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International energy investments and unrecognized states: opportunities and risks for private actors (2019)
Journal Article
Pappa, M., & Pereira, E. G. (2019). International energy investments and unrecognized states: opportunities and risks for private actors. Colorado Natural Resources, Energy & Environmental Law Review, 30(1), 67-113

The recognition of an entity as a state is pivotal in international law. Whether it be that recognition grants statehood or merely confirms a state’s legal existence, it has important implications for the concerned entity and for the entire internati... Read More about International energy investments and unrecognized states: opportunities and risks for private actors.

International prison standards and transnational criminal justice (2019)
Journal Article
van Zyl Smit, D. (2019). International prison standards and transnational criminal justice. UC Irvine Journal of International, Transnational, and Comparative Law, 4, 97-123

Prison standards are an important element of transnational criminal justice. This Article shows how legal standards governing prison conditions emerged at the international and regional levels and considers how, increasingly, these have gained legiti... Read More about International prison standards and transnational criminal justice.

Reading marine insurance contracts: determining the scope of cover (2019)
Journal Article
Bennett, H. (2019). Reading marine insurance contracts: determining the scope of cover. Asia Pacific Law Review, 27(2), 239-269. https://doi.org/10.1080/10192557.2019.1701227

Marine insurance-exclusions-exceptions-causation-delay-slaves The scope of cover under marine insurance policies is typically delineated by a combination of express insuring clauses that identify risks that are covered and an appreciable number of li... Read More about Reading marine insurance contracts: determining the scope of cover.

Exploring the autistic and police perspectives of the custody process through a participative walkthrough (2019)
Journal Article
Holloway, C. A., Munro, N., Jackson, J., Phillips, S., & Ropar, D. (2020). Exploring the autistic and police perspectives of the custody process through a participative walkthrough. Research in Developmental Disabilities, 97, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ridd.2019.103545

© 2019 The Authors Background: Research suggests that autistic individuals may be more likely to come into contact with police and have more negative experiences in police custody. However, limited information about the difficulties they experience d... Read More about Exploring the autistic and police perspectives of the custody process through a participative walkthrough.

How might modern slavery risk in adult social care procurement be reduced? (2019)
Presentation / Conference
Emberson, C., & Trautrims, A. (2019, June). How might modern slavery risk in adult social care procurement be reduced?. Paper presented at Public Procurement Global Revolutions IX, Nottingham, UK

In its second interim report from the independent review of the UK Modern Slavery Act, the review committee recommended that Section 54: Transparency in supply chains (TISC) be extended to public authorities. This duty would apply to both products an... Read More about How might modern slavery risk in adult social care procurement be reduced?.

Forcible acts by states towards non-state actors operating in disputed waters: beyond the limits of international law? (2019)
Journal Article
Pappa, M. (2019). Forcible acts by states towards non-state actors operating in disputed waters: beyond the limits of international law?. Legal Issues Journal, 7(1),

The obligation of States to not use force against other States is well established in international law both on land and at sea. Unless authorized by the United Nations Security Council or based on self-defence, non-compliance with this rule is a bre... Read More about Forcible acts by states towards non-state actors operating in disputed waters: beyond the limits of international law?.