All Outputs (39)

From financial exclusion to online financial inclusion (2009)
Journal Article

The aim of this paper is to explore the correlation between financial exclusion and financial education and whether it can be better tackled through online education. The proposition is that financial exclusion is a complex and diverse phenomenon and... Read More about From financial exclusion to online financial inclusion.

The credit crunch - Are credit unions able to ride out the storm? (2009)
Journal Article

Credit unions are financial co-operatives that conduct their business for their members. The principal purpose of a credit union is to receive deposits from and make loans to members. They do not serve the general public. Membership is restricted by... Read More about The credit crunch - Are credit unions able to ride out the storm?.

Gambling on compliance with the new 2005 Act: Do organisations fulfil new regulations? (2009)
Journal Article

Gambling is not a new phenomenon. Indeed gambling has been seen to be omnipresent throughout history and culture. However gambling has taken a new path. Online gambling is fast becoming a major pastime for many of society. The ease of access and conv... Read More about Gambling on compliance with the new 2005 Act: Do organisations fulfil new regulations?.

Another day another culprit: Corporate governance – is it to blame for the banking crisis? (2009)
Journal Article

This paper aims to explore the corporate governance of
banks in economic crisis and whether poor corporate governance has led to the crisis. The aim of this paper is to demonstrate the complex world of financial regulation
and that corporate govern... Read More about Another day another culprit: Corporate governance – is it to blame for the banking crisis?.

The banking sector and CSR: An unholy alliance? (2009)
Journal Article

Corporate social responsibility (CSR), financial exclusion and banks are not happy bed fellows, yet their relationship and working partnership is essential to ensure financial security within a stable economy. The position of this paper is to context... Read More about The banking sector and CSR: An unholy alliance?.

Sexual assault and the justice gap: A question of attitude –by Jennifer Temkin and Barbara Krahé (2009)
Journal Article

Quality assurance for advocates (2009)
Report

This is the final report of a pilot study and evaluation of a mechanism for assessing the quality of criminal defence advocates acting under legal aid.

Case C-133/06 European Parliament v Council [2008] ECR I-3189 (2009)
Journal Article

Case comment on an important ruling providing valuable confirmation of the significance of institutional balance in the decision-making process and the delegation of powers, including the established position of comitology. It identifies the real sig... Read More about Case C-133/06 European Parliament v Council [2008] ECR I-3189.

The WTO law and the EC'S GSP+ arrangement (2009)
Journal Article

The European Communities (EC) has developed a Generalized System of Preferences (GSP), including the ‘Special Incentives for Sustainable Development and Good Governance’, also known as GSP+. Under the World Trade Organization (WTO) law, GSPs are gene... Read More about The WTO law and the EC'S GSP+ arrangement.

Editorial Conceptualisation and control in virtual space (2009)
Journal Article

Still on the road? Technology and historical perspectives on counter-cultural policing (2009)
Journal Article

Technological development in the last 20 years has had a significant input into what is policed and how such policing takes place. This article seeks to explore the policing of a part of the counter-culture in the United Kingdom, the so-called 'New A... Read More about Still on the road? Technology and historical perspectives on counter-cultural policing.

The 2008 child support reform in the UK (2009)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

The Child Maintenance and Other Payments Act 2008 which received Royal Assent on 5 June 2008 aims to re-design the child support system as established in 1993 by the conservative government and amended under the Blair government. Both the original an... Read More about The 2008 child support reform in the UK.

Third time lucky? The third child support reforms replace the child support agency with the new C-MEC (2009)
Journal Article

Islamophobia or an important weapon? An analysis of the US financial war on terrorism (2009)
Journal Article

This article considers the impact of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 (9/11) on the legislative and policy response by the United States towards terrorist financing. This article is divided into three parts. Part 1 considers the alleged as... Read More about Islamophobia or an important weapon? An analysis of the US financial war on terrorism.

Islamophobia or an important weapon An analysis of the US financial war on terrorism (2009)
Journal Article

This article considers the impact of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 (9/11) on the legislative and policy response by the United States towards terrorist financing. This article is divided into three parts. Part 1 considers the alleged as... Read More about Islamophobia or an important weapon An analysis of the US financial war on terrorism.

Mobile pods: technology to support the delivery of community-based urgent care (2009)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

This paper reports a qualitative project to define the design requirements for portable and mobile technologies to support the delivery of community-based urgent care through the clinical activities of Emergency Care Practitioners. A series of iterat... Read More about Mobile pods: technology to support the delivery of community-based urgent care.

Ecosystem services and human well-being in a globalized world: Assessing the role of law (2009)
Journal Article

There is no denying the close linkage between ecosystem services and human well-being. Human well-being is dependent on the sustainable management of ecosystem services. With economic globalization and free trade, there is an increasing demand for th... Read More about Ecosystem services and human well-being in a globalized world: Assessing the role of law.

The International Court of Justice and Self-Defence in International Law (2009)
Book

Climate change agnosticism - its meaning and implications (2009)
Journal Article

An interpretation of climate change act as based on the precautionary principle, rather than scientific knowledge of certain environmental problem, based on Hawkins' research.

After dark and out in the cold: Part-time law students and the myth of 'equivalency' (2009)
Journal Article

This paper presents the findings of the first major research study of part-time law students. It argues that many face multiple disadvantages, largely unrecognized by universities, whose emphasis on the formal equivalency of part-time and full-time l... Read More about After dark and out in the cold: Part-time law students and the myth of 'equivalency'.