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News from the United Kingdom (2022)
Journal Article
Torremans, P. L. C. (2022). News from the United Kingdom. Revue internationale du droit d'auteur, 55-104

This article critically examines the evolution of UK copyright over the last decade.

Une injonction internationale vis-à-vis d’un fournisseur alternatif de DNS : une option en droit d’auteur et en droit international privé ? (2022)
Book Chapter
Torremans, P. (2022). Une injonction internationale vis-à-vis d’un fournisseur alternatif de DNS : une option en droit d’auteur et en droit international privé ?. In Entre art et technique: les dynamiques du droit, mélanges en l'honneur de Pierre Sirinelli (787-803). Paris: Dalloz

The chapter looks at options to obtain a global injunction against alternative DNS providers.

Non-defendant bad character and s. 100 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003: A socio-legal analysis of admissibility gateways and trial tactics (2022)
Journal Article
Thomason, M. (2023). Non-defendant bad character and s. 100 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003: A socio-legal analysis of admissibility gateways and trial tactics. International Journal of Evidence and Proof, 27(1), 26-50. https://doi.org/10.1177/13657127221140459

This article presents a socio-legal analysis of the use of non-defendant bad character evidence in Crown Court criminal trials in England. Combining an in-depth doctrinal analysis of s.100 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 with original qualitative em... Read More about Non-defendant bad character and s. 100 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003: A socio-legal analysis of admissibility gateways and trial tactics.

The TuneIn case or communication to the public in the UK after Brexit: the status quo with targeting as a governance tool (2022)
Journal Article
Torremans, P. (2022). The TuneIn case or communication to the public in the UK after Brexit: the status quo with targeting as a governance tool. International Journal of Legal Discourse, https://doi.org/10.1515/ijld-2022-2071

TuneIn is a case dealing with a portal service on the Internet that allows users to listen to Internet radio stations from around the world and even to select stations that play their favourite music at any given moment in time. The UK courts had to... Read More about The TuneIn case or communication to the public in the UK after Brexit: the status quo with targeting as a governance tool.

International Law Through Time: On Change and Facticity of International Law (2022)
Book Chapter
Van der Ploeg, K. P., & Pasquet, L. (2022). International Law Through Time: On Change and Facticity of International Law. In K. Polackova Van der Ploeg, L. Pasquet, & L. Castellanos-Jankiewicz (Eds.), International Law and Time: Narratives and Techniques (313-333). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-09465-1_15

International law has proved to be a highly dynamic legal order over time. However, dealing with change in international law is both analytically demanding and possibly normatively unsettling. The term ‘change’ regularly refers to distinct dimensions... Read More about International Law Through Time: On Change and Facticity of International Law.

Jordan and Palestine: union (1950) and secession (1988) (2022)
Book Chapter
Kattan, V. (2022). Jordan and Palestine: union (1950) and secession (1988). In J. Vidmar, S. McGibbon, & L. Raible (Eds.), Research Handbook on Secession (275-292). Edward Elgar Publishing. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781788971751.00028

This chapter revisits the decision by King Hussein of Jordan in 1988 to recognise the right of the Palestinian people to secede from Jordan to establish an independent state in East Jerusalem, the West Bank, and the Gaza Strip. Surprisingly, internat... Read More about Jordan and Palestine: union (1950) and secession (1988).

Human rights indicators and implementation (2022)
Book Chapter
Landman, T., & Schwarz, K. (2022). Human rights indicators and implementation. In R. Murray, & D. Long (Eds.), Research Handbook on Implementation of Human Rights in Practice (309-326). United Kingdom: Edward Elgar Publishing. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781800372283.00026

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.

Re-thinking the Mental Capacity Act 2005: Towards the Next Generation of Law (2022)
Journal Article
Bartlett, P. (2023). Re-thinking the Mental Capacity Act 2005: Towards the Next Generation of Law. Modern Law Review, 86(3), 659-700. https://doi.org/10.1111/1468-2230.12774

It is now more than a quarter of a century since the Law Commission completed its ground-breaking report on mental capacity, a report that became the Mental Capacity Act 2005. Since that time, there have been fundamental changes in the legal, social,... Read More about Re-thinking the Mental Capacity Act 2005: Towards the Next Generation of Law.

‘Turning the Rights Lens Inwards’: The Case for Child Rights-Consistent Strategic Litigation Practice (2022)
Journal Article
Nolan, A., & Skelton, A. (2022). ‘Turning the Rights Lens Inwards’: The Case for Child Rights-Consistent Strategic Litigation Practice. Human Rights Law Review, 22(4), Article ngac026. https://doi.org/10.1093/hrlr/ngac026

The last three decades have seen an explosion of academic, advocacy and policy-maker interest in both the theory and the practice of children's rights. There is a growing global body of strategic litigation focused on the advancement of those rights... Read More about ‘Turning the Rights Lens Inwards’: The Case for Child Rights-Consistent Strategic Litigation Practice.

Advancing Child Rights-Consistent Strategic Litigation Practice (2022)
Report
Nolan, A., Skelton, A., & Ozah, K. (2022). Advancing Child Rights-Consistent Strategic Litigation Practice. London: Advancing Child Rights Strategic Litigation project

This report approaches child rights under the UN Convention on the Rights of Child as a framework to inform and assess the inputs, outputs, processes and outcomes of child rights strategic litigation (CRSL), in line with the view that children’s righ... Read More about Advancing Child Rights-Consistent Strategic Litigation Practice.

Bargaining the Rules of Evidence (2022)
Book Chapter
Thomason, M. (in press). Bargaining the Rules of Evidence. In M. Langer, M. McConville, & L. Marsh (Eds.), Research Handbook on Plea Bargaining & Criminal Justice. Edward Elgar Publishing

Plea bargains depend in large part on the available evidence against the defendant. Strictly speaking, these negotiations should be based only on evidence that is likely to be admissible at trial. Bargains therefore implicitly depend on the structure... Read More about Bargaining the Rules of Evidence.

The requirement of 'power to dispose' in the Cape Town Convention and its protocols (2022)
Journal Article
Saidova, S. (2022). The requirement of 'power to dispose' in the Cape Town Convention and its protocols. Uniform Law Review, 27(2), 282–302. https://doi.org/10.1093/ulr/unac021

The concept of an 'international interest' is central to the Cape Town Convention on International Interests in Mobile Equipment. Once an international interest is created, it can be registered in the International Registry, established under the Con... Read More about The requirement of 'power to dispose' in the Cape Town Convention and its protocols.

Reparations for Slavery in International Law: Transatlantic Enslavement, the Maangamizi, and the Making of International Law (2022)
Book
Schwarz, K. (2022). Reparations for Slavery in International Law: Transatlantic Enslavement, the Maangamizi, and the Making of International Law. New York: Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780197636398.001.0001

Reparations for Slavery in International Law examines the case for contemporary redress for the harms and legacies of transatlantic enslavement from a legal perspective. It critically evaluates the history of transatlantic enslavement and the evoluti... Read More about Reparations for Slavery in International Law: Transatlantic Enslavement, the Maangamizi, and the Making of International Law.

Judicial Independence and Countering Terrorism in the UK (2022)
Book Chapter
Jackson, J. (2022). Judicial Independence and Countering Terrorism in the UK. In D. Giannoulopoulos, & Y. McDermott (Eds.), Judicial Independence Under Threat. Oxford University Press

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)
Book Chapter
Torremans, P. (2022). The protection of cultural heritage by copyright and related rights. In Research Handbook on Intellectual Property and Cultural Heritage (37-54). Edward Elgar Publishing

The chapter looks at the ways in which copyright and related rights can protect cultural heritage.

Sui generis database protection 2.0: judicial and legislative reforms (2022)
Journal Article
Derclaye, E., & Husovec, M. (2022). Sui generis database protection 2.0: judicial and legislative reforms. European Intellectual Property Review, 44(6), 323-331

The Database Directive confers investment protection (so-called sui generis database protection) on makers of some types of databases. It represents a unique top-down policy experiment of the EU legislature with little national precedent prior to its... Read More about Sui generis database protection 2.0: judicial and legislative reforms.

AI and the Crisis of the Self Protecting Human Dignity as Status and Respectful Treatment (2022)
Book Chapter
Ulgen, O. (2022). AI and the Crisis of the Self Protecting Human Dignity as Status and Respectful Treatment. In A. J. Hampton, & J. A. DeFalco (Eds.), Law and Moral Philosophy to Center Human Dignity as an Indicator of Ethical AI: Concerns, Cultural Touchpoints, Paths Forward. Routledge

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.