All Outputs (622)

Examining the impact of PACE on the detention and questioning of child suspects (2023)
Report
Kemp, V., Carr, N., Kent, H., & Farrall, S. (2023). Examining the impact of PACE on the detention and questioning of child suspects. London: University of Nottingham

The Nuffield Foundation funded this three year project which involved examining the efficacy of legal safeguards for children held in police custody. A mixed methods approach was adopted drawing on over 50,000 electronic custody records drawn from e... Read More about Examining the impact of PACE on the detention and questioning of child suspects.

Victims as Agents of Accountability: Strengthening Victims’ Right to Review at the International Criminal Court (2023)
Journal Article
Hodgson, N. (2023). Victims as Agents of Accountability: Strengthening Victims’ Right to Review at the International Criminal Court. Criminal Law Forum, 34(3), 273-294. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10609-023-09458-8

Providing justice to victims is one of the most important justifications for international criminal justice. At the International Criminal Court, states have sought to respond to victims’ justice interests in a number of ways, including by allowing v... Read More about Victims as Agents of Accountability: Strengthening Victims’ Right to Review at the International Criminal Court.

Exacerbating Pre-Existing Vulnerabilities: an Analysis of the Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Human Trafficking in Sudan (2023)
Journal Article
Lumley-Sapanski, A., Schwarz, K., Cano, A. V., Babiker, M. A., Crowther, M., Death, E., …Mir, M. P. (2023). Exacerbating Pre-Existing Vulnerabilities: an Analysis of the Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Human Trafficking in Sudan. Human Rights Review, https://doi.org/10.1007/s12142-023-00683-7

COVID-19 has caused far-reaching humanitarian challenges. Amongst the emerging impacts of the pandemic is on thedynamics of human trafficking. This paper presents findings from a multi-methods study interrogating the impacts of COVID-19 on human traf... Read More about Exacerbating Pre-Existing Vulnerabilities: an Analysis of the Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Human Trafficking in Sudan.

In Vitro Diagnostic Test Procurement During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Lessons Learnt and Recommendations (2023)
Report
Butler, L. (2023). In Vitro Diagnostic Test Procurement During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Lessons Learnt and Recommendations. British In Vitro Diagnostic Association

This White Paper examines the procurement of in vitro diagnostics (“IVDs”), specifically, commonly used test kits during the COVID-19 pandemic. The research has been commissioned by the British In Vitro Diagnostic Association (“BIVDA”). The White Pap... Read More about In Vitro Diagnostic Test Procurement During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Lessons Learnt and Recommendations.

Gender and Social-Class Diversity and the ‘Universal Vocation’ on the ICJ Bench (2023)
Book Chapter
Mistry, H. (in press). Gender and Social-Class Diversity and the ‘Universal Vocation’ on the ICJ Bench. In The Universal Vocation of International Law. Edward Elgar Publishing

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.

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.

Theorising Evidence Law (2023)
Journal Article
Roberts, P. (2023). Theorising Evidence Law. Oxford Journal of Legal Studies, 43(3), 629–649. https://doi.org/10.1093/ojls/gqad007

What does it mean for a specialist department of legal studies, such as the Law of Evidence, to have, or to acquire, ‘philosophical foundations’? In what sense are the theoretical foundations of procedural scholarship and teaching distinctively or un... Read More about Theorising Evidence Law.

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.

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).

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.

Self-determination in the third world: the role of the Soviet Union (1917-1960) (2023)
Journal Article
Kattan, V. (2023). Self-determination in the third world: the role of the Soviet Union (1917-1960). Jus Gentium: Journal of International Legal History, 8(1), 87-144

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 and Time: Narratives and Techniques (2022)
Book
Van der Ploeg, K. P., Pasquet, L., & Castellanos-Janckiewicz, L. (2022). K. Polackova Van der Ploeg, L. Pasquet, & L. Castellanos-Jankiewicz (Eds.). International Law and Time: Narratives and Techniques. Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-09465-1

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.