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The Financial Services Act 2010: how will the FSA rise to meet its new challenges? (2010)
Journal Article
Chambers, C., & Ryder, N. (2010). The Financial Services Act 2010: how will the FSA rise to meet its new challenges?. Financial Regulation International, 13(3),

The United Kingdom’s (UK) financial services industry and regulators were rocked by the recent global financial crisis. The Financial Services Act 2010 (the Act) provides the Financial Services Authority (FSA) with more powers and statutory duties in... Read More about The Financial Services Act 2010: how will the FSA rise to meet its new challenges?.

American nuisance law and greenhouse gases (2010)
Journal Article
Pontin, B. (2010). American nuisance law and greenhouse gases. Environmental Law and Management, 22(2), 55-56

A discussion of climate change nuisance litigation pending a Supreme Court ruling on the matter in the Connecticut case.

The community patent and the European patent (2010)
Presentation / Conference
Ball, R. (2010, March). The community patent and the European patent. Paper presented at SLSA Annual Conference, University of the West of England, Bristol, UK

The electronic red herring gambit - Selected issues on the misapplication of the copyright amendment act and the new future of software copyright law (2010)
Presentation / Conference
Jooste, C. (2010, January). The electronic red herring gambit - Selected issues on the misapplication of the copyright amendment act and the new future of software copyright law. Paper presented at Congress of the Society of Law Teachers, Stellenbosch

This paper examines the mistaken classification of computer games as an instance of video games, the difference between computer-generated and computer-assisted work and the impact thereof on South Africa's information technology market. Furthermore,... Read More about The electronic red herring gambit - Selected issues on the misapplication of the copyright amendment act and the new future of software copyright law.

Binding the United Nations to human rights norms by way of the laws of treaties (2010)
Journal Article
Quenivet, N. (2010). Binding the United Nations to human rights norms by way of the laws of treaties. The George Washington journal of international law and economics, 42, 587-621

There is no doubt that the United Nations has on various occasions violated human rights norms. Yet, it is unclear what the international legal source of its obligations to abide by human rights law is. This Article examines whether it is possible to... Read More about Binding the United Nations to human rights norms by way of the laws of treaties.

The ‘war on terror’ and the principle of distinction in international humanitarian law (2010)
Journal Article
Quenivet, N. (2010). The ‘war on terror’ and the principle of distinction in international humanitarian law. ACDI: Anuario Colombiano de Derecho Internacional, 3(2), 155-186

New security threats, which have surfaced in the past few years, are seriously jeopardizing the relevance and implementation of international humanitarian law. This paper investigates the impact of the war on terror on the principle of distinction in... Read More about The ‘war on terror’ and the principle of distinction in international humanitarian law.

International law and armed conflict: challenges in the 21st century (2010)
Book
Quenivet, N., & Shah-Davis, S. (2010). N. Quenivet, & S. Shah-Davis (Eds.), International law and armed conflict: challenges in the 21st century. The Hague, Netherlands: TCM Asser Press

While a more traditional approach to international law and armed conflict focuses on the use of force and international humanitarian law, this book incorporates other international legal regimes such as human rights law, international private law, in... Read More about International law and armed conflict: challenges in the 21st century.

World council of credit unions (2010)
Book Chapter
Ryder, N. (2010). World council of credit unions. In C. Tietje, & A. Brouder (Eds.), Handbook of Transnational Economic Governance Regimes (479-488). Brill

The shaping of credit union development: a critical anaysis of the role of legislative frameworks, politics and the economy on credit union growth in the United States of America, the Republic of Ireland and Great Britain (2010)
Book
Ryder, N. (2010). The shaping of credit union development: a critical anaysis of the role of legislative frameworks, politics and the economy on credit union growth in the United States of America, the Republic of Ireland and Great Britain. Lambert Academic Publishing

E-banking and e-fraud: A comparative investigation in Jamaica and the UK (2010)
Journal Article
Turksen, U., & Chambers, C. (2010). E-banking and e-fraud: A comparative investigation in Jamaica and the UK

The unprecedented growth of 'e-banking' has nullified the traditional methods of banking and transformed the way millions of customers conduct banking transactions. E-banking has many benefits and has been created in a technological age to aid busin... Read More about E-banking and e-fraud: A comparative investigation in Jamaica and the UK.

Attitudes, rape and law reform in South Africa (2010)
Journal Article
van der Bijl, C., & Rumney, P. (2010). Attitudes, rape and law reform in South Africa. Journal of Criminal Law, 73(5), 414-429. https://doi.org/10.1350/jcla.2009.73.5.591

In the last decade South Africa has undergone an extensive process of sexual offence law reform. This process has attempted, amongst other things, to address deficiencies in the criminal justice response to rape and has also recognised some of the li... Read More about Attitudes, rape and law reform in South Africa.