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Constitutionalism in Botswana. (2020)
Journal Article
MADEBWE, T. 2020. Constitutionalism in Botswana. University of Botswana law journal [online], 28, pages 3-18. Available from: https://journals.ub.bw/index.php/ublj/article/view/2051

There is talk of constitutional reform, led by the incumbent President and the ruling party, in Botswana. This is to be celebrated considering that the resident and his party hold the sort of majority in parliament which would allow them to easily su... Read More about Constitutionalism in Botswana..

Extradition between the UK and Ireland after Brexit: understanding the past and present to prepare for the future. (2020)
Journal Article
DAVIES, G. and ARNELL, P. 2021. Extradition between the UK and Ireland after Brexit: understanding the best and present to prepare for the future. Journal of criminal law [online], 85(2): criminal justice cooperation between the UK and Ireland after Brexit, pages 98-120. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1177/0022018320977531

The Republic of Ireland and the United Kingdom have a long, close and difficult history. The most recent phase of which dates from 1998 and the conclusion of the Good Friday Agreement. Since 1921, however, there has been unique practice between Irela... Read More about Extradition between the UK and Ireland after Brexit: understanding the past and present to prepare for the future..

Ownership of fish. (2020)
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ANDERSON, C. 2020. Ownership of fish. Scots law times [online], 2020(33), pages 229-233. Available from: http://westlaw.co.uk

This article considers the issues raised in Borwick Development Solutions Ltd v Clear Water Fisheries Ltd (CA) on whether fish which lived in fishing lakes were the landowner's property, or whether qualified property rights existed over them as wild... Read More about Ownership of fish..

African perspective to the nature based solutions to climate change. (2020)
Journal Article
NWAZI, J.N. and DEBSKI, J.A. 2020. African perspective to the nature based solutions to climate change. Sub-Saharan African journal of development and administration, 6, pages 1-14.

The natural environment worldwide is increasingly affected by climate change. Among the range of proposed solutions, those provided by nature have been acknowledged worldwide as the most potential. This work attempts to explore the various contexts i... Read More about African perspective to the nature based solutions to climate change..

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)
Journal Article
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)
Journal Article
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..

The quality of Botswana's environmental protection regulatory framework. (2020)
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MADEBWE, T. 2020. The quality of Botswana's environmental protection regulatory framework. Journal of African law [online], 64(2), pages 215-228. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0021855320000078

This article explores why Botswana's environmental protection regulatory framework is failing to stem environmental deterioration. Based on the observation that such deterioration persists despite the fact that there is a framework in place, the disc... Read More about The quality of Botswana's environmental protection regulatory framework..

Legal appraisal of corporate governance and gender diversity on Nigeria's corporate board. (2020)
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EYITAYO, A., VERONICA, E. and OMOTOLA, O.T. 2020. Legal appraisal of corporate governance and gender diversity on Nigeria’s corporate board. International journal of law [online], 6(2), pages 186-191. Available from: https://www.lawjournals.org/assets/archives/2020/vol6issue2/6-1-52-196.pdf

This study examined the legal appraisal of corporate governance and gender diversity in Nigeria’s corporate boards. In spite of gender disparity recognized internationally and attempt to solve it, gender diversity in the corporate world in Nigeria do... Read More about Legal appraisal of corporate governance and gender diversity on Nigeria's corporate board..

Phenomenolgy research design for a legal study. (2020)
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OMOTOLA, O.T. and BANKOLE, S. 2020. Phenomenolgy research design for a legal study. International journal of law [online], 6(1), pages 125-129. Available from: https://www.lawjournals.org/assets/archives/2020/vol6issue1/6-1-41-732.pdf

Phenomenology research design was adopted for the legal study, a thesis titled legal appraisal of gender diversity and corporate governance in Nigerian quoted companies. This research design was selectively adopted to aid a direct investigation, prop... Read More about Phenomenolgy research design for a legal study..

The forum bar in UK extradition law: an unnecessary failure. (2020)
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ARNELL, P. and DAVIES, G. 2020. The forum bar in UK extradition law: an unnecessary failure. Journal of criminal law [online], 84(2), pages 142-162. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1177/0022018320902544

The introduction of the forum bar into UK extradition law was unnecessary. It is a failure. It was unnecessary because extant law addressed, or could have addressed, the putative mischief giving rise to it. It is a failure because it admits only limi... Read More about The forum bar in UK extradition law: an unnecessary failure..

Contracts affected by economic sanctions: Russian and international perspectives. (2020)
Journal Article
KOTELNIKOV, A. 2020. Contracts affected by economic sanctions: Russian and international perspectives. Transnational dispute management [online], 17(1), article ID 15. Available from: www.transnational-dispute-management.com/article.asp?key=2697

Economic sanctions, particularly unilateral ones, are an increasingly popular instrument of foreign policy. Some states have extensive experience in adopting them and in resolving private disputes arising from such measures. For other countries, this... Read More about Contracts affected by economic sanctions: Russian and international perspectives..