutral and professional help in times of conflict, disaster or other emergencies. We assume that we can trust the humanitarians.1 This, at least, is the theory... Read More about International Non-State Humanitarian Actors outside of the International Legal System: Can there be any Legal Consequences for Humanitarian Actors?.

Admitting evidence by agreement: recalibrating managerialism and adversarialism in Crown Court criminal trials (2021)
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This paper challenges the orthodox academic view which assumes that the admissibility of evidence in Crown Court criminal trials is primarily regulated by rules of evidence. Instead, it offers an account, based on original empirical data (trial obser... Read More about Admitting evidence by agreement: recalibrating managerialism and adversarialism in Crown Court criminal trials.

A human-centric and lifecycle approach to legal responsibility for AI (2021)
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Michael Lobban and Ian Williams (eds), Networks and Connections in Legal History (2021)
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Commercial Law Intersections (2021)
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Commercial law is not a single, monolithic entity. It has grown into a dense thicket of subject-specific branches that govern a broad range of transactions and corporate actions. When one of these events falls concurrently within the purview of two o... Read More about Commercial Law Intersections.

Unfolding Africa's Impact on the Development of International Refugee Law (2021)
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This article traces the contributions of African states to the development of international refugee law and explores the role African human rights supervisory bodies have played in the interpretation and application of this field of law. While Africa... Read More about Unfolding Africa's Impact on the Development of International Refugee Law.

Social Justice: From God to Corporation (2021)
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While 'social justice' is a recent concept, its origins lie in a 13th century theologian, who, through an Italian Jesuit, inspired a 19th century Pope. From there it has moved to the secular realm and jurisprudential reasoning, and tried to leap from... Read More about Social Justice: From God to Corporation.

The Use of International Human Rights Law in the Universal Periodic Review (2021)
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The Human Rights Council’s Universal Periodic Review (UPR) provides a unique insight into states’ perceptions of international human rights law. States issue recommendations to each other on fulfilling human rights obligations and commitments. The Co... Read More about The Use of International Human Rights Law in the Universal Periodic Review.

Design litigation in the EU Member States: Are overlaps with other intellectual property rights and unfair competition problematic and are SMEs benefitting from the EU design legal framework? (2021)
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Genuine overlaps (several intellectual property rights (IPR) applying to the same intellectual effort) create overprotection. There is hardly any empirical legal research done on how claimants have litigated at national level not only on their design... Read More about Design litigation in the EU Member States: Are overlaps with other intellectual property rights and unfair competition problematic and are SMEs benefitting from the EU design legal framework?.

The persistence of partition: Boundary-making, imperialism, and international law (2021)
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This article implores political geographers to engage with the sub-discipline's imperial roots in which international law was foundational. It does so by revisiting the practice of partition – defined here as an imposed boundary – which remains centr... Read More about The persistence of partition: Boundary-making, imperialism, and international law.

Exploring Children’s Understanding of the Legal Rights of Suspects in England and Wales (2021)
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While studies have explored adult suspects’ understanding of their legal rights, seldom are the experiences of children and young people taken into account. In this article, we discuss findings arising out of research interviews conducted with 61 chi... Read More about Exploring Children’s Understanding of the Legal Rights of Suspects in England and Wales.