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Regulatory and policy framework for the uptake of renewable energy generation in the United Kingdom (2019)
Conference Proceeding
Salazar, J., Waldron, J., & Rodrigues, L. (2019). Regulatory and policy framework for the uptake of renewable energy generation in the United Kingdom. In Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Sustainable Energy Technologies, SET 2019, 20-22 August 2019, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. , (445-454)

Energy policies and regulations are constantly introduced to reflect the current developments of the energy system. The introduction of sustainable energy technologies creates a demand for alternative sources of energy and economic incentives which a... Read More about Regulatory and policy framework for the uptake of renewable energy generation in the United Kingdom.

The absence of choice of law in commercial contracts: problems and solutions (2019)
Journal Article
Beheshti, R. (2019). The absence of choice of law in commercial contracts: problems and solutions. Uniform Law Review, 24(3), 497-519. https://doi.org/10.1093/ulr/unz026

In a commercial contract with an arbitration clause, the parties may fail to determine any applicable law, in which case the arbitral tribunal is expected to identify the rules applicable to the merits of the dispute. A modern approach suggests that... Read More about The absence of choice of law in commercial contracts: problems and solutions.

Of rights and rescue: a curious confluence? (2019)
Journal Article
Frisby, S. (2020). Of rights and rescue: a curious confluence?. Journal of Corporate Law Studies, 20(1), 39-72. https://doi.org/10.1080/14735970.2019.1615165

This article considers the recent proposals for the reform of corporate rehabilitation procedures. It examines the impetus for reform, the main features of the proposals and the underlying corporate insolvency landscape in the UK. The article attempt... Read More about Of rights and rescue: a curious confluence?.

Public procurement and aid effectiveness: a roadmap under construction (2019)
Book
A. La Chimia, & P. Trepte (Eds.), (2019). Public procurement and aid effectiveness: a roadmap under construction

This edited book fills a crucial gap in the procurement literature by collecting contributions by the most prominent aid and procurement experts from both academia and practice. It explores the economic, political and legal relationship between procu... Read More about Public procurement and aid effectiveness: a roadmap under construction.

Comparative Institutional Law and Economics: Reclaiming Economics for Socio-Legal Research (2019)
Journal Article
Gramcheva, L. (2019). Comparative Institutional Law and Economics: Reclaiming Economics for Socio-Legal Research. Maastricht Journal of European and Comparative Law, 26(3), 372-393. https://doi.org/10.1177/1023263X19840522

Law and economics is a controversial method of legal research, increasingly popular among some legal scholars but disliked by many others. The author discusses some of the objections raised by lawyers (as well as some economists) and argues that most... Read More about Comparative Institutional Law and Economics: Reclaiming Economics for Socio-Legal Research.

Mental disability, the European Convention on Human Rights and Fundamental Rights and Freedoms, and the Sustainable Development Goals (2019)
Book Chapter
Bartlett, P. (2019). Mental disability, the European Convention on Human Rights and Fundamental Rights and Freedoms, and the Sustainable Development Goals. In L. Davidson (Ed.), The Routledge Handbook of International Development, Mental Health and Wellbeing. Routledge

Since Winterwerp v the Netherlands in 1979, the European Court of Human Rights and, later, the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture, have been developing law and policy on human rights and mental disability (taken in this chapter to inclu... Read More about Mental disability, the European Convention on Human Rights and Fundamental Rights and Freedoms, and the Sustainable Development Goals.

Working paper, Procuring infrastructure for international sporting events: an outline map and three case studies (2019)
Presentation / Conference
Arrowsmith, S. (2019, June). Working paper, Procuring infrastructure for international sporting events: an outline map and three case studies. Paper presented at Public Procurement Global Revolution IX

This paper presents the results of a study of infrastructure procurement for international sporting events. The objective was to map both the institutional frameworks and the procedures and governance mechanisms. The study sought to map procurement... Read More about Working paper, Procuring infrastructure for international sporting events: an outline map and three case studies.

Brexit and public procurement: the state of play and the future of public procurement regulation in the UK (2019)
Presentation / Conference
Arrowsmith, S. (2019, June). Brexit and public procurement: the state of play and the future of public procurement regulation in the UK. Paper presented at Public Procurement: Global Revolution 9, Nottingham, UK

This paper examines the prospects for public procurement in the UK after Brexit as at 20 June 2019. It looks first at the implications for procurement in the short term of two main possible scenarios, namely a Brexit with a transition arrangement an... Read More about Brexit and public procurement: the state of play and the future of public procurement regulation in the UK.

Remedies for Breaches of Rights to Light: Averting a Tragedy of the Anticommons (2019)
Book Chapter
Rotherham, C. (2019). Remedies for Breaches of Rights to Light: Averting a Tragedy of the Anticommons. In B. McFarlane, & S. Agnew (Eds.), Modern Studies in Property Law, Volume 10, 145-166. Hart Publishing

An occupier who enjoys light through a window in England, Wales or Northern Ireland for 20 years acquires an easement, the breach of which will amount to a nuisance. While other common law jurisdictions inherited the English law on ‘ancient lights’,... Read More about Remedies for Breaches of Rights to Light: Averting a Tragedy of the Anticommons.

An Empirical Analysis of the Design Case Law of the EU Member States (2019)
Journal Article
Church, O., Derclaye, E., & Stupfler, G. (2019). An Empirical Analysis of the Design Case Law of the EU Member States. International Review of Intellectual Property and Competition Law, 50(6), 685-719. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40319-019-00813-0

This article empirically examines the substantive decisions on all types of design rights from the courts of the 28 Member States since the entry into force of the Design Directive and the Design Regulation, up to and including August 2017. The artic... Read More about An Empirical Analysis of the Design Case Law of the EU Member States.

State Delegations and the Influence of COP Decisions (2019)
Journal Article
Goodwin, E. J. (2019). State Delegations and the Influence of COP Decisions. Journal of Environmental Law, 31(2), 235-263. https://doi.org/10.1093/jel/eqz007

This paper concerns the likelihood that decisions adopted at plenary meetings of the parties to multilateral environmental agreements will influence the behaviour of States Parties. Relying upon a theory emphasising the importance of rational persuas... Read More about State Delegations and the Influence of COP Decisions.

Peacekeeping Doctrine: An Autonomous Legal Order? (2019)
Journal Article
White, N. D. (2019). Peacekeeping Doctrine: An Autonomous Legal Order?. Nordic Journal of International Law, 88(1), 86-110. https://doi.org/10.1163/15718107-088010005

This article explores the legal bases of autonomy in peacekeeping and whether it has developed to such an extent that there are signs of a self-referential legal order governing peacekeeping, separate from other legal orders. Given that it will be sh... Read More about Peacekeeping Doctrine: An Autonomous Legal Order?.

Disaster Risk Reduction, the International Federation of the Red Cross, and Emergency Health for Women in Nepal 2015 (2019)
Book Chapter
Shucksmith-Wesley, C. (2019). Disaster Risk Reduction, the International Federation of the Red Cross, and Emergency Health for Women in Nepal 2015. In K. L. Samuel, . M. Aronsson-Storrier, & K. Nakjavani Bookmiller (Eds.), The Cambridge Handbook of Disaster Risk Reduction and International Law (405-421). Cambridge University Press (CUP). https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108564540