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A Credible Solution? Non-Defendant's Bad Character and Section 100 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 (2019)
Journal Article
Birch, D. (2019). A Credible Solution? Non-Defendant's Bad Character and Section 100 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003. Criminal Law Review - London, 2019(10), 841-849

Considers whether exceptions to provisions of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 s.100 limiting the admissibility of bad character evidence in relation to non-defendants may be used by the defence to make misconduct allegations against a prosecution witne... Read More about A Credible Solution? Non-Defendant's Bad Character and Section 100 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003.

Procuring infrastructure for international sporting events: mapping the field for IPACS and beyond (2019)
Journal Article
Arrowsmith, S., Bayley, R., Gorczynska, A., Idoku, J., Kay, S., Faria Lopes, J., …Thurston, A. (2019). Procuring infrastructure for international sporting events: mapping the field for IPACS and beyond. Public Procurement Law Review, 28(6), 257-318

This article 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. We were concerned only with the acq... Read More about Procuring infrastructure for international sporting events: mapping the field for IPACS and beyond.

Understanding nuclear deterrence within the international constitutional architecture (2019)
Book Chapter
White, N. D. (2019). Understanding nuclear deterrence within the international constitutional architecture. In J. Black-Branch, & D. Fleck (Eds.), Nuclear Non-Proliferation in International Law - Volume V - Legal Challenges for Nuclear Security and Deterrence. T.M.C. Asser Press

Once they were created, and scientific knowledge spread, it has proved very difficult to remove nuclear weapons from the international security landscape. However, if the broader international constitutional architecture, which includes the UN Charte... Read More about Understanding nuclear deterrence within the international constitutional architecture.

The Construction of Gender and Sexuality in the Approach of Key International Law Actors to the Circumcision of Children (2019)
Journal Article
Sandland, R. (2019). The Construction of Gender and Sexuality in the Approach of Key International Law Actors to the Circumcision of Children. Human Rights Law Review, 19(4), 617-647. https://doi.org/10.1093/hrlr/ngz030

This article analyses the approach of key international actors to the circumcision of children, seeking, first, to understand why the policy towards the circumcision or genital cutting of girls is so different from that towards boys. As part of this... Read More about The Construction of Gender and Sexuality in the Approach of Key International Law Actors to the Circumcision of Children.

The effects of default, transfer, and withdrawal provisions on JOA exits: should I stay or should I go? (2019)
Journal Article
Pereira, E., & Pappa, M. (2019). The effects of default, transfer, and withdrawal provisions on JOA exits: should I stay or should I go?. International Energy Law Review, 2019(2), 39-47

Default, transfer of interest or rights, and withdrawal are prima facie three distinct clauses in a Joint Operating Agreement (JOA). They serve different purposes and are subject to different conditions. But at the same time, they may all lead to a p... Read More about The effects of default, transfer, and withdrawal provisions on JOA exits: should I stay or should I go?.

A fresh view on the hard/soft law divide: implications for international insolvency of enterprise groups (2019)
Journal Article
Mevorach, I. (2019). A fresh view on the hard/soft law divide: implications for international insolvency of enterprise groups. Michigan Journal of International Law, 40(3), 505-530

It is the orthodox belief that treaties and—within the EU—directly applicable regulations represent hard, binding international law, while other international instruments-including model laws-are forms of soft law. In a previous publication 2 I discu... Read More about A fresh view on the hard/soft law divide: implications for international insolvency of enterprise groups.

Dealing with Non-cooperation at the icc: Towards a More Holistic Approach (2019)
Journal Article
Bekou, O. (2019). Dealing with Non-cooperation at the icc: Towards a More Holistic Approach. International Criminal Law Review, 19(6), 911-937. https://doi.org/10.1163/15718123-02002001

© 2019 by Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands. The article examines the legal and non-legal responses to tackling non-cooperation with requests issued by the International Criminal Court. Through an examination of the Rome Statute regime as... Read More about Dealing with Non-cooperation at the icc: Towards a More Holistic Approach.

Articulating future directions of law reform for compulsory mental health admission and treatment in Hong Kong (2019)
Journal Article
Cheung, D., Dunn, M., Fistein, E., Bartlett, P., Mcmillan, J., & Petersen, C. J. (2020). Articulating future directions of law reform for compulsory mental health admission and treatment in Hong Kong. International Journal of Law and Psychiatry, 68, 1-11. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijlp.2019.101513

This article explores and outlines four possible pathways for law reform in the area of compulsory mental health admission and treatment in Hong Kong: the (i) abolition, (ii) risk of harm, (iii) mental capacity and (iv) consensus pathways. The discus... Read More about Articulating future directions of law reform for compulsory mental health admission and treatment in Hong Kong.

The Establishment, Change, and Expansion of Jurisdiction Through Treaties (2019)
Book Chapter
Kritsiotis, D. (2019). The Establishment, Change, and Expansion of Jurisdiction Through Treaties. In The Oxford Handbook of Jurisdiction in International Law (251-299). Oxford University Press (OUP). https://doi.org/10.1093/law/9780198786146.003.0012

This chapter studies the insufficiency of the so-called traditional principles of jurisdiction—territoriality, nationality, protection, universality, and passive personality—when set against jurisdictional provisions of treaties and in customary inte... Read More about The Establishment, Change, and Expansion of Jurisdiction Through Treaties.

Sharia Law in Europe? Legacies of the Ottoman Empire and the European Convention on Human Rights (2019)
Journal Article
McGoldrick, D. (2019). Sharia Law in Europe? Legacies of the Ottoman Empire and the European Convention on Human Rights. Oxford Journal of Law and Religion, 8(3), 517–566. https://doi.org/10.1093/ojlr/rwz026

In Western Thrace in Greece, a legacy of the Ottoman Empire survives in the form of religious law (Sharia). This article examines how international human rights law has approached the compatibility of such religious laws with modern human rights inst... Read More about Sharia Law in Europe? Legacies of the Ottoman Empire and the European Convention on Human Rights.

Construction and Execution of Trusts in Chancery, c. 1660-1750 (2019)
Journal Article
Foster, D. (2019). Construction and Execution of Trusts in Chancery, c. 1660-1750. Journal of Legal History, 40(3), 270-297. https://doi.org/10.1080/01440365.2019.1657673

Relatively little has been written about the detailed workings of the court of chancery after the restoration. Even less is known about the doctrines of the chancery in the eighteenth century. Yet social historians of this period have relied on legal... Read More about Construction and Execution of Trusts in Chancery, c. 1660-1750.

Thomas Wolf c. Richard de Abingdon,1293-1295: A Case Study of Legal Argument (2019)
Journal Article
White, S. B. (2020). Thomas Wolf c. Richard de Abingdon,1293-1295: A Case Study of Legal Argument. Journal of Ecclesiastical History, 71(1), 40-58. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022046919001155

This essay examines the legal arguments in Wolf c. Abingdon, a tithes dispute from 1293-5 between the rector and the vicar of Aldington, Kent. The case records contain explicit citations to written law, a surprising find in a seemingly minor case. Th... Read More about Thomas Wolf c. Richard de Abingdon,1293-1295: A Case Study of Legal Argument.

Criminal Law In Auschwitz (2019)
Book Chapter
Fraser, D. (2019). Criminal Law In Auschwitz. In Ideology and Criminal Law: Fascist, National Socialist and Authoritarian Regimes (33-57). Oxford: Hart Publishing

This chapter, through the lens of a biographical study of Nazi lawyer, SS Judge Konrad Morgen, esatablishes the ways in which "law" continued to exist in National Socialist Germany. Morgen investigated and prosecuted crimes committed by SS officers... Read More about Criminal Law In Auschwitz.

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.

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.