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A house is not a home: housing disadvantage, homelessness, and modern slavery (2023)
Journal Article
Clare, N., Iafrati, S., Reeson, C., Wright, N., Gray, C., & Baptiste, H. (2023). A house is not a home: housing disadvantage, homelessness, and modern slavery. Journal of the British Academy, 11, 83-93. https://doi.org/10.5871/jba/011.083

This commentary focuses on the underexplored links between housing disadvantage, homelessness, and modern slavery. Despite significant anecdotal evidence, there is a pressing need for proper theorisation of the connections between housing situation a... Read More about A house is not a home: housing disadvantage, homelessness, and modern slavery.

Ukraine and the Netherlands v. Russia, Merits Amicus Curiae Brief Submitted on behalf of the Human Rights Law Centre of the University of Nottingham (2023)
Working Paper
Milanovic, M., & Shah, S. Ukraine and the Netherlands v. Russia, Merits Amicus Curiae Brief Submitted on behalf of the Human Rights Law Centre of the University of Nottingham

This is an amicus curiae brief at the merits stage in the case of Ukraine and the Netherlands v. Russia (nos 8019/16, 43800/14, 28525/20 and 11055/22) before the European Court of Human Rights, filed on behalf of the Human Rights Law Centre at the Un... Read More about Ukraine and the Netherlands v. Russia, Merits Amicus Curiae Brief Submitted on behalf of the Human Rights Law Centre of the University of Nottingham.

Rethinking the orality/confrontation paradigm in a world of remote evidence (2023)
Journal Article
Jackson, J. (2023). Rethinking the orality/confrontation paradigm in a world of remote evidence. Criminal Law Review, 265-285

This article reviews the various legislative and court initiatives which have made incursions into the orality/confrontation paradigm in recent years and in particular the recent statutory provision which was given impetus by the COVID-19 pandemic en... Read More about Rethinking the orality/confrontation paradigm in a world of remote evidence.

Human rights and the cost-of-living crisis (2023)
Journal Article
Nolan, A. (2023). Human rights and the cost-of-living crisis. Netherlands Quarterly of Human Rights, 41(1), 3-12. https://doi.org/10.1177/09240519231156060

This column explores the intersection between human rights and the ongoing cost-of-living crisis. It opens with an overview of the crisis before turning to the current global state of affairs’ impact on human rights enjoyment. Having addressed key is... Read More about Human rights and the cost-of-living crisis.

Douglas v Hello! Ltd (2005) (2023)
Book Chapter
Aplin, T., & Skillen, J. (2023). Douglas v Hello! Ltd (2005). In P. Wragg, & P. Coe (Eds.), Landmark Cases in Privacy Law (207-236). Hart Publishing. https://doi.org/10.5040/9781509940790.ch-010

Douglas v Hello! Ltd (No 3) is, of course, only one of the several decisions spawned during the litigation between the Douglases, OK! magazine and Hello! magazine, nevertheless, we consider it a ‘landmark’ decision in the English landscape of privacy... Read More about Douglas v Hello! Ltd (2005).

A Performative Theory of Judicial Dissent (2023)
Journal Article
Mistry, H. (2023). A Performative Theory of Judicial Dissent. Modern Law Review, 86(3), 729-755. https://doi.org/10.1111/1468-2230.12786

This article introduces a ritual theory of judicial dissent. Conventional accounts of the functions of judicial dissent, whether in the context of domestic or international judicial systems, can be grouped into three thematic categories: ‘dissent as... Read More about A Performative Theory of Judicial Dissent.

Solar Power for Resilient Health Systems in Nigeria: Regulatory, Financial and Organisational Options for Sustainable Business Models (2023)
Journal Article
Paim, M., Gershon, O., Adeyemi, A., Azubuike, S., Mu, X., & Roeben, V. (in press). Solar Power for Resilient Health Systems in Nigeria: Regulatory, Financial and Organisational Options for Sustainable Business Models. Journal of Energy and Development, 48(1-2),

Highlights • Solar power for healthcare in Nigeria needs external sources to cover OPEX costs. • Regulation must stimulate capital investment for efficient business models. • Bankable solar batteries imply cost allocations among public and private ac... Read More about Solar Power for Resilient Health Systems in Nigeria: Regulatory, Financial and Organisational Options for Sustainable Business Models.

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.

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.

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.