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National survey and analysis of barriers to the utilisation of the 2005 mental capacity act by people with bipolar disorder in England and Wales (2017)
Journal Article
Morriss, R., Mudigonda, M., Bartlett, P., Chopra, A., & Jones, S. (2017). National survey and analysis of barriers to the utilisation of the 2005 mental capacity act by people with bipolar disorder in England and Wales. Journal of Mental Health, 1-8. https://doi.org/10.1080/09638237.2017.1340613

Background: The Mental Capacity Act (2005) (MCA) provides a legal framework for advance planning for both health and welfare in England and Wales for people if they lose mental capacity e.g. through mania or severe depression. Aims: To determine the... Read More about National survey and analysis of barriers to the utilisation of the 2005 mental capacity act by people with bipolar disorder in England and Wales.

Urgently awaiting implementation: The right to be free from exploitation, violence and abuse in Article 16 of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) (2017)
Journal Article
Bartlett, P., & Schulze, M. (2017). Urgently awaiting implementation: The right to be free from exploitation, violence and abuse in Article 16 of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD). International Journal of Law and Psychiatry, 53, 2-14. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijlp.2017.05.007

© 2017 The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) enshrines the freedom from exploitation, violence and abuse, a provision, which has hitherto received little attention. Exploring the contents of Article 16, this paper seeks to... Read More about Urgently awaiting implementation: The right to be free from exploitation, violence and abuse in Article 16 of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD).

Lessons for children’s rights from disability rights? (2017)
Book Chapter
Sandland, R. (2017). Lessons for children’s rights from disability rights?. In E. Brems, W. Vandenhole, & E. Desmet (Eds.), Children’s rights law in the global human rights landscape: isolation, inspiration, integration?. Routledge

This chapter examines whether the field of children's rights can glean any useful insights from recent developments in the field of disability rights.

New perspectives for sampling: US and German developments and what comes next (2017)
Journal Article
Jütte, B. J. (2017). New perspectives for sampling: US and German developments and what comes next. Entertainment Law Review, 28(4),

The use of samples from sound recordings is establihsed parctice, however its legality in absence of a license is still unclear. Two appeals in the US and in germany might have shown the direction for future cases by permittng sampling in relatively... Read More about New perspectives for sampling: US and German developments and what comes next.

Beyond states and non-state actors: the role of state-empowered entities in the making and shaping of international law (2017)
Journal Article
Sivakumaran, S. (2017). Beyond states and non-state actors: the role of state-empowered entities in the making and shaping of international law. Columbia Journal of Transnational Law, 55,

Traditionally, the actors in the international legal sys-tem are divided into States and non-state actors; and States are considered to be the ones that make and shape international law. By contrast, this Article argues that there is a third category... Read More about Beyond states and non-state actors: the role of state-empowered entities in the making and shaping of international law.

Consequences of Brexit in the area of public procurement (2017)
Report
Arrowsmith, S. (2017). Consequences of Brexit in the area of public procurement. European Parliament

This paper examines the implications of the UK’s departure from the EU for the EU-UK legal relationship in the field of public procurement. It assesses, in comparison with the position under EU membership, the implications of four approaches found in... Read More about Consequences of Brexit in the area of public procurement.

Transatlantic Defence Procurement: EU and US Defence Procurement Regulation in the Transatlantic Defence Market (2017)
Book
Butler, L. R. A. (2017). Transatlantic Defence Procurement: EU and US Defence Procurement Regulation in the Transatlantic Defence Market. Cambridge University Press (CUP). https://doi.org/10.1017/9781316335987

This volume constitutes the first ever attempt to establish a basis for comparative research on defence procurement regulation. For decades there has been repeated emphasis on the extent to which barriers to trade in Europe and the US prevent a more... Read More about Transatlantic Defence Procurement: EU and US Defence Procurement Regulation in the Transatlantic Defence Market.

The Voyage (2017)
Book Chapter
BENNETT, H. (2017). The Voyage. In H. Bennett (Ed.), Carver on Charterparties (193-382). Sweet and Maxwell

Settling disputes: a matter of politics and law (2017)
Book Chapter
White, N. D. (2017). Settling disputes: a matter of politics and law. In W. Werner, M. de Hoon, & A. Galán (Eds.), The Law of International Lawyers: Reading Martii Kopskenniemi. Cambridge University Press

The internal market and national security: Transposition, impact and reform of the EU Directive on Intra-Community Transfers of Defence Products (2017)
Journal Article
Butler, L., & Trybus, M. (2017). The internal market and national security: Transposition, impact and reform of the EU Directive on Intra-Community Transfers of Defence Products. Common Market Law Review, 54(2), 403-441

Whilst the Internal Market has been operational for decades, the free movement of defence products within the EU has been restricted by national licensing practices. Member States have treated “intra-EU” transfers as equivalent to third country expor... Read More about The internal market and national security: Transposition, impact and reform of the EU Directive on Intra-Community Transfers of Defence Products.

How has China formed its conception of the rule of law? A contextual analysis of legal instrumentalism in ROC and PRC law-making (2017)
Journal Article
Wu, Q. (2017). How has China formed its conception of the rule of law? A contextual analysis of legal instrumentalism in ROC and PRC law-making. International Journal of Law in Context, 13(3), 277-294. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1744552317000039

The rule of law as a globally recognised concept is multi-faceted (Chesterman, 2008). In the common-law tradition, it is conceived through a formal and substantive framework. In essence, it centres on the supremacy of the law over the arbitrary e... Read More about How has China formed its conception of the rule of law? A contextual analysis of legal instrumentalism in ROC and PRC law-making.

Inverting the flexicurity paradigm: the United Kingdom and zero hours contracts (2017)
Book Chapter
Kenner, J. (2017). Inverting the flexicurity paradigm: the United Kingdom and zero hours contracts. In E. Ales, O. Deinert, & J. Kenner (Eds.), Core and contingent work in the European Union. Hart Publishing

Labour and social security law studies have addressed the topic of the decline of the standard employment relationship mainly from the point of view of the growing number of atypical relationships. Only a limited number of studies have examined the i... Read More about Inverting the flexicurity paradigm: the United Kingdom and zero hours contracts.

Shakespeare’s original will: a re-reading, and a reflection on interdisciplinary research within archives (2017)
Journal Article
Bevan, A., & Foster, D. (2017). Shakespeare’s original will: a re-reading, and a reflection on interdisciplinary research within archives. Archives -London- British Records Association-, 51(Spring),

Much academic ink has been spilled on the importance of William Shakespeare’s last will and testament, particularly as a source illuminating his life and character. Drawing upon recent archival research and technical analysis, this article details th... Read More about Shakespeare’s original will: a re-reading, and a reflection on interdisciplinary research within archives.

Law’s disappearance: the state of exception and the destruction of experience (2017)
Book Chapter
Cercel, C. S. (2017). Law’s disappearance: the state of exception and the destruction of experience. In S. Glanert, & F. Girard (Eds.), Law's hermeneutics: other investigations. Routledge

This paper explores the philosophical, political and memorial consequences of the contemporary status of law present in the work of Giorgio Agamben with specific reference to the field of legal history. My intention is to offer a genealogical reading... Read More about Law’s disappearance: the state of exception and the destruction of experience.

De context van de zaak Hejduk (2017)
Journal Article
Torremans, P. (in press). De context van de zaak Hejduk

L’arrêt Hejduk prouve une nouvelle fois que l’interaction entre le droit de la propriété intellectuelle et le droit international privé ne se passe pas toujours de façon efficace et qu’elle devient tout à fait intéressante quand le principe de territ... Read More about De context van de zaak Hejduk.