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A rights-based approach to environmental protection: the Zimbabwean experience. (2015)
Journal Article
MADEBWE, T. 2015. A rights-based approach to environmental protection: the Zimbabwean experience. African human rights law journal [online], 15(1), pages 110-128. Available from: https://www.ahrlj.up.ac.za/madebwe-t

Stemming from common law, international law and statutes, Zimbabwean law has always recognised the prominent role that environmental rights should play in the environmental regulatory framework. In theory, this was based on recognition of the fact th... Read More about A rights-based approach to environmental protection: the Zimbabwean experience..

Marine renewable energy licensing and regulatory systems: workshop report. (2015)
Report
O'HAGAN, A.M., NIXON, C. and MASCARENHAS, P. 2015. Marine renewable energy licensing and regulatory systems: workshop report. Aberdeen: RiCORE Project [online]. Available from: http://ricore-project.eu/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/RICORE-Workshop2ReportFinalencrypt.pdf

This report reviews the outcomes of the second workshop organised as part of the RiCORE project, which took place in Paris on 21st May 2015. This workshop explored the regulatory aspects associated with marine renewable energy projects.

Re-visiting old ideas in order to craft an effective modern international environmental law regulatory framework. (2015)
Journal Article
MADEBWE, T. 2015. Re-visiting old ideas in order to craft an effective modern international environmental law regulatory framework. Environmental law review [online], 17(2), pages 100-116. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1177/1461452915578833

The most compelling arguments that have explored how effective environmental protection could be secured through regulatory means have arguably been those that have proposed the turn to international environmental organisation-style institutions to d... Read More about Re-visiting old ideas in order to craft an effective modern international environmental law regulatory framework..

RiCORE: risk-based consenting of offshore renewable energy projects. (2015)
Presentation / Conference
STRACHAN, P., BROADBENT, I., NIXON, C. and GRAY, D. 2015. RiCORE: risk-based consenting of offshore renewable energy projects. Presentation given at the 15th All-Energy conference, 6-7 May 2015, Glasgow, UK.

This presentation introduces the context and purpose of the RiCORE project.

Business identity theft under the UDRP and the ACPA: is bad faith always bad for business advertising? (2015)
Journal Article
FATUROTI, B. 2015. Business identity theft under the UDRP and the ACPA: is bad faith always bad for business advertising? Journal of international commercial law and technology [online], 10(1), pages 1-12. Available from: https://www.neliti.com/publications/28852/business-identity-theft-under-the-udrp-and-the-acpa-is-bad-faith-always-bad-for

Websites have provided a very strong platform for businesses to reach their customers. They surpass the regular billboards by providing portals through which transactions are conducted without any physical contacts between a seller and a buyer. This... Read More about Business identity theft under the UDRP and the ACPA: is bad faith always bad for business advertising?.

Delivery of goods in the custody of a third party: operation and basis. (2015)
Journal Article
ANDERSON, C. 2015. Delivery of goods in the custody of a third party: operation and basis. Edinburgh law review [online], 19(2), pages 165-185. Available from: https://doi.org/10.3366/elr.2015.0270

In this article, Craig Anderson examines the historical origins and current law of the Scottish rules concerning how delivery of goods in the custody of a third party may be validly effected by transferor to transferee. The author suggests that the f... Read More about Delivery of goods in the custody of a third party: operation and basis..

Just fatherlands? Judging the Shoah in Strasbourg. (2015)
Book Chapter
LYONS, C. 2015. Just fatherlands? Judging the Shoah in Strasbourg. In Kochenov, D., de Búrca, G. and Williams, A. (eds.) Europe's justice deficit? Oxford: Hart [online], chapter 26, pages 381-400. Available from: https://doi.org/10.5040/9781474201193.ch-026

The primary preoccupation of this chapter is an examination of how Europe's highest human rights court works through the enduring effects of the 'moral catastrophe' of the Holocaust. The issue of the role of past inhumanity within Europe's present is... Read More about Just fatherlands? Judging the Shoah in Strasbourg..

Relationship problems: employer's liability for marital discrimination? (2015)
Journal Article
MIDDLEMISS, S. 2015. Relationship problems: employer's liability for marital discrimination? Common law world review, 44(1), pages 51-70. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1177/1473779514564560

This paper involves analysis of the law covering discrimination in the workplace against workers who have entered into a formal marriage or a civil partnership, referred to here as marital discrimination. It also looks at the law dealing with discrim... Read More about Relationship problems: employer's liability for marital discrimination?.

Private international law. (2014)
Book
HILL, D. 2014. Private international law. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press [online]. Available at: https://edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-private-international-law.html

Your guide to the conflicts and harmonies between private international law and UK and Scots law EU law has greatly influenced national law in Scotland, the UK and the rest of Europe. As a result, private international law is an essential area of stu... Read More about Private international law..

Constitutionalism and the new Zimbabwean constitution. (2014)
Journal Article
MADEBWE, T. 2014. Constitutionalism and the new Zimbabwean constitution. Midlands State University law review [online], 1, pages 6-19. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11408/508

Codified constitutions are arguably the most celebrated type of constitution in the world. This is probably because codified constitutions are contained in one document called 'The Constitution.' As such, they offer a primary and singular source from... Read More about Constitutionalism and the new Zimbabwean constitution..

Extradition, the forum bar and transnational drug trafficking. (2014)
Journal Article
ARNELL, P. 2014. Extradition, the forum bar and transnational drug trafficking. Criminal law and justice weekly [online], 178(42), pages 623-624. Available from: https://www.lexisnexis.com/uk/legal/

Concerns have been expressed over what are perceived as insufficient safeguards in UK law to protect persons amenable to concurrent criminal jurisdiction. These were particularly forceful where an accused person had material links to the UK. The Crim... Read More about Extradition, the forum bar and transnational drug trafficking..

Let the stalker beware? Analysis of the law of stalking in Scotland. (2014)
Journal Article
MIDDLEMISS, S. 2014. Let the stalker beware? Analysis of the law of stalking in Scotland. Journal of criminal law [online], 78(5), pages 407-422. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1350/jcla.2014.78.5.942

This article analyses the significance of changes to the law in Scotland dealing with stalking by outlining the previous legal position and examining the new legal rules and their impact. Stalking has been proven to be extremely harmful to the victim... Read More about Let the stalker beware? Analysis of the law of stalking in Scotland..

Dispensing with the consent of a non-entitled spouse. (2014)
Journal Article
ANDERSON, C. 2014. Dispensing with the consent of a non-entitled spouse. Juridical review [online], 3, pages 177-186. Available from: http://www.westlaw.co.uk

Discusses the right given to a non-owning spouse to occupy the matrimonial home under the Matrimonial Homes (Family Protection) (Scotland) Act 1981 and in particular s.7 which allows the court to dispense with the non-owning spouse's consent to deali... Read More about Dispensing with the consent of a non-entitled spouse..

Time for a public policy update in police liability? (2014)
Journal Article
ARNELL, S. 2014. Time for a public policy update in police liability? Scots law times [online], 2014(26), pages 111-113. Available from: http://westlaw.co.uk

This article discusses, with reference to leading case law developments such as the Queen's Bench Division ruling in DSD v Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis, the issue of police accountability in the detection and investigation of crime and co... Read More about Time for a public policy update in police liability?.

Institutionalised ADR and access to justice: the changing faces of the Nigerian judicial system. (2014)
Journal Article
FATUROTI, B. 2014. Institutionalised ADR and access to justice: the changing faces of the Nigerian judicial system. Journal of comparative law in Africa, 1(1), pages 66-89.

Many legal jurisdictions have come to the realisation of how judicial bureaucracies and rigidity have left many disputants disenchanted about the entire justice system. This article examines the responses of State Governments in Nigeria to the proble... Read More about Institutionalised ADR and access to justice: the changing faces of the Nigerian judicial system..

A tale of two rights: mediating between P2P owners and digital copyright holders. (2014)
Conference Proceeding
FATUROTI, B. 2014. A tale of two rights: mediating between P2P owners and digital copyright holders. In Balcells, J., Cerrillo i Martínez, A., Peguera, M., Peña-López, I., Pifarré de Moner, M.J. and Vilasau, M. (eds.) Proceedings of the 10th International conference on internet, law and politics (IDP 2014): a decade of transformations, 3-4 July 2014, Barcelona, Spain. Barcelona: UOC-Huygens Editorial [online], pages 97-116. Available from: http://edcp.uoc.edu/proceedings_idp2014.pdf

The emergence of peer-to-peer file sharing technology revolutionises the discourse around copyright infringement. This new pirate of digital technology poses challenges not only to legal structures but it redefines tensions among various stakeholders... Read More about A tale of two rights: mediating between P2P owners and digital copyright holders..

Neighbourly murders, forced forgetting and European justice: Marguš v Croatia. (2014)
Digital Artefact
LYONS, C. 2014. Neighbourly murders, forced forgetting and European justice: Marguš v Croatia. [Blog post]. Posted on Strasbourg Observers [online], 30 June 2014. Available from: https://strasbourgobservers.com/2014/06/30/neighbourly-murders-forced-forgetting-and-european-justice-margus-v-croatia/

On 27 May 2014, a Grand Chamber of the ECtHR, in Margus v Croatia, pronounced upon the contentious issue of the use of amnesties in post-conflict settings. The case concerned a Croatian army commander who had been convicted of several murders of civi... Read More about Neighbourly murders, forced forgetting and European justice: Marguš v Croatia..

Extradition between friends. (2014)
Journal Article
ARNELL, P. 2014. Extradition between friends. Criminal law and justice weekly [online], 178(24), page 361. Available from: https://www.lexisnexis.com/uk/legal/

With friends like these, who needs enemies is an epithet that appears to apply to the United Kingdom's extradition partners. Draconian sentencing policies, unjust plea bargaining, unlawful rendition, systemic judicial corruption, deficient medical tr... Read More about Extradition between friends..

The international co-operation unit of the COPFS. (2014)
Journal Article
ARNELL, P. 2014. The international co-operation unit of the COPFS. SCOLAG legal journal, 439, pages 96-97.

Dr Paul Anell gives an overview of the report by the Inspectorate of Prosecution in Scotland. NOTE: publisher link no longer working (last checked 2019-01-31).