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The secret achievements of nineteenth century nuisance law (2007)
Journal Article

An in-depth, micro-contextual analysis of Attorney General v Birmingham Corporation (1858), charting the clean up of sewage pollution through the enforcemt of the common law of nusiance during the industrial revolution.

The dissonance between the United Nations zero-tolerance policy and the criminalisation of sexual offences on the international level (2007)
Journal Article

As a growing number of stories unravelled the involvement of United Nations peacekeepers in human trafficking and sexual exploitation cases, the United Nations adopted in 2003 and implemented a zero-tolerance policy towards sexual encounters between... Read More about The dissonance between the United Nations zero-tolerance policy and the criminalisation of sexual offences on the international level.

Integrated pollution control in Victorian Britain: Rethinking progress within the history of environmental law (2007)
Journal Article

Three theories of the history of environmental are introduced, applied, and discussed: 'progress'; 'constraint'; and 'cycle' theories. The cycle theory is defended in relation to an extended case study of integrated pollution control legislation, 186... Read More about Integrated pollution control in Victorian Britain: Rethinking progress within the history of environmental law.

Consultation document: Bearing good witness - Proposals for reforming the delivery of medical expert evidence in family law cases (2007)
Journal Article

Several high‐profile criminal cases, such as those of Sally Clark, Angela Cannings, Trupti Patel and Donna Anthony – all wrongly convicted of the murder of their children on the basis of flawed expert evidence – have raised serious questions about th... Read More about Consultation document: Bearing good witness - Proposals for reforming the delivery of medical expert evidence in family law cases.