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Inherent resilience, major marine environmental change and revitalisation of coastal communities in Soma, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan. (2020)
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MABON, L., KAWABE, M., HUANG, Y.-C., MOLLER, L., GU, J., WAKAMORI, D., NARITA, K., ITO, T., MATSUMOTO, A., NIIZEKI, K., SUZUKI, S. and WATANABE, M. 2020. Inherent resilience, major marine environmental change and revitalisation of coastal communities in Soma, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan. International journal of disaster risk reduction [online], 51, article ID 101852. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijdrr.2020.101852

The Fukushima Dai'ichi nuclear accident presents challenging circumstances for disaster recovery in coastal communities, as ongoing uncertainties around the nuclear plant's decommissioning may create new risks in the future. Within disaster risk stud... Read More about Inherent resilience, major marine environmental change and revitalisation of coastal communities in Soma, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan..

Pater knows best: withdrawal of medical treatment from infants in Scotland. (2020)
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BROWN, J. and CHRISTIE, S. 2020. Pater knows best: withdrawal of medical treatment from infants in Scotland. Oxford journal of legal studies [online], 40(4), pages 682-707. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1093/ojls/gqaa019

The cases of Charlie Gard and Alfie Evans placed the withdrawal of treatment from terminally ill infants at the forefront of medical law and ethics. In the medico-legal context, Scottish court procedures materially differ from those in England. This... Read More about Pater knows best: withdrawal of medical treatment from infants in Scotland..

Liability of employers for third party harassment in the UK. (2020)
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MIDDLEMISS, S. 2021. Liability of employers for third party harassment in the UK. International journal of law and management [online], 63(1), pages 147-156. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1108/IJLMA-06-2020-0171

Purpose: This paper aims to summarise current law dealing with third party harassment in workplaces in the UK and make recommendations for improving law. Design/methodology/approach: Review of case law, articles etc. Findings: It is found that the cu... Read More about Liability of employers for third party harassment in the UK..

The legal rights of workers and volunteers at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. (2020)
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MIDDLEMISS, S. 2021. The legal rights of workers and volunteers at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. International journal of law and management [online], 63(1), pages 51-64. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1108/IJLMA-03-2020-0082

Purpose: Against the background of the biggest arts festival in the world, there have been some shocking findings recently about the treatment of performers and other workers at the Fringe. The purpose of this paper is to consider the type of treatme... Read More about The legal rights of workers and volunteers at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe..

China-European Union investment relationships: towards a new leadership in global investment governance? (2020)
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MAK, C.H.W. 2020. China-European Union investment relationships: towards a new leadership in global investment governance? Asian journal of international law [online], 10(2), pages 413-414. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1017/S2044251320000107

This is a review of the book "China-European Union investment relationships: towards a new leadership in global investment governance?", edited by Julien Chaisse. China has the fastest-growing major economy in the world. With its strong investment re... Read More about China-European Union investment relationships: towards a new leadership in global investment governance?.

The forum bar to extradition in Scotland. (2020)
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ARNELL, P. 2020. The forum bar to extradition in Scotland. Scots law times [online], 2020(22), pages 139-141. Available from: http://westlaw.co.uk

Discusses Craig (James) v HM Advocate (HCJ Appeal), refusing an appeal by a UK resident, who was the subject of an extradition request by the US government, against a sheriff's decision to order his extradition, notwithstanding the illegality of the... Read More about The forum bar to extradition in Scotland..

The legality of the citizenship deprivation of UK foreign terrorist fighters. (2020)
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ARNELL, P. 2020. The legality of the citizenship deprivation of UK foreign terrorist fighters. ERA-forum [online], 21(3), pages 395-412. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12027-020-00615-9

Citizenship deprivation of foreign terrorist fighters by the United Kingdom is increasing. This is of debatable legality under international law on five separate grounds. First, the UK is arguably wrong in claiming that an extraterritorial deprivatio... Read More about The legality of the citizenship deprivation of UK foreign terrorist fighters..

Critical government and national oil company role in their petroleum resource development: lessons for Guyana petroleum sector. (2020)
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AZUBIKE, V.C. 2020. Critical government and national oil company role in their petroleum resource development: lessons for Guyana petroleum sector. Commonwealth law bulletin [online], 46(3), pages 461-482. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1080/03050718.2020.1782238

The discovery of vast deposits of petroleum resources in any state can arguably lead to many positive outcomes for the country, but for this favourable outcome to be actualised individual players have to perform some significant roles in achieving th... Read More about Critical government and national oil company role in their petroleum resource development: lessons for Guyana petroleum sector..

Unilateral permission and prescriptive acquisition: a Scottish perspective. (2020)
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ANDERSON, C. 2020. Unilateral permission and prescriptive acquisition: a Scottish perspective. Legal studies [online], 40(3), pages 477-493. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1017/lst.2020.3

It is common for a legal system to allow a person, in certain circumstances, to gain ownership of land by possessing it for a period of time. This is certainly true of both Scotland and England, although what is precisely required for possession to b... Read More about Unilateral permission and prescriptive acquisition: a Scottish perspective..

Economic sanctions arbitrability and public policy. (2020)
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KOTELNIKOV, A. 2020. Economic sanctions, arbitrability and public policy. International arbitration law review [online], 23(1), pages 19-39. Available from: http://westlaw.co.uk

This article, through an overview of international experience, considers the interplay between economic sanctions and international commercial arbitration, in particular, the effect of sanctions on the arbitrability of disputes and the public policy... Read More about Economic sanctions arbitrability and public policy..